2025 Session Last amended: 2011 session

§ 127A.33 — School Endowment Fund; Apportionment

Plain-Language Summary

This section tells the commissioner how to distribute the school endowment fund to school districts. The money is distributed twice a year, in March and September, to districts whose schools have been in session at least nine months. Each district receives a share proportional to its average daily membership.

127A.33 SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND; APPORTIONMENT.

The commissioner shall apportion the school endowment fund semiannually on the first Monday in March and September in each year, to districts whose schools have been in session at least nine months. The apportionment shall be in proportion to each district’s adjusted average daily membership during the preceding year. The apportionment shall not be paid to a district for pupils for whom tuition is received by the district.

History:

Ex1959 c 71 art 5 s 9; Ex1971 c 31 art 20 s 15; 1978 c 706 s 29; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 13 s 31; 1996 c 412 art 1 s 5; 1998 c 397 art 4 s 7,51; 1Sp2011 c 11 art 1 s 26

History: History: Ex1959 c 71 art 5 s 9; Ex1971 c 31 art 20 s 15; 1978 c 706 s 29; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 1 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 13 s 31; 1996 c 412 art 1 s 5; 1998 c 397 art 4 s 7,51; 1Sp2011 c 11 art 1 s 26

Practical Notes

School districts must operate for at least nine months to receive their share of the school endowment fund. Districts get more money if they have more students. The distribution is based on the prior year’s average daily membership, so current enrollment data matters for future funding.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes