1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; removing the mandate for three 
  1.3             additional days of student instruction or staff 
  1.4             development training; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.5             2002, section 120A.41. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 120A.41, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      120A.41 [LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.] 
  1.10     A school board's annual school calendar must include at 
  1.11  least ~~three additional days of student instruction or staff~~ 
  1.12  ~~development training related to implementing section 120B.031,~~ 
  1.13  ~~subdivision 1, paragraph (f), beyond~~ the number of days of 
  1.14  student instruction the board formally adopted as its school 
  1.15  calendar at the beginning of the 1996-1997 school year. 
  1.16     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  1.17  2003-2004 school year and later.