1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; providing for kindergarten 
  1.3             through grade 12 education excellence; libraries; and 
  1.4             advisory committees and miscellaneous kindergarten 
  1.5             through grade 12 provisions; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 2000, sections 122A.25, by adding a 
  1.7             subdivision; 122A.41, subdivisions 7, 13, by adding a 
  1.8             subdivision; 122A.64; 124D.03, subdivision 4; 124D.59, 
  1.9             subdivision 2; 124D.80, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 124D.84, 
  1.10            subdivision 1; 124D.892, subdivisions 1, 3; 124D.894; 
  1.11            127A.30; 134.31, subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota 
  1.12            Statutes 2000, section 124D.07; Minnesota Rules, parts 
  1.13            3501.0280, subpart 3; 3530.2610; 3530.2612; 3530.2614; 
  1.14            3530.2616; 3530.2618; 3530.2620; 3530.2622; 3530.2624; 
  1.15            3530.2626; 3530.2628; 3530.2630; 3530.2632; 3530.2634; 
  1.16            3530.2636; 3530.2638; 3530.2640; 3530.2642; 3530.2644. 
  1.17  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.18                             ARTICLE 1
  1.19                        EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 
  1.20     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.25, is 
  1.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.22     Subd. 4.  [BACKGROUND CHECK.] A school district or charter 
  1.23  school shall provide the board of teaching with confirmation 
  1.24  that criminal background checks have been completed for all 
  1.25  nonlicensed community experts employed by the district or 
  1.26  charter school and approved by the board of teaching under this 
  1.27  section. 
  1.28     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.64, is 
  1.29  amended to read: 
  1.30     122A.64 [TEACHERS OF COLOR MULTICULTURAL EDUCATORS 
  1.31  PROGRAM.] 
  2.1      Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this 
  2.2   section, "people of color" means permanent United States 
  2.3   residents who are African-American, American Indian or Alaskan 
  2.4   native, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Hispanic "multicultural 
  2.5   educator" means a person with significant personal or 
  2.6   professional experience with communities of color and an 
  2.7   interest in teaching to enhance the educational achievement and 
  2.8   success of Minnesota's students. 
  2.9      Subd. 2.  [GRANTS.] The commissioner of children, families, 
  2.10  and learning in consultation with the desegregation/integration 
  2.11  advisory board established in section 124D.892, subdivision 3, 
  2.12  shall award grants for professional development programs to 
  2.13  recruit and educate people of color multicultural educators in 
  2.14  the field of education, including early childhood and parent 
  2.15  education.  Grant applicants must be a school district with a 
  2.16  growing minority population working in collaboration with a 
  2.17  state institution of higher education with an approved teacher 
  2.18  licensure program or an approved early childhood or parent 
  2.19  education licensure program. 
  2.20     Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.] (a) A grant recipient 
  2.21  must recruit persons of color multicultural educators to be 
  2.22  teachers in elementary, secondary, early childhood or parent 
  2.23  education, and provide support in linking program participants 
  2.24  with jobs in the recipient's school district. 
  2.25     (b) A grant recipient must establish an advisory council 
  2.26  composed of representatives of communities of color. 
  2.27     (c) A grant recipient, with the assistance of the advisory 
  2.28  council, must recruit high school students and other persons, 
  2.29  including educational paraprofessionals, support them through 
  2.30  the higher education application and admission process, advise 
  2.31  them while enrolled and link them with support resources in the 
  2.32  college or university and the community. 
  2.33     (d) A grant recipient must award stipends to students of 
  2.34  color multicultural educator program participants enrolled in an 
  2.35  approved licensure program to help cover the costs of tuition, 
  2.36  student fees, supplies, and books.  Stipend awards must be based 
  3.1   on a student's financial need and students must apply for any 
  3.2   additional financial aid they are eligible for to supplement 
  3.3   this program.  No more than ten percent of the grant may be used 
  3.4   for costs of administering the program.  Students must agree to 
  3.5   teach in the grantee school district for at least two years 
  3.6   after licensure.  If the district has no licensed positions 
  3.7   open, the student may teach in another district in Minnesota. 
