1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring a public school to provide transportation for 
1.3 	nonpublic students on each day the nonpublic student has an on-site instructional 
1.4 	day during the 2020-2021 school year;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
1.5 	123B.84.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.84, is amended to read:
1.8 	123B.84 POLICY.
1.9 	(a) In districts where the state provides aids for transportation it is in the public interest 
1.10 	to provide equality of treatment in transporting school children of the state who are required 
1.11 	to attend elementary and secondary schools pursuant to chapter 120A, so that the health, 
1.12 	welfare and safety of the children, while using the public highways of the state, shall be 
1.13 	protected.
1.14 	(b) School children attending any schools, complying with section 120A.22, are therefore 
1.15 	entitled to the same rights and privileges relating to transportation.
1.16 	(c) Notwithstanding sections 123B.86, 123B.87, 123B.88, and 123B.92, for the 2020-2021 
1.17 	school year only, on each day that a public school district is conducting instruction, whether 
1.18 	on-site or through distance instruction, the public school district must transport a nonpublic 
1.19 	student if the nonpublic school is conducting on-site instruction on that day.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.1 	Sec. 2. PUPIL TRANSPORTATION; NONPUBLIC STUDENTS.
 2.2 	(a) A nonpublic school must submit to the school board of the public school district 
2.3 	where it is located a calendar of its on-site instructional days for the 2020-2021 school year.
2.4 	(b) A public school district must transport a nonpublic student according to section 1 
2.5 	on any day that is reported as an on-site instructional day under paragraph (a).

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.