1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; expanding access to the innovation research zones pilot 
1.3 	program;amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 
1.4 	52, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 52, subdivision 
1.7 	4, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.Commissioner approval. (a) Upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
1.9 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner may approve up to three innovation zone plans in 
1.10 	the seven-county metropolitan area and up to three in greater Minnesota. If an innovation 
1.11 	zone partnership fails to implement its innovation zone plan as described in its application 
1.12 	and according to the stated timeline, upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
1.13 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner must alert the partnership members and provide 
1.14 	the opportunity to remediate. If implementation continues to fail, the commissioner must 
1.15 	suspend or terminate the innovation zone plan.
1.16 	(b) The commissioner must publish a list of the exemptions the commissioner has granted 
1.17 	to a district or charter school on the Department of Education's Web site by July 1, 2017. 
1.18 	The list must be updated annually.

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

2.1 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.2 	The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
2.3 	2, section 52, as amended by this act, in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D, in the next 
2.4 	edition of Minnesota Statutes.