Line Item: $200,000 in FY 2008 and $200,000 in FY 2009 for the Independent Office of Educational Accountability.
Line Item: $250,000 in FY 2008 and $250,000 in FY2009 to pay teachers for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
Line Item: $4.5 million for the merger of the Hennepin County and Minneapolis library systems.
Line Item: $75,000 to hire an independent contractor to assist the education finance task force authorized in the bill.