E Modifying certain early childhood and family and kindergarten + through grade education programs and services policy provisions ARTICLE 1 � GENERAL EDUCATIONExpanding the provision authorizing parents or guardians of secondary+ students to voluntarily surrender to and from school transportation privileges+ to all students; transferring ownership of textbooks and materials under the postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) program from the school +district to the postsecondary institution; granting school districts providing +transportation to charter schools sole discretion in dealing with transportation +issues; requiring school district clerks to notify the commissioner of +children, families and learning (CFL) before operating or building referenda +and to provide the commissioner with certified vote totals for each ballot +questionARTICLE 2 � EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND OTHER POLICYModifying the definition of middle school under the education code +relating to the minimum number of consecutive grades; modifying a certain annual +reporting requirement of school district superintendents relating to compliance+ with compulsory instruction requirements; eliminating the annual school +board calendar additional student instruction or staff development days +requirement; requiring school districts to develop strategies and plans in +conjunction with parents of students with emotional or behavioral disorders and the +county board to increase graduation rates; requiring and providing for recitation +of the pledge of allegiance to the American flag in public and charter +schools; removing references to diseases under the sexually transmitted +infections risk prevention and reduction program and eliminating the requirement for +the department of children, families and learning (CFL) to provide +assistance to nonpublic schools participating in and to service cooperatives +developing or implementing the program; expanding school board discipline policy +content requirements to an agreement for procedures to coordinate crisis +services with county board responsibility for implementing certain services for +students with serious emotional disturbance or students with individualized +education plans removed from school or class and modifying the notice requirements +relating to the placement in classrooms of students with histories of violent +behavior; requiring the board of teaching to adopt rules requiring licensed +teachers renewing continuing licenses to include in renewal requirements +further preparation in understanding and identifying key warning signs of +early onset mental illness in children and adolescents; authorizing the board to +issue lifetime qualified short call substitute teaching licenses to certain+ retired teachers; requiring school district or charter school verification +and teacher display of teacher licenses; requiring the board to adopt rules to +implement a statewide credential for education paraprofessionals assisting +licensed teachers in providing student instruction, specifying certain +paraprofessional initial training requirements and additional training possibilities; +imposing an annual deadline for evaluation of probationary teachers, failure +to comply to extend the probationary period of the teacher, further failure to +result in automatic renewal of the teacher contract, financial limits +exceptions; modifying certain requirements for the payment of premiums for health+ insurance coverage for teachers on extended leaves of absence; providing for +school sponsorship and advertising revenue; providing for improved student +access to licensed student support services; modifying the timeline for the +first meeting of school boards after an election; providing conditions for +superintendent contract validity; modifying certain school bus student safety +training requirements; modifying the terms and requiring commissioner +appointment of members of the charter school advisory council and extending the +expiration date; authorizing certain nonprofit corporations to sponsor charter +schools under certain conditions and providing for sponsor expansion of sites+ and grades; limiting teacher leaves to teach in charter schools; +requiring the state high school league to adopt a policy on corporate sponsorships +and similar agreements; providing for supervised competitive high school +diving occurring in pools constructed before a certain date; exempting type +III school buses from the requirement to stop at railroad grade crossings, +expanding certain school bus standards certification requirements, extending +the time limit for the use of older type III vehicles to transport school +children, modifying certain identification requirements for type III vehicles, eliminating certain school bus driver evaluation requirements; +authorizing school district employers to enter agreements with exclusive +bargaining representatives of members of the teachers retirement association +(TRA) for payment of employee contributions, requiring a sunset of eligibility +in the agreements; requiring and providing for performance bonds for certain+ school board contracts; eliminating department representation on the crime +victim services roundtable; providing for staggered terms for members of +the charter school advisory board; authorizing school boards to participate in +pilot projects to develop school district parental involvement policies to +improve academic achievement of all students, requiring and providing for the establishment of parent involvement review committees; requiring and +providing for the development of a model policy by representatives of certain +education organizations on students with a history of violent behavior; +authorizing independent school district #709, Duluth to by resolution reduce the +number of at large school board members; repealing the Minnesota local +partnership program, the class size, all day kindergarten and special education +student to instructor ratio funding reserve requirement, certain state high +school league provisions relating to commercial relationships, the budget and +investments, the designation of school bus safety week and the MN designation +requirement in bus body serial numbers ARTICLE 3 � SPECIAL PROGRAMSExpanding the personnel required to attend meetings relating to the +expulsion of students with a disability from school; requiring districts and +cooperative centers to report career and technical education programs data to the department of children, families and learning (CFL); providing for +alternative dispute resolution and due process hearings relating to the +requirement for school districts to provide special instruction and services for +children with a disability; requiring the commissioner to adopt hearing officer +rules by a certain date; establishing a