Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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1E 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

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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring schools (K-12) to have a licensed library media specialist, specifying
requirements
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU)
board of trustees and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the second
phase of the science/library (science library) project at Century college
(rt)


Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the Minnesota office of higher education for the Minitex
program
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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Requiring a school media center, public library, state government agency library
and public or private college or university library to be given access to the
electronic library for Minnesota databases regardless of memberships in a
regional library system
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of education and authorizing the
issuance of state bonds for library accessibility and improvement grants
(je)

Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; establishing technology and library aid for school
districts; specifying use of aid; appropriating money to the commissioner of
education
(me)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of economic development for a grant to
the city of Cold Spring and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to acquire
land, predesign, design, construct, furnish and equip certain public facilities
for a downtown riverfront redevelopment project
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) for a grant to the city of Chatfield for a new brass band library
building
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - Author added Dibble

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2E Relating to local government ARTICLE 1 - LIBRARY MERGER Providing for the merger of the city of Minneapolis public library and the Hennepin county library system, specifying supersession of contrary state law and city of Minneapolis home rule charter and ordinances; authorizing the Minneapolis library board and the city of Minneapolis to transfer to Hennepin county all interest in, rights and title to the real property and assets of the Minneapolis public library to the consolidated Hennepin county library system, specifying real property and assets; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to transfer the Minneapolis central library parking ramp to the county, specifying bond and debt instruments responsibility to the city of Minneapolis, requiring county reimbursement for bonds principal and interest; transferring all permanent Minneapolis library board employees to county employment, transfer to [...]

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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring school media centers, public libraries, state government agency
libraries and public or private college or university libraries to have access
to selected databases of the electronic library for Minnesota
(me)

Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for regional library basic
system support and for multicounty, multitype library systems
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Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the department of education for regional library
telecommunications aid and equity in telecommunications internet access
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Wiger

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Relating to education ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying the alternative teacher compensation revenue formula, charter school general education revenue formula, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements; 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; setting the limited English proficiency (LEP) allowance; modifying the average daily membership number of pupil units, learning year pupil units, basic revenue, extended time revenue, LEP concentration allowance, operating capital levy, transportation sparsity revenue allowance, equity revenue, district equity gap and index, transition revenue and equity allowance, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, charter school payments and certain abatement [...]

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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes

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Modifying an Anoka county bonding provision governing county library bonding
amounts
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing Cook county to extend the local sales tax upon voter approval at a
special election held prior to a certain date, requiring use of sales tax for
county community center and recreation area and Grand Marais pool and public
library construction and improvements, specifying a new taxing authority
expiration and expenditure limitation; authorizing county bond issuance without
election, specifying bond limit and debt limitation and tax levy computation
exclusion for bonds
(rt)

Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3657

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Making the Carver County library board advisory to the Carver County board;
authorizing the Carver County board to have control over certain aspects of the
county library system
(me)

Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF6]

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3E 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF829]

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1E Relating to judiciary finance; appropriating money to the supreme court for operations, contingent accounts and core justice operations maintenance, civil legal services for low income clients in family law matters, court of appeals for caseload increases, trial courts for guardian ad litem, interpreters, psychological and in forma pauperis services, for new judge units, existing problem solving courts maintenance and expansion and pro se litigants resources expansion and to maintain core justice operations, to the tax court, the uniform laws commission, the board on judicial standards for investigative and hearing costs and the board of public defense for appellate office caseload increase, shortfall, public defense caseload increase, part time public defenders data entry and public defense corporations; adding judgeships; providing for use of nonfelony abandoned bail in the fourth judicial district, requiring funds

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Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for
high quality educational programs, libararies, institute for advanced study,
targeted core academic programs and new technologies in research and security
infrastructure
(rt)

Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to Ramsey county
to predesign and design a regional bioscience and environmental library at the
nexus of Mounds View, New Brighton and Arden Hills in Ramsey county
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred by Chair to K-12 Finance Division

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Library basic system support grants limitations modified.

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education

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Electronic Library for Minnesota access provided.

Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education

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Electronic library for Minnesota databases access to local libraries provided.

Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 261 05/01/08

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Carver County Board granted authority over library system with exceptions.

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Author added Welti

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Chatfield Brass Band Library funding provided, bonds issued, and money
appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Governor's action Veto Line item vetoes - Page 20 lines 20.11-20.14;

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HF 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. [...]

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Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - Returned from Senate with amendment

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HF 1973 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County library system merger enabled; and transfer of employees, property and assets to Hennepin County authorized. ARTICLE 1: LIBRARY MERGER Section 1: Preemption language provided. Section 2: Definitions provided. Section 3: Transfer of assets language provided. Section 4: Minneapolis central library parking ramp language provided. Section 5: Transfer of employees language provided. Section 6: Minneapolis employee retirement fund participants language provided. Section 7: Existing debt and unissued capital improvement language provided. Section 8: Operating funds language provided. Section 9: Planetarium language provided. Section 10: Minneapolis library board language provided. Section 11: Ballpark tax levy language provided.

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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education

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Library media specialists required at every school.

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Division action, to pass as amended and return to Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division

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Library accessibility and improvement grants funding provided, bonds issued, and
money appropriated.

Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Returned from House

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Scott County library board made advisory to the county board.

Latest Action: 04/02/2007 - Author added Mullery

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Regional library basic system support and multicounty, multitype library systems
funding provided; and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Author added Nornes

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Library telecommunications aid and telecommunications/Internet access equity
provided, and money appropriated.