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EDUCATION FINANCE UPDATE 2016 Legislative Session
MASBO Spring Conference May 6, 2016
Tom Melcher Division of School Finance
E-12 Education Bills
STATE GENERAL FUND SPENDING TARGETS
(State Aid Appropriations - $ Millions)
Gov House Senate*
FY 2016-17 Biennium:
Increase over Base- Initial $114 $ 53 $101
Savings – Early Loan Repay (53) (53) (53)
Increase – Net $61 $ 0 $48
Percent Increase 0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
• Senate also includes $10 million in Equity bill ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FY 2018-19 Biennium:
Increase over Base $128 $ 3 $164
Percent Increase 0.7% 0.0% 0.9%
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• Allows a district with an outstanding capital loan balance that
received a capital loan before January 1, 2007 to close the loan by
repaying the full outstanding original principal on the loan by
November 30, 2016, without repaying the interest on the loan.
• It is estimated that 6 of the 11 districts with a capital loan
outstanding will elect to pay off their loans: Cromwell, Caledonia,
LaPorte, Roseau, East Central and Littlefork.
• The repayments will increase the state’s general fund balance as of
June 30, 2017 by $53.349 Million, but will decrease the receivables
carried on the state’s financial statements.
• The Governor, House and Senate all use the cash from the early
loan repayment to finance PK-12 education spending increases
(mostly one-time)
EARLY REPAYMENT OF
MAXIMUM EFFORT LOANS
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EARLY LEARNING: Governor House Senate
Voluntary PreK (Including Levy buydown cost) 25,000 - 25,000
Prekindergarten Facilities Grants (added 4/27) 40,249
Statewide Early Childhood Rating Sysytem - 2,000 500
Help Me Grow 1,000 - 1,000
Parent-Child Home Program - 2,000 1,000
St. Cloud Early Learning Pilot - 430 -
Early Learning Subtotal 66,249 4,430 27,500
VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Student Eligibility: All children who are four years old on Sept. 1 of the school year in which they enroll.
• Program Requirements:
– At least 350 hours of instruction must be provided for the school year;
– Staff-to-child ratios of one-to-ten with a maximum class size of 20 children;
– Instructional staff with salaries comparable to those of local K-12 staff;
– comprehensive program content, with curriculum, assessment and instructional strategies aligned with state early learning standards;
– Formative measurement of child cognitive and social skills;
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VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Program Requirements (continued):
– Coordination with relevant community-based services and district programs, including parent engagement strategies;
– High-quality professional development provided;
– Policies and practices aligned for prekindergarten through third grade.
– Early childhood licensure for classroom teachers by FY 2023
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VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Funding capped at $25 million for FY 2017
• Funding caps for later years:
– Governor: $40 M -- FY 18; $60 M FY 19 and later
– Senate: $33 M -- FY 18; $40 M FY 19 and later
• Funding is broken down into four buckets, based on percentage of state total kindergarten enrollment:
– Minneapolis and St. Paul School Districts 10%
– Metro Suburban School Districts 40%
– Non-Metro School Districts 43%
– Charter Schools 7%
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VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Within each bucket, funding is prioritized based on:
– Concentration of the prior year kindergarten students eligible for free and reduced-priced lunch by site and,
– The proximity of three- and four-star rated Parent Aware programs to the district or charter.
• Application deadlines:
– FY 17: July 1, 2016
– Later years: January 30
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VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Participating students would be included in district / charter school
enrollment, Average Daily Membership (ADM) and pupil units
• ADM = ratio of program hours to 850, with a maximum of 0.6 ADM.
• Pupil weighting factor = 1.0, so the pupil units will be the same as the
average daily membership.
– Students enrolled in programs that provide the minimum of 350 hours of
instruction will be counted as 0.412 pupil unit.
– Students in programs that provide 425 hours will be counted as 0.5 pupil unit
– Students in programs that provide 510 or more hours will be counted as 0.6
pupil unit.
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VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN
(Governor – Senate)
• Pre-K enrollments and pupil units would be included in all pupil-
driven funding formulas
– ( e.g., general education, referendum, Q Comp, achievement and integration,
charter school lease aid, building lease levy, safe schools levy, long-term facilities
maintenance revenue).
– For first –year programs, compensatory revenue and Q Comp revenue would be
calculated using current year enrollment .
