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HF 457

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/10/2011 10:25am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to education; allowing school districts and charter schools to also
publish public information electronically; eliminating a requirement that
superintendents identify expenditures related to the rate at which students pass
statewide assessments; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 123A.15,
subdivision 5; 123A.32, subdivision 5; 123B.29; 123B.38; 123B.51, subdivision
5; 123B.52, subdivisions 1, 1a; 123B.71, subdivision 12; 205A.07; 645.13;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.143.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123A.15, subdivision 5, is amended to
read:


Subd. 5.

Notice and public hearing on proposed agreement.

new text begin (a) new text end Before entering
into an agreement, the board of each member district must publishnew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end a summary of the proposed agreement and its effect upon the district at least
once in a newspaper of general circulation in the districtnew text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (2) publish a notice of the summary under clause (1) at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the district and publish the summary of the proposed agreement and
its effect upon the district on the district's official Web site
new text end .

new text begin (b) new text end The board must conduct a public hearing on the proposed agreement not more
than ten days after the notice and at least 30 days before entering into an agreement.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123A.32, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Notice; informational meeting.

deleted text begin Prior todeleted text end new text begin Beforenew text end entering into an
agreement, the board shall consult with the community at an informational meeting. The
board must publish notice of the meeting in the official newspaper of the district new text begin or on
the district's official Web site
new text end and may send written new text begin or electronic new text end notice of the meeting to
parents of pupils who would be affected.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.29, is amended to read:


123B.29 SALE AT AUCTION.

Notwithstanding sections 123B.52, subdivision 1, 471.345 or any other law, the
board of a school district or of a cooperative center for vocational education may, in lieu
of advertising for bids, sell at public auction to the highest responsible bidder a building
constructed or to be constructed by a secondary or postsecondary school student or class
as a school assignment. A board shall publish notice of a sale at least two weeks before
the sale in the official newspaper of the district, or in the case of a cooperative center, in
the official deleted text begin newspapersdeleted text end new text begin newspapernew text end of each deleted text begin of thedeleted text end member deleted text begin districtsdeleted text end new text begin districtnew text end , and may, at
its discretion, publish additional notice in the official paper or elsewherenew text begin , including an
official board or district Web site
new text end . A building may be withdrawn from sale deleted text begin prior to the
completion of
deleted text end new text begin before completingnew text end the sale unless the auction has been announced to be
without reserve. If the sale is made at public auction, a duly licensed auctioneer must be
retained to conduct the sale. The auctioneer shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale or
from any funds available to the board which are not otherwise restricted or encumbered.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.38, is amended to read:


123B.38 HEARING.

Before deleted text begin the initiation ofdeleted text end new text begin initiatingnew text end any fee not authorized or prohibited by sections
123B.36 and 123B.37, the local board must hold a public hearing within the district upon
three weeks published notice in the district's official newspapernew text begin or on the district's official
Web site
new text end , or such notice as is otherwise required for a regular board meeting given three
weeks before the hearing on deleted text begin the proposed adoption of thedeleted text end new text begin a proposal to adopt anew text end policy.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.51, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Schoolhouse closing.

The board may close a schoolhouse only after a
public hearing on the question of the necessity and practicability of the proposed closing.
Published notice of the hearing shall be given for two weeks in the official newspaper of
the district. The new text begin district may specify the new text end time and place of the meeting, the description
and location of the schoolhouse, and a statement of the reasons for the closing deleted text begin must
be specified in the notice
deleted text end new text begin on the district's official Web sitenew text end . Parties requesting to give
testimony for and against the proposal shall be heard by the board before it makes a final
decision to close or not to close the schoolhouse.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Contracts.

