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February 28, 2007 - Education Funding Bills—2007 Session Legislative Session

Listing of all the education funding bills that have been introduced since the beginning of the 2007 Legislative Session. Prepared by Schools for Equity in Education, a member of the P.S. Minnesota coalition.

Bill	Author	Description
HF 2 SF 174	Swails Saltzman	Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten with kindergarten students weighted at 1.0 pupil units immediately.
HF 6 SF 352	Greiling Bonoff	3% increase on the general education formula in each of the next two school years.
HF 78 SF ----*	Morrow	Identical to HF 2
HF 98 SF 564	S.Anderson Olson	Increases Equity Revenue for districts above the 95^th percentile by allowing those districts to levy $23/PU to match the $46/PU allowed for districts below the 95^th percentile.
HF 140 SF 1220	Madore Carlson	Identical to HF 2
HF 154 SF ----	Slocum	Identical to HF 6.
HF 366 SF 316	Benson Bonoff	Increases Equity Revenue for districts above the 95^th percentile by allowing those districts to levy $23/PU to match the $46/PU allowed for districts below the 95^th percentile.
HF 543 SF ----	Swails	Gifted and Talented aid increased to $18 per pupil unit.
HF 597 SF 657	Brown Sparks	Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten with increased weighting for kindergarten students phased in over a four-year period. Proposed weights would be 0.65 for FY 08, 0.75 for FY 09, 0.90 for FY 10, and 1.0 for FY 11.
HF 637 SF ----	Dittrich	Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten with sliding-scale fee schedule to pay for program.
HF 649 SF 702	Morgan Carlson	Changes revenue base count from student growth (decline) to growth (decline) in students with IEPs and increases reimbursement rate in the Special Education Excess Cost formula from 75% to 90%.
HF 694 SF ----	Morgan	Changes marginal cost pupil unit calculation (both resident and served) from 77% current year/23% previous year to four-year average. Growing districts can count full growth.
HF 786 SF 1107	Hilstrom Scheid	Re-establishes growth factor for Special Education Revenue at 5%, re-establishes growth factor for Special Education Excess Cost formula at 10%, changes revenue base count from student growth (decline) to growth (decline) in students with IEPs, and establishes revenue program for intensive intervention.
HF 778 SF ----	Haws	Creates Extraordinary Special Education Revenue to ensure that no districts’ special education cross-subsidy will exceed $500/PU.
HF ---- SF 297	Stumpf	Creates consolidated levy program from four current levy/aid programs: Capital Expenditure, Alternative Compensation, Equity Revenue, and Transition Revenue.
HF 804 SF 589	Atkins Bonoff	Adds International Baccalaureate program to statutory language regarding Advanced Placement program. Appropriates $7.3 million for FY 08 and $8.1 million for FY 09.
HF 805 SF 1083	Ruud Bonoff	Removes limitation on inflation of referendum revenue tied to increases in general education formula.
HF 806 SF 715	Faust Olseen	Re-establishes Secondary Vocational Aid Program at 25% of approved costs. Effective date of the bill is FY 2009 (2008-2009) school year.
HF 807 SF ----	Ruud	Increases Equity Revenue for districts above the 95^th percentile by allowing those districts to levy $23/PU to match the $46/PU allowed for districts below the 95^th percentile.
HF 809 SF 781	Dominguez Higgins	Increases Adult Basic Education Aid by $40 million to $75 million for FY 08.
HF 811 SF ----	Wardlow	Creates more opportunities for staff development in math and science.
HF 815 SF 398	Demmer Rosen	Voluntary All-Day Kindergarten with kindergarten students weighted at 1.15 pupil units beginning FY 08 (next school year).
HF 817 SF ----	Benson	Changes marginal cost pupil unit calculation (both resident and served) from 77% current year/23% previous year to 50% current year/50% previous year. Growing districts can count full growth.
HF 833 SF 762	Brown Rummel	Funds $130 million deficiency in special education funding for FY 07 (Current school year), which, in effect, raises special education base by similar amount for the coming biennium.
HF 840 SF 750	Greiling Stumpf	Governor’s bill. Text on policy and funding provisions in Governor’s budget.
HF 841 SF 745	Benson Bonoff	Re-establishes program growth factors for special education base appropriations at 4.6% for special education and 2% for the excess cost formula.
HF ---- SF 783	Lynch	Repeals 50%-25%-25% reserve requirements for staff development revenue.
HF 977 SF 421	Davnie Saxhaug	Allows district to bill state for special education costs that exceed $35,000 per identified student.
HF 981 SF 1230	Brown Rummel	Full funding of state special education funding formulas (basic and excess cost) by making special education open-and-standing. Changes calculation of base from growth/decline in students to growth/decline in IEP students in district.
HF 986 SF ----	Erickson	Governor’s initiatives bill (3R high schools, dual-credit programs).
HF 988 SF 1143	Winkler Wiger	Comprehensive education technology bill. Creates state technology task force, creates two technology grant programs (hardware/software and on-line), and per pupil revenue. Total package cost of $105 million.
HF 1080 SF ----	Morgan	Creates one-time funding source for school district technology needs.
HF 1081 SF 829	Kalin Olseen	Targeted all-day, everyday kindergarten program pilot for North Branch school district.
HF 1084 SF 652	Davnie Scheid	Raises special education reimbursement rate from 65% of salaries to 75% of salaries.
HF 1085 SF ----	Howes	Identical to HF 1084.
HF 1174 SF 987	Dominguez Saltzman	Establishes Minnesota reading corps program.
HF 1185 SF 355	Davnie Wiger	Increases lease levy from $100/PU to $150/PU for school districts and from $25/PU to $50/PU for intermediate school districts.
HF 1192 SF 1100	Eken Skoe	Creates small school revenue categorical funding program.
HF 1198 SF 907	Mariani Torres Ray	Removes five-year limit on funding for LEP revenue.
HF 1317 SF 1247	Hornstein Wiger	Requires measurement and annual report on elementary and secondary class-sizes.
HF 1318 SF ----	McFarlane	Changes funding for special education to current year funding, removes pupil growth/decline as special education formula element, and increases special education base funding by approximately $60 million.
HF 1323 SF ----	Urdahl	Re-instates special education growth factor at 4.6% starting in FY 2008.
HF 1325 SF ----	S. Peterson	Establishes “high-five” kindergarten program that targets 4-year old students for kindergarten preparation programs.
HF 1410 SF 1116	Anzelc Saxhaug	Creates a technical/vocational program for collaborative secondary and post-secondary vocational programs.
HF 1411 SF ----	Howes	Creates new general education formula component to assist small schools with declining enrollments.
HF 1412 SF 1167	Benson Bonoff	Creates general education formula component—labeled Location Equity Index—that provides increased revenue for districts in areas where costs are higher due to the location of the district.
HF 1415 SF ----	Hortmann	Authorizes levy to pay for costs of transporting children for whom walking to school may present hazards.
HF 1426 SF ----	Davnie	Creates extended-year kindergarten programs.
HF ---- SF 1082	Olson	Extends alternative teacher pay (QComp) program.
HF ---- SF 1190	Saltzman	Establishes early intervention AYP grants and increases general education formula amount. Early intervention designed on model practiced in St. Croix River Education District (RTI).
HF ---- SF 1192	Johnson	Formula simplification, clarification, and equity.
HF ---- SF 1228	Wiger	Requiring literacy skills for students.
HF ---- SF 1232	Saltzman	PS Minnesota is on the air!
HF ---- SF 1246	Wiger

* "HF ----" or "SF ----" means there’s no companion bill.