1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through 
1.3 	grade 12 including general education, education excellence, teachers, special 
1.4 	education, health and safety, facilities, fund transfers, accounting, nutrition, 
1.5 	libraries, early childhood, community education, lifelong learning, and state 
1.6 	agencies; making technical changes; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports; 
1.7 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 5A.03, 
1.8 	subdivision 2; 16A.152, subdivisions 1b, 2; 120A.20, subdivision 2; 120A.22, 
1.9 	subdivisions 5, 6, 11; 120A.24, subdivision 1; 120A.35; 120A.40; 120B.11, 
1.10 	subdivisions 2, 3; 120B.12, subdivision 2; 120B.122, subdivision 1; 120B.21; 
1.11 	120B.30, subdivisions 1, 1a; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 
1.12 	121A.22, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 121A.335, subdivisions 3, 5; 
1.13 	121A.41, by adding subdivisions; 121A.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 121A.46, by adding 
1.14 	subdivisions; 121A.47, subdivisions 2, 14; 121A.53, subdivision 1; 121A.55; 
1.15 	122A.06, subdivisions 2, 5, 7, 8; 122A.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 4a, by adding a 
1.16 	subdivision; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.091, subdivision 1; 122A.092, 
1.17 	subdivisions 5, 6; 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.17; 122A.175, subdivisions 1, 2; 
1.18 	122A.18, subdivisions 7c, 8, 10; 122A.181, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 122A.182, 
1.19 	subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 122A.183, subdivisions 2, 4; 122A.184, subdivisions 1, 3; 
1.20 	122A.185, subdivision 1; 122A.187, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 
1.21 	122A.19, subdivision 4; 122A.20, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.21; 122A.22; 122A.26, 
1.22 	subdivision 2; 122A.40, subdivision 8; 122A.41, subdivision 5; 122A.63, 
1.23 	subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 122A.70; 123A.64; 123B.143, 
1.24 	subdivision 1; 123B.41, subdivisions 2, 5; 123B.42, subdivision 3; 123B.49, 
1.25 	subdivision 4; 123B.52, subdivision 6; 123B.571; 123B.595; 123B.61; 124D.02, 
1.26 	subdivision 1; 124D.09, subdivisions 3, 7, 9, 10; 124D.091; 124D.111; 124D.1158; 
1.27 	124D.151, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6; 124D.165, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a 
1.28 	subdivision; 124D.2211; 124D.231; 124D.34, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12; 
1.29 	124D.4531; 124D.531, subdivision 1; 124D.55; 124D.59, subdivision 2a; 124D.65, 
1.30 	subdivision 5; 124D.68, subdivision 2; 124D.78, subdivision 2; 124D.83, 
1.31 	subdivision 2; 124D.861, subdivision 2; 124D.862, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding 
1.32 	a subdivision; 124D.957, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 124D.98, by 
1.33 	adding a subdivision; 124D.99, subdivision 3; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.11; 
1.34 	124E.13, subdivision 3; 124E.20, subdivision 1; 124E.21, subdivision 1; 125A.08; 
1.35 	125A.091, subdivisions 3a, 7; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.50, subdivision 1; 
1.36 	125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2c, by adding a subdivision; 126C.05, subdivision 
1.37 	1; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 2d, 2e, 3, 13a, 24; 126C.126; 126C.17, subdivisions 
1.38 	1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 9, by adding subdivisions; 126C.40, subdivision 1; 126C.44; 
2.1 	127A.052; 127A.45, subdivision 13; 127A.47, subdivision 7; 127A.49, subdivision 
2.2 	2; 134.355, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8; 136D.01; 136D.49; 214.01, subdivision 3; 
2.3 	245C.12; 257.0725; 471.59, subdivision 1; 626.556, subdivisions 2, 3b, 10, 11; 
2.4 	631.40, subdivision 4; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, sections 56, subdivisions 
2.5 	2, 3; 61; 62, subdivisions 4, 15; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 
2.6 	1, section 19, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9; article 2, section 57, subdivisions 2, 
2.7 	3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 26, 37; article 4, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 4, 5; 
2.8 	article 5, section 14, subdivisions 2, 3; article 6, section 3, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 
2.9 	article 8, sections 8; 10, subdivisions 3, 4, 5a, 6, 12; article 9, section 2, subdivision 
2.10 	2; article 10, section 6, subdivision 2; article 11, section 9, subdivision 2; Laws 
2.11 	2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
2.12 	Statutes, chapters 120A; 120B; 121A; 122A; 123B; 125A; 127A; 245C; repealing 
2.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 120B.299; 122A.09, subdivision 1; 122A.182, 
2.14 	subdivision 2; 122A.63, subdivisions 7, 8; 126C.17, subdivision 9a; 127A.051, 
2.15 	subdivision 7; 127A.14; 136D.93; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, 
2.16 	article 11, section 6; Minnesota Rules, part 8710.2100, subparts 1, 2.
2.17 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.18 	ARTICLE 1
2.19 	GENERAL EDUCATION

2.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.152, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 1b.Budget reserve level. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall 
2.22 	calculate the budget reserve level by multiplying the current biennium's general fund 
2.23 	nondedicated revenues and the most recent budget reserve percentage under subdivision 8.
2.24 	(b) If, on the basis of a November forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures, 
2.25 	the commissioner of management and budget determines that there will be a positive 
2.26 	unrestricted general fund balance at the close of the biennium and that the provisions of 
2.27 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4), are satisfied, the commissioner 
2.28 	shall transfer to the budget reserve account in the general fund the amount necessary to 
2.29 	increase the budget reserve to the budget reserve level determined under paragraph (a). The 
2.30 	amount of the transfer authorized in this paragraph shall not exceed 33 percent of the positive 
2.31 	unrestricted general fund balance determined in the forecast.

