1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing school district revenues for pupil 
1.3 	transportation; modifying calculation of pupil transportation adjustment; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 
1.5 	126C.10, subdivision 18a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a, is 
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 18a.Pupil transportation adjustment. (a) An independent, common, or special 
1.10 	school district's transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 is increased by the 
1.11 	greater of zero or 18.2 ... percent of the difference between:
1.12 	(1) the lesser of the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under 
1.13 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous fiscal 
1.14 	year or 105 percent of the district's total cost for the second previous fiscal year; and
1.15 	(2) the sum of:
1.16 	(i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;
1.17 	(ii) transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 for the previous fiscal year; 
1.18 	and
1.19 	(iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous fiscal year.
1.20 	(b) A charter school's pupil transportation adjustment equals the school district per pupil 
1.21 	adjustment under paragraph (a).

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2019 and later.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	$....... in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.3 	education for additional general education aid.