1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for a unified,
1.3 	Internet-based, student information and reporting
1.4 	system; directing the commissioner of education to
1.5 	contract with a single contractor; appropriating money.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. STATEWIDE STUDENT INFORMATION AND REPORTING
1.8 	SYSTEM.
 1.9 	(a) The commissioner of education shall improve and
1.10 	decrease the cost of school district management of student
1.11 	information by contracting with a single contractor to:
1.12 	(1) efficiently and accurately serve all Minnesota school
1.13 	districts without any local cost;
1.14 	(2) meet all of the data collection and reporting
1.15 	requirements of the Minnesota Automated Reporting Student
1.16 	System; and 
1.17 	(3) provide a unified, secure, user-friendly, and
1.18 	Internet-based system capable of converting data from a variety
1.19 	of sources.
1.20 	(b) In developing a request for proposal, the commissioner
1.21 	shall seek input from school districts to establish criteria for
1.22 	technical standards, state and local data standards, and local
1.23 	system functionality.

1.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.
1.25 	School districts must receive contractor services by July 1,
2.1 	2006.

2.2 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of education. The sum
2.4 	indicated in this section is appropriated from the general fund
2.5 	to the Department of Education for the fiscal year designated.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Statewide information and reporting system. For
2.7 	the statewide information and reporting system under section 1:
2.8 	$7,000,000 .....2006 
2.9 	Of this amount, up to $5,000,000 is for contracting with a
2.10 	single contractor and up to $2,000,000 is for system conversion
2.11 	and training costs.  This appropriation does not cancel but is
2.12 	available until June 30, 2007.
2.13 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.
2.14 	School districts must receive contractor services by July 1,
2.15 	2006.