1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing a task force on career and technical educator 
1.3 	licensing.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR LICENSING ADVISORY 
1.6 	TASK FORCE.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The Career and Technical Educator Licensing Advisory 
1.8 	Task Force consists of the following members, appointed by the commissioner of 
1.9 	education, unless otherwise specified:
1.10 	(1) one person who is a member of the Board of Teaching;
1.11 	(2) one person representing colleges and universities offering a board-approved 
1.12 	teacher preparation program;
1.13 	(3) one person representing science, technology, engineering, and math programs, 
1.14 	such as Project Lead the Way;
1.15 	(4) one person designated by the Board of the Minnesota Association for Career and 
1.16 	Technical Administrators;
1.17 	(5) one person designated by the Board of the Minnesota Association for Career 
1.18 	and Technical Education;
1.19 	(6) three people who are secondary school administrators, including superintendents, 
1.20 	principals, and assistant principals; and
1.21 	(7) two people who are members of other interested groups, as determined by the 
1.22 	commissioner of education.
1.23 	The commissioner and designating authorities must make their initial appointments 
1.24 	and designations by July 1, 2016. The commissioner and designating authorities, to the 
2.1 	extent practicable, should make appointments balanced as to gender and reflecting the 
2.2 	ethnic diversity of the state population.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Duties; report. The task force must review the current status of career and 
2.4 	technical educator licenses and provide recommendations on changes, if any are deemed 
2.5 	necessary, to the licensure requirements and methods to increase access for school districts 
2.6 	to licensed career and technical educators. The task force must report its findings and 
2.7 	recommendations, with draft legislation if needed to implement the recommendations, to 
2.8 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
2.9 	over kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education by January 15, 2017.
2.10 		Subd. 3.First meeting. The commissioner of education or the commissioner's 
2.11 	designee must convene the first meeting of the task force by September 1, 2016.
2.12 		Subd. 4.Administrative support. The commissioner of education must provide 
2.13 	meeting space and administrative services for the task force.
2.14 		Subd. 5.Chair. The commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee 
2.15 	shall serve as chair of the task force.
2.16 		Subd. 6.Compensation. The public members of the task force serve without 
2.17 	compensation or payment of expenses.
2.18 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The task force expires January 16, 2017, or upon submission 
2.19 	of the report required in subdivision 2, whichever is earlier.