  3.8      (e) The commissioner of children, families, and learning 
  3.9   shall consider the following criteria in awarding grants: 
  3.10     (1) whether the program is likely to increase the 
  3.11  recruitment and retention of students of color multicultural 
  3.12  educator program participants in teaching; 
  3.13     (2) whether grant recipients will recruit paraprofessionals 
  3.14  from the district to work in its schools; and 
  3.15     (3) whether grant recipients will establish or have a 
  3.16  mentoring program for students of color multicultural educator 
  3.17  program participants. 
  3.18     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.03, 
  3.19  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  3.20     Subd. 4.  [DESEGREGATION DISTRICT TRANSFERS.] (a) This 
  3.21  subdivision applies to a transfer into or out of a district that 
  3.22  has a desegregation plan approved by the commissioner of 
  3.23  children, families, and learning.  
  3.24     (b) An application to transfer may be submitted at any time 
  3.25  for enrollment beginning at any time. 
  3.26     (c) The parent or guardian of a pupil who is a resident of 
  3.27  a district that has a desegregation plan must submit an 
  3.28  application to the resident district.  If the district accepts 
  3.29  the application, it must forward the application to the 
  3.30  nonresident district. 
  3.31     (d) The parent or guardian of a pupil who applies for 
  3.32  enrollment in a nonresident district that has a desegregation 
  3.33  plan must submit an application to the nonresident district.  
  3.34     (e) Each district must accept or reject an application it 
  3.35  receives and notify the parent or guardian in writing within 30 
  3.36  calendar days of receiving the application.  A notification of 
  4.1   acceptance must include the date enrollment can begin. 
  4.2      (f) If an application is rejected, the district must state 
  4.3   the reason for rejection in the notification.  If a district 
  4.4   that has a desegregation plan rejects an application for a 
  4.5   reason related to the desegregation plan, the district must 
  4.6   state with specificity how acceptance of the application would 
  4.7   result in noncompliance with department of children, families, 
  4.8   and learning rules with respect to the school or program for 
  4.9   which application was made.  
  4.10     (g) If an application is accepted, the parent or guardian 
  4.11  must notify the nonresident district in writing within 15 
  4.12  calendar days of receiving the acceptance whether the pupil 
  4.13  intends to enroll in the nonresident district.  Notice of 
  4.14  intention to enroll obligates the pupil to enroll in the 
  4.15  nonresident district, unless the boards of the resident and 
  4.16  nonresident districts agree otherwise.  If a parent or guardian 
  4.17  does not notify the nonresident district, the pupil may not 
  4.18  enroll in that nonresident district at that time, unless the 
  4.19  boards of the resident and nonresident district agree otherwise. 
  4.20     (h) Within 15 calendar days of receiving the notice from 
  4.21  the parent or guardian, the nonresident district shall notify 
  4.22  the resident district in writing of the pupil's intention to 
  4.23  enroll in the nonresident district.  
  4.24     (i) A pupil enrolled in a nonresident district under this 
  4.25  subdivision a desegregation plan approved by the commissioner of 
  4.26  children, families, and learning is not required to make annual 
  4.27  or periodic application for enrollment but may remain enrolled 
  4.28  in the same district.  A pupil may transfer to the resident 
  4.29  district at any time.  
  4.30     (j) A pupil enrolled in a nonresident district and applying 
  4.31  to transfer into or out of a district that has a desegregation 
  4.32  plan must follow the procedures of this subdivision.  For the 
  4.33  purposes of this type of transfer, "resident district" means the 
  4.34  nonresident district in which the pupil is enrolled at the time 
  4.35  of application.  
  4.36     (k) A district that has a desegregation plan approved by 
  5.1   the commissioner must accept or reject each individual 
  5.2   application in a manner that will enable compliance with its 
  5.3   desegregation plan. 
  5.4      (d) Subdivision 2 applies to a transfer into or out of a 
  5.5   district with a desegregation plan. 