2.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.33 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.34 		Subd. 2.Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund 
2.35 	revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that 
2.36 	there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the 
2.37 	biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following 
2.38 	accounts and purposes in priority order:
3.1 	(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches 
3.2 	$350,000,000;
3.3 	(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches 
3.4 	$1,596,522,000;
3.5 	(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids 
3.6 	and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest 
3.7 	tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds 
3.8 	deposited in the budget reserve;
3.9 	(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section 
3.10 	127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75, 
3.11 	subdivision 5, by the same amount; and
3.12 	(5) the clean water fund established in section 114D.50 until $22,000,000 has been 
3.13 	transferred into the fund. the amount necessary to increase the special education aid payment 
3.14 	percentage under section 127A.45, subdivision 13, paragraph (b), to not more than 100 
3.15 	percent.
3.16 	(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated 
3.17 	from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of 
3.18 	transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and, (4), and (5), as necessary to meet the 
3.19 	appropriations schedules otherwise established in statute.
3.20 	(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount 
3.21 	of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and, (4), and (5), to the commissioner of 
3.22 	education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and,
3.23 	reduce the property tax shift percentage, and increase the special education aid payment 
3.24 	percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current fiscal year and 
3.25 	thereafter.
3.26 	(d) Paragraph (a), clause (5), expires after the entire amount of the transfer has been 
3.27 	made.

3.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

3.29 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.30 		Subd. 2.Education, residence, and transportation of homeless. (a) Notwithstanding 
3.31 	subdivision 1, a district must not deny free admission to a homeless pupil solely because 
3.32 	the district cannot determine that the pupil is a resident of the district.
4.1 	(b) The school district of residence for a homeless pupil shall be the school district in 
4.2 	which the parent or legal guardian resides, unless: (1) parental rights have been terminated 
4.3 	by court order; (2) the parent or guardian is not living within the state; or (3) the parent or 
4.4 	guardian having legal custody of the child is an inmate of a Minnesota correctional facility 
4.5 	or is a resident of a halfway house under the supervision of the commissioner of corrections. 
4.6 	If any of clauses (1) to (3) apply, the school district of residence shall be the school district 
4.7 	in which the pupil resided when the qualifying event occurred. If no other district of residence 
4.8 	can be established, the school district of residence shall be the school district in which the 
4.9 	pupil currently resides. If there is a dispute between school districts regarding residency, 
4.10 	the district of residence is the district designated by the commissioner of education.
4.11 	(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the serving district is responsible for transporting 
4.12 	a homeless pupil to and from the pupil's district of residence. The district may transport 
4.13 	from a permanent home in another district but only through the end of the academic school 
4.14 	year. When a pupil is enrolled in a charter school, the district or school that provides 
4.15 	transportation for other pupils enrolled in the charter school is responsible for providing 
4.16 	transportation. When a homeless student pupil with or without an individualized education 
4.17 	program attends a public school other than an independent or special school district or 
4.18 	charter school, the district of residence is responsible for transportation.
4.19 	(d) For a homeless pupil with an individualized education plan enrolled in a program 
4.20 	authorized by an intermediate school district, special education cooperative, service 
4.21 	cooperative, or education district, the serving district at the time of the pupil's enrollment 
4.22 	in the program remains responsible for transporting that pupil for the remainder of the school 
4.23 	year, unless the initial serving district and the current serving district mutually agree that 
4.24 	the current serving district is responsible for transporting the homeless pupil.

4.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

4.26 	Sec. 4. [120A.21] ENROLLMENT OF A STUDENT IN FOSTER CARE.
4.27 	A student placed in foster care must remain enrolled in the student's prior school unless 
4.28 	it is determined that remaining enrolled in the prior school is not in the student's best interests. 
4.29 	If the student does not remain enrolled in the prior school, the student must be enrolled in 
4.30 	a new school within seven school days.

4.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

5.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.35, is amended to read:
5.2 	120A.35 ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE.
5.3 	Reasonable efforts must be made by a school district to accommodate any pupil who 
5.4 	wishes to be excused from a curricular activity for a religious observance. A school board 
5.5 	must provide annual notice to parents of the school district's policy relating to a pupil's 
5.6 	absence from school for a religious observance. A school board may satisfy the notice 
5.7 	requirement by including the notice in a student handbook containing school policies or by 
5.8 	posting the notice on the district website.

5.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

5.10 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.40, is amended to read:
5.11 	120A.40 SCHOOL CALENDAR.
5.12 	(a) Except for learning programs during summer, flexible learning year programs 
5.13 	authorized under sections 124D.12 to 124D.127, and learning year programs under section 
5.14 	124D.128, a district must not commence an elementary or secondary school year before 
5.15 	Labor Day, except as provided under paragraph (b). Days devoted to teachers' workshops 
5.16 	may be held before Labor Day. Districts that enter into cooperative agreements are 
5.17 	encouraged to adopt similar school calendars.
5.18 	(b) A district may begin the school year on any day before Labor Day:
5.19 	(1) to accommodate a construction or remodeling project of $400,000 or more affecting 
5.20 	a district school facility;
5.21 	(2) if the district has an agreement under section 123A.30, 123A.32, or 123A.35 with a 
5.22 	district that qualifies under clause (1); or
5.23 	(3) if the district agrees to the same schedule with a school district in an adjoining state.
5.24 	(c) A school board may consider the community's religious observances when adopting 
5.25 	an annual school calendar.

