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S.F. No. 530 - Perpich Center for Arts Education; Crosswinds School Conveyance and Operation (First Engrossment with A-5 Amendment)
 
Author: Senator Kevin Dahle
 
Prepared By: Bjorn E. Arneson, Senate Analyst (651/296-3812)
 
Date: March 17, 2014



 

Section 1. Declining enrollment revenue. Provides that a student enrolled at the Crosswinds school shall not generate declining enrollment revenue for the district at which they were previously enrolled.

Sections 2 & 3. Grants the Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education the powers necessary for the care, management, and control of the Crosswinds school and authorizes the board to establish and operate an interdistrict integration magnet program.  Requires the board to have an approved achievement and integration plan and budget for fiscal year 2016 and later.

Section 4, subdivision 1. Definitions.

Section 4, subdivision 2. Specifies that the Crosswinds school is governed by the Perpich board and that students may open enroll to the Crosswinds school from their resident district.

Section 4, subdivision 3. Specifies how students enrolled at Crosswinds generate general education revenue.  Note: this formula is similar to the formula for charter school general education revenue.

Section 4, subdivision 4. Specifies that special education aid paid to the Crosswinds school is adjusted for nonresident students in the standard way.

Section 4, subdivision 5. Requires EMID member districts to transport pupils enrolled at Crosswinds for the 2014-2015 school year.  Provides that interdistrict transportation for integration purposes is reimbursable with state aid.

Section 4, subdivision 6. Provides that the Crosswinds school is eligible to receive achievement and integration aid in fiscal year 2016 and later.

Section 4, subdivision 7. Authorizes Crosswinds to receive other aids, grants, and revenues in a similar fashion to charter schools.

Section 4, subdivision 8. Authorizes Crosswinds to operate as a flexible learning year program.

Section 4, subdivision 9. Requires Crosswinds to follow standard budgeting, accounting, and data reporting conventions.

Section 5, subdivision 1. Conveys the Crosswinds school facility to Perpich Center for Arts Education for use as an east metropolitan area integration magnet school.

Section 5, subdivision 2. Specifies that students may open enroll to Crosswinds from their resident district and guarantees continued enrollment for any student enrolled at Crosswinds during the 2013-2014 school year.

Section 5, subdivision 3. Clarifies how pupil counts for compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue are to be calculated for fiscal year 2015 only.

Section 5, subdivision 4. Directs the department to qualify the Crosswinds school for federal funding.

Effective Dates:  Sections 2, 3, and 5 are effective the day following final enactment.  Sections 1 and 4 are effective July 1, 2014.

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