1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; eliminating unneeded mandates 
  1.3             affecting kindergarten through grade 12 public 
  1.4             schools; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 
  1.5             120A.41; 177.42, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 2002, sections 122A.60; 122A.61; 126C.12; 
  1.7             126C.125. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 120A.41, is 
  1.10  amended to read: 
  1.11     120A.41 [LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.] 
  1.12     A school board's annual school calendar must include at 
  1.13  least ~~three additional days of student instruction or staff~~ 
  1.14  ~~development training related to implementing section 120B.031,~~ 
  1.15  ~~subdivision 1, paragraph (f), beyond~~ the number of days of 
  1.16  student instruction the board formally adopted as its school 
  1.17  calendar at the beginning of the 1996-1997 school year. 
  1.18     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  1.19  2003-2004 school year. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 177.42, 
  1.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [PROJECT.] "Project" means erection, 
  1.23  construction, remodeling, or repairing of a public building or 
  1.24  other public work, except a public school facility, financed in 
  1.25  whole or part by state funds.  
  1.26     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.1   following final enactment and applies to all contracts for 
  2.2   erecting, constructing, remodeling, or repairing a public school 
  2.3   facility for students in any grades kindergarten through 12 
  2.4   entered into after that date.  
  2.5      Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.6      Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 122A.60; 122A.61; 
  2.7   126C.12; and 126C.125, are repealed. 
  2.8      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  2.9   2003-2004 school year and later.