Audio/Video Archives - 2007-2008 Regular Session

HF1717 (Welti) Transportation aid for flexible learning year programs authorized.
HF1568 (Hornstein) Pupil transportation formulas modified for charter schools.
HF1566 (Hornstein) Safe schools levy increased.
HF1415 (Hortman) Hazardous pupil transportation services levy authorized.
HF1561 (Faust) Early intervention adequate yearly progress grants established, formula allowance increased, and money appropriated.
HF1174 (Dominguez) Minnesota reading corps program established, and money appropriated.
HF1559 (Dittrich) Master teacher training in economics and personal finance provided, and money appropriated.
HF1412 (Benson) Location equity index created, general education revenue formula modified, and specified school districts' revenue increased.
HF1718 (Heidgerken) School district integration revenue modified.
HF1702 (Faust) School finance system changes phased in, and school finance reform legislative task force created.
HF234 (Benson) School district reserve fund requirements and reports eliminated, and school district primary elections required only after adoption of a resolution.
HF236 (Greiling) School districts authorized to delay the implementation of special education tuition billing for an additional two years.
HF1197 (Mariani) Prekindergarten through grade 12 education provided including general education, education excellence, special programs, technology, nutrition and accounting, libraries, early childhood education, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning.

HF208 (Rukavina) School districts authorized to levy for health care costs.
HF836 (Kalin) Debt service equalization aid program state aid increased, and money appropriated.
HF837 (Lanning) Debt service equalization aid increased, and equalizing factors indexed.
HF839 (Welti) Debt service equalization aid program state aid increased, and money appropriated.
HF1083 (Anzelc) Maximum effort capital loan school districts tax base modified to calculate debt service levies.
HF101 (Demmer) Agricultural land excluded from the tax base for school bonded debt levies.
HF681 (Sviggum) Agricultural property excluded from tax base for school bonded debt levies, agricultural land valuation based on production value, and money appropriated.
HF466 (Dittrich) Property tax relief provided; and equity, transition, and referendum equalization levies increased and indexed.
HF467 (Dittrich) Property tax relief provided; and debt service equalization revenue, health and safety, deferred maintenance, and operating capital levies increased and indexed.
HF680 (Hilstrom) School finance equalizing factors indexed at 150 percent of the state average tax base per pupil.
HF927 (Hortman) Equity, transition, and referendum revenue programs equalizing factor increased.
HF1518 (Brown) Local government aid programs and appropriations modified, and school finance equalizing factors indexed.
HF800 (Demmer) School districts and counties mutually authorized to mutually agree to extend the time allowed before the date of the proposed property tax levy certification.
HF1692 (Davnie) Taxpayer notice modified on renewal of school district operating referendum.

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HF1868 (Abeler) Debt service and referendum equalization aid programs equalizing factors indexed.

HF365 (Morgan) Alternative teacher pay calculation for intermediate school districts modified.
HF668 (Garofalo) School aid payment percentage increased from 90 percent to 95 percent.
HF805 (Ruud) Inflationary adjustment limitation removed relating to school district referendum allowance limit.
HF1428 (Davnie) Site decision-making program grants provided, and money appropriated.
HF558 (Peterson) School district sharing of superintendents incentive created, and money appropriated.
HF153 (Urdahl) School district shared superintendent aid provided, and money appropriated.
HF1411 (Howes) Small schools declining enrollment revenue provided.
HF1565 (Welti) Consolidating school districts state aid increased.
HF521 (Heidgerken) Veteran's Day paid day off provided to veterans employed by school districts, Veteran's Day educational instruction required, and private employers encouraged to grant paid holiday to veterans.

HF978 (Hortman) Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, authorized to purchase and restore native prairie and wetland adjacent to Riverview Elementary School; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF1120 (Sailer) Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, maximum effort capital loan provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated.
HF1563 (Cornish) Cooperative secondary facilities program eligibility expanded, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
HF1137 (Davnie) Special school district No. 1, Minneapolis, bonding authority continued; and Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, bonding authorization provided.
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HF1198 (Mariani) Limited English proficiency programs five-year limit on funding removed.
HF1186 (Greiling) Collaborative urban educator recruitment and training programs grants authorized, and money appropriated.

HF833 (Brown) Special education additional aid provided, program growth factors increased in regular and excess cost special education revenue, and money appropriated.
HF841 (Benson) Program growth factors reestablished, and special education programs funding increased.
HF977 (Davnie) Special education excessive costs state payment required, and program growth factor increased.
HF981 (Brown) State special education revenue formulas fully funded, and special education aid appropriation made open and standing.
HF1084 (Davnie) Special education programs funding increased and restored.
HF1318 (McFarlane) Special education funding increased, and two-year lag in base funding increased.
HF1057 (Urdahl) New teachers induction program established relating to high-need subject areas and schools, and money appropriated.
HF811 (Wardlow) Mathematics and science professional development programs provided, and money appropriated.

HF838 (Erickson) Independent School District No. 480, Onamia, levy authorized.
HF1185 (Davnie) School districts and intermediate school districts building lease levy increased.
HF892 (Hilstrom) Teacher professional development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF1151 (Swails) Minnesota Learning Resource Center funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF412 (Peterson, S) Professional teaching standards grant program established and money appropriated.
HF1414 (Davnie) Learning Law and Democracy Foundation grant provided, and money appropriated.