1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying deadline for making postsecondary enrollment 
1.3 	options information available to students; modifying requirements for postsecondary 
1.4 	enrollment in online courses; modifying calculation of transportation aid for pupils 
1.5 	enrolled in postsecondary enrollment options; appropriating money;amending 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivisions 7, 9, 22.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 7.Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll. By the earlier 
1.10 	of (1) three weeks prior to the date by which a student must register for district courses for 
1.11 	the following school year, or (2) March 1 of each year, a district must provide up-to-date 
1.12 	information on the district's website and in materials that are distributed to parents and 
1.13 	students about the program, including information about enrollment requirements and the 
1.14 	ability to earn postsecondary credit to all pupils in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. To assist the 
1.15 	district in planning, a pupil shall must inform the district by May 30 of each year of the 
1.16 	pupil's intent to enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year. A pupil 
1.17 	is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

1.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.20 		Subd. 9.Enrollment priority. (a) A postsecondary institution shall must give priority 
1.21 	to its postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in grades 10, 
1.22 	11, and 12 in its courses. A postsecondary institution may provide information about its 
1.23 	programs to a secondary school or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise 
2.1 	recruit or solicit a secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic 
2.2 	grounds only except, notwithstanding other law to the contrary, and for the 2014-2015 
2.3 	through 2019-2020 school years only, an eligible postsecondary institution may advertise 
2.4 	or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil residing in a school district with 700 students 
2.5 	or more in grades 10, 11, and 12, to enroll in its programs on educational, programmatic, 
2.6 	or financial grounds.
2.7 	(b) An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options 
2.8 	purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level except 
2.9 	when a student eligible to participate and enrolled in the graduation incentives program 
2.10 	under section 124D.68 enrolls full time in a middle or early college program. A middle or 
2.11 	early college program must be specifically designed to allow the student to earn dual high 
2.12 	school and college credit with a well-defined pathway to allow the student to earn a 
2.13 	postsecondary degree or credential. In this case, the student shall must receive developmental 
2.14 	college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses.
2.15 	(c) Once a pupil has been enrolled in any postsecondary course under this section, the 
2.16 	pupil shall must not be displaced by another student.
2.17 	(d) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course under this 
2.18 	section, the postsecondary institution also must enroll in the same course an otherwise 
2.19 	enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under section 
2.20 	197.447, and demonstrates to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction that the institution's 
2.21 	established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.
2.22 	(e) A postsecondary institution must allow secondary pupils to enroll in online courses 
2.23 	under this section consistent with the institution's policy regarding postsecondary pupil 
2.24 	enrollment in online courses.

2.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 22, is amended to read:
2.27 		Subd. 22.Transportation. (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a course for 
2.28 	secondary credit may apply to the pupil's district of residence for reimbursement for 
2.29 	transporting the pupil between the secondary school in which the pupil is enrolled or the 
2.30 	pupil's home and the postsecondary institution that the pupil attends. The state shall provide 
2.31 	state aid to a district in an amount sufficient to reimburse the parent or guardian for the 
2.32 	necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's income is at or below the 
2.33 	poverty level, as determined by the federal government pupil is eligible for a free or 
3.1 	reduced-price meal. The reimbursement shall be the pupil's actual cost of transportation or 
3.2 	15 cents the United States Internal Revenue Service business standard mileage rate per mile 
3.3 	traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for more than 250 miles per 
3.4 	week. However, if the nearest postsecondary institution is more than 25 miles from the 
3.5 	pupil's resident secondary school, the weekly reimbursement may not exceed the 
3.6 	reimbursement rate per mile times the actual distance between the secondary school or the 
3.7 	pupil's home and the nearest postsecondary institution times ten. The state must pay aid to 
3.8 	the district according to this subdivision.
3.9 	(b) A parent or guardian of an alternative pupil enrolled in a course for secondary credit 
3.10 	may apply to the pupil's postsecondary institution for reimbursement for transporting the 
3.11 	pupil between the secondary school in which the pupil is enrolled or the pupil's home and 
3.12 	the postsecondary institution in an amount sufficient to reimburse the parent or guardian 
3.13 	for the necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's income is at or below 
3.14 	the poverty level, as determined by the federal government pupil is eligible for a free or 
3.15 	reduced-price meal. The amount of the reimbursement shall be determined as in paragraph 
3.16 	(a). The state must pay aid to the postsecondary institution according to this subdivision.
3.17 	(c) "Necessary transportation costs" under this subdivision means the costs of 
3.18 	transportation in a private vehicle, bus, taxi, or other shared vehicle.

3.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2020 and later.

3.20 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 3.21 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
3.22 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
3.23 	designated.
3.24 		Subd. 2.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
3.25 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
3.26 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

3.27		$
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	2020
	
3.28		$
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	2021

3.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2020 and later.