1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; simplifying mandates; allowing districts to report 
1.3 	summaries; reducing the number of projects that require consultation and review 
1.4 	and comment; clarifying the notice time for a leave to a charter school; clarifying 
1.5 	the definition of assistive technology device; repealing mandates; amending 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16E.18, subdivision 2; 120A.32; 120B.11, 
1.7 	subdivision 5; 121A.035, subdivision 2; 121A.037; 122A.09, subdivision 
1.8 	7; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 123B.10, subdivision 1; 123B.143, subdivision 
1.9 	1; 123B.71, subdivisions 1, 8, 12; 124D.10, subdivisions 13, 20; 124D.19, 
1.10 	subdivision 3; 124D.68, subdivision 5; 125A.57, subdivision 2; 125A.61, 
1.11 	subdivision 1; 126C.44; 237.065, subdivision 2; 237.066, subdivision 2; 
1.12 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 120A.41; 120B.11, subdivisions 6, 
1.13 	7, 8; 120B.39; 121A.06; 122A.32; 122A.628; 122A.75; 123B.92, subdivision 5.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16E.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 2.Creation. Except as provided in subdivision 4, the chief information 
1.17 	officer, through the state information infrastructure, shall arrange for the provision of 
1.18 	information technology and telecommunications  services to state agencies. The state 
1.19 	information infrastructure may also serve educational institutions, including public 
1.20 	schools as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17, nonpublic, church 
1.21 	or religious organization schools that provide instruction in compliance with sections 
1.22 	120A.22,and 120A.24, and 120A.41, and private colleges; public corporations; Indian 
1.23 	tribal governments; state political subdivisions; and public noncommercial educational 
1.24 	television broadcast stations as defined in section 129D.12, subdivision 2. It is not a 
1.25 	telephone company for purposes of chapter 237. The chief information officer may 
1.26 	purchase, own, or lease any telecommunications network facilities or equipment after 
1.27 	first seeking bids or proposals and having determined that the private sector cannot, will 
1.28 	not, or is unable to provide these services, facilities, or equipment as bid or proposed in 
2.1 	a reasonable or timely fashion consistent with policy set forth in this section. The chief 
2.2 	information officer shall not resell or sublease any services or facilities to nonpublic 
2.3 	entities except to serve private schools and colleges. The chief information officer has 
2.4 	the responsibility for planning, development, and operations of the state information 
2.5 	infrastructure in order to provide cost-effective telecommunications transmission services 
2.6 	to state information infrastructure users consistent with the policy set forth in this section.

2.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120A.32, is amended to read:
2.8 	120A.32 OFFICERS, TEACHERS; NEGLECT OF DUTY; PENALTY.
2.9 	Any school officer, truant officer, public or nonpublic school teacher, principal, 
2.10 	district superintendent, or person providing instruction other than a parent refusing, 
2.11 	willfully failing, or neglecting to perform any duty imposed by sections 120A.22 to 
2.12 	120A.30, 120A.35, 120A.41, and 123B.03 is guilty of a misdemeanor. All persons 
2.13 	found guilty shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $10 or by 
2.14 	imprisonment for not more than ten days. All fines, when collected, shall be paid into the 
2.15 	county treasury for the benefit of the school district in which the offense is committed.  

2.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 120B.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.17 		Subd. 5.Report. (a) By October 1 of each year, the school board shall use standard 
2.18 	statewide reporting procedures the commissioner develops and adopt a report that includes 
2.19 	the following:
2.20 	(1) student achievement goals for meeting state academic standards;
2.21 	(2) results of local assessment data, and any additional test data;
2.22 	(3) the annual school district improvement plans including staff development goals 
2.23 	under section 122A.60; 
2.24 	(4) information about district and learning site progress in realizing previously 
2.25 	adopted improvement plans; and
2.26 	(5) the amount and type of revenue attributed to each education site as defined 
2.27 	in section 123B.04.
2.28 	(b) The school board shall publish a summary of the report in the local newspaper 
2.29 	with the largest circulation in the district, by mail, or by electronic means such as the 
2.30 	district Web site. If electronic means are used, school districts must publish notice of the 
2.31 	report in a periodical of general circulation in the district. School districts must make 
2.32 	copies of the report available to the public on request. The board shall make a copy of the 
2.33 	report available to the public for inspection. The board shall send a copy of the report to 
2.34 	the commissioner of education by October 15 of each year.
3.1 	(c) The title of the report shall contain the name and number of the school district and 
3.2 	read "Annual Report on Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Achievement." The report 
3.3 	must include at least the following information about advisory committee membership:
3.4 	(1) the name of each committee member and the date when that member's term 
3.5 	expires;
3.6 	(2) the method and criteria the school board uses to select committee members; and
3.7 	(3) the date by which a community resident must apply to next serve on the 
3.8 	committee.

