HF 2590 House Long Description
hf2590SECOND ENGROSSMENTK-12 education code modified.ARTICLE 1 EDUCATION CODE; COMPULSORY ATTENDANCESection 1: charter school definition provided. Sec. 2: parental responsibility definition modified. Sec. 3: effective date.ARTICLE 2 CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT Sec. 1: annually adopted school board written policy requirements clarified. Sec. 2: school board reporting requirements modified. Sec. 3: school district violence prevention program requirements modified. Sec. 4: school district grant application program components requirement removed. Sec. 5: effective date.ARTICLE 3 STUDENT RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND BEHAVIOR Sec. 1: reports of dangerous weapon incidents in school zones forms maintained and filing requirements clarified. Sec. 2: school children health standards immunization requirement clarified. Sec. 3: school safety patrols establishment, appointment, and liability provisions clarified. Sec. 4: commissioner of children, families, and learning requirements regarding alternative educational services modified. Sec. 5: school board written policy governing hazing requirements modified. Sec. 6: repealer. Sec. 7: effective date.ARTICLE 4 TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS Sec. 1: board of teaching license register requirements modified. Sec. 2: speech therapists reference modified to educational speech-language pathologists in teacher licensure definition, and athletic coaches reference removed from supervisory personnel definition. Sec. 3: commissioner s rulemaking authority technical language clarification. Sec. 4: district recording of teacher licenses provision modified. Sec. 5-6: probationary teachers included in peer review contract procedures. Sec. 7: teacher contract negotiation requirements provided. Sec. 8: head varsity coach termination procedure requirements clarified. Sec. 9: staff development committee revenue usage statutory reference modified. Sec. 10: teacher residency program limit removed. Sec. 11: board of teaching required to maintain model teaching residency outcomes and assessments, and mentoring programs. Sec. 12: practice teacher references removed and replaced with student teacher. Sec. 13: teacher mentoring task force reference removed. Sec. 14: executive secretary of the board of teaching designated as state official for interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel. Sec. 15: interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel contract files required to be kept by board of teaching. Sec. 16: revisor instruction. Sec. 17: repealer. Sec. 18: effective date.ARTICLE 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; FORMS FOR ORGANIZING Sec. 1: area learning center program focus requirements modified. Sec. 2: repealer. Sec. 3: effective date.ARTICLE 6 SCHOOL DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES Sec. 1: school board authority clarified. Sec. 2: site decision-making team membership requirements clarified. Sec. 3: commissioner of children, families, and learning site decision making and site management agreements reporting requirement removed. Sec. 4: superintendent duty requirements modified, and certain reporting requirements eliminated. Sec. 5: k-12 buildings principal licensure requirement and duties clarified. Sec. 6: school boards authorized to charge admission fees to certain students for attending classes or programs at a secondary school. Sec. 7: inventory requirements eliminated and commissioners rulemaking authority modified relating to textbooks or individualized instructional materials loaned to elementary and secondary school pupils attending nonpublic schools. Sec. 8: school boards authorized to conduct school sport or educational activities outside the territorial limits of the district. Sec. 9: school board authorization of extracurricular activities granted. Sec. 10-11: schoolhouse reference replaced with schools relating to school sites and school closings. Sec. 12: obsolete date reference removed. Sec. 13: school bus driver day eliminated as part of school bus safety week. Sec. 14: school bus safety student training provisions modified. Sec. 15: district comprehensive pupil transportation safety policy provisions modified. Sec. 16: repealer. Sec. 17: effective date. ARTICLE 7 EDUCATION PROGRAMS Sec. 1: kindergarten instruction requirements clarified. Sec. 2: pupil application to nonresident district notification deadlines imposed. Sec. 3-5 : post-secondary enrollment options act counseling services requirement eliminated, and notice of intent to enroll requirement repealed. Sec. 6-7: charter school purpose statement renamed charter school expected outcomes. Sec. 8: charter school review and comment procedure modified. Sec. 9: charter school information made available. Sec. 10: school breakfast program reimbursement provision clarified. Sec. 11-12: school milk program for kindergartners school participation statement language modified. Sec. 13: eligible districts allowed to operate flexible learning year programs at facilities for children with a disability. Sec. 14: commissioner s rulemaking authority clarified. Sec. 15: learning year program district requirements removed. Sec. 16: Minnesota school-to-work student organization foundation duties statement. Sec. 17: youth entrepreneurship education program purpose statement modified. Sec. 18: expected outcomes of the youth works act provided. Sec. 19: governor s workforce development council grant authority repealed relating to youth works act. Sec. 20: youth works grant application requirements and content modified. Sec. 21: grantee organization training and education requirements modified to include enhancing educational level of participants. Sec. 22: comprehensive education and employment transitions system establishment statement modified and state and local graduation standards provisions repealed. Sec. 23: youth apprenticeship agreement requirements modified. Sec. 24: local education and employment transitions systems expected outcomes modified to include state and local graduation standards. Sec. 25-26: service-learning curriculum replaced with service-learning framework. Sec. 27: limited English proficiency pupil programs provided nonpublic school pupils allowed at nonpublic school or any other suitable location. Sec. 28: office of desegregation integration duties transferred to commissioner of children, families, and learning. Sec. 29-30: Minnesota academic excellence foundation creation statement modified relating to purpose, and foundation program criteria clarified. Sec. 31: revisor instruction. Sec. 32: repealer. Sec. 33: effective date. ARTICLE 8 EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 1: state information system purpose statement clarified. Sec. 2: telecommunication access grant and statewide coordination establishment and purpose statement clarified, and school district telecommunications grant provisions modified. Sec. 3: repealer. Sec. 4: effective date.ARTICLE 9 EDUCATION FUNDING Sec. 1: school district pupil unit restriction clarified relating to students over the age of 21. Sec. 2: state education policy statement clarified. Sec. 3: repealer. Sec. 4: effective date. ARTICLE 10 STATE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION Sec. 1: commissioner of children, families, and learning authorized to appoint up to two deputy commissioners. Sec. 2: commissioners general supervisory statement clarified. Sec. 3: commissioners legislative recommendations to governor and legislature requirements repealed. Sec. 4: school year schedule adjustments statement clarified. Sec. 5: repealer. Sec. 6: effective date.ARTICLE 11 ARTS SCHOOL Sec. 1: Perpich center for arts education board powers modified. Sec. 2: effective date.ARTICLE 12 REPEAL OF RULES Sec. 1: repealer. Sec. 2: effective date.cth