Feb 2013 Issue

Volume 43 Issue 2 • February 2013

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Great Training, Great People, Great Time!MN School Bus Safety Expo in St. Paul January 18 & 19, 2013

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Another Winter Conference has come and gone. I would liketo say Thank You to Shari and Shelly and the conferencecommittee for putting together the agenda and making this asuccess.

They try hard every year to come up with something new and fresh and they succeed-ed in doing that. Tom Revnew and Steve Jannings put on a presentation on Fridaymorning about transportation contracts and dispelling some of the myths that someconsultants are telling school districts. Again, if you are having problems in your schooldistrict negotiating a contract, we urge you to contact Tom. Friday afternoon was spentat the St. Paul River Centre with hands on emergency demonstrations called Preparingfor the Unexpected. It was a great presentation and it always makes people wonder,

"How prepared am I for emergencies?"

Our industry also has a great working relationship with the Minnesota State Patrol. Weappreciate that they come in and put on a presentation of what they are seeing aroundthe state, what they would like to see changed and asking us how they can help makeour industry safer. I appreciate that they are there to keep an open dialogue and to helpus to keep in compliance with the law. Some board members will be meeting with theState Patrol in February to help set up the regional meetings again this year and decidewhat topics will be presented. We will also discuss possible summer training meetingswith the State Patrol.

Again, Thank You to everyone who helped make this conference a success and a HugeThank You to the Vendors for supporting the MSBOA.

Remember to start putting together your nomination packets for the Transportation Spe-cialist of the Year Award!

Keep a Smile! Gaylen

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TOM BURR, ELK RIVER


ROBBIE ELLIOT, MOORHEAD


CONNIE GRISIM, STEWARTVILLE


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KEN INSELMANN, WILLMAR


SHELLY JONAS, ANNANDALE

320.274.8313 / FAX 274.8027

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JIM KOONST, BELLE PLAINE


GAYLEN LENZ, MADELIA

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From the PresidentGaylen LenzMadelia Bus Service, Madelia, MN

At this time of year, late January, the Governor’s budget has been presented to the Legisla-ture and the February forecast will be announce at the end of next month. These two eventsoutline the parameters of the available revenues to fund the functions and services of stategovernment as detailed in the Governor’s budget suggestions. Roughly 80% of a Governor’sbudget, in terms of policy and funding, is enacted into State Law. One of the key features ofthe Governor’s budget, as proposed, would be tax increases. A key element of the Gover-nor’s campaign for election in 2010 was the promotion of raising taxes on the wealthy and creating a more balanced andfair tax structure. In addition to proposing higher income taxes the budget also proposes to lower the State Sales Tax from6.85% to 5.5% while broadening the goods and services to which the tax would be collected. This Sales Tax alteration rais-es more than $2 billion in new revenue.

In broad terms, the tax proposal would begin to collect sales taxes on services between business to business transactions,such as accounting, legal, consulting etc. In addition, haircuts, clothes, and food traditionally not taxed would now be affect-ed by a sales tax. The Governor’s budget also appears to make cuts in general fund spending within certain State Agen-cies, giving the appearance of reducing the size and expense of State Government. However, the detail documents, somenot yet produced, are rumored to contain increases in fees and licensing charges when individuals or business interact withState Government.

The Governor’s proposal raises $1.1 billion in income taxes with a 2% increase for married couples earning $250K or moreand head of households, and 2% on singles earning $150K or more. Overall, the Governor’s budget raises a little more than$3 billion in new revenue. About one half of the new revenue ($1.4 billion) will be used to provide homeowners with up to$500 in property tax refunds. The education system would receive $700 million in new spending, to be allocated betweenHigher Education, early childhood education (pre-kindergarten) and the funding for all day kindergarten. The remaining$800 million, or so, will be spread around State Government for a variety of Governor’s initiatives and program enhance-ments or re-investments. The budget also calls for a reduction in the State’s corporate business tax from 9.8% to 8.4%,which requires cuts or new revenue from other sources in order make the reduction.

The Governor and the Legislature seem willing to pay back the remaining balance of the School Shift, about $1 billion, overtime, but not this year. When the budget was reconciled in November, there was an additional billion dollars in excess rev-enue collected, with State Law stating that any surplus would be spent directly and automatically to paying back a portionof the shift. This event left a little over $1billion balance in the effort to pay back the school shift.

