| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Directs all postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs approved by the Minnesota Board of Teaching to include in their preparation programs the knowledge and skills teacher candidates need to deliver digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage students with technology.
Requires staff development activities related to enhancing teacher content knowledge and instructional skills to accommodate the delivery of digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage students with technology. Includes effective delivery of digital and blended learning and curriculum and engaging students with technology among specified staff development goals.
Defines "digital learning," "blended learning," "online learning," and "online learning provider."
Outlines guidelines for the Department of Education to review and approve/disapprove digital learning providers.
Directs the Online Learning Advisory Council to develop and maintain a catalog of publicly available digital learning content currently aligned to Minnesota academic standards. Directs the Online Learning Advisory Council to review Minnesota rules and laws to determine which, if any, inhibit online learning. Requires that the results of this review be included in a report to the legislature.
Allows basic skills revenue to be used to meet students' needs related to digital learning.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 1528
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. |
Requires a public postsecondary institution to grant a waiver from the institution's required student health plan, if requested by a student.
Adds categories of students to the types of students who are not required, under current law, to have a statement of immunization on file with the public or private postsecondary institution as a prerequisite to enrolling, subject to exemptions provided in law. Specifically excludes students attending only extension, online, or evening or weekend adult accelerated programs.
Requires MnSCU institutions to compile course schedules with all course materials required and recommended for each course. The course schedule must include, to the extent practicable, information now required of bookstores. Course schedule information must be available on the institution's Web site. Makes notification to the campus bookstore of selected course material mandatory for MnSCU academic departments or instructors. Also requires the notice of selection must be provided to the bookstore and students 45 days, instead of 30 days, before the start of the term in which the selected material will be used. Requires notice 45 days prior to the start of the term if an earlier version of a book is an acceptable substitute for a new edition.
Increases from $300 million to $405 million the maximum amount of the aggregate principal of revenue bonds issued by MnSCU.
Changes "individual" to "person" to accommodate trusts as a designated account owner in the Minnesota college savings plan.
Exempts postsecondary schools offering only avocational, recreational, or remedial subjects from having to be licensed as a private career school if, before August 1, 2008, its name included academy or institute.
Expands the safety officer survivor educational grant program to include grants for graduate education. Sets the maximum award for graduate education at the tuition maximum for four-year programs as set in session law.
Requires the MnSCU board of trustees to establish a work group to study methods to reduce the cost of textbooks for students, including alternative textbook delivery methods, cross-campus delivery, and expanded use of e-books to provide textbook cost savings. Specifies the groups that must be represented on the task force.
Requires the Minnesota Board of Teaching to report to the legislative committees with responsibility for K-12 and Higher Education with recommendations for eliminating lower priority tests to offset the fees charged to students for the new teacher performance assessment.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 1573
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes a five-year pilot project to allow groups of school districts to collaborate in providing innovative education programs and activities and sharing district resources.
Directs groups of two or more interested school districts to collaborate with school staff and receive formal school board approval to form a partnership. Sets requirements for partnership formation, plans and how to apply.
Directs the commissioner to convene an advisory panel to advise the commissioner on applicants' qualifications, and select between three and six qualified applicants by April 1, 2013.
Directs participating districts to submit project data to the commissioner for the commissioner to analyze districts' progress and best practices and submit a final report to the legislature by February 1, 2018, recommending whether or not to continue or expand the pilot project.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 946
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Vetoed 05/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers to negotiate a plan to base unrequested leave of absence, discharge, and demotion decisions on teachers' subject matter licensure fields, their effectiveness, and their seniority beginning no later than the 2016-2017 school year.
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/HF1870.3.pdf
Title: H.F. 1870
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Repealed statute which created and funded the Independent Office of Educational Accountability, which advised the legislative education committees on the degree to which the statewide educational accountability and reporting system included a comprehensive assessment framework that measured school accountability for students for students achieving the goals described in the state's high school graduation rule.
Article 2, Sec. 21 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=120B.31
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides clarification on the district of residence for a homeless pupil, such that the pupil resides in the district where the parent or guardian resides unless parental rights have been terminated, the parent lives out of state or is an inmate at a correctional facility or halfway house. For students in this situation their district of residence will be the district the student resided when the qualifying event occured. Allowes the Commissioner of Education to determine residence in the event of a dispute. Provides that serving districts or charter schools are responsible for transporting homeless pupils to and from their districts of residence. [Article 1, Sec. 1, Subd. 2]
Allows a homeless student to continue to enroll in a nonresident district if his/her parent or guardian moves to another district, without the approval of the nonresident district or resident district. [Article 1, Sec. 13, Subd. 2a]
Repeals a provision that required, for all school purposes, a homeless pupil be a resident of the school district that enrolls the pupil. [Article 1, Sec. 34]
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=127A.47
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Allows any student in grade 10-12 enrolled in a district or American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school to enroll in a career or technical education (CTE) course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. Requires a 10th grade student to have passed the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in reading as a condition of enrollment. Provides that a secondary student may enroll in his/her first postsecondary options course through this provision. Allows a student who was refused enrollment by a state college or university to apply to an eligible institution offering a CTE course. Requires the postsecondary institution to to allow a student to take additional courses for secondary credit if the student receives a grade of "C" or better on the CTE course. Defines a CTE course.
Article 1, Sec. 14, Subd. 5a
Repeals a provision for a secondary pupil who is a resident of an intermediate district that prevented him/her from enrolling in that districts vocational program as a postsecondary pupil when the district operates a secondary program at a college and students have access to postsecondary curriculum.
Article 1, Sec. 34
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Existing law establishes procedures for a charter school authorizer that has chartered multiple schools to withdraw as an approved authorizer. This new provision extends those procedures to an authorizer of a single charter school. Article 2, Sec. 9, Subd. 3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires charter schools to publish on the school's official website board meeting minutes for at least one year, directory information for the board of directors and committees, contact information for the school's authorizer. Provides that the school may include information for the school's authorizer in other public materials. Requires the school to provide financial statements upon request from an individual. Requires charter schools to include in their annual reports the training attended by each board member in the previous year.
Article 2, Sec. 10, Subd. 4 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends the length of a charter school's initial contract from up to 3 to up to 5 years. [Article 2, Sec. 11, Subd. 6]
Repeals the provision that prohibited the Department or a charter school from assessing or paying an authorizer's fee. Adds a provision limiting authorizer's fees and fees for services specified in statute. [Article 2, Sec. 13, Subd. 15]
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends the power of a charter school's affiliated nonprofit building corporation. Article 2, Sec. 14, Subd. 17a https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that a charter school board may enter into a renewable agreement with a school district, within whose boundaries it operates, to enhance student achievement. Prohibits a charter school authorizer from requiring a collaboration agreement as a condition of entering into or renewing a charter. Provides that a school district does not need to be an authorizer and that the agreement may not impact the authority or autonomy of the charter school or cause the state to pay twice for a student, service or facility. Provides that such agreement may include collaboration regarding facilities, transportation, training, assessments, performance standards. Allows a school district to include the performance of the collaborative charter school tor purposes of student assessment and reporting to the state. Requires the collaborative parties be subject to the same state and federal accountability measures and that all accountability measures be posted on the district, charter, and authorizer website.
Article 2, Sec. 15, Subd. 27 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district agrees, the charter may bill the resident district for unreimbursed education costs. Provides that an agreement between the resident district and charter may be created to have the resident district pay particular transportation costs. [Article 1, Sec. 26, Subd. 2]
Provides that the provision which requires charter schools not be used as a method for providing education or generating revenue for home-schooled students not apply to shared time aid. [Article 1, Sec. 20, Subd. 8] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two early graduation programs.
Article 1, Sec. 7
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Finance--District |
Vetoed 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Increases the school district aid payment shift percentage from 64.3 to 70.2 in fiscal year 2012 and adjusts appropriation accordingly.
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/HF2083.3.pdf
Title: H.F. 2083
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a district to levy in order to lease administrative space so long as the space is not more expensive than instructional space the district would otherwise lease. Requires the district to pass a resolution stating its intent to lease instructional space if not granted authority for administrative space. Article 2, Sec. 18, Subd. 1 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission (previously the Permanent School Fund Advisory Committee), dictates its 12 members, outlines meeting and election proceedures, and adds to its duties manage the asset allocation of the permanent school fund. Establishs a school trust lands
director position to recommend management policies for Minnesota's school trust lands, and outlines duties of the trustee. Requires the governor to appoint a school trust lands director, outlines his/her qualifications, compensation, and duties.
Directs the Commissioner to annually provide to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission a report that includes an analysis that compares certified costs with costs incurred on other public and private lands with similar land assets.
Requires returns of not less than fair market value on the sale, exchange, and commercial leasing of school trust lands. Requires the Commission to optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent with the balancing of short-term and long-term interests. Directs the Commissioner to
optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent with the balancing of short-term and long-term interests. Outlines reporting requirements and policies to resolve conflicts between short and long term interests.
Excludes school trust lands from state land that are withdrawn from sale.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: H.F. 2244
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that school boards may consider how to: (1) assist schools in adapting instruction to individual students needs/abilities and establishing goals and standards for individual students, (2) coordinate the pace of instruction with the needs/abilities of individual students, (3) provide data and research in developing/improving innovative, cost-effective individualized instruction and assessment, (4) help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based progression, (5) motivate students and teachers, and (6) expand use of technology to support individualized instruction and assessment. [Article 2, Sec. 7, Subd. 1a]
Provides for a written education site achievement contract between a school board and site decision-making team for: (1) setting individualized learning, achievement measures and goals, (2) recognizing student needs/abilities through effective assessment systems, (3) using student data to diagnose academic strengths and weaknesses, specific skills and concepts that need to be introduced or developed, (4) assisting the education site if progress in achieving goals is not realized. Allows a school board that enters into such contract and demonstrates at least three years of improved student achievement to enter into similar contracts with other school sites in the district. [Article 2, Sec. 7, Subd. 4-4a]
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires data annually reported to legislative education committees to include data on postsecondary enrollment options, including concurrent enrollment.
Article 1, Sec. 10
Permits the parent of an alternative pupil participating in postsecondary enrolllment options to apply for transportation reimbursement if the student's family meets federal poverty guidelines.
Article 1, Sec. 18
Lengthens the deadline by which a student must inform the district of student intent to enroll in postsecondary courses in the following school year. Provides a student is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30. Article 1, Sec. 15
Repeals prohibition on postsecondary institution recruitment of secondary students for postsecondary enrollment. Article 1, Sec. 16
Repeals provision that required postsecondary enrollment option course to result in either high school or postsecondary credit, not both. Article 1, Sec. 17
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends certain alternatives for students who do not pass the graduation test requirement for math for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years.
Article 2, Sec. 4, Subd. 1 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Permits a course for chemistry, physics or CTE (career technical education) course to integrate chemistry, physics, biology standards, or a combination of such standards.
Article 1, Sec. 5, Subd. 2 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Defines "eligible student" for purposes the early graduation scholarship program. Clarifies the definition of "quarter" for purposes of computing early graduation scholarship amounts. Requires the early graduation scholarship application to be received at the Department of Education within two calendar years of student's graduation. Limits eligibility to within six years of the student's high school graduation for student to use of full scholarship amount. Amends scholarship issuance procedures. Article 1, Sec. 8 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Clarifies eligibility for the early graduation military service award program. Establishes a deadline for submission of application and request for payment for early graduation military service award. Clarifies that once the original amount of the award has been paid, it cannot be renewed.
Article 1, Sec. 9, Subd. 1,3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Requires that longitudinal student growth data account for 35% of a principal's annual evaluation.
Article 2, Sec.8, Sub.3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Cuts grants to early childhood education scholarships for public or private preschool programs from $4,000,000 to $2,000,000 for 2013.
Article 3, Sec. 4 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Private Schools |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Adds children in nonpublic schools to public school and homeschooled children that must submit information about the child and annual tests to the student's district superintendent. Requires nonpublic schools to submit a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction for all students under their supervision, maintain documentation that they are teaching required subjects and administering required tests.
Article 1, Sec.3-4 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=120B.31
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Special Education--Finance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Extends nonresident special education billing procedures to students without a disability with a short term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability in a temporary placement, and to students in residential facilities, including detention centers. Article 3, Sec. 2-3 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that a person who has obstained a one-year license to teach and taught during the 2011-2012 school year may be approved by the Board of Teacheing to continue to teach through the 2012-2013 school year. Article 2, Sec. 20 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Adopted 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Revises Minnesota's licensure structure to prepare teachers in a hybrid model of disability-specific and cross-categorical system. Establishes two new licensure fields: Academic and Behavioral Strategist and Autism Spectrum Disorders, and includes revisions to ten existing licensure fields.
http://www.leg.mn/archive/sonar/SONAR110016.pdf
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=8710.5800
Title: MN ADC 8710.5800, 5850
Source: http://www.leg.mn/ |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 |
Amends the date by which a local board must notify a probationary teacher of nonrenewal of teacher's contract for the following school year, from June to July 1.
