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HF 2039

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/19/2015 01:45pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 03/19/2015

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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying pupil transportation procedures for
certain nonresident charter school pupils; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
sections 123B.88, by adding a subdivision; 124D.10, subdivision 16.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.88, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 10a. new text end

new text begin Nonresident charter school pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin If a school district is
providing transportation for a charter school under section 124D.10, subdivision 16, the
school district must allow a nonresident pupil attending the charter school to be transported
on a district-operated or contracted route from any scheduled stop to any other scheduled
stop on that route. The district providing the pupil transportation services may charge a
fee to the nonresident pupil. The fee for each nonresident pupil must not exceed the lesser
of 15 cents per mile or the district's actual cost of transportation per mile traveled.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 16, is amended to read:


Subd. 16.

Transportation.

(a) A charter school after its first fiscal year of operation
by March 1 of each fiscal year and a charter school by July 1 of its first fiscal year of
operation must notify the district in which the school is located and the Department of
Education if it will provide its own transportation or use the transportation services of the
district in which it is located for the fiscal year.

(b) If a charter school elects to provide transportation for pupils, the transportation
must be provided by the charter school within the district in which the charter school is
located. The state must pay transportation aid to the charter school according to section
124D.11, subdivision 2.

For pupils who reside outside the district in which the charter school is located, the
charter school is not required to provide or pay for transportation between the pupil's
residence and the border of the district in which the charter school is located. A parent
may be reimbursed by the charter school for costs of transportation from the pupil's
residence to the border of the district in which the charter school is located if the pupil is
from a family whose income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal
government. The reimbursement may not exceed the pupil's actual cost of transportation
or 15 cents per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for
more than 250 miles per week.

At the time a pupil enrolls in a charter school, the charter school must provide the
parent or guardian with information regarding the transportation.

(c) If a charter school does not elect to provide transportation, transportation for
pupils enrolled at the school must be provided by the district in which the school is located,
according to sections 123B.88, subdivision 6, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a pupil
residing in the same district in which the charter school is located. Transportation may
be provided by the district in which the school is located, according to sections 123B.88,
subdivision 6
, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a pupil residing in a different districtnew text begin and
must be provided according to section 123B.88, subdivision 10a
new text end . If the district provides the
transportation, the scheduling of routes, manner and method of transportation, control and
discipline of the pupils, and any other matter relating to the transportation of pupils under
this paragraph shall be within the sole discretion, control, and management of the district.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
new text end