1E Relating to education

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION

Modifying permanent school fund reporting by commissioner of education to the permanent school fund advisory committee and legislature and requiring state board of investment to provide information on the maximized long term economic return of the permanent school fun; allowing certain cooperating school districts and school districts with agreements to commence before Labor Day; modifying the due date for audited financial data conversion; modifying the school district definition for lease purchase to include racially isolated school districts; removing a safe schools levy district certification requirement

ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Requiring commissioner of education to align statewide science and language arts assessments with state academic standards; allowing commissioner to award state-funded competitive grants designed to create advanced placement summer training institutes for secondary teachers; providing for public, charter and private schools to award Minnesota world language proficiency certificates or Minnesota world language proficiency high achievement certificates; requiring statewide high school testing for mathematics and reading, stand-alone state field testing participation, graduation assessment passage for students not passing basic skills test and special education student resident district placement decision participation opportunity; authorizing school districts to establish alternative learning programs under certain conditions; modifying online learning provider provisions; extending the expiration of the online learning advisory council; modifying provisions relating to the charter school advisory council; modifying provisions relating to organizations authorizing charter schools; modifying provisions relating to aid payments to charter schools; modifying provisions relating to special education and placement of a pupil in another district; requiring commissioner to complete the appointments to charter school advisory council by a certain date

ARTICLE 3 - SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Modifying a parental notification time requirement for students in limited English proficiency (LEP) programs, extending the state interagency coordinating council expiration date, providing for state academies for the deaf and blind trial placement, removing the cap on department of human services (DHS) medical assistance (MA) special education costs school district reimbursement

ARTICLE 4 - LIBRARIES

Allowing the advisory committee for Minnesota braille and talking book library to conduct telephone or electronic meetings; making terminology changes

ARTICLE 5 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Modifying the early childhood and family education (ECFE) levy, school readiness program priority, school readiness program provider and teacher requirements, adult basic education supplemental service grants, defining the early learning system, providing a district school readiness program rating, removing a commissioner of education community education youth service program requirement and a school district reporting department requirement and a department of public safety school and community advisory team information and assistance requirement

ARTICLE 6 - STATE AGENCIES

Authorizing commissioner of education to receive grants and gifts administered by state and nongovernmental agencies

ARTICLE 7 - TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

Making statutory technical corrections with regard to educational expectations, required academic standards, statewide testing and reporting system, system accounting, interpreters (transliterators), independent school district clerks, statutory operating debt, online learning parameters, charter school audit reports, state academies for the deaf and blind board duties, special education revenue, basic alternative teacher compensation aid and district payments notification, modifying basic alternative teacher compensation aid
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