5.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

5.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123A.64, is amended to read:
5.28 	123A.64 DUTY TO MAINTAIN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
5.29 	Each district must maintain classified elementary and secondary schools, grades 1
5.30 	kindergarten through grade 12, unless the district is exempt according to section 123A.61
6.1 	or 123A.62, has made an agreement with another district or districts as provided in sections 
6.2 	123A.30, 123A.32, or sections 123A.35 to 123A.43, or 123A.17, subdivision 7, has received 
6.3 	a grant under sections 123A.441 to 123A.445, or has formed a cooperative under section 
6.4 	123A.482. A district that has an agreement according to sections 123A.35 to 123A.43 or 
6.5 	123A.32 must operate a school with the number of grades required by those sections. A 
6.6 	district that has an agreement according to section 123A.30 or 123A.17, subdivision 7, or 
6.7 	has received a grant under sections 123A.441 to 123A.445 must operate a school for the 
6.8 	grades not included in the agreement, but not fewer than three grades.

6.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

6.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.11 		Subdivision 1.Contract; duties. (a) All districts maintaining a classified secondary 
6.12 	school must employ a superintendent who shall be must serve as an ex officio nonvoting 
6.13 	member of the school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent 
6.14 	must be vested in the board in all cases.
6.15 	(b) An individual employed by a board as a superintendent shall must have an initial 
6.16 	employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years from the date of 
6.17 	employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a period of three years. 
6.18 	A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment contract. A board must 
6.19 	not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing employment contract. Beginning 
6.20 	365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing employment contract, a board may 
6.21 	negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment contract to take effect upon the expiration 
6.22 	of the existing contract. A subsequent contract must be contingent upon the employee 
6.23 	completing the terms of an existing contract. If a contract between a board and a 
6.24 	superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in the contract, the board may not 
6.25 	enter into another superintendent contract with that same individual that has a term that 
6.26 	extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract.
6.27 	(c) A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract 
6.28 	for any of the grounds specified in section 122A.40, subdivision 9 or 13. A superintendent 
6.29 	shall must not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing 
6.30 	contract rights in the position of superintendent under section 122A.40. Notwithstanding 
6.31 	the provisions of sections 122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11, 123A.32, 123A.75, or any other 
6.32 	law to the contrary, no individual shall have has a right to employment as a superintendent 
6.33 	based on order of employment in any district.
7.1 	(d) If two or more districts enter into an agreement for the purchase or sharing of the 
7.2 	services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have the absolute right to select one 
7.3 	of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent in one of the contracting districts 
7.4 	and no individual has a right to employment as the superintendent to provide all or part of 
7.5 	the services based on order of employment in a contracting district.
7.6 	(e) The superintendent of a district shall must perform the following:
7.7 	(1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations 
7.8 	about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;
7.9 	(2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;
7.10 	(3) annually evaluate each school principal assigned responsibility for supervising a 
7.11 	school building within the district, consistent with section 123B.147, subdivision 3, paragraph 
7.12 	(b);
7.13 	(4) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;
7.14 	(5) make reports required by the commissioner; and
7.15 	(6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.

7.16 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.17 		Subd. 2.Textbook. (a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including 
7.18 	electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which a pupil 
7.19 	uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly 
7.20 	attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each pupil 
7.21 	in this class or program. Textbook includes an online book with an annual subscription cost.
7.22 	Textbook includes a teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other materials that accompany a 
7.23 	textbook that a pupil uses when the teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other teacher 
7.24 	materials are packaged physically or electronically with textbooks for student use.
7.25 	(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for textbooks, 
7.26 	the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf 
7.27 	form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically, 
7.28 	intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a group of 
7.29 	students.
7.30 	(c) For purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.48, the terms "textbook" and "software 
7.31 	or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and nonideological 
7.32 	materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.

8.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

8.2 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.41, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
8.3 		Subd. 5.Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials. (a) 
8.4 	"Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" means educational materials 
8.5 	which:
8.6 	(a) (1) are designed primarily for individual pupil use or use by pupils in a cooperative 
8.7 	learning group in a particular class or program in the school the pupil regularly attends, 
8.8 	including teacher materials that accompany materials that a pupil uses;
8.9 	(b) (2) are secular, neutral, nonideological and not capable of diversion for religious 
8.10 	use; and
8.11 	(c) (3) are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.
8.12 	(b) Subject to the requirements in clauses (a), (b), and (c) paragraph (a), "individualized 
8.13 	instructional or cooperative learning materials" include, but are not limited to, the following 
8.14 	if they do not fall within the definition of "textbook" in subdivision 2: published materials; 
8.15 	periodicals; documents; pamphlets; photographs; reproductions; pictorial or graphic works; 
8.16 	prerecorded video programs; prerecorded tapes, cassettes and other sound recordings; 
8.17 	manipulative materials; desk charts; games; study prints and pictures; desk maps; models; 
8.18 	learning kits; blocks or cubes; flash cards; individualized multimedia systems; prepared 
8.19 	instructional computer software programs; choral and band sheet music; electronic books 
8.20 	and other printed materials delivered electronically; and CD-Rom.
8.21 	(c) "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" do not include 
8.22 	instructional equipment, instructional hardware, or ordinary daily consumable classroom 
8.23 	supplies.

