Chapter 123A — Cooperative Facilities Grant Act

123A.001 This section number exists as a placeholder in Minnesota's school district organization statutes. No substantive text is … 123A.01 Definitions This section defines key terms used in Minnesota's school district organization laws. The definitions from section … 123A.05 State-approved Alternative Program Organization This section allows school districts to set up alternative learning programs, area learning centers, or contract … 123A.06 State-approved Alternative Programs and Services This section allows school districts to form education districts to provide educational services together. An education … 123A.07 Resource Center for Other Programs This section allows two or more school districts to share teachers and programs through cooperative agreements. It also … 123A.08 State-approved Alternative Program Funding This section describes joint powers districts, which are formed when two or more school boards join together to operate … 123A.09 Designating and Approving a Center This section sets rules for secondary facilities when school districts share them through cooperatives or joint powers … 123A.12 Agreement Regarding Administrative Services This section requires the board of a service cooperative to elect its officers and hold at least one meeting each year. … 123A.15 Establishing Education Districts This section establishes the board and governance structure for education districts. Board members are chosen by member … 123A.16 Education District Board This section requires education districts to share their records with member districts and the public. Education … 123A.17 Powers and Duties of an Education District Board This section covers how education districts handle their money and property. It sets rules for budgets, audits, and what … 123A.18 Education District Agreement This section describes the powers and duties of education districts. They can hire staff, enter contracts, levy taxes, … 123A.19 Teaching Positions This section allows education districts to receive state aid and levy taxes to support their operations. It sets … 123A.21 Service Cooperatives This section allows service cooperatives to provide insurance and employee benefit programs to their member districts … 123A.215 Innovative Technology Cooperative This section allows service cooperatives to provide health and safety services, workers' compensation programs, and … 123A.22 Cooperative Centers for Vocational Education This section describes how service cooperatives are organized and governed. They are formed by school districts and … 123A.23 Regional Management Information Centers This section lists the programs and services that service cooperatives can provide to their members. These include staff … 123A.24 Withdrawing From Cooperative Unit; Appealing Denial of Membership This section sets rules for how service cooperatives are funded and how they manage their finances. Service cooperatives … 123A.245 Cooperative Units; Eligibility for Grants This section allows service cooperatives to establish programs for cooperative purchasing of goods and services on … 123A.25 Cooperative Unit; Insurance Pools This section describes the process for school districts to join or leave a service cooperative. Districts can change … 123A.26 Cooperative Units; Prohibited Aid and Levies This section allows service cooperatives to employ staff, including an executive director, and sets rules for how … 123A.27 Reserved Revenue for District Cooperation This section establishes regions for service cooperatives across the state and describes how boundaries are set and … 123A.30 Agreements for Secondary Education This section allows school districts to share superintendents and other administrative staff through cooperative … 123A.32 Interdistrict Cooperation This section sets rules for cooperative secondary education agreements between school districts. It describes how … 123A.33 Employees of Cooperative Districts Upon Dissolution or Withdrawal This section creates a program for pairing school districts to share secondary education. Paired districts work together … 123A.35 Cooperation and Combination This section establishes rules for school districts that want to cooperate first and then combine into one district. It … 123A.36 Cooperation and Combination Plan This section describes the process for school districts to combine into a single new district. It covers the steps from … 123A.37 Commissioner and Voter Approval This section covers elections and voting procedures when school districts plan to combine. Voters in each district must … 123A.38 Effective Date of Combination This section addresses how teachers and staff are affected when school districts combine. It sets rules for seniority, … 123A.39 Employees of Cooperating and Combining Districts This section explains how the financial matters of combining school districts are handled, including debts, tax levies, … 123A.40 County Auditor Plat This section provides additional financial incentives for districts that combine, including extra state aid to help … 123A.41 Levies for Districts at Time of Combination This section addresses bonded debt when school districts combine. It explains how existing bonds are handled and how the … 123A.43 Reports to Department of Education This section allows the Commissioner of Education to order school district consolidation in certain situations, such as … 123A.44 Citation This section establishes the process for dissolving a school district. It covers the steps from petition through … 123A.441 Policy and Purpose This section allows the board of a dissolved school district to continue operating temporarily to complete necessary … 123A.442 Approval