1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing pupil transportation funding; appropriating 
1.3 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 18; Laws 
1.4 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 18.Transportation sparsity revenue allowance. (a) A district's transportation 
1.8 	sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the result of the following computation:
1.9 	(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141 .145.
1.10 	(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the 26/100 
1.11 	power.
1.12 	(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the 13/100 
1.13 	power.
1.14 	(iv) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.
1.15 	(v) Subtract the result in clause (iv) from the result in clause (iii).
1.16 	(b) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity allowance 
1.17 	times the adjusted pupil units.

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

2.1 	Sec. 2. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 2, is 
2.2 	amended to read:
2.3 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.4 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

2.5		$
	7,032,051,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.72.6
		$
	7,227,809,000
.......
	.....
	2019
	
2.8 	The 2018 appropriation includes $686,828,000 for 2017 and $6,345,223,000 for 2018.
2.9 	The 2019 appropriation includes $705,024,000 for 2018 and $6,522,785,000 $....... for 
2.10 	2019.