 The No Child Left Behind Act is in the process of being replaced in Minnesota. This evening the Minnesota Department of Education hosted a meeting at Bemidji High School to discuss the state level implementation of every student succeeds act. The new act is the nation's latest pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education law. Minnesota Department of Education is working closely with stakeholders to ensure Minnesota's students, educators, schools and districts experience a clear and orderly transition to the new law. While some things will be the same there are some differences as well. But what is really different is there's also this part of the law that talks about well-rounded education. So we have the opportunity now to look at things like art and music and PE and including those into a quality school measure. Minnesota's plan must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by March of 2017. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.