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relating to BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.1ARTICLE 3
1.2EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

1.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 5. Ages and terms. (a) Every child between seven and 16 17 years of age must
1.5receive instruction unless the child has graduated. Every child under the age of seven who
1.6is enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate days,
1.7or other kindergarten programs shall receive instruction. Except as provided in subdivision
1.86, a parent may withdraw a child under the age of seven from enrollment at any time.
1.9(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this
1.10subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children
1.11to receive instruction in summer school shall establish at the time of its action the criteria
1.12for determining which children must receive instruction.
1.13(c) A pupil 16 years of age or older who meets the criteria of section 124D.68,
1.14subdivision 2, may be assigned to an area learning center. Such assignment may be made
1.15only after consultation with the principal, area learning center director, and parent or
1.16guardian.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and
1.18later.

1.19    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.22, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.20    Subd. 8. Withdrawal from school. Any student between 16 and 18 who is 17 years
1.21old who seeks to withdraw from school, and the student's parent or guardian must:
1.22(1) attend a meeting with school personnel to discuss the educational opportunities
1.23available to the student, including alternative educational opportunities; and
1.24(2) sign a written election to withdraw from school.

1.25    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.22, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.26    Subd. 11. Assessment of performance. (a) Each year the performance of every
1.27child ages seven through 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial
1.28report was filed pursuant to section 120A.24, subdivision 1, after the child is 16 and who
1.29is not enrolled in a public school must be assessed using a nationally norm-referenced
1.30standardized achievement examination. The superintendent of the district in which the
1.31child receives instruction and the person in charge of the child's instruction must agree about
1.32the specific examination to be used and the administration and location of the examination.
2.1(b) To the extent the examination in paragraph (a) does not provide assessment in
2.2all of the subject areas in subdivision 9, the parent must assess the child's performance
2.3in the applicable subject area. This requirement applies only to a parent who provides
2.4instruction and does not meet the requirements of subdivision 10, clause (1), (2), or (3).
2.5(c) If the results of the assessments in paragraphs (a) and (b) indicate that the
2.6child's performance on the total battery score is at or below the 30th percentile or one
2.7grade level below the performance level for children of the same age, the parent must
2.8obtain additional evaluation of the child's abilities and performance for the purpose of
2.9determining whether the child has learning problems.
2.10(d) A child receiving instruction from a nonpublic school, person, or institution that
2.11is accredited by an accrediting agency, recognized according to section 123B.445, or
2.12recognized by the commissioner, is exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and
2.14later.

2.15    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.16    Subdivision 1. Reports to superintendent. (a) The person or nonpublic school in
2.17charge of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district
2.18in which the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests
2.19intended to be used under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, if required; the name of each
2.20instructor; and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section
2.21120A.22, subdivision 10 :
2.22(1) by October 1 of the first school year the child receives instruction after reaching
2.23the age of seven;
2.24(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after
2.25age seven to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a
2.26state-recognized accredited agency;
2.27(3) within 15 days of moving out of a district; and
2.28(4) by October 1 after a new resident district is established.
2.29(b) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child
2.30between the ages of seven and 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an
2.31initial report was filed pursuant to this subdivision after the child is 16 must submit, by
2.32October 1 of each school year, a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction under
2.33this section for all students under the person's or school's supervision and any changes to
2.34the information required in paragraph (a) for each student.
3.1(c) The superintendent may collect the required information under this section
3.2through an electronic or Web-based format, but must not require electronic submission of
3.3information under this section from the person in charge of reporting under this subdivision.
3.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and
3.5later.

3.6    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a
3.7subdivision to read:
3.8    Subd. 4. Basic alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For fiscal year 2015
3.9and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school with a plan approved
3.10under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher
3.11compensation revenue under subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation
3.12aid for an intermediate school district or charter school with a plan approved under section
3.13122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times
3.14the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or on
3.15October 1 of the current year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times
3.16the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher
3.17compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher
3.18compensation revenue for those districts under subdivision 1.
3.19(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative
3.20teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2015
3.21and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of alternative teacher compensation
3.22aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these limits.
3.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2015 and
3.24later.

3.25    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a
3.26subdivision to read:
3.27    Subd. 5. Alternative teacher compensation levy. For fiscal year 2015 and later,
3.28the alternative teacher compensation levy for a district receiving basic alternative teacher
3.29compensation aid equals the product of (1) the difference between the district's alternative
3.30teacher compensation revenue and the district's basic alternative teacher compensation
3.31aid times, (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted net tax capacity per
3.32adjusted pupil unit to $6,742.
4.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2015 and
4.2later.

