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HF 1376

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/13/2017 04:02pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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A bill for an act
relating to education; providing for prekindergarten through grade 12 education,
including general education, education excellence, teachers, special education,
nutrition, and libraries; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 120A.22,
subdivision 9; 120A.41; 120B.021, subdivisions 1, 3; 120B.022, subdivision 1b;
120B.232, subdivision 1; 120B.30, subdivision 1; 120B.31, subdivision 4, by
adding a subdivision; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 121A.22,
subdivision 2; 121A.221; 122A.09, subdivision 4a; 122A.415, subdivision 4;
123B.52, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.03,
subdivision 5a; 124D.09, subdivisions 3, 5, 13, by adding a subdivision; 124D.095,
subdivision 3; 124D.549; 124D.55; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.11; 125A.08;
125A.0941; 125A.515; 126C.05, subdivision 8; 127A.45, subdivision 10; 134.31,
subdivision 2; 256J.08, subdivisions 38, 39; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120A; 122A; 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2016, section 124D.73, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, part 3500.3100, subpart
4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Exclusions.

In addition, this section does not apply to drugs or medicine that
are:

(1) purchased without a prescription;

(2) used by a pupil who is 18 years old or older;

(3) used in connection with services for which a minor may give effective consent,
including section 144.343, subdivision 1, and any other law;

(4) used in situations in which, in the judgment of the school personnel who are present
or available, the risk to the pupil's life or health is of such a nature that drugs or medicine
should be given without delay;

(5) used off the school grounds;

(6) used in connection with athletics or extra curricular activities;

(7) used in connection with activities that occur before or after the regular school day;

(8) provided or administered by a public health agency to prevent or control an illness
or a disease outbreak as provided for in sections 144.05 and 144.12;

(9) prescription asthma or reactive airway disease medications self-administered by a
pupil with an asthma inhalernew text begin, consistent with section 121A.221,new text end if the district has received
a written authorization from the pupil's parent permitting the pupil to self-administer the
medication, the inhaler is properly labeled for that student, and the parent has not requested
school personnel to administer the medication to the pupil. The parent must submit written
authorization for the pupil to self-administer the medication each school year; or

(10) epinephrine auto-injectors, consistent with section 121A.2205, if the parent and
prescribing medical professional annually inform the pupil's school in writing that (i) the
pupil may possess the epinephrine or (ii) the pupil is unable to possess the epinephrine and
requires immediate access to epinephrine auto-injectors that the parent provides properly
labeled to the school for the pupil as needed.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 121A.221, is amended to read:


121A.221 POSSESSION AND USE OF ASTHMA INHALERS BY ASTHMATIC
STUDENTS.

(a) new text beginConsistent with section 121A.22, subdivision 2, clause (9), new text endin a school district that
employs a school nurse or provides school nursing services under another arrangement, the
school nurse or other appropriate party must assess the student's knowledge and skills to
safely possess and use an asthma inhaler in a school setting and enter into the student's
school health record a plan to implement safe possession and use of asthma inhalers.

(b) new text beginConsistent with section 121A.22, subdivision 2, clause (9), new text endin a school that does not
have a school nurse or school nursing services, the student's parent or guardian must submit
written verification from the prescribing professional that documents an assessment of the
student's knowledge and skills to safely possess and use an asthma inhaler in a school setting
has been completed.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms
defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.

(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation
categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of:

(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph
(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus

(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and
mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts
operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district
and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus

(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as
defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for
pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per
year of the cost of the type three school buses by:

(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined
in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause
(2).

(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to
pupils as follows:

(1) Regular transportation is:

(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary
pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend, and
resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic school
they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation;
but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent
permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87;

(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;

(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the
pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the
home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;

(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils
of a district without a secondary school; and

(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when
the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more,
excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation.

For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility,
school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of
a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program
for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part
or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence,
or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.

(2) Excess transportation is:

(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary
pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic school
they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one
mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary
traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and

(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they
attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the
school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service
school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.

(3) Desegregation transportation is transportation within and outside of the district during
the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal attendance
areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under court order.

(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:

(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school
bus between home or a respite care facility and school;

(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to
other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals,
and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to
125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district
where services are provided;

(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections
125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;

(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;

(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation
required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities
who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils
are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or
neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for
children with a disability;

(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging
facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;

(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped
with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan;
and

(viii) services described in clauses (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities
in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized
education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section
124D.128.

For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost
of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of
transporting new text begina student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision
30,
new text enda homeless student deleted text beginfrom a temporary nonshelter homedeleted text end 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 according to paragraph (a). For purposes of subitem (A), a school
district may transport a child who does not have a school of origin to the same school
attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homelessnew text begin or in a shelter care facilitynew text end.

(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:

(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation
for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);

(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public
school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services
pursuant to section 123B.44; and

(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for
nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.

(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational
programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and
health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as
defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from December 10, 2016.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.45, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Payments to school nonoperating funds.

Each fiscal year state general fund
payments for a district nonoperating fund must be made at the current year aid payment
percentage of the estimated entitlement during the fiscal year of the entitlement. This amount
shall be paid in deleted text begin12deleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end equal monthly installmentsnew text begin from July through Decembernew text end. The amount
of the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during
the fiscal year of the entitlement must be paid prior to October 31 of the following school
year. The commissioner may make advance payments of debt service equalization aid and
state-paid tax credits for a district's debt service fund earlier than would occur under the
preceding schedule if the district submits evidence showing a serious cash flow problem in
the fund. The commissioner may make earlier payments during the year and, if necessary,
increase the percent of the entitlement paid to reduce the cash flow problem.

Sec. 5. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.73, subdivision 2, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

ARTICLE 2

EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120A.22, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

deleted text beginCurriculumdeleted text endnew text begin Knowledge and skillsnew text end.

Instruction must be provided in at least
the following subject areas:

(1) basic communication skills including reading and writing, literature, and fine arts;

(2) mathematics and science;

(3) social studies including history, geography, deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin economics,new text end governmentnew text begin, and
citizenship
new text end; and

(4) health and physical education.

Instruction, textbooks, and materials must be in the English language. Another language
may be used pursuant to sections 124D.59 to 124D.61.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120A.41, is amended to read:


120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.

new text begin (a) new text endA school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of instruction
for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a student in
grades 1 through 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7 through 12, not
including summer school. The school calendar for all-day kindergarten must include at least
850 hours of instruction for the school year. The school calendar for a prekindergarten
student under section 124D.151, if offered by the district, must include at least 350 hours
of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual calendar must include at least
165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through 11 unless a four-day week schedule
has been approved by the commissioner under section 124D.126.

new text begin (b) A school board's annual school calendar may include plans for up to five days of
instruction provided through online instruction due to inclement weather. The inclement
weather plans must be developed according to section 120A.414.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [120A.414] E-LEARNING DAYS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Days. new text end

new text begin "E-learning day" means a school day where a school offers full
access to online instruction provided by students' individual teachers due to inclement
weather. A school district or charter school that chooses to have e-learning days may have
up to five e-learning days in one school year. An e-learning day is counted as a day of
instruction and included in the hours of instruction under section 120A.41.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Plan. new text end

new text begin A school board may adopt an e-learning day plan after consulting with
the exclusive representative of the teachers. A charter school may adopt an e-learning day
plan after consulting with its teachers. The plan must include accommodations for students
without Internet access at home and for digital device access for families without the
technology or an insufficient amount of technology for the number of children in the
household. A school's e-learning day plan must provide accessible options for students with
disabilities in accordance with chapter 125A.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Annual notice. new text end

new text begin A school district or charter school must notify parents and
students of the e-learning day plan at the beginning of the school year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Daily notice. new text end

new text begin On an e-learning day declared by the school, a school district or
charter school must notify parents and students at least two hours prior to the normal school
start time that students need to follow the e-learning day plan for that day.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Teacher access. new text end

new text begin Each student's teacher must be accessible both online and by
telephone during normal school hours on an e-learning day to assist students and parents.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Required academic standards.

(a) The following subject areas are
required for statewide accountability:

(1) language arts;

(2) mathematics;

(3) science;

(4) social studies, including history, geography, economics, and government and
citizenship that includes civics consistent with section 120B.02, subdivision 3;

(5) physical education;

(6) health, for which locally developed academic standards apply; and

(7) the arts, for which statewide or locally developed academic standards apply, as
determined by the school district. Public elementary and middle schools must offer at least
three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance; music; theater; and
visual arts. Public high schools must offer at least three and require at least one of the
following five arts areas: media arts; dance; music; theater; and visual arts.

