| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; providing mandate relief for school districts; authorizing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 certain fund transfers for fiscal years 2025 through 2029; authorizing a school |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 board to opt out of compliance with certain recently enacted state laws or rules. |
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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. FUND TRANSFERS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 THROUGH 2029. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.80, subdivision 3, or any law to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8contrary, for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 only, a school district, charter school, or |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9cooperative unit may transfer any funds not already assigned to or encumbered by staff |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10salary and benefits, or otherwise encumbered by federal law, from any operating account |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11or operating fund to the undesignated balance in any other operating account or operating |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12fund. A fund or account transfer under this section must not increase state aid obligations |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13to the district or school, or result in additional property tax authority for the district. The |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14school board must adopt a written resolution outlining the purpose for and specifying the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15amount of funds that are transferred under this section. A school board must post the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16resolution for each approved transfer on its website and must transmit a timely, electronic |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17notice of each approved transfer to the commissioner. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 Sec. 2. RELIEF FROM STATE MANDATES FOR SCHOOL YEARS 2025-2026 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20THROUGH 2028-2029. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for the 2025-2026 through 2028-2029 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22school years only, a school district or charter school may adopt a resolution not to comply |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-02166 as introduced01/15/25 REVISOR CR/NS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 3361NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: HOUSLEY) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading04/09/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Education Finance 2.1with a new state education law or new state education rule applicable to that school according |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2to paragraph (b) for the length of time established in the resolution. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 (b) For purposes of this section, "new rule" means a rule adopted by the Professional |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4Educator Licensing and Standards Board after July 1, 2023, and "new law" means: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 (1) a law initially enacted under: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (i) Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 12, section 4; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (ii) Laws 2023, chapter 54; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 (iii) Laws 2023, chapter 55; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9 (iv) Laws 2023, chapter 59; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10 (v) Laws 2024, chapter 109; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 (vi) Laws 2024, chapter 115; or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12 (2) an amendment to a law under clause (1), enacted during the 2023 or 2024 legislative |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13session. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14 (c) Upon a recorded vote, a school board that formally resolves not to comply with a |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15newly enacted or newly amended state law or rule as defined in paragraph (b) must post a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16record of each decision to not comply on its website and transmit to the commissioner an |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17electronic notice of each decision. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 25-02166 as introduced01/15/25 REVISOR CR/NS |
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