MN SF3181

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

The Commissioner is prohibited from reapplying for any federal Race to the Top grants established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Minnesota public schools are prohibited from accepting 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 provision is effective retroactively from January 20, 2010.