Bill Text: MN HF2593 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Sparsity revenue modified for a school district that has ended an academic pairing agreement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-29 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance [HF2593 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2593-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to education finance; modifying sparsity revenue for a school district that
1.3has ended an academic pairing agreement;amending Minnesota Statutes 2011
1.4Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a,
1.7is amended to read:
1.8    Subd. 8a. Sparsity revenue for school districts that close facilities or end
1.9academic pairing programs. (a) A school district that closes a school facility or whose
1.10sparsity revenue is reduced by a school closure in another district is eligible for elementary
1.11and secondary sparsity revenue equal to the greater of the amounts calculated under
1.12subdivisions 6, 7, and 8 or the total amount of sparsity revenue for the previous fiscal
1.13year if the school board of the district has adopted a written resolution stating that the
1.14district intends to close the school facility, but cannot proceed with the closure without
1.15the adjustment to sparsity revenue authorized by this subdivision. The written resolution
1.16must be approved by the board and filed with the commissioner of education prior to the
1.17start of the fiscal year for which aid under this subdivision is first requested. A school
1.18district whose sparsity revenue is affected by a closure in another district is not required to
1.19adopt a written resolution under this section.
1.20(b) If a school district ends an academic pairing agreement that was in place for more
1.21than 15 years, the district's sparsity revenue equals the greater of the amount calculated
1.22under subdivisions 6, 7, and 8, or the total amount of sparsity revenue for the previous
1.23fiscal year.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.2and applies to revenue for fiscal years 2012 and later.
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