Highlights of the E-12 Agreement.  The biggest single item both in terms of spending for next year and into the next biennium is the Governor's pre-K initiative.  The program costs $24 million for FY 17 (16-17 school year) and $24 million in each year of the next biennium.  The budget tails number for the next biennium is lower than it was in the Governor's budget and the Senate bill.  Other items in the bill include:

• $12.1 million in one-time money for student support services grants.
• $4.9 million in non-metro equity (adjustment in the equity formula so there is no differential between metro and non-metro equity).
• $4.5 million for staff development for the intermediate districts.
• $3.0 million for the NW Regional Partnership
• $2.8 million for Grants for Teachers in Shortage Areas.
• $2.8 million for Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
• $2.2 million in Maximum Effort Grandfather Aid ($4.4 million in budget tails for next biennium)
• $2.0 million for Parent Home Visiting Program
• $2.0 million for Teacher Loan Forgiveness
• $2.0 million for Parent Aware
• $1.5 million for the Tony Sanneh Foundation (Mentorship Partnerships
• $1.5 million for Girls in Action
• $1.5 million for Grow Your Own and other Teacher Preparation Programs
• $1.0 million for MDE IT Security
• $1.0 million for Reading Corp
• $1.0 million for Full Service Community Schools
• $900,000 for the Western Minnesota Manufacturing Lab
• $775,000 for MDE Operating Increase
• $500,000 for Innovation Partners Center
• $500,000 for Education Partnership Grants
• $500,000 for Teacher Governed Schools
• $500,000 for Broadband Innovation Grants
• $430,000 for St. Cloud Early Learning Program
• $400,000 for ABE Pilot Grants for both the House and Senate ($800,000 total)
• $385,000 for Southwest Minnesota State University Special Education Teacher Preparation Program
• $310,000 for Collaborative Urban Educator Program
• $294,000 for Grant to Glenville-Emmons
• $270,000 for Indian Education Teacher Preparation Grants
• $250,000 for Board of Teaching Base Funding Deficiency
• $250,000 for Graduation Incentives for ELL Students Ages 21 and 22.
• $250,000 for Agricultural Educators
• $250,000 for Minnesota Council on Economic Education
• $240,000 in Current Year to Make QComp Fund Whole
• $200,000 for Vision Therapy Pilot
• $150,000 for Race2Reduce (Water Conservation Project)
• $120,000 for GED Testing
• $100,000 for Rock and Read Pilot
• $80,000 for Statewide Educator Job Board
• $69,000 for Metro Deaf Charter School
• $50,000 for Headwaters Science Center
• $50,000 for Promise Neighborhood/Greater Partnerships
• $1.5 million in FY 19 for Debt Service Equalization (I believe this is the indexing of the Debt Service Equalization Factors contained in Senator Kevin Dahle's SF 2231)

As you can see, lots of relatively small grants and other one-time expenditures.  As I wrote earlier in the session, more Grants than at Bud's family reunion.