1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education policy; Perpich Center for Arts
1.3 	Education; allowing for charter school sponsorship and
1.4 	electronic board meetings; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.5 	2004, sections 124D.10, subdivision 3; 129C.10,
1.6 	subdivision 3.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.10,
1.9 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 3.Sponsor.  (a) A school board; intermediate
1.11 	school district school board; education district organized under
1.12 	sections 123A.15 to 123A.19; charitable organization under
1.13 	section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is a
1.14 	member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits or the Minnesota
1.15 	Council on Foundations, registered with the attorney general's
1.16 	office, and reports an end-of-year fund balance of at least
1.17 	$2,000,000; Minnesota private college that grants two- or
1.18 	four-year degrees and is registered with the Higher Education
1.19 	Services Office under chapter 136A; community college, state
1.20 	university, or technical college, governed by the Board of
1.21 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; the
1.22 	Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education under chapter
1.23 	129C;or the University of Minnesota may sponsor one or more
1.24 	charter schools.
1.25 	(b) A nonprofit corporation subject to chapter 317A,
1.26 	described in section 317A.905, and exempt from federal income
2.1 	tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of
2.2 	1986, may sponsor one or more charter schools if the charter
2.3 	school has operated for at least three years under a different
2.4 	sponsor and if the nonprofit corporation has existed for at
2.5 	least 25 years.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 129C.10,
2.7 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 3.Powers and duties of board.  (a) The board has
2.9 	the powers necessary for the care, management, and control of
2.10 	the Perpich Center for Arts Education and all its real and
2.11 	personal property.  The powers shall include, but are not
2.12 	limited to, those listed in this subdivision.
2.13 	(b) The board may employ and discharge necessary employees,
2.14 	and contract for other services to ensure the efficient
2.15 	operation of the Center for Arts Education.
2.16 	(c) The board may receive and award grants.  The board may
2.17 	establish a charitable foundation and accept, in trust or
2.18 	otherwise, any gift, grant, bequest, or devise for educational
2.19 	purposes and hold, manage, invest, and dispose of them and the
2.20 	proceeds and income of them according to the terms and
2.21 	conditions of the gift, grant, bequest, or devise and its
2.22 	acceptance.  The board must adopt internal procedures to
2.23 	administer and monitor aids and grants.
2.24 	(d) The board may establish or coordinate evening,
2.25 	continuing education, extension, and summer programs for
2.26 	teachers and pupils.
2.27 	(e) The board may identify pupils who have artistic talent,
2.28 	either demonstrated or potential, in dance, literary arts, media
2.29 	arts, music, theater, and visual arts, or in more than one art
2.30 	form.
2.31 	(f) The board must educate pupils with artistic talent by
2.32 	providing:
2.33 	(1) an interdisciplinary academic and arts program for
2.34 	pupils in the 11th and 12th grades.  The total number of pupils
2.35 	accepted under this clause and clause (2) shall not exceed 310;
2.36 	(2) additional instruction to pupils for a 13th grade.
3.1 	Pupils eligible for this instruction are those enrolled in 12th
3.2 	grade who need extra instruction and who apply to the board, or
3.3 	pupils enrolled in the 12th grade who do not meet learner
3.4 	outcomes established by the board;
3.5 	(3) intensive arts seminars for one or two weeks for pupils
3.6 	in grades 9 to 12;
3.7 	(4) summer arts institutes for pupils in grades 9 to 12;
3.8 	(5) artist mentor and extension programs in regional sites;
3.9 	and
3.10 	(6) teacher education programs for indirect curriculum
3.11 	delivery.
3.12 	(g) The board may determine the location for the Perpich
3.13 	Center for Arts Education and any additional facilities related
3.14 	to the center, including the authority to lease a temporary
3.15 	facility.
3.16 	(h) The board must plan for the enrollment of pupils on an
3.17 	equal basis from each congressional district.
3.18 	(i) The board may establish task forces as needed to advise
3.19 	the board on policies and issues.  The task forces expire as
3.20 	provided in section 15.059, subdivision 6.
3.21 	(j) The board may request the commissioner of education for
3.22 	assistance and services.
3.23 	(k) The board may enter into contracts with other public
3.24 	and private agencies and institutions for residential and
3.25 	building maintenance services if it determines that these
3.26 	services could be provided more efficiently and less expensively
3.27 	by a contractor than by the board itself.  The board may also
3.28 	enter into contracts with public or private agencies and
3.29 	institutions, school districts or combinations of school
3.30 	districts, or service cooperatives to provide supplemental
3.31 	educational instruction and services.
3.32 	(l) The board may provide or contract for services and
3.33 	programs by and for the Center for Arts Education, including a
3.34 	store, operating in connection with the center; theatrical
3.35 	events; and other programs and services that, in the
3.36 	determination of the board, serve the purposes of the center.
4.1 	(m) The board may provide for transportation of pupils to
4.2 	and from the Center for Arts Education for all or part of the
4.3 	school year, as the board considers advisable and subject to its
4.4 	rules.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board
4.5 	may charge a reasonable fee for transportation of pupils.  Every
4.6 	driver providing transportation of pupils under this paragraph
4.7 	must possess all qualifications required by the commissioner of
4.8 	education.  The board may contract for furnishing authorized
4.9 	transportation under rules established by the commissioner of
4.10 	education and may purchase and furnish gasoline to a contract
4.11 	carrier for use in the performance of a contract with the board
4.12 	for transportation of pupils to and from the Center for Arts
4.13 	Education.  When transportation is provided, scheduling of
4.14 	routes, establishment of the location of bus stops, the manner
4.15 	and method of transportation, the control and discipline of
4.16 	pupils, and any other related matter is within the sole
4.17 	discretion, control, and management of the board.
4.18 	(n) The board may provide room and board for its pupils.
4.19 	If the board provides room and board, it shall charge a
4.20 	reasonable fee for the room and board.  The fee is not subject
4.21 	to chapter 14 and is not a prohibited fee according to sections
4.22 	123B.34 to 123B.39.
4.23 	(o) The board may establish and set fees for services and
4.24 	programs.  If the board sets fees not authorized or prohibited
4.25 	by the Minnesota public school fee law, it may do so without
4.26 	complying with the requirements of section 123B.38.
4.27 	(p) The board may apply for all competitive grants
4.28 	administered by agencies of the state and other government or
4.29 	nongovernment sources.
4.30 	(q) The board may conduct its meetings electronically,
4.31 	including, but not limited to, conference calls as long as all
4.32 	members can hear and participate in all the discussion during
4.33 	the meeting.