  5.6      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.59, 
  5.7   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.8      Subd. 2.  [PUPIL OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.] "Pupil of 
  5.9   limited English proficiency" means a pupil in any of the grades 
  5.10  of kindergarten through 12 who meets the following requirements: 
  5.11     (1) the pupil in kindergarten through grade 12, as declared 
  5.12  by a parent or guardian first learned a language other than 
  5.13  English, comes from a home where the language usually spoken is 
  5.14  other than English, or usually speaks a language other than 
  5.15  English; and 
  5.16     (2) the pupil's score is significantly below the average 
  5.17  district score for pupils of the same age on a nationally normed 
  5.18  English reading or English language arts achievement test.  A 
  5.19  pupil's score shall be considered significantly below the 
  5.20  average district score for pupils of the same age if it is 
  5.21  one-third of a standard deviation below that average score the 
  5.22  pupil in kindergarten through grade 2, as determined by 
  5.23  developmentally appropriate measures, which might include 
  5.24  observations, teacher judgment, parent recommendations, or 
  5.25  developmentally appropriate assessment instruments, lacks the 
  5.26  necessary English skills to participate fully in classes taught 
  5.27  in English; or 
  5.28     (3) the pupil in grades 3 through 12 scores below the state 
  5.29  cutoff score on an assessment measuring emerging academic 
  5.30  English provided by the commissioner. 
  5.31     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
  5.32  2002-2003 school year and later. 
  5.33     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.84, 
  5.34  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.35     Subdivision 1.  [AWARDS.] The commissioner, with the advice 
  5.36  and counsel of the Minnesota Indian scholarship education 
  6.1   committee, may award scholarships to any Minnesota resident 
  6.2   student who is of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry, who has 
  6.3   applied for other existing state and federal scholarship and 
  6.4   grant programs, and who, in the opinion of the commissioner, has 
  6.5   the capabilities to benefit from further education.  
  6.6   Scholarships must be for accredited degree programs in 
  6.7   accredited Minnesota colleges or universities or for courses in 
  6.8   accredited Minnesota business, technical, or vocational 
  6.9   schools.  Scholarships may also be given to students attending 
  6.10  Minnesota colleges that are in candidacy status for obtaining 
  6.11  full accreditation, and are eligible for and receiving federal 
  6.12  financial aid programs.  Students are also eligible for 
  6.13  scholarships when enrolled as students in Minnesota higher 
  6.14  education institutions that have joint programs with other 
  6.15  accredited higher education institutions.  Scholarships shall be 
  6.16  used to defray the total cost of education including tuition, 
  6.17  incidental fees, books, supplies, transportation, other related 
  6.18  school costs and the cost of board and room and shall be paid 
  6.19  directly to the college or school concerned where the student 
  6.20  receives federal financial aid.  The total cost of education 
  6.21  includes all tuition and fees for each student enrolling in a 
  6.22  public institution and the portion of tuition and fees for each 
  6.23  student enrolling in a private institution that does not exceed 
  6.24  the tuition and fees at a comparable public institution.  Each 
  6.25  student shall be awarded a scholarship based on the total cost 
  6.26  of the student's education and a federal standardized need 
  6.27  analysis.  Applicants are encouraged to apply for all other 
  6.28  sources of financial aid.  The amount and type of each 
  6.29  scholarship shall be determined through the advice and counsel 
  6.30  of the Minnesota Indian scholarship education committee. 
  6.31     When an Indian student satisfactorily completes the work 
  6.32  required by a certain college or school in a school year the 
  6.33  student is eligible for additional scholarships, if additional 
  6.34  training is necessary to reach the student's educational and 
  6.35  vocational objective.  Scholarships may not be given to any 
  6.36  Indian student for more than five years of study without special 
  7.1   approval recommendation of the Minnesota Indian scholarship 
  7.2   education committee.  
  7.3      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.892, 
  7.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  7.5      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) An office of 
  7.6   desegregation/integration is established in the department of 
  7.7   children, families, and learning to coordinate and support 
  7.8   activities related to student enrollment, student and staff 
  7.9   recruitment and retention, transportation, and interdistrict 
  7.10  cooperation among metropolitan school districts.  
  7.11     (b) At the request of a metropolitan school district 
  7.12  involved in cooperative desegregation/integration efforts, the 
  7.13  office shall perform any of the following activities: 
  7.14     (1) assist districts with interdistrict student transfers, 
  7.15  including student recruitment, counseling, placement, and 
  7.16  transportation; 
  7.17     (2) coordinate and disseminate information about schools 
  7.18  and programs; 
  7.19     (3) assist districts with new magnet schools and programs; 
  7.20     (4) assist districts in providing staff development and 
  7.21  in-service training; and 
  7.22     (5) coordinate and administer staff exchanges. 
