HF 40

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 01/29/2015 04:26pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; providing full funding for K-12 pupil transportation;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 18.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the
general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue,
extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation
revenue, and transition revenue.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end For fiscal year deleted text begin 2015 deleted text end new text begin 2016 new text end and later, the general education revenue for each
district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and
talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools
revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation deleted text begin sparsity deleted text end revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal years 2016
and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Transportation deleted text begin sparsity deleted text end revenue deleted text begin allowance deleted text end .

(a) new text begin A district's pupil
transportation revenue equals the sum of the district's transportation sparsity revenue and
its transportation cost revenue.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end A district's transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the
result of the following computation:

(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.

(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the
26/100 power.

(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the
13/100 power.

(iv) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.

(v) Subtract the result in clause (iv) from the result in clause (iii).

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity
allowance times the adjusted pupil units.

new text begin (d) A district's total transportation cost revenue equals the greater of zero or the
difference between:
new text end

new text begin (1) the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under section
123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous year; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the sum of:
new text end

new text begin (i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;
new text end

new text begin (ii) transportation sparsity revenue under paragraph (c); and
new text end

new text begin (iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous year.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal years 2016
and later.
new text end