1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; reporting special education litigation costs; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.75, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.75, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 9.Litigation costs; annual report. (a) By August 1, a school district must 
1.8 	annually report the district's special education litigation costs, including due process 
1.9 	hearings, to the commissioner of education. The district must submit an itemized list of 
1.10 	actual special education litigation costs, including attorney fees, for hearings completed 
1.11 	during the previous fiscal year. 
1.12 	(b) By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report school district special 
1.13 	education litigation costs to the house of representatives and the senate committees having 
1.14 	jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education finance.