1997 Minnesota Statutes

     124A.034 Shared time aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    To resident district.  Aid for shared 
 time pupils shall be paid to the district of the pupil's 
 residence.  If a pupil attends shared time classes in another 
 district, the resident district shall pay to the district of 
 attendance an amount of tuition equal to the ratio in section 
 124A.02, subdivision 20, times the amount of tuition which would 
 be charged and paid for a nonresident public school pupil in a 
 similar circumstance.  The district of residence shall not be 
 obligated for tuition except by previous agreement. 

    Subd. 1a.    Exception.  Notwithstanding the provisions 
 of subdivision 1, the resident district of a shared time pupil 
 attending shared time classes in another district may grant the 
 district of attendance, upon its request, permission to claim 
 the pupil as a resident for state aid purposes.  In this case, 
 state aid shall be paid to the district of attendance and, upon 
 agreement, the district of attendance may bill the resident 
 district for any unreimbursed education costs, but not for 
 unreimbursed transportation costs.  The agreement may, however, 
 provide for the resident district to pay the cost of any of the 
 particular transportation categories specified in section 
 124.225, subdivision 1, and in this case, aid for those 
 categories shall be paid to the district of residence rather 
 than to the district of attendance.  

    Subd. 1b.    Section 123.935 services.  Minutes of 
 enrollment in a public school during which a nonpublic school 
 pupil receives services pursuant to section 123.935 shall not be 
 used in the computation of shared time aid. 

    Subd. 2.    Location of services.  Public school 
 programs may be provided to shared time pupils only at a public 
 school building; provided, however, that special instruction and 
 services for children with a disability required pursuant to 
 section 120.17 may also be provided at a neutral site as defined 
 in section 123.932, and diagnostic and health services required 
 pursuant to section 120.17 may also be provided at a nonpublic 
 school building.  As used in this subdivision, "diagnostic 
 services" means speech, hearing, vision, psychological, medical 
 and dental diagnostic services and "health services" means 
 physician, nursing or optometric services provided to pupils in 
 the field of physical and mental health.  

    HIST: 1981 c 358 art 1 s 26; 1983 c 314 art 1 s 5,22; 1988 c 
 486 s 51,52; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 38