1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; repealing obsolete statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.3 	2010, sections 120A.22, subdivision 2; 120B.13, subdivision 1; repealing 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.28; 120B.019; 120B.31, subdivision 3; 
1.5 	121A.60, subdivisions 3, 4; 121A.62; 121A.63; 122A.18, subdivision 9.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	ARTICLE 1
1.8 	OBSOLETE STATUTES

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Program structure; training programs for teachers. (a) The 
1.11 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs are well-established 
1.12 	academic programs for mature, academically directed high school students. These 
1.13 	programs, in addition to providing academic rigor, offer sound curricular design, 
1.14 	accountability, comprehensive external assessment, feedback to students and teachers, 
1.15 	and the opportunity for high school students to compete academically on a global level. 
1.16 	Advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs allow students to leave 
1.17 	high school with the academic skills and self-confidence to succeed in college and 
1.18 	beyond. The advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs help provide 
1.19 	Minnesota students with world-class educational opportunity.
1.20 	(b) Critical to schools' educational success is ongoing advanced 
1.21 	placement/international baccalaureate-approved teacher training. A secondary teacher 
1.22 	assigned by a district to teach an advanced placement or international baccalaureate course 
1.23 	or other interested educator may participate in a training program offered by The College 
1.24 	Board or International Baccalaureate North America, Inc. The state may pay a portion 
2.1 	of the tuition, room, board, and out-of-state travel costs a teacher or other interested 
2.2 	educator incurs in participating in a training program. The commissioner shall determine 
2.3 	application procedures and deadlines, select teachers and other interested educators to 
2.4 	participate in the training program, and determine the payment process and amount of the 
2.5 	subsidy. The procedures determined by the commissioner shall, to the extent possible, 
2.6 	ensure that advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses become available 
2.7 	in all parts of the state and that a variety of course offerings are available in school districts. 
2.8 	This subdivision does not prevent teacher or other interested educator participation in 
2.9 	training programs offered by The College Board or International Baccalaureate North 
2.10 	America, Inc., when tuition is paid by a source other than the state.

2.11 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 2.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.28; 120B.019; 120B.31, subdivision 3; 
2.13 	121A.60, subdivisions 3 and 4; 121A.62; 121A.63; and 122A.18, subdivision 9, are 
2.14 	repealed.

2.15 	ARTICLE 2
2.16 	CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

2.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to 
2.18 	read:
2.19 		Subd. 2.Applicability. This section and sections 120A.24; 120A.26; 120A.28;
2.20 	120A.30; 120A.32; and 120A.34 apply only to a child required to receive instruction 
2.21 	according to subdivision 5 and to instruction that is intended to fulfill that requirement.