[Article 2, Sec. 5, Subd. 5]
Provides that, for teachers charged with felonies that are grounds for immediate discharge, such teacher may be suspended pending the conclusion of the hearing and determination without pay. Requires, if a hearing is held, that the board reimburse the teacher for any salary compensation witheld if the final decision does not result in a penalty to or suspension, termination, or discharge of the teacher. [Article 2, Sec. 6, Subd. 13] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 |
Modifies provisions relating to school bus safety and standards for buses manufactured after December 31, 2012. Adds provisions for auxiliary fans and surveillance systems.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: H.F. 392
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Reading/Literacy |
Adopted Rules 11/2011 |
P-12 |
Revised English Language Arts standards to set consistent expectations across the state. The revised standards include statutory requirements related to college and career readiness, technology information literacy, and contributions of Minnesota American Indian Tribes and Communities.
3501.0640 - Kindergarten through Grade 12 Reading Standards: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3501.0640
3501.0645 - Kindergarten through Grade 12 Writing Standards: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3501.0645
3501.0650 - Kindergarten through Grade 12 Speaking, Viewing, Listening and Media Literacy Standards: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3501.0650
3501.0655 - Kindergarten through Grade 12 Language Standards: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=3501.0655
Title: MN ADC 3501.0640, 0645, 0650, 0655
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Issued 11/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of School Bullying to examine the state of bullying, harassment and intimidation in the state, including existing laws and regulations, and to advise the governor's office and the legislature on effective and comprehensive policies to ensure the safety of all students. Establishes task force membership. Establishes duties of task force, including providing recommendations for policy initiatives to the governor and legislature based on its findings. Directs the task force to provide its findings and recommendations in a report to the governor's office, legislature and public by August 1, 2012. http://mn.gov/governor/images/EO-11-33.pdf
Title: E.O. 11-33
Source: mn.gov/governor |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the Department of Education to adopt English language proficiency standards for students identified as limited English proficient as statewide standards.
Requires the commissioner to adopt the most recent English language proficiency standards for English learners developed by World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment.(Article 2, Sec 46, Subds 1,2)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to endorse or authorize the establishing of a charter school to replace the closed school. Requires charter applicants under this circumstance to demonstrate to the authorizer that the proposed charter is substantially different from the closed school and satisfies the requirements of this subdivision regarding its purpose. Requires a school board that both closes a school and authorizes a charter to document to the education commissioner that the proposed charter is substantially different from the closed school. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires that a charitable organization must have been operating continuously for at least five years before it authorizes a charter school. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Strikes several requirements for what an authorizer must include in its application to the commissioner for approval as an authorizer. Adds a requirement that the authorizer applicant include a description of the authorizer's criteria and process for granting expanded applications.
Allows the commissioner to assist a charter school in acquiring a new authorizer in a case where the commissioner terminates a contract between an authorizer and a charter school after finding that the authorizer failed to comply with statutory requirements governing charter school authorizers.
Allows the commissioner to take corrective action against an authorizer for any good cause shown that provides the commissioner with a legally sufficient reason to act. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires school board elections to be held during the school year, which excludes days when the school is closed for holidays or vacations.
Clarifies that the parent member of the school board of directors must not be a school employee.
Allows the chief financial officer and chief administrator of a charter school to serve as ex officio nonvoting board members only and precludes charter school employees from serving on a charter school board unless they serve in their capacity as a licensed teacher employed at the school or as a licensed teacher providing instruction at the school under a contract between a cooperative and the charter school.
Prohibits contractors providing facilities, goods, or services to a charter school from serving on a charter school board. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 4)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a transfer of authorizers when an authorizer and a charter school board of directors mutually agree to terminate or not renew a charter contract. Requires the proposed authorizer to identify any outstanding issues and have the charter school agree to resolve those issues before the commissioner determines whether to approve a transfer of authorizers. (Article 2, Sec 29, Subd 23)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes that a charter school in its first year of operation in fiscal year 2012 is not eligible for charter school start-up aid.(Article 2, Sec 44)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Desegregation |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Stipulates that students should not be separated by socioeconomic, demographic, ethnic or racial differences. States that Minnesota will offer a diverse and nondiscriminatory educational experience.(Article 2, Sec 42)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
(a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration revenue funds to create and sustain opportunities for students to achieve improved educational outcomes. Requires the task force to consider how to effectively narrow and close the academic achievement gap and foster students' academic success, among other things.
(b) Suggests that the funding allocation for the new program ensure funding stability for districts receiving revenue under the current integration program. Requires revenue under the new program to be used for purposes recommended by the task force and approved by the legislature.
(c) Includes on the task force six members appointed by the education commissioner, three members appointed by the house speaker, and three members appointed by the senate. Directs the commissioner to convene the first task force meeting and to provide assistance upon request. Directs task force members to seek input from experts and to develop recommendations to improve students' academic achievement.
(d) Requires the commissioner to submit a task force report to the legislature by February 15, 2012, recommending how best to allocate funds previously allocated as integration revenue funds in order to achieve improved educational outcomes for students.
(e) Establishes the base appropriation for the new program in fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
(f) For taxes payable in 2013, allows districts to certify a levy in an amount equal to the district's certified levy for taxes payable in 2012.(Article 13, Sec 49)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes literacy incentive aid as the sum of proficiency aid and growth aid.
Establishes the formula for a school's proficiency aid equal to the district's enrollment times $85 times its proficiency index. Sets the proficiency index equal to the percent of third graders meeting or exceeding proficiency on the third grade reading MCA.
Establishes the formula for a school's growth aid equal to the district's enrollment times $85 times the percentage of fourth graders making medium or high growth on the reading MCA. (Article 13, Sec 43)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to conduct meetings using interactive technology with an audio and visual link if the board complies with other requirements governing meetings of local units of government. (Article 2, Sec 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires students in grades 8 and 9 to also be informed of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options program. Limits the number of academic years ninth and tenth grade students may enroll in postsecondary courses for secondary credit. Provides that a ninth grade student may not enroll in postsecondary courses for secondary credit for more than the equivalent of four academic years. Establishes a maximum of three academic years for students enrolling in grade 10, coinciding with the existing maximum of two years for 11th graders and one year for seniors enrolling in postsecondary courses. (Article 2, Sec 27)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that a school, district or charter school include on a student's high school transcript the current pass status for each subject that has a required graduation assessment. Previously a student's highest scores on specified assessments were listed on his or her transcript. (Article 2, Sec 4)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Redirects early graduation savings from a school district to the early graduation achievement scholarship program for participating students (current law allows a school district to continue to count a student who graduates early in its enrollment for the full school year). Creates the early graduation achievement scholarship program. Qualifies a student who graduates early for a scholarship of up to $7,500. Allows the student to use the scholarship at any accredited higher education institution. Creates a process for the Commissioner of Education to verify the student's enrollment in a higher education institution. Creates the early graduation military service award program. Qualifies a student who graduates early and enters the military to receive a cash award not to exceed the scholarship amounts listed in section 6. (Article 1, Secs 4-6)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to establish full-service school zones and provide transportation for students in these zones. Provides that zones may be created for schools in areas with higher than average crime or other social and economic challenges that provide education, health or human services, or other parental support in a collaborative manner. (Article 2, Sec 23)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires that a school superintendent perform an annual evaluation of school principals.
Directs school districts to develop and implement a performance-based system for annually evaluating school principals. Requires the evaluation to be designed to improve teaching and learning and to: support and improve a principal's instructional leadership, organizational management, and professional development; include formative and summative assessments; be consistent with a principal's job description, district plans and goals, and the principal's own growth plans and goals, and support principals' leadership behaviors and practices, rigorous curriculum, school performance and high quality instruction; include on-the-job observations and previous evaluations; allow surveys to help identify a principal's effectiveness; use longitudinal data as an evaluation component and incorporate district achievement goals and targets; be linked to professional development; and implement a plan to improve the performance of a principal not meeting standards of professional practice.
Makes this section effective for the 2013-2014 school year and later. (Article 2, Secs 21&22)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the education commissioner and the associations of elementary and secondary school principals to convene a group of experts and stakeholders to develop an annual performance-based principal evaluation system model which will consider: high standards for student performance, rigorous curriculum, quality instruction, a culture of learning and professional behavior, connections to external communities, systemic performance accountability and improving school performance.
Directs the education commissioner and the associations of elementary and secondary school principals to submit a written report including recommendations for a performance-based system model for annual evaluations to the legislature by February 1, 2012. (Article 2, Sec 47)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows the commissioner 30 additional days to release student growth and adequate yearly progress data in years when new performance standards are developed when specifically authorized by the legislature. Classifies the data as non-public until it is released by the commissioner. (Article 2, Sec 9)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Sets forth eligibility requirements for children who may receive early childhood education scholarships. Requirements include parental income below 47 percent of the state median in the current year or child's participation in another public funding program (e.g. Free and Reduced Price Lunch).
Requires the Department of Education to make scholarships available on a first-come, first-served basis if the appropriation is insufficient to cover all eligible children.
Requires the commissioner of education to submit a report to the education committees describing a plan for implementation by January 2012. (Article 7, Sec 2, Subd 8)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows school districts to reallocate general education revenue attributable to 12th grade students who have graduated early to extended time kindergarten and prekindergarten programs. (Article 1, Sec 20)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
(1) Restates the literacy goal so that the legislature seeks to have every child reading at or above grade level no later than the end of grade 3. (2) Adds identification requirements for students who are not reading at grade level. (3) Requires reading assessments identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to literacy. (4) Requires schools at least annually give the parent of each student who is not reading at or above grade level timely information about the student's reading proficiency, services being provided to the student, and strategies for parents to help their student succeed in reading. (5) Requires the district to provide reading intervention to accelerate student growth. (6) Clarifies that elementary teachers be able to implement the five reading areas of comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction and requires that licensed teachers recognize students' diverse needs in cross-cultural settings and are able to serve the oral language and linguistic needs of students who are English language learners. (7) Requires a school district to adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level no later than the end of grade 3; states what the plan must include and requires that the plan be posted on the district website. (Article 2, Sec 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Expands the state's Reading Corps program to include comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction to children age three to grade three. Requires the commission to submit a biennial report that records and evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the program. (Article 2, Sec 38, Subd 8)
Specifies $4,125,000 per year be put toward leveraging federal and private funding to support the Minnesota Reading Corps, including the costs associated with training and teaching early literacy skills to children age three to grade three and the evaluation of the impact of the Reading Corps program. (Article 2, Sec 50, Subd 17)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes a minimum number of hours for student instruction. Sets the hours at 425 hours per year for kindergarten pupils, 935 hours for pupils in grades 1 to 6 and 1,020 hours per year for pupils in grades 7 to 12. Clarifies that this section does not supersede the commissioner's approval authority of a four-day school week under section 124D.126. (Article 1, Sec 3)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety--Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a school district to continue to use prone restraints with certain conditions until August 1, 2012. Requires the department to report back to the legislature on the use of prone restraints. (Article 3, Sec 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Updates statutory terms to conform with federal terminology and Minnesota rule. (Article 3, Sec 1)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the board of teaching to grant initial teaching licenses based on professional competencies aligned with the board's licensing system and students' learning needs. Directs the board to include the licenses in its differentiated licensing system. (Article 2, Sec 10)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the board of teaching and the education commissioner to convene and facilitate an advisory task force to develop recommendations for a statewide tiered licensure system premised on: research-based professional competencies; ongoing teacher professional growth; an assessment system for evaluating teachers' performance aligned with value-added measures of student outcomes; an expectation that teachers progress through various stages of teaching practice; and a periodic evaluation of the licensing structure. (Article 2, Sec 48)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes previous language on the HOUSSE process and updates the current definition of a highly qualified teacher to include teachers holding valid licenses who are determined by local administrators as having highly qualified status according to the approved Minnesota highly qualified plan. Provides that teachers delivering core content instruction be deemed highly qualified at the local level and be reported to the state via the staff automated reporting system. (Article 2, Sec 11)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires a school board to adopt a plan for at least three written periodic evaluations of probationary teachers throughout a school year. Requires the first evaluation to occur within the first 90 days of teaching service. (Article 2, Sec 12)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
For teachers in first class city school districts, requires a school board to adopt a plan for at least three written periodic evaluations of probationary teachers throughout a school year. Requires the first evaluation to occur within the first 90 days of teaching service.
Requires a probationary teacher to complete 120 days of teaching service each year during the probationary period.
Makes this section applicable to collective bargaining agreements ratified after September 2, 2013. (Article 2, Sec 17)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers to develop through joint agreement a teacher evaluation and peer review process, premised on the content of this section, for probationary and continuing contract teachers.
