1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying the calculation of days and hours of instruction 
1.3 	for students affected by snow days during the 2018-2019 school year; requiring 
1.4 	affected school districts to report to the commissioner.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DAYS AND HOURS OF INSTRUCTION; 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR 
1.7 	SNOW DAYS.
 1.8 	(a) If the governor declares a snow day under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.21, 
1.9 	subdivision 3, clause (11), or if a school district declares a snow day because of inclement 
1.10 	weather during the 2018-2019 school year only, the scheduled days and the hours of school 
1.11 	on that day may, by board resolution, be counted toward the required minimum number of 
1.12 	days of instruction in the school's annual calendar under Minnesota Statutes, section 120A.41; 
1.13 	minimum required hours of instruction and assessment for prekindergarten and kindergarten 
1.14 	pupils under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), (d), and 
1.15 	(i); and minimum required hours of instruction necessary to compute learning year hours 
1.16 	of instruction under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.05, subdivision 15.
1.17 	(b) If a school district would not have met the required minimum number of days and 
1.18 	hours of instruction for district students without the authority in paragraph (a), the district 
1.19 	must report to the commissioner of education in the form and manner determined by the 
1.20 	commissioner on the number of days and hours that the district counted under paragraph 
1.21 	(a) to meet the required days and hours of instruction. A district required to report under 
1.22 	this paragraph is encouraged to adopt an e-learning day plan under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.23 	section 120A.414.

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