  7.23     (c) The office shall collect data on the efficacy of 
  7.24  districts' desegregation/integration efforts and make 
  7.25  recommendations based on the data.  The office shall 
  7.26  periodically consult with the metropolitan council to coordinate 
  7.27  metropolitan school desegregation/integration efforts with the 
  7.28  housing, social, economic, and infrastructure needs of the 
  7.29  metropolitan area.  The office shall develop a process for 
  7.30  resolving students' disputes and grievances about student 
  7.31  transfers under a desegregation/integration plan.  
  7.32     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.892, 
  7.33  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  7.34     Subd. 3.  [ADVISORY BOARD.] The commissioner shall 
  7.35  establish an advisory board composed of: 
  7.36     (1) nine superintendents, eight shall be selected by the 
  8.1   superintendents of the school districts located in whole or in 
  8.2   part within each of the eight metropolitan districts established 
  8.3   under section 473.123, subdivision 3c, and one superintendent of 
  8.4   a district outside the seven-county metropolitan area and is 
  8.5   from a district that is considered racially isolated or has a 
  8.6   racially isolated school site according to Minnesota Rules, part 
  8.7   3535.0110; 
  8.8      (2) one person each selected by the Indian affairs council, 
  8.9   the council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the council on Black 
  8.10  Minnesotans, and the council on affairs of Chicano/Latino 
  8.11  people; and 
  8.12     (3) the superintendent of independent school district No. 
  8.13  709, Duluth. 
  8.14     The advisory board shall advise the office on complying 
  8.15  with the requirements under subdivision 1.  The advisory board 
  8.16  may solicit comments from teachers, parents, students, and 
  8.17  interested community organizations and others. 
  8.18     The advisory board shall not expire.  
  8.19     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.894, is 
  8.20  amended to read: 
  8.21     124D.894 [STATE MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION ADVISORY 
  8.22  COMMITTEE.] 
  8.23     (a) The commissioner shall appoint a state multicultural 
  8.24  education advisory committee to advise the department and the 
  8.25  state board on multicultural education.  The committee must have 
  8.26  12 members and be composed of representatives from among the 
  8.27  following groups and community organizations:  African-American, 
  8.28  Asian-Pacific, Hispanic, and American Indian.  The committee 
  8.29  shall not expire.  
  8.30     (b) The state committee shall provide information and 
  8.31  recommendations on: 
  8.32     (1) department procedures for reviewing and approving 
  8.33  district plans and disseminating information on multicultural 
  8.34  education; 
  8.35     (2) department procedures for improving inclusive education 
  8.36  plans, curriculum and instruction improvement plans, and 
  9.1   performance-based assessments; 
  9.2      (3) developing learner outcomes which are multicultural; 
  9.3   and 
  9.4      (4) other recommendations that will further inclusive, 
  9.5   multicultural education. 
  9.6      (c) The committee shall also participate in determining the 
  9.7   criteria for and awarding the grants established under Laws 
  9.8   1993, chapter 224, article 8, section 22, subdivision 8. 
  9.9      Sec. 9.  [REPEALER.] 
  9.10     Minnesota Rules, part 3501.0280, subpart 3, is repealed. 
  9.11                             ARTICLE 2 
  9.12                             LIBRARIES 
  9.13     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 134.31, 
  9.14  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  9.15     Subd. 5.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The commissioner shall 
  9.16  appoint an advisory committee of five members to advise the 
  9.17  staff of the Minnesota library for the blind and physically 
  9.18  handicapped on long-range plans and library services.  Members 
  9.19  shall be people who use the library.  Section 15.059 governs 
  9.20  this committee except that the committee shall expire on June 
  9.21  30, 2001 2003. 
  9.22     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  9.23     Minnesota Rules, parts 3530.2610; 3530.2612; 3530.2614; 
  9.24  3530.2616; 3530.2618; 3530.2620; 3530.2622; 3530.2624; 
  9.25  3530.2626; 3530.2628; 3530.2630; 3530.2632; 3530.2634; 
  9.26  3530.2636; 3530.2638; 3530.2640; 3530.2642; and 3530.2644, are 
  9.27  repealed. 
  9.28                             ARTICLE 3 
  9.29               ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND MISCELLANEOUS 
  9.30                     K-12 EDUCATION PROVISIONS 
  9.31     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.41, is 
  9.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  9.33     Subd. 5a.  [PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR PRINCIPALS HIRED 
  9.34  INTERNALLY.] A board and the exclusive representative of the 
  9.35  school principals in the district may negotiate a plan for a 
  9.36  probationary period of up to two school years for licensed 
 10.1   teachers employed by the board who are subsequently employed by 
 10.2   the board as a licensed school principal. 
