Capital Icon Minnesota Legislature

Office of the Revisor of Statutes

SF 2638 Senate Long Description

Modifying certain K-12 and early childhood education provisions; +transferring the responsibility for the lead abatement program from the +commissioner of education to the commissioner of health; requiring school boards to +use reserved revenue for staff development to promote and sustain results+ based staff development programs under violence prevention education in +service training requirements or for staff development plans; specifying the +purposes of staff development, requiring school districts to implement +effective staff development to enhance teaching quality and increase student +achievement levels, requiring integration into district and site improvement +plans; requiring school boards in collaboration with staff representatives +to establish district advisory staff development committees to +development results driven staff development plans; requiring school sites to develop +staff development teams to evaluate staff development efforts at the site +level; specifying certain staff development plan and activities +requirements, requiring district and site plans and annual reports, specifying +certain report content requirements; specifying school district revenue reservation requirements and exemptions; modifying the formula for the +reservation of revenue by school district members of area learning centers for +center program costs; providing for the calculation of on line learning average +daily membership for students enrolled in on line instructional programs in+ school facilities; modifying the general education and transportation +revenue formulas for charter schools; modifying certain graduation incentive program +enrollment verification requirements, excluding compensatory revenue from the +reduction requirement for part time students; modifying the formula for aid for alternative programs provided under contract; establishing the +special education excess cost aid formulas for fiscal years 2005 and later; +modifying the general education revenue formula for charter schools; extending +the availability of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of +education for alternative teacher compensation and increasing a certain prior appropriation for library basic system support grants and reducing an appropriation for regional library telecommunications aid (mk)