8.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

8.25 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.42, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.26 		Subd. 3.Cost; limitation. (a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized 
8.27 	instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, 
8.28 	and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the 
8.29 	statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to clause paragraph (b), by the 
8.30 	Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized 
8.31 	instructional materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department 
9.1 	by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data 
9.2 	then available.
9.3 	(b) The cost computed in clause paragraph (a) shall be increased by an inflation 
9.4 	adjustment equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section 
9.5 	126C.10, subdivision 2, from the second preceding school year to the current school year. 
9.6 	Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 in 
9.7 	section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the formula 
9.8 	allowance for the current year minus $414 in determining the inflation adjustment for fiscal 
9.9 	years 2015 and 2016.
9.10 	(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the total 
9.11 	cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized instructional 
9.12 	or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized 
9.13 	tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not exceed the product of 
9.14 	the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to clause paragraph (a), adjusted 
9.15 	pursuant to clause paragraph (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils who 
9.16 	make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current 
9.17 	school year.

9.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

9.19 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.49, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
9.20 		Subd. 4.Board control of extracurricular activities. (a) The board may must take 
9.21 	charge of and control all extracurricular activities of the teachers and children of the public 
9.22 	schools in the district. Extracurricular activities means all direct and personal services for 
9.23 	pupils for their enjoyment that are managed and operated under the guidance of an adult or 
9.24 	staff member. The board shall allow all resident pupils receiving instruction in a home 
9.25 	school as defined in section 123B.36, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), to be eligible to fully 
9.26 	participate in extracurricular activities on the same basis as public school students.
9.27 	(b) Extracurricular activities have all of the following characteristics:
9.28 	(1) they are not offered for school credit nor required for graduation;
9.29 	(2) they are generally conducted outside school hours, or if partly during school hours, 
9.30 	at times agreed by the participants, and approved by school authorities;
9.31 	(3) the content of the activities is determined primarily by the pupil participants under 
9.32 	the guidance of a staff member or other adult.
10.1 	(c) If the board does not take charge of and control extracurricular activities, these 
10.2 	activities shall be self-sustaining with all expenses, except direct salary costs and indirect 
10.3 	costs of the use of school facilities, met by dues, admissions, or other student fund-raising 
10.4 	events. The general fund must reflect only those salaries directly related to and readily 
10.5 	identified with the activity and paid by public funds. Other revenues and expenditures for 
10.6 	extra curricular activities must be recorded according to the Manual for Activity Fund 
10.7 	Accounting. Extracurricular activities not under board control must have an annual financial 
10.8 	audit and must also be audited annually for compliance with this section.
10.9 	(d) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities, (c) Any or all 
10.10 	costs of these activities may be provided from school revenues and all revenues and 
10.11 	expenditures for these activities shall be recorded in the same manner as other revenues and 
10.12 	expenditures of the district.
10.13 	(e) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities, (d) The teachers 
10.14 	or pupils in the district must not participate in such activity, nor shall the school name or 
10.15 	any allied name be used in connection therewith, except by consent and direction of the 
10.16 	board.
10.17 	(e) A school district must reserve revenue raised for extracurricular activities and spend 
10.18 	the revenue only for extracurricular activities.

10.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2020 and later.

10.20 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.4531, is amended to read:
10.21 	124D.4531 CAREER AND TECHNICAL REVENUE.
10.22 		Subdivision 1.Career and technical revenue. (a) A district with a career and technical 
10.23 	program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified is 
10.24 	eligible for career and technical revenue equal to 35 50 percent of approved expenditures 
10.25 	in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:
10.26 	(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct instructional services 
10.27 	to students in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered in the 
10.28 	district's approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries reimbursed 
10.29 	by another school district under clause (2);
10.30 	(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, licensed 
10.31 	personnel providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services 
10.32 	rendered in the district's approved career and technical education programs;
11.1 	(3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota 
11.2 	school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D;
11.3 	(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical education 
11.4 	personnel;
11.5 	(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for vocational 
11.6 	student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;
11.7 	(6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for improvement 
11.8 	based on program assessment;
11.9 	(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for noncollegiate 
11.10 	credit-bearing professional development; and
11.11 	(8) specialized vocational instructional supplies.
11.12 	(b) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal year 
11.13 	in which it is certified.
11.14 	(c) The amount of the revenue calculated under this subdivision may not exceed 
11.15 	$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013, and 
11.16 	$20,657,000 for taxes payable in 2014.
11.17 	(d) If the estimated revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (c), the commissioner must 
11.18 	reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer exceeds the 
11.19 	limit in paragraph (c).
11.20 		Subd. 1a.Career and technical levy. (a) For fiscal year 2014 only, a district may levy 
11.21 	an amount not more than the product of its career and technical revenue times the lesser of 
11.22 	one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the fiscal year in 
11.23 	which the levy is certified to the career and technical revenue equalizing factor. The career 
11.24 	and technical revenue equalizing factor for fiscal year 2014 equals $7,612.
11.25 	(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, A district may levy an amount not more than the 
11.26 	product of its career and technical revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted 
11.27 	net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified to the 
11.28 	career and technical revenue equalizing factor. The career and technical revenue equalizing 
11.29 	factor for fiscal year 2015 and later equals $7,612 $13,575.
11.30 		Subd. 1b.Career and technical aid. For fiscal year 2014 and later, A district's career 
11.31 	and technical aid equals its career and technical revenue less its career and technical levy. 
12.1 	If the district levy is less than the permitted levy, the district's career and technical aid shall 
12.2 	be reduced proportionately.
12.3 		Subd. 2.Allocation from cooperative centers and intermediate districts. For purposes 
12.4 	of this section, a cooperative center or an intermediate district must allocate its approved 
12.5 	expenditures for career and technical education programs among participating districts.
12.6 		Subd. 3.Revenue guarantee. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), the career 
12.7 	and technical education revenue for a district is not less than the lesser of:
12.8 	(1) the district's career and technical education revenue for the previous fiscal year; or
12.9 	(2) 100 percent of the approved expenditures for career and technical programs included 
12.10 	in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified.
12.11 		Subd. 3a.Revenue adjustments. Notwithstanding subdivisions 1, 1a, and 3, for taxes 
12.12 	payable in 2012 to 2014 only, the department must calculate the career and technical revenue 
12.13 	for each district according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531, and adjust the 
12.14 	revenue for each district proportionately to meet the statewide revenue target under 
12.15 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c). For purposes of calculating the revenue guarantee under 
12.16 	subdivision 3, the career and technical education revenue for the previous fiscal year is the 
12.17 	revenue according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531, before adjustments to 
12.18 	meet the statewide revenue target.
12.19 		Subd. 4.District reports. Each district or cooperative center must report data to the 
12.20 	department for all career and technical education programs as required by the department 
12.21 	to implement the career and technical revenue formula.
12.22 		Subd. 5.Allocation from districts participating in agreements for secondary 
12.23 	education or interdistrict cooperation. For purposes of this section, a district with a career 
12.24 	and technical program approved under this section that participates in an agreement under 
12.25 	section 123A.30 or 123A.32 must allocate its revenue authority under this section among 
12.26 	participating districts.

