1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; broadening eligible locations for shared time services;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.19, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 126C.19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 4.Location of services. (a) Public school programs that provide instruction in 
1.7 	core curriculum may be provided to shared time pupils ~~only~~ at ~~a public school building~~ any 
1.8 	location authorized by the school board. Public school programs, excluding programs that 
1.9 	provide instruction in core curriculum, may be provided to shared time pupils at a public 
1.10 	school building, a neutral site, the nonpublic school, or any other suitable location as 
1.11 	determined by the school board. A shared time pupil may participate in supplemental online 
1.12 	programs under section 124D.095 or in a school district's online academy. Guidance and 
1.13 	counseling and diagnostic and health services required under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24
1.14 	and 125A.65 may be provided at a nonpublic school building. As used in this subdivision, 
1.15 	"diagnostic services" means speech, hearing, vision, psychological, medical and dental 
1.16 	diagnostic services and "health services" means physician, nursing or optometric services 
1.17 	provided to pupils in the field of physical and mental health.
1.18 	(b) For those children with a disability under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 who attend 
1.19 	nonpublic school at their parent's choice, a school district may provide special instruction 
1.20 	and services at the nonpublic school building, a public school, or at a neutral site other than 
1.21 	a nonpublic school as defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13. The school district shall 
1.22 	determine the location at which to provide services on a student-by-student basis, consistent 
1.23 	with federal law.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2021-2022 school year and later.