1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; allowing certain students to participate in alternative delivery 
1.3 	of specialized instructional services program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, 
1.4 	section 125A.50, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner approval. The commissioner may approve applications 
1.8 	from districts initiating or significantly changing a program to provide prevention services 
1.9 	as an alternative to special education and other compensatory programs. A district with an 
1.10 	approved program may provide instruction and services in a regular education classroom, 
1.11 	or an area learning center, to eligible pupils. Pupils eligible to participate in the program 
1.12 	are pupils who need additional academic or behavioral support to succeed in the general 
1.13 	education environment and who may eventually qualify for special education instruction 
1.14 	or related services under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65 if the intervention 
1.15 	services authorized by this section were unavailable. A pupil receiving special education 
1.16 	instruction or related services may participate in the program in a service area not included 
1.17 	in the pupil's individualized education program. Pupils may be provided services during 
1.18 	extended school days and throughout the entire year and through the assurance of mastery 
1.19 	program under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65.