1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; prohibiting negotiation of
1.3 	teacher contracts during the school year; repealing
1.4 	the January 15 penalty for failing to settle teacher
1.5 	contracts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.6 	Statutes, chapter 179A; repealing Minnesota Statutes
1.7 	2004, section 123B.05.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [179A.145] PERIOD DURING WHICH NEGOTIATIONS
1.10 	ARE PROHIBITED; FINANCIAL PENALTY FOR FAILING TO SETTLE.
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition; financial penalty. (a) A
1.12 	school board and the exclusive representative of teachers in a
1.13 	district may not meet and negotiate and may not enter into a
1.14 	contract during the period beginning with the district's first
1.15 	student contact day in the fall and ending with the last student
1.16 	contact day the next spring.
1.17 	(b) When a school district and the exclusive representative
1.18 	of teachers fail to enter into a contract before the district's
1.19 	first student contact day in the fall, unless subdivision 2
1.20 	applies, the commissioner must withhold from the district until
1.21 	the beginning of the next fiscal year all its general education
1.22 	revenue increases under section 126C.10 that are allowed over
1.23 	the previous fiscal year.
1.24 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not apply:
1.25 	(1) if the school board and the exclusive representative of
1.26 	teachers certify in writing to the commissioner of mediation
2.1 	services that they have entered into a tentative agreement
2.2 	before the first student contact day in the fall, to the extent
2.3 	the parties enter into a final contract based on the tentative
2.4 	agreement certified to the commissioner;
2.5 	(2) during a period in which the school board postpones the
2.6 	first student contact day from the regularly scheduled starting
2.7 	date;
2.8 	(3) if the school board and the exclusive representative
2.9 	agree, before the first student contact day in the fall, to
2.10 	binding interest arbitration of items in dispute, to the extent
2.11 	the parties enter into a contract to confirm the results of the
2.12 	arbitrator's decision; or 
2.13 	(4) if the teachers in the district are on strike on the
2.14 	district's first student contact day in the fall.
2.15 		Subd. 3.Relation to other law. This section supersedes
2.16 	any conflicting provisions of other law.
2.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

2.18 	Sec. 2. REPEALER.
 2.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 123B.05, is repealed.

2.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.