(b) For purposes of applicable federal law, the academic standards for language arts,
mathematics, and science apply to all public school students, except the very few students
with extreme cognitive or physical impairments for whom an individualized education
program team has determined that the required academic standards are inappropriate. An
individualized education program team that makes this determination must establish
alternative standards.

(c) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, the department must adopt the most recent
deleted text begin National Association of Sport and Physical Educationdeleted text endnew text begin SHAPE America (Society of Health
and Physical Educators)
new text end kindergarten through grade 12 standards and benchmarks for
physical education as the required physical education academic standards. The department
may modify and adapt the national standards to accommodate state interest. The modification
and adaptations must maintain the purpose and integrity of the national standards. The
department must make available sample assessments, which school districts may use as an
alternative to local assessments, to assess students' mastery of the physical education
standards beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.

(d) District efforts to develop, implement, or improve instruction or curriculum as a
result of the provisions of this section must be consistent with sections 120B.10, 120B.11,
and 120B.20.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Rulemaking.

The commissioner, consistent with the requirements of this section
and section 120B.022, must adopt statewide rules under section 14.389 for implementing
statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, mathematics, science, social
studies, physical education, and the arts. After the rules authorized under this subdivision
are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these rules nor adopt new
rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. deleted text beginThe academic standards
for language arts, mathematics, and the arts must be implemented for all students beginning
in the 2003-2004 school year. The academic standards for science and social studies must
be implemented for all students beginning in the 2005-2006 school year.
deleted text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.022, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:


Subd. 1b.

State bilingual and multilingual seals.

(a) Consistent with efforts to strive
for the world's best workforce under sections 120B.11 and 124E.03, subdivision 2, paragraph
(i), and close the academic achievement and opportunity gap under sections 124D.861 and
124D.862, voluntary state bilingual and multilingual seals are established to recognize high
school students new text beginin any school district, charter school, or nonpublic school new text endwho demonstrate
an advanced-low level or an intermediate high level of functional proficiency in listening,
speaking, reading, and writing on either assessments aligned with American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines or on equivalent valid
and reliable assessments in one or more languages in addition to English. American Sign
Language is a language other than English for purposes of this subdivision and a world
language for purposes of subdivision 1a.

(b) In addition to paragraph (a), to be eligible to receive a seal:

(1) students must satisfactorily complete all required English language arts credits; and

(2) students must demonstrate mastery of Minnesota's English language proficiency
standards.

(c) Consistent with this subdivision, a high school student who demonstrates an
intermediate high ACTFL level of functional proficiency in one language in addition to
English is eligible to receive the state bilingual gold seal. A high school student who
demonstrates an intermediate high ACTFL level of functional native proficiency in more
than one language in addition to English is eligible to receive the state multilingual gold
seal. A high school student who demonstrates an advanced-low ACTFL level of functional
proficiency in one language in addition to English is eligible to receive the state bilingual
platinum seal. A high school student who demonstrates an advanced-low ACTFL level of
functional proficiency in more than one language in addition to English is eligible to receive
the state multilingual platinum seal.

(d) School districts and charter schools may give students periodic opportunities to
demonstrate their level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a
language in addition to English. Where valid and reliable assessments are unavailable, a
school district or charter school may rely on evaluators trained in assessing under ACTFL
proficiency guidelines to assess a student's level of foreign, heritage, or indigenous language
proficiency under this section. School districts and charter schools must maintain appropriate
records to identify high school students eligible to receive the state bilingual or multilingual
gold and platinum seals. The school district or charter school must affix the appropriate seal
to the transcript of each high school student who meets the requirements of this subdivision
and may affix the seal to the student's diploma. A school district or charter school must not
charge the high school student a fee for this seal.

(e) A school district or charter school may award elective course credits in world
languages to a student who demonstrates the requisite proficiency in a language other than
English under this section.

(f) A school district or charter school may award community service credit to a student
who demonstrates an intermediate high or advanced-low ACTFL level of functional
proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a language other than English
and who participates in community service activities that are integrated into the curriculum,
involve the participation of teachers, and support biliteracy in the school or local community.

(g) The commissioner must list on the Web page those assessments that are aligned to
ACTFL proficiency guidelines.

(h) By August 1, 2015, the colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities system must establish criteria to translate the seals into college credits
based on the world language course equivalencies identified by the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities faculty and staff and, upon request from an enrolled student, the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities may award foreign language credits to a student who receives
a Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certificate under subdivision 1a. A student who
demonstrated the requisite level of language proficiency in grade 10, 11, or 12 to receive a
seal or certificate and is enrolled in a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institution
must request college credits for the student's seal or proficiency certificate within three
academic years after graduating from high school. The University of Minnesota is encouraged
to award students foreign language academic credits consistent with this paragraph.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.232, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Character development education.

(a) new text beginCharacter education is the shared
responsibility of parents, teachers, and members of the community.
new text endThe 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. new text beginTo the extent practicable, instruction should
be integrated into positive behavioral intervention strategies, in accordance with section
122A.627.
new text endThe commissioner shall provide assistance at the request of a district to develop
character education curriculum and programs.

(b) Character development education under paragraph (a) may include a voluntary
elementary, middle, and high school program that incorporates the history and values of
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and may be offered as part of the social studies,
English language arts, or other curriculum, as a schoolwide character building and veteran
awareness initiative, or as an after-school program, among other possibilities.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Statewide testing.

(a) The commissioner, with advice from experts with
appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with
subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade level
to be tested, state-constructed tests developed as computer-adaptive reading and mathematics
assessments for students that are aligned with the state's required academic standards under
section 120B.021, include multiple choice questions, and are administered annually to all
students in grades 3 through 8. State-developed high school tests aligned with the state's
required academic standards under section 120B.021 and administered to all high school
students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions. The
commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools shall administer
the tests to students each school year.

(1) Students enrolled in grade 8 through the 2009-2010 school year are eligible to be
assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, mathematics,
or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c),
clauses (1) and (2), and (d), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass
college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.

(2) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year are eligible
to be assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading,
mathematics, or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass
college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.

(3) For students under clause (1) or (2), a school district may substitute a score from an
alternative, equivalent assessment to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.

(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic
standards as described in section 120B.023 in the following manner:

(1) mathematics;

(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and

(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;

(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012
school year; and

(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in the
2012-2013 school year.

(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students'
state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student
education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation, include
the following:

(1) an opportunity to participate on a nationally normed college entrance exam, in grade
11 or grade 12;

(2) achievement and career and college readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing,
consistent with paragraph (k) and to the extent available, to monitor students' continuous
development of and growth in requisite knowledge and skills; analyze students' progress
and performance levels, identifying students' academic strengths and diagnosing areas where
students require curriculum or instructional adjustments, targeted interventions, or
remediation; and, based on analysis of students' progress and performance data, determine
students' learning and instructional needs and the instructional tools and best practices that
support academic rigor for the student; and

(3) consistent with this paragraph and section 120B.125, age-appropriate exploration
and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally
relevant career interests and aptitudes and help students and their families develop a regularly
reexamined transition plan for postsecondary education or employment without need for
postsecondary remediation.

Based on appropriate state guidelines, students with an individualized education program
may satisfy state graduation requirements by achieving an individual score on the
state-identified alternative assessments.

(d) Expectations of schools, districts, and the state for career or college readiness under
this subdivision must be comparable in rigor, clarity of purpose, and rates of student
completion.

A student under paragraph (c), clause (2), must receive targeted, relevant, academically
rigorous, and resourced instruction, which may include a targeted instruction and intervention
plan focused on improving the student's knowledge and skills in core subjects so that the
student has a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for
postsecondary remediation. Consistent with sections 120B.13, 124D.09, 124D.091, 124D.49,
and related sections, an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student in
grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to participate
in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students. Students are not
required to achieve a specified score or level of proficiency on an assessment under this
subdivision to graduate from high school.

(e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to
participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. To the extent state funding
for college entrance exam fees is available, a district must pay the cost, one time, for an
interested student in grade 11 or 12 to take a nationally recognized college entrance exam
before graduating. A student must be able to take the exam under this paragraph at the
student's high school during the school day and at any one of the multiple exam
administrations available to students in the district. A district may administer the ACT or
SAT or both the ACT and SAT to comply with this paragraph. If the district administers
only one of these two tests and a student opts not to take that test and chooses instead to
take the other of the two tests, the student may take the other test at a different time or
location and remains eligible for the examination fee reimbursement.

(f) The commissioner and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
must collaborate in aligning instruction and assessments for adult basic education students
and English learners to provide the students with diagnostic information about any targeted
interventions, accommodations, modifications, and supports they need so that assessments
and other performance measures are accessible to them and they may seek postsecondary
education or employment without need for postsecondary remediation. When administering
formative or summative assessments used to measure the academic progress, including the
oral academic development, of English learners and inform their instruction, schools must
ensure that the assessments are accessible to the students and students have the modifications
and supports they need to sufficiently understand the assessments.

