HF780 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))
Forecast adjustments to prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs made, and money appropriated.
AI Generated Summary
Purpose
This bill updates and forecasts funding for Minnesota’s prekindergarten through 12th grade education programs and makes new or updated appropriations across many education-related areas. It amends multiple prior laws to reflect current funding levels for 2023 through 2025 and aligns various state aid and program formulas with the forecasted dollars.
Main Provisions
A. General Education
- Updates the general education aid and related funding formulas for the programs under statute. The bill specifies forecasted appropriations for 2023, 2024, and 2025 and adjusts amounts in several subdivisions of the general education framework.
B. Education Excellence
- Section-by-section updates to funding for programs under Education Excellence, including:
- Achievement and integration aid
- Charter school building lease aid
- Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants
- Literacy incentive aid
- Paraprofessional training
- The bill modifies appropriation levels for these programs across the stated years.
C. American Indian Education
- Updates American Indian education aid, including changes to forecasted funding for 2023–2025 as reflected in prior-law amendments.
D. Tribal Contract School Aid
- Adjusts tribal contract school aid amounts and the associated forecasted funding for the relevant years.
E. Teachers
- Updates alternative teacher compensation aid, including forecasted funding for fiscal years 2023–2025.
F. Facilities
- Updates debt service equalization aid and long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid, with revised forecasted amounts for the applicable years.
G. Nutrition and Libraries
- Updates school lunch aid, school breakfast aid, kindergarten milk aid, and school library aid, with year-by-year forecasted appropriations.
H. Early Childhood Education
- Updates early childhood family education aid, developmental screening aid, and home visiting aid, reflecting forecasted funding for 2023–2025.
I. Community Education and Lifelong Learning
- Updates adult basic education aid, adults with disabilities program aid, community education aid, and school-age care aid, with year-specific appropriations.
Significant Changes to Existing Law
- Broad updating of many statutes to reflect current forecasted education funding levels for 2023–2025.
- Revisions touch a wide range of programs and aids, including general education, special education, facilities, nutrition, early childhood, and community education.
- The bill repeatedly references amendments to Laws 2023 chapter 55 and Laws 2024 chapter 81 (and related adjustments) to implement these new forecasted amounts and program structures.
- Overall, the bill shifts and confirms funding levels for multiple education programs, rather than creating new programs or sweeping new policies. It focuses on aligning statutes with updated budget projections and the state’s education needs.
How it may affect schools and districts
- Schools and districts will see updated forecasted funding amounts for many core programs, including general education aid, special education, and support services like literacy, paraprofessional training, and student health supports.
- Transportation, facility-related aids, and nutrition programs (lunch, breakfast, and milk) receive adjusted funding levels, which could affect budgeting and service delivery.
- Early childhood and community education programs are updated, potentially influencing family outreach, screening, home visiting, and lifelong learning offerings.
Notable program areas touched
- General Education Aid and Transportation
- Achievement and Integration and Literacy Supports
- Special Education funding (including court-placed and regular aid)
- Debt service and long-term facilities maintenance
- School nutrition programs (lunch, breakfast, kindergarten milk) and school library aid
- Early childhood education funding (family education, developmental screening, home visiting)
- Adult education, disability programs, community education, and school-age care
Relevant terms section follows to help with search and understanding.
Relevant Terms - general education aid - enrollment options transportation - abatement aid - consolidation transition aid - nonpublic pupil education aid - nonpublic pupil transportation - career and technical aid - achievement and integration aid - charter school building lease aid - interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants - literacy incentive aid - paraprofessional training - American Indian education aid - tribal contract school aid - alternative teacher compensation aid - student support personnel aid - special education aid - court-placed special education revenue - debt service equalization aid - long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid - school lunch aid - school breakfast aid - kindergarten milk aid - school library aid - early childhood family education aid - developmental screening aid - home visiting aid - adult basic education aid - adults with disabilities program aid - community education aid - school-age care aid - forecast adjustments - education finance - Minnesota statutes amendments
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Where | Type | Name | Committee Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2025 | House | Action | Introduction and first reading, referred to | Education Finance | |
| February 24, 2025 | House | Action | Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to | Ways and Means |
Citations
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"summary": "School-age care aid cited under Minnesota Statutes section 124D.22.",
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"summary": "Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid cited under Minnesota Statutes section 123B.595, subdivision 9.",
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"summary": "School library aid cited under Minnesota Statutes section 134.356.",
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"summary": "School lunch aid cited under Minnesota Statutes section 124D.111.",
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"summary": "Kindergarten milk aid cited under Minnesota Statutes section 124D.118.",
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