1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; allowing the Perpich Center for Arts Education to 
1.3 	participate in the alternative teacher professional pay system; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 129C.10, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 129C.10, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 9. Eligibility for alternative teacher pay.  Notwithstanding other law to the 
1.9 	contrary, the Perpich Center for Arts Education and the licensed teachers it employs to 
1.10 	provide instruction in the center's full-time programs for talented pupils are eligible to 
1.11 	participate in an alternative teacher professional pay system, consistent with sections 
1.12 	122A.413, 122A.414, 122A.4144, 122A.415, 126C.10, and related sections. 

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