as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/08/2010 10:01am
A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership
Council; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 120B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) A 19-member Minnesota Family
and Consumer Sciences Education Leadership Council is established as follows:
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(1) the director of the University of Minnesota family and consumer sciences
education program;
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(2) a representative of the commissioner of education;
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(3) a representative of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recommended
by the chancellor;
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(4) a representative of the education division of the Minnesota Association of Family
and Consumer Sciences Educators;
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(5) a representative of the Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America (FCCLA) Foundation;
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(6) a representative of the Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America (FCCLA) Association;
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(7) a representative of FCCLA-HERO Association;
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(8) the dean of the College of Family, Youth, and Community at the University
of Minnesota;
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(9) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty at the
University of Minnesota;
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(10) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty of
Minnesota State University, Mankato;
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(11) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty at
St. Catherine University;
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(12) two members representing Family and Consumer Sciences Education and
Family and Consumer Sciences businesses appointed by the governor;
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(13) the chair of the senate K-12 Education Policy Committee;
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(14) the chair of the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee;
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(15) the ranking minority member of the senate K-12 Education Policy committee;
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(16) a member of the senate K-12 Education Policy Committee designated by the
Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;
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(17) the ranking minority member of the house of representatives K-12 Education
Policy Committee; and
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(18) a member of the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee
designated by the speaker.
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(b) An ex officio member of the council under paragraph (a), clause (1), (4), (7),
(10), (11), or (12), may designate a permanent or temporary replacement member to
represent the same constituency.
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The areas of
family and consumer sciences education include, but are not limited to:
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(1) family, work, and community roles;
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(2) employability skills;
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(3) service-learning;
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(4) management practices related to human, technological, family, economic, and
environmental resources;
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(5) sustainability;
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(6) personal family finances and creating financial management plans;
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(7) consumer services;
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(8) early childhood education;
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(9) family and the well-being of family and individuals;
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(10) food production and services;
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(11) food safety;
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(12)
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nutrition and textiles;
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(13) human growth and development; and
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(14) teamwork and leadership skills.
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Specific powers and duties of the council are to:
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(1) develop recommendations to the legislature and the governor and to review
family and consumer sciences education programs in Minnesota;
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(2) establish a grant program to promote the development of secondary and
postsecondary family and consumer sciences education programs;
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(3) coordinate and articulate Minnesota's family and consumer sciences education
policy across all programs and institutions;
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(4) identify the critical needs for family and consumer sciences educators;
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(5) serve as a link between the family and consumer sciences business sector and
the family and consumer sciences education system to communicate mutual concerns,
needs, and projections;
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(6) establish and maintain an increased awareness of family and consumer sciences
education and its continued application for all Minnesotans;
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(7) develop family and consumer sciences education models for sustainability and
household financial management;
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(8) provide professional development opportunities for family and consumer
sciences educators in new and emerging areas of family economics, sustainability, and
integrated foundational skills for workforce and career development for family and
consumer sciences education programs in Minnesota;
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(9) gain broad public support for family and consumer sciences education in
Minnesota; and
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(10) report annually by March 1 on its activities to the senate K-12 Education Policy
Committee and the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee.
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(a) The
council shall annually elect a chair and cochair.
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(b) The council's membership terms, compensation, filling of vacancies, and removal
of members are as provided in section 15.0575.
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(c) The council may employ an executive director and any other staff to carry out
its functions.
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This section expires on June 30, 2016.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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$75,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of education for the Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership Council
under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.26.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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