1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; eliminating requirement that under-performing districts use 
1.3 	general education revenue at the commissioner's direction to accelerate progress 
1.4 	on world's best workforce goals;amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, 
1.5 	section 120B.11, subdivision 9.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 120B.11, subdivision 9, is 
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 9.Annual evaluation. (a) The commissioner must identify effective 
1.10 	strategies, practices, and use of resources by districts and school sites in striving for the 
1.11 	world's best workforce. The commissioner must assist districts and sites throughout the 
1.12 	state in implementing these effective strategies, practices, and use of resources.
1.13 	(b) The commissioner must identify those districts in any consecutive three-year 
1.14 	period not making sufficient progress toward improving teaching and learning for all 
1.15 	students, including English learners with varied needs, consistent with section 124D.59, 
1.16 	subdivisions 2 and 2a, and striving for the world's best workforce. The commissioner, in 
1.17 	collaboration with the identified district, may require the district to use up to two percent 
1.18 	of its basic general education revenue per fiscal year during the proximate three school 
1.19 	years to implement commissioner-specified strategies and practices, consistent with 
1.20 	paragraph (a), to improve and accelerate its progress in realizing its goals under this 
1.21 	section. In implementing this section, the commissioner must consider districts' budget 
1.22 	constraints and legal obligations.
1.23 	(c) (b) The commissioner shall report by January 25 of each year to the committees 
1.24 	of the legislature having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education the 
1.25 	list of school districts that have not submitted their report to the commissioner under 
2.1 	subdivision 5 and the list of school districts not achieving their performance goals 
2.2 	established in their plan under subdivision 2.