1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; allowing certain online core curricular courses to be 
1.3 	delivered at sites other than public school buildings;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2018, section 126C.19, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Location of services. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), public school 
1.8 	programs that provide instruction in core curriculum may be provided to shared time pupils 
1.9 	only at a public school building. Public school programs, excluding programs that provide 
1.10 	instruction in core curriculum, may be provided to shared time pupils at a public school 
1.11 	building, a neutral site, the nonpublic school, or any other suitable location. Guidance and 
1.12 	counseling and diagnostic and health services required under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24
1.13 	and 125A.65 may be provided at a nonpublic school building. As used in this subdivision, 
1.14 	"diagnostic services" means speech, hearing, vision, psychological, medical and dental 
1.15 	diagnostic services and "health services" means physician, nursing or optometric services 
1.16 	provided to pupils in the field of physical and mental health.
1.17 	(b) A public school core curriculum program provided through a supplemental online 
1.18 	program may be provided to shared time pupils at a public school building, neutral site, 
1.19 	nonpublic school, or any other suitable location.
1.20 	(c) For those children with a disability under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 who attend 
1.21 	nonpublic school at their parent's choice, a school district may provide special instruction 
1.22 	and services at the nonpublic school building, a public school, or at a neutral site other than 
1.23 	a nonpublic school as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13. The school district shall 
2.1 	determine the location at which to provide services on a student-by-student basis, consistent 
2.2 	with federal law.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for courses offered on or after July 1, 
2.4 	2019.