Establishes an annual teacher evaluation process that: provides probationary teacher evaluations; establishes a three-year professional review cycle and includes at least one summative evaluation performed by a trained evaluator; is based on professional teaching standards; is coordinated with staff development activities; allows time for peer coaching and teacher evaluation; allows mentoring and induction programs; allows teachers to develop and present a portfolio; requires agreed upon teacher value-added assessment models and state and local measures of student growth, the data from which provide the basis for 35 percent of teacher evaluation results; uses longitudinal data on student engagement and connection and other student outcome measures; requires qualified and trained evaluators to perform summative assessments; gives support to improve the performance of teachers not meeting professional teaching standards; and establishes discipline for a poorly performing teacher who fails to improve.
Directs the department, in consultation with teachers and administrators and other education stakeholders to create and publish a teacher evaluation process that complies with the requirements of this section and applies to all teachers without an annual teacher evaluation agreement.
Makes this section effective for the 2014-2015 school year and later. (Article 2, Secs 14&19)
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf
Title: H.F. 26
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Finance |
Vetoed 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Omnibus Education Policy Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1381.5.html&session=ls87
Title: H.F. 1381
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Finance |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0934.4.html&session=ls87
Title: H.F. 934
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Finance |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Contains conference committee recommendations for the funding of K-12 education in Minnesota.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: H.F. 934
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Omnibus Higher Education Finance Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=50&year=2011&type=0
Title: H.F. 1101
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Provides for appropriations of $2.51 billion: $2.5 billion from the general fund and $4.3 million from the Health Care Access fund.
Sets the maximum annual increase for tuition at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for Minnesota undergraduate resident students during the biennium ending June 30, 2013 at three percent each year for colleges and at five percent the first year and four percent the second year at universities.
Specifies that a nonpublic institution that provides student data or records to the Office of Higher Education is not liable for a breach of confidentiality.
Sets the age of eligibility for the senior citizen higher education program at 62 years, reversing the 2010 change in law to increase the age of eligibility to 65.
Sets a statutory amount for the tuition and fee maximum used to calculate the state grant award if a maximum is not set in law. The statutory maximum is the highest tuition and fee amount charged by a public two-year institution for two-year programs and the highest amount charged by a public four-year institution for four-year programs.
Encourages the board of trustees to offer an optional tuition plan for Minnesota resident students pursuing two-year and four-year degrees that meets the goal of holding tuition constant at the rate charged in the first semester.
Eliminates the statutory requirements that provide a state-funded matching grant for low- and middle-income families who participate in the Minnesota college savings plan established under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Statutorily prohibits the use of state or federal funds, for state programs, to support human cloning or for expenses incidental to human cloning. States that this section does not affect stem cell research.
Requires the Office of Higher Education (OHE) to study the for-profit graduate education sector in Minnesota.
Repeals: The requirement for public institutions to sell American-made clothing and apparel in their bookstores to the extent possible; the requirement that public employers purchase or require employees to furnish uniform or protective accessories that are not made in America; the matching grant program that is part of the Minnesota College Savings plan; the requirement to provide one-time Achieve grants to students who were eligible before January 1, 2009, and have not yet been awarded the grant.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: H.F. 1101
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
State Policymaking |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition under the nonpublic pupil aid statute to include electronic books in the definition of textbooks. Amends the definition under the nonpublic pupil aid statute to include electronic books in the definition of individualized instructional or cooperative materials.
Requires cooperatives to allocate compensatory revenue to the school site generating the revenue in the same way that school districts allocate compensatory revenue to a school site.
Requires public postsecondary systems, as part of their annual report to the department on remedial instruction, to include summary data on the number and percentage of recent high school graduates who completed rigorous courses and the number of recent high school graduates who graduated as students with disabilities.
Allows home school students to be tested using a nationally recognized college entrance exam.
Requires the person in charge of providing instruction to a child to provide information to the resident superintendent on the student in the first school year in which the child receives instruction after the age of seven, within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school, within 15 days of moving out of a district, and after a new resident district is established. Requires the person in charge of providing instruction to a child to annually submit a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction.
Allows a district that cancels at least two instructional school days in the previous school year because of a flood, tornado, or fire to begin the next school year before Labor Day.
Directs local school boards to allow recent high school graduates to report electronically to the board on the quality of district instruction, curriculum, and services and on the delivery of the instruction, curriculum, and services and strikes references to district facilities and administration. To improve instruction and curriculum and better understand graduates' need for postsecondary remedial instruction, requires a board to forward a summary of its evaluation findings to the commissioner upon request.
Restates the goal so that the legislature seeks to have every child reading at or above grade level no later than the end of grade 3. Adds identification requirements for students who are not reading at grade level. Requires reading assessments identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to literacy. Requires schools at least annually to give the parent of each student who is not reading at or above grade level timely information about the student's reading proficiency, services being provided to the student, and strategies for parents to help their student succeed in reading. Requires the district to provide reading intervention to accelerate student growth. Requires a school district to adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level no later than the end of grade 3. States what the plan must include and requires that the plan be posted on the district website.
Provides for numerous other K-12 reforms.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: H.F. 1381
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules requiring a person who enters a board-approved teacher preparation program on or after January 1, 2014, to pass a skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for entering that program. The board must issue a one-year license to teach in Minnesota to an otherwise qualified person who completed a teacher preparation program outside the state of Minnesota, during which time that person must take and pass the state skills examination in reading, writing, and math.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=45&year=2011&type=0
Title: S.F. 170
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the Board of Teaching to adopt rules requiring persons interested in becoming teacher candidates, beginning January 1, 2014, to pass the basic skills reading, writing, and math exam before entering the program. Strikes language requiring postsecondary teacher preparation institutions and programs to offer remedial assistance to candidates who do not pass the basic skills reading, writing, and math test.
Directs the Board of Teaching to issue a one-year Minnesota teaching license to an otherwise qualified person who completed an out-of-state teacher preparation program and require the person during that one-year period to take and pass the state's basic skills reading, writing, and math exam.
Strikes language allowing a new teacher to teach for up to three years without first having passed the reading, writing, and math basic skills test that is a condition of licensure.
Allows the Board of Teaching to grant continuing licenses only to eligible persons who have passed the basic skills test.
Adds a cross reference to indicate that applicants for a Minnesota teaching license who were trained in other states must take and pass the state's basic skills reading, writing, and math exam during the term of their one-year temporary teaching license.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 170
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Issued 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Creates the Early Learning Council to serve as the state advisory council on early childhood education and care. The council will consists of up to 30 members, 26 of whom are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The following individuals are members of the council: a. Commissioner ofHuman Services or a designee; b. Commissioner of Health or a designee; c. Commissioner of Education or a designee; and d. The Head Start State Collaboration Director. 3. The Governor will appoint up to 22 additional members, including individuals with the following expeliise, affiliations, or backgrounds: a. Representatives of local government groups; b. Representatives of local school districts; c. Individuals with Head Start expertise; d. Providers of early childhood supports and services;
e. Representatives of higher education; f. Individuals whose families receive early childhood supports or services; g. Individuals from non-profits involved in early childhood issues; h. Members of the business community; and 1. Representatives of the philanthropic community. 4. Four members ofthe Legislature, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, will serve as members of the council. 6. The Governor will appoint one member to serve as the chair of the council. 7. The council shall advise the Children's Cabinet and the Governor's Office on policy and resource development priorities and will suggest options.
http://www.leg.mn/archive/execorders/11-05.pdf
Title: E.O. 11-05
Source: http://www.leg.mn/ |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes an alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teacher license. Requires reports.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0040.3.html&session=ls87
Title: S.F. 40
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the Board of Teaching to require teacher preparation programs, including alternative teacher preparation programs, to include in the preparation program a board-approved content-specific and performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing student learning.
Defines "highly qualified" teacher to include teachers holding a valid teaching license under the section establishing an alternative teacher preparation program, among other licensed teachers.
Directs the Board of Teaching to establish criteria and streamlined procedures to recognize the experience and professional credentials of a person holding an out-of-state diploma or degree from an accredited out-of-state teacher training program and to allow that person to demonstrate to the board his or her qualifications for receiving a Minnesota teaching license based on board-adopted performance measures.
To improve academic excellence and ethnic and cultural diversity and close the academic achievement gap, requires the Board of Teaching to approve qualified alternative teacher programs that offer teacher candidates a two-year limited term license, which may be renewed one additional year, and a means of acquiring a five-year standard license. Outlines the requirements, characteristics of, approval process, and other administrative details of the alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teacher license.
Repeals the current statutory section, Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.24, governing alternative teacher licensure.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 40
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires MnSCU with business and industry groups and labor unions to study options for lower credit credentials recognized by employers that could be combined into an educational career path leading to a diploma or degree. The study must recognize the need for workers and other job training programs. Requires a report to the legislature.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs MnSCU to establish a pilot project with participating health care facilities for the training, education, and employment of certified surgical technologist through partnerships between MnSCU institutions with accredited surgical technologist programs and health care facilities within 25 miles of the institution. Requires a report to the legislature by January 1, 2013.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires charter schools that elect to provide a screening program to comply with the requirements of the early childhood health and development screening program. Requires charter schools that provide screening to inform families that apply for admission to the charter school. Requires charter schools that provide early childhood health and developmental screening to comply with the requirements of the program.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2505.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2505
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Establishes the healthy kids awards program to reward k-12th grade schools that implement policies and practices that create opportunities for students to be physically active and make healthy food choices throughout the day. The program seeks to integrate physical activity into nonphysical education classes, recess, and extracurricular activities throughout the day in addition to the physical education received in physical education classes. The program also seeks to integrate nutrition education and healthy food and beverage choices throughout the school environment, including classrooms, cafeteria, vending, school stores, and fund-raising. The program requirements align with the Institute of Medicine's guidelines for school food and beverages.
School districts may submit letters of intent to participate in the healthy kids awards program to the commissioner of education by September 15 of each school year. Schools that report to the commissioner of education and meet the program criteria developed by the commissioner will have a "Healthy Kids Award" indicator placed on the school report card.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2908.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2908
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the U of M and MnSCU to report to the legislature by February 1, 2011, on nanotechnology research and education, including ethical issues and principles for the responsible use to protect health, environment, and workers safety.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Federal |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with individual student financial aid data collected and maintained by the office in order to audit or evaluate federal or state supported education programs as permitted by U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations. The office may not release data that personally identifies parents or students other than to employees and contractors of the office.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Federal |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that institutions are eligible to participate in state student aid programs if the institution is:
• operated by the state (MnSCU) or the Board of Regents (U of M);
• privately operated and has academic standards comparable to Minnesota institutions, is licensed or regulated by OHE, participates in federal financial aid programs by July 1, 2010, or has participated in state financial aid programs and requires signed disclosure forms from each enrolled student recognizing it does not participate in federal aid programs; or
• offers only graduate programs or programs too short for federal financial aid and the institution is registered or licensed by OHE.
