1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; allowing charter schools that serve as online learning 
1.3 	providers and provide more than 50 percent of courses online to conduct board 
1.4 	meetings by telephone or other electronic means;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2006, section 124D.10, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.10, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 8a.Board meetings; online learning providers. A charter school that is an 
1.10 	online learning provider under section 124D.095, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and that 
1.11 	provides more than 50 percent of its courses online, consistent with section 124D.095, 
1.12 	may conduct board meetings by telephone or other electronic means, consistent with the 
1.13 	requirements for such meetings under section 129C.105.