Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF678 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to transportation; governing policy provisions on school-related active
3	3	1.3 transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 123B.90, subdivision
4	4	1.4 2; 169.14, subdivision 5a, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law
5	5	1.5 in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 2.Student training.(a) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled
9	9	1.9in kindergarten through grade 10 with age-appropriate school bus safety training, as described
10	10	1.10in this section, of the following concepts:
11	11	1.11 (1) transportation by school bus is a privilege and not a right;
12	12	1.12 (2) district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;
13	13	1.13 (3) appropriate conduct while on the school bus;
14	14	1.14 (4) the danger zones surrounding a school bus;
15	15	1.15 (5) procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;
16	16	1.16 (6) procedures for safe street or road crossing; and
17	17	1.17 (7) school bus evacuation.
18	18	1.18 (b) Each nonpublic school located within the district must provide all nonpublic school
19	19	1.19pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who are transported by school bus at public
20	20	1.20expense and attend school within the district's boundaries with training as required in
21	21	1.21paragraph (a).
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 678
29	29	NINETY-THIRD SESSION
30	30	Authored by Elkins, Hornstein, Tabke, Kraft, Lillie and others01/23/2023
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (c) Students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 6 who are transported by school bus
32	32	2.2and are enrolled during the first or second week of school must receive the school bus safety
33	33	2.3training competencies by the end of the third week of school. Students enrolled in grades
34	34	2.47 through 10 who are transported by school bus and are enrolled during the first or second
35	35	2.5week of school and have not previously received school bus safety training must receive
36	36	2.6the training or receive bus safety instructional materials by the end of the sixth week of
37	37	2.7school. Students taking driver's training instructional classes must receive training in the
38	38	2.8laws and proper procedures when operating a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus
39	39	2.9as required by section 169.446, subdivisions 2 and 3. Students enrolled in kindergarten
40	40	2.10through grade 10 who enroll in a school after the second week of school and are transported
41	41	2.11by school bus and have not received training in their previous school district shall undergo
42	42	2.12school bus safety training or receive bus safety instructional materials within four weeks
43	43	2.13of the first day of attendance. Upon request of the superintendent of schools, the school
44	44	2.14transportation safety director in each district must certify to the superintendent that all
45	45	2.15students transported by school bus within the district have received the school bus safety
46	46	2.16training according to this section. Upon request of the superintendent of the school district
47	47	2.17where the nonpublic school is located, the principal or other chief administrator of each
48	48	2.18nonpublic school must certify to the school transportation safety director of the district in
49	49	2.19which the school is located that the school's students transported by school bus at public
50	50	2.20expense have received training according to this section.
51	51	2.21 (d) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
52	52	2.22expense may provide kindergarten pupils with bus safety training before the first day of
53	53	2.23school.
54	54	2.24 (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
55	55	2.25expense may also provide student safety education for bicycling and pedestrian safety, for
56	56	2.26students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5.
57	57	2.27 (f) (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
58	58	2.28expense must make reasonable accommodations for the school bus safety training of pupils
59	59	2.29known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.
60	60	2.30 (g) (f) The district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at
61	61	2.31public expense must provide students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 school bus
62	62	2.32safety training twice during the school year.
63	63	2.33 (h) (g) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
64	64	2.34expense must conduct a school bus evacuation drill at least once during the school year.
65	65	2Section 1.
66	66	REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
67	67	3.2 Sec. 2. [123B.935] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRAINING.
68	68	3.3 Subdivision 1.Training required.(a) Each district must provide public school pupils
69	69	3.4enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 with age-appropriate active transportation safety
70	70	3.5training. At a minimum, the training must include pedestrian safety, including crossing
71	71	3.6roads.
72	72	3.7 (b) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled in grades 4 through 8 with
73	73	3.8age-appropriate active transportation safety training. At a minimum, the training must
74	74	3.9include:
75	75	3.10 (1) pedestrian safety, including crossing roads safely using the searching left, right, left
76	76	3.11for vehicles in traffic technique; and
77	77	3.12 (2) bicycle safety, including relevant traffic laws, use and proper fit of protective
78	78	3.13headgear, bicycle parts and safety features, and safe biking techniques.