A private institution that does not participate in the federal Pell program must participate within three years of an ownership change to continue as an eligible institution, subject to an appeal for a single one-year extension. Any institution that loses eligibility for the federal Pell program is not an eligible institution for state grants.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Defines "resident student" for eligibility for Indian scholarships by reference to the state grant definition of "resident student.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Adds the commissioner of health, or the commissioner's designee, to the membership of the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. Modifies the duties of the council by providing additional direction to the council regarding making recommendations on how to coordinate or co-locate early childhood and child care programs into one state Office of Early Learning and adding requirements that the council make recommendations to the governor and the legislature on creating a statewide school readiness report card and on how to screen and comprehensively assess children for school readiness. Requires the council to report its recommendations to the governor and the legislature by January 15, 2012, with an interim report on February 15, 2011.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2505.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2505
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Modifies school readiness program requirements by removing the requirement to arrange for early childhood screening and appropriate referral. Requires school districts to use school readiness aid for eligible children. Allows children who do not meet the eligibility requirements of the program to participate on a fee-for-service basis. Specifies eligibility requirements for children to participate in school readiness programs. Allows general community education revenue to be used for school readiness programs.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2505.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2505
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Increases from 62 to 66 the age at which "senior citizens" can take postsecondary courses at MnSCU and the U of M, paying only an administrative fee.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies that public and private institutions outside Minnesota offering courses or programs to Minnesota residents must register with OHE
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Declares that a school will be deemed to have ceased operations when the school: (1) has an unscheduled nonemergency closure or cancellation of classes for more than 24 hours without prior notice to the office; (2) announces it is closed or closing; or (3) files for bankruptcy.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the MnSCU board to reduce expenditures by streamlining centrally delivered services.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs OHE to monitor the implementation of federal requirements for disclosure of information to students on textbooks, including pricing and other information and report to the legislature by February 1, 2011. Provides an immediate effective date.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires private schools to issue students a full refund of money it received for a student or if a contract with that student is unenforceable because the school is not licensed. The refund must be made within 30 days of a written demand from OHE.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the MnSCU board to develop and implement a plan to improve credit transfer. States the minimum goals of the transfer plan. Requires working groups of faculty staff, students and administrators to develop actions to remove barriers to credit transfer. Requires systemwide and institutional level transfer information on the Internet. Requires an annual progress report to the legislature beginning January 15, 2011, through 2014 and goals to be met by the 2015-2016 academic year.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 184
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the Board of Teaching and the Department of Education to enter into a data sharing agreement to share educational data at the E-12 level for the limited purpose of program approval and improvement for teacher education programs.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2899.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 2899
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Postsecondary |
Vetoed 04/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Regulates the transfer of credits within institutions belonging to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3164.3.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 3164
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Vetoed 04/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the Board of Trustees to develop a mechanism for seamless student transfer between institutions that has a goal of minimal loss of credits for transferring students. The development and maintenance of the system must, at a minimum, address the following: (1) alignment of institution curriculum and its communication to stakeholders; (2) transfer between similar programs; (3) documentation for transfer-related agreements between institutions; (4) systemwide transfer information on the Internet that is easily accessible and maintained in a current and accurate status.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3164.3.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 3164
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Modifies parent notification of child maltreatment in a school facility; requires a mental health assessment of teachers disciplined for child maltreatment; revokes the teaching license of repeat child maltreatment offenders; requires a district policy for educating employees about mandatory child maltreatment reporting.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?id=276&year=2010&type=0
Title: H.B. 3157
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 |
Increases the criminal penalty for possessing dangerous weapons on school property. Lowers the criminal penalty for brandishing, using, or possessing replica firearms and BB guns on school property.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2339.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2339
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a college and career-readiness workgroup headed jointly by MDE and the U of M to evaluate and make recommendations to the commissioner and the legislature on the design of the state high school assessment system, levels of and mechanisms for accountability, postsecondary uses of the assessments and an implementation timeline.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the statewide educational accountability and reporting system to measure and separately report the adequate yearly progress of schools and the academic growth of individual students. Requires the system to include statewide measures of high and low student academic growth. Requires school districts to annually determine whether schools meet federal expectations for student achievement. Requires the state's educational assessment system to measure individual students' educational growth. Directs the commissioner to annually report to the public and the legislature, beginning June 30, 2012, the organizational and curricular practices implemented by schools that demonstrate medium and high student growth.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Aligns high school tests with required academic standards. Strikes the requirement for constructed response questions. Makes GRAD tests applicable in 2012-2013 to those few students who have not passed the Minnesota basic skills tests. Requires the state assessment system to be aligned to state academic standards. Provides a timeline for aligning mathematics, science, and language arts and reading standards and assessments. Allows students enrolled in grade 8 in any school year between the 2005-2006 and 2009-2010 school year who do not pass the math graduation-required assessment for diploma (GRAD) to receive a diploma with a passing state notation if they satisfactorily complete all coursework and credits required for graduation and participate in academic remediation and up to two re-test attempts. Allows a school board to include a notation of high achievement on students' high school diplomas indicating exemplary academic achievement during high school based on board-established criteria.
For purposes of federal accountability requirements, directs the commissioner to develop reading and math assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading and math tests aligned with state standards, and science assessments. Prohibits the commissioner from requiring students to achieve a passing score on high school science assessments in order to graduate. Requires assessment results to include a value-added growth indicator of student achievement. Requires schools, school districts, and charter schools to administer statewide assessments to evaluate student proficiency in the context of the state's grade-level academic standards. Makes the temporary alternative to the state's reading and math GRAD tests applicable in the 2009-2010 through 2013-2014 school years. Makes the statutory timeline for aligning assessments to standards effective July 1, 2010, and the legislature specifically authorizes the number, subject area, grade level, and consequence of a high school math assessment. Causes the 11th grade math GRAD to remain in effect if the legislature does not act by July 1, 2010.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes parameters for alternative learning centers, alternative learning programs, and contract alternative programs.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Modifies school background check requirements relating to disciplinary actions. Deletes a portion of the provision relating to sexual misconduct or attempted sexual misconduct between a teacher and a student. Provides that disciplinary action does not include an action based on court-ordered child support of maintenance payment arrearages or delinquent state taxes.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0523.2.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 523
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends multiple provisions dealing with charter schools, including: Purposes; Authorizer; Conversion of existing schools; Contracting time line; State and local requirements; Admission requirements; Employment and other operating matters; Annual public reports; Leased space; Affiliated nonprofit building corporation; Causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes world language proficiency certificates. Permits all Minnesota schools to awards Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certificates or Minnesota World Language Proficiency High Achievement Certificates. Outlines the requirements a student must achieve to receive a World Language Proficiency Certificate. Outlines the requirements a student must achieve to receive a World Language Proficiency High Achievement Certificate.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to develop a model that projects anticipated high school performance on preparation and rigorous coursework measures and compares schools with similar schools.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Relates to workforce development; requires that local workforce councils include a representative from a local adult basic education program; provides for collaborative local projects to plan and coordinate employment, training, and education programs and services administered by the Departments of Education, Employment and Economic Development, and Human Services and the State Colleges and Universities.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S1569.2.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 1569
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a pilot project to map state expenditures on children for providing health, safety, stability, growth, development, and education in the state. Requires a study on the collection and reporting of summary data relating to decisions that affect a child's status within the juvenile justice system.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0702.2.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 702
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school district that closes a school facility to receive the greater of its sparsity revenue computed under current law or the amount of sparsity revenue it received in the previous year.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a school board to approve site-governed schools by requesting site-governing school proposals from groups of licensed professionals and parents from one or more school districts. Subject to school board approval, lists the roles and responsibilities of site-governed schools, including:
(1) Determining the leadership model for the site including: selecting a principal, operating as a teacher professional practices model with school leadership functions performed by one or more teachers or administrators at the school or other model determined by the site
(2) Determining the site budget and making allocation and expenditure decisions
(3) Selecting and developing its curriculum and determine formative and summative assessment practices
(4) Setting site policies, including student promotion, attendance, discipline, graduation requirements that may exceed local board standards, and other such rules as approved by the school board consistent with the school site's mission, goals, and learning program
(5) Determining the length of the school day and year and employee work rules covered by the terms and conditions of the employment contract
(6) Selecting teachers and other staff consistent with current law and collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of understanding. Requires at least 70% of the teachers to be selected by the site prior to final
approval of the agreement.
Itemizes revenue allocated to the site. Exempts site-governed schools from the same laws and rules as charter schools, except that site-governed schools are subject to government data practices laws, the open meeting law, PELRA, teacher continuing contract and tenure laws, and teacher prep time and lunch requirements. Directs the school board and the site council to agree to performance standards and expectations that include student achievement targets premised on multiple indicators, criteria and process addressing school sites that fail to meet accountability requirements, and other agreed-upon performance terms.
Allows a school board to terminate an agreement for cause.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts that offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or automatic external defibrillator instruction to use instruction developed by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or uses nationally recognized, evidenced-based guidelines.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0567.1.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 567
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Ties course credits to state and local academic standards. Requires Minnesota students to successfully pass state graduation exams effective August 1, 2012, and applicable to 9th grade students beginning in the 2012-2013 school year and later.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes a program to offer research-based high school-to-college programs to prepare students for college. Requires an evaluation for participating programs with a working group to develop methods and timelines for data collection and analysis of program effectiveness. Requires a report to the legislature on the effectiveness of these programs in improving the academic performance of participating students.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Encourages all public higher education systems and other higher education institutions in Minnesota to offer research-based high school-to-college developmental transition programs to prepare students for college-level academic coursework. Defines program requirements. Requires annul report to the legislature that evaluates the effectiveness of programs in improving the academic performance of students who participated in the transition programs.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2083
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
Instructional Approaches |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Defines a project-based instructional program as primarily student-led course work for credit that may be completed onsite, in the community or online and is available to all or only some students and grades in a school. Establishes requirements that schools must meet to receive revenue for students enrolled in a public school in a project-based program.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines "online course syllabus" for purposes of the online learning law. Clarifies procedures for students to enroll in and receive course credit and to meet district graduation requirements for supplemental online learning courses and programs. Requires the online learning provider to provide or make accessible information about students' academic progress. Requires the enrolling school district to designate a contact person to facilitate and monitor students' academic progress. Make enrolling districts that are full-time online learning providers, and also full-time and supplemental online learning providers subject to reporting requirements and review criteria. Requires the online learning provider to provide the department with a written statement about its courses and also demonstrate that the substance of the online course syllabus meets nationally recognized professional standards, consistent with the commissioner's requirements. Causes the online learning council to expire in 2013 instead of 2008.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a P-20 partnership to create a seamless education system that maximizes the achievement of all students from early childhood through postsecondary education and promotes the efficient use of resources. Lists partnership members, which include members of the P-16 Education Partnership and four legislators. Establishes meeting procedures. Requires partnership members to be the leader or designee of their respective organizations and requires partnership members to meet at least three times during each calendar year. Directs the partnership to seek outside expertise. Directs the partnership to recommend to the governor and the legislature how to maximize the achievement of all P-20 students and promote efficient use of resources. Lists examples of recommendations for strategies, policies, and other actions. Directs the partnership to submit an annual report to the legislature and the governor by January 15 that summarizes the partnership's progress and includes any recommendations the partnership has for maximizing student achievement and promoting efficient resource use.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Includes as part of the Board of Teaching's licensure exams an assessment of reading instruction for teacher licensure prekindergarten and elementary school candidates.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Minnesota Reading Corps program to provide AmeriCorps members with a data-based problem-solving model of literacy instruction to help train local Head Start program providers, other prekindergarten program providers, and staff in schools with students in kindergarten through grade 3 to evaluate and teach early literacy skills to children age 3 to grade 3. Requires literacy programs under this subdivision to comply with the provisions governing literacy program goals and data use under the Head Start program.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a voluntary, standards-based quality rating and improvement system for early learning and care programs. Requires the state to consider the cost of administering and staffing the system and collecting evaluation and assessment data when establishing the system. Requires the state to use the Parent Aware quality rating tool prior to the creation of the voluntary statewide quality rating and improvement system.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Under current law, the UMN and MnSCU are required to develop and maintain course equivalency guides, for use in considering transferring between higher educational institutions. This section requires the guides to include information on course equivalency and credit for learning acquired through completion of formal military courses and occupational training.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires all postsecondary institutions in Minnesota to notify students that criminal arrests, charges or convictions may limit their educational choices and access to financial aid. The notice must be given at the time the student is accepted and when the student selects a major.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Promising Practices |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in schools, improving information about fostering innovation, and learning from non-education innovators.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Promising Practices |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in schools, improving information about fostering innovation, and learning from non-education innovators.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Rural |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Makes districts in the rural equity region eligible for assistance in developing Q-Comp applications with specific compensation program components. Requires the commissioner to provide technical assistance to rural districts or groups of rural districts.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety |
Vetoed 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; provides for harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence policies by school boards; revises provisions requiring the establishment of a model policy for use by such boards; provides that the policy shall address all forms of harassment, bullying, intimidation, hazing or violence including electronic forms and forms requiring Internet use.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0971.2.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 971
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to (1) identify highly reliable variables of student engagement and connection and (2) determine how to report student safety to comply with federal law. Directs the commissioner to submit one report to the legislature in 2010 on the two topics and a second, related report in 2013 on the content and analysis of and format for reporting collected data.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Consistent with federal law and state suspension procedures, allows school personnel to suspend children with disabilities. Establishes parameters and procedures for suspensions of children with disabilities who have been suspended for more than five consecutive school days or ten cumulative schools days. Counts a dismissal of up to one school day as a day of suspension of children with disabilities do not receive regular or special education instruction during that time. Does not require notice for a one-day dismissal. Requires children with disabilities to be provided alternative education services when a suspension exceeds five consecutive school days. Establishes procedures a school district must follow before initiating an expulsion or exclusion of children with disabilities. Requires school districts to continue to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities who are excluded or expelled for misbehavior that is not a manifestation of their disability.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for postcrash procedures by a police officer responding to an accident involving a school bus or head start bus.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0668.0.html&session=ls86
Title: H.B. 668
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends various aspects of dispute resolution between parents of special education students and schools/districts, including: additional requirements for written notice; concilliation conference; mediated agreements; impartial due process hearing; hearing officer qualifications; request for a hearing; burden of proof; hearing officer authority; expedited due process hearings; hearing offcer's decision; review of hearing officer decisions; enforcement of orders; hearing officer training; and district liability.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Defines terms and amends policies pertaining to restrictive procedures for children with disabilities, including standards for restrictive procedures (including procedures plan, physical holding or seclusion, prohibitions, staff training and behavior supports).
