Relating to student transportation; establishing procedures and standards for contracting for private student transportation services; defining certain terms; specifying certain contract requirements for school districts request for proposals for private contractors and privatization contracts and specifying certain responder disclosure requirements; requiring review of contract costs by a district; specifying certain data practices compliance requirements; regulating school bus drivers pay and rights to refuse to operate the bus for safety related repair purposes; establishing a pilot project to investigate potential cost savings and benefits of multidistrict cooperation on student transportation and efficiency, appropriating money to department of education for a grant to special school district #1, Minneapolis and independent school district #625, St. Paul for acquiring land, constructing necessary facilities, acquiring vehicles and other costs associated with construction or improvement of a school bus facility, requiring certain appropriation use requirements be certified by the commissioner
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