Relating to education; reducing mandates on school districts; requiring meetings governed by the open meeting law to be expanded to include other available electronic means; modifying a certain compulsory instruction provision relating to holidays; modifying certain academic standards requirements to include media arts; modifying certain provisions relating to school fire drills and the establishment of school preassessment teams and school and community advisory teams; modifying certain drug incident law enforcement records requirements; modifying suspension actions for a student with a disability; modifying certain mandates relating to the hiring of substitute teachers, the definition of retirement and certain application requirements; modifying school board negotiated plans requirements for filling positions and certain district severance pay requirements; modifying certain school district powers and duties relating to site decision-making agreements, financial information posting requirements by school boards, and superintendent reporting requirements to the legislature; modifying school district construction review and comment requirements; modifying school bus safety student training requirements; eliminating certain commissioner approval requirements for school board establishment of a flexible learning year program; modifying certain safe schools levy requirements; exempting school districts from certain prevailing wage requirements for work projects; modifying the definition of public employee under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA); restricting the right of teachers to strike during the regulation school year; repealing certain provisions relating to length of school year days of instruction, school district process for reviewing curriculum, instruction and student achievement, uniform forms for state examinations; reports of dangerous weapon incidents in school zones, school health services, pesticide application at schools, requirements for assessment professionals, collective bargaining agreements preparation time, teacher lunch period, reserved revenue for staff development, schools mentoring schools regional sites, administrators academy, filling of teaching positions with a negotiated plan, employees of cooperative districts upon dissolution or withdrawal, annuity contract and payroll allocation of individual school districts, contract deadline and penalty, school district construction review and comment, expenditures by building, district transportation expenditures reporting, time off rights and obligations of employers and school district Minnesota health care programs outreach information requirements
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