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This bill expands eligibility for special education separate sites funding by modifying existing state law to allow individual school district sites to qualify for additional state funding for special education programs. Specifically, the bill defines a "special education separate site and program" as a public day school facility where students with disabilities attend for 50 percent or more of their school day. Previously, only education cooperatives, education districts, service cooperatives, and intermediate school districts could receive this funding. Now, individual school district sites can also apply to the commissioner of education for funding by providing specified program information. The bill sets the additional state funding at $1,689 per adjusted pupil unit served in these special education separate sites and programs, and makes this funding effective for aid beginning in fiscal year 2026. The bill also includes a section for appropriations to the Department of Education to support these special education separate sites and programs, though the specific dollar amounts are not fully specified in the provided text.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2555&ssn=0&y=2025