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows a child's parent or guardian to designate a "significant individual" to participate in a school conference involving that child. Requires the parent or guardian to give prior written consent to allow the individual to participate in the conference and have access to data on the child that is needed for and relevant to the conference. Allows the parent or guardian to withdraw consent in writing at any time. Allows a school to accept a suggested form included in this paragraph or another form for purposes of providing consent under this section.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to veterans; clarifies the circumstances under which pay differential applies for deployed National Guard and reserve members who are teachers.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S1794.2.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 1794
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows school districts to have trained observers serve as mentors or coaches and to have probationary teachers participate in professional learning communities as part of the district's peer review process for probationary teachers. Peer coaching for continuing contract teachers. Allows school districts to have trained observers serve as mentors or coaches and to have continuing contract teachers participate in professional learning communities as part of the district's peer review process for continuing contract teachers. Makes this section effective for the 2009-2010 school year and later.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Allows educators applying to renew their licenses to present to their local licensing committees evidence of work that demonstrates professional reflection and growth in best teaching practices. Requires applicants to include a reflective statement of professional accomplishment and the applicants' own assessment of professional growth that shows evidence of (1) support for student learning, (2) use of best practices, (3) collaborative work with colleagues, and (4) continual professional development. Directs the board of teaching to ensure that its teacher relicensing requirements include the substance of this paragraph.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86
Title: H.F. 2
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and Minnesota Department of Education to report to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over teacher education on best practices in innovative teacher education programs and teacher education research. The report must include, at a minimum, information on: (1) teacher education preparation program curricula that will prepare prospective teachers to teach an increasingly diverse student population; (2) opportunities for mid-career professionals employed in professions in which there is a shortage of teachers to pursue a teaching career; and (3) enhancing the ability of teachers to use technology in the classroom.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.F. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ |
P-3 |
Issued 09/2008 |
P-12 |
Creates the Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care.
http://www.governor.state.mn.us/priorities/governorsorders/executiveorders/PROD009141.html
Title: Executive Order 08-14
Source: http://www.governor.state.mn.us/ |
Adult Basic Education |
Vetoed 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to school district development screening aide, teacher and administrator licensure, district teacher compensation aide, district debt service equalization aid, non-resident student enrollment, an advisory council on early childhood education and care, adult basic education aid, general education revenue, district land or building leasing, safe schools levies, district borrowing, district repayment defaults, district tax abatement adjustments, testing and reports, and school breakfast programs.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0006.5.html&session=ls85
Title: H.B. 6
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment |
Vetoed 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Authorized a parent or guardian of a student to designate an individual to participate in a school conference involving the child of the parent or guardian. Authorized the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education may each share educational data with the other agency for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction. Revised provisions relating to physical education requirements. Pertains to alignment of certain assessments and state standards.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S3001.5.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 3001
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires all K-12 athletic coaches undergo criminal history background checks. Requires the school hiring authority to notify parents and guardians about the school hiring authority's policy regarding a criminal background check on employees and other individuals who provide services to the school and to identify those positions requiring such check. Provides the authority may include the notice in the student handbook, or similar communication.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2369.4.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2369
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires school boards to seek information from prospective employees and the Board of Teaching about disciplinary actions against the employees; provides a school hiring authority may hire or allow an individual to provide a service to a school pending completion of a background check or obtaining a notice of Board of Teaching action but shall notify the individual that the individual's employment or service may be terminated based on the results.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2597.3.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2597
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the commissioner to enter into an agreement with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Provides provisions by which any such agreement must meet. [Sec. 10]
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Provides for the establishment of a teachers of diverse backgrounds financial aid pilot program, to be implemented by Winona State University in partnership with the Rochester school
district and St. Cloud State University in partnership with the Robbinsdale school district, to increase the diversity of teachers in school districts with a significant concentration of minority students and attain the state's interest in enhancing the academic achievement of diverse student populations. Defines student eligibility requirements and grant amounts.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Various provisions related to higher education. Allows educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; Modifyies Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance and award amounts; Allows the ACHIEVE scholarship program to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement; Permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; Prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; Clarifying school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; Requires the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to report annually to the legislature on the current policy setting the maximum number of semester credits required for a baccalaureate and an associate of arts degree and identify requests for waivers and granted requests for waiver; Requires surety bonds from certain schools with a private career school license; Modifying the cost of attendance for the GI program, the definition of veteran and an educational assistance condition;
Modifying the definition of veteran; requiring completion and submission of the free federal application for federal student aid (FAFSA); Clarifying the part-time student loan standard and specifying a minimum award per term for undergraduate and graduate students.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2942.3.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2942
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Modifies teaching employment for early childhood education programs. Provides a school board must employ necessary licensed teachers for its early childhood family education programs. Provides the Board of Teaching, at its discretion, may grant an applicant a variance under the Board of Teaching Rules.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2796.1.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2796
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Defines membership, duties and administration of the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. [Sec. 13]
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Relates to pupil transportation and type III school bus drivers; provides a holder of a class D driver's license, without a school bus endorsement, may operate a type III bus if the operator is an employee of the entity that owns, lease, or contracts for the school bus, employer has adopted and implemented annual training and certification and alcohol and drug testing, a background check has been conducted, submits to a physical examination and license is verified annually.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2988.3.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2988
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Authorizes an eligible candidate to use licensure via portfolio to obtain an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent with the applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules. [Sec. 2]
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 |
Modifies provisions relating to Teacher Retirement Benefits.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3082.5.html&session=ls85
Title: H.B. 3082
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 |
Establishes a conflict of interest exception for certain school contracts for professional and other services.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2653.2.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2653
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends duties of the Independent Office of Educational Accountability as it relates to the commissioner of education's reporting requirements.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Educational Accountability]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the Independent Office of Educational Accountability to convene and faciliate an advisory group of curriculum and measurement experts to consider and recommend how to structure school performance data and school to fully, fairly and accurately report student achievement and emphasize school excellence under Minnesota's system of educational accountability and public reporting.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 (Section 40)
Title: H.F. 2245 [School Performance Report Cards]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends laws concerning state's assessment system. Transitions from to MCA IIs to GRAD assessment program at the high school level.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Statewide Testing and Reporting System]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends state's high school assessment system. Phases out MCA II's and phases in Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) exam. Establishes achievement levels necessary for passge of exam. (Sections 10 + 36)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [High School Assessment]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes a research-based early childhood literacy program premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development, and high quality early literacy program standards. Intended to increase the literacy skills of children participating in Head Start to prepare them to be successful readers and to increase families' participation in providing early literacy experiences to their children. Establishes program rules.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Early Childhood]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends rules concerning area learning centers designated by the state commissioner.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Area Learning Centers]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes district to provide transportation to allow a student who attends a high-need English language learner program and who resides within the transportation attendance area of the program to continue in the program until the student completes the highest grade level offered by the program.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [High Needs ESL]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the Department of Education to develop and recommend to the legislature by February 15, 2008, the standards and process for awarding bilingual and multilingual certificates to those kindergarten through grade students who demonstrate and maintain a requisite level of proficiency in multiple languages.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 (Section 39)
Title: H.F. 2245 [Multilingual/Bilingual]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires that closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records within 10 business days of closure to the student's school district of residence where the records must be retained or transferred.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Charter School Records]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot program to award five world languages grants to develop and implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages programs and to enhance existing world languages programs at various grade levels for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Program participants must simultaneously support both English language learners in maintaining their native language while mastering English and native English speakers in learning other languages. Specifies application and eligibility requirements. The commissioner must award three grants to k-8 sites, one grant to a qualified site interested in developing or enhancing a sustainable Mandarin Chinese program and one grant to an indigenous American Indian world languages program. (Sections 38, 42)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [World Languages]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 |
Curriculum--Language Arts |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the Department of Education to provide specialized services to the blind and physically handicapped through the Minnesota Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped under a cooperative plan with the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Services to Blind and Physically Handicapped]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends duties of teacher centers, requires teacher centers to provide a professional development program to train interested and highly qualified elementary, middle and secondary teachers to assist other teachers in with mathematics and science curriculum, standards and instruction so that all teachers have access to:
(1) high quality professional development programs in mathematics and science that address curriculum, instructional methods, alignment of standards, and performance measurements, enhance teacher and student learning, and support state mathematics and
(2) research-based mathematics and science programs and instructional models premised on best practices that inspire teachers and students and have practical classroom application.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Mathematics and Science Teachers]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Desegregation |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes a school district to apply to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirement to maintain racial balance within a district school if the racial imbalance in that school results from: (1) The enrollment of protected multiracial students and the proportion of enrolled multiracial students reflects the proportion of multiracial students who reside in the school attendance area or who are enrolled in the grade levels served by the district; or (2) The enrollment of limited English proficiency students in a transition program that includes an intensive English component. The commissioner must grant the waiver if the district in which the school is located offers the multiracial students or the limited English proficiency students, as appropriate, the
option of enrolling in another school with the requisite racial balance, and the students' parents choose not to pursue that option..
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Multiracial Diversity]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula remains adequate over time; (2) simplifying the remaining school formulas; (3) analyzing categorical funding formulas, including but not limited to pupil transportation, compensatory revenue, and limited English proficiency revenue; (4) establishing a schedule for implementation of the other new formulas; and (5) examining the role of the regional delivery structure including the functions performed by intermediate school districts, service cooperatives, education districts, and other cooperative organizations. Defines membership and duties.
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/bin/unoff_eng.php?session=ls85&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2007&number=hf2245
Title: H.F. 2245 [School Finance]
Source: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Specifies duties of the Statewide Hearing Loss Education Intervention Coordinator. (Section 7)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Hearing Loss Intervention]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes districts to offer grants to teachers to pay for coursework and training leading to certification as a college in the schools or concurrent enrollment teacher. In order to receive a grant, the teacher must be enrolled in a program that includes coursework and training focused on teaching a core subject.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Dual Enrollment Teachers]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Encourages postsecondary institutions to apply for accreditation by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership. Establishes school district eligibility to receive aid for the costs of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011, districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of comparable standard to accredited courses. Aid. An eligible district shall receive $150 per pupil enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course. The money must be used to defray the cost of delivering the course at the high school. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Dual Enrollment]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
High School--International Baccalaureate |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Makes International Baccalaureate (IB) programs eligible to apply for competitive grants to improve access to and success in such programs. Specifies that a school or charter school applying for funds to enhance IB offerings must have a three-year plan approved by the local board to establish or expand an existing IB program leading to IB authorization, or expand an existing authorized IB program.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [International Baccalaureate]
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the commissioner to include the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities as they relate to the academic standards during the review and
revision of the required academic standards. Establishes an advisory task force on Minnesota American Indian Tribes, Communities and K-12 Standards Based Reform. Amends language pertaining to state's American Indian scholarship program. (Sections 3, 41, 42)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [American Indians]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Pertains to student eligibility for enrollment in online learning and online learning course standards. (Sections 20-24)
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Online Learning]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the commissioner to approve School Readiness Service Agreements for up to 50 providers that represent diverse parts of the state and a variety of child care delivery models. (See "Sec. 57".) Directs the commissioners of human services and education to establish three prekindergarten exploratory projects to be conducted in partnership with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to promote children's school The exploratory projects shall be designed and evaluated by the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (See Sec. 62).
