1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; setting the length of the 
  1.3             school year; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 
  1.4             Supplement, section 120.1015. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.7   120.1015, is amended to read: 
  1.8      120.1015 [LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.] 
  1.9      A school board's annual school calendar shall include at 
  1.10  least ~~three additional~~ 175 days of student instruction ~~beyond~~ 
  1.11  ~~the number of days of student instruction the board formally~~ 
  1.12  ~~adopted as its school calendar at the beginning of the 1996-1997~~ 
  1.13  ~~school year~~. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.15     Section 1 is effective for the 1999-2000 school year.