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June 23, 2023
Updates in this email:
At the conclusion of each legislative session, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) provides an estimate of revenue impacts for each district and charter school. Visit the Enacted E-12 Funding Summary on our Funding Projections and Trends webpage to view the latest estimates. These projections include the estimated increase in major funding categories for fiscal years (FY) 2024 and 2025 based on enacted 2023 legislation.
It is important to note that the estimated amount per Adjusted Average Daily Membership (AADM) student count may not be reflective of the student count associated with calculating the base revenue increases. Districts and charter schools should review their latest pupil data and applicable revenues to determine projected revenue increases.
Other tools, such as the Interactive Projection Model and Revenue Simulation Model, will be updated as FY2024 and future year data are submitted to MDE. Questions on the estimates or supplemental revenue tools should be directed to mde.funding@state.mn.us.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) desires to request a one-year waiver of assessment requirements and related accountability requirements for the Rochester Public School District for the 2022-23 school year. A cyberattack midway through the testing window made administration of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) in mathematics, reading, and science impossible for the district.
As stated in ESEA statute, section 8401, the “State educational agency shall provide the public and any interested local educational agency in the State with notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment and provide input on the request, to the extent that the request impacts the local educational agency.” As such, the public is invited to comment on the ESSA Waiver Request for Rochester Public School District to Cabinet now through July 6 by emailing MDE.ESSA@state.mn.us.
Governor Tim Walz signed legislation passed in the 2023 session making changes to restrictive procedures, prone restraint and reasonable force in Minnesota schools. The changes to Minnesota Statutes will be effective as of July 1, 2023. They are applicable both to students with disabilities and to students without disabilities. View the changes to the Minnesota Statutes on the Legislative Update Pertaining to Restrictive Procedures, Prone Restraint and Reasonable Force webpage.
MDE will develop guidance for the field on this topic. Please direct any questions to mde.assistance-compliance@state.mn.us.
The Career and College Success Division (CCSD) posted the following competitive grant programs:
Concurrent Enrollment Introduction to Teaching Grant – Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025
State funds are available to eligible applicants to develop or expand Concurrent Enrollment “Introduction to Teaching” or “Introduction to Education” courses consistent with Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 10- to encourage secondary school students, especially American Indian students and students of color, to pursue teaching. Register to attend an informational webinar on June 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) STEM Grant – Fiscal Years 2024, 2025 and 2026
State funds are available to charter schools and school districts to raise K–12 academic achievement through increased student participation in Pre-AP, AP, and/or IB science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, particularly for historically underserved student groups.
Applications for both grants are due July 21, with an anticipated grant start date of October 1. Visit the Competitive Grant Opportunities from the Minnesota Department of Education webpage for more information and application materials.
Reimagining Arts Education: Native Arts Summer Institute and 2023-24 Cohort
July 25–27, 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Cansayapi Wicoicage Oti, Lower Sioux Cultural Incubator and Morton, Minnesota
Register for July 25-27 Reimagining Arts Education SSummer Institute and Cohort
This summer institute and cohort will support educators designing and piloting meaningful and authentic standards-based learning experiences about Dakota and Ojibwe arts and cultural expression. Participants will dive deep into Dakota and Ojibwe arts and cultural expression and essential understandings about contemporary Native arts, learning with Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair, artists, makers, performers from Tribal Nations in Minnesota, MDE arts specialists and Indigenous education specialists. This institute and cohort focuses on supporting K-12 arts educators. Continued support during the following school year for curriculum development and piloting will consist of three professional development days. Costs will be covered for qualifying participants.
For a complete description of participant eligibility, institute and cohort details and financial supports visit the Culturally Responsive Arts Education webpage and download the Native Arts Summer Institute and 2023-24 Cohort Overview document.
Reimagining Arts and Ethnic Studies Summer Institute: Identity, Power, and Resistance in Education
August 1–3, 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: To be determined (Twin Cities Metro)
Register for Aug. 1-3 Reimagining Arts and Ethnic Studies Summer Institute
Participants will explore the intersection of the arts and ethnic studies and unpack the connection between identity, social activism and the arts. Participants will also investigate how the arts can empower students to reclaim, envision and create, centering their voices as counter-narratives against historical and contemporary injustices. This institute will focus on arts, social studies and ethnic studies educators working at the secondary level. This institute will focus on arts, social studies and ethnic studies educators working at the secondary level. Continued support during the following school year for curriculum development and piloting will consist of three professional development days. Costs will be covered for qualifying participants
For a complete description of participant eligibility, institute and cohort details and financial supports visit the Culturally Responsive Arts Education website and download the Reimagining Arts and Ethnic Studies Summer Institute: Identity, Power, and Resistance in Education information document.
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Center is offering Restorative Practices trainings in August. Registration is now available at Restorative Circle and Chats Trainings.
Spaces are still available for Circle: LGBTQ+ Affinity, Affirming Community that is being held virtually June 26, 27 and 28 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Register for Circle: LGBTQ+ Affinity, Affirming Community.
