Minnesota Legislature
SF 2259
1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/05/2020 09:36am
Current Version - 1st Engrossment
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18
1.19
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
2.10
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; extending the maximum number of e-learning days;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 120A.41; 120A.414, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.41, is amended to read:
120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
(a) A school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of instruction
for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a student in
grades 1 through 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7 through 12, not
including summer school. The school calendar for all-day kindergarten must include at least
850 hours of instruction for the school year. The school calendar for a prekindergarten
student under section 124D.151, if offered by the district, must include at least 350 hours
of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least
165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day week schedule
has been approved by the commissioner under section 124D.126.
(b) A school board's annual school calendar may include plans for up to deleted text begin fivedeleted text end new text begin tennew text end days
of instruction provided through online instruction due to inclement weather. The inclement
weather plans must be developed according to section 120A.414.
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 2018, section 120A.414, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Days.
"E-learning day" means a school day where a school offers full
access to online instruction provided by students' individual teachers due to inclement
weather. A school district or charter school that chooses to have e-learning days may have
up to deleted text begin fivedeleted text end new text begin tennew text end e-learning days in one school year. new text begin Up to ten additional e-learning days may
be used in the event of a public health emergency that causes the governor to authorize the
commissioner of education to alter school schedules, curtail school schedules, or order
schools closed under section 12.21.new text end An e-learning day is counted as a day of instruction and
included in the hours of instruction under section 120A.41.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end