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Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/04/08 Bill Text
Early childhood education programs teaching employment requirements modified.
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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Governor's action Veto Line item vetoes - Page 20 lines 20.11-20.14; Bill TextHF 2245 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus E-12 education finance bill. ARTICLE 1: GENERAL EDUCATION Section 1: Additional revenues; priority language modified. Section 2: Program established language modified. Section 3: Commissioner designation language modified. Section 4: Student planning language modified. Section 5: Pupil unit language modified. Section 6: Basic revenue language modified. Section 7: Gifted and talented revenue language modified. Section 8: Equity revenue language modified. Section 9: Basic alternative teacher compensation aid language modified. Section 10: Reallocating general education revenue for all-day kindergarten and prekindergarten language modified. Section 11: General education aid language modified. Section 12: County apportionment deduction language modified. [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF6] Bill Text3E Relating to education; ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition, general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements, operating capital levy and aid, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, equity levy and aid, transition revenue, equity allowance, levy and aid, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, alternative teacher compensation levy and aid, general education aid; permitting district and charter school grade level acceleration instructional programming; requiring charter schools and area learning centers to inform students and parents of learning year option; requiring a consolidated tax rate establishment and permitting district consolidated levy, limit; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Received from House Bill Text
Health, human services, and education forecast adjustments made, and money
appropriated.
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing and early childhood education for homeless children pilot project;
specifying eligibility for participation in the project; establishing early
childhood education scholarships; providing parent education, requiring training
of shelter and supportive housing staff; equipping the shelters and supportive
housing sites for the physical and developmental needs of very young children;
requiring the commissioner of human services to contract with a third party to
evaluate the program; requiring the development of a community based planning
committee to guide and support program goals and strategies; requiring a report
to the legislature by a certain date; providing a sunset date; appropriating
money to the commissioner of human services
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Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Author added Marty Bill TextRelating to education finance; modifying the school finance system and creating a new education funding framework; modifying the calculation of the first and second tier equalized debt service levies for school districts; establishing a school bond agricultural credit, specifying eligibility, credit amount, credit reimbursements and payments to school districts; modifying the calculation used by school districts to receive the health and safety levy revenue; modifying provisions relating to school districts qualifying to participate in the alternative facilities bonding and levy program; modifying the calculation of deferred maintenance revenue and the deferred maintenance levy for school districts; modifying requirements to be considered a pupil of limited English proficiency (LEP); modifying the formula for school district limited LEP revenue and school district special education aid and excess cost aid; establishing an show full description
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing an early childhood education program for at-risk (at risk)
four-year (four year) olds, authorizing school boards to offer programs and
specifying qualifications for student participation, requiring licensed
teachers, allowing a board of teaching variance, specifying program requirements
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF1812] Bill Text1E Relating to the financing of state government; making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations for various state agencies ARTICLE 1- GENERAL FUND SUMMARY Summarizing certain general fund direct appropriations, appropriation reductions and transfers ARTICLE 2 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain duties of school superintendents relating to reporting requirements for anticipated expenditures and passage rates, modifying the annual report submittal date; modifying and clarifying certain school district reciprocity agreement provisions; modifying tuition payment requirements; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into an agreement with a designated authority from an adjoining state to establish enrollment options programs with an adjoining state, specifying certain agreement content requirements; providing for pupil accounting, requiring the commissioner [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to appropriations ARTICLE 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Providing for a summary of appropriations; providing for the department of human services forecast adjustment; reducing appropriations for children and economic assistance grants, basic health care grants and continuing care grants ARTICLE 2 - PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 EDUCATION A. GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying appropriations for general education aid, referendum tax base replacement aid, enrollment options transportation, abatement revenue, consolidation transition, nonpublic pupil education aid and nonpublic pupil transportation B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Modifying appropriations for charter school building lease aid, charter school startup cost aid, integration aid, interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants and tribal contract school aid C. SPECIAL PROGRAMS show full description
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing a multiyear competitive planning and implementation grant program
to develop community based prekindergarten through grade 3 programs in public
school collaborative settings to promote school readiness and future school
success and assist families by coordinating early childhood and early elementary
initiatives focusing on closing the achievement gap; specifying program
components, eligibility, grant application process, match, application review
and grant awarding provisions; sunset provision; appropriating money to the
commissioner of education
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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text1E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs and services ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition; modifying general education levy aid; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; allowing referendum market value to determine district state aid adjustment abatement; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the specific enrollment options in nonresident districts ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Requiring charter and nonpublic schools to transfer student records to student school of residence, requiring inclusion of form disciplinary actions in records transfer; requiring school district to adopt gifted and talented students acceleration policies and procedures; modifying secondary students state show full description
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Establishing the position of statewide hearing loss early education intervention
coordinator in the department of education, prescribing duties, requiring
collaboration with various state offices and agencies; appropriating money to
the commissioner of education
(rt)
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Modifying teacher licensure requirements for early childhood family education
(ECFE) programs
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Establishing Word Works a research based early childhood literacy program
premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development
and high quality early literacy program standards to increase literacy skills of
children participating in head start, specifying program provider requirements;
requiring the commissioner of education to collect longitudinal literacy data on
children; appropriating money to the commissioner of education
(rt)
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education; providing extended time revenue to school districts for
certain prekindergarten pupils enrolled in learning year programs
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Relating to early childhood special education; upon parent or guardian placement
of a prekindergarten child in a nonresident school district for care and
education services, the nonresident school district becomes the responsible
district; requiring districts to provide care or education services to eligible
children for a certain amount of time per week, exception for head start
programs; clarifying continuing eligibility for special instruction and services
in the district of residence, exempting resident districts from the
transportation requirement to the nonresident district
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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Providing early childhood family education program (ECFE) incentives to programs
successfully reaching out to at risk (high risk) children and demonstrating
collaboration with other ECFE programs and organizations serving at risk
children, specifying a percentage, appropriating money to the commissioner of
education for collaboration incentives
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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Higher Education Bill Text
2E Establishing a P-20 (P20) education partnership to create a seamless system
of education to maximize student achievements from early childhood through
postsecondary (post secondary) education, specifying membership to include the
commissioner of education, the university of Minnesota, the Minnesota state
college and university (MnSCU) system, certain legislators and certain local
association, council, foundation and partnership members; establishing a
deadline for appointments and designations; sunset provision
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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Author added Michel Bill Text
Providing a corporate franchise tax credit for contributions to prekindergarten
scholarship granting organizations (preK SGOs); specifying certain duties of the
commissioner of education, requiring and providing for application to the
commissioner for tax credit certificates
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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Rest Bill Text
Increasing funding for head start programs; appropriating money to the
commissioner of education
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