Minnesota Legislature
HF 694
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/08/2016 02:18pm
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to education; ensuring nontraditional instructional program choices;
modifying students' personal learning plans; requiring a report; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120B.11, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 123B.04,
subdivisions 1a, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter
124D.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section and section 120B.10,
the following terms have the meanings given them.
(a) "Instruction" means methods of providing learning experiences that enable
a student to meet state and district academic standards and graduation requirements
including applied and experiential learningnew text begin and nontraditional instructional programs
under section 124D.061new text end .
(b) "Curriculum" means district or school adopted programs and written plans for
providing students with learning experiences that lead to expected knowledge and skills
and career and college readiness.
(c) "World's best workforce" means striving to: meet school readiness goals; have
all third grade students achieve grade-level literacy; new text begin provide students with a choice
of nontraditional instructional programs; new text end close the academic achievement gap among
all racial and ethnic groups of students and between students living in poverty and
students not living in poverty; have all students attain career and college readiness before
graduating from high school; and have all students graduate from high school.
(d) "Experiential learning" means learning for students that includes career
exploration through a specific class or course or through work-based experiences such as
job shadowing, mentoring, entrepreneurship, service learning, volunteering, internships,
other cooperative work experience, youth apprenticeship, or employment.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
new text end
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a.
Performance measures.
Measures to determine school district and
school site progress in striving to create the world's best workforce must include at least:
(1) student performance on the National Assessment of Education Progress where
applicable;
(2) the size of the academic achievement gap, rigorous course taking under section
120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (2), and enrichment experiences by student
subgroup;
(3) student performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments;
(4) high school graduation rates; deleted text begin and
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(5) career and college readiness under section 120B.30, subdivision 1deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
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(6) summary information about the effectiveness of nontraditional instructional
programs under section 124D.061.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
District advisory committee.
Each school board shall establish an
advisory committee to ensure active community participation in all phases of planning and
improving the instruction and curriculum affecting state and district academic standards,
consistent with subdivision 2new text begin and section 124D.061new text end . A district advisory committee, to
the extent possible, shall reflect the diversity of the district and its school sites, include
teachers, parents, support staff, students, and other community residents, and provide
translation to the extent appropriate and practicable. The district advisory committee shall
pursue community support to accelerate the academic and native literacy and achievement
of English learners with varied needs, from young children to adults, consistent with
section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a. The district may establish site teams as
subcommittees of the district advisory committee under subdivision 4. The district
advisory committee shall recommend to the school board rigorous academic standards,
student achievement goals and measures consistent with subdivision 1a and sections
120B.022, subdivisions 1a and 1b, deleted text begin anddeleted text end 120B.35, new text begin and 124D.061, new text end district assessments, and
program evaluations. School sites may expand upon district evaluations of instruction,
curriculum, assessments, or programs. Whenever possible, parents and other community
residents shall comprise at least two-thirds of advisory committee members.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
new text end
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a.
Individualized learning and instruction; improved student
achievement.
To promote individualized learning and instruction and improve student
achievement under subdivisions 4 and 4a, a participating school board under this section
may consider how to:
(1) assist a school site to adapt instruction to the needs and aptitudes of individual
students, and establish goals and standards for individual students in addition to the state
academic standards applicable to all students;
(2) coordinate the pace of instruction and learning with the needs and aptitudes of
individual students at a school site;
(3) provide useful data and assist with research in developing and improving
innovative, cost-effective, research-based individualized learning, instruction, and
assessment under this section and deleted text begin sectiondeleted text end new text begin sections 124D.061 andnew text end 124D.10;
(4) demonstrate and help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based grade
progression;
(5) more effectively motivate students and teachers; and
(6) expand use of learning technology to support individualized learning, instruction,
assessment, and achievement.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
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Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Achievement contract.
A school board may enter a written education site
achievement contract with each site decision-making team for: (1) setting individualized
learning and achievement measures and short- and long-term educational goals for each
student at that site that may include site-based strategies for English language instruction
targeting the teachers of English learners and all teachers and school administrators; (2)
recognizing each student's educational needsnew text begin , interests, aspirations,new text end and aptitudes and
levels of academic attainment, whether on grade level or above or below grade level, so as
to improve student performance through such means as a cost-effective, research-based
formative assessment system designed to promote individualized learning and assessmentnew text begin
and through nontraditional instructional programs under section 124D.061new text end ; (3) using
student performance data to diagnose a student's academic strengths and weaknesses and
indicate to the student's teachers the specific skills and concepts that need to be introduced
to the student and developed through academic instruction or applied learning, organized
by strands within subject areas and linked to state and local academic standards during
the next year, consistent with the student's short- and long-term educational goals; and
(4) assisting the education site if progress in achieving student or contract goals or other
performance expectations or measures agreed to by the board and the site decision-making
team are not realized or implemented.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
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Sec. 6.