– LTFM revenue would be increased to include the approved cost of remodeling
existing instruction space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction (pay as you
go or debt service).
– The building lease levy would be increased to include lease costs for additional
space for approved pre-K programs (e.g., building additions; other added space)
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• One-time appropriation of $40.239 million in FY 2017 for pre-K
facilities grants for school districts and charter schools
• Funds are available for expenses in FY 2017 – FY 2019
Grant covers 50% of:
Remodeling cost for existing space;
New construction cost;
Necessary site preparations;
Operating leases.
Grants limited to $1 million per school district or charter school.
VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN FACILITIES GRANTS
(Added to Governor’s Recommendation 4/27/2016)
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Local match:
School districts could use LTFM revenue to cover the remaining
50% of remodeling costs (pay as you go or debt service)
School districts could use building lease levy to cover the
remaining 50% of new construction cost (capital lease).
Charter schools would include the remaining 50% of cost in lease
aid application.
Geographic distribution: metro/rural (50/50)
Priority for districts in voluntary Pre-K program; others may also apply.
Application deadlines coincide with Pre-K program application:
(July 1, 2016; January 30, 2017)
VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN FACILITIES GRANTS
(Added to Governor’s Recommendation 4/27/2016) (Continued)
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• Allows a school board to adopt a resolution allowing the district to
offer an integrated early learning program, after receiving written
comments.
• Includes ECFE, school readiness & other early learning programs.
• For districts with an integrated program ECFE, school readiness and
other early learning funds can be used for any of the early learning
programs and fund balances are combined in one reserve account.
EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM COORDINATION
(House)
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• Allows charter schools to receive school readiness aid if the state
total aid entitlement for any year exceeds $33,683,000.
• Separate formula for charter schools if the state total aid entitlement
is between $33,683,000 and $36,683,000:
– 50% of the charter school aid is allocated based on number of
kindergarten pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year, and
– 50% is allocated based on number of students eligible for free or
reduced price lunches in the previous year.
• If the state total aid exceeds $36,683,000, the school district and
charter school formulas must be combined to calculate the aid.
• Effective for FY 2018.
SCHOOL READINESS – CHARTER SCHOOLS
(House)
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• Increases home visiting revenue from $1.60 to $3.00
times population under age 5 residing in the district on
Sept 1 of the last school year, effective for FY 2018 (Pay
17 levy).
• Equalizes the levy with an equalizing factor of $17,250.
HOME VISITING REVENUE
(Senate)
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GENERAL ED / SUPPORT STAFF Governor House Senate
Equity Revenue - Nonmetro Increase - 7,701 -
Concurrent Enrollment - - 2,250
Graduation Incentives - - 1,348
Support Staff Grants 13,100 - 13,100
Subtotal 13,100 7,701 16,698
EQUITY REVENUE (House and Senate)
House:
• Beginning in FY 2017, extends to nonmetro school districts the 25% increase in the sliding scale portion of equity revenue that currently applies only to districts whose headquarters are in the 7 county metro area.
• For FY 2017 only, makes the equity revenue increase all state aid.
• Beginning in FY 2018, requires the school board to adopt a written resolution to qualify for the 25% equity revenue increase, after giving the public an opportunity to speak on the resolution.
– The resolution may be for up to 5 years, and may be subsequently reauthorized in 5 year increments.
Senate:
• Beginning in FY 2017, extends the 25% increase in the sliding scale portion of equity revenue to all districts with any area located in the seven county metro area.
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CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT (Senate)
• Appropriation increased from $4 million to $6.25 million for FY 2017.
• Base budget for FY 2018 and later set at $5 million.
• Maximum aid increased from $150 to $300 per pupil enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course.
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CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT (Senate – continued)
• By mutual agreement of the school board and teacher’s union, up to 25% of the aid may be reserved to offset tuition paid to an accredited postsecondary institution (PSI) for coursework necessary for secondary teachers to meet a PSI’s accrediting body’s requirements to teach concurrent enrollment classes
• A teacher receiving tuition reimbursement must repay the district if the teacher does not complete the training.
• If 50% or more of the tuition is reimbursed by the district, the teacher must continue to teach in the district for two years after receiving the endorsement, or repay the district.
