MN HF3677

Commissioner of Education must cancel and withdraw Minnesota's application to the federal Department of Education for Race to the Top grant funding established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Public Law 111-5.

State of Minnesota and Minnesota public schools are prohibited from accepting any funding or mandates from the federal Race to the Top program.

All memoranda of agreement concerning the federal Race to the Top grant program are nullified.

The commissioner may not reapply for any federal Race to the Top grants established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

This section is effective retroactively from January 20, 2010.