1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; funding transportation for area learning center 
1.3 	students; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.4 	123B.92, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.92, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 11.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) A district that provides 
1.9 	transportation of pupils to and from an area learning center program established under 
1.10 	section 123A.05 is eligible for state aid to reimburse the additional costs of transportation 
1.11 	during the preceding fiscal year.
1.12 	(b) A district may apply to the commissioner of education for state aid to reimburse the 
1.13 	costs of transporting pupils who are enrolled in an area learning center program established 
1.14 	under section 123A.05 during the preceding fiscal year. The commissioner shall develop 
1.15 	the form and manner of applications for state aid, the criteria to determine when transportation 
1.16 	is necessary, and the accounting procedure to determine excess costs. In determining aid 
1.17 	amounts, the commissioner shall consider other revenue received by the district for 
1.18 	transportation for area learning center purposes.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; AREA LEARNING CENTER TRANSPORTATION 
2.2 	AID.
 2.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.4 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
2.5 	designated.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Area learning center transportation aid. (a) For area learning center 
2.7 	transportation aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 11:

2.8		$
	.......
	.....
	2024
	
2.9		$
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	.....
	2025
	
2.10 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.