1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education finance; requiring school districts to provide access to
1.3 menstrual products for students; increasing operating capital aid to fund school
1.4 district purchases of menstrual products; appropriating money;amending Minnesota
1.5 Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivisions 13, 13a, 14; proposing coding for
1.6 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. [121A.212] ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.
1.9 A school district or charter school must provide students with access to menstrual products
1.10 at no charge. The products must be available to all menstruating students in restrooms
1.11 regularly used by students in grades 4 to 12 according to a plan developed by the school
1.12 district. For purposes of this section, "menstrual products" means pads, tampons, or other
1.13 similar products used in connection with the menstrual cycle.
1.14 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
1.16 Subd. 13.Total operating capital revenue. (a) Total operating capital revenue for a
1.17 district equals the amount determined under paragraph (b) or (c), plus sum of:
1.18 (1) $79 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year.;
1.19 (2) the product of $109, the district's maintenance cost index, and its adjusted pupil units
1.20 for the school year plus the amount computed under paragraph (c); and
1.21 (3) $2 times the adjusted pupil units of the school district for the school year for the
1.22 purposes of supplying menstrual products under subdivision 14, clause (26).
2.1 (b) The revenue under this subdivision must be placed in a reserved account in the
2.2 general fund and may only be used according to subdivision 14.
2.3 (b) Capital revenue for a district equals $109 times the district's maintenance cost index
2.4 times its adjusted pupil units for the school year.
2.5 (c) The revenue under paragraph (a), clause (2), for a district that operates a program
2.6 under section 124D.128, is increased by an amount equal to $31 times the number of adjusted
2.7 pupil units served at the site where the program is implemented.
2.8 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
2.9 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
2.10 Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. (a) To obtain operating capital revenue, a district
2.11 may levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue computed
2.12 under subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), for the fiscal year times the lesser
2.13 of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to the operating
2.14 capital equalizing factor.
2.15 (b) The operating capital equalizing factor equals $23,902 for fiscal year 2020, $23,885
2.16 for fiscal year 2021, and $22,912 for fiscal year 2022 and later.
2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2024 and later.
2.18 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
2.19 Subd. 14.Uses of total operating capital revenue. Total operating capital revenue may
2.20 be used only for the following purposes:
2.21 (1) to acquire land for school purposes;
2.22 (2) to acquire or construct buildings for school purposes;
2.23 (3) to rent or lease buildings, including the costs of building repair or improvement that
2.24 are part of a lease agreement;
2.25 (4) to improve and repair school sites and buildings, and equip or reequip school buildings
2.26 with permanent attached fixtures, including library media centers;
2.27 (5) for a surplus school building that is used substantially for a public nonschool purpose;
2.28 (6) to eliminate barriers or increase access to school buildings by individuals with a
2.29 disability;
3.1 (7) to bring school buildings into compliance with the State Fire Code adopted according
3.2 to chapter 299F;
3.3 (8) to remove asbestos from school buildings, encapsulate asbestos, or make
3.4 asbestos-related repairs;
3.5 (9) to clean up and dispose of polychlorinated biphenyls found in school buildings;
3.6 (10) to clean up, remove, dispose of, and make repairs related to storing heating fuel or
3.7 transportation fuels such as alcohol, gasoline, fuel oil, and special fuel, as defined in section
3.8 296A.01;
3.9 (11) for energy audits for school buildings and to modify buildings if the audit indicates
3.10 the cost of the modification can be recovered within ten years;
3.11 (12) to improve buildings that are leased according to section 123B.51, subdivision 4;
3.12 (13) to pay special assessments levied against school property but not to pay assessments
3.13 for service charges;
3.14 (14) to pay principal and interest on state loans for energy conservation according to
3.15 section 216C.37 or loans made under the Douglas J. Johnson Economic Protection Trust
3.16 Fund Act according to sections 298.292 to 298.298 298.297;
3.17 (15) to purchase or lease interactive telecommunications equipment;
3.18 (16) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to: (i) pay the
3.19 amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on certain obligations
3.20 issued according to chapter 475; or (ii) pay principal and interest on debt service loans or
3.21 capital loans according to section 126C.70;
3.22 (17) to pay operating capital-related assessments of any entity formed under a cooperative
3.23 agreement between two or more districts;
3.24 (18) to purchase or lease computers and related hardware, software, and annual licensing
3.25 fees, copying machines, telecommunications equipment, and other noninstructional
3.26 equipment;
3.27 (19) to purchase or lease assistive technology or equipment for instructional programs;
3.28 (20) to purchase textbooks as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 2;
3.29 (21) to purchase new and replacement library media resources or technology;
3.30 (22) to lease or purchase vehicles;
4.1 (23) to purchase or lease telecommunications equipment, computers, and related
4.2 equipment for integrated information management systems for:
4.3 (i) managing and reporting learner outcome information for all students under a
4.4 results-oriented graduation rule;
4.5 (ii) managing student assessment, services, and achievement information required for
4.6 students with individualized education programs; and
4.7 (iii) other classroom information management needs;
4.8 (24) to pay personnel costs directly related to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance
4.9 of telecommunications systems, computers, related equipment, and network and applications
4.10 software; and
4.11 (25) to pay the costs directly associated with closing a school facility, including moving
4.12 and storage costs; and
4.13 (26) to pay the costs of supplies and equipment necessary to provide access to menstrual
4.14 products at no charge to students in restrooms and as otherwise needed in school facilities.
4.15 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.
4.16 Sec. 5. ANNUAL GENERAL EDUCATION AID APPROPRIATION; OPERATING
4.17 CAPITAL REVENUE FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.
4.18 (a) The appropriation under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.20, is increased by the
4.19 following amounts for the fiscal years designated for the purposes of providing operating
4.20 capital revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, subdivision 13, paragraph (a),
4.21 clause (3):
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4.22
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$
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1,679,000
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2024
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4.23
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$
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1,859,000
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2025
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4.24 (b) The 2024 increase includes $0 for 2023 and $1,679,000 for 2024.
4.25 (c) The 2025 increase includes $187,000 for 2024 and $1,672,000 for 2025.
4.26 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
