SF 3040

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/09/2018 08:54am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing school district revenues for pupil
transportation; modifying calculation of pupil transportation adjustment;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section
126C.10, subdivision 18a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a, is
amended to read:

Subd. 18a.

Pupil transportation adjustment.

(a) An independent, common, or special
school district's transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 is increased by the
greater of zero or deleted text begin 18.2 deleted text end new text begin ... new text end percent of the difference between:

(1) the lesser of the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous fiscal
year or 105 percent of the district's total cost for the second previous fiscal year; and

(2) the sum of:

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

(ii) transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 for the previous fiscal year;
and

(iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous fiscal year.

(b) A charter school's pupil transportation adjustment equals the school district per pupil
adjustment under paragraph (a).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2019 and later.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
education for additional general education aid.
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