Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: HF2590

hf2590SECOND ENGROSSMENTK-12 education code modified.ARTICLE 1 EDUCATION CODE;
COMPULSORY ATTENDANCESection 1: charter school definition provided. Sec. 2:
parental responsibility definition modified. Sec. 3: effective date.ARTICLE 2
CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT Sec. 1: annually adopted school board written policy
requirements clarified. Sec. 2: school board reporting requirements modified.
Sec. 3: school district violence prevention program requirements modified. Sec.
4: school district grant application program components requirement removed.
Sec. 5: effective date.ARTICLE 3 STUDENT RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND BEHAVIOR
Sec. 1: reports of dangerous weapon incidents in school zones forms maintained
and filing requirements clarified. Sec. 2: school children health standards
immunization requirement clarified. Sec. 3: school safety patrols establishment,
appointment, and liability provisions clarified. Sec. 4: commissioner of
children, families, and learning requirements regarding alternative educational
services modified. Sec. 5: school board written policy governing hazing
requirements modified. Sec. 6: repealer. Sec. 7: effective date.ARTICLE 4
TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS Sec. 1: board of teaching license register
requirements modified. Sec. 2: speech therapists reference modified to
educational speech-language pathologists in teacher licensure definition, and
athletic coaches reference removed from supervisory personnel definition. Sec.
3: commissioner s rulemaking authority technical language clarification. Sec. 4:
district recording of teacher licenses provision modified. Sec. 5-6:
probationary teachers included in peer review contract procedures. Sec. 7:
teacher contract negotiation requirements provided. Sec. 8: head varsity coach
termination procedure requirements clarified. Sec. 9: staff development
committee revenue usage statutory reference modified. Sec. 10: teacher residency
program limit removed. Sec. 11: board of teaching required to maintain model
teaching residency outcomes and assessments, and mentoring programs. Sec. 12:
practice teacher references removed and replaced with student teacher. Sec. 13:
teacher mentoring task force reference removed. Sec. 14: executive secretary of
the board of teaching designated as state official for interstate agreement on
qualifications of educational personnel. Sec. 15: interstate agreement on
qualifications of educational personnel contract files required to be kept by
board of teaching. Sec. 16: revisor instruction. Sec. 17: repealer. Sec. 18:
effective date.ARTICLE 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; FORMS FOR ORGANIZING Sec. 1: area
learning center program focus requirements modified. Sec. 2: repealer. Sec. 3:
effective date.ARTICLE 6 SCHOOL DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES Sec. 1: school board
authority clarified. Sec. 2: site decision-making team membership requirements
clarified. Sec. 3: commissioner of children, families, and learning site
decision making and site management agreements reporting requirement removed.
Sec. 4: superintendent duty requirements modified, and certain reporting
requirements eliminated. Sec. 5: k-12 buildings principal licensure requirement
and duties clarified. Sec. 6: school boards authorized to charge admission fees
to certain students for attending classes or programs at a secondary school.
Sec. 7: inventory requirements eliminated and commissioners rulemaking authority
modified relating to textbooks or individualized instructional materials loaned
to elementary and secondary school pupils attending nonpublic schools. Sec. 8:
school boards authorized to conduct school sport or educational activities
outside the territorial limits of the district. Sec. 9: school board
authorization of extracurricular activities granted. Sec. 10-11: schoolhouse
reference replaced with schools relating to school sites and school closings.
Sec. 12: obsolete date reference removed. Sec. 13: school bus driver day
eliminated as part of school bus safety week. Sec. 14: school bus safety student
training provisions modified. Sec. 15: district comprehensive pupil
transportation safety policy provisions modified. Sec. 16: repealer. Sec. 17:
effective date. ARTICLE 7 EDUCATION PROGRAMS Sec. 1: kindergarten instruction
requirements clarified. Sec. 2: pupil application to nonresident district
notification deadlines imposed. Sec. 3-5 : post-secondary enrollment options act
counseling services requirement eliminated, and notice of intent to enroll
requirement repealed. Sec. 6-7: charter school purpose statement renamed charter
school expected outcomes. Sec. 8: charter school review and comment procedure
modified. Sec. 9: charter school information made available. Sec. 10: school
breakfast program reimbursement provision clarified. Sec. 11-12: school milk
program for kindergartners school participation statement language modified.
Sec. 13: eligible districts allowed to operate flexible learning year programs
at facilities for children with a disability. Sec. 14: commissioner s rulemaking
authority clarified. Sec. 15: learning year program district requirements
removed. Sec. 16: Minnesota school-to-work student organization foundation
duties statement. Sec. 17: youth entrepreneurship education program purpose
statement modified. Sec. 18: expected outcomes of the youth works act provided.
Sec. 19: governor s workforce development council grant authority repealed
relating to youth works act. Sec. 20: youth works grant application requirements
and content modified. Sec. 21: grantee organization training and education
requirements modified to include enhancing educational level of participants.
Sec. 22: comprehensive education and employment transitions system establishment
statement modified and state and local graduation standards provisions repealed.
Sec. 23: youth apprenticeship agreement requirements modified. Sec. 24: local
education and employment transitions systems expected outcomes modified to
include state and local graduation standards. Sec. 25-26: service-learning
curriculum replaced with service-learning framework. Sec. 27: limited English
proficiency pupil programs provided nonpublic school pupils allowed at nonpublic
school or any other suitable location. Sec. 28: office of desegregation
integration duties transferred to commissioner of children, families, and
learning. Sec. 29-30: Minnesota academic excellence foundation creation
statement modified relating to purpose, and foundation program criteria
clarified. Sec. 31: revisor instruction. Sec. 32: repealer. Sec. 33: effective
date. ARTICLE 8 EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 1: state information system
purpose statement clarified. Sec. 2: telecommunication access grant and
statewide coordination establishment and purpose statement clarified, and school
district telecommunications grant provisions modified. Sec. 3: repealer. Sec. 4:
effective date.ARTICLE 9 EDUCATION FUNDING Sec. 1: school district pupil unit
restriction clarified relating to students over the age of 21. Sec. 2: state
education policy statement clarified. Sec. 3: repealer. Sec. 4: effective date.
ARTICLE 10 STATE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION Sec. 1: commissioner of children,
families, and learning authorized to appoint up to two deputy commissioners.
Sec. 2: commissioners general supervisory statement clarified. Sec. 3:
commissioners legislative recommendations to governor and legislature
requirements repealed. Sec. 4: school year schedule adjustments statement
clarified. Sec. 5: repealer. Sec. 6: effective date.ARTICLE 11 ARTS SCHOOL Sec.
1: Perpich center for arts education board powers modified. Sec. 2: effective
date.ARTICLE 12 REPEAL OF RULES Sec. 1: repealer. Sec. 2: effective date.cth