1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 124 Education Finance
Section 124.573 Current funding for secondary vocational education.

124.573 Current funding for secondary vocational education.

Subdivision 1. The state shall pay aids for secondary vocational programs on a current funding basis.

Subd. 2. Limit. The commissioner may withhold all or any portion of the aid paid under this section for a secondary vocational education program which receives funds from any other source. In no event shall a district or center receive a total amount of state aid pursuant to this section which, when added to funds from other sources, will provide the program an amount for salaries and travel which exceeds 100 percent of the amount of its expenditures for salaries and travel in the program.

Subd. 2a. Repealed, 1984 c 463 art 5 s 37

Subd. 2b. Secondary vocational aid. A district's secondary vocational education aid for a fiscal year equals the lesser of:

(a) $80 times the district's average daily membership in grades 10 to 12; or

(b) 25 percent of approved expenditures for the following:

(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services rendered in the district's approved secondary vocational education programs;

(2) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative center under subdivision 3a;

(3) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed secondary vocational education personnel;

(4) necessary travel by licensed secondary vocational education personnel for vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;

(5) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for improvement based on program assessment;

(6) necessary travel by licensed secondary vocational education personnel for noncollegiate credit bearing professional development; and

(7) specialized vocational instructional supplies.

(c) Up to ten percent of a district's secondary vocational aid may be spent on equipment purchases. Districts using secondary vocational aid for equipment purchases must report to the department of children, families, and learning on the improved learning opportunities for students that result from the investment in equipment.

Subd. 2c. Repealed, 1993 c 224 art 3 s 40; 1993 c 374 s 10

Subd. 2d. Repealed, 1993 c 224 art 3 s 40

Subd. 2e. Allocation from cooperative centers and intermediate districts. For purposes of subdivisions 2b, paragraph (b), and 2f, paragraph (b), a cooperative center or an intermediate district shall allocate its approved expenditures for secondary vocational education programs among participating school districts. For purposes of subdivision 2f, paragraph (a), a cooperative center or an intermediate district shall allocate its secondary vocational aid for fiscal year 1994 among participating school districts. For 1995 and later fiscal years, secondary vocational aid for services provided by a cooperative center or an intermediate district shall be paid to the participating school district.

Subd. 2f. Aid guarantee. Notwithstanding subdivision 2b, the secondary vocational education aid for a school district is not less than the lesser of:

(a) 95 percent of the secondary vocational education aid the district received for the previous fiscal year; or

(b) 40 percent of the approved expenditures for secondary vocational programs included in subdivision 2b, paragraph (b).

Subd. 3. Compliance with rules. Aid shall be paid under this section only for services rendered or for costs incurred in secondary vocational education programs approved by the commissioner and operated in accordance with rules promulgated by the state board. These rules shall provide minimum student-staff ratios required for a secondary vocational education program area to qualify for this aid. The rules must not require the collection of data at the program or course level to calculate secondary vocational aid. The rules shall not require any minimum number of administrative staff, any minimum period of coordination time or extended employment for secondary vocational education personnel, or the availability of vocational student activities or organizations for a secondary vocational education program to qualify for this aid. The requirement in these rules that program components be available for a minimum number of hours shall not be construed to prevent pupils from enrolling in secondary vocational education courses on an exploratory basis for less than a full school year. The state board shall not require a school district to offer more than four credits or 560 hours of vocational education course offerings in any school year. Rules relating to secondary vocational education programs shall not incorporate the provisions of the state plan for vocational education by reference. This aid shall be paid only for services rendered and for costs incurred by essential, licensed personnel who meet the work experience requirements for licensure pursuant to the rules of the state board. Licensed personnel means persons holding a valid secondary vocational license issued by the commissioner, except that when an average of five or fewer secondary full-time equivalent students are enrolled per teacher in an approved post-secondary program at intermediate district No. 287, 916, or 917, licensed personnel means persons holding a valid vocational license issued by the commissioner, the state board for vocational technical education, or the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities. Notwithstanding section 124.15, the commissioner may modify or withdraw the program or aid approval and withhold aid under this section without proceeding under section 124.15 at any time. To do so, the commissioner must determine that the program does not comply with rules of the state board or that any facts concerning the program or its budget differ from the facts in the district's approved application.

Subd. 3a. Aid for contracted services. In addition to the provisions of subdivisions 2 and 3, a school district or cooperative center may contract with a public or private agency other than a Minnesota school district or cooperative center for the provision of secondary vocational education services. The state board shall promulgate rules relating to program approval procedures and criteria for these contracts and aid shall be paid only for contracts approved by the commissioner of children, families, and learning. For the purposes of subdivision 4, the district or cooperative center contracting for these services shall be construed to be providing the services.

Subd. 3b. Repealed, 1984 c 463 art 5 s 37

Subd. 4. Repealed, 1993 c 374 s 10

Subd. 5. Repealed, 1984 c 463 art 5 s 37

Subd. 5a. District reports. Each district or cooperative center shall report data to the department for all secondary vocational education programs as required by the department to implement the secondary vocational aid formula.

Subd. 6. Repealed, 1984 c 463 art 9 s 13

HIST: 1976 c 271 s 62; 1977 c 447 art 5 s 10; 1978 c 764 s 69-71; 1979 c 334 art 5 s 27; 1981 c 358 art 5 s 39-42; 1982 c 548 art 5 s 12-15; 1984 c 463 art 5 s 24; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 6 s 9,10; 1Sp1986 c 1 art 9 s 12,13; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 22; 1989 c 329 art 3 s 8-11; 1990 c 562 art 3 s 3; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 13,14; 1993 c 224 art 3 s 24,25; art 13 s 41; 1993 c 374 s 7,8; 1994 c 647 art 3 s 12-15; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 13 s 16