1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; requiring summer school for 
  1.3             students who do not receive a passing score on a basic 
  1.4             skills test required for high school graduation; 
  1.5             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.6             chapter 120B. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [120B.122] [BASIC SKILLS INTERVENTION.] 
  1.9      (a) Districts and charter schools must provide or contract 
  1.10  for summer school classes for all district and charter school 
  1.11  students in grades 9 through 12 who have not received a passing 
  1.12  score on a basic skills test taken by the student as required 
  1.13  for high school graduation under sections 120B.02 and 120B.30.  
  1.14  These courses must provide additional instruction in the subject 
  1.15  areas where students demonstrate a lack of comprehension of 
  1.16  specific subject matter on the basic skills tests. 
  1.17     (b) A student in grades 9 through 12 who has not received a 
  1.18  passing score on a basic skills test taken by the student as 
  1.19  required for high school graduation under sections 120B.02 and 
  1.20  120B.30, must attend summer classes provided by the student's 
  1.21  enrollment school district or charter school under paragraph (a).
  1.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  1.23  2004-2005 school year and thereafter.