1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to labor relations; providing that the term 
  1.3             of a master contract between a school board and an 
  1.4             exclusive representative of teachers may be for up to 
  1.5             five years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.6             179A.20, subdivision 3. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 179A.20, 
  1.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [DURATION.] The duration of the contract is 
  1.11  negotiable but shall not exceed three years.  Any contract 
  1.12  between a school board and an exclusive representative of 
  1.13  teachers shall be for a term of ~~two~~ up to five years, beginning 
  1.14  on July 1 of ~~each odd-numbered~~ the first year of the contract.  
  1.15  A contract between a school board and an exclusive 
  1.16  representative of teachers shall contain the teachers' 
  1.17  compensation including fringe benefits for the entire 
  1.18  ~~two-year~~ contract term and shall not contain a wage reopening 
  1.19  clause or any other provision for the renegotiation of the 
  1.20  teachers' compensation.  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.