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GRADUATION INCENTIVES (Senate)
For FY 2017 only, a pupil otherwise qualifying for the graduation incentives programs who is at least 21 and not yet 22, and is an English language learner with an interrupted formal education is eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program and in concurrent enrollment courses, and is funded in the same manner as other graduation incentives students.
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SUPPORT STAFF GRANTS Senate:
• $13.1 Million appropriated in FY 2017; available until 6/30/2023 – 6 year matching grant -- $1 to $1 first 4 years; $3 local for $1 state in last 2 years
– Would provide state match for about 60 positions.
• Grants must be used to hire new full-time or part-time professional support staff (counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, chemical dependency counselors)
– “New” is defined as not under contract a the start of the 2015-16 school year.
– Report required by February 1 following any FY in which a district received a grant, indicating how the new positions affected certain outcomes.
– Priority for grants given to schools in which support service positions do not exist.
Governor:
• $13.1 Million appropriated in FY 2017 for matching grants (similar to Senate proposal)
House:
• Similar language authorizing grants but no money; calls for Commissioner to report to the Legislature in February 2017
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COMPENSATORY REVENUE (House)
• Building Allocation
– Allows a district to reallocate any or all of its compensatory revenue among sites according to a plan adopted by the school board (Rather than 50%)
• Uses of Revenue.
– Adds the following to the allowable uses: Recruitment and new teacher development activities through quality
mentor-led induction or “grow your own” initiatives;
A hiring bonus or other added compensation for a teacher identified as effective or highly effective who agrees to work in a hard to fill position or a hard to staff school setting, such as a school with a majority of students whose families are in poverty, a geographically isolated school, or a school identified by the state as eligible for targeted programs or services for its students.
summer academies (as part of extended school year)
– Deletes all-day K as a use of compensatory revenue
– Specifies that a school site decision-making team may, rather than shall, make recommendations to the school board for how the revenue will be used
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FUND TRANSFERS / REALLOCATIONS (House)
• Reallocation of General Education Revenue. – Allows a school board to adopt a resolution in any year declaring an
urgent educational need for that school year and reallocating the district’s general education revenue to provide more effective educational programs and services designed to improve educational outcomes for all students.
– The reallocation must not increase the district’s state aids or levies or interfere with federal mandates or state or federal count orders.
• Fund / Account Transfers.
– Makes permanent the authority for fund / account transfers currently in law through FY 2017.
– As with the current transfer authority: The local school board must adopt a resolution stating that the
transfer will not diminish instructional opportunities for children;
The transfer must not result in an aid or levy increase for the district; and
The transfer must be approved by the Commissioner
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BOARD APPROVED REVENUE
AUTHORIZATION PROCESS
(House)
• Board Plan for Local Optional Revenue.
– Beginning in FY 2018, a district is eligible for local optional revenue only after asking for public testimony and adopting a written plan describing the proposed uses of the local optional revenue. A new plan must be adopted every 5 years.
• Reauthorization of Board Approved Referendum Levies.
– Requires a board to take public testimony and adopt a written resolution extending the authority for a specified number of years, not to exceed five, as part of the process to reauthorize a board-approved referendum.
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FEDERAL CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD
PROGRAM: FINANCIAL VIABILITY
(House)
• Allows a nonprofit organization with fewer than 3 years of experience and performance data that is applying for approval as a multisite sponsoring organization to demonstrate its financial viability by submitting to the Commissioner a written statement from a CPA indicating that it has the financial resources needed to sponsor the program on a daily basis and to withstand temporary interruptions in program payments.
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GENERAL EDUCATION CHANGES LOCAL BILLS
Hendricks: Senate bill exempts Hendricks from participating in the tuition reciprocity agreement with South Dakota.
Glenville-Emmons: House bill makes the operating referendum approved by the voters in April 2015 effective for FY 2017, overriding an error in ballot language which made the referendum effective in FY 2018.
– Requires unanimous local school board resolution
– Allows the levy adjustment for FY 17 to be spread over 3 years
Moorhead and Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton: House bill allows the two school boards to voluntarily realign their shared boundaries.
