1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; changing deadline and process for reaching teacher 
1.3 	collective bargaining agreements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	123B.05, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, 
1.5 	subdivisions 3, 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Contract deadline date~~; state aid penalty~~. Notwithstanding any law to 
1.9 	the contrary, a public employer and the exclusive representative of the teachers ~~must~~ may 
1.10 	meet and negotiate and both sign a collective bargaining agreement ~~on or before January~~ 
1.11 	~~15 of an even-numbered calendar year. If a collective bargaining agreement is not signed~~ 
1.12 	~~by that date, state aid paid to the public employer for that fiscal year must be reduced.~~ 
1.13 	~~However, state aid must not be reduced if:~~
1.14 	~~(1) a public employer and the exclusive representative of the teachers have~~ 
1.15 	~~submitted all unresolved contract items to interest arbitration according to section 179A.16~~
1.16 	~~before December 31 of an odd-numbered year and filed required final positions on all~~ 
1.17 	~~unresolved items with the commissioner of mediation services before January 15 of an~~ 
1.18 	~~even-numbered year; and~~ 
1.19 	~~(2) the arbitration panel has issued its decision within 60 days after the date the~~ 
1.20 	~~final positions were filed~~ only during the three-month period in the odd-numbered year 
1.21 	when school is not in session. If an agreement is not reached and signed during that 
1.22 	three-month period, an arbitrator selected by the bureau of mediation services must decide 
1.23 	the matter based on a final-offer total package from the public employer and from the 
1.24 	exclusive representative of the teachers.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011, and applies to all 
2.2 	collective bargaining agreements ratified or modified after that date.

2.3 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.05, subdivisions 3 and 4, are repealed.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2011.