Minnesota Legislature
HF 1342
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/07/2013 02:12pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education; redefining student achievement through learning redesign;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[123B.0399] PURPOSE; SCHOOLS REDESIGNING LEARNING.
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To develop the range of knowledge and skills that will permit the young people of
Minnesota to succeed in an increasingly complex and competitive world, the legislature
seeks to encourage districts to test alternatives to the givens of traditional school. The
legislature hopes to empower and encourage districts to authorize "Learning Redesign
Schools" in which students will master not only core academic and career content but will
excel also in other academic areas and will develop the skills needed to think critically and
solve complex problems, to work collaboratively, to communicate effectively, and to learn
continuously. The legislature will require that Learning Redesign Schools demonstrate
their success through multiple, meaningful measures of secondary and postsecondary
accountability. The legislature wishes to spread, and will encourage districts to spread,
such new models of school and approaches to learning where these prove successful, in
the district in which they first appear and beyond.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04, is amended to read:
123B.04 new text begin LEARNING REDESIGN new text end SITE deleted text begin DECISION MAKINGdeleted text end new text begin AGREEMENTnew text end ;
INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING AGREEMENT; OTHER AGREEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitionnew text begin ; redesign initiativenew text end .
new text begin (a) new text end "deleted text begin Educationdeleted text end new text begin Learning redesign
new text end site" means a separate facilitydeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin or new text end a programnew text begin , grade, or departmentnew text end within a facility or
deleted text begin within adeleted text end district deleted text begin is an education site if the school board recognizes it as a sitedeleted text end .
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(b) A school board may seek an agreement with a learning redesign site or a learning
redesign site may seek an agreement with its school board to redesign learning and
redefine student achievement under this section.
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Subd. 1a.
Individualized learning deleted text begin and instructiondeleted text end ; improved student
achievement.
To deleted text begin promotedeleted text end new text begin redefine student achievement by promotingnew text end individualized
learning deleted text begin and instruction and improve student achievementdeleted text end under subdivisions 4 and 4a, a
deleted text begin participatingdeleted text end school board under this section may deleted text begin consider how todeleted text end :
(1) assist a deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site deleted text begin todeleted text end adapt deleted text begin instructiondeleted text end new text begin learning programsnew text end to the
needs and aptitudes of individual students, new text begin including non-English language speakers and
students in poverty, among other students, new text end and establish goals and standards for individual
students in addition to the state academic standards applicable to all students;
(2) coordinate the pace of deleted text begin instruction anddeleted text end learning with the needs and aptitudes of
individual students at a deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end 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 section 124D.10;
(4) demonstrate and help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based grade
progressionnew text begin , including applied and project-based learning and adult basic education,
among other alternativesnew text end ;
(5) more effectively motivate students and teachersnew text begin by expanding teachers' roles and
responsibilities, among other possibilitiesnew text end ; and
(6) expand use of learning technology to support individualized learning, instruction,
assessment, and achievement.
Subd. 2.
Agreement.
(a) The school board and a deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site
may enter into an agreement under this section deleted text begin solelydeleted text end to develop and implement an
individualized learning and achievement contract under subdivision 4.
(b) Upon the request of deleted text begin 60 percent ofdeleted text end the new text begin school board or new text end licensed employees deleted text begin ofdeleted text end new text begin atnew text end a
new text begin learning redesign new text end site deleted text begin or a school site decision-making teamdeleted text end , the school board deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin and a
learning redesign site team maynew text end enter into deleted text begin discussions to reachdeleted text end an agreement concerning
deleted text begin thedeleted text end governance, management, new text begin education accountability, new text end or control deleted text begin ofdeleted text end new text begin atnew text end the deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning
redesign sitenew text end . A deleted text begin school site decision-making team may include thedeleted text end school principal,
teachers in the school or their designee, other employees in the school, representatives
new text begin and parents new text end of pupils in the school, deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin andnew text end other members in the communitynew text begin at a learning
redesign site are eligible to participate in this process as learning redesign site team
membersnew text end . deleted text begin A school site decision-makingdeleted text end new text begin Thenew text end team must include at least one parent of a
pupil in the schooldeleted text begin . For purposes of formation of a new site, a school site decision-making
team may be a team ofdeleted text end new text begin ,new text end teachers deleted text begin that is recognized by the board as a site. The school
site decision-making team shall includedeleted text end new text begin who must be a majority of the team members,
new text end the school principal deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin , and, where applicable, thenew text end other person deleted text begin having generaldeleted text end new text begin most
directly responsible fornew text end control and supervision of the deleted text begin school. The site decision-making
teamdeleted text end new text begin learning redesign site. The teamnew text end must reflect the diversity of the deleted text begin educationdeleted text end new text begin learning
redesignnew text end sitenew text begin or districtnew text end . deleted text begin 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.
