1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing the minimum length of a school day;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.41.1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 120A.41, is amended to read:
1.6 	120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; DAYS OF INSTRUCTION.
1.7 	(a) A school board's annual school calendar must include at least the number of days 
1.8 	of student instruction the board formally adopted as its school calendar at the beginning of 
1.9 	the 1996-1997 school year.
1.10 	(b) Consistent with paragraph (a), the length of a school day must at least equal 
1.11 	the length of a day of student instruction in the school calendar that the school board 
1.12 	formally adopted at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. A school board, at its 
1.13 	discretion, may increase the length of a day of student instruction beyond the minimum 
1.14 	established in this paragraph.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2007-2008 school year and 
1.16 	later.