If you have any questions about the trainings, contact Nancy Riestenberg, 651-582-8433, Grace Yang, 651-582-8777, or Gregg Campbell, 651-582-8796.
Applications are now open for the Computer Science Education Working Group. To register, visit Computer Science Education Working Group - Adults Application Form. Applications will close on August 25.
MDE is seeking a diverse group of computer science teachers and representatives. Please spread the word that applications are open for the Computer Science Working Group. Teachers who participate will earn CEUs.
The Computer Science Working Group aims to develop a strategic plan for a statewide computer science education program. Applicants must agree to the assumptions and the timeline and be available for all meetings from October 2023 to March 2024. The final plan is due in March 2024. In addition to the five full group meetings, many small group meetings will be scheduled between group meetings to draft pieces of the plan.
For more information and before completing the Computer Science Education Working Group application, please read the Computer Science Working Group Assumptions document.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the final timeline for restarting annual renewals in public health care programs. With Medicaid eligibility becoming a part of the direct certification, and tied to the compensatory revenue formula, schools could be affected by this change.
Due to the pandemic Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare renewals were paused but are now restarting. More than 1.5 million Minnesotans on Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare will need their program eligibility reviewed through a renewal process by May 2024.
Minnesota will restart the renewal processes for Medical Assistance in 2023 beginning with the July renewal cohort. Renewals for MinnesotaCare coverage will restart beginning in October 2023 for coverage effective Jan. 1, 2024. View the timeline for restarting annual renewals in public health care programs.
Please visit DHS's Renew My Coverage communications toolkit for resources in multiple languages. Please share the messages in this toolkit with your district and school communities.
The following documentation has been posted to the Long-Term Facilities Maintenance webpage or school districts to use for the FY 2025 LTFM Ten-Year Plan submission:
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Guide
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Expenditures Application
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Revenue Projection
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Cooperative Allocation Worksheet
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Revenue – Statement of Assurances
Under 2023 Minnesota Laws, to qualify for LTFM revenue (Minn. Stat. 123B.595, subd. 4 [2023]), a school district, intermediate district, or other cooperative units must have a ten-year facility plan adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. This does not include charter schools.
The plan must be updated annually and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan or levy for the costs. School Districts issuing bonds must include a debt service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay principal and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected LTFM revenue for that year.
For 23 Payable 24 - Levy (FY 2025), the district must submit the updated and approved LTFM documentation to the commissioner by July 31. Please submit to MDE.Facilities@state.mn.us.
For questions about allowed uses of LTFM revenue, process and timelines, LTFM ten-year expenditure projections and LTFM Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting (UFARS) coding, please contact Sarah C. Miller (Sarah.C.Miller@state.mn.us), 651-582-8370.
For questions about the LTFM ten-year revenue projections, Levy Limitation and Certification report adjustments, LTFM aid entitlement and levy calculations or LTFM required debt, please contact Lonn Moe (Lonn.Moe@state.mn.us), 651-582-8569.
Each year, information regarding schools and districts/charters is updated in the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) master database for organizations (MDE Organization Reference Glossary (MDE-ORG)). MDE-ORG validates sites for all major MDE reporting systems, including the Minnesota Automated Reporting Student System (MARSS), Staff Automated Reporting (STAR), Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS), Assessments, etc. It is important that a point person is identified as the Site Verification Coordinator for your organization. This person has access to request and certify school configuration changes and update other essential contact and address information for all sites within the organization.
Please review your organization and school sites, including contacts and addresses, and make changes for the 2023–24 school year. To ensure data collections, payments, and reports are correct, organization and school site information and contacts for the 2023–24 school year must be reviewed and certified by August 31. Please read the Annual Verification of District and School Site Information for SFY 2023-24 memorandum found on the District and School Site Verification webpage. This memorandum outlines the timeline and steps to maintaining accurate organization and reporting site directory information which is critical in correctly processing records for your district including students, staff, payments, and federal programs.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Carey.
Join New Teacher Center (NTC) for a session designed to enhance your new teacher orientation and provide new teachers with tools that will guide them toward success.
The session will provide practical strategies for developing new teachers and their abilities organized around the ideas of Knowing Their community, Knowing Their Content and Knowing Their Support Systems.
During this time, you will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, exchange ideas with fellow induction leaders and principals and leave with a toolkit of resources to enhance your new teacher orientation.
Register in advance for either the June 26 (2-3:30 p.m.) or August 10 (10-11:30 a.m.) Planning for New Teacher Orientation session.
For assistance with questions or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Chris Ramadan, 651-582-8810, at least two weeks prior to the first session.
The 2023 Read Well by Third Grade (RWBTG) online submission platform is now open. This data is required of all Minnesota districts and charter schools that enroll students in grades K–2 and is due to MDE annually by July 1. Please see the RWBTG Launch Memo for further information.
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