1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; reestablishing a levy for hazardous pupil 
1.3 	transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 123B.88, subdivision 
1.4 	1; 123B.92, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.88, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Providing transportation. The board may provide for the 
1.8 	transportation of pupils to and from school and for any other purpose. The board may 
1.9 	also provide for the transportation of pupils to schools in other districts for grades and 
1.10 	departments not maintained in the district, including high school, at the expense of the 
1.11 	district, when funds are available therefor and if agreeable to the district to which it is 
1.12 	proposed to transport the pupils, for the whole or a part of the school year, as it may 
1.13 	deem advisable, and subject to its rules. In any district, the board must arrange for the 
1.14 	attendance of all pupils living two miles or more from the school and all pupils who face 
1.15 	hazardous pupil transportation conditions as determined by the pupil transportation safety 
1.16 	committee according to subdivision 3a, except pupils whose transportation privileges have 
1.17 	been voluntarily surrendered under subdivision 2, or whose privileges have been revoked 
1.18 	under section  123B.91, subdivision 1, clause (6), or  123B.90, subdivision 2. The district 
1.19 	may provide for the transportation of or the boarding and rooming of the pupils who may 
1.20 	be more economically and conveniently provided for by that means. Arrangements for 
1.21 	attendance may include a requirement that parents or guardians request transportation 
1.22 	before it is provided. The board must provide transportation to and from the home of 
1.23 	a child with a disability not yet enrolled in kindergarten when special instruction and 
1.24 	services under sections  125A.03 to  125A.24,  125A.26 to  125A.48, and  125A.65 are 
2.1 	provided in a location other than in the child's home. When transportation is provided, 
2.2 	scheduling of routes, establishment of the location of bus stops, manner and method 
2.3 	of transportation, control and discipline of school children, the determination of fees, 
2.4 	and any other matter relating thereto must be within the sole discretion, control, and 
2.5 	management of the board. The district may provide for the transportation of pupils or 
2.6 	expend a reasonable amount for room and board of pupils whose attendance at school can 
2.7 	more economically and conveniently be provided for by that means or who attend school 
2.8 	in a building rented or leased by a district within the confines of an adjacent district. 

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007. 

2.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.92, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.11 	to read:
2.12 		Subd. 10.Hazardous pupil transportation levy. A hazardous pupil transportation 
2.13 	safety levy is available to a school district that has established a pupil transportation safety 
2.14 	committee under section 123B.88, subdivision 3a.  The hazardous pupil transportation 
2.15 	safety levy for a district equals the costs necessary to transport pupils who face hazardous 
2.16 	transportation conditions and are being transported according to a plan developed under 
2.17 	section 123B.88, subdivision 3a, and adopted by the school board.  

2.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2007.