1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing a grant to
1.3 	establish a Principals' Leadership Institute;
1.4 	appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [122A.74] PRINCIPALS' LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner of
1.9 	education may contract with the regents of the University of
1.10 	Minnesota to establish a Principals' Leadership Institute to
1.11 	provide professional development to school principals by:
1.12 	(1) creating a network of leaders in the educational and
1.13 	business communities to communicate current and future trends in
1.14 	leadership techniques;
1.15 	(2) helping to create a vision for the school that is
1.16 	aligned with the community and district priorities; and 
1.17 	(3) developing strategies to retain highly qualified
1.18 	teachers.
1.19 	(b) The University of Minnesota must cooperate with
1.20 	participating members of the business community to provide
1.21 	funding and content for the institute.
1.22 	(c) Participants must agree to attend the Principals'
1.23 	Leadership Institute for four weeks during the academic summer.
1.24 	(d) The Principals' Leadership Institute must incorporate
1.25 	program elements offered by leadership programs at the
2.1 	University of Minnesota and program elements used by the
2.2 	participating members of the business community to enhance
2.3 	leadership within their businesses.
2.4 		Subd. 2.Method of selection and requirements. (a) The
2.5 	board of each school district in the state may select a
2.6 	principal, upon the recommendation of the district's
2.7 	superintendent and based on the principal's leadership
2.8 	potential, to attend the institute.
2.9 	(b) The school board shall forward its list of recommended
2.10 	participants to the commissioner of education by February 1 each
2.11 	year.  The commissioner of education shall notify the school
2.12 	board and the University of Minnesota of the principals selected
2.13 	to participate in the Principals' Leadership Institute each year.

2.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.15 	The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from
2.16 	the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal
2.17 	years designated for the Principals' Leadership Institute at the
2.18 	University of Minnesota under Minnesota Statutes, section
2.19 	122A.74:
2.20 	$.,...,........2006 
2.21 	$.,...,........2007 
2.22 	This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of
2.23 	education has determined that an equal amount has been committed
2.24 	for the operation of the institute from nonstate sources and the
2.25 	programmatic elements are sufficiently reflective of the goals
2.26 	the state has established for principals.