3.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 121A.035, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.10 		Subd. 2.School district and charter school policy. A school board and a 
3.11 	charter school must adopt a crisis management policy to address potential violent crisis 
3.12 	situations in the district or charter school. The policy must be developed cooperatively 
3.13 	with administrators, teachers, employees, students, parents, community members, law 
3.14 	enforcement agencies, other emergency management officials, county attorney offices, 
3.15 	social service agencies, emergency medical responders, and any other appropriate 
3.16 	individuals or organizations. The policy must include at least five two school lock-down 
3.17 	drills, five two school fire drills consistent with section 299F.30, and one tornado drill. 

3.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 121A.037, is amended to read:
3.19 	121A.037 SCHOOL SAFETY DRILLS.
3.20 	Private schools and educational institutions not subject to section 121A.035 must 
3.21 	have at least five two school lock-down drills, five two school fire drills consistent with 
3.22 	section 299F.30, and one tornado drill.

3.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 122A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
3.24 		Subd. 7.Commissioner's assistance; board money. The commissioner shall 
3.25 	provide all necessary materials and assistance for the transaction of the business of the 
3.26 	Board of Teaching and all moneys received by the Board of Teaching shall be paid into 
3.27 	the state treasury as provided by law. The expenses of administering sections 122A.01, 
3.28 	122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.15, 122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.22, 
3.29 	122A.23, 122A.26, 122A.30, 122A.32,122A.40, 122A.41, 122A.42, 122A.45, 122A.49, 
3.30 	122A.52, 122A.53, 122A.54, 122A.55, 122A.56, 122A.57, and 122A.58 which are 
3.31 	incurred by the Board of Teaching shall be paid for from appropriations made to the 
3.32 	Board of Teaching.  

4.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subdivision 1.Staff development revenue. A district is required to reserve 
4.3 	an amount equal to at least two percent of the basic revenue under section 126C.10, 
4.4 	subdivision 2, for in-service education for programs under section 120B.22, subdivision 
4.5 	2, for staff development plans, including plans for challenging instructional activities 
4.6 	and experiences under section 122A.60, and for curriculum development and programs, 
4.7 	other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, the cost of 
4.8 	substitute teachers staff development purposes, preservice and in-service education for 
4.9 	special education professionals and paraprofessionals, and other related costs for staff 
4.10 	development efforts. A district may annually waive the requirement to reserve their basic 
4.11 	revenue under this section if a majority vote of the licensed teachers in the district and 
4.12 	a majority vote of the school board agree to a resolution to waive the requirement. A 
4.13 	district in statutory operating debt is exempt from reserving basic revenue according to 
4.14 	this section. Districts may expend an additional amount of unreserved revenue for staff 
4.15 	development based on their needs. With the exception of amounts reserved for staff 
4.16 	development from revenues allocated directly to school sites, the board must initially 
4.17 	allocate 50 percent of the reserved revenue to each school site in the district on a per 
4.18 	teacher basis, which must be retained by the school site until used. The board may retain 
4.19 	25 percent to be used for district wide staff development efforts. The remaining 25 percent 
4.20 	of the revenue must be used to make grants to school sites for best practices methods. 
4.21 	A grant The revenue may be used for any purpose authorized under section 120B.22, 
4.22 	subdivision 2, 122A.60, or for the costs of curriculum development and programs, other 
4.23 	in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, substitute teachers for 
4.24 	staff development purposes, and other staff development efforts, and determined by 
4.25 	the site professional development team. The site professional development team must 
4.26 	demonstrate to the school board the extent to which staff at the site have met the outcomes 
4.27 	of the program. The board may withhold a portion of initial allocation of the revenue if 
4.28 	the board determines that  the staff development outcomes are not being met.  

