| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; expanding eligibility for special education separate |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 sites funding; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 125A.81. |
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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 125A.81, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 125A.81 SPECIAL EDUCATION SEPARATE SITES AND PROGRAMS AID. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subdivision 1.Definition.For purposes of this section, "special education separate site |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9and program" means a public separate day school facility attended by students with |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10disabilities for 50 percent or more of their school day. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 Subd. 2.Eligibility for special education separate sites and programs aid.An |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12education cooperative under section 471.59, education district under section 123A.15, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13service cooperative under section 123A.21, or intermediate school district under section |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14136D.01, or a school district site approved under subdivision 2a qualifies for additional |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15state funding to special education separate sites and programs for every kindergarten through |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16grade 12 child with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, served in a special education |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17separate site or program as defined in subdivision 1. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 Subd. 2a.School district sites.A school district that operates a school site meeting the |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19definition of a special education separate site and program under subdivision 1 may apply |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20to the commissioner for funding eligibility. The district must provide information about its |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21program in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-04466 as introduced02/28/25 REVISOR CR/EN |
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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. 2555NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE and Duckworth) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading03/13/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Education Finance 2.1 Subd. 3.Uses of special education separate sites and programs aid.Additional state |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2funding to special education separate sites and programs under this section may be used for |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3the same purposes as are permitted for state special education aid under section 125A.76. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4 Subd. 4.Special education separate sites and programs aid.For fiscal year 2024 and |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5later, Additional state funding to special education separate sites and programs equals $1,689 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6times the adjusted kindergarten through grade 12 pupil units served in special education |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7separate sites and programs under subdivision 1. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aid for fiscal year 2026 and later. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; SPECIAL EDUCATION. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.12designated. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.13 Subd. 2.Special education separate sites and programs.(a) For aid for special |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.14education separate sites and programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.81, subdivision |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.154: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2026............2.16 $ |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2027............2.17 $ |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.18 (b) The 2026 appropriation includes $....... for fiscal year 2025 and $....... for fiscal year |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.192026. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.20 (c) The 2027 appropriation includes $....... for fiscal year 2026 and $....... for fiscal year |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.212027. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25-04466 as introduced02/28/25 REVISOR CR/EN |
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