1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for opportunity to
1.3 	respond to nonrenewal of certain coaching contracts;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.33.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.33, is
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 	122A.33 LICENSE AND DEGREE EXEMPTION FOR HEAD COACH.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Employment. Notwithstanding section
1.10 	122A.15, subdivision 1, a school district may employ as a head
1.11 	varsity coach of an interscholastic sport at its secondary
1.12 	school a person who does not have a license as head varsity
1.13 	coach of interscholastic sports and who does not have a
1.14 	bachelor's degree if:
1.15 	(1) in the judgment of the school board, the person has the
1.16 	knowledge and experience necessary to coach the sport;
1.17 	(2) can verify completion of six quarter credits, or the
1.18 	equivalent, or 60 clock hours of instruction in first aid and
1.19 	the care and prevention of athletic injuries; and
1.20 	(3) can verify completion of a coaching methods or theory
1.21 	course.
1.22 		Subd. 2.Annual contract. Notwithstanding section
1.23 	122A.58, a person employed as a head varsity coach under this
1.24 	section has an annual contract as a coach that the school board
1.25 	may or may not renew as the board sees fit.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Notice of nonrenewal; opportunity to respond. A
2.2 	school board that declines to renew the coaching contract of a
2.3 	licensed or nonlicensed head varsity coach must give the coach
2.4 	timely notice to that effect.  If the coach requests reasons for
2.5 	not renewing the coaching contract, the board must give the
2.6 	coach its reasons in writing within ten days of receiving the
2.7 	request and provide the coach with a reasonable opportunity to
2.8 	respond to the reasons at a public board meeting.
2.9 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2005.