4.3    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.415, is amended by adding a
4.4subdivision to read:
4.5    Subd. 6. Alternative teacher compensation equalization aid. (a) For fiscal year
4.62015 and later, a district's alternative teacher compensation equalization aid equals the
4.7district's alternative teacher compensation revenue minus the district's basic alternative
4.8teacher compensation aid minus the district's alternative teacher compensation levy. If a
4.9district does not levy the entire amount permitted, the alternative teacher compensation
4.10equalization aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
4.11(b) A district's alternative teacher compensation aid equals the sum of the
4.12district's basic alternative teacher compensation aid and the district's alternative teacher
4.13compensation equalization aid.
4.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2015 and
4.15later.

4.16    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.03, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
4.17    Subd. 12. Termination of enrollment. A district may terminate the enrollment
4.18of a nonresident student enrolled under this section or section 124D.08 at the end of a
4.19school year if the student meets the definition of a habitual truant under section 260C.007,
4.20subdivision 19
, the student has been provided appropriate services under chapter 260A,
4.21and the student's case has been referred to juvenile court. A district may also terminate the
4.22enrollment of a nonresident student over the age of 16 17 enrolled under this section if the
4.23student is absent without lawful excuse for one or more periods on 15 school days and has
4.24not lawfully withdrawn from school under section 120A.22, subdivision 8.
4.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and
4.26later.

4.27    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.42, is amended to read:
4.28124D.42 READING AND MATH CORPS.
4.29    Subd. 6. Program training. The commission must, within available resources:
4.30(1) orient each grantee organization in the nature, philosophy, and purpose of the
4.31program;
5.1(2) build an ethic of community service through general community service training;
5.2and
5.3(3) provide guidance on integrating programmatic-based measurement into program
5.4models.
5.5    Subd. 8. Minnesota reading corps program. (a) A Minnesota reading corps
5.6program is established to provide ServeMinnesota Innovation AmeriCorps members with
5.7a data-based problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in helping to train local
5.8Head Start program providers, other prekindergarten program providers, and staff in
5.9schools with students in kindergarten through grade 3 to evaluate and teach early literacy
5.10skills, including comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section
5.11122A.06, subdivision 4 , to children age 3 to grade 3.
5.12(b) Literacy programs under this subdivision must comply with the provisions
5.13governing literacy program goals and data use under section 119A.50, subdivision 3,
5.14paragraph (b).
5.15(c) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the
5.16legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and
5.17evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.
5.18    Subd. 9. Minnesota math corps program. (a) A Minnesota math corps program is
5.19established to give ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members a data-based problem-solving
5.20model of mathematics instruction useful for providing elementary and middle school
5.21students and their teachers with instructional support to meet state academic standards in
5.22mathematics.
5.23(b) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the
5.24legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and
5.25evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.
5.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.

