All Education-Special Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 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 show full description Comment on Bill SF1665 - Hearing loss early education intervention coordinator position establishment and appropriation
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: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing funding for special education program growth factors (je) SF3631 - Omnibus supplemental E-12 education provisions and funding modifications
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Stumpf Bill Text 2E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 and early childhood and family education programs and services ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying annual reporting requirements of district anticipated expenditures and passage rates for GRAD purposes by school superintendents; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into interstate agreements with adjoining states to establish an enrollment options program, specifying agreement specifications, conditions, and pupil accounting (pupil unit); requiring the commissioner of education to establish procedures relating to the application process, funds payment or collection and data collection; providing for an exclusion from procedure requirements for certain smaller enrollment transfers; providing a tuition exemption for enrollment transfers under terms of agreement; modifying general education revenue calculation for 2010 and [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the special education base revenue funding; modifying the determination of school district special education aid and excess cost aid; repealing certain provisions relating to state totals for special education revenue and excess cost aid (me) SF1107 - Special education program growth factors modification, excess cost program funding increase and intensive intervention revenue
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Reestablishing special education program growth factors; modifying the adjusted special education base revenue; establishing intenstive intervention funding for school districts providing intensive intervention services, specifying eligibility and requirements (rt) SF1729 - Prekindergarten children with disabilities special instruction
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 (rt) Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; extending the special education task force to allow the completion of studies of the state special education rules; repealing certain provisions relating to placement in state institution responsibility, nonresident education billing, transportation aid agreements and the definition of assistance technology device (je) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Author stricken Olson, G. Bill Text Relating to education; authorizing the commissioner of education to make reimbursement payments to charter schools for qualifying unreimbursed costs of serving students with disabilities; appropriating money to the department of education for supplemental special education aid payments (rt) Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - Author added Saltzman Bill Text 2E Establishing a task force to review all aspects of the education system for children with disabilities in the state and to recommend to the legislature changes to simplify and standardize the distribution of state aid for special education; specifying membership; requiring the department of education and any other state agency to provide requested information and assistance; requiring the task force to report to the legislature by a certain date; sunset provision (ra) SF0627 - Special education litigation costs reporting requirements
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring school districts to annually report special education litigation costs to the commissioner of education; requiring the commissioner to report special education litigation costs annually to the legislature by a certain date (rt) SF0437 - School district special education tuition billing delay authorization
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to delay special education tuition billing implementation for a certain amount of time (rt) SF3175 - School district reciprocity agreements provisions modifications
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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 an enrollment options programs with the adjoining state; specifying certain agreement content requirements; providing for pupil accounting; requiring the commissioner to establish certain procedures relating to applications, the collection or payment of funds and the collection of data for implementation of the agreement; specifying certain severance pay exceptions; providing adjustments for special education tuition payments; modifying the general education transition revenue formula and setting the district transition allowance for fiscal year 2009 and later; prescribing the tuition reciprocity revenue transition formula; expanding payment of aids to school districts [...] show full description SF1493 - Supportive community partnership program grants appropriation
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for a grant to the Minnesota school share program of the greater Minneapolis council of churches for the supportive community partnership program; authorizing the partnership program to offer services and grants to other faith or community based programs for educational services, authorizing use of the grants for early intervention or special needs programs, supplemental education services or continued support; authorizing Minnesota school share to provide technical support and assistance to grant recipients through program development workshops, customized technical support, contracted consulting services and web sites devoted to best practices information and resource development services (je) SF3415 - Physicians and psychologists ADD and ADHD diagnosis authorization
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing licensed physicians and licensed psychologists to make a diagnosis and determination of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for the purpose of identifying a child with a disability and eligible for and in need of special education instruction and services (me) SF2584 - Minnesota state academies asset preservation bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of administration and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for asset preservation at the Minnesota state academies (rt) SF2585 - Minnesota state academy for the deaf Frechette hall renovation bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of administration and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to predesign the renovations of Frechette hall on the Minnesota state academy for the deaf campus (rt) SF2774 - Minnesota state academy for the deaf Pollard hall bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of administration and authorizing the issuance of state bonds to facilitate a day treatment center for deaf and hard-of-hearing children with mental health issues at the Pollard hall on the Minnesota state academy for the deaf campus (me) SF2907 - State academies for the deaf and blind highway sign posting requirement