 10.3      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
 10.4   2001-2002 school year and following. 
 10.5      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.41, 
 10.6   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 10.7      Subd. 7.  [HEARING OF CHARGES AGAINST TEACHER.] The charges 
 10.8   against a teacher must be in writing and signed by the person 
 10.9   making the same and then filed with the secretary or clerk of 
 10.10  the school board having charge of the school in which the 
 10.11  teacher is employed.  Before the school board, before 
 10.12  discharging or demoting discharges or demotes a teacher, must 
 10.13  then accord the teacher against whom charges have been filed a 
 10.14  full hearing and give to the teacher at least ten days' notice 
 10.15  in writing of the time and place of such hearing.  The notice 
 10.16  may be served personally or sent by certified mail addressed to 
 10.17  the teacher at the teacher's last known post office address. the 
 10.18  board must notify the teacher in writing and state in reasonable 
 10.19  detail its grounds for the proposed discharge or demotion, 
 10.20  together with a statement that the teacher may request in 
 10.21  writing within ten days after receiving the notice a hearing 
 10.22  before the board.  The board may have the notice served 
 10.23  personally or may send it by certified mail addressed to the 
 10.24  teacher at the teacher's last known post office address.  The 
 10.25  teacher, under subdivision 13, also may elect a hearing before 
 10.26  an arbitrator instead of the school board.  Within ten days 
 10.27  after receiving the notice the teacher may request in writing a 
 10.28  hearing before the board or an arbitrator and it shall be 
 10.29  granted.  The teacher must be given reasonable notice of the 
 10.30  time and place of the hearing before final action is taken.  A 
 10.31  teacher who fails to request a hearing within ten days is 
 10.32  considered to acquiesce in the board's action.  If the charge is 
 10.33  made by a person not connected with the school system the charge 
 10.34  may be disregarded by the school board.  If the grounds are 
 10.35  those specified in subdivision 6, clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), 
 10.36  the notice must also state a teacher may request arbitration 
 11.1   under subdivision 13.  At the hearing, the school board or 
 11.2   arbitrator shall hear all evidence that may be adduced in 
 11.3   support of the charges and for the teacher's defense to the 
 11.4   charges.  Either party has the right to have a written record of 
 11.5   the hearing at the expense of the board and to have witnesses 
 11.6   subpoenaed and all witnesses so subpoenaed must be examined 
 11.7   under oath.  Any member of the school board conducting such a 
 11.8   hearing has authority to issue subpoenas and to administer oaths 
 11.9   to witnesses. 
 11.10     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
 11.11  2002-2003 school year and following. 
 11.12     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.41, 
 11.13  subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
 11.14     Subd. 13.  [HEARING AND DETERMINATION BY ARBITRATOR.] A 
 11.15  teacher against whom charges have been filed alleging any cause 
 11.16  for discharge or demotion specified in subdivision 6, clause 
 11.17  (1), (2), (3), or (4), may elect a hearing before an arbitrator 
 11.18  instead of the school board.  The hearing is governed by this 
 11.19  subdivision.  
 11.20     (a) The teacher must make a written request for a hearing 
 11.21  before an arbitrator within ten days after receiving a written 
 11.22  notice of the filing of charges required by subdivision 7.  
 11.23  Failure to request a hearing before an arbitrator during this 
 11.24  period is considered acquiescence to a hearing before the 
 11.25  board board's hearing. 
 11.26     (b) If the teacher and the school board are unable to 
 11.27  mutually agree on an arbitrator, the board must request from the 
 11.28  bureau of mediation services a list of five persons to serve as 
 11.29  an arbitrator.  If the teacher and the school board are unable 
 11.30  to mutually agree on an arbitrator from the list provided, the 
 11.31  parties shall alternately strike names from the list until the 
 11.32  name of one arbitrator remains.  The person remaining after the 
 11.33  striking procedure must be the arbitrator.  If the parties are 
 11.34  unable to agree on who shall strike the first name, the question 
 11.35  must be decided by a flip of a coin.  The teacher and the board 
 11.36  must share equally the costs and fees of the arbitrator. 