5.27    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.4531, is amended to read:
5.28124D.4531 CAREER AND TECHNICAL LEVY REVENUE.
5.29    Subdivision 1. Career and technical levy revenue. (a) A district with a career and
5.30technical program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is
5.31certified may levy an amount is eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 percent
5.32of approved expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:
5.33(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct instructional
5.34services to students in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered
6.1in the district's approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries
6.2reimbursed by another school district under clause (2);
6.3(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential,
6.4licensed personnel providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for
6.5services rendered in the district's approved career and technical education programs;
6.6(2) (3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a
6.7Minnesota school district or cooperative center under subdivision 7;
6.8(3) (4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical
6.9education personnel;
6.10(4) (5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for
6.11vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;
6.12(5) (6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for
6.13improvement based on program assessment;
6.14(6) (7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for
6.15noncollegiate credit-bearing professional development; and
6.16(7) (8) specialized vocational instructional supplies.
6.17(b) Up to ten percent of a district's career and technical levy revenue may be spent on
6.18equipment purchases. Districts using the career and technical levy revenue for equipment
6.19purchases must report to the department on the improved learning opportunities for
6.20students that result from the investment in equipment.
6.21(c) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal
6.22year in which it is certified.
6.23(d) The amount of the levy certified revenue calculated under this subdivision may
6.24not exceed $17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013,
6.25and $15,393,000 $24,224,000 for taxes payable in 2014.
6.26(e) If the estimated levy revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (d), the
6.27commissioner must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a), clause (2), until the estimated
6.28levy revenue no longer exceeds the limit in paragraph (d).
6.29    Subd. 1a. Career and technical levy. (a) For fiscal year 2014 only, a district may
6.30levy an amount not more than the product of its career and technical revenue times the
6.31lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil
6.32unit in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified to the career and technical revenue
6.33equalizing factor. The career and technical revenue equalizing factor for fiscal year 2014
6.34equals $9,497.
6.35(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, a district may levy an amount not more than
6.36the product of its career and technical revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of its
7.1adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the fiscal year in which the levy is
7.2certified to the career and technical revenue equalizing factor. The career and technical
7.3revenue equalizing factor for fiscal year 2015 and later equals $10,058.
7.4    Subd. 1b. Career and technical aid. For fiscal year 2014 and later, a district's
7.5career and technical aid equals its career and technical revenue less its career and technical
7.6levy. If the district levy is less than the permitted levy, the district's career and technical
7.7aid shall be reduced proportionately.
7.8    Subd. 2. Allocation from cooperative centers and intermediate districts. For
7.9purposes of this section, a cooperative center or an intermediate district must allocate its
7.10approved expenditures for career and technical education programs among participating
7.11districts.
7.12    Subd. 3. Levy Revenue guarantee. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a),
7.13the career and technical education levy revenue for a district is not less than the lesser of:
7.14(1) the district's career and technical education levy authority revenue for the
7.15previous fiscal year; or
7.16(2) 100 percent of the approved expenditures for career and technical programs
7.17included in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified.
7.18    Subd. 3a. Levy, pay 2012-2014 Revenue adjustments. Notwithstanding
7.19subdivisions 1, 1a, and 3, for taxes payable in 2012 to 2014 only, the department must
7.20calculate the career and technical levy authority revenue for each district according to
7.21Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531, and adjust the levy authority revenue for
7.22each district proportionately to meet the statewide levy revenue target under subdivision 1,
7.23paragraph (d). For purposes of calculating the levy revenue guarantee under subdivision
7.243, the career and technical education levy authority revenue for the previous fiscal year
7.25is the levy authority revenue according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531,
7.26before adjustments to meet the statewide levy revenue target.
7.27    Subd. 4. District reports. Each district or cooperative center must report data to the
7.28department for all career and technical education programs as required by the department
7.29to implement the career and technical levy revenue formula.
7.30    Subd. 5. Allocation from districts participating in agreements for secondary
7.31education or interdistrict cooperation. For purposes of this section, a district with a
7.32career and technical program approved under this section that participates in an agreement
7.33under section 123A.30 or 123A.32 must allocate its levy revenue authority under this
7.34section among participating districts.
7.35EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2014 and later.

8.1    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.2    Subd. 5. School district EL revenue. (a) A district's English learner programs
8.3revenue equals the product of (1) $700 in fiscal year 2004 and later $705 times (2) the
8.4greater of 20 or the adjusted marginal cost average daily membership of eligible English
8.5learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal year.
8.6(b) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following
8.7the school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided
8.8assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.
8.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
8.10and later.