(g) Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use career exploration elements to
help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families explore and plan for
postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and aspirations.
Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships,
among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue,
review, and revise an individualized plan for postsecondary education or a career. This
process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve
students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways as
a sequence of academic and career courses that lead to an industry-recognized credential,
an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree and are available to all students, whatever their
interests and career goals.

(h) A student who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which
include career and college readiness benchmarks, on high school assessments under
subdivision 1a is academically ready for a career or college and is encouraged to participate
in courses awarding college credit to high school students. Such courses and programs may
include sequential courses of study within broad career areas and technical skill assessments
that extend beyond course grades.

(i) As appropriate, students through grade 12 must continue to participate in targeted
instruction, intervention, or remediation and be encouraged to participate in courses awarding
college credit to high school students.

(j) In developing, supporting, and improving students' academic readiness for a career
or college, schools, districts, and the state must have a continuum of empirically derived,
clearly defined benchmarks focused on students' attainment of knowledge and skills so that
students, their parents, and teachers know how well students must perform to have a
reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for postsecondary
remediation. The commissioner, in consultation with local school officials and educators,
and Minnesota's public postsecondary institutions must ensure that the foundational
knowledge and skills for students' successful performance in postsecondary employment
or education and an articulated series of possible targeted interventions are clearly identified
and satisfy Minnesota's postsecondary admissions requirements.

(k) For students in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, a school, district, or
charter school must record on the high school transcript a student's progress toward career
and college readiness, and for other students as soon as practicable.

(l) The school board granting students their diplomas may formally decide to include a
notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those graduating seniors who,
according to established school board criteria, demonstrate exemplary academic achievement
during high school.

(m) The 3rd through 8th grade computer-adaptive assessment results and high school
test results shall be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning
and district instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The
commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments in
grades 3 through 8. The commissioner, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities, must establish empirically derived benchmarks on the high
school tests that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness consistent with
section 136F.302, subdivision 1a. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the
computer-adaptive assessments and high school test results upon receiving those results.

(n) The grades 3 through 8 computer-adaptive assessments and high school tests must
be aligned with state academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing
process and the order of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site
and district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.

(o) The commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public
reporting system:

(1) uniform statewide computer-adaptive assessments of all students in grades 3 through
8 and testing at the high school levels that provides appropriate, technically sound
accommodations or alternate assessments;

(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school districts
and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high school
graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;

(3) state results on the American College Test; and

(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress
so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other states, and,
where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort to monitor
achievement.

(p) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high
school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career
pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate, or
industry-recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college ready
are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year college
or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation.

(q) For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural
competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability and will new text beginof families and educators
new text end to interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.31, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Rollout sites; report. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education shall designate up to
six school districts or charter schools as rollout sites.
new text end

new text begin (a) The rollout sites should represent urban school districts, suburban school districts,
nonurban school districts, and charter schools. The commissioner shall designate rollout
sites and notify the schools by August 1, 2017, and the designated school districts or charter
schools will have the right to opt-out or opt-in as rollout sites by September 1, 2017.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must consult stakeholders and review the American Community
Survey to develop recommendations for best practices for disaggregated data. Stakeholders
consulted under this paragraph include at least:
new text end

new text begin (1) the rollout sites;
new text end

new text begin (2) parent groups; and
new text end

new text begin (3) community representatives.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner shall report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over
kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance by February 1, 2018. The
commissioner may research best practices from other states that have disaggregated data
beyond the requirements of the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The recommendations may address:
new text end

new text begin (1) the most meaningful use of disaggregated data, including but not limited to which
reports should include further disaggregated data;
new text end

new text begin (2) collection of additional student characteristics, including but not limited to ensuring
enhanced enrollment forms:
new text end

new text begin (i) provide context and the objective of additional data;
new text end

new text begin (ii) are designed to convey respect and acknowledgment of the sensitive nature of the
additional data; and
new text end

new text begin (iii) are designed to collect data consistent with user feedback;
new text end

new text begin (3) efficient data-reporting approaches when reporting additional information to the
department;
new text end

new text begin (4) the frequency by which districts and schools must update enrollment forms to meet
the needs of the state's changing racial and ethnic demographics; and
new text end

new text begin (5) the criteria for determining additional data. This recommendation should include a
recommendation for frequency of reviews and updates of the additional data and should
also identify the approach of updating any additional census data and data on new enrollees.
This recommendation must consider additional student groups that may face education
disparities and must take into account maintaining student privacy and providing
nonidentifiable student level data.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Student performance data.

In developing policies and assessment processes
to hold schools and districts accountable for high levels of academic standards under section
120B.021, the commissioner shall aggregate and disaggregate student data over time to
report summary student performance and growth levels and, under section 120B.11,
subdivision 2
, clause (2), student learning and outcome data measured at the school, school
district, and statewide level. The commissioner shall use the student categories identified
under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized,
and student categories ofnew text begin:
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end homelessnessdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (2)new text end ethnicitydeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2);
new text end

new text begin (3)new text end racedeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2);
new text end

new text begin (4)new text end home languagedeleted text begin, immigrant, refugee status,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (5)new text end English learners under section 124D.59deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (6)new text end free or reduced-price lunchdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end and

new text begin (7)new text end other categories designated by federal law to organize and report the data so that
state and local policy makers can understand the educational implications of changes in
districts' demographic profiles over time as data are available.

Any report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance
must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate with
that performance.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

State growth target; other state measures.

(a)(1) The state's educational
assessment system measuring individual students' educational growth is based on indicators
of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators of
achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or districtwide
assessments.

(2) For purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner must analyze and
report separate categories of information using the student categories identified under the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and, in
addition to new text begin"other" for each race and ethnicity, and new text endthe Karen community, deleted text beginother student
categories as determined by the total Minnesota population at or above the 1,000-person
threshold based on the most recent decennial census, including ethnicity; race; refugee status
deleted text endnew text begin
seven of the most populous Asian and Pacific Islander groups, three of the most populous
Native groups, seven of the most populous Hispanic/Latino groups, and five of the most
populous Black and African Heritage groups as determined by the total Minnesota population
based on the most recent state demographer's report
new text end; English learners under section 124D.59;
home language; free or reduced-price lunch; deleted text beginimmigrant;deleted text end and all students enrolled in a
Minnesota public school who are currently or were previously in foster care, except that
such disaggregation and cross tabulation is not required if the number of students in a
category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal
personally identifiable information about an individual student.

(b) The commissioner, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes assessment
and evaluation directors, district staff, experts in culturally responsive teaching, and
researchers, must implement a model that uses a value-added growth indicator and includes
criteria for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate medium and high growth
under section 120B.299, subdivisions 8 and 9, and may recommend other value-added
measures under section 120B.299, subdivision 3. The model may be used to advance
educators' professional development and replicate programs that succeed in meeting students'
diverse learning needs. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel
data under section 13.43. The model must allow users to:

(1) report student growth consistent with this paragraph; and

(2) for all student categories, report and compare aggregated and disaggregated state
student growth and, under section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and
outcome data using the student categories identified under the federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and other student categories under
paragraph (a), clause (2).

The commissioner must report measures of student growth and, under section 120B.11,
subdivision 2
, clause (2), student learning and outcome data, consistent with this paragraph,
including the English language development, academic progress, and oral academic
development of English learners and their native language development if the native language
is used as a language of instruction, and include data on all pupils enrolled in a Minnesota
public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted as an English
learner under section 124D.59.

(c) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the
commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating
the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary
academic and career opportunities:

(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school graduates
in the most recent school year who completed course work important to preparing them for
postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the core academic subjects
required for admission to Minnesota's public colleges and universities as determined by the
Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and

(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high school
graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more
college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment
options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section
120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.

When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also
analyze and report separate categories of information using the student categories identified
under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized,
and other student categories under paragraph (a), clause (2).

(d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the
commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2014, must report summary data on school safety
and students' engagement and connection at school, consistent with the student categories
identified under paragraph (a), clause (2). The summary data under this paragraph are
separate from and must not be used for any purpose related to measuring or evaluating the
performance of classroom teachers. The commissioner, in consultation with qualified experts
on student engagement and connection and classroom teachers, must identify highly reliable
variables that generate summary data under this paragraph. The summary data may be used
at school, district, and state levels only. Any data on individuals received, collected, or
created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are nonpublic data
under section 13.02, subdivision 9.

