1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; revising the procedural 
  1.3             requirements for employment or reemployment of school 
  1.4             board members; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.5             section 123B.195. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 123B.195, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      123B.195 [BOARD MEMBERS' RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT.] 
  1.10     Notwithstanding section 471.88, subdivision 5, a school 
  1.11  board member may be newly employed or may continue to be 
  1.12  employed by a school district as an employee only if there is a 
  1.13  reasonable expectation at the beginning of the fiscal year or at 
  1.14  the time the contract is entered into or extended that the 
  1.15  amount to be earned by that officer under that contract or 
  1.16  employment relationship will not exceed $5,000 in that fiscal 
  1.17  year.  Notwithstanding section 122A.40 or 122A.41 or other law, 
  1.18  if the officer does not receive unanimous majority approval to 
  1.19  be initially employed or to continue in employment at a meeting 
  1.20  at which all board members are present, that employment is 
  1.21  immediately terminated and that officer has no further rights to 
  1.22  employment while serving as a school board member in the 
  1.23  district.