1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; authorizing school districts to waive certain fees for 
1.3 	children whose parents are serving in the military;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2008, sections 123B.35; 123B.36, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.35, is amended to read:
1.7 	123B.35 GENERAL POLICY.
1.8 	It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that public school education shall be 
1.9 	free and no pupil shall be denied an education because of economic inability to furnish 
1.10 	educational books and supplies necessary to complete educational requirements necessary 
1.11 	for graduation. Any practice leading to suspension, coercion, exclusion, withholding of 
1.12 	grades or diplomas, or discriminatory action based upon nonpayment of fees denies pupils 
1.13 	their right to equal protection and entitled privileges. It is recognized that school boards 
1.14 	do have the right to accept voluntary contributions ~~and~~,  to make certain charges and to 
1.15 	establish fees in areas considered extra curricular, noncurricular or supplementary to the 
1.16 	requirements for the successful completion of a class or educational program, and to waive 
1.17 	those fees under certain circumstances. No public school board may require, except as 
1.18 	authorized by sections 123B.36 and 123B.38, the payment of fees.  

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.36, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 6.Waiver of student fees ~~based on need~~. (a) A board may waive any deposit 
1.22 	or fee for any pupil whose parent is serving in, or within the past year has served in, active 
1.23 	military service as defined under section 190.05.
2.1 	(b) A board may waive any deposit or fee if any pupil or the pupil's parent or 
2.2 	guardian is unable to pay it.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.