In any event, enacting over $3 billion in new income and sales tax dollars is going to affect business and individuals in avery noticeable manner. The DFL House and Senate, the majority party controlling the legislature, have been supportive ofthe Governor’s Budget, but it appears that the support may be softening. There may be Legislative support for some butnot all of the Governor’s tax proposal, which would then affect the amount of new dollars available for increased andenhanced spending measures.

MSBOA is working towards the passage of our Legislative Agenda, as listed on the MSBOA web site. Primarily, MSBOA isworking to improve the safe delivery of students to school while removing un-necessary regulations while looking to improveState Government services provided to MSBOA contractors. If any members have any question or comments, please feelfree to contact me at [email protected] or to call my cell phone at 612-723-5168. This is the end of the first fourweeks of the 2013 Session. The pace is just starting to pick up as the Legislature heads towards a May adjournment.

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Legislative UpdateBy Tom Keliher, Keliher Government Affairs Consulting, LLC.

Phone (612) 723-5168 • Email: [email protected]

Call to Order at 6:45 p.m. following the Conference Call withNSTA’s Jim Seal and Ron Kinney. Shari Danzeisen read theMission Statement.

Jim Koonst made a motion to approve the minutes from theOctober 10th meeting, John Benjamin seconded. MotionCarried.

Treasurer’s Report - Tom Hey – Goff Public study put us inthe red, question about drug testing revenue. Recommen-dation to advertise CMS.

Doug Grisim made a motion sign the accountant’s contractto stay with current accountant – KDV. Rudy Lundahl sec-onded. Motion Carried.

John Benjamin made a motion to approve the treasurer’sreport. Connie Grisim seconded. Motion carried.

Visitor Lt. Reu – Still watching transit issues. Wants to con-tinue with Outreach meetings.

Committee Reports – St. Paul – Last year here. Looked atthe Marriott, St. Cloud. Suggestion to listen for feedbackover the conference.

Discussion regarding driver training options. Suggestion toadd driver training portion to summer conference.Deferred to Executive Committee.

Summer Conference moved to Sugar Lake, signed 2year agreement.

Promotion committee – Discussion regarding promotion-al materials, Be a Buddy, Not a Bully rubber bracelet.

Membership – Some positive movement on some of thelarger companies. MTN, Septran, Durham all interestedin joining the conference.

PAC – Cut some checks to the DFL Caucus. Have to waitnow until session is over. Sold 42 Wild Tickets.

Transit/Contracts – Message from Seal is that investiga-tion is necessary. Tom Hey made a motion to spend up to$2500 for a private investigator, Doug Grisim seconded.Motion carried.

Executive Committee – No report.

Legislative Committee – Discussion about various

options for raising funds to cover Bullying will be a big topicat the Capital. It’s going to affect school buses as an exten-sion of the classroom. Will be comprehensive. Current statelaw is only 37 words.

Reviewed legislative agenda. Reviewed state patrol andMAPT’s pending legislation.

Discussion concerning Clearway ad. Recommendation tohave Tom Revnew write a letter to Clearway.

Question regarding Senator Bonoff’s collaboration study –haven’t seen any results. Hoping that with committeechanges perhaps it may get dropped.

Legal Issues – Distributed written report.

Safety and Compliance Summer Session deferred to Exec-utive Committee

Tom Hey made a motion to adjourn, RL seconded, MeetingAdjourned.

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January 17, 2013St. Paul Crowne Plaza

Smart Business Moves: Plan for Mandatory Health Care CoverageBy Kim A. Mahanna, Smith Schafer and Associated, Ltd.

Phone (651) 770-8414

Email [email protected]

Bus companies could be hugely impacted by federal health care reform law in 2014 with regard to mandatory employeehealth care coverage requirements. If your company falls under the definition of having at least 50 full-time equivalentemployees, even if they’re spread across different entities, you could face steep health care costs within a year. This articlepresents several smart business moves to be aware of and make before the clock winds down.

Do you have more than 30 full-time employees? If not, you do not have to offer health care coverage and will not be penal-ized. An employee is considered full-time if they are employed, on average, at least 30 hours of service per week. This alsoincludes seasonal employees. Full-time status is determined on a monthly basis.

