Minnesota SF 3186: Minnesota Center for American Descendants of Slavery establishment

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1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to education finance; modifying the literacy incentive aid program;​
1.3 establishing new eligible uses for literacy aid; appropriating money for literacy​
1.4 aid; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.98, is amended to read:​
1.7 124D.98 LITERACY INCENTIVE AID.​
1.8 Subdivision 1.Literacy incentive aid.A district's literacy incentive aid equals the sum​
1.9 of the proficiency aid under subdivision 2, and the growth aid under subdivision 3 basic​
1.10 literacy aid under subdivision 6, English learner literacy aid under subdivision 7, and targeted​
1.11 literacy aid under subdivision 8.​
1.12 Subd. 1a.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the​
1.13 meanings given.​
1.14 (b) "English learner concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the district's adjusted​
1.15 average daily membership of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivision 2, for​
1.16 the previous fiscal year; to (2) the district's total adjusted average daily membership for the​
1.17 previous fiscal year.​
1.18 (c) "Poverty concentration factor" means the ratio of: (1) the sum of the number of pupils​
1.19 enrolled in the district eligible to receive free meals, plus one-half of the pupils eligible to​
1.20 receive reduced-priced meals on October 1 of the previous fiscal year; to (2) the number of​
1.21 pupils enrolled in the district on October 1 of the previous fiscal year.​
1​Section 1.​
25-05155 as introduced​03/24/25 REVISOR CR/VJ​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3186​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​1257​04/01/2025​
Referred to Education Finance​
See See First Special Session, HF5​

2.1 Subd. 2.Proficiency aid.The proficiency aid for each school in a district that has​
2.2 submitted to the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision​
2.3 4a, is equal to the product of the school's proficiency allowance times the number of third​
2.4 grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's proficiency​
2.5 allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building that meet or exceed​
2.6 proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged​
2.7 across the previous three test administrations, times $530.​
2.8 Subd. 3.Growth aid.The growth aid for each school in a district that has submitted to​
2.9 the commissioner its local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is equal to​
2.10 the product of the school's growth allowance times the number of fourth grade pupils enrolled​
2.11 at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's growth allowance is equal​
2.12 to the percentage of students at that school making medium or high growth, under subdivision​
2.13 4, on the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, averaged across the​
2.14 previous three test administrations, times $530.​
2.15 Subd. 4.Medium and high growth.(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this​
2.16 section.​
2.17 (b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above​
2.18 or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one​
2.19 assessment scores.​
2.20 (c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the​
2.21 average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.​
2.22 Subd. 5.Literacy incentive aid uses.A school district must use its literacy incentive​
2.23 aid to support implementation of evidence-based reading instruction meet the requirements​
2.24 and goals adopted in the district's local literacy plan under section 120B.12, subdivision 4a.​
2.25 The following are eligible uses of literacy incentive aid:​
2.26 (1) training for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers, early childhood educators, special​
2.27 education teachers, reading intervention teachers working with students in kindergarten​
2.28 through grade 12, curriculum directors, and instructional support staff that provide reading​
2.29 instruction, on using evidence-based screening and progress monitoring tools;​
2.30 (2) evidence-based training using a training program approved by the Department of​
2.31 Education under the Read Act;​
2.32 (3) employing or contracting with a literacy lead, as defined in section 120B.119;​
2.33 (4) employing an intervention specialist;​
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3.1 (5) approved screeners, materials, training, and ongoing coaching to ensure reading​
3.2 interventions under section 125A.56, subdivision 1, are evidence-based;​
3.3 (6) costs of substitute teachers to allow teachers to complete required training during​
3.4 the teachers' contract day; and​
3.5 (7) stipends for teache