1997 Minnesota Statutes

     123.78 Equal treatment. 

    Subdivision 1.    General provisions.  A district shall 
 provide equal transportation within the district for all school 
 children to any school when transportation is deemed necessary 
 by the school board because of distance or traffic condition in 
 like manner and form as provided in sections 123.39 and 124.223, 
 when applicable. 

    Subd. 1a.  (a) The school board of any local district shall 
 provide school bus transportation to the district boundary for 
 school children residing in the district at least the same 
 distance from a nonpublic school actually attended in another 
 district as public school pupils are transported in the 
 transporting district, whether or not there is another nonpublic 
 school within the transporting district, if the transportation 
 is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained 
 in the district or if the attendance of such children at school 
 can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for 
 by such means.  

    (b) The school board of any local district may provide 
 school bus transportation to a nonpublic school in another 
 district for school children residing in the district and 
 attending that school, whether or not there is another nonpublic 
 school within the transporting district, if the transportation 
 is to schools maintaining grades or departments not maintained 
 in the district or if the attendance of such children at school 
 can more safely, economically, or conveniently be provided for 
 by such means.  If the board transports children to a nonpublic 
 school located in another district, the nonpublic school shall 
 pay the cost of such transportation provided outside the 
 district boundaries. 

    Subd. 2.  When transportation is provided, the scheduling 
 of routes, manner and method of transportation, control and 
 discipline of school children and any other matter relating 
 thereto shall be within the sole discretion, control and 
 management of the school board. 

    Subd. 3.    Rules.  The state board of education may 
 amend rules relating to equal transportation. 

    HIST: 1969 c 570 s 3; 1974 c 566 s 1; 1975 c 51 s 1; 1975 c 
 162 s 27; 1976 c 2 s 58; 1982 c 424 s 31; 1982 c 548 art 2 s 1; 
 1984 c 655 art 1 s 24; 1994 c 647 art 12 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 
 s 4