1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education policy; Perpich Center for Arts
1.3 	Education; allowing for charter school sponsorship and
1.4 	electronic board meetings; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, section 124D.10, subdivision 3; proposing coding
1.6 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129C.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.10,
1.9 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 3.Sponsor.  (a) A school board; intermediate
1.11 	school district school board; education district organized under
1.12 	sections 123A.15 to 123A.19; charitable organization under
1.13 	section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is a
1.14 	member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits or the Minnesota
1.15 	Council on Foundations, registered with the attorney general's
1.16 	office, and reports an end-of-year fund balance of at least
1.17 	$2,000,000; Minnesota private college that grants two- or
1.18 	four-year degrees and is registered with the Higher Education
1.19 	Services Office under chapter 136A; community college, state
1.20 	university, or technical college, governed by the Board of
1.21 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; the
1.22 	Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education under chapter
1.23 	129C;or the University of Minnesota may sponsor one or more
1.24 	charter schools.
1.25 	(b) A nonprofit corporation subject to chapter 317A,
1.26 	described in section 317A.905, and exempt from federal income
2.1 	tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of
2.2 	1986, may sponsor one or more charter schools if the charter
2.3 	school has operated for at least three years under a different
2.4 	sponsor and if the nonprofit corporation has existed for at
2.5 	least 25 years.

2.6 	Sec. 2. [129C.105] BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER
2.7 	ELECTRONIC MEANS.
2.8 	(a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01 and if complying with
2.9 	section 13D.02 is impractical, the board for the Perpich Center
2.10 	for Arts Education may conduct a meeting of its members by
2.11 	telephone or other electronic means so long as the following
2.12 	conditions are met:
2.13 	(1) all members of the board participating in the meeting,
2.14 	wherever their physical location, can hear one another and all
2.15 	discussion and testimony;
2.16 	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting
2.17 	location of the board can hear all discussion and testimony and
2.18 	all votes of members of the board;
2.19 	(3) at least one member of the board is physically present
2.20 	at the regular meeting location; and 
2.21 	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's
2.22 	vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.
2.23 	(b) Each member of the board participating in a meeting by
2.24 	telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the
2.25 	meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating
2.26 	in all proceedings.
2.27 	(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to
2.28 	conduct a meeting, the board, to the extent practical, shall
2.29 	allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a
2.30 	remote location.  The board may require the person making such a
2.31 	connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the board
2.32 	incurs as a result of the additional connection.
2.33 	(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to
2.34 	conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the board
2.35 	shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the
2.36 	fact that some members may participate by telephone or other
3.1 	electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c).  The
3.2 	timing and method of providing notice is governed by section
3.3 	13D.04.

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