Minnesota Administrative Rules

7620.0620 SCHOOL CONSERVATION MEASURE.

Subpart 1.

Purpose.

The purpose of this measure is to conserve motor fuel by requesting schools to adopt strategies to reduce student commuting and school-sponsored activities in an energy supply emergency.

Subp. 2.

Scope.

Each school district, as defined by the Education Code, Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120 to 129, and nonpublic schools, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.41, subdivision 9, which have a combined student staff population of 100 persons or more, is requested to comply with this measure.

Subp. 3.

Submission of conservation plan.

School boards are requested to voluntarily submit to the department before April 1, 1984, or within 45 days after declaration of an energy supply emergency, whichever comes first, an emergency motor fuel conservation plan as defined in subpart 4 or 5.

Subp. 4.

School emergency conservation plan: option A.

School districts may submit a self-styled conservation plan including any conservation strategies that taken together would have an objective of reducing baseline consumption by approximately 15 percent during an energy supply emergency.

Self-styled conservation plans are requested to include:

A.

a calculation of the baseline consumption, defined in part 7620.0100, subpart 4;

B.

the expected motor fuel savings attributed to each selected strategy; and

C.

the plan elements described in subpart 6.

School districts will be credited for travel-reduction actions taken prior to submission of their plans that yield ongoing motor fuel savings.

Subp. 5.

School emergency conservation plan: option B reduction strategies.

Option B reduction strategies:

A.

School districts are requested to select at least three strategies from the following categories, with at least one strategy being from category I.

B.

Category I strategies consist of:

(1)

Prohibiting student parking on school grounds and requesting local authorities to pass or enforce parking restrictions in areas adjacent to a school for the duration of the emergency. Exemptions from the parking prohibition may be granted to students who: have no alternative transportation to school, have special medical needs that prevent use of alternative methods of traveling to school, have job requirements that demand access to automobile transportation, or are members of a carpool registered with the school rideshare coordinator.

(2)

Postponement or cancellation of extracurricular activities, including athletic events, until the termination of an energy supply emergency for motor fuel.

(3)

Cancellation of two school days for each 30-day declared energy emergency period.

C.

Category II strategies consist of:

(1)

Establishment or sponsorship of a student/staff rideshare program. A student/staff rideshare program may be organized independently or in conjunction with a local or community rideshare program. It is recommended that a rideshare program provide for: promotion of ridesharing through school policies and newspapers or other publications, the capability to match students or staff carpools through ride boards, manual or computer listings, or other methods which provide information necessary to match rideshare applicants, and a school rideshare coordinator who will be responsible for the school ridesharing program.

(2)

Adoption and enforcement of a parking management strategy which gives preferential parking to high-occupancy vehicles in student parking lots or requires fees for parking on school grounds.

(3)

Provision of indoor or sheltered bicycle parking with a capacity for at least five percent of the student body.

(4)

Elimination of on the road driver education for the period of the emergency.

(5)

Cancellation or rescheduling of some extracurricular activities. Selection of this strategy is not encouraged if category I, strategy (2) has been chosen and applies when the governor orders the school conservation measure.

(6)

Participation in an independently sponsored school bus fuel economy program.

Subp. 6.

Contents of school district conservation plans.

Emergency motor fuel conservation plans submitted by school districts are requested to include:

A.

the title of the person or position responsible for implementing the plan during an energy supply emergency for motor fuel;

B.

the internal media to be used to inform school staff and students of a school district program measure; and

C.

the implementation schedule for category II, strategies (1), (2), (3), and (6).

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216C.15

History:

L 1987 c 312 art 1 s 9; L 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007