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[124D.061] NONTRADITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
CHOICE.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Definitions. new text end
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(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
section.
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(b) "Nontraditional instructional program" means comprehensive instruction
districts develop under this section in consultation with regional centers of excellence
under section 120B.115. The comprehensive instruction includes career and college
ready curriculum aligned with state and local academic standards that districts provide
in a nontraditional context distinct from the regular education program. Examples of
nontraditional instructional programs include, but are not limited to, magnet schools,
online and digital learning under section 124D.095, language immersion programs,
project-based learning models, open schools, accelerated learning programs, college prep
schools, career and technical programs, Montessori schools, military schools, work-based
schools, and place-based learning.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Rigorous course of study waiver applies. new text end
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Consistent with the
requirements for a rigorous course of study waiver under section 120B.021, subdivision 1a,
a district providing a nontraditional instructional program under this section may declare
that a student meets or exceeds specific academic standards required for graduation.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Program choice. new text end
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In each grade, kindergarten through grade 12, or in
nongraded programs, a school district, singly or in cooperation with one or more other
districts, must provide at least two nontraditional instructional programs. A nontraditional
instructional program must provide at least 80 percent of an interested student's daily
instruction. Nontraditional instructional program offerings may vary by grade. An area
learning center and a contract alternative program do not meet the requirements of this
section. A charter school does not meet the requirements of this section unless it is
authorized by the school district and providing a nontraditional instructional program
under this section.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Program compliance. new text end
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(a) A district complies with subdivision 3 if it
meets the requirements in any paragraph (b) to (g).
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(b) A district offers two or more nontraditional instructional programs within the
district.
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(c) A district offers a nontraditional instructional program at individual school sites
that combined provide comprehensive kindergarten through grade 12 instruction.
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(d) A district approves site decision-making agreements under section 123B.04 or
123B.045 that combined provide comprehensive kindergarten through grade 12 instruction.
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(e) A district enters into a joint powers agreement under section 471.59 with one or
more adjoining school districts and:
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(1) a member district has fewer than 500 students in average daily membership;
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(2) a member district complies with paragraph (b), (c), or (d);
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(3) a member district offering a nontraditional instructional program with limited
enrollment gives equal access to all students residing or enrolled in any member district; and
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(4) the joint powers agreement provides for transporting students between member
districts.
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(f) A district offers a nontraditional instructional program for students in
kindergarten through grade 12 in a charter school authorized by that district.
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(g) A district offers a combination of the options in paragraphs (b) to (f) to its
kindergarten through grade 12 students.
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(h) Consistent with this section, a district may create a nontraditional instructional
program with limited enrollment. The district shall establish and publish on the district's
Web site the admission process for the limited enrollment program.
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(i) Using an electronic format determined by the commissioner, the district
annually must submit to the commissioner a statement affirming its compliance with
the requirements of this section.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
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Nontraditional instructional programs; adoption and accountability.
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(a) A school board, at a public meeting, shall adopt a plan consistent with this section that
includes at least the following:
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(1) a clearly defined structure for complying with subdivision 4;
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(2) a comprehensive description of the nontraditional instructional programs the
district is providing;
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(3) a description of the enrollment process for the nontraditional instructional
programs;
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(4) the specific measures and processes for periodically assessing, evaluating, and
publicly reporting the effectiveness of each nontraditional instructional program provided
by the district; and
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(5) the data-informed public process for modifying a plan under this paragraph.
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(b) The school board, in consultation with the parents of enrolled students and
other interested community members, must publicly identify, implement, review, and
appropriately revise nontraditional instructional programs informed by at least:
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(1) summary data about enrolled students' learning styles and educational needs and
outcomes based on the students' personal learning plans under section 120B.125; and
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(2) input from parents and local and regional business and nonprofit organizations.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end
new text begin Summary data; report. new text end
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Using an electronic format and the data available
under subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner annually by
February 15 must submit to the legislature a report summarizing districts participation in
and outcomes for the nontraditional instructional programs that districts provide under
this section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
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