1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing an alternative school start date in 2009 and 2010.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL START DATE.
 1.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120A.40, paragraph (a), a district 
1.6 	may commence an elementary or secondary school year on or after September 1 in 2009 
1.7 	and 2010.