79	79	3.14 (c) A nonpublic school may provide nonpublic school pupils enrolled in kindergarten
80	80	3.15through grade 8 with training as specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
81	81	3.16 Subd. 2.Deadlines.(a) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), who are enrolled
82	82	3.17during the first or second week of school and have not previously received active
83	83	3.18transportation safety training specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by
84	84	3.19the end of the third week of school.
85	85	3.20 (b) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), who are enrolled during the first or
86	86	3.21second week of school and have not previously received active transportation safety training
87	87	3.22specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by the end of the sixth week of
88	88	3.23school.
89	89	3.24 (c) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (b), who enroll in a school after the
90	90	3.25second week of school and have not received the appropriate active transportation safety
91	91	3.26training in their previous school district must undergo the training or receive active
92	92	3.27transportation safety instructional materials within four weeks of the first day of attendance.
93	93	3.28 (d) A district and a nonpublic school may provide kindergarten pupils with active
94	94	3.29transportation safety training before the first day of school.
95	95	3.30 Subd. 3.Instruction.(a) A district may provide active transportation safety training
96	96	3.31through distance learning.
97	97	3Sec. 2.
98	98	REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23 4.1 (b) A district and a nonpublic school must make reasonable accommodations for the
99	99	4.2active transportation safety training of pupils known to speak English as a second language
100	100	4.3and pupils with disabilities.
101	101	4.4 Subd. 4.Model program.The commissioner of transportation must maintain a
102	102	4.5comprehensive collection of active transportation safety training materials that meets the
103	103	4.6requirements under this section.
104	104	4.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
105	105	4.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
106	106	4.9 Subd. 5a.Speed zoning in school zone; surcharge.(a) Each of the local authorities
107	107	4.10having jurisdiction over a street or highway within a school zone of a public or nonpublic
108	108	4.11school may establish a school speed limit on any street or highway within a that school zone
109	109	4.12of a public or nonpublic school, regardless of jurisdiction over the road. The school speed
110	110	4.13zone must be established upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation as
111	111	4.14prescribed by the commissioner of transportation. The establishment of a school speed limit
112	112	4.15on any trunk highway shall be with the consent of the commissioner of transportation. Such
113	113	4.16The school speed limits shall be are in effect when children are present, going to or leaving
114	114	4.17school during opening or closing hours or during school recess periods. The school speed
115	115	4.18limit shall must not be lower than 15 miles per hour and shall must not be more than 30
116	116	4.19miles per hour below the established speed limit on an affected street or highway.
117	117	4.20 (b) The school speed limit shall be is effective upon the erection of appropriate signs
118	118	4.21designating the speed and indicating the beginning and end of the reduced speed zone. Any
119	119	4.22speed in excess of such posted school speed limit is unlawful. All such The signs shall must
120	120	4.23be erected by the local authorities on those streets and highways under their respective
121	121	4.24jurisdictions and by the commissioner of transportation on trunk highways.
122	122	4.25 (c) For the purpose of this subdivision, "school zone" means that section of a street or
123	123	4.26highway which abuts the grounds of a school where children have access to the street or
124	124	4.27highway from the school property or where an established school crossing is located provided
125	125	4.28the school advance sign prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
126	126	4.29adopted by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section 169.06 is in place. All
127	127	4.30signs erected by local authorities to designate speed limits in school zones shall must conform
128	128	4.31to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
129	129	4Sec. 3.
130	130	REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23 5.1 (d) Notwithstanding section 609.0331 or 609.101 or other law to the contrary, a person
131	131	5.2who violates a speed limit established under this subdivision is assessed an additional
132	132	5.3surcharge equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the violation, but not less than $25.
133	133	5.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
134	134	5.5 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to
135	135	5.6read:
136	136	5.7 Subd. 5i.School-related speed limits.(a) A statutory or home rule charter city may
137	137	5.8establish speed limits other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 for any street or highway
138	138	5.9established within the city, regardless of jurisdiction over the road, on a street or highway
139	139	5.10segment that is:
140	140	5.11 (1) within two miles of a school speed zone; or
141	141	5.12 (2) designated by the city as part of a safe routes to school corridor.
142	142	5.13 (b) The school-related speed limit must not be lower than 20 miles per hour.
143	143	5.14 (c) A city that establishes a speed limit pursuant to this subdivision must implement
144	144	5.15speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. The city must erect
145	145	5.16appropriate signs to display the speed limit.
146	146	5.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
147	147	5Sec. 4.
148	148	REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23