(e) For purposes of statewide educational accountability, the commissioner must identify
and report measures that demonstrate the success of learning year program providers under
sections 123A.05 and 124D.68, among other such providers, in improving students'
graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report
summary data on:

(1) the four- and six-year graduation rates of students under this paragraph;

(2) the percent of students under this paragraph whose progress and performance levels
are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks under section 120B.30, subdivision
1; and

(3) the success that learning year program providers experience in:

(i) identifying at-risk and off-track student populations by grade;

(ii) providing successful prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk students;

(iii) providing successful recuperative and recovery or reenrollment strategies for off-track
students; and

(iv) improving the graduation outcomes of at-risk and off-track students.

The commissioner may include in the annual report summary data on other education
providers serving a majority of students eligible to participate in a learning year program.

(f) The commissioner, in consultation with recognized experts with knowledge and
experience in assessing the language proficiency and academic performance of all English
learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were
previously counted as an English learner under section 124D.59, must identify and report
appropriate and effective measures to improve current categories of language difficulty and
assessments, and monitor and report data on students' English proficiency levels, program
placement, and academic language development, including oral academic language.

new text begin (g) When reporting four- and six-year graduation rates, the commissioner or school
district must disaggregate the data by student categories according to paragraph (a), clause
(2).
new text end

new text begin (h) A school district must inform parents and guardians that volunteering information
on student categories not required by the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act is optional and will not violate the privacy of students or their
families, parents, or guardians. The notice must state the purpose for collecting the student
data.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2018-2019 school year and later
for rollout sites under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.31, subdivision 3a. This section is
effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later for all other schools.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

School performance reportsnew text begin and public reportingnew text end.

(a) The commissioner
shall report student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and
3; the percentages of students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under
section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (c); the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision
3
, paragraph (b), clause (2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and
college readiness benchmarks under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (e); longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing
disparities in students' academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration
under section 124D.861; the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language
academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all
English learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently
or were previously counted as English learners under section 124D.59; two separate
student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections
122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding
salaries; student enrollment demographics; foster care status, including all students enrolled
in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously in
foster care, student homelessness, and district mobility; and extracurricular activities. deleted text beginThe
report also must indicate a school's status under applicable federal law.
deleted text end

(b) new text beginThe school performance report for a school site and a school district must include
school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the
most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text endThe commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department Web
site school performance reportsnew text begin consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11new text end.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of
each school year.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by
the commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold
or deny an appeal is final.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9,
until the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post
school performance reports to the department's public Web site no later than September 1,
except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner
shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.03, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:


Subd. 5a.

Lotteries.

If a school district has more applications than available seats at a
specific grade level, it must hold an impartial lottery following the January 15 deadline to
determine which students will receive seats. new text beginThe district must give priority to enrolling:
new text end

new text begin (1) new text endsiblings of currently enrolled studentsdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (2) students whosenew text end applications new text beginare new text endrelated to an approved integration and achievement
plandeleted text begin, anddeleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (3)new text end children of the school district's staff deleted text beginmust receive priority in the lottery.deleted text endnew text begin; and
new text end

new text begin (4) students residing in that part of a municipality, defined under section 469.1812,
subdivision 3, where:
new text end

new text begin (i) the student's resident district does not operate a school building;
new text end

new text begin (ii) the nonresident district in which the student seeks to enroll operates one or more
school buildings within the municipality; and
new text end

new text begin (iii) no other nonresident district operates a school building within the municipality.
new text end

The process for the school district lottery must be established in school district policy,
approved by the school board, and posted on the school district's Web site.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for lotteries conducted beginning July
1, 2017.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given to them.

(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
industrialization center accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools,
or a private, residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts, degree-granting college or
university located in Minnesota.

(b) "Course" means a course or program.

new text begin (c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under
subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by
a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
for which the district is eligible to receive concurrent enrollment program aid under section
124D.091.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Authorization; notification.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,
an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled tribal
contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange
pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an eligible
institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by that
postsecondary institution. deleted text beginNotwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th grade
pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school
eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in a district
under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered
under subdivision 10, if (1) the school district and the eligible postsecondary institution
providing the course agree to the student's enrollment or (2) the course is a world language
course currently available to 11th and 12th grade students, and consistent with section
120B.022 governing world language standards, certificates, and seals.
deleted text end If an institution
accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment under this section, the institution shall send written
notice to the pupil, the pupil's school or school district, and the commissioner deleted text beginwithin ten
days of acceptance
deleted text end. The notice must indicate the course and hours of enrollment of that
pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for postsecondary credit, the institution must notify
the pupil about payment in the customary manner used by the institution.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 5b. new text end

new text begin Authorization; 9th or 10th grade pupil. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any other law to
the contrary, a 9th or 10th grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled
tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign
exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll
in nonsectarian courses offered under subdivision 10, if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the school district and the eligible postsecondary institution providing the course
agree to the student's enrollment; or
new text end

new text begin (2) the course is a world language course currently available to 11th and 12th grade
students, and consistent with section 120B.022 governing world language standards,
certificates, and seals.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read:


Subd. 13.

Financial arrangements.

For a pupil enrolled in a course under this section,
the department must make payments according to this subdivision for courses that were
taken for secondary credit.

The department must not make payments to a school district or postsecondary institution
for a course taken for postsecondary credit only. The department must not make payments
to a postsecondary institution for a course from which a student officially withdraws during
the first 14 days of the quarter or semester or who has been absent from the postsecondary
institution for the first 15 consecutive school days of the quarter or semester and is not
receiving instruction in the home or hospital.

A postsecondary institution shall receive the following:

(1) for an institution granting quarter credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall be
an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the formula allowance minus $425, multiplied
by 1.2, and divided by 45; or

(2) for an institution granting semester credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall
be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the general revenue formula allowance
minus $425, multiplied by 1.2, and divided by 30.

The department must pay to each postsecondary institution 100 percent of the amount
in clause (1) or (2) within deleted text begin30deleted text endnew text begin 45new text end days of receiving initial enrollment information each quarter
or semester. If changes in enrollment occur during a quarter or semester, the change shall
be reported by the postsecondary institution at the time the enrollment information for the
succeeding quarter or semester is submitted. At any time the department notifies a
postsecondary institution that an overpayment has been made, the institution shall promptly
remit the amount due.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.095, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Authorization; notice; limitations on enrollment.

(a) A student may apply
for full-time enrollment in an approved online learning program under section 124D.03 or
124D.08 or chapter 124E. Notwithstanding sections 124D.03 and 124D.08 and chapter
124E, procedures for enrolling in supplemental online learning are as provided in this
subdivision. A student age 17 or younger must have the written consent of a parent or
guardian to apply. No school district or charter school may prohibit a student from applying
to enroll in online learning. In order to enroll in online learning, the student and the student's
parents must submit an application to the online learning provider and identify the student's
reason for enrolling. An online learning provider that accepts a student under this section
must notify the student and the enrolling district in writing within ten days if the enrolling
district is not the online learning provider. The student and the student's parent must notify
the online learning provider of the student's intent to enroll in online learning within ten
days of being accepted, at which time the student and the student's parent must sign a
statement indicating that they have reviewed the online course or program and understand
the expectations of enrolling in online learning. The online learning provider must use a
form provided by the department to notify the enrolling district of the student's application
to enroll in online learning.

(b) The supplemental online learning notice to the enrolling district when a student
applies to the online learning provider will include the courses or program, credits to be
awarded, and the start date of the online course or program. An online learning provider
must make available the supplemental online course syllabus to the enrolling district. Within
15 days after the online learning provider makes information in this paragraph available to
the enrolling district, the enrolling district must notify the online provider whether the
student, the student's parent, and the enrolling district agree or disagree that the course meets
the enrolling district's graduation requirements. A student may enroll in a supplemental
online learning course up to the midpoint of the enrolling district's term. The enrolling
district may waive this requirement for special circumstances and with the agreement of
the online provider. An online learning course or program that meets or exceeds a graduation
standard or the grade progression requirement of the enrolling district as described in the
provider's online course syllabus meets the corresponding graduation requirements applicable
to the student in the enrolling district. If the enrolling district does not agree that the course
or program meets its graduation requirements, then:

(1) the enrolling district must make available an explanation of its decision to the student,
the student's parent, and the online provider; and

(2) the online provider may make available a response to the enrolling district, showing
how the course or program meets the graduation requirements of the enrolling district.

(c) An online learning provider must notify the commissioner that it is delivering online
learning and report the number of online learning students it accepts and the online learning
courses and programs it delivers.

(d) An online learning provider may limit enrollment if the provider's school board or
board of directors adopts by resolution specific standards for accepting and rejecting students'
applications.new text begin Limits to enrollment must not discriminate against any group under chapter
363A.
new text end

(e) An enrolling district may reduce an online learning student's regular classroom
instructional membership in proportion to the student's membership in online learning
courses.

