Bill Text: MN HF2540 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: School district state aid new source created for districts with below average revenue.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - Author added Ward [HF2540 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2540-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to education finance; creating a new source of state aid for school
1.3districts with below average revenue;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
1.4126C.13, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.5chapter 126C.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7    Section 1. [126C.127] GENERAL EDUCATION DISPARITY AID.
1.8A school district or charter school is eligible for general education disparity aid if
1.9the district's per pupil general education revenue is less than 87 percent of the statewide
1.10average per pupil general education revenue. For purposes of this section, "district" means
1.11a school district or a charter school; "general education revenue" means the sum of the
1.12district's general education revenue under section 126C.10, and its referendum revenue
1.13under section 126C.17; and "pupil units" means adjusted marginal cost pupil units. For
1.14fiscal year 2014 and later, a district's general education disparity aid equals the greater of:
1.15(1) zero; or
1.16(2) the product of:
1.17(i) the district's pupil units for that year; and
1.18(ii) the difference between 87 percent of the statewide average general education
1.19revenue per pupil unit and the district's general education revenue per pupil unit.

1.20    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.21    Subd. 4. General education aid. For fiscal years 2007 year 2014 and later, a
1.22district's general education aid is the sum of the following amounts:
1.23    (1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital
1.24revenue, alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue;
2.1    (2) operating capital aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 13b;
2.2    (3) equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30;
2.3    (4) alternative teacher compensation aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 36;
2.4    (5) transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33;
2.5    (6) shared time aid under section 126C.01, subdivision 7;
2.6    (7) referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a; and
2.7    (8) online learning aid according to section 124D.096; and
2.8(9) general education disparity aid under section 126C.127.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014
2.10and later.
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