1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to crime prevention; creating an intensive 
  1.3             juvenile monitoring pilot program; providing for the 
  1.4             use of college students to supervise juveniles who 
  1.5             have committed or are at risk to commit status 
  1.6             offenses or delinquent acts; appropriating money. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [INTENSIVE JUVENILE MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.] 
  1.9      (a) The commissioner of corrections shall establish at 
  1.10  least two two-year pilot programs to provide intensive 
  1.11  monitoring in the community for juveniles who have committed or 
  1.12  are at risk to commit status offenses or delinquent acts.  A 
  1.13  juvenile need not be adjudicated for an offense to be eligible 
  1.14  for the program.  The pilot programs shall employ upper division 
  1.15  college and graduate students who are majoring in relevant 
  1.16  disciplines to supervise and monitor juveniles referred to or 
  1.17  placed in the program by peace officers, juvenile courts, and 
  1.18  juvenile probation officers. 
  1.19     (b) The commissioner shall collaborate with appropriate 
  1.20  faculty members and administrators at the University of 
  1.21  Minnesota, the state universities, and private colleges and 
  1.22  universities to establish general eligibility criteria for 
  1.23  college students to participate in the program and to specify 
  1.24  the various ways by which students may be compensated for their 
  1.25  participation including, but not limited to, monetary 
  1.26  compensation and academic credits. 
  2.1      (c) The commissioner also shall collaborate with higher 
  2.2   education experts, community corrections agencies, law 
  2.3   enforcement agencies, and juvenile court judges to: 
  2.4      (1) establish general eligibility criteria for juveniles to 
  2.5   be referred to or placed in the program; 
  2.6      (2) establish maximum caseloads for students, based on 
  2.7   their experience and knowledge and on the characteristics of the 
  2.8   juveniles to be supervised; 
  2.9      (3) specify the types of supervision and monitoring the 
  2.10  college students will be expected to provide to the juveniles; 
  2.11  and 
  2.12     (4) specify the manner in which the students' work will be 
  2.13  monitored and evaluated by relevant criminal justice and higher 
  2.14  education professionals. 
  2.15     (d) At the end of the pilot programs, the commissioner of 
  2.16  corrections shall report findings and recommendations to the 
  2.17  chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
  2.18  criminal justice and higher education issues. 
  2.19     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.20     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.21  commissioner of corrections to establish and fund the pilot 
  2.22  programs described in section 1.  This sum is available until 
  2.23  expended.