12.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2021 and later.

12.28 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
12.29 		Subd. 5.School district EL English learner program revenue. (a) A district's English 
12.30 	learner programs revenue equals the product of (1) $704 $740 times (2) the greater of 20 
12.31 	or the adjusted average daily membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district 
12.32 	during the current fiscal year.
13.1 	(b) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following the 
13.2 	school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided 
13.3 	assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.

13.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.

13.5 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.6 		Subdivision 1.Revenue calculation. (a) General education revenue must be paid to a 
13.7 	charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each adjusted 
13.8 	pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the referendum 
13.9 	equalization aid allowance and first tier local optional aid allowance in the pupil's district 
13.10 	of residence, minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to 
13.11 	section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue, 
13.12 	local optional revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment 
13.13 	revenue, transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment 
13.14 	revenue, basic skills revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though 
13.15 	the school were a school district.
13.16 	(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer program, 
13.17 	the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal to 25 percent 
13.18 	of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
13.19 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible special 
13.20 	education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the sum of 
13.21 	the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined 
13.22 	in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special education 
13.23 	services.

13.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

13.25 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13.26 		Subd. 2.Basic revenue.  The basic revenue for each district equals the formula allowance 
13.27 	times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. The formula allowance for fiscal year 
13.28 	2017 is $6,067. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2018 is $6,188. The formula allowance 
13.29 	for fiscal year 2019 and later is $6,312. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2020 is $6,501. 
13.30 	The formula allowance for fiscal year 2021 and later is $6,631.

13.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

14.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:
14.2 		Subd. 2d.Declining enrollment revenue. (a) A school district's declining enrollment 
14.3 	revenue equals the greater of zero or the product of: (1) 28 percent of the formula allowance 
14.4 	for that year and (2) the difference between the adjusted pupil units for the preceding year 
14.5 	and the adjusted pupil units for the current year.
14.6 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 only, a pupil 
14.7 	enrolled at the Crosswinds school shall not generate declining enrollment revenue for the 
14.8 	district or charter school in which the pupil was last counted in average daily membership.
14.9 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 only, 
14.10 	prekindergarten pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (d) (c), must 
14.11 	be excluded from the calculation of declining enrollment revenue.

14.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

14.13 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
14.14 		Subd. 2e.Local optional revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2020, local optional revenue for 
14.15 	a school district equals $424 times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school 
14.16 	year. For fiscal year 2021 and later, local optional revenue for a school district equals the 
14.17 	sum of the district's first tier local optional revenue and second tier local optional revenue. 
14.18 	A district's first tier local optional revenue equals $300 times the adjusted pupil units of the 
14.19 	district for that school year. A district's second tier local optional revenue equals $424 times 
14.20 	the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.
14.21 	(b) For fiscal year 2020, a district's local optional levy equals its local optional revenue 
14.22 	times the lesser of one or the ratio of its referendum market value per resident pupil unit to 
14.23 	$510,000. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's local optional levy equals the sum of 
14.24 	the first tier local optional levy and the second tier local optional levy. A district's first tier 
14.25 	local optional levy equals the district's first tier local optional revenue times the lesser of 
14.26 	one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000. 
14.27 	A district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional 
14.28 	revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per 
14.29 	resident pupil unit to $510,000. The local optional revenue levy must be spread on referendum 
14.30 	market value. A district may levy less than the permitted amount.
14.31 	(c) A district's local optional aid equals its local optional revenue less minus its local 
14.32 	optional levy, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy. If a district's 
15.1 	actual levy for first or second tier local optional revenue is less than its maximum levy limit 
15.2 	for that tier, its aid must be proportionately reduced.

15.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

15.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.5 		Subd. 3.Compensatory education revenue. (a) The compensatory education revenue 
15.6 	for each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the 
15.7 	compensation revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3. 
15.8 	A district's compensatory revenue equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each 
15.9 	building in the district and the amounts designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session 
15.10 	chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid 
15.11 	to the district and must be allocated according to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.
15.12 	(b) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69 
15.13 	changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by pupils 
15.14 	attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative program 
15.15 	for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with the alternative 
15.16 	program for the prior school year.
15.17 	(c) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of 
15.18 	a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district for the 
15.19 	current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior school year.
15.20 	(d) Of the amount of revenue under this subdivision, 1.7 percent for fiscal year 2018, 
15.21 	3.5 percent for fiscal year 2019, and for fiscal year 2020 and later, 3.5 percent plus the 
15.22 	percentage change in the formula allowance from fiscal year 2019, must be used for extended 
15.23 	time activities under subdivision 2a, paragraph (c).

