Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF474 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; authorizing school districts and charter schools to
3	3	1.3 use student support personnel aid to fund personnel who work to reduce chronic
4	4	1.4 absenteeism; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivisions
5	5	1.5 1, 2, 4.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
9	9	1.9the meanings given:
10	10	1.10 (1) "new position" means a student support services personnel full-time or part-time
11	11	1.11position not under contract by a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit at the
12	12	1.12start of the 2022-2023 school year;
13	13	1.13 (2) "part-time position" means a student support services personnel position less than
14	14	1.141.0 full-time equivalent at the start of the 2022-2023 school year;
15	15	1.15 (3) "American Rescue Plan Act" means the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,
16	16	1.16Public Law 117-2, that awarded funds; and
17	17	1.17 (4) "student support services personnel" means:
18	18	1.18 (i) an individual licensed to serve as a school counselor, school psychologist, school
19	19	1.19social worker, school nurse, or chemical dependency counselor in Minnesota.; or
20	20	1.20 (ii) an individual not included in item (i) whose work duties primarily consist of activities
21	21	1.21that reduce chronic student absenteeism.
22	22	1.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2026 and later.
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	25-01926 as introduced01/09/25 REVISOR CR/BM
25	25	SENATE
26	26	STATE OF MINNESOTA
27	27	S.F. No. 474NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
28	28	(SENATE AUTHORS: KUNESH)
29	29	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
30	30	Introduction and first reading01/21/2025
31	31	Referred to Education Finance 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32	32	2.2 Subd. 2.Purpose.The purpose of student support personnel aid is to:
33	33	2.3 (1) address shortages of student support services personnel within Minnesota schools;
34	34	2.4 (2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective
35	35	2.5services;
36	36	2.6 (3) ensure that students receive effective student support services and integrated and
37	37	2.7comprehensive services to improve prekindergarten through grade 12 academic, physical,
38	38	2.8social, and emotional outcomes supporting career and college readiness and effective school
39	39	2.9mental health services;
40	40	2.10 (4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice
41	41	2.11of their training and licensure;
42	42	2.12 (5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, assessment, data-based decision making,
43	43	2.13and family and community engagement within a comprehensive approach that facilitates
44	44	2.14interdisciplinary collaboration; and
45	45	2.15 (6) improve student health, attendance, school safety, and school climate to support
46	46	2.16academic success and career and college readiness.
47	47	2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.901, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
48	48	2.18 Subd. 4.Allowed uses.(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), aid under this section
49	49	2.19must be used to hire new positions for student support services personnel or increase a
50	50	2.20current position that is less than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours
51	51	2.21or make permanent a position hired using onetime resources awarded through the federal
52	52	2.22Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, the federal Consolidated Appropriations
53	53	2.23Act, the federal Division M-Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations
54	54	2.24Act, or the federal American Rescue Plan Act, or to maintain a position that would otherwise
55	55	2.25be eliminated.
56	56	2.26 (b) Cooperative student support personnel aid must be transferred to the intermediate
57	57	2.27district or other cooperative unit of which the district is a member and used to:
58	58	2.28 (1) hire new positions for student support services personnel or increase a current position
59	59	2.29that is less than 1.0 full-time equivalent to a greater number of service hours or make
60	60	2.30permanent a position hired using onetime resources awarded through the American Rescue
61	61	2.31Plan Act at the intermediate district or cooperative unit.; or
62	62	2Sec. 3.
63	63	25-01926 as introduced01/09/25 REVISOR CR/BM 3.1 (2) pay the costs of necessary transportation among cooperative member school sites
64	64	3.2for student support services personnel.
65	65	3.3 (c) If a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit does not receive at least two
66	66	3.4applications and is not able to hire a new full-time equivalent position with student support
67	67	3.5personnel aid, the aid may be used for contracted services from individuals licensed to serve
68	68	3.6as a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school nurse, or chemical
69	69	3.7dependency counselor in Minnesota.
70	70	3.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2025 and later.
71	71	3Sec. 3.
72	72	25-01926 as introduced01/09/25 REVISOR CR/BM