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1078.3.html&session=ls85
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Spells out requirements for the phase in of full-day services in Head Start programs or licensed child care.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Head Start]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Encourages local school board to formally adopt and implement parental and family involvement policy. Specifies requirements and components of such policies
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 (Section 29)
Title: H.F. 2245 [Parental Involvement]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to report to the commissioner on education students who are at risk of not learning to read by the end of first grade.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [First Grade Literacy]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes a competitive statewide after-school community learning grant program to provide grants to community or nonprofit organizations, political subdivisions, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers or school-based programs that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours. The commissioner shall develop criteria for after-school community learning programs.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [After School Programs]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires locally adopted anti-bullying policies to address bullying in all forms, including electronic forms and forms involving Internet use.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0646.0.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 646
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends laws concerning safe schools levy.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Safe Schools]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
The general education aid paid to school districts that were members of a cooperative that failed to meet federal special education maintenance of effort must be reduced by the amount that must be paid to the federal government due to the shortfall. The commissioner must apportion the aid reduction amount to the member school districts based on each district's individual shortfall in maintaining effort, and on each member district's proportionate share of any shortfall in expenditures made by the cooperative. Each district's proportionate share of shortfall in expenditures made by the cooperative must be calculated using the adjusted marginal pupil units of each member school district.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Failure to Meet Federal Maintenance of Effort]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes means by which districts may fulfill requirements for alternative instruction for students prior to special education evaluation.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 (Section 31)
Title: H.F. 2245 [Early Intervening Services Program]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends provisions relating to alternative delivery of specialized instructional services.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 (Section 30)
Title: H.F. 2245 [Specialized Instructional Services]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires districts to annually report the districts special education litigation costs, including attorney fees and costs of due process hearings, to the commissioner of education.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Litigation Costs]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes a task force to recommend which state laws and rules that exceed or expand upon minimum federal special education requirements for providing special education programs and services to eligible students should be amended to conform with minimum federal requirements.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Special Education Requirements]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires that school districts adopt procedures for the academic acceleration of gifted and talented students. These procedures must include how the district will: (1) assess a student's readiness and motivation for acceleration; and (2) match the level, complexity, and pace of the curriculum to a student to achieve the best type of academic acceleration for that student.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Gifted and Talented]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Amends laws concerning student education records.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Education Records]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes grant program to promote professional teaching standards through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Establishes teacher eligibility criteria, application process and amount of grant awards for accepted teachers.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85
Title: H.F. 2245 [Professional Teaching Standards]
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2245.2.html&session=ls85 |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 03/2007 |
P-12 |
Ensures a student's ability to participate in league-sponsored activities after completing licensed treatment programs for alcohol or substance abuse, mental illness or emotional disturbance.
http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/bin/unoff_eng.php?session=ls85&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2007&number=sfb1499
Title: S.B. 1499
Source: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Amends requirements of limited English proficient (LEP) programs. Requires any district that enrolls one or more LEP student to implement an educational program that includes at a minimum the following: (1) identification and reclassification criteria for LEP students and program entrance and exit criteria for LEP students must be documented by the district, applied uniformly to LEP students, and made available to parents and other stakeholders upon request; (2) a written plan of services that describes programming by English proficiency level made available to parents upon request. The plan must articulate the amount and scope of service offered to LEP students; (3) professional development opportunities for ESL, bilingual education, mainstream, and all staff working with LEP children which are: (i) coordinated with the district's professional development activities; (ii) related to the needs of children of LEP; and (iii) ongoing.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2994.4.html&session=ls84
Title: S.B. 2994
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot program to allow school districts to receive character development education revenue to purchase curriculum for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.232. Character development education revenue for school districts equals $30 times the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units. Directs the commissioner of education to maintain
a character development education curriculum approved provider list.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 4162
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires at least 30 minutes of driver education on organ and tissue donation for persons enrolled in driver education programs offered at public schools, private schools and commercial driver training schools.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2646.2.html&session=ls84
Title: S.B. 2646
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the commissioner of education to contract with the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota or other Minnesota public entity to undertake the development of an articulated K-12 Chinese curriculum for Minnesota schools that involves: (1) creating a network of Chinese teachers and educators able to develop new and modify or expand existing world languages K-12 curricula, materials, assessments, and best practices needed to provide Chinese language instruction to students; and (2) coordinating statewide efforts to develop and expand Chinese language instruction so that it is uniformly available to students throughout the state, and making innovative use of media and technology, including television, distance learning, and online courses to broaden students' access to the instruction.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 4162
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84 |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Establishes a program to raise K-12 academic achievement through increased student participation in pre-AP and AP programs. Participating schools must: (1) have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to create a new or expand an existing program to implement the College Board AP courses and exams or pre-AP courses; and (2) propose to further raise students' academic achievement by: (i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to AP; (ii) expanding the breadth of AP courses or programs that are available to students; (iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in AP courses or programs and succeed; (iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access to AP courses and programs; or (v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing AP courses or programs and achieving satisfactory scores on related exams.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 4162
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires the commissioner of education to revise and align the state's academic standards and high school graduation requirements in various years. Certain requirements for each subject area specified. The commissioner must revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards. Years and subjects that the commissioner must revise and align state academic standards: (1) Mathematics, 2006-07: (2) Arts, 2007-08; (3) Science, 2008-09; (4) Language Arts, 2009-10; and (5) Social Studies, 2010-11. Districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic standards and high school graduation requirements in health, physical education, world languages and career and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards and related benchmarks.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2994.4.html&session=ls84
Title: S.B. 2994
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
For 2006, requires the department of education to make available preliminary school designations and AYP data to schools and school districts by August 15, 2006. The department must release all school performance report cards AYP data to the public by September 1, 2006, except it may not release the performance data of a school or district that submits to the department a written appeal of a designation by August 31, 2006. The department may not release until November 15, 2006, the performance data of a school or district that submits a timely appeal unless the school or district agrees in writing to an earlier date for releasing data.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2994.4.html&session=ls84
Title: S.B. 2994
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the commissioner of education to implement a kindergarten readiness assessment representative of incoming kindergartners. The assessment must be based on the department of education kindergarten readiness assessment at kindergarten entrance study.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H4162.3.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 4162
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 |
Directs the commissioner of education to maintain and make available to school boards and charter schools a model crisis management policy that that includes – among other items – school lock-down, tornado drills, and school fire drills. The policy must include at least five school lock-down drills, five school fire drills and one tornado drill. Establishes an advisory task force on school and staff emergency/all hazard preparedness to consider and recommend to the legislature proposals for strengthening K-12 crisis management and school safety efforts including, at least, whether or not to: (1) develop specific K-12 teacher and school administrator competencies related to emergency/all hazard preparedness; (2) provide emergency/all hazard preparedness training to currently licensed K-12 teachers and school administrators; (3) incorporate emergency/all hazard preparedness competencies into existing teacher and school administrator preparation curriculum; (4) identify key emergency/all hazard preparedness competencies appropriate to teacher and school administrator preparation curriculum and ongoing teacher and school administrator training; and (5) expect federal funds to supplement state emergency/all hazard preparedness initiatives.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2994.4.html&session=ls84
Title: S.B. 2994
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Prohibits units of local government from imposing certain fees related to students at postsecondary institutions or upon an institution based on the number of students attending the institution. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town may not impose a fee, assessment, or similar charge: (1) on a person, based on the person's status as a student enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution; or (2) on a postsecondary educational institution, based on the number of students attending the postsecondary institution.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3169.1.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 3169
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Issued 02/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the Minnesota State Colleges and University System and all state licensing and certification boards to examine their current policies, rules, and procedures, as well as governing statutes, to identify any impediments and barriers to veterans seeking employment and education. Areas of review are to include, but are not limited to, occupational licensure, certification, and higher education and training programs. Institutions of higher education are to specifically examine their policies relating to providing college credit for formal military training and make every effort to appropriately recognize and provide credit to veterans for their prior military training and experience. Strongly encourages the University of Minnesota and private colleges and universities to review their policies, procedures and rules to identify and remove barriers to veterans' employment and education including policies relating to providing credit for prior military training and experience.
http://www.governor.state.mn.us/Tpaw_View_Article.asp?artid=1751
Title: Executive Order 06-02
Source: http://www.governor.state.mn.us |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The legislature encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character education including, but not limited to, character qualities such as attentiveness, truthfulness, respect for authority, diligence, gratefulness, self-discipline, patience, forgiveness, respect for others, peacemaking, and resourcefulness. Instruction should be integrated into a district's existing programs, curriculum, or the general school environment. The commissioner shall provide assistance at the request of a district to develop character education curriculum and programs.
The commissioner must first use federal funds for character development education programs to the extent available under United States Code, title 20, section 7247. Districts may accept funds from private and other public sources for character development education programs developed and implemented under this section.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
to governor 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Districts may not censor or restrain instruction in American or Minnesota state history or heritage based on religious references in original source documents, writings, speeches, proclamations, or records.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.usv |
Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
A school site decision-making team must include at east one parent of a pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a school site decision-making team may be a team of teachers that is recognized by the board as a site. At least one-half of the members shall be employees of the district, unless an employee is the parent of a student enrolled in the school site, in which case the employee may elect to serve as a parent member of the site team.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The state may pay all or part of the fee for advanced placement or international baccalaureate examinations. The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all public and nonpublic students of low-income families, as defined by the commissioner, and to the limit of the available appropriation, shall also pay a portion or all of the examination fees for other public and nonpublic students sitting for an advanced placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
The colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system must award, and the University of Minnesota and private postsecondary institutions are encouraged to award, college credit to high school students who receive a score of three or higher on an advanced placement or four or higher on the international baccalaureate program examination.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The state may reimburse college level examination program (CLEP) fees for a Minnesota public high school student who has successfully completed one or more college-level courses in high school and earned a satisfactory score on one or more CLEP examinations in the following subjects: composition and literature, mathematics and science, social sciences and history, foreign languages, and business and humanities. The state may reimburse each successful student for up to six examination fees. The commissioner shall establish application procedures and a process and schedule for fee reimbursements. The commissioner must give priority to reimburse the CLEP examination fees of students of low-income families.
The colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system must award, and the University of Minnesota and private postsecondary institutions are encouraged to award, college credit to high school students who receive a satisfactory score on a CLEP examination under this section. The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, shall set a passing score for college credits.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Upon receiving a student's application signed by the student's parent or guardian, a school district, area learning center, or charter school must declare that a student meets or exceeds a specific academic standard required for graduation under this section if the local school board, the school board of the school district in which the area learning center is located, or the charter school board of directors determines that the student: (1) is participating in a course of study, including an advanced placement or international baccalaureate course or program; a learning opportunity outside the curriculum of the district, area learning center, or charter school; or an approved preparatory program for employment or postsecondary education that is equally or more rigorous than the corresponding state or local academic standard required by the district, area learning center, or charter school; (2) would be precluded from participating in the rigorous course of study, learning opportunity, or preparatory employment or postsecondary education program if the student were required to achieve the academic standard to be waived; and (3) satisfactorily completes the requirements for the rigorous course of study, learning opportunity, or preparatory employment or postsecondary education program. Consistent with the requirements of this section, the local school board, the school board of the school district in which the area learning center is located, or the charter school board of directors also may formally determine other circumstances in which to declare that a student meets or exceeds a specific academic standard that the site requires for graduation under this section. (b) A student who satisfactorily completes a postsecondary enrollment options course or program under section 124D.09 is not required to complete other requirements of the academic standards corresponding to that specific rigorous course of study.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
"Kindergarten" means a program designed for pupils five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences that prepares pupils to enter first grade the following school year. A program designed for pupils younger than five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences that prepares pupils to enter kindergarten the following school year is a prekindergarten program.
Pupils four or five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school year commences and enrolled in a prekindergarten program implemented by the district before July 1, 2003, may be reported as kindergarten years 2004 and earlier.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
School officials must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of psychotropic drugs to their student or to consent to a psychiatric evaluation, screening or examination of the student as a ground, by itself, to prohibit the student from attending class or participating in a school-related activity, or as a basis of a charge of child abuse, child neglect or medical or educational neglect.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The commissioner must adopt and publish a policy to provide public and parental access for review of basic skills tests, Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, or any other such statewide test and assessment. Upon receiving a written request, the commissioner must make available to parents or guardians a copy of their student's actual answer sheet to the test questions to be reviewed by the parent.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Each school board shall adopt a written policy prohibiting intimidation and bullying of any student.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
After a school administration notifies a pupil of the grounds for suspension, the school administration may, instead of imposing the suspension, do one or more of the following: (1) strongly encourage a parent or guardian of the pupil to attend school with the pupil for one day; (2) assign the pupil to attend school on Saturday as supervised by the principal or the principal's designee; and (3) petition the juvenile court that the student is in need of services under chapter 260C.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
For purposes of computing special education base revenue, the cost of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of transporting a homeless student from a temporary nonshelter home in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated according to paragraph (a), clauses (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation categories.
Notwithstanding paragraph (e), if the pupil is homeless and placed in a public or private homeless shelter, then the district that enrolls the pupil under section 127A.47, subdivision 2, shall provide the transportation, unless the district that enrolls the pupil and the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed agree that the district in which the pupil is temporarily placed shall provide transportation.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/ |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Gifted and talented revenue for each district equals $4 times the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2006 and $9 for fiscal year 2007 and later. A school district must reserve gifted and talented revenue and, consistent with section 120B.15, must spend the revenue only to: (1) identify gifted and talented students; (2) provide education programs for gifted and talented students; or (3) provide staff development to prepare teachers to best meet the unique needs of gifted and talented students.
School districts may identify students, locally develop programs, provide staff development, and evaluate programs to provide gifted and talented students with challenging educational programs. School districts may adopt guidelines for assessing and identifying students for participation in gifted and talented programs. The guidelines should include the use of: (1) multiple and objective criteria; and (2) assessments and procedures that are valid and reliable, fair, and based on current theory and research.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0141.1&session_year=2005&session_number=1
Title: H.F. 141 - Multiple Components
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Students |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
A secondary student may possess and use nonprescription pain relief in a manner consistent with the labeling, if the district has received a written authorization from the student's parent or guardian permitting the student to self-administer the medication. The parent or guardian must submit written authorization for the student to self-administer the medication each school year. The district may revoke a student's privilege to possess and use nonprescription pain relievers if the district determines that the student is abusing the privilege. This section does not apply to the possession or use of any drug or product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as its sole active ingredient or as one of its active ingredients.
