Bill Text: MN SF350 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education revenue sparsity eligibility criteria modification and extension to independent school district #356, Lancaster due to independent school district #2171, Kittson central closure
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to Education [SF350 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF350-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education finance; adjusting the eligibility criteria for sparsity
1.3revenue; permitting Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, to recover
1.4sparsity aid that the district lost due to the closing of a school building; amending
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 8a. Sparsity revenue for school districts that close facilities. A school
1.10district that closes a school facility or whose sparsity revenue is reduced by a school
1.11closure in another district is eligible for elementary and secondary sparsity revenue equal
1.12to the greater of the amounts calculated under subdivisions 6, 7, and 8 or the total amount
1.13of sparsity revenue for the previous fiscal year if the school board of the district has
1.14adopted a written resolution stating that the district intends to close the school facility, but
1.15cannot proceed with the closure without the adjustment to sparsity revenue authorized by
1.16this subdivision. The written resolution must be filed with the commissioner of education
1.17at least 60 days prior to the start of the fiscal year for which aid under this subdivision is
1.18first requested. A school district whose sparsity revenue is affected by a closure in another
1.19district is not required to adopt a written resolution under this section.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2012
1.21and later.
1.22 Sec. 2. KITTSON CENTRAL SCHOOL CLOSING.
2.1Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, is eligible for sparsity revenue
2.2calculated under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a, for fiscal year 2012
2.3and later, if the board has adopted a written resolution at any time prior to the start of
2.4the 2011-2012 school year to notify the commissioner and request aid under Minnesota
2.5Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a. For the purposes of this section, the school
2.6district shall be eligible for aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision
2.78a, as a result of the closure of the Kennedy Elementary School in Independent School
2.8District No. 2171, Kittson Central.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2012
2.10and later.
1.3revenue; permitting Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, to recover
1.4sparsity aid that the district lost due to the closing of a school building; amending
1.5Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 8a. Sparsity revenue for school districts that close facilities. A school
1.10district that closes a school facility or whose sparsity revenue is reduced by a school
1.11closure in another district is eligible for elementary and secondary sparsity revenue equal
1.12to the greater of the amounts calculated under subdivisions 6, 7, and 8 or the total amount
1.13of sparsity revenue for the previous fiscal year if the school board of the district has
1.14adopted a written resolution stating that the district intends to close the school facility, but
1.15cannot proceed with the closure without the adjustment to sparsity revenue authorized by
1.16this subdivision. The written resolution must be filed with the commissioner of education
1.17at least 60 days prior to the start of the fiscal year for which aid under this subdivision is
1.18first requested. A school district whose sparsity revenue is affected by a closure in another
1.19district is not required to adopt a written resolution under this section.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2012
1.21and later.
1.22 Sec. 2. KITTSON CENTRAL SCHOOL CLOSING.
2.1Independent School District No. 356, Lancaster, is eligible for sparsity revenue
2.2calculated under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a, for fiscal year 2012
2.3and later, if the board has adopted a written resolution at any time prior to the start of
2.4the 2011-2012 school year to notify the commissioner and request aid under Minnesota
2.5Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 8a. For the purposes of this section, the school
2.6district shall be eligible for aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision
2.78a, as a result of the closure of the Kennedy Elementary School in Independent School
2.8District No. 2171, Kittson Central.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2012
2.10and later.