special education pilot project to +exempt school districts from special education mandates beyond the mandates +required by federal law, providing program availability to independent school +district #535, Rochester and a certain number of geographically distributed +school districts to be selected by the commissioner; repealing the authority+ of the commissioner to create advisory task forces for curriculum +development, state total limited English proficiency (LEP) programs revenue, the +procedures for school district decisions involving identification, assessment and +educational placement of children with disabilities and the requirement for the commissioner to develop and implement a weights and measures metric +system public education plan ARTICLE 4 � EDUCATION REFORM; FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY; FUND +TRANSFERSRequiring school districts under the capital expenditure health and +safety program to develop plans and plans under the alternative facilities +bonding and levy or other building programs to comply with sustainable new +building energy design (B3 project) guidelines of the departments of administration +and commerce for school building projects ARTICLE 5 � FAMILY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONModifying the requirement for school boards to employ licensed nurses for health services purposes; modifying certain requirements +under the early childhood and family education (ECFE) home visiting program and+ certain programs coordination requirements; expanding representation +requirements on school readiness program advisory councils and modifying certain +program plan content and review requirements; expanding interagency intervention +service system requirements; extending the expiration date of the state +interagency coordinating council and expanding interagency early intervention +committees membership representation requirements and duties; repealing the +neighborhood based children and family services pilot projects, the definitions of+ program account 20 and 22 under head start provisions, an obsolete provision +requiring the departments of children, families and learning (CFL), health and +human services to develop a plan to collect certain data relating to early intervention services and a certain provision transferring federal +money for community prevention grants through the federal drug free schools and communities act from the commissioner of children, families and +learning to the commissioner of health ARTICLE 6 � STATE AGENCIESAuthorizing the commissioner of children, families and learning (CFL)+ to adopt rules establishing criteria for identifying, annually reviewing and +formally listing eligible supplemental education service providers consistent +with applicable federal requirement and state application for supplement +education service providers under the No Child Left Behind ActARTICLE 7 � REPEAL OF PROFILE OF LEARNING; STATEWIDE ACCOUNTABILITYRepealing and replacing the profile of learning; prohibiting the +commissioner of children, families and learning (CFL) from implementing the +profile of learning portion of the results oriented graduation rule; requiring +and providing for the commissioner to adopt statewide rules establishing educational standards, specifying certain learning areas required for+ statewide accountability and requiring specific legislative authorization to +amend or repeal the rules; requiring individualized education plan (IEP) teams+ to establish alternative standards for students requiring special +education; specifying certain required and minimal standards; specifying certain+ required and optional standards encompassing the learning areas, requiring the commissioner to establish grade level benchmarks in certain areas and authorizing school district to adopt standards in certain other +areas; requiring the commissioner to develop assessments for the required +learning areas using state constructed tests developed from and aligned with +the standards, specifying certain assessment requirements, requiring +alternative assessments for students with disabilities or limited English +proficiency (LEP); requiring schools, school districts and charter schools to +administer statewide assessments using student performance to evaluate student +progress in achieving high standards in the required areas; modifying certain +graduation rule requirements and certain statewide testing and reporting +procedures; requiring and providing for the commissioner to adopt rules +establishing school and district accountability measures, requiring use of certain specified +indicators to measure school performance and requiring specific legislative +authorization to amend or repeal the rules, requiring students to satisfy certain +participation requirements to demonstrate adequate yearly progress, specifying +certain adequate yearly progress components for progress demonstration and determination purposes and certain duties of the commissioner and +prescribing a formula for determination of the school or district proficiency +index; providing for designation of schools and districts as under review, +low performing, meeting expectations, excellent or superior, authorizing +appeal of designations to the accountability advisory council; providing for +the designation of persistently dangerous schools based on certain +dangerous offenses or incidents, authorizing appeal; providing for teacher +quality, specifying certain quality requirements for teachers and certain paraprofessionals, requiring board of teaching review of Praxis test +passing criteria and scores for comparison with other states; specifying +certain school report card and school district reporting requirements; providing for determination of the district of student enrollment for +accountability purposes; establishing the accountability advisory council, +specifying membership requirements and duties, sunset; repealing certain rules establishing minimum requirements for earning a high school diploma ARTICLE 8 � COMMISSIONER'S DUTIES Requiring the commissioner of children, families and learning (CFL) +after consultation with certain stakeholders to provide recommendations to +the legislature by a certain date on high educational standards and to +present to the legislature proposed rules and amendments to or repeals of +existing rules for educational excellence and accountability purposes, requiring +legislative authorization for the commissioner to adopt new rules or amend or +repeal existing rules; requiring the commissioner to develop a methodology +for using portions of the tests in the subject areas of reading and mathematics+ for grade students to meet federal accountability requirements and to develop procedures for students not initially meeting the state basic skills requirement; authorizing the commissioner to refer to the