 12.1      (c) The arbitrator shall determine, by a preponderance of 
 12.2   the evidence, whether the causes specified in subdivision 6, 
 12.3   clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), exist to support the proposed 
 12.4   discharge or demotion.  A lesser penalty than discharge or 
 12.5   demotion may be imposed by the arbitrator only to the extent 
 12.6   that either party proposes such lesser penalty in the 
 12.7   proceeding.  In making the determination, the arbitration 
 12.8   proceeding is governed by sections 572.11 to 572.17 and by the 
 12.9   collective bargaining agreement applicable to the teacher. 
 12.10     (d) An arbitration hearing conducted under this subdivision 
 12.11  is a meeting for preliminary consideration of allegations or 
 12.12  charges within the meaning of section 13D.05, subdivision 3, 
 12.13  paragraph (a), and must be closed, unless the teacher requests 
 12.14  it to be open. 
 12.15     (e) The arbitrator's decision is final and binding on the 
 12.16  parties, subject to sections 572.18 to 572.26.  
 12.17     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
 12.18  2002-2003 school year and following. 
 12.19     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.80, 
 12.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 12.21     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner of 
 12.22  children, families, and learning shall create one or more an 
 12.23  18-member American Indian education committees committee.  The 
 12.24  commissioner must appoint members with the assistance of the 
 12.25  Indian affairs council as provided under section 3.922, 
 12.26  subdivision 6, and the higher education services office.  
 12.27  Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community 
 12.28  groups, parents of children eligible to be served by the 
 12.29  programs, American Indian administrators and teachers, persons 
 12.30  experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian 
 12.31  education programs, persons involved in programs for American 
 12.32  Indian children in American Indian schools, and persons 
 12.33  knowledgeable in the field of American Indian education.  
 12.34  Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of 
 12.35  significant segments of the population of American Indians, with 
 12.36  membership consisting of representatives from the 11 
 13.1   reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of the 
 13.2   Minnesota Indian affairs council. 
 13.3      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.80, 
 13.4   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 13.5      Subd. 2.  [COMMITTEE TO ADVISE COMMISSIONER.] Each The 
 13.6   committee on American Indian education programs shall advise the 
 13.7   commissioner in the administration of the commissioner's duties 
 13.8   under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the 
 13.9   education of American Indian people, as determined by the 
 13.10  commissioner.  The committee shall also provide advice to the 
 13.11  commissioner in awarding scholarships to eligible American 
 13.12  Indian students and in administering the commissioner's duties 
 13.13  regarding awarding of American Indian post-secondary preparation 
 13.14  grants to school districts.  The committee may work in multiple 
 13.15  subcommittees focused on general Indian education issues and 
 13.16  scholarship-related issues.  
 13.17     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.80, 
 13.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 13.19     Subd. 3.  [EXPENSES; EXPIRATION.] Each The committee must 
 13.20  be reimbursed for expenses according to section 15.059, 
 13.21  subdivision 6.  The commissioner must determine the membership 
 13.22  terms and the duration of each the committee, which shall expire 
 13.23  no later than June 30, 2001 2003. 
 13.24     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 127A.30, is 
 13.25  amended to read: 
 13.26     127A.30 [PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] 
 13.27     A state permanent school fund advisory committee is 
 13.28  established to advise the department of natural resources on the 
 13.29  management of permanent school fund land, which is held in trust 
 13.30  for the school districts of the state.  The advisory committee 
 13.31  must consist of the following persons or their designees:  the 
 13.32  chairs of the education committees of the legislature, the 
 13.33  chairs of the senate committee on finance and house committee on 
 13.34  ways and means, the commissioner of children, families, and 
 13.35  learning, one superintendent from a nonmetropolitan district, 
 13.36  and one superintendent from a metropolitan area district.  The 
 14.1   school district superintendents shall be appointed by the 
 14.2   commissioner of children, families, and learning.  The advisory 
 14.3   committee shall expire June 30, 2003.  
 14.4      The advisory committee shall review the policies of the 
 14.5   department of natural resources and current statutes on 
 14.6   management of school trust fund lands at least semiannually and 
 14.7   shall recommend necessary changes in statutes, policy, and 
 14.8   implementation in order to ensure provident utilization of the 
 14.9   permanent school fund lands. 
 14.10     Sec. 8.  [REPEALER.] 
 14.11     Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.07, is repealed.