1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to transportation; governing policy provisions on school-related active
1.3 transportation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 123B.90, subdivision
1.4 2; 169.14, subdivision 5a, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law
1.5 in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 123B.90, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2.Student training.(a) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled
1.9in kindergarten through grade 10 with age-appropriate school bus safety training, as described
1.10in this section, of the following concepts:
1.11 (1) transportation by school bus is a privilege and not a right;
1.12 (2) district policies for student conduct and school bus safety;
1.13 (3) appropriate conduct while on the school bus;
1.14 (4) the danger zones surrounding a school bus;
1.15 (5) procedures for safely boarding and leaving a school bus;
1.16 (6) procedures for safe street or road crossing; and
1.17 (7) school bus evacuation.
1.18 (b) Each nonpublic school located within the district must provide all nonpublic school
1.19pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 10 who are transported by school bus at public
1.20expense and attend school within the district's boundaries with training as required in
1.21paragraph (a).
1Section 1.
REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 678
NINETY-THIRD SESSION
Authored by Elkins, Hornstein, Tabke, Kraft, Lillie and others01/23/2023
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
2.2and are enrolled during the first or second week of school must receive the school bus safety
2.3training competencies by the end of the third week of school. Students enrolled in grades
2.47 through 10 who are transported by school bus and are enrolled during the first or second
2.5week of school and have not previously received school bus safety training must receive
2.6the training or receive bus safety instructional materials by the end of the sixth week of
2.7school. Students taking driver's training instructional classes must receive training in the
2.8laws and proper procedures when operating a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus
2.9as required by section 169.446, subdivisions 2 and 3. Students enrolled in kindergarten
2.10through grade 10 who enroll in a school after the second week of school and are transported
2.11by school bus and have not received training in their previous school district shall undergo
2.12school bus safety training or receive bus safety instructional materials within four weeks
2.13of the first day of attendance. Upon request of the superintendent of schools, the school
2.14transportation safety director in each district must certify to the superintendent that all
2.15students transported by school bus within the district have received the school bus safety
2.16training according to this section. Upon request of the superintendent of the school district
2.17where the nonpublic school is located, the principal or other chief administrator of each
2.18nonpublic school must certify to the school transportation safety director of the district in
2.19which the school is located that the school's students transported by school bus at public
2.20expense have received training according to this section.
2.21 (d) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
2.22expense may provide kindergarten pupils with bus safety training before the first day of
2.23school.
2.24 (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
2.25expense may also provide student safety education for bicycling and pedestrian safety, for
2.26students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 5.
2.27 (f) (e) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
2.28expense must make reasonable accommodations for the school bus safety training of pupils
2.29known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.
2.30 (g) (f) The district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at
2.31public expense must provide students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 school bus
2.32safety training twice during the school year.
2.33 (h) (g) A district and a nonpublic school with students transported by school bus at public
2.34expense must conduct a school bus evacuation drill at least once during the school year.
2Section 1.
REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
3.2 Sec. 2. [123B.935] ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRAINING.
3.3 Subdivision 1.Training required.(a) Each district must provide public school pupils
3.4enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 with age-appropriate active transportation safety
3.5training. At a minimum, the training must include pedestrian safety, including crossing
3.6roads.
3.7 (b) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled in grades 4 through 8 with
3.8age-appropriate active transportation safety training. At a minimum, the training must
3.9include:
3.10 (1) pedestrian safety, including crossing roads safely using the searching left, right, left
3.11for vehicles in traffic technique; and
3.12 (2) bicycle safety, including relevant traffic laws, use and proper fit of protective
3.13headgear, bicycle parts and safety features, and safe biking techniques.
3.14 (c) A nonpublic school may provide nonpublic school pupils enrolled in kindergarten
3.15through grade 8 with training as specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).
3.16 Subd. 2.Deadlines.(a) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), who are enrolled
3.17during the first or second week of school and have not previously received active
3.18transportation safety training specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by
3.19the end of the third week of school.
3.20 (b) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), who are enrolled during the first or
3.21second week of school and have not previously received active transportation safety training
3.22specified in that paragraph must receive the safety training by the end of the sixth week of
3.23school.
3.24 (c) Students under subdivision 1, paragraph (a) or (b), who enroll in a school after the
3.25second week of school and have not received the appropriate active transportation safety
3.26training in their previous school district must undergo the training or receive active
3.27transportation safety instructional materials within four weeks of the first day of attendance.
3.28 (d) A district and a nonpublic school may provide kindergarten pupils with active
3.29transportation safety training before the first day of school.
3.30 Subd. 3.Instruction.(a) A district may provide active transportation safety training
3.31through distance learning.
3Sec. 2.
REVISOR KRB/AK 23-0220001/13/23 4.1 (b) A district and a nonpublic school must make reasonable accommodations for the
4.2active transportation safety training of pupils known to speak English as a second language
4.3and pupils with disabilities.
4.4 Subd. 4.Model program.The commissioner of transportation must maintain a
4.5comprehensive collection of active transportation safety training materials that meets the
4.6requirements under this section.
4.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
4.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
4.9 Subd. 5a.Speed zoning in school zone; surcharge.(a) Each of the local authorities
4.10having jurisdiction over a street or highway within a school zone of a public or nonpublic
4.11school may establish a school speed limit on any street or highway within a that school zone
4.12of a public or nonpublic school, regardless of jurisdiction over the road. The school speed
4.13zone must be established upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation as
4.14prescribed by the commissioner of transportation. The establishment of a school speed limit
4.15on any trunk highway shall be with the consent of the commissioner of transportation. Such
4.16The school speed limits shall be are in effect when children are present, going to or leaving
4.17school during opening or closing hours or during school recess periods. The school speed
4.18limit shall must not be lower than 15 miles per hour and shall must not be more than 30
4.19miles per hour below the established speed limit on an affected street or highway.
4.20 (b) The school speed limit shall be is effective upon the erection of appropriate signs
4.21designating the speed and indicating the beginning and end of the reduced speed zone. Any
4.22speed in excess of such posted school speed limit is unlawful. All such The signs shall must
4.23be erected by the local authorities on those streets and highways under their respective
4.24jurisdictions and by the commissioner of transportation on trunk highways.
4.25 (c) For the purpose of this subdivision, "school zone" means that section of a street or
4.26highway which abuts the grounds of a school where children have access to the street or
4.27highway from the school property or where an established school crossing is located provided
4.28the school advance sign prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
4.29adopted by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to section 169.06 is in place. All
4.30signs erected by local authorities to designate speed limits in school zones shall must conform
4.31to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
4Sec. 3.
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
5.2who violates a speed limit established under this subdivision is assessed an additional
5.3surcharge equal to the amount of the fine imposed for the violation, but not less than $25.
5.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
5.5 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169.14, is amended by adding a subdivision to
5.6read:
5.7 Subd. 5i.School-related speed limits.(a) A statutory or home rule charter city may
5.8establish speed limits other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 for any street or highway
5.9established within the city, regardless of jurisdiction over the road, on a street or highway
5.10segment that is:
5.11 (1) within two miles of a school speed zone; or
5.12 (2) designated by the city as part of a safe routes to school corridor.
5.13 (b) The school-related speed limit must not be lower than 20 miles per hour.
5.14 (c) A city that establishes a speed limit pursuant to this subdivision must implement
5.15speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. The city must erect
5.16appropriate signs to display the speed limit.
5.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023.
5Sec. 4.
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