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MN HF4415
MN HF4415COVID-19; school closures and other amendments provided; calculation of school aid formulas clarified; forecast adjustments made to funding for general education, education excellence, teachers, special education, facilities, fund transfers and accounting, nutrition and libraries, early childhood, and community education and lifelong learning; responsibilities clarified for construction and skills trades career counseling services; operation referendum calculation clarified; and base appropriati
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Introduced
03/11/2020
03/11/2020
In Committee
04/30/2020
04/30/2020
Crossed Over
05/06/2020
05/06/2020
Passed
05/18/2020
05/18/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/27/2020
05/27/2020
Introduced Session
91st Legislature 2019-2020
Bill Summary
COVID-19; school closures and other amendments provided; calculation of school aid formulas clarified; forecast adjustments made to funding for general education, education excellence, teachers, special education, facilities, fund transfers and accounting, nutrition and libraries, early childhood, and community education and lifelong learning; responsibilities clarified for construction and skills trades career counseling services; operation referendum calculation clarified; and base appropriations adjusted.
AI Summary
This bill makes the following key changes:
- Provides that a student's absence from March 1, 2020 to the end of the distance learning period or June 30, 2020 does not count towards the definition of a "continuing truant" for school districts and charter schools on an approved flexible learning year calendar.
- Reduces the minimum number of days a probationary teacher must complete during the 2019-2020 school year by the number of instructional days canceled due to COVID-19.
- Instructs the Department of Education to prioritize the distribution of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act education stabilization funds in a way that enables schools to comply with COVID-19 executive orders and guidance, including on employee compensation.
- Allows the Commissioner of Education to make various adjustments to school aid formulas and accounting for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to ensure state aid payments are consistent with pre-COVID-19 forecast estimates.
- Permits school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units to transfer funds between operating accounts for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 without impacting aid or levy amounts.
- Grants the Commissioner of Education and Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board temporary emergency powers related to assessments, teacher licensing, and license renewals for the 2019-2020 school year.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Education
Sponsors (22)
Jim Davnie (D)*,
Patty Acomb (D),
Kristin Bahner (D),
Jamie Becker-Finn (D),
Connie Bernardy (D),
Robert Bierman (D),
Jeff Brand (D),
Hunter Cantrell (D),
Shelly Christensen (D),
Mike Freiberg (D),
Aisha Gomez (D),
Hodan Hassan (D),
Sydney Jordan (D),
Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D),
Todd Lippert (D),
Sandra Masin (D),
Mary Murphy (D),
Mohamud Noor (D),
Liz Olson (D),
Ryan Winkler (D),
Dan Wolgamott (D),
Cheryl Youakim (D),
Last Action
Secretary of State Chapter 116 (on 05/27/2020)
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