1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; modifying the postsecondary enrollment options 
1.3 	program; creating a transportation funding source for certain pupils attending an 
1.4 	area learning center; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
1.5 	sections 123A.05, by adding a subdivision; 124D.09, subdivision 9; Laws 2013, 
1.6 	chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123A.05, is amended by adding a 
1.9 	subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 5.Pupil transportation. If a school district does not provide transportation 
1.11 	to and from an area learning center program established under this section, a parent or 
1.12 	guardian of a pupil enrolled in an area learning center program may apply to the pupil's 
1.13 	district of residence for reimbursement for transporting the pupil between the secondary 
1.14 	school in which the pupil is enrolled or the pupil's home and the area learning center that 
1.15 	the pupil attends. The state shall provide state aid to a district in an amount sufficient to 
1.16 	reimburse the parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when the family's 
1.17 	or guardian's income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal 
1.18 	government. The reimbursement shall be the pupil's actual cost of transportation or 15 
1.19 	cents per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for more than 
1.20 	250 miles per week. However, if the nearest area learning center is more than 25 miles 
1.21 	from the pupil's resident secondary school, the weekly reimbursement may not exceed the 
1.22 	reimbursement rate per mile times the actual distance between the secondary school or 
1.23 	the pupil's home and the nearest area learning center times ten. The state must pay aid to 
1.24 	the district according to this subdivision.

1.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2014.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 9.Enrollment priority. A postsecondary institution shall give priority to its 
2.3 	postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its courses. A 
2.4 	postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary school 
2.5 	or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil 
2.6 	to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic grounds only. An institution 
2.7 	must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options purposes, in 
2.8 	remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level, except when a student 
2.9 	is enrolled full-time in a middle or early college program specifically designed to allow 
2.10 	the student to earn dual high school and college credit. Once a pupil has been enrolled in a 
2.11 	postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not be displaced by another student.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2014.

2.13 	Sec. 3. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.14 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options and area learning center transportation. For 
2.15 	transportation of pupils attending postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.16 	section 124D.09, ~~or~~ for transportation of pupils attending nonresident districts under 
2.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03, or for transportation of pupils under Minnesota 
2.18 	Statutes section 123A.05, subdivision 5:

2.19 | | $ | 44,000 | ..... | 2014
2.20

2.21

$

~~48,000~~
.......

.....

2015

2.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2014.