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Appropriations

Chapter 13

provide funding for a full-time superintendent at the school for the blind. In addition, a .5 full-time equivalent position is added, which is contingent on a determination made by the superintendent of public instruction that the position should be filled by a full-time superintendent. The school for the blind may use the funding to fill a full-time superintendent position as directed by the superintendent of public instruction. This funding is contingent on the superintendent of public instruction certifying to the director of the office of management and budget that the position has been filled by a full-time superintendent. The office of management and budget shall prorate the amount of funding available to the school for the blind based on the retirement date of the current superintendent of the school for the blind. SECTION 13. INDIRECT COST ALLOCATION. Notwithstanding section 54-44.1-15, the department of public instruction may deposit indirect cost recoveries in its operating account. SECTION 14. EXEMPTION - FUNDING POOL FOR INITIATIVES - LINE ITEM TRANSFER. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-16-04, the superintendent of public instruction shall transfer funding from the funding pool for initiatives line item in subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act, to the extent necessary, to the appropriate line item for expending the funds for each initiative. The superintendent of public instruction shall report to the office of management and budget regarding all transfers from the funding pool for initiatives line item. SECTION 15. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STAFFING ANALYSIS. Subdivision 1 of section 1 of this Act includes $100,000 from the general fund for the superintendent of public instruction to contract with the information technology department and a private consultant to conduct an information technology staffing analysis for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015. The analysis must include a review of the department of public instruction information technology staffing duties, responsibilities, and staffing levels and must consider the feasibility and desirability of transferring additional information technology positions to the information technology department and must provide recommendations regarding the appropriate level of information technology staff for the department of public instruction. SECTION 16. OTHER GRANTS - REPORTING. The superintendent of public instruction shall develop a format for reporting on the cost per participant and the outcomes of other grants and report to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly regarding participation, cost, and outcomes of these grants. SECTION 17. LEGISLATIVE INTENT - REIMBURSEMENT OF TITLE FUNDING DUE TO FEDERAL SEQUESTRATION. If, as a result of the federal sequestration order for fiscal year 2013, issued pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended [2 U.S.C. 901A], school districts experience a reduction in funds provided under title I, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended [20 U.S.C. 6301, et seq.], it is the intent of the legislative assembly that the superintendent of public instruction introduce legislation to the sixty-fourth legislative assembly seeking state funding for school districts to offset these federal funding reductions. SECTION 18. STATE AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES. The line item entitled grants in subdivision 2 of section 1 of this Act includes $1,766,500 for aid to public libraries, of which no more than one-half is to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.