1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing full funding for transportation of nonpublic 
1.3 	students;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.92, subdivision 9.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.92, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 9.Nonpublic pupil transportation aid. (a) A district's nonpublic pupil 
1.7 	transportation aid for the 1996-1997 and later school years for transportation services for 
1.8 	nonpublic school pupils according to sections 123B.88, 123B.84 to 123B.86, and this 
1.9 	section, equals the sum of the amounts computed in paragraphs (b) and (c). This aid does 
1.10 	not limit the obligation to transport pupils under sections 123B.84 to 123B.87.
1.11 	(b) For regular and excess transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), 
1.12 	clauses (1) and (2), an amount equal to the product of:
1.13 	(1) the district's actual expenditure per nonpublic pupil transported in the regular and 
1.14 	excess transportation categories during the second preceding school year; times
1.15 	(2) the number of nonpublic school pupils residing in the district who receive regular 
1.16 	or excess transportation service or reimbursement for the current school year; times
1.17 	(3) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for 
1.18 	the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 
1.19 	2, for the second preceding school year.
1.20 	(c) For nonpublic nonregular transportation according to subdivision 1, paragraph 
1.21 	(b), clause (5), an amount equal to the product of:
1.22 	(1) the district's actual expenditure for nonpublic nonregular transportation during 
1.23 	the second preceding school year; times
2.1 	(2) the ratio of the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for 
2.2 	the current school year to the formula allowance pursuant to section 126C.10, subdivision 
2.3 	2, for the second preceding school year.
2.4 	(d) Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal year 2004 
2.5 	in section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the 
2.6 	formula allowance for the current year minus $415 in determining the nonpublic pupil 
2.7 	transportation revenue in paragraphs (b) and (c) for fiscal year 2004.