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1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 07/05/2023 02:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; governing policy provisions on school-related active
transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.90, subdivision
2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Student training.

(a) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled
in kindergarten through grade 10 with age-appropriate school bus safety training, as described
in this section, of the following concepts:

(1) transportation by school bus is a privilege and not a right;

(2) district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;

(3) appropriate conduct while on the school bus;

(4) the danger zones surrounding a school bus;

(5) procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;

(6) procedures for safe street or road crossing; and

(7) school bus evacuation.

(b) Each nonpublic school located within the district must provide all nonpublic school
pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who are transported by school bus at public
expense and attend school within the district's boundaries with training as required in
paragraph (a).

(c) Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 6 who are transported by school bus
and are enrolled during the first or second week of school must receive the school bus safety
training competencies by the end of the third week of school. Students enrolled in grades
7 through 10 who are transported by school bus and are enrolled during the first or second
week of school and have not previously received school bus safety training must receive
the training or receive bus safety instructional materials by the end of the sixth week of
school. Students taking driver's training instructional classes must receive training in the
laws and proper procedures when operating a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus
as required by section 169.446, subdivisions 2 and 3. Students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade 10 who enroll in a school after the second week of school and are transported
by school bus and have not received training in their previous school district shall undergo
school bus safety training or receive bus safety instructional materials within four weeks
of the first day of attendance. Upon request of the superintendent of schools, the school
transportation safety director in each district must certify to the superintendent that all
students transported by school bus within the district have received the school bus safety
training according to this section. Upon request of the superintendent of the school district
where the nonpublic school is located, the principal or other chief administrator of each
nonpublic school must certify to the school transportation safety director of the district in
which the school is located that the school's students transported by school bus at public
expense have received training according to this section.

(d) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
expense may provide kindergarten pupils with bus safety training before the first day of
school.

deleted text begin (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
expense may also provide student safety education for bicycling and pedestrian safety, for
students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (f) deleted text end new text begin (e) new text end A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
expense must make reasonable accommodations for the school bus safety training of pupils
known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.

deleted text begin (g) deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end The district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at
public expense must provide students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 school bus
safety training twice during the school year.

deleted text begin (h) deleted text end new text begin (g) new text end A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
expense must conduct a school bus evacuation drill at least once during the school year.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2023.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [123B.935] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRAINING.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Training required. new text end

new text begin (a) Each district must provide public school pupils
enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 with age-appropriate active transportation safety
training. At a minimum, the training must include pedestrian safety, including crossing
roads.
new text end

new text begin (b) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled in grades 4 through 8 with
age-appropriate active transportation safety training. At a minimum, the training must
include:
new text end

new text begin (1) pedestrian safety, including crossing roads safely using the searching left, right, left
for vehicles in traffic technique; and
new text end

new text begin (2) bicycle safety, including relevant traffic laws, use and proper fit of protective
headgear, bicycle parts and safety features, and safe biking techniques.
new text end

new text begin (c) A nonpublic school may provide nonpublic school pupils enrolled in kindergarten
through grade 8 with training as specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Deadlines. new text end

new text begin (a) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), who are enrolled
during the first or second week of school and have not previously received active
transportation safety training specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by
the end of the third week of school.
new text end

new text begin (b) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), who are enrolled during the first or
second week of school and have not previously received active transportation safety training
specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by the end of the sixth week of
school.
new text end

new text begin (c) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (b), who enroll in a school after the
second week of school and have not received the appropriate active transportation safety
training in their previous school district must undergo the training or receive active
transportation safety instructional materials within four weeks of the first day of attendance.
new text end

new text begin (d) A district and a nonpublic school may provide kindergarten pupils with active
transportation safety training before the first day of school.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Instruction. new text end

new text begin (a) A district may provide active transportation safety training
through distance learning.
new text end

new text begin (b) A district and a nonpublic school must make reasonable accommodations for the
active transportation safety training of pupils known to speak English as a second language
and pupils with disabilities.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Model program. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of transportation must maintain a
comprehensive collection of active transportation safety training materials that meets the
requirements under this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2023.
new text end