(f) The online provider must report or make available information on an individual
student's progress and accumulated credit to the student, the student's parent, and the enrolling
district in a manner specified by the commissioner unless the enrolling district and the online
provider agree to a different form of notice and notify the commissioner. The enrolling
district must designate a contact person to help facilitate and monitor the student's academic
progress and accumulated credits towards graduation.

Sec. 19.

new text begin [124D.4535] INNOVATIVE DELIVERY OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAMS; SHARING OF DISTRICT RESOURCES.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment; requirements for participation. new text end

new text begin (a) A program is
established to improve student, career and college readiness, and school outcomes by
allowing groups of school districts to work together in partnership with local and regional
postsecondary institutions and programs, community institutions, and other private, public,
for-profit, and nonprofit workplace partners, to:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide innovative education programs and activities that integrate core academic
and career and technical subjects in students' programs of study through coordinated
secondary and postsecondary career and technical programs leading to an industry
certification or other credential;
new text end

new text begin (2) provide embedded professional development for program participants;
new text end

new text begin (3) use performance assessments in authentic settings to measure students' technical
skills and progress toward attaining an industry certification or other credential; and
new text end

new text begin (4) efficiently share district, institution, and workplace resources.
new text end

new text begin (b) To participate in this program to improve student, career and college readiness, and
school outcomes, a group of two or more school districts must collaborate with school staff
and project partners and receive formal school board approval to form a partnership. The
partnership must develop a plan to provide challenging programmatic options for students
under paragraph (a); create professional development opportunities for educators and other
program participants; increase student engagement and connection and challenging learning
opportunities for diverse populations of students that are focused on employability skills
and technical, job-specific skills related to a specific career pathway; or demonstrate
efficiencies in delivering financial and other services needed to realize plan goals and
objectives. The plan must include:
new text end

new text begin (1) collaborative education goals and objectives;
new text end

new text begin (2) strategies and processes to implement those goals and objectives, including a budget
process with periodic expenditure reviews;
new text end

new text begin (3) valid and reliable measures including performance assessments in authentic settings
and progress toward attaining an industry certification or other credential, among other
measures, to evaluate progress in realizing plan goals and objectives;
new text end

new text begin (4) an implementation timeline; and
new text end

new text begin (5) other applicable conditions, regulations, responsibilities, duties, provisions, fee
schedules, and legal considerations needed to fully implement the plan.
new text end

new text begin A partnership may invite additional districts or other participants under paragraph (a) to
join the partnership after notifying the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin (c) A partnership of interested districts must submit an application to the commissioner
of education in the form and manner the commissioner determines, consistent with the
requirements of this section. The application must contain the formal approval adopted by
the school board in each district to participate in the plan.
new text end

new text begin (d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a participating school district under
this section continues to: receive revenue and maintain its taxation authority; be organized
and governed by an elected school board with general powers under section 123B.02; and
be subject to employment agreements under chapter 122A, and section 179A.20; and district
employees continue to remain employees of the employing school district.
new text end

new text begin (e) Participating districts must submit a biennial report by February 1 in each
odd-numbered year to the education committees of the legislature and the commissioner of
education that includes performance assessment, high school graduation, and career and
technical certification data to show the success of the partnership in preparing diverse
populations of students for careers and jobs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Commissioner's role. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must convene an advisory
panel to advise the commissioner on applicants' qualifications to participate in this program.
The commissioner must ensure an equitable geographical distribution of program participants
to the extent practicable. The commissioner must select only those applicants that fully
comply with the requirements in subdivision 1. The commissioner may terminate a program
participant that fails to effectively implement the goals and objectives contained in its
application and according to its stated timeline.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin (a) This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to those applications submitted after that date.
new text end

new text begin (b) Districts already approved for an innovation zone pilot project under Laws 2012,
chapter 263, section 1, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 24, may
continue to operate.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.549, is amended to read:


124D.549 deleted text beginGENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TESTS RULES;
COMMISSIONER
deleted text endnew text begin COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY
TEST
new text end.

The commissioner deleted text beginmay amend rules to reflect changes in the national minimum standard
score for passing the general education development (GED) tests
deleted text endnew text begin, in consultation with adult
basic education stakeholders, must select a high school equivalency test. The commissioner
may issue a high school equivalency diploma to a Minnesota resident 19 years of age or
older who has not earned a high school diploma, who has not previously been issued a
general education development (GED) test, and who has exceeded or achieved a minimum
passing score on the equivalency test established by the publisher. The commissioner of
education may waive the minimum age requirement if supportive evidence is provided by
an employer or a recognized education or rehabilitation provider
new text end.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.55, is amended to read:


124D.55 deleted text beginGENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED)deleted text end
new text begin COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY new text endTEST FEES.

The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible individual
for the full battery of deleted text begingeneral education development (GED)deleted text end new text beginthe commissioner-selected
high school equivalency
new text endtests, but not more than $40 for an eligible individual.

For fiscal year 2017 only, the commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the fee charged to
an eligible individual for the full battery of deleted text begingeneral education development (GED)deleted text end new text beginthe
commissioner-selected high school equivalency
new text endtests, but not more than the cost of one full
battery of tests per year for any individual.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Certain federal, state, and local requirements.

(a) A charter school shall
meet all federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.

(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing standards
and assessments in chapter 120B.

(c) A charter school must comply with the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections
123B.34 to 123B.39.

(d) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.

(e) A charter school must comply with the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under
section 121A.11, subdivision 3.

(f) A charter school and charter school board of directors must comply with chapter 181
governing requirements for employment.

(g) A charter school must comply with continuing truant notification under section
260A.03.

(h) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer review
process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (13)new text begin, and place
students in classrooms in accordance with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (d)
new text end.
The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional employment
rights for teachers.

(i) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with
section 120B.11, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive for
the world's best workforce.

new text begin (j) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act,
sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124E.11, is amended to read:


124E.11 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLLMENT.

(a) A charter schoolnew text begin, including its free preschool or prekindergarten program established
under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b),
new text end may limit admission to:

(1) pupils within an age group or grade level;

(2) pupils who are eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program under
section 124D.68; or

(3) residents of a specific geographic area in which the school is located when the
majority of students served by the school are members of underserved populations.

(b) A charter schoolnew text begin, including its free preschool or prekindergarten program established
under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b),
new text end shall enroll an eligible pupil who
submits a timely application, unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a
program, class, grade level, or building. In this case, pupils must be accepted by lot. The
charter school must develop and publish, including on its Web site, a lottery policy and
process that it must use when accepting pupils by lot.

(c) A charter school shall give enrollment preference to a sibling of an enrolled pupil
and to a foster child of that pupil's parents and may give preference for enrolling children
of the school's staff before accepting other pupils by lot. A charter school that is located in
Duluth township in St. Louis County and admits students in kindergarten through grade 6
must give enrollment preference to students residing within a five-mile radius of the school
and to the siblings of enrolled children. A charter school may give enrollment preference
to children currently enrolled in the school's free preschool or prekindergarten program
under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), who are eligible to enroll in kindergarten
in the next school year.

(d) A person shall not be admitted to a charter school (1) as a kindergarten pupil, unless
the pupil is at least five years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school
year for which the pupil seeks admission commences; or (2) as a first grade student, unless
the pupil is at least six years of age on September 1 of the calendar year in which the school
year for which the pupil seeks admission commences or has completed kindergarten; except
that a charter school may establish and publish on its Web site a policy for admission of
selected pupils at an earlier age, consistent with the enrollment process in paragraphs (b)
and (c).

(e) Except as permitted in paragraph (d), a charter schoolnew text begin, including its free preschool
or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b),
new text end may not limit admission to pupils on the basis of intellectual ability, measures of
achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability and may not establish any criteria or requirements
for admission that are inconsistent with this section.

(f) The charter school shall not distribute any services or goods of value to students,
parents, or guardians as an inducement, term, or condition of enrolling a student in a charter
school.

(g) Once a student is enrolled in the school, the student is considered enrolled in the
school until the student formally withdraws or is expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal
Act in sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. deleted text beginA charter school is subject to and must comply with
the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.
deleted text end

(h) A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled students who are eligible for
special education services and have a primary disability of deaf or hard-of-hearing may
enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section 126C.05, subdivision 1,
paragraph (a), and must comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 300.324, subsection (2), clause
(iv).

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.08, is amended to read:


125A.08 INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

(a) At the beginning of each school year, each school district shall have in effect, for
each child with a disability, an individualized education program.