8.11    Sec. 12. [124D.861] ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEGRATION FOR MINNESOTA.
8.12    Subdivision 1. Program to close the academic achievement and opportunity
8.13gap. The "Achievement and Integration for Minnesota" program is established to
8.14promote diversity, pursue racial and economic integration, and increase student academic
8.15achievement and equitable educational opportunities in Minnesota public schools. The
8.16program must serve students of varying racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds, taking
8.17into account unique geographic and demographic particularities affecting students,
8.18schools, and districts including race, neighborhood locations and characteristics, grades,
8.19socioeconomic status, academic performance, and language barriers. Eligible districts
8.20must use the revenue under section 124D.862 to pursue racial and economic integration in
8.21schools through: (1) in-school educational practices and integrated learning environments
8.22created to prepare all students to be effective citizens, enhance social cohesion, and
8.23reinforce democratic values; and (2) corresponding and meaningful policies and curricula
8.24and trained instructors, administrators, school counselors, and other advocates who support
8.25and enhance in-school practices and integrated learning environments under this section.
8.26In-school practices and integrated learning environments must promote increased student
8.27academic achievement, cultural fluency, cross-cultural interactivities, communication and
8.28pedagogy, graduation and educational attainment rates, and parent involvement.
8.29    Subd. 2. Plan components. (a) The school board of each eligible district must
8.30formally develop and implement a long-term comprehensive plan that identifies the
8.31collaborative structures and systems, in-school strategies, inclusive best educational
8.32practices, and partnerships with higher education institutions and industries required
8.33to effect this section and increase the academic achievement of all students. Plan
8.34components may include: innovative and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12
8.35learning environments that offer students school enrollment choices; family engagement
9.1initiatives that involve families in their students' academic life and success; professional
9.2development opportunities for teachers and administrators focused on improving the
9.3academic achievement of all students; increased programmatic opportunities focused
9.4on rigor and college and career readiness for underserved students, including students
9.5enrolled in alternative learning centers under section 123A.05, public alternative programs
9.6under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, or contract alternative programs under section
9.7124D.69, among other underserved students; or recruitment and retention of teachers and
9.8administrators with diverse backgrounds. The plan must specify district and school goals
9.9for reducing the disparity in academic achievement among all racial and ethnic categories of
9.10students and promoting racial and economic integration in schools and districts over time.
9.11(b) Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement a cost-effective,
9.12research-based intervention that includes formative assessment practices to reduce the
9.13disparity in student academic achievement between the highest and lowest performing
9.14racial and ethnic categories of students as measured by student demonstration of
9.15proficiency on state reading and math assessments.
9.16(c) Eligible districts must collaborate in creating efficiencies and eliminating the
9.17duplication of programs and services under this section, which may include forming a
9.18single, seven-county metropolitan areawide partnership of eligible districts for this purpose.
9.19    Subd. 3. Biennial progress; budget process. (a) To receive revenue under section
9.20124D.862, the school board of an eligible district must hold at least one formal hearing by
9.21March 1 in the year preceding the current biennium to report to the public its progress in
9.22realizing the goals identified in its plan. At the hearing, the board must provide the public
9.23with longitudinal data demonstrating district and school progress in reducing the disparity
9.24in student academic achievement among all racial and ethnic categories of students and
9.25realizing racial and economic integration, consistent with its plan and the measures in
9.26paragraph (b). The district also must submit to the commissioner by March 1 in the year
9.27preceding the current biennium a detailed biennial budget for continuing to implement
9.28its plan and the commissioner must review and approve or disapprove the budget by
9.29June 1 of that year.
9.30(b) The longitudinal data required under paragraph (a) must be based on student
9.31growth and progress toward proficiency in reading, mathematics, and writing, as defined
9.32under section 120B.299, and one or more of the following measures:
9.33(1) the number of world language proficiency or high achievement certificates
9.34awarded under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c);
9.35(2) adequate yearly progress under section 120B.35, subdivision 2;
10.1(3) preparation for postsecondary academic and career opportunities under section
10.2120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (1);
10.3(4) rigorous coursework completed under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph
10.4(c), clause (2); or
10.5(5) school safety and students' engagement and connection at school under section
10.6120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d).
10.7    Subd. 4. Evaluation. The commissioner must evaluate the efficacy of district
10.8plans in reducing the disparity in student academic achievement among all racial and
10.9ethnic categories of students and realizing racial and economic integration and report the
10.10commissioner's findings to the kindergarten through grade 12 education committees of the
10.11legislature by February 1 every fourth year beginning February 1, 2017.
10.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2014 and later.

