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MN Stat § 123B.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.68 — Approval; Application Forms.

123B.68 APPROVAL; APPLICATION FORMS. Subdivision 1. Approval by commissioner. The commissioner of education may approve or disapprove applications under section 123B.69. The grant money must be used only to remove architectural barriers from a building or site. Subd. 2. Application forms. The commissioner shall prepare application forms and establish application dates. Subd. 3. Match. A district applying for a grant under this section must match the grant with local district funds. History:  1993 c 373 s 21; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 161,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 4 s 29; 2000 c 464 art 3 s 9; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 19,27; 2003 c 130 s 12
MN Stat § 123B.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.69 — Grant Application Process.

123B.69 GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. Subdivision 1. Qualification. A school district that meets the criteria required under subdivision 2 may apply for a grant in an amount up to 50 percent of the approved costs of removing architectural barriers from a building or site. A grant may not exceed $150,000 to a recipient district in any fiscal year. Subd. 2. Project review. The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota State Council on Disability, shall review applications for grants. A school district must apply by July 1 of each year in order to be considered for a grant. Subd. 3. Award of grants. The commissioner shall examine and consider all applications for grants, and if a district is found not qualified, the commissioner shall promptly notify the district board. The commissioner shall give first priority to districts that have entered into the cooperation and combination process under sections 123A.35 to 123A.43, or that have consolidated since January 1, 1987. The commissioner shall further prioritize grants on the basis of the following: the district's tax burden, the long-term feasibility of the project, the suitability of the project, and the district's need for the project. If the total amount of the applications exceeds the amount that is or can be made available, the commissioner shall award grants according to the commissioner's judgment and discretion and based upon a ranking of the projects according to the factors listed in this paragraph. The commissioner shall promptly certify to each district the amount, if any, of the grant awarded to it. Subd. 4. Matching revenue. Upon being awarded a grant under subdivision 3, the board shall determine the need for additional revenue. If the board determines that the local match cannot be made from existing revenue, the board may levy according to section 123B.58. Subd. 5. Project budget. A district that receives a grant must provide the commissioner with the project budget and any other information the commissioner requests. History:  1993 c 373 s 22; 1996 c 463 s 38; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 162,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 4 s 29; 2000 c 464 art 3 s 9; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 19,27
MN Stat § 123B.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.72 — School Facility Commissioning.

123B.72 SCHOOL FACILITY COMMISSIONING. Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to the installation or retrofitting of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for projects where the total project cost per site exceeds $1,400,000. Subd. 2. System inspector. For purposes of this section, system inspector means: (1) a Minnesota-licensed architect or engineer; or (2) properly qualified testing and balancing agency or individual. Subd. 3. Certification. Prior to occupying or reoccupying a school facility affected by this section, a school board or its designee shall submit a document prepared by a system inspector to the building official or to the commissioner, verifying that the facility's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system has been installed and operates according to design specifications and code, according to section 123B.71, subdivision 9, clause (6), item (iii). A systems inspector shall also verify that the facility's design will provide the ability for monitoring of outdoor airflow and total airflow of ventilation systems in new school facilities and that any heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system that is installed or modified for a project subject to this section must provide a filtration system with a current ASHRAE standard. Subd. 4. Occupancy. If the document submitted by the school board to the local building official or the commissioner does not demonstrate to that official's satisfaction that the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system has been installed correctly or that the system is not operating at a level to meet design specifications, the official or commissioner may allow up to one year of occupancy while the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system is improved to a level that is considered satisfactory by the system inspector. History:  1Sp1997 c 4 art 4 s 8; 1998 c 397 art 4 s 51; art 11 s 3; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 7; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 12 s 6; 2011 c 76 art 1 s 14; 1Sp2011 c 11 art 4 s 5; 2014 c 312 art 18 s 10,11
MN Stat § 123B.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.74 — Eminent Domain.

123B.74 EMINENT DOMAIN. In any municipal corporation or district in this state where the governing body or board has the right, power, and authority to purchase sites for school buildings without authorization by the voters at a regular or special meeting or election called for that purpose, such governing body or school board shall have the right, power, and authority to condemn lands under the power of eminent domain for sites and grounds for public school buildings. The governing body or board shall exercise such power and authority pursuant to the terms and provisions of chapter 117. Any such corporation or district shall have the right, upon the filing of the award of the commissioners provided for in chapter 117, and upon giving the notice therein required of the filing of such award, to enter upon and appropriate the lands so condemned without giving of any bond. In case of such entry and appropriation, such corporation or district shall be bound absolutely to pay all damages awarded, either by the commissioners or by the court upon appeal therefrom, together with all costs and expenses adjudged against it therein within the time specified in chapter 117. In case any such corporation or district shall appeal from the award of commissioners appointed pursuant to any such condemnation proceedings, such corporation or school district shall not be required to give or file any appeal bond therein. History:  Ex1959 c 71 art 4 s 29; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 102,124; 2006 c 214 s 20
MN Stat § 123B.744 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.744 — Agricultural Education.