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of transportation (DOT) to erect signs on interstate highway #35 near the intersection with trunk highway #60 directing motorists to the Minnesota state academies for the deaf and blind (rt) SF0762 - Special education program growth factors modification and appropriation increases
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Wiger Bill Text Modifying special education program growth factors and increasing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of education for regular special education aids (me) SF1190 - Early intervention adequate yearly progress (AYP) grants and appropriations
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing and providing for early childhood intervention grants to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), specifying components; providing AYP district revenue formulas; appropriating money to the department of education for early intervention AYP for the St. Croix river education district to establish the Minnesota reading center and intervention standards development and for districts or cooperatives to establish a Minnesota mathematics center, a Minnesota positive behavioral support center and for the university of Minnesota educational psychology department to measure mathematics performance (ra) SF1415 - Extraordinary special education revenue component establishment
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Creating the extraordinary special education revenue component for school districts with extraordinary special education service needs (me) SF0702 - Special education excess cost program funding increase
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the adjusted special education base revenue; increasing initial excess cost aid; modifying school district special education excess cost aid; repealing the provision relating to state total special education excess cost aid (me) SF0421 - Special education excess costs state payment and program growth factor increase
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the state to pay for school district excessive special education costs, authorizing districts to bill the state for the excess costs; increasing the special education program growth factor (rt) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Author added Wiger Bill Text 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 [...] show full description Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the adjusted special education base revenue; modifying the determination of school district special education aid and excess cost aid; repealing certain provisions relating to state totals for special education revenue and excess cost aid (rt) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing funding for special education program growth factors; including special education aid in the annual general education aid appropriation (me) SF0745 - Special education program growth factors modification
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Reestablishing special education program growth factors (me) SF1232 - School finance system modifications and school finance reform task force
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; modifying special education revenue base year definition and base revenue and aid determination; modifying education funding pupil unit count and general education basic revenue determination; establishing a legislative task force on school finance reform, specifying goals and membership and requiring a report to the legislature on formula recommendations by a certain date; repealing special education revenue provisions (rt) SF1733 - Special education aid increases, base funding and adjusted special education base revenue modifications
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing special education aid; eliminating a certain lag in base funding; modifying the adjusted special education base revenue formula (je) SF3001 - Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided for general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning.
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Veto 05/13/08 Bill Text Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided for general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning. SF3828 - School finance system modification and education funding framework creation
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Author added Marty Bill Text Relating 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 SF0013 - Special education; President and Congress memorialized, by resolution, to carry through on their pledge to fund 40 percent of special education costs.
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - House rule 4.20, interim disposition of bills, returned to E-12 Education Bill Text Special education; President and Congress memorialized, by resolution, to carry through on their pledge to fund 40 percent of special education costs. SF2095 - Omnibus E-12 education, family and adult education appropriations
Latest Action: 04/19/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF6] Bill Text 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 [...] show full description SF3125 - Basic education formula allowance and special education services funding modifications
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the basic education formula allowance and funding for special education services; eliminating proration of special education revenue; reducing appropriations for special education excess costs aid (me) Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Governor's action Veto Line item vetoes - Page 20 lines 20.11-20.14; Bill Text 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. [...] show full description HF0006 - Omnibus prekindergarten through grade 12 education finance bill.
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Senate adopted conference committee report, bill repassed Bill Text HF 6 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus prekindergarten through grade 12 education finance bill. ARTICLE 1 -- E-12 EDUCATION Section 1: Developmental screening aid language modified. Section 2: Teachers' and Administrators' licenses; fees language modified. Section 3: Basic alternative teacher compensation aid language provided. Section 4: Alternative teacher compensation levy language provided. Section 5: Alternative teacher compensation aid language provided. Section 6: Debt service appropriation language modified. Section 7: To qualify language modified. Section 8: Bonds for certain capital facilities language modified. Section 9: Pupils in adjoining states language modified. Section 10: Tuition payments language modified. Section 11: Effective if reciprocal language modified. Section 12: Appeal to the [...] show full description |
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