1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 124 Education Finance
Section 124.2615 Learning readiness aid.

124.2615 Learning readiness aid.

Subdivision 1. Program review and approval. By February 15, 1992, for the 1991-1992 school year or by May 1 preceding subsequent school years, a district must submit to the commissioners of children, families, and learning, and health:

(1) a description of the services to be provided;

(2) a plan to ensure children at greatest risk receive appropriate services;

(3) a description of procedures and methods to be used to coordinate public and private resources to maximize use of existing community resources, including school districts, health care facilities, government agencies, neighborhood organizations, and other resources knowledgeable in early childhood development;

(4) comments about the district's proposed program by the advisory council required by section 121.831, subdivision 7; and

(5) agreements with all participating service providers.

Each commissioner may review and comment on the program, and make recommendations to the commissioner of children, families, and learning, within 30 days of receiving the plan.

Subd. 2. Amount of aid. (a) A district is eligible to receive learning readiness aid if the program plan as required by subdivision 1 has been approved by the commissioner of children, families, and learning.

(b) For fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, a district shall receive learning readiness aid equal to:

(1) the number of eligible four-year old children in the district times the ratio of 50 percent of the total learning readiness aid for that year to the total number of eligible four-year old children reported to the commissioner for that year; plus

(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program times the ratio of 50 percent of the total learning readiness aid for that year to the total number of pupils in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program.

Subd. 3. Use of aid. Learning readiness aid shall be used only to provide a learning readiness program and may be used to provide transportation. Not more than five percent of the aid may be used for the cost of administering the program. Aid must be used to supplement and not supplant local, state, and federal funding. Aid may not be used for instruction and services required under section 120.17. Aid may not be used to purchase land or construct buildings, but may be used to lease or renovate existing buildings.

Subd. 4. Separate accounts. The district shall deposit learning readiness aid in a separate account within the community education fund.

HIST: 1991 c 265 art 7 s 13; 1992 c 363 art 2 s 5; 1992 c 499 art 7 s 2; 1993 c 224 art 4 s 22,23; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 162 art 4 s 59,60