A contract for work or labor, or for the purchase of
furniture, fixtures, or other property, except books registered under the copyright laws, or
for the construction or repair of school houses, the estimated cost or value of which shall
exceed that specified in section 471.345, subdivision 3, must not be made by the school
board without first advertising for bids or proposals by two weeks' published notice in the
official newspaper. deleted text begin Thisdeleted text end new text begin That portion of thenew text end notice deleted text begin must statedeleted text end new text begin statingnew text end the time and place
deleted text begin ofdeleted text end new text begin fornew text end receiving bids and deleted text begin contain a brief description ofdeleted text end new text begin describingnew text end the subject matternew text begin of the
bids must be published in the official district newspaper or on the district's official Web site
new text end .

Additional publication in the official newspaper or elsewherenew text begin , including a district's
official Web site,
new text end may be made as the board shall deem necessary.

After taking into consideration conformity with the specifications, terms of delivery,
and other conditions imposed in the call for bids, every such contract for which a call for
bids has been issued must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, be duly executed
in writing, and be otherwise conditioned as required by law. The person to whom the
contract is awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance.
Notwithstanding section 574.26 or any other law to the contrary, on a contract limited
to the purchase of a finished tangible product, a board may require, at its discretion, a
performance bond of a contractor in the amount the board considers necessary. A record
must be kept of all bids, with names of bidders and amount of bids, and with the successful
bid indicated thereon. A bid containing an alteration or erasure of any price contained in
the bid which is used in determining the lowest responsible bid must be rejected unless the
alteration or erasure is corrected as provided in this section. An alteration or erasure may
be crossed out and the correction thereof printed in ink or typewritten adjacent thereto and
initialed in ink by the person signing the bid. In the case of identical low bids from two or
more bidders, the board may, at its discretion, utilize negotiated procurement methods
with the tied low bidders for that particular transaction, so long as the price paid does not
exceed the low tied bid price. In the case where only a single bid is received, the board
may, at its discretion, negotiate a mutually agreeable contract with the bidder so long as
the price paid does not exceed the original bid. If no satisfactory bid is received, the
board may readvertise. Standard requirement price contracts established for supplies or
services to be purchased by the district must be established by competitive bids. Such
standard requirement price contracts may contain escalation clauses and may provide for a
negotiated price increase or decrease based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional
increase or decrease in the vendor's costs. Either party to the contract may request that the
other party demonstrate such increase or decrease. The term of such contracts must not
exceed two years with an option on the part of the district to renew for an additional two
years. Contracts for deleted text begin the purchase ofdeleted text end new text begin purchasingnew text end perishable food items, except milk for
school lunches and vocational training programs, in any amount may be made by direct
negotiation by obtaining two or more written quotations for the purchase or sale, when
possible, without advertising for bids or otherwise complying with the requirements of
this section or section 471.345, subdivision 3. All quotations obtained shall be kept on file
for a period of at least one year after receipt.

Every contract made without deleted text begin compliancedeleted text end new text begin complyingnew text end with the provisions of this
section deleted text begin shall bedeleted text end new text begin isnew text end void. Except in the case of the destruction of buildings or injury thereto,
where the public interest would suffer by delay, contracts for repairs may be made without
advertising for bids.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.52, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Construction contracts.

A project labor agreement is a hiring agreement
that establishes wages, uniform work schedules, and rules for dispute resolution to manage
construction projects that generally require, among other things, payment of union dues
or fees to a labor organization or membership in or affiliation with a labor organization.
A school board must adopt at a public meeting a written resolution authorizing a project
labor agreement to construct or repair a facility through a contract or bid. The board must
publish in the official newspaper of the districtnew text begin , and may publish on the official Web site of
the district,
new text end notice of the meeting at least 30 days in advance.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.71, subdivision 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Publication.

(a) At least 20 days but not more than 60 days before a
referendum for bonds or solicitation of bids for a project that has received a positive or
unfavorable review and comment under section 123B.70, the school board shall publish a
summary of the commissioner's review and comment of that project in the legal newspaper
of the districtnew text begin ; the district may publish the substance of the summary on the district's
official Web site
new text end . Supplementary information new text begin in an electronic format or another format
new text end shall be available to the public.