Authority; Application Forms This section describes how property and assets are divided when a school district is dissolved. Buildings, equipment, … 123A.443 Grant Application Process This section covers how teachers and other staff are assigned to new districts when their district is dissolved. Staff … 123A.444 Levy for Severance Pay This section explains how debts and financial obligations are handled when a school district dissolves. Outstanding … 123A.445 Transportation This section describes how tax levies and state aid are adjusted when a school district is dissolved. Receiving … 123A.446 This section covers miscellaneous matters related to school district dissolution, including how boundary disputes are … 123A.45 Detachment and Annexation of Land This section allows landowners to petition to move their property from one school district to an adjacent district. The … 123A.455 Realigning Split Residential Parcels This section establishes rules for orderly annexation of territory from one school district to another. It allows … 123A.46 Dissolution and Attachment This section establishes procedures for resolving school district boundary disputes and adjustments that do not involve … 123A.48 Consolidation This section covers the consolidation of school districts, including the process for creating a new district from two or … 123A.482 Joint Powers Cooperative Facility This section provides additional rules for consolidated school districts, including how existing contracts and … 123A.485 Consolidation Transition Revenue This section establishes financial incentives for school district consolidation, including additional state aid and … 123A.488 Consolidation; Instruction by Nonresidential District This section covers the transfer of bonded indebtedness when school districts consolidate. It explains how existing … 123A.49 Appeals This section allows the Commissioner of Education to adjust school district boundaries to resolve issues created by … 123A.50 Plats This section covers the attachment of unorganized territory to existing school districts. Areas not currently in any … 123A.55 Classes, Number This section describes how school districts are classified. Minnesota has independent school districts and special … 123A.56 Assignment of Identification Numbers This section requires the Commissioner of Education to assign a unique identification number to each school district. … 123A.58 Common District to Independent District This section explains the powers and duties of independent school district boards. They can hire staff, make contracts, … 123A.60 Remaining Districts, Action of County Board; Election This section describes the organizational meeting of a newly formed school district board, including how the first … 123A.61 Private Schools in Nonoperating Districts This section covers the election of school board members, including the timing of elections, terms of office, and how … 123A.62 Border Districts; Continued Operation; Franconia This section establishes the quorum requirements and voting procedures for school board meetings. A majority of board … 123A.64 Duty to Maintain Elementary and Secondary Schools This section addresses the general powers of school districts, including the authority to own property, enter contracts, … 123A.65 Phase Out of Dissolved District This section allows school districts to acquire land and buildings for school purposes through purchase, lease, or … 123A.66 Procedure for Attachment to Organized Districts This section covers the authority of school districts to issue bonds and levy taxes to finance the construction and … 123A.67 Allocation of Assets and Liabilities; Levy This section establishes rules for school district budgets and financial management, including requirements for annual … 123A.68 Officers and Teachers, Transitional Provisions This section covers the authority of school districts to transport students to and from school. It sets requirements for … 123A.69 Special School Districts, Application; Minneapolis and South St. Paul This section allows school districts to provide school lunch and nutrition programs for students. It sets requirements … 123A.70 Private Schools; Prinsburg This section covers the duties and powers of school district clerks, including keeping records, managing correspondence, … 123A.71 Appeal This section establishes the duties and powers of school district treasurers, including managing district funds, paying … 123A.72 Severability This section covers the powers and duties of the school district superintendent, including overseeing daily operations, … 123A.73 Levy Limitations of Reorganized Districts This section addresses the employment and contracts of school district administrators, including terms of employment, … 123A.74 Obligations Upon District Reorganization This section covers the employment rights and procedures for licensed teachers in school districts, including hiring, … 123A.75 Employees of Reorganized Districts This section establishes rules for school district fund balances and reserves, including limits on how much money a … 123A.76 Expenses of Transition This section covers the state aid formulas used to fund school districts, including how student counts, district … 123A.77 Surplus County School Tax Funds; Distribution This section establishes the process for distributing state aid payments to school districts throughout the year, … 123A.78 Joint Powers Agreements for Facilities This section covers property tax levy authority for school districts, including what types of levies are allowed and how … 123A.79 Meetings of Joint Powers Board This section addresses the financial reporting and auditing requirements for school districts, including annual audit …