15.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

15.25 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
15.26 		Subd. 13a.Operating capital levy. To obtain operating capital revenue, a district may 
15.27 	levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue for the fiscal year 
15.28 	times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 
15.29 	the operating capital equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals $15,740 
15.30 	for fiscal year 2017, $20,548 for fiscal year 2018, $24,241 for fiscal year 2019, and $22,912
15.31 	$23,902 for fiscal year 2020, $23,885 for fiscal year 2021, $23,895 for fiscal year 2022, 
15.32 	and $23,974 for fiscal year 2023 and later.

16.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

16.2 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
16.3 		Subd. 24.Equity revenue. (a) A school district qualifies for equity revenue if:
16.4 	(1) the school district's adjusted pupil unit amount of basic revenue, transition revenue, 
16.5 	first tier local optional revenue, and referendum revenue is less than the value of the school 
16.6 	district at or immediately above the 95th percentile of school districts in its equity region 
16.7 	for those revenue categories; and
16.8 	(2) the school district's administrative offices are not located in a city of the first class 
16.9 	on July 1, 1999.
16.10 	(b) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that receives referendum revenue under 
16.11 	section 126C.17, subdivision 4, equals the product of (1) the district's adjusted pupil units 
16.12 	for that year; times (2) the sum of (i) $14, plus (ii) $80, times the school district's equity 
16.13 	index computed under subdivision 27.
16.14 	(c) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that does not receive referendum revenue 
16.15 	under section 126C.17, subdivision 4, equals the product of the district's adjusted pupil units 
16.16 	for that year times $14.
16.17 	(d) (c) A school district's equity revenue is increased by the greater of zero or an amount 
16.18 	equal to the district's adjusted pupil units times the difference between ten percent of the 
16.19 	statewide average amount of referendum revenue and first tier local optional revenue per 
16.20 	adjusted pupil unit for that year and the sum of the district's referendum revenue and first 
16.21 	tier local optional revenue per adjusted pupil unit. A school district's revenue under this 
16.22 	paragraph must not exceed $100,000 for that year.
16.23 	(e) (d) A school district's equity revenue for a school district located in the metro equity 
16.24 	region equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), and (c), and (d) multiplied by 1.25.
16.25 	(f) For fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 for a school district not included in paragraph 
16.26 	(e), a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) 
16.27 	multiplied by 1.16. (e) For fiscal year 2020 and later for a school district not included in 
16.28 	paragraph (e) (d), a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b),
16.29 	and (c), and (d) multiplied by 1.25.
16.30 	(g) (f) A school district's additional equity revenue equals $50 times its adjusted pupil 
16.31 	units.

16.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

17.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.126, is amended to read:
17.2 	126C.126 USE OF GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE FOR ALL-DAY
17.3 	KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN.
17.4 	A school district may spend general education revenue on extended time kindergarten 
17.5 	and prekindergarten programs. At the school board's discretion, the district may use revenue 
17.6 	generated by the all-day kindergarten pupil count under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, 
17.7 	paragraph (d), to meet the needs of three- and four-year-olds in the district. A school district 
17.8 	may not use these funds on programs for three- and four-year-old children while maintaining 
17.9 	a fee-based all-day kindergarten program.

17.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

17.11 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.12 		Subdivision 1.Referendum allowance. (a) A district's initial referendum allowance for 
17.13 	fiscal year 2021 and later equals the result of the following calculations:
17.14 	(1) multiply the referendum allowance the district would have received for fiscal year 
17.15 	2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, based on elections 
17.16 	held before July 1, 2013, by the resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have 
17.17 	counted for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05;
17.18 	(2) add to the result of clause (1) the adjustment the district would have received under 
17.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based 
17.20 	on elections held before July 1, 2013;
17.21 	(3) divide the result of clause (2) by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 
17.22 	2015;
17.23 	(4) add to the result of clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil 
17.24 	unit authorized by elections held between July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013;
17.25 	(5) add to the result in clause (4) any additional referendum allowance resulting from 
17.26 	inflation adjustments approved by the voters prior to January 1, 2014;
17.27 	(6) subtract from the result of clause (5), the sum of a district's actual local optional levy 
17.28 	and local optional aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, divided by the adjusted pupil 
17.29 	units of the district for that school year; and
17.30 	(1) subtract $424 from the district's allowance under Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 
17.31 	126C.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5);
18.1 	(2) if the result of clause (1) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero;
18.2 	(3) add to the result in clause (2) any new referendum allowance authorized between 
18.3 	July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, under Minnesota Statutes 2013, section 126C.17, 
18.4 	subdivision 9a;
18.5 	(4) add to the result in clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil 
18.6 	unit authorized between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2019;
18.7 	(5) subtract from the result in clause (4) any allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016, 
18.8 	2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020;
18.9 	(6) subtract $300 from the result in clause (5); and
18.10 	(7) if the result of clause (6) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero.
18.11 	(b) A district's referendum allowance equals the sum of the district's initial referendum 
18.12 	allowance, plus any new referendum allowance authorized between July 1, 2013, and 
18.13 	December 31, 2013, under subdivision 9a, plus any additional referendum allowance per 
18.14 	adjusted pupil unit authorized after December 31, 2013 after July 1, 2019, minus any 
18.15 	allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016 2021 or later, plus any inflation adjustments for 
18.16 	fiscal year 2021 and later approved by the voters prior to July 1, 2019, provided that the 
18.17 	allowance may not be less than zero. For a district with more than one referendum allowance 
18.18 	for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, the allowance calculated 
18.19 	under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be divided into components such that the same 
18.20 	percentage of the district's allowance expires at the same time as the old allowances would 
18.21 	have expired under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17. For a district with more than 
18.22 	one allowance for fiscal year 2015 that expires in the same year, the reduction under 
18.23 	paragraph (a), clause clauses (1) and (6), to offset local optional revenue shall be made first 
18.24 	from any allowances that do not have an inflation adjustment approved by the voters.

