1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; amending the cap on school 
  1.3             district earnings for a school board member; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.195. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 123B.195, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      123B.195 [BOARD MEMBERS' RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT.] 
  1.9      Notwithstanding section 471.88, subdivision 5, a school 
  1.10  board member may be newly employed or may continue to be 
  1.11  employed by a school district as an employee only if there is a 
  1.12  reasonable expectation at the beginning of the fiscal year or at 
  1.13  the time the contract is entered into or extended that the 
  1.14  amount to be earned by that officer in that fiscal year under 
  1.15  that contract or employment relationship will not exceed ~~$5,000~~ 
  1.16  ~~in that fiscal year~~ the sum of the school district's previous 
  1.17  fiscal year's total payroll divided by the number of persons 
  1.18  paid, multiplied by two-thirds.  Notwithstanding section 122A.40 
  1.19  or 122A.41 or other law, if the officer does not receive 
  1.20  majority approval to be initially employed or to continue in 
  1.21  employment at a meeting at which all board members are present, 
  1.22  that employment is immediately terminated and that officer has 
  1.23  no further rights to employment while serving as a school board 
  1.24  member in the district.