1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; suspending standardized testing for 2020-2021 school year.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. SUSPENSION OF STANDARDIZED TESTING.
 1.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30 or 123B.42, or any other law to 
1.6 	the contrary, the commissioner of education must suspend standardized testing for 
1.7 	kindergarten through grade 12 schools for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year on 
1.8 	account of academic disruptions due to COVID-19.

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