4.29 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.30 		Subdivision 1.Budgets; form of notification. (a) Every board must publish revenue 
4.31 	and expenditure budgets for the current year and the actual revenues, expenditures, fund 
4.32 	balances for the prior year and projected fund balances for the current year in a form 
4.33 	prescribed by the commissioner within one week of the acceptance of the final audit by 
4.34 	the board, or November 30, whichever is earlier. The forms prescribed must be designed 
4.35 	so that year to year comparisons of revenue, expenditures and fund balances can be made. 
5.1 	(b) A school board annually must notify the public of its revenue, expenditures, fund 
5.2 	balances, and other relevant budget information. The board must include the budget 
5.3 	information required by this section in the materials provided as a part of its truth in 
5.4 	taxation hearing, post the materials in a conspicuous place on the district's official Web 
5.5 	site, including a link to the district's school report card on the Department of Education's 
5.6 	Web site, and publish a summary of the information in a qualified newspaper of general 
5.7 	circulation in the district.

5.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.9 		Subdivision 1.Contract; duties. All districts maintaining a classified secondary 
5.10 	school must employ a superintendent who shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the 
5.11 	school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent must be 
5.12 	vested in the board in all cases. An individual employed by a board as a superintendent 
5.13 	shall have an initial employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years 
5.14 	from the date of employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a 
5.15 	period of three years. A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment 
5.16 	contract. A board must not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing 
5.17 	employment contract. Beginning 365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing 
5.18 	employment contract, a board may negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment 
5.19 	contract to take effect upon the expiration of the existing contract. A subsequent contract 
5.20 	must be contingent upon the employee completing the terms of an existing contract. If a 
5.21 	contract between a board and a superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in 
5.22 	the contract, the board may not enter into another superintendent contract with that same 
5.23 	individual that has a term that extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract. 
5.24 	A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract for any 
5.25 	of the grounds specified in section 122A.40, subdivision 9 or 13. A superintendent shall 
5.26 	not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing contract 
5.27 	rights in the position of superintendent under section 122A.40. Notwithstanding the 
5.28 	provisions of sections 122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11, 123A.32, 123A.75, or any other law 
5.29 	to the contrary, no individual shall have a right to employment as a superintendent based 
5.30 	on order of employment in any district. If two or more districts enter into an agreement for 
5.31 	the purchase or sharing of the services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have 
5.32 	the absolute right to select one of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent 
5.33 	in one of the contracting districts and no individual has a right to employment as the 
5.34 	superintendent to provide all or part of the services based on order of employment in a 
5.35 	contracting district. The superintendent of a district shall perform the following: 
6.1 	(1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations 
6.2 	about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;
6.3 	(2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;
6.4 	(3) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;
6.5 	(4) make reports required by the commissioner; and
6.6 	(5) by January 10, submit an annual report to the commissioner in a manner 
6.7 	prescribed by the commissioner, in consultation with school districts, identifying the 
6.8 	expenditures that the district requires to ensure an 80 percent student passage rate on 
6.9 	the MCA-IIs taken in the eighth grade, identifying the highest student passage rate the 
6.10 	district expects it will be able to attain on the MCA-IIs by grade 12, and the amount of 
6.11 	expenditures that the district requires to attain the targeted student passage rate; and
6.12 	(6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.

6.13 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.71, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.14 		Subdivision 1.Consultation. A school district shall consult with the commissioner 
6.15 	of education before developing any plans and specifications to construct, remodel, or 
6.16 	improve the building or site of an educational facility for which the estimated cost 
6.17 	exceeds $250,000 $500,000. This consultation shall occur before a referendum for bonds, 
6.18 	solicitation for bids, or use of capital expenditure facilities revenue according to section 
6.19 	126C.10, subdivision 14, clause (2). The commissioner may require the district to 
6.20 	participate in a management assistance plan before conducting a review and comment 
6.21 	on the project. 

6.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.71, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
6.23 		Subd. 8.Review and comment. A school district, a special education cooperative, 
6.24 	or a cooperative unit of government, as defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, 
6.25 	must not initiate an installment contract for purchase or a lease agreement, hold a 
6.26 	referendum for bonds, nor solicit bids for new construction, expansion, or remodeling of 
6.27 	an educational facility that requires an expenditure in excess of $500,000 $1,000,000 
6.28 	 per school site prior to review and comment by the commissioner. The commissioner 
6.29 	may exempt a facility maintenance project funded with general education aid and levy, 
6.30 	alternative facilities bonding and levy program, or health and safety revenue from this 
6.31 	provision after reviewing a written request from a school district describing the scope of 
6.32 	work. A school board shall not separate portions of a single project into components to 
6.33 	avoid the requirements of this subdivision.

