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Funding Bill for On-Line Learning

The House bill is HF650, the Senate companion bill is SF919, and the Reviser # is 05-217.  The Senate bill has three authors, and the House bill has nine authors.  The authors are bi-partisan, so the bill is expected to be approved without problems.

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H.F. No. 650,  as introduced 84th Legislative Session (2005-2006)   Posted on Feb 03, 2005

1.1                         
A bill for an act
 
1.2            
relating to education; funding on-line learning at
 
1.3            
same rate for certain students; amending Minnesota
 
1.4            
Statutes 2004, section 124D.095, subdivision 8;
 
1.5            
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.095,
 
1.6            
subdivision 9.
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA:
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 124D.095,
  1.9   subdivision 8, is amended to read:
  1.10     Subd. 8.  [FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENTS.] (a) For a student
  1.11  enrolled in an on-line learning course, the department
must
  1.12  calculate average daily membership and make payments
according
  1.13  to this subdivision.
  1.14     (b) The initial on-line learning
average daily membership
  1.15  equals 1/12 for each semester course or a proportionate
amount
  1.16  for courses of different lengths.  The adjusted
on-line learning
  1.17  average daily membership equals the initial on-line
learning
  1.18  average daily membership times .88.
  1.19     (c) No on-line learning average daily
membership shall be
  1.20  generated if:  (1) the student does not complete
the on-line
  1.21  learning course, or (2) the student is enrolled in
on-line
  1.22  learning provided by the enrolling district and the
student was
  1.23  enrolled in a Minnesota public school for the school
year before
  1.24  the school year in which the student first enrolled in
on-line
  1.25  learning.
  1.26     (d) On-line learning average daily
membership under this
  2.1   subdivision for a student currently enrolled in a
Minnesota
  2.2   public school and who was enrolled in a Minnesota
public school
  2.3   for the school year before the school year in
which the student
  2.4   first enrolled in on-line learning shall be
used only for
  2.5   computing average daily membership according to
section 126C.05,
  2.6   subdivision 19, paragraph (a), clause (ii), and
for computing
  2.7   on-line learning aid according to section
126C.24 124D.096.
  2.8      (e) On-line learning average
daily membership under this
  2.9   subdivision for students not included in paragraph
(c) or (d)
  2.10  shall be used only for computing average daily
membership
  2.11  according to section 126C.05, subdivision 19, paragraph
(a),
  2.12  clause (ii), and for computing payments under
paragraphs (f) and
  2.13  (g).
  2.14     (f) Subject to the limitations in
this subdivision, the
  2.15  department must pay an on-line learning provider an
amount equal
  2.16  to the product of the adjusted on-line learning average
daily
  2.17  membership for students under paragraph (e) times the
student
  2.18  grade level weighting under section 126C.05,
subdivision 1,
  2.19  times the formula allowance.
  2.20     (g) The department must pay each
on-line learning provider
  2.21  100 percent of the amount in paragraph (f) within 45
days of
  2.22  receiving final enrollment and course completion
information
  2.23  each quarter or semester.
  2.24     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is
effective for revenue for
  2.25  fiscal year 2006.
  2.26     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.]
  2.27     Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
124D.095, subdivision 9,
  2.28  is repealed.
  2.29     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is
effective for revenue for
  2.30  fiscal year 2006.

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