1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; prohibiting school boards from withholding students' 
1.3 	grades for failing to pay school lunch debts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 123B.37, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Boards shall not withhold grades or diplomas for nonpayment of 
1.8 	student fees. No pupil's rights or privileges, including the receipt of grades or diplomas 
1.9 	may be denied or abridged for nonpayment of fees, including school lunch debts; but this 
1.10 	provision does not prohibit a district from maintaining any action provided by law for the 
1.11 	collection of fees authorized by sections 123B.36 and 123B.38. 

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