Title: S.F. 232
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
A special education license variance issued by the Board of Teaching for a primary employer's low-incidence region
shall be valid in all low-incidence regions.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1176.0&session=ls84
Title: H.F. 1176
Source: StateNet |
Students |
EFFECTIVE DATE '05-'06 SCHOOL YEAR AND LATER 05/2005 |
P-12 |
A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school. The school may recommend classroom placement to the parents and provide professional education advice to the parents to assist them in making the best decision for their children's education. A school must provide the placement requested by the children's parent or guardian, unless the school board makes a classroom placement determination following the school principal's request according to this section. The parent or guardian must request the classroom placement no later than 14 days after the first day of each school year or 14 days after the first day of attendance of the children during a school year if the children are enrolled in the school after the school year commences. At the end of the initial grading period, if the school principal, in consultation with the children's classroom teacher, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the school principal may request that the school board determine the children's classroom placement.
Title: S.F. 180
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
EFFECTIVE DATE RETROACTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 05/2005 |
P-12 |
A bill for an act relating to education; providing for consecutive teaching experience for a teacher whose probationary employment is interrupted by military service.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0244.2&session=ls84
Title: S.F. 244
Source: StateNet |
Finance |
To governor 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to education finance; provides for K-12 education; amends provisions regarding school safety patrol apparel, capital expenditures, pupil transportation, vocational instruction, special education, essential personnel, parents residing separately, property tax levy, academic standards, graduation requirements, prescription nonsyringe injectors of epinephrine, immunity from liability, teachers, nonpublic schools and charter schools.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c294.html
Title: H.F. 1793
Source: StateNet |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
To governor 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to state government; appropriates money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excellence, special programs, and facilities and technology; early childhood and family education, including prevention and self-sufficiency and lifelong learning; and health and human services.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c272.html
Title: H.F. 2867
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
To governor 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to human services; makes changes to licensing provisions; regulates child protection dispositions; clarifies a mental health case management provision; regulates child care, long- term care and health care; provides for insurance for foster home providers; amends provisions regarding adult day care, foster care for adults, residential programs, special education school workshops and Head Start.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c288.html
Title: H.F. 2277
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to retirement; modifies provisions in the teachers retirement association and first class city teacher plans; provides for compliance with certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to all retirement plans; includes the correctional employees retirement plan, judges retirement plan, police and fire plan and actuarial audits.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c223.html
Title: S.F. 806
Source: StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; includes a mental health community representative on a community transition team for youth with disabilities.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c166.html
Title: S.F. 2609
Source: StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
P-12 |
Relates to civil actions; provides protection for disclosure of job reference information; requires disclosure of data between school districts and charter schools relating to acts of violence or inappropriate sexual contact with students.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c137.html
Title: H.F. 480
Source: StateNet |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Language is effective immediately and applies to 2005-06 school year and later. Establishes assessment advisory committee of up to 11 members, all of whom are chosen by the state commissioner of education. Specifies required membership of commission. Requires commission to review all state assessments, submit its recommendations to the commissioner and legislative committees that have jurisdiction over K-12 education policy and budget issues. Requires the commissioner to consider the committee's recommendations before finalizing a statewide assessment. Committee expires on June 30, 2014.
See Section 11: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Effective the day after enactment, requires the commissioner to provide written recommendations to the committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and budget issues by February 1, 2004, that: (1) identify the cut-scores on high school reading and mathematics assessments indicating that remedial instruction in the state's two-year higher education institutions is unneeded; (2) recommend alternative assessments, including student portfolios; (3) recommend whether students must pass state end-of-course examinations as a requirement for high school graduation; (4) evaluate the feasibility of including state percentile rankings and a national comparison; and (5) establish a method for using the grade 8 language arts and math tests to satisfy basic skills requirements.
See Article 2, Section 2: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, requires recitation of the pledge of allegiance in all public schools, including charter schools, at least once a week. Allows a local board or charter school board of directors to waive this requirement by annual majority vote, and allows board waiving requirement to adopt district or school policy on recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Allows any student or teacher to opt out. Effective 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires district or charter school that has a student handbook or school policy guide to include a statement that anyone wishing to opt out of recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance for any personal reasons may do so, and that students must respect another person's right to make that choice.
Effective 2003-04 school year and thereafter, unless local board waives requirement of weekly recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, requires districts to provide instruction in the proper etiquette, display, and respect of the United States flag, and in patriotic exercises. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2003&number=sf287
Title: S.F. 287
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Effective the 2003-04 school year and later, bars the state education commissioner from implementing the profile of learning portion of the state's results-oriented graduation rule, or classroom assessments that schools must use. Replaces references to "results oriented graduation rule" with "academic standards." (Retains requirement that students pass basic skills test to be eligible for high school graduation.) Requires students to complete district-determined course credit requirements to be eligible for high school graduation starting with students entering the ninth grade during the 2004-05 school year.
Establishes language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts as subject areas required for statewide accountability. Requires public elementary and middle schools to offer at least three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance, music, theater and visual arts. Requires public high schools to offer at least three and require at least one of the following five arts areas: media arts, dance, music, theater and visual arts. Requires the commissioner to submit proposed science and social studies standards to the legislature by February 1, 2004. Requires the commissioner to consider recommendations from specified stakeholders when developing state academic standards in language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts. Specifies that standards must: (1) be clear, concise, objective, measurable, and grade-level appropriate; (2) not require a specific teaching methodology or curriculum; and (3) be consistent with the constitutions of the United States and the state of Minnesota. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules for implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, math and the arts. Specifies that after the rules are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these rules nor adopt new rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. Requires these academic standards to be implemented for all students beginning in the 2003-2004 school year. Additionally requires the commissioner to supplement the required state academic standards with grade-level benchmarks, although high school benchmarks may cover more than one grade. Establishes other requirements regarding benchmarks.
Requires every district to establish its own standards in the elective subject areas of health and physical education, vocational and technical education, and world languages. Requires every district to offer courses in all above elective subject areas, and to use a locally selected assessment to determine whether a student has achieved an elective standard. Additionally requires every district, by the 2007-08 school year, to adopt graduation requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements. Must provide students who enter grade 9 in or before the 2003-04 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing local graduation requirements in effect when student entered ninth grade.
Establishes graduation requirements based on course credits in language arts, math, science, social studies and electives, including the arts, for students entering grade 9 in the 2004-05 school year.
Beginning the 2005-06 school year and later, requires annual statewide testing in language arts and math in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level. Also requires annual science assessments in one grade in grades 3-5 span, the grades 6-9 span, and the grades 10-12 span for the 2007-08 school year and later. Requires a state-developed test in a subject other than writing, developed after the 2002-03 school year, to include both multiple choice and constructed response questions. Requires state tests to be aligned with state academic standards, and for statewide results to be aggregated at the school and district level. Deletes language excluding test scores of students receiving limited English proficiency instruction from school and district testing results. Permits exemption of limited English proficiency students if the student has been in the United States for fewer than three years. Requires state assessments, by the 2006-07 school year to include a value-added component to measure student achievement growth over time. Requires commissioner to include alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.
Permits school, district or charter school to use a high school student's performance on a state assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course or to place the student's assessment score on the student's transcript.
Requires the commissioner to develop language arts, math and science assessments aligned with state standards, which districts must use. Specifies that commissioner must not develop state assessments for academic standards in social studies and the arts.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Renames the Department of Children, Families, and Learning to the Department of Education; makes conforming changes to reflect the department name change. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=S0296.0&session=ls83
Title: S.F. 296
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the state commissioner of education to use objective criteria based on student performance levels to identify four to six designations for high- to low-performing schools. Performance criteria must take into account at least student academic performance, school safety, and staff characteristics, with a value-added growth component added by the 2006-07 school year. Requires the commissioner to develop, annually update and post on the department Web site school performance report cards. Requires a school's designation to be clearly stated on each school performance report card. Requires the commissioner to make available the first school designations and school performance report cards by November 2003, and during the beginning of each school year thereafter. Allows a school or district to appeal in writing a designation under this section to the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the designation. The commissioner's decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final. Specifies that these provisions apply to the 2005-2006 school year and later.
See Section 9: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.u |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows state commissioner of education to adopt rules establishing criteria for identifying, annually reviewing, and formally listing eligible supplemental education service providers throughout Minnesota, consistent with applicable federal requirements and Minnesota's application for supplemental education service providers under Title 1, Part A, of the No Child Left Behind Act. This section is effective the day following final enactment and applies to supplemental education service providers delivering supplemental English or math services to eligible students in the 2003-2004 school year and later.
See Article 2, Section 3: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=H0302.1&session=ls83
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed by Governor 05/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to the military; extends certain tuition reimbursement; provides tuition and textbook reimbursement grants to eligible members of the national guard.
Title: H.F. 1080
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; appropriates funds to the higher education services office, the board of trustees of the state colleges and universities, the board of regents of the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Medical Foundation; makes changes to the state grant program and the college savings plan; authorizes revenue bonds.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0675.1&session=ls83
Title: S.F. 675
Source: StateNet |
Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Allows a school, district or charter school to use a student's performance on a state assessment as one of multiple criteria in determining grade promotion or retention. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Standards |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the academic standards adopted by the commissioner to be identical to: (1) the K-12 standards for language arts contained in the document labeled "Minnesota Academic Standards, Language Arts K-12, May 19, 2003, Minnesota Academic Standards Committee, Minnesota Department of Education"; (2) the K-12 standards for mathematics contained in the document labeled "Minnesota Academic Standards, Mathematics K-12, May 19, 2003, Minnesota Academic Standards Committee, Minnesota Department of Education"; and (3) the K-12 standards for arts contained in the document labeled "Minnesota Academic Standards, Arts K-12, May 19, 2003, Minnesota Department of Education".
Requires the K-12 standards documents to be deposited with the Minnesota revisor of statutes, the legislative reference library, and the Minnesota state law library, where the documents shall be maintained until the commissioner adopts rules for implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics and the arts under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.021, subdivision 3. The revisor must determine that the rules are identical to the documents deposited with it under this section before the revisor approves the form of the rules. In approving the form of the rules, the revisor may make any needed grammatic and form changes.
See Article 2, Section 1: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Requires the board of teaching to adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruction. Any paraprofessional holding this credential or working in a local school district after meeting a state-approved local assessment is considered to be highly qualified under federal law. Under this subdivision, the board of teaching, in consultation with the commissioner, must adopt qualitative criteria for approving local assessments that include an evaluation of a paraprofessional's knowledge of reading, writing, and math and the paraprofessional's ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and math. Requires the commissioner to approve or disapprove local assessments using these criteria. Requires the commissioner to make the criteria available to the public. In adopting these rules, the board must consider including provisions that provide training in: students' characteristics; teaching and learning environment; academic instruction skills; student behavior; and ethical practices. Within the first 60 days of supervising or working with students, a district must provide each paraprofessional with initial training in emergency procedures, confidentiality, vulnerability, reporting obligations, discipline policies, roles and responsibilities and a building orientation.
See Section 10: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 |
Specifies that any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan in the section and that provides a benefit based on a person's status as a domestic partner of a state employee is not ratified and must not be implemented. Adds that if a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan in this section provides for sick leave with pay, an employee must be granted sick leave with pay, to the extent of the employee's accumulation of sick leave, for absences under specified circumstances. Specifies that the sick leave with pay benefit for absences specified above is not a replacement for any other sick leave benefit provided for in the collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan as ratified in this section. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?number=SF0293&session=ls83&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: S.F. 293
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
2002 Consolidated Plan: (http://cfl.state.mn.us/LOD/mneseaplanwebversion.doc)
Source: Minnesota Children, Families & Learning Web site |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Provides employer immunity for reference checks for residential service and programs for children, juveniles, and persons with developmental disabilities; includes personal care provider organizations, day training and habilitation services, and board and lodging facilities. Requires school district or charter school to disclose private personnel data on a current or former employee related to documented violence toward or sexual contact with a student. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=H3092.4&session=ls82
Title: H.B. 3092
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
Civic Education |
Vetoed 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and charter schools to annually devote time to civics education that includes the history and reasons for reciting the pledge. Requires instruction in the proper etiquette toward, correct display of, and respect for the flag, and in patriotic exercises. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=H2598.2&session=ls82
Title: H.B. 2598
Source: /www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to data practices; regulates the dissemination of data between schools, law enforcement, and the juvenile justice system; requires public employees and officers to make prompt reports of certain unlawful actions; authorizes providing certain data to the State Auditor for audit or law enforcement purposes. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/bldbill.pl?bill=H2618.2&session=ls82
Title: H.B. 2618
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 |
Modifies procedures for school bus driver background checks.
