E Relating to education, modifying, expanding and repealing certain provisions of the K-12 education code ARTICLE 1- EDUCATION CODE; COMPULSORY ATTENDANCEDefining charter school and public school and clarifying parental responsibility for the education of a child for compulsory attendance purposes; applying truancy laws to students required by school boards to attend summer school; repealing the requirement for school boards to include a certain number of additional days of student instruction per school year ARTICLE 2 CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT Eliminating the stated purpose of violence prevention curriculum and the authority of the department of children, families and learning to provide assistance at neutral sites to nonpublic schools participating in the programs; repealing the instruction and curriculum advisory committee, the authority of schools to establish building teams to develop and implement education effectiveness plans, the requirement for school districts to evaluate constituency satisfaction for inclusion in the annual report and the endowed chair program ARTICLE 3 - STUDENT RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND BEHAVIOREliminating certain content requirements for school zone dangerous weapon incidents reports and the requirement for the commissioner of children, families and learning to develop an alternative reporting format and reducing the frequency requirement for the reports; eliminating certain specific school American flag display requirements; clarifying certain school children immunization requirements, requiring immunization statements to include the day of receipt of each additional immunization and eliminating certain requirements suspension authority of the commissioner of health; requiring school districts to adopt a process for addressing chemical abuse problem reports and eliminating certain specific requirements of school chemical abuse preassessment and school and community advisory teams; modifying the requirement to wear industrial quality eye protective devices; clarifying a certain provision providing for school safety patrols, eliminating the option for patrol members to wear fluorescent reflective vests; eliminating the requirement for the commissioner to encourage and assist school districts to cooperatively establish alternative educational services for pupils dismissed from school for dangerous, disruptive or violent behavior; eliminating certain school board hazing policy requirements; repealing the requirements for school boards to submit copies of harassment or violence policies to the commissioner and to provide flags and staffs for each district school building and the purpose statement for early childhood health and developmental screening ARTICLE 4 - TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORSEliminating certain mandates relating to the register of licensed persons kept by the board of teaching; eliminating athletic coaches from the definition of supervisory personnel; eliminating certain teacher hiring restrictions relating to relatives, the prohibition on requiring teachers to reside within the employing school district and the requirement for teachers to pay for requested copies of evaluations and files; enumerating certain teacher contract negotiation requirements; requiring the scheduling of teacher duty free lunch periods by negotiated agreement; modifying a certain provision providing for the termination of coaches; eliminating the limit on the number of eligible teachers allowed to be employed as teacher residents; changing the term practice teachers to student teachers; eliminating the requirement for the board to consult with the teacher mentoring task force on approval or disapproval of teacher mentorship program applications; changing the designated state official from the commissioner of children, families and learning to the executive secretary of the board of teaching under the interstate agreement on qualifications of educational personnel and requiring records of contracts under the agreement to be kept on file in the office of the board of teaching instead of the office of the commissioner of children, families and learning; specifying certain renumbering and cross reference change instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain rulemaking authority of the commissioner, a certain provision allowing the licensing of general teachers as teachers of English as a second language (ESL) courses, certain qualification requirements for assessment professionals, the license and degree exemption for head varsity coaches, a certain requirement for school boards and exclusive representatives of teachers to jointly develop a probationary teacher peer review process, certain provisions providing for general control of schools, short term limited and summer school contracts and sabbatical leave for teachers, teacher or staff exchange programs, teacher centers and the administrators academy and prohibiting the payment of wages to teachers delinquent in making certain reports and the purpose for research on program effectiveness ARTICLE 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS; FORMS FOR ORGANIZING Modifying the program focus for area learning centers; repealing the requirements for the centers to serve as resource centers to provide certain hours of instruction, the purpose statement relating to the establishment of education districts and certain school district cooperation and combination provisions ARTICLE 6 SCHOOL DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIESClarifying the general authority of school district boards and eliminating the separate requirement for school boards to provide free textbooks to pupils; eliminating certain school site decision making team membership and agreement content requirements, requiring school districts to provide certain notice to parents relating to the teams and eliminating certain duties of the commissioner of children, families and learning; eliminating the authority of school boards to enter into agreements with post-secondary institutions for secondary or post-secondary nonsectarian courses and certain duties of