1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; making certain school district reports optional;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Report. (a) Consistent with requirements for school performance reports 
1.7 	under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the school board shall publish a report in the local 
1.8 	newspaper with the largest circulation in the district, by mail, or by electronic means on 
1.9 	the district Web site. The school board shall hold an annual public meeting to review, 
1.10 	and revise where appropriate, student achievement goals, local assessment outcomes, 
1.11 	plans, strategies, and practices for improving curriculum and instruction and cultural 
1.12 	competency, and to review district success in realizing the previously adopted student 
1.13 	achievement goals and related benchmarks and the improvement plans leading to the 
1.14 	world's best workforce. The school board must transmit an electronic summary of its 
1.15 	report to the commissioner in the form and manner the commissioner determines.
1.16 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a district is not required to make any 
1.17 	report to the commissioner except as provided under this section or as required by the 
1.18 	commissioner in order to calculate district pupil units, revenues, aids, and levies.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016.