Bill Text: MN HF2309 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: K-12 pupil transportation full funding provided.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance [HF2309 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2309-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education finance; providing full funding for K-12 pupil transportation;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivisions
1.41, 18.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. General education revenue. (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the
1.9general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue,
1.10extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
1.11revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
1.12revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation
1.13revenue, and transition revenue.
1.14(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district
1.15equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and
1.16talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, location equity revenue, small schools
1.17revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
1.18transportationsparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
1.19adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
1.21and later.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is
1.23amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 18. Transportationsparsity revenue allowance. (a) A district's pupil
2.2transportation revenue equals the sum of the district's transportation sparsity revenue and
2.3its transportation cost revenue.
2.4(b) A district's transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the
2.5result of the following computation:
2.6(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.
2.7(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the
2.826/100 power.
2.9(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the
2.1013/100 power.
2.11(iv) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.
2.12(v) Subtract the result in clause (iv) from the result in clause (iii).
2.13(b) (c) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity
2.14allowance times the adjusted pupil units.
2.15(d) A district's transportation cost revenue equals the greater of zero or the difference
2.16between:
2.17(1) the district's total cost for pupil transportation, including depreciation, for the
2.18previous year; and
2.19(2) the sum of (i) 4.85 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal
2.20year, (ii) transportation sparsity revenue under paragraph (c), and (iii) the district's charter
2.21school transportation adjustment for the previous year.
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
2.23and later.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivisions
1.41, 18.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is
1.7amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. General education revenue. (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the
1.9general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue,
1.10extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
1.11revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
1.12revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation
1.13revenue, and transition revenue.
1.14(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district
1.15equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and
1.16talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, location equity revenue, small schools
1.17revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
1.18transportation
1.19adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
1.21and later.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is
1.23amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 18. Transportation
2.2transportation revenue equals the sum of the district's transportation sparsity revenue and
2.3its transportation cost revenue.
2.4(b) A district's transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the
2.5result of the following computation:
2.6(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.
2.7(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the
2.826/100 power.
2.9(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the
2.1013/100 power.
2.11(iv) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.
2.12(v) Subtract the result in clause (iv) from the result in clause (iii).
2.13
2.14allowance times the adjusted pupil units.
2.15(d) A district's transportation cost revenue equals the greater of zero or the difference
2.16between:
2.17(1) the district's total cost for pupil transportation, including depreciation, for the
2.18previous year; and
2.19(2) the sum of (i) 4.85 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal
2.20year, (ii) transportation sparsity revenue under paragraph (c), and (iii) the district's charter
2.21school transportation adjustment for the previous year.
2.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
2.23and later.
