1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; creating a center for legislative educational analysis; 
1.3 	creating a commission on the future of education; appropriating money; 
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 127A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [127A.90] LEGISLATIVE AND CITIZEN COMMISSION ON THE 
1.7 	FUTURE OF EDUCATION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Legislative and Citizen Commission on the 
1.9 	Future of Education is established in the legislative branch to propose a ten-year plan on 
1.10 	the future of education. 
1.11 		Subd. 2.Membership and terms. (a) The commission consists of 17 members, 
1.12 	appointed as follows:
1.13 	(1) two senators appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the senate 
1.14 	Committee on Rules and Administration, and two senators who are members of the 
1.15 	minority caucus, appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
1.16 	 (2) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
1.17 	house of representatives, and two members of the minority caucus of the house of 
1.18 	representatives, appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and
1.19 	(3) nine public members, including three members appointed by the governor, three 
1.20 	members appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the senate Committee on 
1.21 	Rules and Administration, and three members appointed by the speaker of the house.
1.22 	The public members shall have experience or expertise in the fields of early, 
1.23 	elementary, secondary, or postsecondary education, have demonstrated ability to work in a 
1.24 	collaborative environment, and represent the demographics of the state.
2.1 	(b) Members appointed from the senate shall serve four-year terms, and members 
2.2 	appointed from the house of representatives shall serve two-year terms. A vacancy occurs 
2.3 	when a member appointed from the legislature is no longer serving in the legislative body 
2.4 	that appointed the member. Members appointed by the governor shall serve three-year 
2.5 	terms. A vacancy in the membership of the commission must be filled for the unexpired 
2.6 	term in a manner that will preserve the representation established by this section. 
2.7 		Subd. 3.Office, officers, compensation. (a) The commission must maintain an 
2.8 	office in the Capitol group of buildings. 
2.9 	(b) Every two years, the commission must rotate its chair and vice chair. Every two 
2.10 	years following the initial election, the vice chair shall assume the position of the chair 
2.11 	and a new vice chair shall be elected. The chair shall alternate among a public member, a 
2.12 	member of the house, and a member of the senate.
2.13 	(c) Members serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable 
2.14 	expenses under section 15.0575, subdivision 3.
2.15 		Subd. 4.Staff. The commission may employ professional and technical assistants 
2.16 	as it deems necessary to perform the duties prescribed in this section, including the 
2.17 	preparation of requests for gifts and grants to the center established under section 127A.91. 
2.18 	The director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall assist the commission 
2.19 	in administrative matters.
2.20 		Subd. 5.Information collection; intergovernmental coordination. (a) The 
2.21 	commission may request information or assistance from any state agency or officer to 
2.22 	assist the commission in performing its duties. The agency or officer shall promptly 
2.23 	furnish any information or assistance requested.
2.24 	(b) To facilitate coordination between executive and legislative authorities, the 
2.25 	governor shall appoint a representative from the executive branch to act as a liaison 
2.26 	between the commission and the governor.
2.27 		Subd. 6.Coordination of research requests for Center for Legislative 
2.28 	Educational Analysis, Research, and Navigation in the Next Generation. The 
2.29 	commission shall solicit and review requests from members of the legislature for research 
2.30 	activities to be conducted by the Center for Legislative Educational Analysis, Research, 
2.31 	and Navigation in the Next Generation. The commission shall determine the research 
2.32 	projects and activities assigned to the center.
2.33 		Subd. 7.Ten-year strategic plan for prekindergarten through grade 12 
2.34 	education; duties. In preparing the ten-year strategic plan, the commission must: 
2.35 	(1) set attainable short-term and long-term goals;
3.1 	(2) set measurable evidence-based benchmarks that can be reported in the annual 
3.2 	progress reports; 
3.3 	(3) recommend implementation timelines; and 
3.4 	(4) address how the following strategies will help shape the future of public 
3.5 	education:
3.6 	(i) improving teacher effectiveness through professional development and teacher 
3.7 	training institutions; 
3.8 	(ii) creating multiple pathways to success; 
3.9 	(iii) engaging parents, community, and business; 
3.10 	(iv) addressing leadership needs; 
3.11 	(v) partnering with postsecondary institutions; and 
3.12 	(vi) addressing the change in student demographics. 
3.13 		Subd. 8.Legislative reports and recommendations. By January 15, 2011, 
3.14 	the commission must recommend to the legislature a ten-year strategic plan for 
3.15 	prekindergarten through grade 12 education so that individual students will have the 
3.16 	knowledge and skills to succeed in the 21st century. Beginning on January 15, 2012, 
3.17 	the commission must submit progress reports by January 15 each year. As part of its 
3.18 	recommendations and progress reports, the commission must include any draft legislation 
3.19 	necessary to implement its recommended plan. 
3.20 		Subd. 9.Acceptance of grants and gifts. The commission may accept grants 
3.21 	or gifts for purposes related to the duties of the commission. Money received by the 
3.22 	commission from a gift or grant is appropriated to the commission for the purposes 
3.23 	specified in the grant or gift. 
3.24 		Subd. 10.Expiration. The commission expires on January 15, 2021.

3.25 	Sec. 2. [127A.91] CENTER FOR LEGISLATIVE EDUCATIONAL ANALYSIS, 
3.26 	RESEARCH, AND NAVIGATION IN THE NEXT GENERATION.
3.27 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Center for Legislative Educational Analysis, 
3.28 	Research, and Navigation in the Next Generation (LEARNING) is established to provide 
3.29 	the legislature with independent, nonpartisan research, analysis, and policy guidance in 
3.30 	the area of prekindergarten through grade 12 education. 
3.31 		Subd. 2.Studies. The Legislative and Citizen Commission on the Future of 
3.32 	Education shall oversee and coordinate all studies requested by the legislature and 
3.33 	assigned to the center under section 127A.90 and may require the center to submit regular 
3.34 	progress reports to the commission and the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
4.1 	standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over 
4.2 	education policy and finance.
4.3 		Subd. 3.Staff. The Legislative and Citizen Commission on the Future of Education 
4.4 	may employ an executive director for the center. The executive director may employ 
4.5 	additional staff as necessary to perform the tasks assigned to the center by the commission. 
4.6 	No state appropriation may be used for the operation of the center.
4.7 		Subd. 4.Nonstate funds. The Legislative and Citizen Commission on the Future 
4.8 	of Education may solicit gifts and grants from nonstate sources for purposes related to 
4.9 	the duties of the commission and the center. Money received by the commission and 
4.10 	the center from a gift or grant is appropriated to the center for the purposes specified 
4.11 	in the gift or grant.
4.12 		Subd. 5.State agencies to cooperate with LEARNING. The center may call upon 
4.13 	any agency or political subdivision of the state for available data, and the agencies shall 
4.14 	cooperate with the commission to the fullest possible extent. 
4.15 		Subd. 6.Expiration. This section expires January 15, 2021.

4.16 	Sec. 3. LEGISLATIVE AND CITIZEN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF 
4.17 	EDUCATION; CONVENING AUTHORITY.
 4.18 	The appointing authorities must complete their initial appointments to the 
4.19 	commission established under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.90, by July 1, 2009. The 
4.20 	commission must convene its first meeting by September 15, 2009. The commission shall 
4.21 	elect a chair and vice chair from its membership at the first meeting. 

4.22 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.
 4.23 	For the Legislative and Citizen Commission on the Future of Education:

4.24		$
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	2010
	
4.25		$
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	2011