Determining if you are a large employer. If you have more than 30 full-time employees, you must calculate the number of full-time equivalent employees who do not meet the 30 hours a week test. To determine the number of full-time equivalentemployees, calculate the number of hours of service for all employees who were not full-time employees for the month anddivide that total by 120. If the number of full-time employees plus the number of full-time equivalent employees is 50 or more,you are considered a large employer and must provide health insurance coverage or pay a penalty.

This can include multiple entities.

Calculating the penalty for not offering coverage. A large employer will be penalized for any month coverage is not offered.The penalty is assessed on a monthly basis and is equal to the number of full-time employees (not full-time equivalentemployees) over 30 multiplied by 1/12th of $2,000.

Large employers must offer affordable coverage. Affordable coverage is defined as coverage where the annual premium isless than 9.5 percent of the employee's annual income. An employer who offers unaffordable coverage must also pay apenalty.

Penalty for unaffordable or inadequate coverage. This penalty is assessed on a monthly basis and is calculated as 1/12th of$3,000 for each employee who receives a premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction for insurance purchased through astate exchange.

Employer pays the lower of the two penalties. The penalty for offering unaffordable coverage is capped at the amount of thepenalty that would have been assessed if the employer had not offered coverage at all.

Employee notification. Prior to March 1, 2013, largeemployers must provide employees with written notice ofthe existence of their state's health insurance exchangeand inform the employees of the possibility of losing theemployer's contribution to health insurance coverage, ifthey purchase insurance through the exchange.

Automatic enrollment. Employers with more than 200full-time employees, who offer health coverage, will berequired to automatically enroll new full-time employeesin one of its health benefit plans. An employee must affir-matively opt out of employer-sponsored coverage inorder for an employer to stop covering that employee.

Coverage begins in 2014.

The IRS is developing regulations to implement theabove rules and will be further defined in the comingmonths.

For more information on this topic or tax and tax-planningquestions you may have, please contact the SmithSchafer Transportation Team at (651) 770-8414.

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Need Legal Help? It’s Just a Phone Call Away!As a valued member of Minnesota School Bus Operator's Association, you are entitled to using Thomas Revnew of

Seaton, Peters & Revnew Legal Hotline free of charge. During each six month period, you will be entitled to two free

fifteen-minute telephone calls to the Hotline. MSBOA encourages you to use this free service. When using the hot-

line, please follow the following procedure:

1. Call Tom Revnew's direct dial, which is (952) 921-4622.

2. Identify yourself, your company name and that you are a client of MSBOA.

3. If Tom Revnew is not available, please leave a voicemail with the information described above and Tom will return the call as soon as possible.

4. If Tom Revnew is not available and your call is an emergency, please dial "0" when you receive Tom's voicemail and you will be transferred to the receptionist.

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MSBOA is on Facebook

The MSBOA is now on Facebook. It’s our intention to use the Face-book page to post relevant school bus new stories, share training infor-mation, useful links, etc. You should also be able to have conversa-tions with other school bus professionals or ask questions. Hopefullyit will be a great tool for our association. But it will only work if you joinus!

If you are already a member of Facebook, you can find the MSBOA bysearching for the Minnesota School Bus Operators Association on theFacebook website. Click “Like” and that’s all you need to do.

If you are not a member of Facebook, you’ll need to join to use this fea-ture. You can also go to www.msboa.com and click on the FacebookIcon.

Holiday Afterthoughts 2013By Rudy Lundahl MSBOA Board Member

Holiday afterthoughts are sometimes hard to come by. Especially this year due to the terrible tragedy at Sandy Hook school.Every one of us has had thoughts go through their heads over the holiday break. Let’s look a little deeper into the issueshere…….

GUN CONTROL…….. In my mind there is no real reason that any assault type weapons should be allowed to be sold in thiscountry unless they are required as part of the tools that are needed to do your job (i.e. police, swat team, FBI etc.). Now myidea is that I personally would not mind having to register all my guns or even register a list with whomever ittook….but…...my gut feeling tells me that all these things might be good ideas, but won’t stop some nut job in the big schemeof things. Is the issue really of controlling guns?…...or is it the issue of trying to control the human mind and the terrible thingsthat can and do go on inside people’s heads?……..no one can ever plan enough to stop such tragedies from happening.Control is good…….I do believe that just about any card carrying human being who really believes that they have a right tobear arms and use them for target practicing or hunting or personal protection would agree…...at this point there needs tobe a ban on any and all assault type weapons from here on out. Of course I realize that getting the ones that are already outthere off the streets is probably short of the impossible dream…..but we have to start somewhere to prevent such senselessacts from ever being done again.