(b) The publication requirement in paragraph (a) does not apply to alternative
facilities projects approved under section 123B.59.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 205A.07, is amended to read:


205A.07 NOTICE.

Subdivision 1.

Publication and posting.

The clerk of a school district shall give
two weeks' published notice and give ten days' posted notice of a school district primary,
general, or special election, stating the time of the election, the location of each polling
place, the offices to be filled, and all propositions or questions to be voted upon at the
primary, general, or special election. The notice shall be posted in the administrative
offices of the school district for public inspection.new text begin In addition, the district clerk may post
the notice of an election on the district's official Web site.
new text end

Subd. 2.

Sample ballot, posting.

For every school district primary, general, or
special election, the school district clerk shall at least four days before the primary, general,
or special election, post a sample ballot in the administrative offices of the school district
for public inspection, and shall post a sample ballot in each polling place on election day.new text begin
In addition, the district clerk may post a sample ballot on the district's official Web site.
new text end

Subd. 3.

Notice to auditor.

At least 67 days before every school district election
held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or
school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before every
school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election for
federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal office,
and at least 53 days before any other school district election, the school district clerk shall
provide deleted text begin adeleted text end writtennew text begin or electronicnew text end notice to the county auditor of each county in which the
school district is located. The notice must include the date of the election, the offices to be
voted on at the election, and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted
on at the election. For the purposes of meeting the timelines of this section, in a bond
election, a notice, including a proposed question, may be provided to the county auditor
before deleted text begin receipt ofdeleted text end new text begin receivingnew text end a review and comment from the commissioner of education
and before deleted text begin actual initiation ofdeleted text end new text begin actually initiatingnew text end the election. At least 67 days before every
school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal,
state, county, city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74
days before an election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election
for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal
office, and at least 46 days before any other election, the school district clerk must provide
writtennew text begin or electronicnew text end notice to the county auditor of any special election canceled under
section 205A.05, subdivision 3.

Subd. 3a.

Notice to commissioner of education.

At least 67 days before every
school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal,
state, county, city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74
days before every school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled
general election for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election
for federal office, and at least 49 days before any other school district election, under
section 123B.62, 123B.63, 126C.17, 126C.69, or 475.58, the school district clerk shall
provide deleted text begin adeleted text end writtennew text begin or electronicnew text end notice to the commissioner of education. The notice must
include the date of the election and the title and language for each ballot question to
be voted on at the election. At least 67 days before every school district election held
in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or
school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before every
school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election
for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal
office, and at least 46 days before any other school district election, the school district
clerk must provide deleted text begin adeleted text end writtennew text begin or electronicnew text end notice to the commissioner of education of
any special election canceled under section 205A.05, subdivision 3. The certified vote
totals for each ballot question shall be provided in deleted text begin adeleted text end writtennew text begin or electronicnew text end notice to the
commissioner in a timely manner.

Subd. 3b.

Notice to secretary of state.

At least 67 days before every school
district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state,
county, city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74
days before every school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled
general election for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election
for federal office, and at least 46 days before any other school district election for which
a notice is provided to the county auditor under subdivision 3, the county auditor shall
provide a notice of the election to the secretary of state, in a manner and including
information prescribed by the secretary of state.

Subd. 4.

No additional posting requirements.

A school district is only required to
comply with the election posting requirements specified in the Minnesota Election Law
and the education code and is not required to comply with additional posting requirements
specified in any other law.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 645.13, is amended to read:


645.13 TIME; PUBLICATION FOR SUCCESSIVE WEEKS.

When the term "successive weeks" is used in any law providing for the publishing of
notices, the word "weeks" shall be construed as calendar weeks. The publication upon any
day of such weeks shall be sufficient publication for that week, but at least five days shall
elapse between each publication. At least the number of weeks specified in "successive
weeks" shall elapse between the first publication and the day for the happening of the
event for which the publication is made.new text begin Where notice is published using an electronic
format, the term "successive weeks" must be construed consistent with the parameters
of that format.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 11. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.143, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end