1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; creating a flexible, year-round school calendar;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.41.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.41, is amended to read:
1.6 	120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
1.7 	(a) A school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of 
1.8 	instruction for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a 
1.9 	student in grades 1 though 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7 
1.10 	though 12, not including summer school. Nothing in this ~~section~~ paragraph permits a 
1.11 	school district to adopt a four-day week schedule unless approved by the commissioner 
1.12 	under section 124D.126.
1.13 	(b) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, a school board, with the approval of 
1.14 	its voters at a referendum called by the board under section 126C.17, may implement a 
1.15 	flexible year-round school calendar that is consistent with the hours of instruction under 
1.16 	paragraph (a).

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2014-2015 school year and 
1.18 	later.