10.13    Sec. 13. [124D.862] ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEGRATION REVENUE.
10.14    Subdivision 1. Eligibility. A school district is eligible for achievement and
10.15integration revenue under this section if the district has a biennial achievement and
10.16integration plan approved by the department under section 124D.861. Priority for funding
10.17must be given to eligible school districts that include methods that have been effective in
10.18reducing disparities in student achievement in the district's biennial plan.
10.19    Subd. 2. Achievement and integration revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2014, initial
10.20achievement and integration revenue for an eligible district equals the lesser of the
10.21district's expenditure for the fiscal year under its budget according to subdivision 1a or the
10.22greater of: (1) 90 percent of the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 under
10.23Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.86, or (2) the sum of: (i) $315 times the district's
10.24adjusted pupil units for the prior fiscal year computed using the pupil unit weights effective
10.25under section 126C.05 for fiscal year 2015 and later, times the district's enrollment of
10.26protected students as a percent of its total enrollment on October 1 of the prior fiscal year,
10.27plus (ii) $100 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the prior fiscal year computed
10.28using the pupil unit weights effective under section 126C.05 for fiscal year 2015 and later
10.29times the district's enrollment of protected students as a percent of its total enrollment on
10.30October 1 of the prior fiscal year times the district's focus rating for the prior fiscal year
10.31under Minnesota's 2012 Elementary and Secondary Education Act flexibility request.
10.32(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, initial achievement and integration revenue for
10.33an eligible district equals the lesser of the district's expenditure for the fiscal year under
10.34its budget according to subdivision 1a or the greater of: (1) 63 percent of the district's
10.35integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.86,
11.1or (2) the sum of: (i) $221.50 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the prior fiscal
11.2year computed using the pupil unit weights effective under section 126C.05 for fiscal year
11.32015 and later, times the district's enrollment of protected students as a percent of its total
11.4enrollment on October 1 of the prior fiscal year, plus (ii) $70 times the district's adjusted
11.5pupil units for the prior fiscal year computed using the pupil unit weights effective under
11.6section 126C.05 for fiscal year 2015 and later, times the district's enrollment of protected
11.7students as a percent of its total enrollment on October 1 of the prior fiscal year times the
11.8district's focus rating for the prior fiscal year under Minnesota's 2012 Elementary and
11.9Secondary Education Act flexibility request.
11.10(c) In each year, .02 percent of each district's initial achievement and integration
11.11revenue is transferred to the Department of Education for the oversight and accountability
11.12activities required under this section and section 124D.861.
11.13(d) A district that did not meet its achievement goals established in section 124D.861
11.14for the previous biennium must report to the commissioner the reasons why the goals were
11.15not met. The district must submit a two-year improvement plan to achieve the unmet goals
11.16from its achievement and integration plan. A district that does not meet its goals in the
11.17improvement plan must have its initial achievement and integration revenue reduced by
11.1820 percent for the current year.
11.19(e) Any revenue saved by the reductions in paragraph (d) must be proportionately
11.20reallocated on a per adjusted pupil unit basis to all districts that met their achievement
11.21goals in the previous biennium.
11.22    Subd. 3. Achievement and integration aid. A district's achievement and
11.23integration aid for fiscal year 2014 equals the difference between the district's achievement
11.24and integration revenue and its achievement and integration levy. A district's achievement
11.25and integration aid for fiscal year 2015 and later equals the district's achievement and
11.26integration revenue.
11.27    Subd. 4. Achievement and integration levy. For fiscal year 2014 only, a district
11.28may levy an amount equal to 30 percent of the district's achievement and integration
11.29revenue as defined in subdivision 2. The Department of Education must adjust the levy
11.30for taxes payable in 2014 by the difference between the levy under this section and the
11.31amount levied by the district under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2,
11.32section 49, paragraph (f).
11.33    Subd. 5. Revenue reserved. Integration revenue received under this section must
11.34be reserved and used only for the programs authorized in subdivision 6.
11.35    Subd. 6. Revenue uses. At least 80 percent of a district's achievement and
11.36integration revenue received under this section must be used for innovative and integrated
12.1learning environments, family engagement activities, and other approved programs
12.2providing direct services to students. Up to 20 percent of the revenue may be used for
12.3professional development and staff development activities, and not more than ten percent
12.4of this share of the revenue may be used for administrative expenditures.
12.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014
12.6and later.

12.7    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260C.007, subdivision 19, is amended to read:
12.8    Subd. 19. Habitual truant. "Habitual truant" means a child under the age of 16 17
12.9years who is absent from attendance at school without lawful excuse for seven school days
12.10per school year if the child is in elementary school or for one or more class periods on
12.11seven school days per school year if the child is in middle school, junior high school, or
12.12high school, or a child who is 16 or 17 years of age who is absent from attendance at school
12.13without lawful excuse for one or more class periods on seven school days per school year
12.14 and who has not lawfully withdrawn from school under section 120A.22, subdivision 8.
12.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and
12.16later.