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E - 12 SPENDING BY PROGRAM, FY 2016-17 (E-12 Education Bills - $ in Thousands)
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STAFF DEVELOPMENT: Governor House Senate
Teacher Development and Evaluation 10,000 - 10,000
Intermediate/Coops Training - 6,000 1,493
Q Comp (Including Levy buydown cost) 240 240 13,581
Teacher Workforce Package 12,392 15,374 6,152
Staff Development Subtotal 22,632 21,614 31,226
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• One-Time appropriation of $10 Million in FY 17
• Governor: $341.74 per FTE “teacher” employed on Oct 1 of
previous school year in school districts, charter schools, and coops
not in Q Comp.
• Senate: $400.68 per FTE “teacher” employed on Oct 1 of previous
school year in school districts, charter schools, and coops not in Q
Comp.
• Teacher definition from MS 122A.40: includes classroom teachers,
superintendents, principals, and any other professional employee
required to hold a license from the state department.
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION (Governor and Senate)
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• House and Senate:
– Eligibility: Intermediate districts and coops providing instruction in federal settings
4 or higher.
– Revenue uses: staff development activities related to enhancing services to
students who may have challenging behaviors or mental health issues or who are
suffering from trauma.
• House:
– Formula: $1,000 x FTE number of licensed instructional staff and nonlicensed
classroom aides employed during the previous fiscal year.
– Effective for FY 17, 18 and 19 only -- $6 M appropriation in FY 17 is to cover 3
years
• Senate:
– Formula: $675 x FTE number of licensed instructional staff, related services staff
and nonlicensed classroom aides employed during the previous fiscal year.
– Effective for FY 17 and later ($1.493 M appropriation for FY 17)
INTERMEDIATE / COOP TRAINING (House and Senate)
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• FY 2016 Correction (Governor, House, Senate):
– Basic aid cap increased and $240,000 appropriated to ensure that
ROCORI and Buffalo (the last two districts to join Q Comp before
the cap was reached) will not receive less Q Comp revenue in FY
2016 than expected due to an MDE correction in the aid calculation
for 6 charter schools with multiple sites.
• Elimination of Q Comp Cap (Senate)
– Cap on state total basic Q Comp aid eliminated beginning FY 2017.
Q COMP
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TEACHER WORKFORCE PACKAGE
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Governor House Senate Future Teachers Grants 10,000 4,500 2,750*
Stepping Up for Kids- Financial Aid 2,000 2,750*
Grow Your Own- Aid to Districts - 2,250
Grow Your Own /Teacher Residency - Financial Aid - 1,500 1,500*
CAPS- Certificates of Advanced Prof. Study (BOT) 302 - 302
American Indian Teacher Prep Grants 90 - 1,060
Collaborative Urban Educator - 2,000 310
Teacher Loan Forgiveness - 2,000 -
Student Teacher Support - 1,000 2,000
Concurrent Enrollment Training Grants - 750 -
Special Ed Para Licensing - 385 -
Statewide Educator Job Board (BOT) - 239 80
Excellence in Teaching Grants (BOT) - - 150
Northwest Regional Partnership - 3,000 -
* Funded in Senate Equity Bill
• Office of Higher Education would award grants to MN postsecondary
institutions to help defray costs (e.g., tuition, fees, related education
costs) for qualified undergraduate and graduate teacher candidates.
• Focus on historically underserved students, students of color and
students interested in teaching in a high needs area or school.
• Funding Levels:
– Governor - $10 M per year; ongoing
– House - $4.5 million one-time, to be used in FY 17 – 19
– Senate - $2.75 million one-time, to be used in FY 17 – 19
(funded in Equity bill)
Future Teachers Grant Program
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• House:
– Tuition scholarships or stipends to enable nonlicensed district
employees holding a bachelor’s degree who seek licensure in
elementary education or a subject area for which a shortage exists to
participate in a Board of Teaching-approved nonconventional teacher
residency program.
– $1.5 M one-time available through FY 19
• Senate:
– Grants to school districts to design, establish and maintain a
paraprofessional pathway to teacher licensure or a grow your own new
teacher program. The program must allow current school district
paraprofessionals to pursue teacher licensure while still being employed
by the district.
– $2.25 million for FY 17; ongoing.
Grow Your Own New Teacher Programs
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• House:
– $1 M for grants to student teachers in shortage areas.
– Administered by Office of Higher Education
– One-time; available though FY 19
• Senate:
– $2 M for grants to student teachers in shortage areas.
– Administered by Office of Higher Education
– Ongoing at $2 M per year.
