SF 2160

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/26/2014 09:55am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying the postsecondary enrollment options
program; creating a transportation funding source for certain pupils attending an
area learning center; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
sections 123A.05, by adding a subdivision; 124D.09, subdivision 9; Laws 2013,
chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123A.05, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin If a school district does not provide transportation
to and from an area learning center program established under this section, a parent or
guardian of a pupil enrolled in an area learning center program may apply to the pupil's
district of residence for reimbursement for transporting the pupil between the secondary
school in which the pupil is enrolled or the pupil's home and the area learning center that
the pupil attends. The state shall provide state aid to a district in an amount sufficient to
reimburse the parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when the family's
or guardian's income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal
government. The reimbursement shall be 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. However, if the nearest area learning center is more than 25 miles
from the pupil's resident secondary school, the weekly reimbursement may not exceed the
reimbursement rate per mile times the actual distance between the secondary school or
the pupil's home and the nearest area learning center times ten. The state must pay aid to
the district according to this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Enrollment priority.

A postsecondary institution shall give priority to its
postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its courses. A
postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary school
or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil
to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds only. An institution
must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options purposes, in
remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level new text begin , except when a student
is enrolled full-time in a middle or early college program specifically designed to allow
the student to earn dual high school and college credit new text end . Once a pupil has been enrolled in a
postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not be displaced by another student.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Enrollment options new text begin and area learning center new text end transportation.

For
transportation of pupils attending postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.09, deleted text begin or deleted text end for transportation of pupils attending nonresident districts under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03 new text begin , or for transportation of pupils under Minnesota
Statutes section 123A.05, subdivision 5 new text end :

	$	44,000	.....	2014
	$	deleted text begin 48,000 deleted text end new text begin ....... new text end	.....	2015

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2014.
new text end