1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing funding for a pilot project designed 
1.3 	to increase the efficiency and efficacy of instructional services through mobile 
1.4 	technologies; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. INNOVATIVE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION THROUGH MOBILE 
1.7 	TECHNOLOGIES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	(a) $120,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the 
1.9 	Department of Education for a grant to Independent School District No. 531, Byron, for a 
1.10 	pilot program to demonstrate the cost advantages and improvements in efficiency in 
1.11 	classroom instruction attributable to the deployment and use of tablet-style devices.
1.12 	(b) The Byron school district must report the results of the pilot program, in the 
1.13 	form and manner prescribed by the commissioner of education, to the 2014 legislature. 
1.14 	The report must:
1.15 	(1) estimate the financial implications of the pilot program;
1.16 	(2) analyze the program's effect on student achievement and student engagement;
1.17 	(3) describe the changes in teachers' curriculum and instructional delivery; and
1.18 	(4) summarize parent, teacher, and student satisfaction with the program.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.