(b) As defined in this section, every district must ensure the following:

(1) all students with disabilities are provided the special instruction and services which
are appropriate to their needs. Where the individualized education program team has
determined appropriate goals and objectives based on the student's needs, including the
extent to which the student can be included in the least restrictive environment, and where
there are essentially equivalent and effective instruction, related services, or assistive
technology devices available to meet the student's needs, cost to the district may be among
the factors considered by the team in choosing how to provide the appropriate services,
instruction, or devices that are to be made part of the student's individualized education
program. The individualized education program team shall consider and may authorize
services covered by medical assistance according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 26.
Before a school district evaluation team makes a determination of other health disability
under Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1335, subparts 1 and 2, item A, subitem (1), the evaluation
team must seek written documentation of the student's medically diagnosed chronic or acute
health condition signed by a licensed physician or a licensed health care provider acting
within the scope of the provider's practice. The student's needs and the special education
instruction and services to be provided must be agreed upon through the development of
an individualized education program. The program must address the student's need to develop
skills to live and work as independently as possible within the community. The individualized
education program team must consider positive behavioral interventions, strategies, and
supports that address behavior needs for children. During grade 9, the program must address
the student's needs for transition from secondary services to postsecondary education and
training, employment, community participation, recreation, and leisure and home living. In
developing the program, districts must inform parents of the full range of transitional goals
and related services that should be considered. The program must include a statement of
the needed transition services, including a statement of the interagency responsibilities or
linkages or both before secondary services are concluded. If the individualized education
program meets the plan components in section 120B.125, the individualized education
program satisfies the requirement and no additional transition plan is needed;

(2) children with a disability under age five and their families are provided special
instruction and services appropriate to the child's level of functioning and needs;

(3) children with a disability and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural
safeguards and the right to participate in decisions involving identification, assessment
including assistive technology assessment, and educational placement of children with a
disability;

(4) eligibility and needs of children with a disability are determined by an initial
evaluation or reevaluation, which may be completed using existing data under United States
Code, title 20, section 33, et seq.;

(5) to the maximum extent appropriate, children with a disability, including those in
public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not
disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with a
disability from the regular educational environment occurs only when and to the extent that
the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use
of supplementary services cannot be achieved satisfactorily;

(6) in accordance with recognized professional standards, testing and evaluation materials,
and procedures used for the purposes of classification and placement of children with a
disability are selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory;
and

(7) the rights of the child are protected when the parents or guardians are not known or
not available, or the child is a ward of the state.

(c) For all paraprofessionals employed to work in programs whose role in part is to
provide direct support to students with disabilities, the school board in each district shall
ensure that:

(1) before or beginning at the time of employment, each paraprofessional must develop
sufficient knowledge and skills in emergency procedures, building orientation, roles and
responsibilities, confidentiality, vulnerability, and reportability, among other things, to begin
meeting the needs, especially disability-specific and behavioral needs, of the students with
whom the paraprofessional works;

(2) annual training opportunities are required to enable the paraprofessional to continue
to further develop the knowledge deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end skillsnew text begin, and cultural competency, consistent with
section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q),
new text end that are specific to the students with whom
the paraprofessional works, including understanding disabilities, the unique and individual
needs of each student according to the student's disability and how the disability affects the
student's education and behavior, following lesson plans, and implementing follow-up
instructional procedures and activities; and

(3) a districtwide process obligates each paraprofessional to work under the ongoing
direction of a licensed teacher and, where appropriate and possible, the supervision of a
school nurse.

new text begin (d) The school board must make available annual training opportunities to enable a
special education teacher serving on an individualized education program team to further
develop the knowledge, skills, and cultural competency necessary to appropriately serve
students. For purposes of this section "cultural competency," means the ability and will to
interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.05, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Average daily membership.

(a) Membership for pupils in grades kindergarten
through 12 and for prekindergarten pupils with disabilities shall mean the number of pupils
on the current roll of the school, counted from the date of entry until withdrawal. The date
of withdrawal shall mean the day the pupil permanently leaves the school or the date it is
officially known that the pupil has left or has been legally excused. However, a pupil,
regardless of age, who has been absent from school for 15 consecutive school days during
the regular school year or for five consecutive school days during summer school or
intersession classes of flexible school year programs without receiving instruction in the
home or hospital shall be dropped from the roll and classified as withdrawn. Nothing in this
section shall be construed as waiving the compulsory attendance provisions cited in section
120A.22. Average daily membership equals the sum for all pupils of the number of days
of the school year each pupil is enrolled in the district's schools divided by the number of
days the schools are in sessionnew text begin or are providing e-learning days due to inclement weathernew text end.
Days of summer school or intersession classes of flexible school year programs are only
included in the computation of membership for pupils with a disability not appropriately
served primarily in the regular classroom. A student must not be counted as more than 1.2
pupils in average daily membership under this section. When the initial total average daily
membership exceeds 1.2 for a pupil enrolled in more than one school district during the
fiscal year, each district's average daily membership must be reduced proportionately.

(b) A student must not be counted as more than one pupil in average daily membership
except for purposes of section 126C.10, subdivision 2a.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.08, subdivision 38, is amended to read:


Subd. 38.

Full-time student.

"Full-time student" means a person who is enrolled in a
graded or ungraded primary, intermediate, secondary, deleted text beginGEDdeleted text end new text begincommissioner of
education-selected high school equivalency
new text endpreparatory, trade, technical, vocational, or
postsecondary school, and who meets the school's standard for full-time attendance.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256J.08, subdivision 39, is amended to read:


Subd. 39.

deleted text beginGeneral educational development or GEDdeleted text endnew text begin Commissioner of
education-selected high school equivalency
new text end.

deleted text begin"General educational development" or "GED"deleted text end
new text begin "Commissioner of education-selected high school equivalency" new text endmeans the deleted text begingeneral educational
development
deleted text end new text beginhigh school equivalency new text endcertification issued by the commissioner of education
as an equivalent to a secondary school diploma under deleted text beginMinnesota Rules, part 3500.3100,
subpart 4
deleted text endnew text begin section 124D.549new text end.

Sec. 28. new text beginCOMMISSIONER REPORT ON DYSLEXIA.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of education must submit a report to the legislature on resources
and administrative changes that would assist schools in addressing the needs of students
with dyslexia and convergence insufficiency disorder. The report must identify the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) resources for school districts including screening tools and best practices for
identifying students with dyslexia and convergence insufficiency disorder;
new text end

new text begin (2) intervention strategies and teaching approaches to help students with dyslexia to
develop language skills, including reading and writing; and
new text end

new text begin (3) changes to Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1341, and other rules adopted by the
Department of Education that would assist schools in identifying students with dyslexia
and implement intervention strategies to meet the needs of students with dyslexia and
convergence insufficiency disorder.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must submit the report to the education policy and finance
committees of the legislature by February 15, 2018.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 29. new text beginREVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the
term "commissioner-selected high school equivalency" or similar term for "general education
development," "GED," or similar terms for wherever the term refers to the tests or programs
leading to a certification issued by the commissioner of education as an equivalency to a
secondary diploma.
new text end

Sec. 30. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Rules, part 3500.3100, subpart 4, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

ARTICLE 3

TEACHERS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data; report.

(a) The Board of Teaching and the Board of School Administrators, in cooperation with the
Minnesota Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and Minnesota colleges and
universities offering board-adopted teacher or administrator preparation programs, annually
must collect and report summary data on teacher and administrator preparation and
performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision. The Board of Teaching and the
Board of School Administrators annually by June 1 must update and post the reported
summary preparation and performance data on teachers and administrators from the preceding
school years on a Web site hosted jointly by the boards.

(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:
student entrance requirements for each Board of Teaching-approved program, including
grade point average for enrolling students in the preceding year; the average board-adopted
skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students entering the program in the preceding
year; summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty
undergraduate and graduate degrees and their years of experience either as kindergarten
through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators; the average time resident
and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the program;
the current number and percent of students by program who graduated, received a standard
Minnesota teaching license, and were hired to teach full time in their licensure field in a
Minnesota district or school in the preceding yearnew text begin, disaggregated by race, except when such
disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally
identifiable information about an individual
new text end; the number of content area credits and other
credits by undergraduate program that students in the preceding school year needed to
complete to graduate; students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for
graduation in each program and licensure area in the preceding school year; survey results
measuring student and graduate satisfaction with the program in the preceding school yearnew text begin,
disaggregated by race, except when such disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable
results or would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual
new text end; a standard
measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers with the student
teachers assigned to a school or supervising teacher; and information under paragraphs (d)
and (e). Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 11.

(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved by
the Board of School Administrators must include: summary data on faculty qualifications,
including at least the content areas of faculty undergraduate and graduate degrees and their
years of experience either as kindergarten through grade 12 classroom teachers or school
administrators; the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete
the program; the current number and percent of students who graduated, received a standard
Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota
school district or school in the preceding yearnew text begin, disaggregated by race, except when such
disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally
identifiable information about an individual
new text end; the number of credits by graduate program
that students in the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate; survey results
measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the program in the preceding
school yearnew text begin, disaggregated by race, except when such disaggregation would not yield
statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable information about an
individual
new text end; and information under paragraphs (f) and (g). Program reporting must be
consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.

