1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; reestablishing the committees on American Indian 
1.3 	education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, 
1.4 	as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, as amended by 
1.7 	Laws 2011, chapter 5, section 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 4.License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school 
1.9 	teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.10 	(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to successfully complete a skills 
1.11 	examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher 
1.12 	licensure. Such rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved 
1.13 	teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not 
1.14 	achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is 
1.15 	a second language.
1.16 	(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board, 
1.17 	upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed 
1.18 	graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the 
1.19 	person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the 
1.20 	dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the 
1.21 	person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application 
1.22 	of chapter 14.
1.23 	(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher 
1.24 	education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that 
2.1 	focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new 
2.2 	systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based 
2.3 	on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher 
2.4 	preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section 
2.5 	122A.245, among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved, 
2.6 	performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning 
2.7 	for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing 
2.8 	student learning.
2.9 	(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to successfully 
2.10 	complete an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of 
2.11 	licensure-specific teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. 
2.12 	The rules under this paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach 
2.13 	prekindergarten or elementary students to successfully complete, as part of the examination 
2.14 	of licensure-specific teaching skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, 
2.15 	skill, and ability in comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section 
2.16 	122A.06, subdivision 4, and their knowledge and understanding of the foundations of 
2.17 	reading development, the development of reading comprehension, and reading assessment 
2.18 	and instruction, and their ability to integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.19 	(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with 
2.20 	elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain 
2.21 	periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.22 	(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses.
2.23 	(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a 
2.24 	candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities 
2.25 	necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.26 	(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established 
2.27 	by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.28 	(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements 
2.29 	established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 122A.20 and 
2.30 	214.10. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.
2.31 	(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing 
2.32 	their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in 
2.33 	the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and 
2.34 	adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual 
2.35 	students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.1 	(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related 
3.2 	services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or 
3.3 	registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who 
3.4 	license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.5 	(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing 
3.6 	their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading 
3.7 	preparation, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect 
3.8 	until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at 
3.9 	least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual 
3.10 	directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.11 	(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing 
3.12 	their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation 
3.13 	in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and 
3.14 	adolescents.
3.15 	(o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing 
3.16 	their continuing education license to include in their renewal requirements preparation 
3.17 	designed to equip them to effectively teach to the standards, consistent with section 
3.18 	120B.021, subdivision 1, which requires that contributions of Minnesota Indian Tribes 
3.19 	and communities be included in the required academic standards.

3.20 	Sec. 2. [124D.801] COMMITTEES ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION 
3.21 	PROGRAMS.
3.22 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of education shall create an 
3.23 	18-member American Indian education committee. The commissioner must appoint 
3.24 	members with the assistance of the Indian Affairs Council as provided under section 3.922, 
3.25 	subdivision 6. Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community groups, 
3.26 	parents of children eligible to be served by the programs, American Indian administrators 
3.27 	and teachers, persons experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education 
3.28 	programs, persons involved in programs for American Indian children in American 
3.29 	Indian schools, and persons knowledgable in the field of American Indian education and 
3.30 	closing the achievement gap. Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of 
3.31 	significant segments of the population of American Indians, with membership consisting 
3.32 	of representatives from the 11 reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of 
3.33 	the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and the Urban Advisory Council.
3.34 		Subd. 2.Committee to advise commissioner. The committee on American 
3.35 	Indian education programs shall advise the commissioner in the administration of the 
4.1 	commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the 
4.2 	education of American Indian people, as determined by the commissioner.
4.3 		Subd. 3.Expenses; expiration. The committee must be reimbursed for expenses 
4.4 	according to section 15.059, subdivision 6. The commissioner must determine the 
4.5 	membership terms. The committee shall not expire.