18.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

18.26 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.27 		Subd. 2.Referendum allowance limit. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, for fiscal 
18.28 	year 2015 2021 and later, a district's referendum allowance must not exceed the annual 
18.29 	inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b) times the greatest greater of:
18.30 	(1) $1,845 the product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph 
18.31 	(b), and $2,079.50, minus $300;
19.1 	(2) the product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b), 
19.2 	and the sum of the referendum revenue the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 
19.3 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 4, based on elections held 
19.4 	before July 1, 2013, and the adjustment the district would have received under Minnesota 
19.5 	Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections 
19.6 	held before July 1, 2013, divided by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015, 
19.7 	minus $300;
19.8 	(3) the product of the referendum allowance limit the district would have received for 
19.9 	fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, and the 
19.10 	resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 under 
19.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05, subdivision 6, plus the adjustment the district 
19.12 	would have received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 
19.13 	paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013, divided by the 
19.14 	district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015; minus $424 for a newly reorganized 
19.15 	district created on July 1, 2020, the referendum revenue authority for each reorganizing 
19.16 	district in the year preceding reorganization divided by its adjusted pupil units for the year 
19.17 	preceding reorganization, minus $300; or
19.18 	(4) for a newly reorganized district created after July 1, 2013 2021, the referendum 
19.19 	revenue authority for each reorganizing district in the year preceding reorganization divided 
19.20 	by its adjusted pupil units for the year preceding reorganization.
19.21 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, for fiscal year 2016 2022 and later, "inflationary 
19.22 	increase" means one plus the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for urban 
19.23 	consumers, as prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Standards Statistics, for the 
19.24 	current fiscal year to fiscal year 2015. For fiscal year 2016 and later, for purposes of 
19.25 	paragraph (a), clause (3), the inflationary increase equals one-fourth of the percentage 
19.26 	increase in the formula allowance for that year compared with the formula allowance for 
19.27 	fiscal year 2015 2021.

19.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

19.29 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
19.30 		Subd. 5.Referendum equalization revenue. (a) A district's referendum equalization 
19.31 	revenue equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization revenue and the second tier 
19.32 	referendum equalization revenue, and the third tier referendum equalization revenue.
20.1 	(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's first tier 
20.2 	referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
20.3 	(c) A district's first tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
20.4 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $300 $460.
20.5 	(d) A district's second tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's second 
20.6 	tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
20.7 	(e) A district's second tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
20.8 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $760, minus the district's first tier 
20.9 	referendum equalization allowance.
20.10 	(f) A district's third tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's third tier 
20.11 	referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
20.12 	(g) A district's third tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the 
20.13 	district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or 25 percent of the formula allowance, 
20.14 	minus the sum of $300 and the district's first tier referendum equalization allowance and 
20.15 	second tier referendum equalization allowance.
20.16 	(h) (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (g) (e), the third second tier referendum allowance 
20.17 	for a district qualifying for secondary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 
20.18 	7, or elementary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 8, equals the district's 
20.19 	referendum allowance under subdivision 1 minus the sum of the district's first tier referendum 
20.20 	equalization allowance and second tier referendum equalization allowance.

20.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

20.22 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
20.23 		Subd. 6.Referendum equalization levy. (a) A district's referendum equalization levy 
20.24 	equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization levy, and the second tier referendum 
20.25 	equalization levy, and the third tier referendum equalization levy.
20.26 	(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's first tier 
20.27 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
20.28 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000 $650,000.
20.29 	(c) A district's second tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's second tier 
20.30 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
20.31 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $510,000 $290,000.
21.1 	(d) A district's third tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's third tier 
21.2 	referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
21.3 	referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $290,000.

21.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

21.5 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
21.6 		Subd. 7.Referendum equalization aid. (a) A district's referendum equalization aid 
21.7 	equals the difference between its referendum equalization revenue and levy.
21.8 	(b) If a district's actual levy for first, second, or third tier referendum equalization revenue 
21.9 	is less than its maximum levy limit for that tier, aid shall be proportionately reduced.
21.10 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the referendum equalization aid for a district, where 
21.11 	the referendum equalization aid under paragraph (a) exceeds 90 percent of the referendum 
21.12 	revenue, must not exceed: (1) 25 percent of the formula allowance minus $300; times (2) 
21.13 	the district's adjusted pupil units. A district's referendum levy is increased by the amount 
21.14 	of any reduction in referendum aid under this paragraph.

