Bill Text: MN HF627 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Flexible learning year programs pre-Labor Day start prohibited.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Author added Lillie [HF627 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF627-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; prohibiting pre-Labor Day start date for flexible learning
1.3year programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.40; 124D.126,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.40, is amended to read:
1.7120A.40 SCHOOL CALENDAR.
1.8(a) Except for learning programs during summer, flexible learning year programs
1.9authorized under sections
124D.12 to
124D.127, and learning year programs under section
1.10124D.128
, a district must not commence an elementary or secondary school year before
1.11Labor Day, except as provided under paragraph (b). Days devoted to teachers' workshops
1.12may be held before Labor Day. Districts that enter into cooperative agreements are
1.13encouraged to adopt similar school calendars.
1.14(b) A district may begin the school year on any day before Labor Day:
1.15(1) to accommodate a construction or remodeling project of$400,000 $1,000,000 or
1.16more affecting a district school facility directly related to students being unable to use
1.17classrooms;
1.18(2) if the district has an agreement under section123A.30 ,
123A.32 , or
123A.35
1.19with a district that qualifies under clause (1); or
1.20(3) if the district agrees to the same schedule with a school district in an adjoining
1.21state.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.126, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 2. Limitations. (a) Sections124D.12 to
124D.127 may not be construed
2.2to authorize the commissioner to require the establishment of a flexible learning year
2.3program in any district in which the board has not voted to establish, maintain, and
2.4operate such a program.
2.5(b) The commissioner may not approve a district's proposed flexible learning year
2.6program if the plan commences the elementary or secondary school year before Labor Day.
1.3year programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.40; 124D.126,
1.4subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.40, is amended to read:
1.7120A.40 SCHOOL CALENDAR.
1.8(a) Except for learning programs during summer
1.9
1.11Labor Day, except as provided under paragraph (b). Days devoted to teachers' workshops
1.12may be held before Labor Day. Districts that enter into cooperative agreements are
1.13encouraged to adopt similar school calendars.
1.14(b) A district may begin the school year on any day before Labor Day:
1.15(1) to accommodate a construction or remodeling project of
1.16more affecting a district school facility directly related to students being unable to use
1.17classrooms;
1.18(2) if the district has an agreement under section
1.20(3) if the district agrees to the same schedule with a school district in an adjoining
1.21state.
1.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.126, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 2. Limitations. (a) Sections
2.2to authorize the commissioner to require the establishment of a flexible learning year
2.3program in any district in which the board has not voted to establish, maintain, and
2.4operate such a program.
2.5(b) The commissioner may not approve a district's proposed flexible learning year
2.6program if the plan commences the elementary or secondary school year before Labor Day.
