1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; offering a financial incentive for school boards and teacher 
1.3 	representatives to sign a collective bargaining agreement by January 15 in an 
1.4 	even-numbered year; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [123B.051] FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO SIGN COLLECTIVE 
1.8 	BARGAINING AGREEMENT BY JANUARY 15.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The following definitions apply to this section.
1.10 	(b) "Public employer" means: 
1.11 	(1) a district; and 
1.12 	(2) a public employer, as defined by section 179A.03, subdivision 15, other than 
1.13 	a district that (i) negotiates a contract under chapter 179A with teachers, and (ii) is 
1.14 	established by or receives state money or levies under chapters 120A to 129C, 136D, 
1.15 	or 268A.
1.16 	(c) "Teacher" means a person, other than a superintendent or assistant superintendent, 
1.17 	principal, assistant principal, or a supervisor or confidential employee who occupies a 
1.18 	position for which the person must be licensed by the Board of Teaching, commissioner 
1.19 	of education, the former Board of Technical Colleges, or the Board of Trustees of the 
1.20 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Financial incentive to sign a collective bargaining agreement by 
1.22 	January 15. (a) A district where the public employer and the exclusive representative of 
1.23 	the teachers sign a collective bargaining agreement by January 15 of an even-numbered 
1.24 	calendar year is eligible to receive a state aid payment of $25 times the number of adjusted 
1.25 	pupil units in the district in that fiscal year. A public employer, other than a district, 
2.1 	meeting the requirements of this section is eligible to receive $25 times the number of 
2.2 	adjusted pupil units in programs provided by that employer during the preceding fiscal 
2.3 	year.
2.4 	(b) The department must determine the number of adjusted pupil units in the 
2.5 	programs and must make education aid payments under this section on a first-come, 
2.6 	first-served basis to the extent such aid is available for this purpose.

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

2.8 	Sec. 2. FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO SIGN A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 
2.9 	AGREEMENT BY JANUARY 15.
 2.10 	$....... for fiscal year 2012 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.11 	of education for payment of financial incentives to districts under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.12 	section 123B.051.

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