(d) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching the
following information for all teachers who finished the probationary period and accepted
a continuing contract position with the district from September 1 of the previous year through
August 31 of the current year: the effectiveness category or rating of the teacher on the
summative evaluation under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;
the licensure area in which the teacher primarily taught during the three-year evaluation
cycle; and the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary
areas of instruction and licensure.

(e) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching the
following information for all probationary teachers in the district who were released or
whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous year through August
31 of the current year: the licensure areas in which the probationary teacher taught; and the
teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary areas of instruction
and licensure.

(f) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School
Administrators the following information for all school principals and assistant principals
who finished the probationary period and accepted a continuing contract position with the
district from September 1 of the previous year through August 31 of the current year: the
effectiveness category or rating of the principal or assistant principal on the summative
evaluation under section 123B.147, subdivision 3; and the principal preparation program
providing instruction to the principal or assistant principal.

(g) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School
Administrators all probationary school principals and assistant principals in the district who
were released or whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous year
through August 31 of the current year.

new text begin (h) Data that must be disaggregated by race under this section must be reported in the
following categories:
new text end

new text begin (1) American Indian or Alaskan Native;
new text end

new text begin (2) Asian;
new text end

new text begin (3) Black or African American;
new text end

new text begin (4) Hispanic or Latino;
new text end

new text begin (5) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander;
new text end

new text begin (6) White; and
new text end

new text begin (7) two or more races.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.415, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Basic alternative teacher compensation aid.

(a) The basic alternative teacher
compensation aid for a school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision
2b
, equals 65 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under subdivision 1.
The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with a plan approved
under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a and 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils
enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous year, or on October 1 of the current year
for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the alternative
teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all participating
school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue for those districts
under subdivision 1.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative
teacher compensation aid entitlement must not exceed $75,840,000 for fiscal year 2016 and
$88,118,000 for fiscal year 2017 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount of
alternative teacher compensation aid approved under this section so as not to exceed these
limits by not approving new participants or by prorating the aid among participating districts,
intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter schools. The commissioner may also
reallocate a portion of the allowable aid for the biennium from the second year to the first
year to meet the needs of approved participants.

new text begin (c) new text endBasic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate district or other
cooperative unit equals $3,000 times the number of licensed teachers employed by the
intermediate district or cooperative unit on October 1 of the previous school year.

Sec. 3.

new text begin [122A.417] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE
FOR ST. CROIX RIVER EDUCATION DISTRICT.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 122A.415, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), the St. Croix River
Education District, No. 6009-61, is eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation
revenue based on its staffing as of October 1 of the previous fiscal year as reported to the
department in a manner determined by the commissioner. To qualify for alternative teacher
compensation revenue, the St. Croix River Education District must meet all of the
requirements of sections 122A.414 and 122A.415 that apply to cooperative units, must
report its staffing as of October 1 of each year to the department in a manner determined
by the commissioner, and must annually report to the department by November 30 its
expenditures for the alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with the uniform
financial accounting and reporting standards.
new text end

Sec. 4.

new text begin [122A.627] POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.
new text end

new text begin "Positive behavioral interventions and supports" or "PBIS" means an evidence-based
framework for preventing problem behavior, providing instruction and support for positive
and prosocial behaviors, and supporting social, emotional, and behavioral needs for all
students. Schoolwide implementation of PBIS requires training, coaching, and evaluation
for school staff to consistently implement the key components that make PBIS effective for
all students, including:
new text end

new text begin (1) establishing, defining, teaching, and practicing three to five positively stated
schoolwide behavioral expectations that are representative of the local community and
cultures;
new text end

new text begin (2) developing and implementing a consistent system used by all staff to provide positive
feedback and acknowledgment for students who display schoolwide behavioral expectations;
new text end

new text begin (3) developing and implementing a consistent and specialized support system for students
who do not display behaviors representative of schoolwide positive expectations;
new text end

new text begin (4) developing a system to support decisions based on data related to student progress,
effective implementation of behavioral practices, and screening for students requiring
additional behavior supports;
new text end

new text begin (5) using a continuum of evidence-based interventions that is integrated and aligned to
support academic and behavioral success for all students; and
new text end

new text begin (6) using a team-based approach to support effective implementation, monitor progress,
and evaluate outcomes.
new text end

new text begin Consistent with section 120B.232, subdivision 1, character education curriculum and
programs may be used to support implementation of the key components of PBIS.
new text end

ARTICLE 4

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.0941, is amended to read:


125A.0941 DEFINITIONS.

(a) The following terms have the meanings given them.

(b) "Emergency" means a situation where immediate intervention is needed to protect
a child or other individual from physical injury. Emergency does not mean circumstances
such as: a child who does not respond to a task or request and instead places his or her head
on a desk or hides under a desk or table; a child who does not respond to a staff person's
request unless failing to respond would result in physical injury to the child or other
individual; or an emergency incident has already occurred and no threat of physical injury
currently exists.

(c) "Physical holding" means physical intervention intended to hold a child immobile
or limit a child's movement, where body contact is the only source of physical restraint, and
where immobilization is used to effectively gain control of a child in order to protect a child
or other individual from physical injury. The term physical holding does not mean physical
contact that:

(1) helps a child respond or complete a task;

(2) assists a child without restricting the child's movement;

(3) is needed to administer an authorized health-related service or procedure; or

(4) is needed to physically escort a child when the child does not resist or the child's
resistance is minimal.

(d) "Positive behavioral interventions and supports" means interventions and strategies
to improve the school environment and teach children the skills to behave appropriatelynew text begin,
including the key components under section 122A.627
new text end.

(e) "Prone restraint" means placing a child in a face down position.

(f) "Restrictive procedures" means the use of physical holding or seclusion in an
emergency. Restrictive procedures must not be used to punish or otherwise discipline a
child.

(g) "Seclusion" means confining a child alone in a room from which egress is barred.
Egress may be barred by an adult locking or closing the door in the room or preventing the
child from leaving the room. Removing a child from an activity to a location where the
child cannot participate in or observe the activity is not seclusion.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.515, is amended to read:


125A.515 PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS; APPROVAL OF EDUCATION
PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.

Approval of new text beginon-site new text endeducation programs.

The commissioner shall
approve on-site education programs for placement of children and youth in residential
facilities including detention centers, before being licensed by the Department of Human
Services or the Department of Corrections. Education programs in these facilities shall
conform to state and federal education laws including the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA). This section applies only to placements in new text beginchildren's residential
new text end facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Corrections.
For purposes of this section, "on-site education program" means the educational services
provided directly on the grounds of the deleted text begincare and treatmentdeleted text end new text beginchildren's residential new text endfacility to
children and youth placed for care and treatment.

Subd. 3.

Responsibilities for providing education.

(a) The district in which the new text beginchildren's
new text end residential facility is located must provide education services, including special education
if eligible, to all students placed in a facility.

(b) For education programs operated by the Department of Corrections, the providing
district shall be the Department of Corrections. For students remanded to the commissioner
of corrections, the providing and resident district shall be the Department of Corrections.

Subd. 3a.

Students without a disability from other states.

A school district is not
required to provide education services under this section to a student who:

(1) is not a resident of Minnesota;

(2) does not have an individualized education program; and

(3) does not have a tuition arrangement or agreement to pay the cost of education from
the placing authority.

Subd. 4.

Education services required.

(a) Education services must be provided to a
student beginning within three business days after the student enters the deleted text begincare and treatmentdeleted text endnew text begin
children's residential
new text end facility. The first four days of the student's placement may be used to
screen the student for educational and safety issues.

(b) If the student does not meet the eligibility criteria for special education, regular
education services must be provided to that student.

Subd. 5.

Education programs for students placed in new text beginchildren's new text endresidential facilities.

(a) When a student is placed in a new text beginchildren's residential new text endfacility deleted text beginapproveddeleted text end under this section
that has an on-site education program, the providing district, upon notice from the deleted text begincare and
treatment
deleted text end new text beginchildren's residential new text endfacility, must contact the resident district within one business
day to determine if a student has been identified as having a disability, and to request at
least the student's transcript, and for students with disabilities, the most recent individualized
education program (IEP) and evaluation reportdeleted text begin, and to determine if the student has been
identified as a student with a disability
deleted text end. The resident district must send a facsimile copy to
the providing district within two business days of receiving the request.

