1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2051, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 2, line 27, after "equals" insert "
the revenue under paragraph (b) plus"
1.3Page 3, delete lines 20 to 22 and insert:
1.4"
(b) A school district where the enrollment of protected students exceeds 15 percent
1.5may levy an additional amount under the levy authority in subdivision 4, equal to the
1.6lesser of (1) $35 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year, or (2) the difference
1.7between the district's total integration revenue for the current fiscal year and the district's
1.8total integration revenue for fiscal year 2008. A district where protected resident students
1.9attend nonresident district schools must use the funds generated by this levy to provide
1.10transportation to those students attending the nonresident district schools."
1.11Page 3, line 30, after "3" insert "
, paragraphs (a) and (c)"
1.12Page 3, line 31, strike "A district's integration aid equals the difference between"
1.13Page 3, strike line 32 and insert "
(a) For a district where the enrollment of protected
1.14students exceeds 15 percent, the district's integration aid equals the district's integration
1.15revenue minus (1) the district's integration levy, and (2) the amount received for each
1.16protected student times the number of protected resident students attending a nonresident
1.17district school."
1.18Page 3, before line 33, insert:
1.19"
(b) For a district in which protected nonresident students attend, the district's
1.20integration aid equals the amount in paragraph (a) plus the sum of the integration aid
1.21subtracted from the students' resident districts under paragraph (a), clause (2), for the time
1.22the student is enrolled in the nonresident district."
1.23Page 4, line 19, after the period, insert "
The department may not use any evaluation
1.24to determine compliance with this section as part of a measure reported under the No
1.25Child Left Behind Act."
1.26Page 5, after line 1, insert:
2.1"
(7) creating specific measures of accountability that include measuring how
2.2desegregation funding may or may not be related to closing the achievement gap;"
2.3Page 5, line 2, delete "
(7)" and insert "
(8)"
2.4Page 5, line 3, delete "
(8)" and insert "
(9)"
2.5Page 5, after line 7, insert:
2.6 "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 127A.45, subdivision 12a, is amended to
2.7read:
2.8 Subd. 12a.
Forward shifted aid payments. (a) Nineteen percent of the state aid
2.9in fiscal year 1999, and 31 percent of the state aid in fiscal years 2000 and later received
2.10under section
124D.86 must be paid by the state to the recipient school district on July 15
2.11of that year. The recipient school district must recognize this aid in the same fiscal year
2.12as the levy is recognized.
2.13(b) One hundred percent of the state aid in fiscal years 2003 and later received under
2.14section
124D.87 must be paid by the state to the recipient school district on August 30 of
2.15that year. The recipient school district must recognize this aid in the previous fiscal year.
2.16 Sec. 4.
APPROPRIATION.
2.17$2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2010 from the general fund to the
2.18commissioner of education for a competitive grant program for school districts with
2.19less than 15 percent protected students to be used exclusively to close the achievement
2.20gap. The application must be in the form and manner chosen by the commissioner. The
2.21appropriation is available until exhausted. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.22 Sec. 5.
REPEALER.
2.23Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.87, is repealed."
2.24Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.25Amend the title accordingly