1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring binding arbitration agreement before teacher 
1.3 	strike;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.18, subdivision 2; 
1.4 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.17, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.School district requirements. Except as otherwise provided by section 
1.9 	179A.17, subdivision 1, Teachers employed by a local school district, other than principals 
1.10 	and assistant principals, may strike only under the following circumstances: 
1.11 	(1)(i) the collective bargaining agreement between their exclusive representative and 
1.12 	their employer has expired or, if there is no agreement, impasse under section 179A.17, 
1.13 	subdivision 1, has occurred; and 
1.14 	(ii) the exclusive representative and the employer have participated in mediation 
1.15 	over a period of at least 30 days. For the purposes of this subclause the mediation period 
1.16 	commences on the day that a mediator designated by the commissioner first attends a 
1.17 	conference with the parties to negotiate the issues not agreed upon; and
1.18 	(iii) neither party has requested interest arbitration or a request for binding interest 
1.19 	arbitration has been rejected; or
1.20 	(2) if the employer violates section 179A.13, subdivision 2, clause (9). 

1.21 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.22 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 179A.17, subdivision 1, is repealed.