1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; directing the state of Minnesota to stop implementing 
1.3 	the No Child Left Behind Act.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. REFUSING TO IMPLEMENT THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT.
 1.6 	The commissioner of education must nullify and revoke on June 1, 2009, the 
1.7 	consolidated state plan that the state of Minnesota submitted to the federal Department 
1.8 	of Education on implementing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 in Minnesota, and 
1.9 	any other Minnesota state contract or agreement entered into under a provision of the No 
1.10 	Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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