Subdivision 1. Removal of architectural barriers. If a board has insufficient money in its capital expenditure fund to remove architectural barriers from a building it owns in order to allow a pupil to attend a school in the pupil's attendance area or to meet the needs of an employee with a disability, a district may submit an application to the commissioner containing at least the following:
(1) program modifications that the board considered, such as relocating classrooms, providing an accessible unisex bathroom, providing alternative library resources, or using special equipment, such as bookcarts, and the reasons the modifications were not feasible;
(2) a description of the proposed building modifications and the cost of the modifications; and
(3) the age and market value of the building.
Individuals developing an application for a district shall complete a workshop, developed jointly by the commissioner and the Council on Disability, about access criteria.
In consultation with the Council on Disability, the commissioner shall develop criteria to determine the cost-effectiveness of removing barriers in older buildings.
The commissioner shall approve or disapprove an application within 60 days of receiving it.
Subd. 2. Fire safety modifications. If a district has insufficient money in its capital expenditure fund to make modifications to a school building required by a fire inspection conducted according to section 299F.47, the district may submit an application to the commissioner containing information required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve or disapprove of the application according to criteria established by the commissioner. The criteria shall take into consideration the cost-effectiveness of making modifications to older buildings.
Subd. 3. Levy authority. The district may levy up to $300,000 under this section, as approved by the commissioner. The approved amount may be levied over eight or fewer years.
Subd. 4. Levy authority in combined districts. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a district that has combined or consolidated may levy up to 50 percent times $300,000 times the number of former districts that operated on June 30, 1991, in the area that now makes up the combined or consolidated district. The approved amount is reduced by any amount levied under subdivision 3 in the consolidated or combined district or in the former districts that make up the consolidated or combined district. Levy authority under this subdivision expires at the same time as levy authority under subdivision 3.
1991 c 265 art 5 s 7; 1992 c 499 art 5 s 13; 1994 c 647 art 5 s 5; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 5 s 8; art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 99,100,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 4 s 29; 2000 c 464 art 3 s 7; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 19; 2004 c 294 art 5 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties
Section 123B.01 — Definitions.
Section 123B.02 — General Powers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.025 — School Sponsorship And Advertising Revenue.
Section 123B.03 — Background Check.
Section 123B.04 — Site Decision Making; Individualized Learning Agreement; Other Agreements.
Section 123B.045 — District-created Site-governed Schools.
Section 123B.06 — Evaluation Of Pupil Growth And Progress; Permanent Records.
Section 123B.07 — Missing Children; Voluntary Fingerprinting.
Section 123B.08 — Flag School Records Of Missing Children.
Section 123B.09 — Boards Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.10 — Publication Of Financial Information.
Section 123B.11 — Imprest Cash Funds.
Section 123B.12 — Insufficient Funds To Pay Orders.
Section 123B.13 — Land In Settlement Of Claim Against Surety.
Section 123B.14 — Officers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.143 — Superintendent.
Section 123B.147 — Principals.
Section 123B.19 — Failure Of Auditor To Report.
Section 123B.195 — Board Members' Right To Employment.
Section 123B.20 — Dealing In School Supplies.
Section 123B.21 — Duty Of Officers To Report Violations Of Law.
Section 123B.22 — Combination To Control Prices.
Section 123B.23 — Liability Insurance; Officers And Employees.
Section 123B.24 — Legal Actions By Districts.
Section 123B.25 — Legal Actions Against Districts And Teachers.
Section 123B.28 — Records As Evidence.
Section 123B.29 — Sale At Auction.
Section 123B.30 — Improper Classification Of Pupils.
Section 123B.31 — Limitation Of Sections.
Section 123B.34 — Minnesota Public School Fee Law, Citation.
Section 123B.35 — General Policy.
Section 123B.36 — Authorized Fees.
Section 123B.37 — Prohibited Fees.
Section 123B.39 — Postsecondary Instructional Programs.
Section 123B.40 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 123B.41 — Definitions.
Section 123B.43 — Use Of Individualized Instructional Materials.
Section 123B.44 — Provision Of Pupil Support Services.
Section 123B.445 — Nonpublic Education Council.
Section 123B.45 — Payments For Contractual Obligations.
Section 123B.46 — Administrative Costs.
Section 123B.47 — Notice To Districts; Proration.
Section 123B.48 — Limit On District Obligations.
Section 123B.49 — Extracurricular Activities; Insurance.
Section 123B.492 — Supervised Competitive High School Diving.
Section 123B.50 — Special School Districts, Laws Applicable.
Section 123B.51 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Uses For School And Nonschool Purposes; Closings.
Section 123B.53 — Debt Service Equalization Program.
Section 123B.535 — Natural Disaster Debt Service Equalization.
Section 123B.54 — Debt Service Appropriation.
Section 123B.55 — Debt Service Levy.
Section 123B.56 — Health, Safety, And Environmental Management.
Section 123B.57 — Health And Safety Projects.
Section 123B.571 — Radon Testing.
Section 123B.572 — Solar Panel Fire Safety.
Section 123B.58 — Disability Access And Fire Safety Improvements To School Buildings.
Section 123B.595 — Long-term Facilities Maintenance Revenue.
Section 123B.60 — Building Bonds For Calamities.
Section 123B.61 — Purchase Of Certain Equipment.
Section 123B.62 — Bonds For Certain Capital Facilities.
Section 123B.63 — Capital Project Referendum.
Section 123B.65 — Energy-efficiency Projects.
Section 123B.651 — Energy Use Reduction And Reporting For Public Schools.
Section 123B.67 — School Building Accessibility Capital Improvement Grant Act.
Section 123B.68 — Approval; Application Forms.
Section 123B.69 — Grant Application Process.
Section 123B.70 — School District Construction.
Section 123B.71 — Review And Comment For School District Construction.
Section 123B.72 — School Facility Commissioning.
Section 123B.74 — Eminent Domain.
Section 123B.744 — Agricultural Education.
Section 123B.747 — National Forest Land Funds, Handling And Disposition.
Section 123B.75 — Revenue; Reporting.
Section 123B.76 — Expenditures; Reporting.
Section 123B.77 — Accounting, Budgeting, And Reporting Requirement.
Section 123B.79 — Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.80 — Exceptions For Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.81 — Statutory Operating Debt.
Section 123B.82 — Reorganization Operating Debt.
Section 123B.83 — Expenditure Limitations.
Section 123B.85 — Definitions.
Section 123B.86 — Equal Treatment.
Section 123B.87 — Funds And Aids.
Section 123B.88 — Independent School Districts; Transportation.
Section 123B.885 — Diesel School Buses; Operation Of Engine; Parking.
Section 123B.90 — School Bus Safety Training.
Section 123B.91 — School District Bus Safety Responsibilities.
Section 123B.92 — Transportation Aid Entitlement.
Section 123B.93 — Advertising On School Buses.
Section 123B.94 — Common School Districts; Meetings, Elections.
Section 123B.95 — Boards Of Common School Districts.
Section 123B.97 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Common School Districts.