SCHOOL SECURITY…..the time is probably not too far away when the bus driver or aide has to wear a photo ID at all timeseven to get into the school to use a washroom in-between routes. I guess we just need to accept the fact that the world haschanged. Don’t be insulted or upset if the people that are taking care of the little darlings that we spend all our time and bloodand sweat and tears on getting them to and from school are extra careful about who you are…..they too are just doing thebest they can to take care of our most precious commodity's…….our passengers.Remember…..think back to when your children were in school or look ahead to the timewhen you will have children in school…...you would have wanted or will want them to beas safe as possible. Yes the world has changed and we must be ready to change also.

THE FISCAL CLIFF…...hard to believe the numbers of dollars that are spent just talk-ing about falling off the fiscal cliff…..I wish some of our fine elected officials would sim-ply jump off that cliff…...and then maybe do something about the pork barrel spendingand the partisan politics that caused this cliff to rear its ugly head…….how hard do wehave to make this anyway? Just a thought….stop funding wars overseas with trillions ofdollars that somehow benefits the USA ….stop spending our hard earned tax dollars andturn that money into the infrastructure that is so sorely lacking in spots of the USA.

SO…….. a New Year’s Resolution for a simple bus guy like me might go likethis……...be extra careful with all your personal firearms…….keep them locked whennot in use…..and away from any children…..and understand that schools are being extracareful when you stop in to use the facilities……..and last but certainly not least…...don’tcomplain about politics if you are not actively involved yourself. Change starts with you!Have a safe winter from Rudy in Duluty!

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This past January, ClearWay Minnesota started airing 30 second television ads about youth smoking. While trying to curbyouth smoking is a laudable goal, unfortunately, they used a school bus to convey their message. The ad opens with a youngboy lighting up a cigarette.

Then the camera pans out to show the rest of the children on the bus all smoking and the bus interior is hazy with cigarettesmoke.

As the ad closes, the camera reveals many buses traveling on the highway, presumably all filled with smoking children.

Tom Revnew, the MSBOA attorney, has sent a letter to ClearWay Minnesota asking them to cease circulation of this ad. Wehave also used our Facebook page to discuss our issues with the ad as well as to alert others.

The children on the bus are not disciplined for smoking, nor do they face any negative consequence. A viewer may mistak-enly believe that this is acceptable behavior on the school bus. Many parents have posted on ClearWay’s Facebook pagecomplaining that young viewers may believe that is okay for children to smoke.

ClearWay explained that they chose the school bus because of its instant association to children, but that it wasn’t intendedto be an actual school bus experience. The MSBOA maintains that they are exploiting the hard work of the school bus indus-try who has worked tirelessly for increased safety for the past 60+ years - including drivers who strictly prohibit smoking.

As a response ClearWay has posted that they have decided to change their media buy and that the ad will only air after 8pm. If you would like to weigh in you can email Clearway on their webpage. http://clearwaymn.org/contact/ or mail the CEODavid J. Willoughby, 8011 34th Avenue South, Suite 400, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55425.

ClearWay Minnesota Ad Uses SchoolBuses in Negative Way to Highlight

Student Smoking Problem

Employer-Provided CDL TrainingA common practice among school bus companies is to offer pre-employment Commercial Driver’sLicense (CDL) training to applicants who do not have the required certification. One question that arises as a consequenceto this practice is whether those applicants must be paid under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) while they are attend-ing that training. The answer is no, according to U.S. Department of Labor guidance.

Pre-Employment CDL Training

In many instances, since CDL training is being provided prior to employment, the FLSA is inapplicable because the individ-uals are not yet employees.