(b) If a student placed under this section has been identified as having a disability and
has an individualized education program in the resident district:

(1) the providing agency must conduct an individualized education program meeting to
reach an agreement about continuing or modifying special education services in accordance
with the current individualized education program goals and objectives and to determine if
additional evaluations are necessary; and

(2) at least the following people shall receive written notice or documented phone call
to be followed with written notice to attend the individualized education program meeting:

(i) the person or agency placing the student;

(ii) the resident district;

(iii) the appropriate teachers and related services staff from the providing district;

(iv) appropriate staff from the new text beginchildren's new text endresidential facility;

(v) the parents or legal guardians of the student; and

(vi) when appropriate, the student.

(c) For a student who has not been identified as a student with a disability, a screening
must be conducted by the providing districts as soon as possible to determine the student's
educational and behavioral needs and must include a review of the student's educational
records.

Subd. 6.

Exit report summarizing educational progress.

If a student has been placed
in a facility under this section for 15 or more business days, the providing district must
prepare an exit report summarizing the regular education, special education, evaluation,
educational progress, and service information and must send the report to the resident district
and the next providing district if different, the parent or legal guardian, and any appropriate
social service agency. For students with disabilities, this report must include the student's
IEP.

Subd. 7.

Minimum educational services required.

When a student is placed in a
new text begin children's residential new text endfacility deleted text beginapproveddeleted text end under this section, at a minimum, the providing
district is responsible for:

(1) the education necessary, including summer school services, for a student who is not
performing at grade level as indicated in the education record or IEP; and

(2) a school day, of the same length as the school day of the providing district, unless
the unique needs of the student, as documented through the IEP or education record in
consultation with treatment providers, requires an alteration in the length of the school day.

Subd. 8.

Placement, services, and due process.

When a student's treatment and
educational needs allow, education shall be provided in a regular educational setting. The
determination of the amount and site of integrated services must be a joint decision between
the student's parents or legal guardians and the treatment and education staff. When
applicable, educational placement decisions must be made by the IEP team of the providing
district. Educational services shall be provided in conformance with the least restrictive
environment principle of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The providing
district and deleted text begincare and treatmentdeleted text endnew text begin children's residentialnew text end facility shall cooperatively develop
discipline and behavior management procedures to be used in emergency situations that
comply with the Minnesota Pupil Fair Dismissal Act and other relevant state and federal
laws and regulations.

Subd. 9.

Reimbursement for education services.

(a) Education services provided to
students who have been placed under this section are reimbursable in accordance with
special education and general education statutes.

(b) Indirect or consultative services provided in conjunction with regular education
prereferral interventions and assessment provided to regular education students suspected
of being disabled and who have demonstrated learning or behavioral problems in a screening
are reimbursable with special education categorical aids.

(c) Regular education, including screening, provided to students with or without
disabilities is not reimbursable with special education categorical aids.

Subd. 10.

Students unable to attend school but not covered under this section.

Students who are absent from, or predicted to be absent from, school for 15 consecutive or
intermittent days, and placed at home or in facilities not licensed by the Departments of
Corrections or Human Services are entitled to regular and special education services
consistent with this section or Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2325. These students include
students with and without disabilities who are home due to accident or illness, in a hospital
or other medical facility, or in a day treatment center.

Sec. 3. new text beginSPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY STUDY.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Study. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must examine the use of assistive
technology in Minnesota school districts. The commissioner may examine financial data,
survey school officials, and use other methods to collect data on the use of assistive
technology by Minnesota's students. The commissioner must consult with the Minnesota
Assistive Technology Advisory Council and other interested organizations to determine the
scope and focus of the study.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Data reporting. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must examine the federally required uniform
financial accounting and reporting standards object codes, and if necessary, recommend
changes to better capture school district spending on assistive technology. The commissioner
must examine approaches to collecting additional student level assistive technology data
through the electronic data reporting system.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Assistive technology manual. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must examine the department's
assistive technology manual, and determine whether to prepare a revised manual.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must report to the education committees
of the legislature by February 15, 2018, on the use of assistive technology by Minnesota's
students and recommend statutory changes to encourage individualized education programs
and individualized family services plans to incorporate a child-centered assistive technology
plan.
new text end

ARTICLE 5

NUTRITION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Contracts.

A contract for work or labor, or for the purchase of furniture,
fixtures, or other property, except books registered under the copyright laws and information
systems software, or for the construction or repair of school houses, the estimated cost or
value of which shall exceed that specified in section 471.345, subdivision 3, must not be
made by the school board without first advertising for bids or proposals by two weeks'
published notice in the official newspaper. This notice must state the time and place of
receiving bids and contain a brief description of the subject matter.

Additional publication in the official newspaper or elsewhere may be made as the board
shall deem necessary.

After taking into consideration conformity with the specifications, terms of delivery,
and other conditions imposed in the call for bids, every such contract for which a call for
bids has been issued must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, be duly executed
in writing, and be otherwise conditioned as required by law. The person to whom the contract
is awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance.
Notwithstanding section 574.26 or any other law to the contrary, on a contract limited to
the purchase of a finished tangible product, a board may require, at its discretion, a
performance bond of a contractor in the amount the board considers necessary. A record
must be kept of all bids, with names of bidders and amount of bids, and with the successful
bid indicated thereon. A bid containing an alteration or erasure of any price contained in
the bid which is used in determining the lowest responsible bid must be rejected unless the
alteration or erasure is corrected as provided in this section. An alteration or erasure may
be crossed out and the correction thereof printed in ink or typewritten adjacent thereto and
initialed in ink by the person signing the bid. In the case of identical low bids from two or
more bidders, the board may, at its discretion, utilize negotiated procurement methods with
the tied low bidders for that particular transaction, so long as the price paid does not exceed
the low tied bid price. In the case where only a single bid is received, the board may, at its
discretion, negotiate a mutually agreeable contract with the bidder so long as the price paid
does not exceed the original bid. If no satisfactory bid is received, the board may readvertise.
Standard requirement price contracts established for supplies or services to be purchased
by the district must be established by competitive bids. Such standard requirement price
contracts may contain escalation clauses and may provide for a negotiated price increase
or decrease based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional increase or decrease in the
vendor's costs. Either party to the contract may request that the other party demonstrate
such increase or decrease. The term of such contracts must not exceed two years with an
option on the part of the district to renew for an additional two yearsnew text begin, except as provided in
subdivision 7
new text end. Contracts for the purchase of perishable food items, except milk for school
lunches and vocational training programs, in any amount may be made by direct negotiation
by obtaining two or more written quotations for the purchase or sale, when possible, without
advertising for bids or otherwise complying with the requirements of this section or section
471.345, subdivision 3. All quotations obtained shall be kept on file for a period of at least
one year after receipt.

Every contract made without compliance with the provisions of this section shall be
void. Except in the case of the destruction of buildings or injury thereto, where the public
interest would suffer by delay, contracts for repairs may be made without advertising for
bids.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for contracts entered into on or after July
1, 2017.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 123B.52, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Food service contracts. new text end

new text begin A contract between a school board and a food service
management company that complies with Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section
210.16, may be renewed annually after its initial term for not more than four additional
years.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for contracts entered into on or after July
1, 2017.
new text end

ARTICLE 6

LIBRARIES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 134.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Advice and instruction.

The Department of Education shall give advice and
instruction to the managers of any public library or to any governing body maintaining a
library or empowered to do so by law upon any matter pertaining to the organization,
maintenance, or administration of libraries. The department may also give advice and
instruction, as requested, to postsecondary educational institutions, new text beginschool districts or charter
schools,
new text endstate agencies, governmental units, nonprofit organizations, or private entities. It
shall assist, to the extent possible, in the establishment and organization of library service
in those areas where adequate services do not exist, and may aid in improving previously
established library services. The department shall also provide assistance to school districts,
regional library systems, and member libraries interested in offering joint library services
at a single location.

APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1376-1

124D.73 DEFINITIONS.

Subd. 2.

American Indian child.

"American Indian child" means any child, living on or off a reservation, who is enrolled or eligible for enrollment in a federally recognized tribe.

Repealed Minnesota Rule: H1376-1

3500.3100 ISSUANCE OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GED) DIPLOMA.

Subp. 4.

General Educational Development (GED) diploma.

The commissioner of education may issue a General Educational Development (GED) diploma to a Minnesota resident 19 years of age or over who has not earned a high school diploma and who has not previously been issued a GED if:

A.

the person makes written application through any of the approved GED testing centers located in Minnesota; and

B.

the person obtains a minimum standard score of 410 on each of the five GED tests and an average standard score of at least 450 on all five tests or the minimum standard scores required by the GED testing service, whichever is greater.

GED tests must be administered only by official agencies established by the American Council on Education and approved by the commissioner of education.

The commissioner of education may waive the minimum age requirement if supportive evidence is provided by an employer or a recognized education or rehabilitation provider.