1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; requiring a school or school 
  1.3             district to apply the same grading structure to all 
  1.4             rigorous courses and programs that its students 
  1.5             complete; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.6             124D.09, subdivision 10.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.09, 
  1.9   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 10.  [COURSES ACCORDING TO AGREEMENTS.] (a) An 
  1.11  eligible pupil, according to subdivision 4, may enroll in a 
  1.12  nonsectarian course taught by a secondary teacher or a 
  1.13  post-secondary faculty member and offered at a secondary school, 
  1.14  or another location, according to an agreement between a public 
  1.15  school board and the governing body of an eligible public 
  1.16  post-secondary system or an eligible private post-secondary 
  1.17  institution, as defined in subdivision 3.  All provisions of 
  1.18  this section shall apply to a pupil, public school board, 
  1.19  district, and the governing body of a post-secondary 
  1.20  institution, except as otherwise provided.  
  1.21     (b) A school or school district must apply the same student 
  1.22  grading structure to all students enrolled in a rigorous course 
  1.23  or program including, but not limited to, a post-secondary 
  1.24  enrollment options course or program offered at an eligible 
  1.25  institution, an advanced placement course, an international 
  1.26  baccalaureate program, or a college in the school's course.  A 
  2.1   school or school district must not apply differential weighting 
  2.2   to any rigorous course or program described in this paragraph. 
  2.3      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.4   following final enactment and applies to all student grades 
  2.5   issued after that date.