123B.744 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. In any district in which instruction in agriculture is afforded, the board is authorized and empowered to purchase or otherwise acquire by condemnation proceedings as provided for acquiring schoolhouse sites in the name and in behalf of such district, a suitable tract of land either within or outside of the limits of such district to be used for the purpose of instruction, experimentation, and demonstration in agriculture. The provisions of this section shall apply as well to districts organized under special acts as under the general laws, notwithstanding any provisions or restrictions in the laws under which the districts are organized. History:  Ex1959 c 71 art 4 s 30; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 103,124
MN Stat § 123B.747 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.747 — National Forest Land Funds, Handling And Disposition.

123B.747 NATIONAL FOREST LAND FUNDS, HANDLING AND DISPOSITION. A county board may place the money received by such county from the federal government for and on account of any national forest lands situated in the county into a special fund to be disbursed and paid over to any district maintaining and operating any school wholly or partly within an area constituting a part of any auxiliary or state forest. The board must adopt a resolution to take such action. The resolution must specify the terms and conditions under which the money shall be paid over and disbursed to any district. History:  Ex1959 c 71 art 5 s 51; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 116,124
MN Stat § 123B.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.80 — Exceptions For Permanent Fund Transfers.

123B.80 EXCEPTIONS FOR PERMANENT FUND TRANSFERS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authorization. The commissioner may authorize a board to transfer money from any fund or account to another fund or account according to this section. Subd. 2. Application. A board requesting authority to transfer money must apply to the commissioner and provide information requested. The application must indicate the law or rule prohibiting the desired transfer. The application must be signed by the superintendent and approved by the school board. Subd. 3. Approval standard. The commissioner may approve a request only when an event has occurred in a district that could not have been foreseen by the district. The event must relate directly to the fund or account involved and to the amount to be transferred. History:  1Sp1985 c 12 art 7 s 8; 1987 c 143 s 1; 1993 c 224 art 13 s 7-9; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 27,28,124; 1Sp2001 c 6 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 123B.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.81 — Statutory Operating Debt.

123B.81 STATUTORY OPERATING DEBT. Subdivision 1. Operating debt. The "operating debt" of a school district means the net negative unreserved general fund balance calculated as of June 30 of each year in accordance with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards for Minnesota school districts. Subd. 2. Statutory operating debt. If the amount of the operating debt is more than 2-1/2 percent of the most recent fiscal year's expenditure amount for the funds considered under subdivision 1, the net negative undesignated fund balance is defined as "statutory operating debt" for the purposes of this section and section 123B.83. Subd. 3. Debt verification. The commissioner shall establish a uniform auditing or other verification procedure for districts to determine whether a statutory operating debt exists in any Minnesota school district. The standards for this uniform auditing or verification procedure must be promulgated by the commissioner. If a district applies to the commissioner for a statutory operating debt verification, the commissioner shall require a verification of the amount of the statutory operating debt which actually does exist. Subd. 4. Debt elimination. If an audit or other verification procedure conducted pursuant to subdivision 3 determines that a statutory operating debt exists, a district must follow the procedures in section 123B.83 to eliminate this statutory operating debt. Subd. 5. Certification of debt. The commissioner shall certify the amount of statutory operating debt for each district. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 9 art 1 s 54] Subd. 7. Applicability. This section is applicable only to common, independent, and special school districts and districts formed pursuant to Laws 1967, chapter 822, as amended, and Laws 1969, chapters 775 and 1060, as amended. This section does not apply to Independent School District No. 625. Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2007 c 146 art 11 s 19] History:  1976 c 271 s 32; 1977 c 447 art 7 s 9-12; 1980 c 609 art 7 s 7; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 art 7 s 42; 1991 c 130 s 37; 1992 c 499 art 12 s 29; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 13 s 6; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 29-35,124; art 11 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 1 s 6; 2007 c 146 art 11 s 4-6; 2009 c 96 art 5 s 4-6
MN Stat § 123B.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.82 — Reorganization Operating Debt.

123B.82 REORGANIZATION OPERATING DEBT. The "reorganization operating debt" of a school district means the net negative unreserved fund balances in all school district funds, other than building construction, debt redemption, and trust and agency, calculated in accordance with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards for Minnesota school districts as of: (1) June 30 of the fiscal year before the first year that a district receives revenue according to section 123A.39, subdivision 3; or (2) June 30 of the fiscal year before the effective date of reorganization according to section 123A.46 or 123A.48. History:  1991 c 265 art 6 s 3; 1996 c 412 art 13 s 7; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 124; art 11 s 3; 2004 c 294 art 1 s 5; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 1 s 7
MN Stat § 123B.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.83 — Expenditure Limitations.

