1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; implementing an education campaign for fragrance-free 
1.3 	schools in the Minneapolis school district.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. FRAGRANCE-FREE SCHOOLS EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; project parameters. The Board of Education of 
1.7 	Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, shall implement the fragranceâ€“free schools 
1.8 	education pilot project recommended by the commissioner of health under Laws 2007, 
1.9 	chapter 147, article 17, section 4. When implementing the project to inform students and 
1.10 	parents about the potentially harmful effects of fragrance products on students and school 
1.11 	personnel, the board of education must consider:
1.12 	(1) the importance of accommodating students with asthma, chemical sensitivities, 
1.13 	and neurological diseases in the context of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; and
1.14 	(2) the educational impact that disproportionately high incidences of asthma and 
1.15 	other similar disabilities have among poor and ethnically and racially diverse student 
1.16 	populations.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Evaluation. The Board of Education of Special School District No. 
1.18 	1, Minneapolis, must record and report to the commissioner of health the number of 
1.19 	asthma-related student absences during the 2009-2010 school year and the commissioner 
1.20 	of health must report the results to the health and education committees of the legislature 
1.21 	by February 15, 2010.

1.22 	Sec. 2. LOCAL APPROVAL.
 2.1 	Section 1 is effective the day after the Board of Education of Special School District 
2.2 	No. 1, Minneapolis, and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.3 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.