12.17    Sec. 15. APPROPRIATIONS.
12.18    Subdivision 1. Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are
12.19appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
12.20designated.
12.21    Subd. 2. Integration aid. For integration aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
12.22124D.86:
12.23
$
,000
.....
2014
12.24
$
,000
.....
2015
12.25The 2014 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2013 and $...,000 for 2014.
12.26The 2015 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2014 and $...,000 for 2015.
12.27    Subd. 3. Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota
12.28Statutes, section 124D.98:
12.29
$
,000
.....
2014
12.30
$
,000
.....
2015
12.31The 2014 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2013 and $...,000 for 2014.
12.32The 2015 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2014 and $...,000 for 2015.
13.1    Subd. 4. Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For
13.2interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
13.3section 124D.87:
13.4
$
,000
.....
2014
13.5
$
,000
.....
2015
13.6    Subd. 5. Success for the future. For American Indian success for the future grants
13.7under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:
13.8
$
,000
.....
2014
13.9
$
,000
.....
2015
13.10The 2014 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2013 and $...,000 for 2014.
13.11The 2015 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2014 and $...,000 for 2015.
13.12    Subd. 6. American Indian teacher preparation grants. For joint grants to assist
13.13American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:
13.14
$
,000
.....
2014
13.15
$
,000
.....
2015
13.16    Subd. 7. Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota
13.17Statutes, section 124D.83:
13.18
$
,000
.....
2014
13.19
$
,000
.....
2015
13.20The 2014 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2013 and $...,000 for 2014.
13.21The 2015 appropriation includes $...,000 for 2014 and $...,000 for 2015.
13.22    Subd. 8. Early childhood programs at tribal schools. For early childhood family
13.23education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.83,
13.24subdivision 4:
13.25
$
,000
.....
2014
13.26
$
,000
.....
2015
13.27    Subd. 9. Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For
13.28students' advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under
13.29Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs
13.30for teachers and other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13,
13.31subdivision 1:
13.32
$
,000
.....
2014
13.33
$
,000
.....
2015
14.1(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation
14.2each year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the
14.3appropriation each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the
14.4advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced
14.5Placement Advisory Council and the Minnesota Association of IB World Schools,
14.6respectively, shall determine the amounts of the expenditures each year for examination
14.7fees and training and support programs for each program.
14.8(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least
14.9$500,000 each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs
14.10and follow-up support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international
14.11baccalaureate programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an
14.12advanced placement or international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop
14.13shall be the same. The commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount
14.14of the subsidy.
14.15(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
14.16families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent
14.17of available appropriations shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an
14.18advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
14.19Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
14.20    Subd. 10. Concurrent enrollment program. For concurrent enrollment programs
14.21under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:
14.22
$
,000
.....
2014
14.23
$
,000
.....
2015
14.24If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
14.25the aid payment to each district.
14.26Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
14.27    Subd. 11. Collaborative urban educator. For the collaborative urban educator
14.28grant program:
14.29
$
,000
.....
2014
14.30
$
,000
.....
2015
14.31$...,000 each year is for the Southeast Asian teacher program at Concordia
14.32University, St. Paul; $...,000 each year is for the collaborative educator program at the
14.33University of St. Thomas; and $...,000 each year is for the Center for Excellence in Urban
14.34Teaching at Hamline University.
14.35Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
15.1Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a
15.2detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers
15.3prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.
15.4    Subd. 12. ServeMinnesota program. For funding ServeMinnesota programs under
15.5Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:
15.6
$
,000
.....
2014
15.7
$
,000
.....
2015
15.8A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents
15.9of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such
15.10coverage is not otherwise available.
15.11    Subd. 13. Student organizations. For student organizations:
15.12
$
,000
.....
2014
15.13
$
,000
.....
2015
15.14$... each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
15.15$... each year is for student organizations serving service occupations (HERO).
15.16$... each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations
15.17(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
15.18$... each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA,
15.19secondary and postsecondary).
15.20$... each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA, PAS).
15.21$... each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science
15.22occupations (FCCLA).
15.23$... each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA
15.24and DECA collegiate).
15.25$... each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
15.26Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
15.27    Subd. 14. Early childhood literacy programs. For early childhood literacy
15.28programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:
15.29
$
,000
.....
2014
15.30
$
,000
.....
2015
15.31Up to $...,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support
15.32AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota Reading Corps program established by
15.33ServeMinnesota, including costs associated with the training and teaching of early literacy
16.1skills to children age three to grade 3 and the evaluation of the impact of the program
16.2under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.
16.3Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
16.4    Subd. 15. Minnesota math corps program. For the Minnesota math corps program
16.5under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9.
16.6
$
.......
.....
2014
16.7
$
.......
.....
2015
16.8Any unexpended balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the
16.9second year.
16.10    Subd. 16. Alternative compensation. For alternative teacher compensation aid
16.11under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:
16.12
$
.......
.....
2015
16.13The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and $....... for 2015.