SF 2561

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/18/2016 11:43am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; providing additional funding for K-12 pupil
transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision
18; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, sections 124E.20, subdivision 1;
124E.23; 126C.10, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Revenue calculation.

(a) General education revenue must be paid
to a charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each
adjusted pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the
referendum equalization aid allowance in the pupil's district of residence, minus an amount
equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision
2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue,
basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment revenue, transition
revenue, and transportation deleted text begin sparsity deleted text end revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue, basic
skills revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though the school
were a school district.

(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer
program, the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal
to 25 percent of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible
special education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the
sum of the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as
defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special
education services.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017
and later.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 124E.23, is amended to read:

124E.23 TRANSPORTATION REVENUE.

Transportation revenue must be paid to a charter school that provides transportation
services according to section 124E.15, according to this section. Transportation aid shall
equal transportation revenue.

In addition to the revenue under section 124E.20, a charter school providing
transportation services must receive general education aid equal to the sum of the product
of (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section
126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, plus the transportation sparsity allowance for the
school district in which the charter school is located times (2) the adjusted pupil units, plus
new text begin (3) the statewide per pupil average total transportation cost revenue, plus (4) new text end the product
of $223 times the extended time pupil units.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017
and later.
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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

The general education revenue for
each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted
and talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools
revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation deleted text begin sparsity deleted text end revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017
and later.
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Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Transportation deleted text begin sparsity deleted text end revenue deleted text begin allowance deleted text end .

(a) new text begin A district's pupil
transportation revenue equals the sum of the district's transportation sparsity revenue and
its transportation cost revenue.
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new text begin (b) new text end A district's transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the
result of the following computation:

deleted text begin (i) deleted text end new text begin (1) new text end Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.

deleted text begin (ii) deleted text end new text begin (2) new text end Multiply the result in clause deleted text begin (i) deleted text end new text begin (1) new text end by the district's sparsity index raised to
the 26/100 power.

deleted text begin (iii) deleted text end new text begin (3) new text end Multiply the result in clause deleted text begin (ii) deleted text end new text begin (2) new text end by the district's density index raised to
the 13/100 power.

deleted text begin (iv) deleted text end new text begin (4) new text end Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.

deleted text begin (v) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end Subtract the result in clause deleted text begin (iv) deleted text end new text begin (4) new text end from the result in clause deleted text begin (iii) deleted text end new text begin (3) new text end .

deleted text begin (b) deleted text end new text begin (c) new text end Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity
allowance times the adjusted pupil units.

new text begin (d) A district's initial total transportation cost revenue equals the greater of zero
or 35 percent of the difference between:
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new text begin (1) the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under section
123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous year; and
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new text begin (2) the sum of:
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new text begin (i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;
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new text begin (ii) transportation sparsity revenue under paragraph (c); and
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new text begin (iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous year.
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new text begin (e) A district's total transportation cost revenue equals the lesser of the amount
calculated in paragraph (d) or the product of:
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new text begin (1) .01;
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new text begin (2) the basic formula allowance for the current year; and
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new text begin (3) the district's adjusted average daily membership for the current year.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2017
and later.
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