key +understandings developed as part of a revision of the profile of learning by the +mid-continent regional educational laboratory to provide grade level banding for +the state standards ARTICLE 9 � REQUIRED: READING, VIEWING AND LISTENINGRequiring students to demonstrate an understanding of written and +spoken words to comprehend essential ideas; specifying certain primary, +intermediate and middle school reading, viewing and listening demonstration +requirements and high school technical information interpretation and analysis +requirements for comprehension purposes ARTICLE 10 � REQUIRED: WRITING AND SPEAKINGRequiring students to write and speak effectively for a variety of +purposes and audiences; specifying certain primary, intermediate, middle school +and high school writing and speaking demonstration requirements for an +understanding of the writing process and of strategies for effective speaking; +providing an interpersonal communications option for high school students to +communicate effectively in interpersonal situations ARTICLE 11 � REQUIRED: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONSSpecifying certain shape, space and measurement concept requirements +for students in primary, intermediate, middle school and high school +grades; requiring students in the primary, intermediate and middle school +grades to develop certain number concepts to solve problems and justify +reasoning and high school students to demonstrate an understanding of certain +mathematical concepts to make critical judgments, predictions or decisions and to +solve technical problems ARTICLE 12 � REQUIRED: SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONSRequiring students in primary, intermediate, middle school and high +school grades to demonstrate an understanding of certain scientific concepts+ to develop a foundation for science literacy, to identify and analyze +interactions and interdependence of living systems, to investigate living and +environmental systems at a molecular level and to investigate and analyze earth and+ space systems through concepts, theories and principles ARTICLE 13 � REQUIRED: SOCIAL SCIENCESRequiring students in primary, intermediate, middle school and high +school grades to understand the interaction of individual, family, school, +community and place and the influences on historic events, to analyze current +events and to understand the responsibilities of citizenship ARTICLE 14 � REQUIRED: ARTS AND LITERATURERequiring and providing for primary and intermediate students to use +artistic processes to create, perform and interpret art works in the areas of +dance, music, theater and visual arts and middle and high school students to+ use artistic processes to analyze and interpret a variety of works in the+ same areas, adding the areas of literature, creative writing and media +arts to the requirements for high school students and specifying certain artistic expression and interpretation demonstration requirements for students+ in all grades ARTICLE 15 � ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTProviding for the exposure of students in the primary grades to the +basic concepts of the technological world, for intermediate students to +explore and apply the technologies, for middle school students to manage +resources as a team to produce products or services, to participate in the +development and creation of technological products and to understand the impact of +various purchases and effectively manage personal and financial resources and+ for high school students to investigate the interaction and interdependence of+ natural and managed systems, to apply principles of personal and family +resource management and the fundamentals of business management, to analyze +and apply financial systems, information and basic accounting principles, to +develop expertise in the design, diagnosis and operation of technical systems+ and to understand the use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants and+ needs; specifying certain ability demonstration requirements of all students ARTICLE 16 � OPTIONAL: HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND CAREER +AWARENESSProviding for primary students to understand and participate in +activities promoting personal health and fitness, motor skills development and +awareness of self and the world, for intermediate students to use decision +making models to promote personal health, to participate in activities to develop +motor skills and physical fitness and to explore a goal setting and +decision making process for future choices, for middle school students to make +informed decisions based on valid information to promote personal health and +nutrition, to understand fitness planning, to participate in physical activities+ to develop motor skills and to explore career options and for high +school students to make informed decisions based on accurate information to promote +individual and community health, to understand training and movement principles,+ to apply decision making processes to develop and implement a plan to achieve +fitness, to investigate career choices and to experience authentic work situations; +specifying certain understanding and ability demonstration requirements of all students ARTICLE 17 � INQUIRY AND RESEARCHSpecifying certain observation and investigation requirements of +primary and intermediate students, certain direct observation requirements of +middle school students and a social science and mathematics research process for +high school students, requiring high school students to analyze perspectives on +issues and to synthesize the findings, to understand history from a written +perspective and through arts and culture, to use observation and theory to study +natural systems, human interaction, learning or development, to develop and +implement a plan to start a business or organization and to participate in +product development and field studies; specifying certain ability +demonstration requirements of all students ARTICLE 18 � WORLD LANGUAGES Providing for the exposure of primary students to languages other +than English and for demonstration of an understanding of the technical concepts +of language, for intermediate students to explore and begin to +communicate in a language other than English and to demonstrate an understanding of +symbols representing ideas, quantities, elements and actions, for middle +school students to communicate in a language other than English on familiar +topics and to demonstrate an understanding of the basic features and symbols of +a technical language and high school students to communicate in a +language other than English on a variety of topics and to comprehend and communicate+ using a universal technical language; specifying certain understanding and +ability demonstration requirements of all students(ra, ja)