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(c) deleted text begin Schooldeleted text end new text begin Learning redesignnew text end site deleted text begin decision-makingdeleted text end agreements deleted text begin mustdeleted text end new text begin maynew text end delegate
powers, duties, deleted text begin and broad managementdeleted text end new text begin or othernew text end responsibilities to site teams and involve
staff members, students as appropriate, and parents in decision making.
(d) An agreement shall include a statement of powers, duties, responsibilities, and
authority to be delegated to and within the new text begin learning redesign new text end site.
(e) An agreement may include:
(1) an achievement contract according to subdivision 4;
(2) new text begin where applicable, new text end a mechanism to allow principalsdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ornew text end a new text begin learning redesign new text end site
deleted text begin leadershipdeleted text end teamdeleted text begin , or other persons having general control and supervision of the school,deleted text end to
make decisions deleted text begin regardingdeleted text end new text begin aboutnew text end how financial and personnel resources are best allocated
at the new text begin learning redesign new text end site and from whom goods or services are purchased;
(3) a mechanism to implement parental involvement programs under section
124D.895 and to provide for effective parental communication deleted text begin and feedbackdeleted text end on this
involvement at the new text begin learning redesign new text end site level;
(4) a provision that would allow the team to deleted text begin determinedeleted text end new text begin advise the school board about
new text end who is hired into licensed and nonlicensed positionsnew text begin at the learning redesign sitenew text end ;
(5) new text begin where applicable, new text end a provision that would allow teachers to choose the principal
or other person having general controlnew text begin at the learning redesign sitenew text end ;
(6) deleted text begin an amount ofdeleted text end new text begin anynew text end revenue allocated to the new text begin learning redesign new text end site under
subdivision 3; and
(7) any other powers and duties determined appropriate by the boardnew text begin and the
learning redesign site teamnew text end .
The school board of the district remains the legal employer under clauses (4) and (5).
(f) Any powers or duties not delegated to the deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site
deleted text begin managementdeleted text end team in the deleted text begin school site managementdeleted text end new text begin learning redesign sitenew text end agreement shall
remain with the school board.
(g) Approved agreements shall be filed with the commissioner. If a deleted text begin school board
denies a request or the schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site and school board fail to reach an
agreement deleted text begin to enter into a school site management agreementdeleted text end , the school board new text begin and the
learning redesign site team new text end shall new text begin each new text end provide deleted text begin a copy of the request anddeleted text end the reasons for deleted text begin its
denialdeleted text end new text begin failing to agreenew text end to the commissioner.
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new text begin Grant program established. new text end
deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (a)new text end A new text begin learning redesign new text end site
deleted text begin decision-makingdeleted text end grant program is established, consistent with this deleted text begin subdivisiondeleted text end new text begin sectionnew text end , to
allow new text begin learning redesign new text end sites to implement an agreement that at least:
(1) notwithstanding subdivision 3, allocates to the new text begin learning redesign new text end site deleted text begin alldeleted text end new text begin a grant
award ornew text end revenue deleted text begin that isdeleted text end attributable to the students at that site;
(2) includes a provision, consistent with current law and the collective bargaining
agreement in effect, that allows the new text begin learning redesign new text end site team to deleted text begin decidedeleted text end new text begin advise the school
board aboutnew text end who is selected from within the district for licensed and nonlicensed positions
at the new text begin learning redesign new text end site and to deleted text begin makedeleted text end new text begin advise about faculty andnew text end staff assignments deleted text begin in
deleted text end new text begin atnew text end the new text begin learning redesign new text end site; and
(3) includes a completed performance agreement under subdivision 4.
new text begin (b) Consistent with subdivision 5, new text end the commissioner shall establish the form and
manner of the application for a grant and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, report to
the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over education
on the progress of the program.
