Bill > HF2944

This bill clarifies and expands the rules for school districts, particularly consolidated school districts, to renew expiring referendum funding. Specifically, the bill allows school boards of newly consolidated districts to renew referendum revenue authorizations for up to ten years, without being constrained by the original terms of the previous authorizations. The bill modifies existing statutes to provide more flexibility in how school boards can extend referendum funding, including allowing renewals by board action instead of requiring a voter election, provided certain conditions are met. These conditions include maintaining the same per-pupil funding amount (with inflation adjustments), having a renewal term no longer than the original, adopting a resolution after a public meeting with recorded board vote, and ensuring the referendum has not been previously renewed. The bill also adjusts the timeline for when school boards can adopt renewal resolutions, specifying they can do so between July 1 of the second fiscal year prior to expiration and June 15 of the fiscal year prior to expiration. The changes are retroactively effective from June 16, 2024, and apply to school board resolutions adopted on or after that date.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2944&ssn=0&y=2025