Minnesota Legislature
HF 1003
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/02/2013 02:56pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a Minnesota math corps program;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.42.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.42, is amended to read:
124D.42 READING new text begin AND MATH new text end CORPS.
Subd. 6.
Program training.
The commission must, within available resources:
(1) orient each grantee organization in the nature, philosophy, and purpose of the
program;
(2) build an ethic of community service through general community service training;
and
(3) provide guidance on integrating programmatic-based measurement into program
models.
Subd. 8.
Minnesota reading corps program.
(a) A Minnesota reading corps
program is established to provide ServeMinnesota deleted text begin Innovationdeleted text end new text begin AmeriCorpsnew text end members with
a data-based problem-solving model of literacy instruction to use in helping to 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, including comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section
122A.06, subdivision 4, to children age 3 to grade 3.
(b) Literacy programs under this subdivision must comply with the provisions
governing literacy program goals and data use under section 119A.50, subdivision 3,
paragraph (b).
(c) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the
legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and
evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.
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(a) A Minnesota math corps program is
established to give ServeMinnesota AmeriCorps members a data-based problem-solving
model of mathematics instruction useful for providing elementary and middle school
students and their teachers with instructional support to meet state academic standards in
mathematics.
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(b) The commission must submit a biennial report to the committees of the
legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education that records and
evaluates program data to determine the efficacy of the programs under this subdivision.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA MATH CORPS PROGRAM.
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$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the Minnesota math corps
program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9. Any unexpended
balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2013.
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