Subdivision 1. Procedures. A school district, charter school, or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school enrolling at least 20 American Indian students on October 1 of the previous school year and operating an American Indian education program according to section 124D.74 is eligible for Indian education aid if it meets the requirements of this section. Programs may provide for contracts for the provision of program components by nonsectarian nonpublic, community, tribal, charter, or alternative schools. The commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of application for aids, and no aid shall be made for a program not complying with the requirements of sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.
Subd. 2. Plans. To qualify for aid, an eligible district, charter school, or tribal contract school must develop and submit a plan for approval by the Indian education director that shall:
(a) Identify the measures to be used to meet the requirements of sections 124D.71 to 124D.82;
(b) Identify the activities, methods and programs to meet the identified educational needs of the children to be enrolled in the program;
(c) Describe how district goals and objectives as well as the objectives of sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 are to be achieved;
(d) Demonstrate that required and elective courses as structured do not have a discriminatory effect within the meaning of section 124D.74, subdivision 5;
(e) Describe how each school program will be organized, staffed, coordinated, and monitored; and
(f) Project expenditures for programs under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.
Subd. 2a. American Indian education aid. (a) The American Indian education aid for an eligible district or tribal contract school equals the greater of (1) the sum of $20,000 plus the product of $358 times the difference between the number of American Indian students enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year and 20; or (2) if the district or school received a grant under this section for fiscal year 2015, the amount of the grant for fiscal year 2015.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the American Indian education aid must not exceed the district or tribal contract school's actual expenditure according to the approved plan under subdivision 2.
Subd. 3. Additional requirements. Each district receiving aid under this section must each year conduct a count of American Indian children in the schools of the district; test for achievement; identify the extent of other educational needs of the children to be enrolled in the American Indian education program; and classify the American Indian children by grade, level of educational attainment, age and achievement. Participating schools must maintain records concerning the needs and achievements of American Indian children served.
Subd. 4. Nondiscrimination; testing. In accordance with recognized professional standards, all testing and evaluation materials and procedures utilized for the identification, testing, assessment, and classification of American Indian children must be selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory and must be valid for the purpose of identifying, testing, assessing, and classifying American Indian children.
Subd. 5. Records. Participating schools and districts must keep records and afford access to them as the commissioner finds necessary to ensure that American Indian education programs are implemented in conformity with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82. Each school district or participating school must keep accurate, detailed, and separate revenue and expenditure accounts for pilot American Indian education programs funded under this section.
Subd. 6. Money from other sources. A district or participating school providing American Indian education programs shall be eligible to receive moneys for these programs from other government agencies and from private sources when the moneys are available.
Subd. 7. Exceptions. Nothing in sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 shall be construed as prohibiting a district or school from implementing an American Indian education program which is not in compliance with sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 if the proposal and plan for that program is not funded pursuant to this section.
1977 c 312 s 10; 1979 c 334 art 3 s 16; 1980 c 609 art 3 s 10-12; 1981 c 358 art 3 s 19; 1983 c 314 art 3 s 12; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 26; 1993 c 224 art 13 s 50; art 14 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 156-161,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2000 c 254 s 32; 1Sp2001 c 6 art 2 s 42-46; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 69; 1Sp2015 c 3 art 2 s 57
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 124D — Education Programs
Section 124D.01 — Definitions.
Section 124D.02 — School Board Powers; Enrollment.
Section 124D.03 — Enrollment Options Program.
Section 124D.04 — Options For Enrolling In Adjoining States.
Section 124D.041 — Reciprocity With Adjoining States.
Section 124D.05 — Attending School In Another State; Severance Pay.
Section 124D.08 — School Boards' Approval To Enroll In Nonresident District; Exceptions.
Section 124D.085 — Experiential And Applied Learning Opportunities For Students.
Section 124D.09 — Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act.
Section 124D.091 — Concurrent Enrollment Program Aid.
Section 124D.093 — P-tech Schools.
Section 124D.095 — Online Learning Option.
Section 124D.096 — Online Learning Aid.
Section 124D.111 — School Meals Policies; Lunch Aid; Food Service Accounting.
Section 124D.1115 — Free And Reduced-price School Lunch Program Data Sharing.
Section 124D.114 — Lactose Reduced Milk.
Section 124D.1158 — School Breakfast Program.
Section 124D.117 — Districts To Offer School Breakfast Program.
Section 124D.118 — School Milk Program.
Section 124D.119 — Summer Food Service Replacement Aid.
Section 124D.1191 — Donations To Food Shelf Programs.
Section 124D.1195 — Commodity Donated Food Revolving Fund.
Section 124D.12 — Purpose Of Flexible Learning Year Programs.
Section 124D.121 — Definition Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.122 — Establishment Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.123 — Division Of Children Into Groups.
Section 124D.124 — Public Hearing Before Implementation.
Section 124D.125 — Assignment Of Teachers.
Section 124D.126 — Powers And Duties Of Commissioner; Flexible Learning Year Programs.
Section 124D.127 — Termination Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.128 — Learning Year Program To Provide Instruction Throughout Year.
Section 124D.129 — Educate Parents Partnership.