123B.83 EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 5 art 1 s 55] Subd. 2. Net unreserved general fund balances. A school district must limit its expenditures so that its net unreserved general fund balance does not constitute statutory operating debt under section 123B.81. Subd. 3. Failure to limit expenditures. If a district does not limit its expenditures in accordance with this section, the commissioner may so notify the appropriate committees of the legislature by no later than February 15 of the year following the end of that fiscal year. Subd. 4. Special operating plan. (a) If the net negative unreserved general fund balance, calculated in accordance with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards for Minnesota school districts, as of June 30 each year, is more than 2-1/2 percent of the year's expenditure amount, the district must, prior to January 31 of the next fiscal year, submit a special operating plan to reduce the district's deficit expenditures to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner may also require the district to provide evidence that the district meets and will continue to meet all high school graduation requirements. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a district submitting a special operating plan to the commissioner under this clause which is disapproved by the commissioner must not receive any aid pursuant to chapters 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 127A until a special operating plan of the district is so approved. (b) A district must receive aids pending the approval of its special operating plan under paragraph (a). A district which complies with its approved operating plan must receive aids as long as the district continues to comply with the approved operating plan. History:  1976 c 271 s 33; 1977 c 447 art 7 s 13,14; 1979 c 334 art 6 s 5; 1980 c 609 art 7 s 8; 1981 c 358 art 7 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 398 art 7 s 42; 1990 c 562 art 8 s 8; 1991 c 130 s 37; 1991 c 265 art 11 s 7; 1992 c 499 art 12 s 29; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 1 s 4; 1998 c 397 art 6 s 36,124; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 9 s 21; 2000 c 489 art 6 s 11; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 1 s 8; 2007 c 146 art 11 s 7; 2009 c 96 art 1 s 7
MN Stat § 123B.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.84 — Policy.

123B.84 POLICY. In districts where the state provides aids for transportation it is in the public interest to provide equality of treatment in transporting school children of the state who are required to attend elementary and secondary schools pursuant to chapter 120A, so that the health, welfare and safety of the children, while using the public highways of the state, shall be protected. School children attending any schools, complying with section 120A.22, are therefore entitled to the same rights and privileges relating to transportation. History:  1969 c 570 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 1,164; art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 123B.85 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.85 — Definitions.

123B.85 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The following words and terms in sections 121A.585, 121A.59, 123B.84 to 123B.87, 123B.90, and 123B.91, shall have the following meanings ascribed to them. Subd. 2. District. "District" means any school district as defined in section 120A.05. Subd. 3. School. "School" means any school as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4. Subd. 4. School board. "School board" means the governing body of any school district. Subd. 5. School children. "School children" means any student or child attending or required to attend any school as provided in the Education Code, chapters 120A to 129C. History:  1969 c 570 s 2; 1975 c 162 s 41; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 119; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 164; art 11 s 3; 2000 c 489 art 10 s 3
MN Stat § 123B.86 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.86 — Equal Treatment.

123B.86 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 123B.88 and 123B.92, when applicable. Subd. 2. Nonpublic school students. (a) The board of any local district must 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. Such transportation must be provided 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 must pay the cost of such transportation provided outside the district boundaries. Subd. 3. Board control. 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 board. Subd. 4. Rules. The commissioner of education may amend rules relating to equal transportation. History:  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; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 2,3,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2000 c 254 s 12; 2003 c 130 s 12
MN Stat § 123B.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.87 — Funds And Aids.

123B.87 FUNDS AND AIDS. Subdivision 1. State aid. State aids made available or appropriated shall be for the equal benefit of all school children, and be disbursed in such manner as determined by the board. Subd. 2. Boards may expend money. The board of any district may expend any moneys in its treasury, whether received from state or any other source for the purpose of providing equal transportation treatment of all school children attending school. History:  1969 c 570 s 4; 1978 c 706 s 28; 1979 c 334 art 2 s 4; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 s 5; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 4,164
MN Stat § 123B.885 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12|Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties|Section 123B.885 — Diesel School Buses; Operation Of Engine; Parking.

123B.885 DIESEL SCHOOL BUSES; OPERATION OF ENGINE; PARKING. Subdivision 1. Operation of engine. All operators of diesel school buses must minimize, to the extent practical, the idling of school bus engines and exposure of children to diesel exhaust fumes. Subd. 2. Parking. On and after July 1, 2003, diesel school buses must be parked and loaded at sufficient distance from school air-intake systems to avoid diesel fumes from being drawn into the systems, unless, in the judgment of the school board, alternative locations block traffic, impair student safety, or are not cost effective. History:   2002 c 364 s 2