| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; increasing special education and English learner |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 cross subsidy aid by the increase in the Consumer Price Index; amending Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, sections 124D.65, subdivision 5; 125A.76, subdivision 2e. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 5.School district EL revenue.(a) For fiscal year 2024 through fiscal year 2026, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8a district's English learner programs revenue equals the sum of: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) the product of (i) $1,228, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11year; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) $436 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17. |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's English learner programs revenue equals |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the sum of: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) the product of (i) $1,775, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17year; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (2) $630 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (c) The English learner cross subsidy factor equals 25 percent for fiscal year 2027. For |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20fiscal year 2028 and later, the English learner cross subsidy factor equals the cross subsidy |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21factor for the previous fiscal year times one plus the rate of change in inflation calculated |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-00067 as introduced11/25/24 REVISOR CR/LN |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 1125NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK, Mohamed and Oumou Verbeten) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading02/06/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Education Finance 2.1under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, paragraph (c). The English learner cross subsidy |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2factor must not exceed 80 percent in any fiscal year. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (c) (d) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4the school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2028 and later. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, is amended to read: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8 Subd. 2e.Cross subsidy reduction aid.(a) A school district's annual cross subsidy |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9reduction aid equals the school district's initial special education cross subsidy for the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10previous fiscal year times the cross subsidy aid factor for that fiscal year. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11 (b) The cross subsidy aid factor equals 6.43 percent for fiscal year 2023; 44 percent for |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and 50 percent for fiscal year 2027; and the amount |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13specified in paragraph (c) for fiscal year 2028 and later. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14 (c) For fiscal year 2028 and later, the special education cross subsidy factor equals the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.15cross subsidy factor for the previous fiscal year times one plus the rate of change in inflation |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.16calculated under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, paragraph (c). The special education cross |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.17subsidy factor must not exceed 80 percent in any fiscal year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2028 and later. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 25-00067 as introduced11/25/24 REVISOR CR/LN |
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