HF 2188

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; transferring charter school transportation
obligations from school districts to charter schools; amending Minnesota Statutes
2008, sections 124D.10, subdivision 16; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.10, subdivision 16, is amended to
read:

Subd. 16.

Transportation.

deleted text begin (a) A charter school after its first fiscal year of operation
by March 1 of each fiscal year and a charter school by July 1 of its first fiscal year of
operation must notify the district in which the school is located and the Department of
Education if it will provide its own transportation or use the transportation services of the
district in which it is located for the fiscal year.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) If deleted text end A charter school deleted text begin elects to deleted text end new text begin must new text end provide transportation for new text begin its new text end pupils deleted text begin , the
transportation must be provided by the charter school deleted text end new text begin residing new text end within the district in
which the charter school is located new text begin according to the requirements of section 123B.88,
subdivision 1 new text end . deleted text begin The state must pay transportation aid to the charter school according to
section 124D.11, subdivision 2. deleted text end

For pupils who reside outside the district in which the charter school is located, the
charter school is not required to provide or pay for transportation between the pupil's
residence and the border of the district in which the charter school is located. A parent
may be reimbursed by the charter school for costs of transportation from the pupil's
residence to the border of the district in which the charter school is located if the pupil is
from a family whose income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal
government. The reimbursement may not exceed the pupil's actual cost of transportation
or 15 cents per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for
more than 250 miles per week.

At the time a pupil enrolls in a charter school, the charter school must provide the
parent or guardian with information regarding the transportation.

deleted text begin (c) If a charter school does not elect to provide transportation, transportation for
pupils enrolled at the school must be provided by the district in which the school is
located, according to sections 123B.88, subdivision 6, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a
pupil residing in the same district in which the charter school is located. Transportation
may be provided by the district in which the school is located, according to sections
123B.88, subdivision 6, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a pupil residing in a different
district. If the district provides the transportation, the scheduling of routes, manner and
method of transportation, control and discipline of the pupils, and any other matter relating
to the transportation of pupils under this paragraph shall be within the sole discretion,
control, and management of the district.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

(a) General education revenue must
be paid to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue
for each adjusted marginal cost pupil unit is the state average general education revenue
per pupil unit, plus the referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of
residence, deleted text begin minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to
section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0485, deleted text end calculated without basic skills revenue,
extended time revenue, alternative teacher compensation revenue, transition revenue, and
transportation sparsity revenue, plus basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, basic
alternative teacher compensation aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 34, and
transition revenue as though the school were a school district. deleted text begin The general education
revenue for each extended time marginal cost pupil unit equals $4,378.
deleted text end

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for charter schools in the first year of operation,
general education revenue shall be computed using the number of adjusted pupil units
in the current fiscal year.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Transportation revenue.

new text begin A charter school qualifies for new text end transportation
revenue deleted text begin must be paid to a charter school that provides transportation services according to
section 124D.10, subdivision 16, according to this subdivision. Transportation aid shall
equal transportation revenue deleted text end new text begin in the same manner as a school district new text end .

deleted text begin In addition to the revenue under subdivision 1, a charter school providing
transportation services must receive general education aid equal to the sum of the product
of (i) an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section
126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0485, plus the transportation sparsity allowance for the
school district in which the charter school is located times (ii) the adjusted marginal cost
pupil units, plus the product of $223 times the extended time marginal cost pupil units.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009.
new text end