7.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.71, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
7.2 		Subd. 12.Publication. (a) At least 20 days but not more than 60 days before a 
7.3 	referendum for bonds or solicitation of bids for a project that has received a positive or 
7.4 	unfavorable review and comment under section 123B.70, the school board shall publish a 
7.5 	summary of the commissioner's review and comment of that project in the legal newspaper 
7.6 	of the district. Supplementary information shall be available to the public.
7.7 	(b) The publication requirement in paragraph (a) does not apply to alternative 
7.8 	facilities projects approved under section 123B.59. Publication for alternative facilities 
7.9 	projects shall be as specified in section 123B.59, subdivisions 3 and 3a.

7.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.10, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
7.11 		Subd. 13.LengthTiming of school year. A charter school must provide instruction 
7.12 	each year for at least the number of days required by section 120A.41. It may provide 
7.13 	instruction throughout the year according to sections 124D.12 to 124D.127 or 124D.128. 

7.14 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.10, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
7.15 		Subd. 20.Leave to teach in a charter school. If a teacher employed by a district 
7.16 	makes a written request for an extended leave of absence to teach at a charter school, the 
7.17 	district must grant the leave. The district must grant a leave not to exceed a total of five 
7.18 	years. Any request to extend the leave shall be granted only at the discretion of the school 
7.19 	board. The district may require that the request for a leave or extension of leave be made 
7.20 	up to 90 days before the teacher would otherwise have to report for duty before February 1 
7.21 	in the school year preceding the school year in which the teacher wishes to begin the leave, 
7.22 	or February 1 of the calendar year in which the leave is scheduled to terminate. Except 
7.23 	as otherwise provided in this subdivision and except for section 122A.46, subdivision 7, 
7.24 	the leave is governed by section 122A.46, including, but not limited to, reinstatement, 
7.25 	notice of intention to return, seniority, salary, and insurance. 
7.26 	During a leave, the teacher may continue to aggregate benefits and credits in the 
7.27 	Teachers' Retirement Association account by paying both the employer and employee 
7.28 	contributions based upon the annual salary of the teacher for the last full pay period before 
7.29 	the leave began. The retirement association may impose reasonable requirements to 
7.30 	efficiently administer this subdivision.

7.31 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.19, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
7.32 		Subd. 3.Community education director. (a) Except as provided under paragraphs 
7.33 	(b) and (c), each board shall employ a licensed community education director. The board 
8.1 	shall submit the name of the person who is serving as director of community education 
8.2 	under this section on the district's annual community education report to the commissioner.
8.3 	(b) A board may apply to the Minnesota Board of School Administrators under 
8.4 	Minnesota Rules, part 3512.3500, subpart 9, for authority to use an individual who is not 
8.5 	licensed as a community education director.
8.6 	(c) A board of a district with a total population of 2,000 4,000 or less may identify 
8.7 	an employee who holds a valid Minnesota teacher, principal,  or superintendent license 
8.8 	under Minnesota Rules, chapter 3512, to serve as director of community education. To 
8.9 	be eligible for an exception under this paragraph, the board shall certify in writing to the 
8.10 	commissioner that the district has not placed a licensed director of community education 
8.11 	on unrequested leave.

8.12 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.68, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.13 		Subd. 5.Pupil enrollment.  (a) Any eligible pupil may apply to enroll in an eligible 
8.14 	program. Approval of the resident district is not required for:
8.15 	(1) an eligible pupil to enroll in any eligible program in a nonresident district under 
8.16 	subdivision 3 or 4 or an area learning center established under section 123A.05; or  
8.17 	(2) an eligible pupil under subdivision 2, to enroll in an adult basic education 
8.18 	program approved under section 124D.52.  
8.19 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident district must first approve the 
8.20 	enrollment application of any eligible pupil who was expelled under section 121A.45 for a 
8.21 	reason stated in section 124D.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 

8.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2009-2010 school year and 
8.23 	later.

8.24 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 125A.57, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.25 		Subd. 2.Assistive technology device. "Assistive technology device" means any 
8.26 	item, piece of equipment, software, or product system, whether acquired commercially 
8.27 	off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve 
8.28 	functional capabilities of children with disabilities. It does not mean a medical device that 
8.29 	is surgically implanted, or replacement of the device. 

8.30 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 125A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.31 		Subdivision 1.State schools at Faribault. The Minnesota State Academy for the 
8.32 	Deaf and the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind are residential schools in Faribault. 
9.1 	They are public schools under sections 122A.15,and 122A.16, and 122A.32 and state 
9.2 	educational institutions.  