Whether “trainees” are employees of an employer under the FLSA will depend on all of the circumstances surrounding theiractivities with respect to the employer while in “training” status. According to the Department of Labor, if all six of the fol-lowing criteria apply, the “trainees” are not employees within the meaning of the FLSA:

(1) the training, even though it may include actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to that which would begiven in a vocational school;(2) the training is for the benefit of the trainees;(3) the trainees do not displace regular employees, but may work under their close observation;(4) the employer derives no immediate advantages from the activities of the trainees, and sometimes the employer's opera-tions may actually be impeded;(5) the trainees are not necessarily entitled to a job upon completion of the training period; and(6) the employer and the trainees have an understanding that the trainees are not entitled to wages for the time spent in train-ing.

Pursuant to a Department of Labor Opinion letter addressing pre-employment training forschool bus drivers, whether a trainee may be considered to not be an employee dependson these six circumstances. See DOL Op. Ltr. Oct. 15, 1993 (1993 WL 901174). Gener-ally, in most cases of school bus companies offering CDL training, these elements aremet. The CDL training provided by school bus companies is comparable to what wouldbe given at a vocational school; the trainees receive the benefit of a CDL, which may beused in employment with any company; regular employees are not displaced by thetrainees; the employer, who could simply only hire those with pre-existing CDL certifica-tion, is not immediately benefited, particularly since the trainee could seek employmentelsewhere after receiving a CDL; the trainees are informed that they are not necessarilyentitled to a job upon completion of the training; and the trainees are informed that theywill not be paid for the training.

CDL Training for Individuals Who are Already Employees

According to a separate Department of Labor Opinion Letter also addressing CDL train-ing by a school bus service provider, employers are generally also not required to com-pensate pre-existing employees for time spent in CDL training. See DOL Op. Ltr. May 3,2001 (2001 WL 1592778). Employers are not required to pay employees for the trainingprovided the following criteria are met: (a) attendance is outside the employee's regularworking hours; (b) attendance is in fact voluntary; (c) the course, lecture, or meeting is notdirectly related to the employee's job; and (d) the employee does not perform any pro-ductive work during such attendance.

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The following message is listed on the Minnesota New Hires website:

EFFECTIVE October 1, 2012

New Reporting Requirements

Not only do employers need to report all new hires, Section 802 of the Claims Resolution Act requires employers to alsoreport the date employees first perform services for pay. Employers should report this date in the “Date of Hire field”. In addi-tion, the Act requires employers to re-report all employees who have had a break in service for more than 60 days. In Min-nesota, both changes were effective October 1, 2012.

Question: How will this 60 day break affect school bus companies? Will we have to report our

drivers as a rehire following summer break?

Answer from Tom Revnew, Seaton, Peters & Revnew:

This is a new requirement in all 50 states See http://newhire-reporting.com/MN-Newhire/Instruct.aspx :

Re-hires or Re-called employees: Employers must report re-hires, or employees whoreturn to work after being laid off, furloughed, separated, granted a leave without pay,or terminated from employment after 60 days. Employers must also report any employ-ee who remains on the payroll during a break in service or gap in pay, and then returnsto work after 60 days. This includes teachers, substitutes, seasonal workers, etc.

Under Minnesota Statute 256.998, subd. 1 (f) "Hiring" means engaging a person to per-form services for compensation and includes the reemploying or return to work of anyprevious employee who was laid off, furloughed, separated, granted a leave withoutpay, or terminated from employment when a period of 60 days elapses from the dateof layoff, furlough, separation, leave, or termination to the date of the person's return towork.

Employers are not required to report the hiring of any person who will be employed forless than two months' duration; and will have gross earnings less than $250 per month.256.998, subd. 1(h)(3). The law applies to all employers who employ more than oneindividual

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The training is considered voluntary because the employer is not mandating theemployee to participate in the training. In this case, it is the state, and not the employ-er, requiring the training. Such state-required training is of general applicability, and nottailored to meet the particular needs of individual employers. See DOL Op. Ltr. May 3,2001 at *1. As for criterion (c), although the training is clearly related to the employ-ees' job, the FLSA regulations provide that such training need not be compensated if itcorresponds to courses offered by independent bona fide institutions of learning and isvoluntarily attended by an employee outside of normal working hours. Id. Such is thecase with CDL training. Therefore, the FLSA does not require compensation for timespent in general CDL training.

Please note that Department of Labor opinion letters are not considered law and mere-ly provide guidance, and the position of the Department may change depending onpolitical administrations. In order to ensure that you are not required under the FLSAto compensate either applicants or employees for CDL training, make sure that yourtraining complies with the applicable above requirements.

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