superintendents; clarifying certain duties and authority of school principals; clarifying the authority of school boards to charge part time student fees; requiring senate confirmation of members appointed to the nonpublic education council; eliminating certain inventory requirements for instructional materials loaned to nonpublic schools and certain school board authority over extracurricular activities and to designate school bus driver day; modifying school building fire safety inspection requirements; modifying certain school bus safety training requirements for students, eliminating certain competency demonstration requirements and a certain provision encouraging districts to use the model policy; repealing certain school board powers relating to the removal of unauthorized vehicles, the acceptance of gifts, library facilities, summer school classes, services for Indians, school lunches, payment of medical insurance premiums for early retirees, education site achievement contracts, imprest cash funds and agricultural education, certain authority and duties of school principals, the policy relating to aid to nonpublic students, certain provisions imposing certain penalties for school district employee or county auditor failure to perform certain duties, providing for cocurricular activities, the use of school buildings, advertising on school buses and requiring school boards to visit schools and certain transportation provisions ARTICLE 7 EDUCATION PROGRAMSClarifying and modifying the requirement for school boards to provide kindergarten instruction; modifying the enrollment options (open enrollment) program application process and certain credit requirements; eliminating the counseling services and advanced student notice requirements under the post-secondary enrollment options (PSEO) program; changing charter school purposes to expected outcomes and eliminating certain mandates for department of children, families and learning review and comment on performance evaluations and dissemination of certain information; modifying certain provisions relating to the school breakfast and milk programs; modifying the mandatory components of the family connections program, requiring the negotiation of certain issues relating to career teachers and commissioner of children, families and learning approval of school district plans and applications for family connections aid; modifying certain stated options of the Minnesota school to work student organization foundation; modifying the purpose of the youth entrepreneurship education program and of the Minnesota youth works act and certain youth works grant provisions and training and education requirements; modifying certain provisions relating to the education and employment transitions system and the comprehensive youth apprenticeship program and clarifying certain provisions relating to service learning programs; expanding the authorized sites for the provision of limited English proficiency (LEP) programs to nonpublic students, location to be a school district decision; eliminating the specified program options under American Indian language and culture education programs; eliminating the office of desegregation integration in the department and transferring related duties to the commissioner; eliminating the requirement for state multicultural education advisory committee participation in cross cultural initiatives grants criteria determination and award; eliminating the stated purpose of the Minnesota academic excellence foundation and modifying certain program requirements; specifying certain renumbering and cross reference change instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain school board authority relating to secondary school programs, certain enrollment options, flexible learning year, service and work based learning, limited English proficiency and parental involvement programs provisions, the length of school year requirement for charter schools, certain powers and duties of the school to work student organization, a certain youth works grant priority requirement, certain responsibilities of the governor s workforce development council under the education and employment transitions system, the purposes of the first grade preparedness, school breakfast and graduation incentives programs and metropolitan magnet school grants, the policy statement under the American Indian education act, a certain exception to Indian education grant requirements, the authority of charter schools to participate in the school enrichment partnership program and the Minnesota local partnership act ARTICLE 8 EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGYEliminating certain references to computerized under the state information system and certain provisions relating to telecommunication access grants to school districts; repealing the state goals for technological advances in education, the requirements for the department of children, families and learning to maintain a current annual data acquisition calendar and to develop and operate a computerized data system, the authority of the department to provide by delegation of powers and duties for implementation and technical support of a computerized information reporting system and the grant program for regional clearinghouses for improving education technology ARTICLE 9 EDUCATION FUNDING Clarifying the pupil unit count for school districts relating to certain adult students; eliminating certain alternative referendum date provisions; modifying the state policy on education funding ARTICLE 10 STATE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION Eliminating the authority of the commissioner of children, families and learning to appoint deputy commissioners and clarifying the general authority of the commissioner; eliminating certain recommendations and audit reporting requirements of the commissioner; modifying the authority of the commissioner to reduce aid to school districts for violations of law ARTICLE 11 PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION Modifying certain powers and duties of the board of the Perpich center for arts education ARTICLE 12 REPEAL OF RULESRepealing certain rules(mk, ja)