1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 5237, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 84, after line 16, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [127A.205] OFFICE OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND TRUANCY.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner must establish within the department an
1.5Office of Student Attendance and Truancy. The Office of Student Attendance and Truancy
1.6must coordinate school district, county, and executive branch efforts related to improving
1.7student attendance and reducing truancy.
1.8    Subd. 2. Duties. The Office of Student Attendance and Truancy must:
1.9(1) assist school districts and charter schools with programs and strategies to improve
1.10student attendance and reduce student truancy;
1.11(2) work with school districts, charter schools, and counties to implement truancy
1.12programs and services provided for under chapter 260A;
1.13(3) post to its website links to best practices for local school attendance programs; and
1.14(4) recommend student reporting systems upgrades that provide better capabilities for
1.15identifying students not meeting consistent attendance standards, chronically absent, and
1.16removed from school district and charter school attendance rolls.

1.17    Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 12, section 17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.18    Subd. 2. Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

1.19		$	47,005,000	.....	2024
1.20		$	39,922,000	.....	2025

1.21Of these amounts:
1.22(1) $405,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators;
2.1(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes,
2.2section 120B.115;
2.3(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
2.4Proficiency and Success Act (LEAPS) under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
2.5(4) $480,000 each year is for the Department of Education's mainframe update;
2.6(5) $7,500,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for legal fees and costs associated with
2.7litigation;
2.8(6) $595,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,609,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for modernizing
2.9district data submissions. The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $2,359,000;
2.10(7) $573,000 each year is for engagement and rulemaking related to Specific Learning
2.11Disability;
2.12(8) $150,000 each year is for an ethnic studies specialist in the academic standards
2.13division to provide support to the ethnic studies working group and to school districts seeking
2.14to establish or strengthen ethnic studies courses;
2.15(9) $150,000 each year is for the comprehensive school mental health services lead under
2.16Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.215;
2.17(10) $150,000 each year is for a school health services specialist under Minnesota
2.18Statutes, section 121A.20;
2.19(11) $2,000,000 each year is for the Office of the Inspector General established under
2.20Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.21;
2.21(12) $800,000 each year is for audit and internal control resources;
2.22(13) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 only is for information technology infrastructure
2.23and portfolio resources;
2.24(14) $2,000,000 each in fiscal year 2024 is for staffing the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
2.25(EDI) Center at the Department of Education; and
2.26(15) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is for the Office of Student Attendance and Truancy;
2.27and
2.28(15) (16) $275,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for
2.29administrative expenses for unemployment aid.
2.30(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
2.31Washington, D.C., office.
3.1(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
3.2and its supplements are approved and appropriated and must be spent as indicated.
3.3(d) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $39,667,000.
3.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.5Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.6Amend the title accordingly