Grants to Student Teachers
in Shortage Areas
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• $3 M one-time grant to Lakes Country Service Coop (LCSC),
available through FY 19, in cooperation with NW Service Coop
(NWSC), and MSU – Moorhead
• LCSC, in consultation with NWSC, may develop a continuing education
program to allow eligible teachers to attain graduate credits necessary to be
qualified to teach secondary courses eligible for postsecondary credit.
• MSU-Moorhead may develop an online education curriculum to enable
eligible secondary teachers to attain graduate credit at a reduced rate
• The partnership must:
– Provide funding for course development for up to 18 credits in
applicable post secondary subject areas;
– Provide scholarships for eligible teachers, and
– Develop criteria for awarding educator stipends on a per credit basis to
incentivize participation in the continuing education program.
Northwest Regional Partnership (House)
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• Adds definitions of “racially identifiable school within a district”, “racially
isolated school district” “school” and “eligible district” to statute
– Excludes charter schools, ALCs and other alternative programs, schools
specifically to address English proficiency or needs of students with IEPs
from definition of “school”.
– Prohibits the Commissioner from adopting rules defining “eligible district”
that expand or conflict with the statutory definition.
• Adds language that prioritizes giving students improved and equitable
access to effective and more diverse teachers.
• Allows districts to adopt policies to increase the diversity of district
teachers and administrators using Achievement & Integration revenue
for recruitment, retention, hiring incentives or additional compensation.
ACHIEVEMENT & INTEGRATION REVENUE
(House)
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INFRASTRUCTURE Governor House Senate
Generation Connect Aid - - 10,104
Broadband Innovation Grants - 7,000 -
Subtotal - 7,000 10,104
• $10.88 per Adjusted Pupil Unit, for FY 2017 only ($10.1 M)
• May be used for any allowable purpose under MS 126C.10, subd.
14 (Operating Capital Revenue)
• Paid 100% in FY 2017
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GENERATION CONNECT AID (Senate)
1. $5 M for Broadband Wi-Fi hot spots:
a. A district is eligible for a broadband Wi-Fi hot spot grant not to exceed
$100,000 to enable students to access learning materials on the
internet through a mobile broadband connection.
b. A district developing its application in cooperation with its community
ed department, ABE program provider, public library, or other
community partner may receive a cooperative grant award of up to
$200,000.
c. A district eligible for transportation sparsity revenue may apply to the
commissioner for a school bus internet access grant as part of its grant
application under paragraph a. The commissioner must prioritize
grants to districts with the longest bus routes. The grant may be used
to make internet access available on the bus and for one to one devices
for students.
BROADBAND INNOVATION GRANTS (House)
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2. $2 M for Capacity-Building Grants:
a. A district that is a member of a telecommunications cluster may submit
an application approved by its cluster for a broadband access grant of
up to $100,000.
b. The commissioner may give priority to applications that include local
in-kind contributions.
c. The grant may be used in any manner and with any community
partners that allow the district to expand telecommunications access
for its students, teachers, and community members.
Both grants are funded with a one time appropriation, available through
FY 2019.
BROADBAND INNOVATION GRANTS (House)
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• LTFM revenue may be used for violence prevention,
facility security, ergonomics or emergency
communications devices
– For districts whose funding is based on per pupil rate, this
will allow reallocations within existing revenue but does not
provide new revenue.
– Not part of 2014 law, so does not count toward hold
harmless for districts whose revenue is based on hold
harmless (e.g., most alternative facilities districts).
LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
REVENUE -- ADDITIONAL USES (Senate)
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OTHER -- $1 M + Governor House Senate
Reading Corps Grants - 1,500 3,000
Full Service Community Schools 2,000 - 2,200
School-linked Mental Health Grants - 5,000 -
Girls in Action Grants - 1,500 -
Mentoring Partnerships (Sanneh Foundation) - 1,500 -
PBIS Implementation 2,750 2,750 2,750
Restrictive Procedures Work Group 1,000 - 500
IT Enhancements and Security 4,385 - 2,750
On-Line IEP System 2,000 - -
CTE Certification Incentive 0 1,000 0
ABE Grant / College Readiness Academies 0 400 3,200*
Subtotal 12,135 13,650 11,200
* Funded in Senate Equity Bill
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OTHER - Smaller Items Governor House Senate
Metro Deaf Charter School 69 69 69
GED 120 120 120*
Glenville-Emmons Referendum Fix - 50 -
Rock and Read / Singing Based Pilot 0 100 300
School Crisis Response Teams 0 100 0
Mobile Technology Lab 0 900 0
Economic Education Grant 0 250 250
Hendricks Reciprocity 0 0 113
Education Innovation Partners Co-op Centers 0 0 500
Teacher Governed School Grants 0 0 500
Museums & Education Centers 0 0 350
Race 2 Reduce Water Conservation Grants 0 0 150
Career and Tech Ed - SW/WC Service Co-op Grant 0 0 350
* Funded in Senate Equity Bill
• For FY 2017 only, the Commissioner shall pay 100% of
the fee charged to an eligible individual for the full
battery of GED tests, but not more than the cost of one
full battery of tests for any individual.
• (Note: Senate includes in Equity bill)
GED TEST FEES (Governor, House, Senate)
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OTHER - Smaller Items Governor House Senate
Children's Cabinet - Homeless Children Supports 0 0 200
Ag Educators 0 0 250
Outdoor Place Based Education 0 0 85
MN Learning Resource Center 0 0 300
After School Community Learning Grants 0 0 500
Vision Therapy Pilot 0 0 200
Northside Achievement Zone 0 0 10
St. Paul Promise Neighborhood 0 0 10
Greater MN Education Partnership Pilot 0 0 30
BOT- Operating Adjustment 107 - 280
MDE - Operating Adjustment - - 775
Regional Centers / Dyslexia Specialist - (1,000) 250
MDE - Operating Adj. for Fiscal Note Compliance - 51 -
Shift licensure to special revenue fund (1,865)
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E - 12 TAILS BY PROGRAM, FY 2018-19 (E-12 Education Bills - $ in Thousands)
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Tails (FY 2018 - FY 2019) Governor House Senate
Voluntary PreK (Including Levy buydown cost) 100,000 - 73,000
Q Comp (Including Levy buydown cost) - - 63,605
Teacher Workforce Package 24,280 - 11,500
Intermediate/Coops Training - - 3,318
Equity Revenue - Nonmetro Increase - 5,959 335
Concurrent Enrollment - - 2,000
Debt Service Equalization Aid - - 2,853
Max Effort Loan Repayment Incentive 2,100 2,100 2,300
Home Visiting Aid - - 1,118
Other 3,402 (4,728) 5,771
Total 129,782 3,331 165,800
DEBT SERVICE EQUALIZATION
(Senate)
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• Enhanced Debt Service Equalization Aid for Districts
Consolidating On or After July 1, 2016:
– Consolidation plan must include building or remodeling of facilities.
– Same equalization as for districts with natural disasters (debt service
levy over 10% of ANTC equalized at 300% of state average ANTC / PU)
– Effective for taxes payable in 2017 and later.
• Debt Service Equalizing Factors Indexed beginning in FY 2018:
– Tier 1: Greater of $4,430 or 55.33% of state average ANTC / APU
– Tier 2: Greater of $8,000 or 99.91% of state average ANTC / APU
Pay 2017 Levy Changes FY 2018 + Adjustment for FY 2017 ($ in Thousands -- E-12 Education Bills)
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Governor House Senate
Voluntary Prekindergarten:
General Education -- Pre K PU 6,278 5,205
Achievement & Integ -- Pre K PU 148 123
Safe Schools - Pre K PU 197 163
Q Comp -Pre-K 270 224
LTFM -- Pre K PU 510 424
LTFM -- Remodeling Cost 2,584 4,284
Lease Levy 1,470 2,437
Subtotal 11,456 - 12,860
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Pay 2017 Levy Changes FY 2018 + Adjustment for FY 2017
($ in Thousands -- E-12 Education Bills - Continued)
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Governor House Senate
Q Comp Cap Lifted 13,125
Equity Revenue 5,870 582
Graduation Incentives 238
Glenville - Emmons Referendum 119
ECFE Home Visiting (53)
Operating Capital Eq to Offset Above (11,456) (100) (26,752)
Grand Total 0 5,889 -
Questions?
Tom Melcher
School Finance Director at MDE
(651) 582-8828 or
tom.melcher@state.mn.us
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