Subd. 3.
Revenue and cost allocation.
new text begin Where applicable, new text end revenue for a fiscal year
received or receivable by the district shall be allocated to deleted text begin educationdeleted text end new text begin learning redesign
new text end sites based on the agreement between the school board and the new text begin learning redesign new text end site
deleted text begin decision-makingdeleted text end team. Revenue shall remain allocated to deleted text begin eachdeleted text end new text begin the learning redesign
new text end site until used by the site. The site teams and the board may enter an agreement that
permits the district to provide services and retain the revenue required to pay for the
services provided. The district remains responsible for legally entering into contracts
and expending funds. For the purposes of this subdivision, "allocation" means that the
determination of the use of the revenue shall be under the control of the site. The district
deleted text begin may charge the accounts ofdeleted text end new text begin must enter into an agreement withnew text end each site new text begin establishing new text end the
actual costs of goods and services from the general or capital funds attributable to the site.
Subd. 4.
Achievement contract.
A school board may enter a written
deleted text begin educationdeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site achievement contract with each new text begin learning redesign new text end site
deleted text begin decision-makingdeleted text end team for:
(1) setting individualized learning and achievement measures and short- and
long-term educational goals for each student at that site;
(2) recognizing each student's educational needs 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 assessment;
(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; deleted text begin anddeleted text end
(4) assisting the deleted text begin educationdeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site if progress in achieving student or
contract goals or other performance expectations or measures agreed to by the board and
the new text begin learning redesign new text end site deleted text begin decision-makingdeleted text end team are not realized or implementednew text begin ; and
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new text begin (5) defining broader objectives to be used by the site and the measures used to assess
the site's achievement of those objectivesnew text end .
Subd. 4a.
Additional site agreements premised on successful achievement
contracts.
A school board that enters into a written education achievement contract
with a deleted text begin schooldeleted text end new text begin learning redesignnew text end site under subdivision 4 where the student performance
data at the site demonstrate at least three consecutive school years of improved student
achievement consistent with the terms of the achievement contract deleted text begin maydeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end seek to
establish a similar achievement contract deleted text begin withdeleted text end new text begin atnew text end other deleted text begin school sites in thedeleted text end districtnew text begin sitesnew text end .
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Commissioner's rolenew text begin ; grant awards and evaluationnew text end .
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(a) The
commissioner must encourage districts to enter into a learning redesign site agreement
under this section and may award grants to applicants that have entered into such
an agreement. Grant amounts may not exceed $....... per resident pupil unit in the
learning redesign site in the prior school year. The commissioner shall award grants on
a first-come-first-served basis to eligible applicants the commissioner determines have
met grant program requirements.
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new text begin (b) new text end The commissioner deleted text begin of educationdeleted text end , in consultation with appropriate educational
organizations, shall:
(1) upon request, provide technical support for districts and new text begin learning redesign new text end sites
with agreements under this section;
(2) conduct and compile research on new text begin and evaluate new text end the effectiveness of deleted text begin site decision
makingdeleted text end new text begin learning redesign site agreementsnew text end ; and
(3) deleted text begin periodicallydeleted text end new text begin annuallynew text end report new text begin to the education committees of the legislature new text end on
deleted text begin and evaluatedeleted text end the effectiveness of new text begin the new text end site deleted text begin managementdeleted text end agreements new text begin and how to apply the
positive outcomes of learning redesign new text end on a statewide basis.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective for fiscal year 2014 and later.
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Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; LEARNING REDESIGN SITE GRANTS.
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$....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of education for learning redesign site grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.04. Any unexpended funds in the first year do not
cancel but are 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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