| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; increasing state total adult basic education aid; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 modifying the adult basic education program aid limit; increasing funding to pay |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 the costs of commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests; appropriating |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 124D.531, subdivisions 1, |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 4; 124D.55. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subdivision 1.State total adult basic education aid.(a) The state total adult basic |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10education aid for fiscal year 2024 2026 equals $52,759,000 $65,170,000, plus any amount |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under subdivision |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.124, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13aid for later fiscal years equals: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any amount |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.164, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) the lesser of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (i) 1.03; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (ii) the greater of: (A) one plus the percent change in the formula allowance under section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20126C.10, subdivision 2, from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year; or (B) the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21average growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 Three percent of the state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for adult basic |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23education supplemental service grants under section 124D.522. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 25-04117 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/BM |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 2341NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: XIONG) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading03/10/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Education Finance 2.1 (b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic population |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3aid under subdivision 2. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2026 and later. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.531, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6 Subd. 4.Adult basic education program aid limit.(a) Notwithstanding subdivisions |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.72 and 3, the total adult basic education aid for a program per prior year contact hour must |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8not exceed $30 $36 per prior year contact hour computed under subdivision 3, clause (2). |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9 (b) The aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), adjusted for changes in program |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10membership, must not exceed the aid for that program under subdivision 3, clause (2), for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11the first preceding fiscal year by more than the greater of 11 percent or $10,000 $12,000. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.12The limit in this paragraph does not apply for aid in fiscal year 2026. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.13 (c) Adult basic education aid is payable to a program for unreimbursed costs occurring |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.14in the program year as defined in section 124D.52, subdivision 3. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.15 (d) Any adult basic education aid that is not paid to a program because of the program |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.16aid limitation under paragraph (a) must be added to the state total adult basic education aid |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.17for the next fiscal year under subdivision 1. Any adult basic education aid that is not paid |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.18to a program because of the program aid limitations under paragraph (b) must be reallocated |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.19among programs by adjusting the rate per contact hour under subdivision 3, clause (2). |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2026 and later. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.55, is amended to read: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.22 124D.55 COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.23FEES. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.24 (a) The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.25individual for the full battery of the commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.26but not more than $40 for an eligible individual. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.27 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), For fiscal years year 2023 through 2027 only and |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.28later, subject to the availability of funds, the commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the fee |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.29charged to an eligible individual for the full battery of the commissioner-selected high |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.30school equivalency tests, but not more than the cost of one full battery of tests per year for |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.31any individual. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 25-04117 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/BM 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.2 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.3 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.4appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.5designated. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.6 Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid.(a) For adult basic education aid under Minnesota |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.7Statutes, section 124D.531: |
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| 71 | 71 | | 2026............3.8 $ |
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| 72 | 72 | | 2027............3.9 $ |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.10 (b) The 2026 appropriation includes $....... for 2025 and $....... for 2026. |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.11 (c) The 2027 appropriation includes $....... for 2026 and $....... for 2027. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.12 Subd. 3.High school equivalency tests.(a) For payment of the costs of the |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.13commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.14124D.55: |
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| 78 | 78 | | 2026.....375,0003.15 $ |
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| 79 | 79 | | 2027.....375,0003.16 $ |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.17 (b) Any fiscal year 2026 balance remaining is available in fiscal year 2027. |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3Sec. 4. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 25-04117 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/BM |
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