1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for placement of a practice or student teacher;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.69.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.69, is amended to read:
1.6 	122A.69 PRACTICE OR STUDENT TEACHERS.
1.7 	The Board of Teaching may, by agreements with teacher ~~preparing~~preparation 
1.8 	institutions, arrange for classroom experience in the district for practice or student 
1.9 	teachers who have completed ~~not less than~~at least two years of an approved teacher 
1.10 	~~education~~preparation program. Such practice and student teachers must be ~~provided with~~ 
1.11 	~~appropriate supervision~~appropriately supervised by a fully qualified teacher under rules 
1.12 	~~promulgated~~ adopted by the board. A practice or student teacher must be placed with a 
1.13 	cooperating licensed teacher who has at least three years of teaching experience and 
1.14 	falls into the "exemplary" or "effective" evaluation category, or their equivalent, under 
1.15 	the most recent summative evaluation conducted under section 122A.40, subdivision 
1.16 	8, paragraph (b), clause (2), or section 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause 
1.17 	(2). Practice and student teachers are ~~deemed~~ employees of the school district in which 
1.18 	they are rendering services for purposes of workers' compensation; liability insurance, if 
1.19 	provided for other district employees ~~in accordance with~~under section 123B.23; and legal 
1.20 	counsel ~~in accordance with the provisions of~~ under section 123B.25.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and 
1.22 	later.