9.3 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
9.4 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY.
9.5 	(a) Each district may make a levy on all taxable property located within the district 
9.6 	for the purposes specified in this section. The maximum amount which may be levied 
9.7 	for all costs under this section shall be equal to $30 multiplied by the district's adjusted 
9.8 	marginal cost pupil units for the school year. The proceeds of the levy must be reserved and 
9.9 	used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties 
9.10 	who contract with the district for the following purposes: (1) to pay the costs incurred for 
9.11 	the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in 
9.12 	services in the district's schools; (2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program 
9.13 	as defined in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools; 
9.14 	(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's 
9.15 	schools; (4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property; (5) 
9.16 	to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary 
9.17 	opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school 
9.18 	district; or (6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed 
9.19 	school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical 
9.20 	dependency counselors to help provide early responses to problems. For expenditures 
9.21 	under clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided 
9.22 	by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's 
9.23 	department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If 
9.24 	a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the 
9.25 	necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or 
9.26 	sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries. 
9.27 	(b) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may 
9.28 	include in its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities 
9.29 	authorized under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority 
9.30 	must not exceed $10 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts. 
9.31 	This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue 
9.32 	raised under this paragraph must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
9.33 	(c) A school district must set aside at least $3 per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit 
9.34 	of the safe schools levy proceeds for the purposes authorized under paragraph (a), clause 
9.35 	(6). The district must annually certify that its total spending on services provided by the 
10.1 	employees listed in paragraph (a), clause (6), is not less than the sum of its expenditures 
10.2 	for these purposes, excluding amounts spent under this section, in the previous year plus 
10.3 	the amount spent under this section.

10.4 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 237.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.5 		Subd. 2.Basic and advanced telecommunication service; reduced rate. (a) 
10.6 	Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 237.09, 237.14, 237.60, subdivision 3, and 
10.7 	237.74, each telephone company and telecommunications carrier that provides local 
10.8 	telephone service in a service area that includes a school that has classes within the 
10.9 	range from kindergarten to grade 12, a public library, or a telecommunication services 
10.10 	purchasing cooperative may provide, upon request, basic and advanced telecommunication 
10.11 	services at reduced or no cost to that school, library, or may provide, upon request, 
10.12 	advanced telecommunication services at reduced wholesale rates to the members of a 
10.13 	telecommunication services purchasing cooperative. For purposes of this section, a 
10.14 	"telecommunication services purchasing cooperative" means a cooperative organized 
10.15 	under section 308A.210. A school or library receiving telecommunications services at 
10.16 	reduced or no cost may not resell or sublease the discounted services. No members of a 
10.17 	telecommunication services purchasing cooperative may resell or sublease the discounted 
10.18 	services. A purchasing cooperative is not required to negotiate or provide a uniform rate 
10.19 	for its members. Telecommunications services shall be provided in accordance with 
10.20 	Public Law 104-104, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission 
10.21 	adopted under the act.  
10.22 	(b) An agent that provides telecommunications services to a school or library may 
10.23 	request the favorable rate on behalf of and for the exclusive benefit of the school or library. 
10.24 	The school or library must authorize the agent to make the request of the local telephone 
10.25 	company or telecommunications carrier. The telephone company or telecommunications 
10.26 	carrier is not required to offer the same price discount to the agent that it would offer to the 
10.27 	school district or library. An agent that receives a price discount for telecommunications 
10.28 	services on behalf of a school or library may only resell or sublease the discounted 
10.29 	services to that school or library.
10.30 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "school" includes a public school as defined 
10.31 	in section 120A.05, nonpublic, and church or religious organization schools that provide 
10.32 	instruction in compliance with sections 120A.22,and 120A.24, and 120A.41.  

10.33 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 237.066, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.1 		Subd. 2.Program participation. A state government telecommunications pricing 
11.2 	plan may be available to serve individually or collectively: state agencies; educational 
11.3 	institutions, including public schools complying with section 120A.05, subdivision 9, 11, 
11.4 	13, or 17, and nonpublic schools complying with sections 120A.22,and 120A.24, and 
11.5 	120A.41; private colleges; public corporations; and political subdivisions of the state. 
11.6 	Plans shall be available to carry out the commissioner of administration's duties under 
11.7 	sections 16E.17 and 16E.18 and shall also be available to those entities not using the 
11.8 	commissioner for contracting for telecommunications services.

11.9 	Sec. 22.  REPEALER.
 11.10 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 120A.41; 120B.11, subdivisions 6, 7, and 8; 
11.11 	120B.39; 121A.06; 122A.32; 122A.628; 122A.75; and 123B.92, subdivision 5, are 
11.12 	repealed the day following final enactment.