1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying the Teacher Tenure Act for school districts 
1.3 	located in a city of the first class;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	122A.41, subdivision 10.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.41, subdivision 10, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Decision, when rendered. The hearing must be concluded and a decision 
1.9 	in writing, stating the grounds on which it is based, rendered within 25 days after giving of 
1.10 	such notice. Where the hearing is before a school board the teacher may be discharged 
1.11 	or demoted upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board. If the 
1.12 	charges, or any of such, are found to be true, the board conducting the hearing must 
1.13 	discharge, demote, or suspend the teacher, as seems to be for the best interest of the school. 
1.14 	~~A teacher must not be discharged for either of the causes specified in subdivision 6, clause~~ 
1.15 	~~(3), except during the school year, and then only upon charges filed at least four months~~ 
1.16 	~~before the close of the school sessions of such school year.~~

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011, and applies to discharge 
1.18 	actions commenced on or after that date.