1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; excluding Minneapolis from the
1.3 	Teacher Tenure Act; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	sections 122A.40, subdivision 18; 122A.41, subdivision
1.5 	2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.40,
1.8 	subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 18.Exception.  This section does not apply to any
1.10 	district in a city of the first class, except for the city of
1.11 	Minneapolis.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.41,
1.13 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 2.Probationary period; discharge or demotion.  All
1.15 	teachers in the public schools in cities of the first class,
1.16 	except for the city of Minneapolis,during the first three years
1.17 	of consecutive employment shall be deemed to be in a
1.18 	probationary period of employment during which period any annual
1.19 	contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed as the
1.20 	school board, after consulting with the peer review committee
1.21 	charged with evaluating the probationary teachers under
1.22 	subdivision 3, shall see fit.  The school site management team
1.23 	or the school board if there is no school site management team,
1.24 	shall adopt a plan for a written evaluation of teachers during
1.25 	the probationary period according to subdivision 3.  Evaluation
2.1 	by the peer review committee charged with evaluating
2.2 	probationary teachers under subdivision 3 shall occur at least
2.3 	three times each year for a teacher performing services on 120
2.4 	or more school days, at least two times each year for a teacher
2.5 	performing services on 60 to 119 school days, and at least one
2.6 	time each year for a teacher performing services on fewer than
2.7 	60 school days.  Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences,
2.8 	teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities
2.9 	and days on which a teacher is absent from school shall not be
2.10 	included in determining the number of school days on which a
2.11 	teacher performs services.  The school board may, during such
2.12 	probationary period, discharge or demote a teacher for any of
2.13 	the causes as specified in this code.  A written statement of
2.14 	the cause of such discharge or demotion shall be given to the
2.15 	teacher by the school board at least 30 days before such removal
2.16 	or demotion shall become effective, and the teacher so notified
2.17 	shall have no right of appeal therefrom.

2.18 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.19 	The revisor of statutes shall change the headnote name of
2.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.41, from "TEACHER TENURE
2.21 	ACT; CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS; DEFINITIONS" to "TEACHER TENURE
2.22 	ACT; CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS, EXCLUDING MINNEAPOLIS;
2.23 	DEFINITIONS."