Title: S.B. 2949
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Enacted 04/2002 |
Postsec. |
Any member of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve service branch who is enrolled in a postsecondary institution while called to active service may: withdraw without penalty from one or more courses with full tuition reimbursement, receive an incomplete and finish the course upon return, continue with all absences excused, receive reimbursement for room and board costs, and/or be readmitted without new admissions determination.
Title: HB 3274
Source: Lexis |
Special Education |
Filed with Secretary of State. Chapter No. 03/2002 |
P-12 |
Relates to human services; modifies consent requirements for billing medical assistance and Minnesota Care for covered individual education plan services; modifies individualized family service plan definition; modifies certain mediation procedures; modifies revenue allocation provisions for special education; modifies coverage for special education services to include physical therapy and nursing services and health assessments.
Title: S.B. 2550
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to capital improvements; appropriates funds for capital improvement, flood hazard mitigation grants, acquisition of easements and to implement conservation practices on frequently flooded croplands, the Closed Landfill Cleanup Program, the Maximum Effort School Loan Fund, and economic development purposes; authorizes the issuance of bonds.
Title: H.B. 8A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed by Governor 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; specifies student conduct as grounds for dismissal or removal from class, including: (a) willful violation of any reasonable school board regulation. Such regulation must be clear and definite to provide notice to pupils that they must conform their conduct to its requirements; (b) willful conduct that materially and substantially disrupts the rights of others to an education: or (c) willful conduct that endangers the pupil or other pupils, or surrounding persons or property of the school.
Title: H.B. 2107
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; permits applicants for a temporary limited teaching license or a personnel variance to submit their application by July 1 in any year; directs the Board of Teaching to amend its rules to conform with the July 1 date.
Title: H.B. 1192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires notification to schools by law enforcement when a student within their jurisidiction is found in possession of drug paraphernalia.
Title: S.B. 991
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Vetoed 04/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education; extends authority to adopt rules for Edvest.
Title: H.B. 550
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Relates to drivers' licenses; includes certain crimes against children as disqualifying offenses for purposes of school bus endorsements on driver's licenses.
Title: H.B. 57
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Special Education |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
, Memorializes the President and Congress to carry through their pledge to fund 40 percent of special education costs.
Title: S.B. 647
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Administrative costs are limited to 8% for community-based or non-profit organizations and 5% for school districts of the total state funds received from the district or consortium. This cannot exceed the actual unreimbursed cost of administering ABE services. To be eligible to deliver ABE services, a non-profit or community-based organization must demonstrate that it: 1) is legally established; 2) can meet the ABE reporting requirements; 3) provides training for instructional staff; and 4) develops a learning plan for each participating adult learner with measurable goals or have prior experience.
Performance Tracking System (Section 15). Requires all ABE programs to develop and implement a performance tracking system by July 1, 2000 to collect data on the following core indicators: 1) improvements in literacy skill levels; 2) participation in post-secondary education, training, subsidized employment or career advancement; and 3) receipt of a secondary school diploma or equivalent.
Bill also establishes a base aid for ABE programs equal to $1.80 times the population of the district or a minimum of $4,000. After the basic population aid is paid in full, the difference between the state total and the basic population aid is allocated among districts/programs as follows:
1) eighty-four percent is distributed based on a program's relative share of contact hours in the prior year; 2) eight percent is distributed based on a district's relative share of the students with limited English proficiency enrolled in the district in the prior year; and 3) eight percent is distributed based on a district's relative share of adults in the district without a high school diploma according to the last federal census.
For FY 2002 and later, also establishes two limits to the state ABE aid distributed to ABE programs. Total aid for a program cannot exceed four times the rate per prior year contact hour. A program's aid distributed on the basis of contact hours cannot grow by more than 17 percent per year or $20,000, whichever is more.
Legislation additionally directs the Board of Teaching to develop a competency-based license for adult learners as an alternative to the current licensing requirements. The Board must develop recommendations for the legislature, in consultation with a task force, and report to the legislature by January 15, 2002.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Amends the Profile of Learning. Highlights: Allows districts to phase in the number of content standards required of students for graduation; empowers teachers to participate in the decision about student standard requirements; allows districts to permit this year's 9th & 10th graders to be 'held harmless;' makes scoring more flexible; emphasizes that state and local performance packages are not required. Allows districts to choose whether or not to use the three additional instruction days (mandated in 1996) for staff development relating to the implementation of the Profile of Learning.
Title: S.F. 3286
Source: Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Assessment |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Specifies that the passing scores in reading and mathematics are the equivalent of 70 percent correct for students entering grade 9 in 1996 and 75 percent correct for those entering grade 9 in 1997 and thereafter, as based on the first uniform test administration of February 1998. Effective the day following final enactment and applies to test administrations beginning in February 2000.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
In lieu of a charter school's dissolution based on contract termination, the commissioner may approve the decision of a different eligible sponsor to authorize the school. Allows the commissioner, after providing reasonable notice, to terminate the existing relationship with the sponsor if the charter school has a history of financial mismanagement or repeated violations of law.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Charter schools must give enrollment preference to residents of a town if the school is the only one located in the town serving a particular grade level. If a pupil lives within two miles of a charter school and the next closest public school is more than five miles away, the charter school must give that pupil preference for enrollment. Also, a charter school must give preference in enrollment to a sibling of an enrolled student and to a foster child of the pupil's parents.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Expands the list of potential sponsors to include a charitable organization. Also clarifies that a charter school sponsor may be a Minnesota private college that grants two or four-year degrees and is registered with the Higher Education Services Office.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Permits a school district to refuse to open enroll a student during the term of his or her expulsion if the student was expelled for: 1) possessing a dangerous weapon; 2) possessing or using illegal drugs at school or a school function; 3) selling or soliciting sale of a controlled substance while at school or a school function; or 4) committing a third-degree assault. Effective for the 2000-2001 school year and later.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Desegregation |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Requires a district to submit a budget each year detailing the cost of its desegregation/integration plan before receiving integration revenue. For Minneapolis, St Paul, or Duluth, these requirements apply only to revenue which exceeds the amount received by the district for FY 2000. For other districts, these requirements apply to all integration revenue.
Clarifies the calculation of integration aid adjustments paid to a district serving nonresidents. Integration revenue follows a pupil residing in Minneapolis, St Paul or Duluth and attending a nonresident district outside of these three districts if the nonresident district has implemented a desegregation plan and the enrollment of the pupil in the nonresident district contributes to desegregation or integration purposes. The aid adjustment paid to the nonresident district equals the integration revenue allowance of the resident district ($536 for Minneapolis, $446 for St Paul or $207 for Duluth), minus the integration allowance of the nonresident district (up to $93 for districts required to implement a desegregation plan), times the pupil units attributable to the pupil for the time the pupil is enrolled in the nonresident district. Also clarifies that the integration revenue for a district other than Minneapolis, St Paul or Duluth, including the alternative attendance adjustment, cannot exceed the actual cost of implementing the desegregation plan.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Governance |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
A nine-member task force is established to examine existing constitutional and statutory provisions that dictate the governance responsibilities and authority of the respective components of the state's public education system. The executive branch shall make staff available to assist the task force. A report is due no later than December 1, 2000.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Relates to education; amends state graduation requirements; amends graduation rules.
Title: S.B. 3286
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. |
Relates to higher education. Creates a separate subdivision for the salary procedure for the chancellor of the Minnesota state colleges and universities; authorizes chancellors and presidents to receive additional compensation for early contract termination.
Title: S.B. 3386
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
P-3 Finance |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Extends the fiscal year 2000 increase in early childhood family education aid to fiscal year 2001. The additional aid amount is equal to $2.46 times the greater of 150 or the number of children under five years of age residing in the school district on October 1 of the previous school year.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: |
Privatization |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Prohibits a school board or school within the district to enter into a contract for use of a computer or related equipment or service that requires a advertising to be disseminated to students unless the board: 1) enters into a contract at a public hearing; 2) makes a finding that the product or service is an integral component of students' education; 3) provides written notice to students' parents that advertising will be used in the classroom, media center, computer lab, or other areas of learning, whether data will be collected on students, and how that data will be used; 4) allows parents to request in writing that (i) their student not be exposed to the program that contains the advertising for the current school year, or that (ii) any or all data relating to the student collected as a result of this contract is not disclosed; and 5) honors parents' request that their student not be exposed to advertising or that data relating to the student is not disclosed and allows parents to withdraw their request at any time. Advertising under this provision does not include the identification of the source of the document or information and advertising that is generally available to the public viewing a particular site or application and is not directed specifically to students benefiting from the contract.
Title: H.B. 3800 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
For the 2000-2001 year only, a school district must not begin the elementary or secondary school year prior to Labor Day. However, a district may begin the school year on another date if necessary to accommodate a major school construction or remodeling project.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 |
, Relates to crime; authorizes certain behavioral data on students to be disclosed to the juvenile justice system; provides for data sharing between probation officers and school officials for juveniles on probation; provides that when a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent for certain violations of criminal law that the disposition order shall be shared with certain school officials; law enforcement, and specified others.
Title: H.B. 2833
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Allows the use of reasonable force by a teacher, school employee, bus driver, or other agent of a school district when it is necessary under the circumstances to restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another. This does not authorize corporal punishment, which is prohibited by M.S. 121A.58, nor aversive and deprivation procedures, which are prohibited by M.S. 121A.67.
Provides a defense against civil action for damages under M.S. 123B.25 ("Legal Actions Against Districts and Teachers") when reasonable force is used within the lawful authority of a teacher, school employee, school bus driver, or school employee. Likewise provides for a defense against criminal prosecution under M.S. 609.06, Subd. 1 ("Authorized Use of Force") when reasonable force is used within the lawful authority of a teacher, school employee, school bus driver, or other agent of a school district.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Special Education |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Decreases a district's threshold to qualify for excess cost aid from 4.4 percent to 4.36 percent of general education revenue, beginning in FY 2001. Increase the appropriation for excess cost aid from $60,498,000 to $66,032,000 in fiscal year 2000 and from $79,405,000 to $89,137,000 in fiscal year 2001. Most of the change in these appropriations is to adjust for change in the estimated cost of fully funding the excess cost formula, based on new data becoming available between the end of the 1999 legislative session and the February 2000 budget forecast. Changes in the general education formula and the threshold to qualify for excess cost aid account for only a small portion of the change. The one-time special education cross-subsidy revenue is excluded from the calculation of excess cost aid.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Special Education--Placement |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Creates an exception to a provision in MS 125A.15 which generally makes the nonresident district in which the child is placed responsible for providing an appropriate education and necessary transportation to a disabled child who is temporarily placed in a residential program for care and treatment. This exception allows a privately owned and operated residential facility to enter into a contract with a joint powers entity for appropriate educational programs and services for children with disabilities. Makes the entity with which the private facility contracts, and not the district in which the facility is located, the district responsible for providing the disabled student placed in the facility with an appropriate educational program. If the privately owned and operated residential facility does not enter into a contract under this exception, the nonresident district in which the facility is located is responsible.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Directs the Board of Teaching to develop a competency-based license for adult learners as an alternative to the current licensing requirements. The Board must develop recommendations for the legislature, in consultation with a task force, and report to the legislature by January 15, 2002.
Title: H.B. 3800
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes this project in the Department of Children, Families and Learning to retain new teachers in the profession and to provide models for professional development. A school district with an approved new teacher plan is eligible to receive $3,000 of state money for each new teacher participant. The district must contribute $2,000 for each new teacher participant. An allocation of $1 million is from appropriations for Best Practices Seminars (see Article 7, Section 15, Subd, 4).
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Beginning in FY 2001, increases the general education formula allowance by $39, from $3,925 to $3,964 per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit. Increases the amount of basic revenue a district must reserve for staff development from 1% to 2%. Clarifies that basic revenue equals the product of the formula allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
Establishes a new categorical aid to fund telecommunication access for two years: FY 2001 and FY 2002. Requires the commissioner of CFL, in cooperation with the commissioner of administration and the Minnesota education telecommunication council, to recommend to the legislature a permanent method to fund telecommunication access as part of the general education revenue formula by February 1, 2002.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Technology--Internet Safety |
Signed by governor 05/2000 |
P-12 |
All computers at a school site with access to the Internet available for student use must be equipped to restrict, including by use of available software filtering technology or other effective methods, all student access to material that is reasonably believed to be obscene or child pornography or material harmful to minors under federal or state law.
Title: H.B. 3800
Source: MN Department of Children, Families and Learning |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 |
Transfers the powers of the state school board to the Department of Children, Families, and Learning.
Title: S.B. 86
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