Bill Text: MN SF1950 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: School districts special education lost revenue replacement authorization

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-20 - Referred to Education [SF1950 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1950-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to replace special
1.3education revenue lost to the statewide special education appropriations caps;
1.4proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. [125A.795] SPECIAL EDUCATION PRORATION REPLACEMENT
1.7REVENUE.
1.8    Subdivision 1. Revenue. A school district's special education proration replacement
1.9revenue equals the sum of:
1.10(1) the difference between its initial special education aid under section 125A.76,
1.11subdivision 2, and its special education aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 5, for
1.12that year; and
1.13(2) the difference between the district's initial special education excess cost aid
1.14under section 125A.79, subdivision 5, recalculated to reflect the computation of the
1.15regular special education aid with no statewide appropriations cap, and the district's actual
1.16excess cost aid for that year.
1.17    Subd. 2. Equalized levy. A district's special education equalized levy equals the
1.18district's special education proration replacement revenue times the lesser of one or the
1.19ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident marginal cost pupil unit to
1.20$476,000.
1.21    Subd. 3. Equalized aid. A school district's special education equalized aid equals
1.22the difference between its special education proration replacement revenue and its special
1.23education equalized levy. If the district does not levy the entire amount permitted under
1.24subdivision 2, the equalized aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal years 2014
2.2and later.
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