Section 124D.13 — Early Childhood Family Education (ecfe) Programs.
Section 124D.135 — Early Childhood Family Education (ecfe) Revenue.
Section 124D.141 — State Advisory Council On Early Childhood Education And Care.
Section 124D.142 — Quality Rating And Improvement System.
Section 124D.15 — School Readiness Programs.
Section 124D.151 — Voluntary Prekindergarten Program.
Section 124D.16 — School Readiness Aid.
Section 124D.162 — Kindergarten Readiness Assessment.
Section 124D.165 — Early Learning Scholarships.
Section 124D.166 — Limit On Screen Time For Children In Preschool And Kindergarten.
Section 124D.18 — Purpose Of Community Education Programs.
Section 124D.19 — Community Education Programs; Advisory Council.
Section 124D.20 — Community Education Revenue.
Section 124D.22 — School-age Care Revenue.
Section 124D.2211 — After-school Community Learning Programs.
Section 124D.23 — Family Services And Community-based Collaboratives.
Section 124D.231 — Full-service Community Schools.
Section 124D.34 — Minnesota Foundation For Student Organizations.
Section 124D.35 — Youth Entrepreneurship Education Program.
Section 124D.355 — Vocational Education Student Organizations.
Section 124D.36 — Citation; Serveminnesota Innovation Act.
Section 124D.37 — Purpose Of Serveminnesota Innovation Act.
Section 124D.38 — Definitions.
Section 124D.385 — Minnesota Commission On National And Community Service.
Section 124D.39 — Serveminnesota Innovation Program.
Section 124D.40 — Serveminnesota Innovation Grants.
Section 124D.42 — Reading And Math Corps.
Section 124D.44 — Match Requirements.
Section 124D.45 — Evaluation And Reporting Requirements.
Section 124D.452 — District Report; Career And Technical Education.
Section 124D.4531 — Career And Technical Revenue.
Section 124D.454 — Access To Minnesota's Transition System For Children With A Disability.
Section 124D.46 — Education And Employment Transitions System.
Section 124D.47 — Comprehensive Youth Apprenticeship Program.
Section 124D.49 — Education And Employment Transitions Partnerships.
Section 124D.50 — Service-learning And Work-based Learning Curriculum And Programs.
Section 124D.505 — Minnesota Career Information System.
Section 124D.51 — Evening Schools; Adult And Continuing Education.
Section 124D.518 — Adult Basic Education Aid Definitions.
Section 124D.52 — Adult Basic Education.
Section 124D.521 — Consortium Requirements.
Section 124D.522 — Adult Basic Education Supplemental Service Grants.
Section 124D.531 — Adult Basic Education Aid.
Section 124D.549 — Commissioner-selected High School Equivalency Test.
Section 124D.55 — Commissioner-selected High School Equivalency Test Fees.
Section 124D.56 — Community Education Program Revenue; Adults With Disabilities.
Section 124D.57 — Educational Support Services For People Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard-of-hearing.
Section 124D.58 — Citation; Education For English Learners Act.
Section 124D.59 — Definitions.
Section 124D.60 — Rights Of Parents.
Section 124D.61 — General Requirements For Programs.
Section 124D.63 — Technical Assistance.
Section 124D.64 — Discrimination Prohibited.
Section 124D.645 — Multiracial Diversity.
Section 124D.65 — English Learner (el) Programs Aid.
Section 124D.66 — Assurance Of Mastery Programs.
Section 124D.68 — Graduation Incentives Program.
Section 124D.69 — Aid For Alternative Programs Provided Under Contract.
Section 124D.695 — Approved Recovery Program Funding.
Section 124D.71 — Citation; American Indian Education Act.
Section 124D.73 — Definitions.
Section 124D.74 — American Indian Education Programs.
Section 124D.75 — Licenses For American Indian Language And Culture Education Teachers; Exemptions.
Section 124D.76 — Community Coordinators, Indian Home/school Liaisons, Paraprofessionals.
Section 124D.77 — Recruiting And Retaining Indian Teachers.
Section 124D.78 — Parent And Community Participation.
Section 124D.79 — Community And Commissioner Participation In American Indian Education.
Section 124D.791 — Indian Education Director.
Section 124D.81 — American Indian Education Aid.
Section 124D.82 — Discrimination Prohibited.
Section 124D.83 — State Revenue For American Indian Tribal Contract Or Grant Schools.
Section 124D.855 — School Segregation Prohibited.
Section 124D.861 — Achievement And Integration For Minnesota.
Section 124D.862 — Achievement And Integration Revenue.
Section 124D.87 — Achievement And Integration Transportation Aid.
Section 124D.892 — Office Of Desegregation/integration.
Section 124D.895 — Parental Involvement Programs.
Section 124D.8955 — Parent And Family Involvement Policy.
Section 124D.8957 — Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Parental Rights Coded Elsewhere.
Section 124D.896 — Desegregation/integration And Inclusive Education Rules.
Section 124D.90 — School Enrichment Partnership Program.
Section 124D.955 — Healthy Kids Awards Program.
Section 124D.957 — Minnesota Youth Council Committee.
Section 124D.96 — Welfare And Correctional Institutions' Policies For Educational Programs.