21.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

21.16 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:
21.17 		Subd. 7a.Referendum tax base replacement aid. For each school district that had a 
21.18 	referendum allowance for fiscal year 2002 exceeding $415, for each separately authorized 
21.19 	referendum levy, the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the commissioner of 
21.20 	education, shall certify the amount of the referendum levy in taxes payable year 2001 
21.21 	attributable to the portion of the referendum allowance exceeding $415 levied against 
21.22 	property classified as class 2, noncommercial 4c(1), or 4c(4), under section 273.13, excluding 
21.23 	the portion of the tax paid by the portion of class 2a property consisting of the house, garage, 
21.24 	and surrounding one acre of land. The resulting amount must be used to reduce the district's 
21.25 	referendum levy or first tier local optional levy amount otherwise determined, and must be 
21.26 	paid to the district each year that the referendum or first tier local optional authority remains 
21.27 	in effect, is renewed, or new referendum authority is approved. The aid payable under this 
21.28 	subdivision must be subtracted from the district's referendum equalization aid under 
21.29 	subdivision 7. The referendum equalization aid and the first tier local optional aid after the 
21.30 	subtraction must not be less than zero.

21.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

22.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
22.2 		Subd. 9.Referendum revenue. (a) The revenue authorized by section 126C.10, 
22.3 	subdivision 1, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a 
22.4 	referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board. The 
22.5 	referendum must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority, 
22.6 	if approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be held 
22.7 	in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under subdivision 11, 
22.8 	paragraph (a), the referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in 
22.9 	November. The ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per adjusted 
22.10 	pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased revenue 
22.11 	per adjusted pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of years for which the 
22.12 	increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall increase annually by the 
22.13 	rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the annual inflationary increase 
22.14 	calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may state that existing referendum 
22.15 	levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also compare the proposed levy 
22.16 	authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and express the proposed increase as the 
22.17 	amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy authority. The ballot must designate the 
22.18 	specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the referendum authorization applies, 
22.19 	and may state that the referendum may be renewed by school board resolution subject to a 
22.20 	reverse referendum. The ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke or reduce the 
22.21 	increased revenue amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term "per adjusted pupil 
22.22 	unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under section 275.60 may be modified to read, in 
22.23 	cases of renewing existing levies at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year:
22.24 	"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO 
22.25 	EXTEND AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED 
22.26 	TO EXPIRE."
22.27 	The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this subdivision 
22.28 	and a question stating substantially the following:
22.29 	"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of ......., School 
22.30 	District No. .., be approved?"
22.31 	If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per adjusted pupil unit times the 
22.32 	adjusted pupil units for the school year beginning in the year after the levy is certified shall 
22.33 	be authorized for certification for the number of years approved, if applicable, or until 
22.34 	revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a subsequent referendum.
23.1 	(b) The board must deliver by mail at least 15 days but no more than 30 days before the 
23.2 	day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum and the proposed revenue 
23.3 	increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to any taxpayer. For the purpose 
23.4 	of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be those shown to be owners 
23.5 	on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where tax statements are mailed by 
23.6 	the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer. Every property owner whose 
23.7 	name does not appear on the records of the county auditor or the county treasurer is deemed 
23.8 	to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner has requested in writing that the county 
23.9 	auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be, include the name on the records for this 
23.10 	purpose. The notice must project the anticipated amount of tax increase in annual dollars 
23.11 	for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, apartments, and 
23.12 	commercial-industrial property within the school district.
23.13 	The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring and 
23.14 	project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in the first 
23.15 	year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, 
23.16 	apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.
23.17 	The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will result 
23.18 	in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing levies, the 
23.19 	notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum extends an existing 
23.20 	operating referendum at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year."
23.21 	(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue amount 
23.22 	authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board. A referendum to revoke 
23.23 	or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per adjusted pupil unit by which the 
23.24 	authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the voters of the district pursuant 
23.25 	to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at least once before it is subject to 
23.26 	a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent years. Only one revocation or 
23.27 	reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce referendum revenue for any specific 
23.28 	year and for years thereafter.
23.29 	(d) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to 
23.30 	pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.
23.31 	(e) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a copy of 
23.32 	the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county auditor of 
23.33 	each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results of the referendum 
23.34 	have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the certification of the results 
24.1 	of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify the commissioner of the 
24.2 	results of the referendum.

24.3 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.4 	to read:
24.5 		Subd. 9b.Renewal by school board. (a) Notwithstanding the election requirements of 
24.6 	subdivision 9, a school board may renew an expiring referendum approved by the voters 
24.7 	after July 1, 2019, by board action if:
24.8 	(1) the ballot for the expiring referendum included a statement that the referendum may 
24.9 	be renewed by school board resolution subject to a reverse referendum;
24.10 	(2) the per-pupil amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring or, for 
24.11 	an expiring referendum that was adjusted annually by the rate of inflation, the same as the 
24.12 	per-pupil amount of the expiring referendum, adjusted annually for inflation in the same 
24.13 	manner as if the expiring referendum had continued;
24.14 	(3) the term of the renewed referendum is no longer than the initial term approved by 
24.15 	the voters; and
24.16 	(4) the school board has adopted a written resolution authorizing the renewal after holding 
24.17 	a meeting and allowing public testimony on the proposed renewal.
24.18 	(b) The resolution must be adopted by the school board by June 15 and becomes effective 
24.19 	60 days after its adoption.
24.20 	(c) A referendum expires at the end of the last fiscal year in which the referendum 
24.21 	generates revenue for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring referendum 
24.22 	under this subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the referendum expires.
24.23 	(d) A district renewing an expiring referendum under this subdivision must submit a 
24.24 	copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the county auditor no later than 
24.25 	September 1 of the calendar year in which the levy is certified.

24.26 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.27 	to read:
24.28 		Subd. 14.Reverse referendum. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "board-renewed 
24.29 	referendum authority" means referendum authority renewed by the school board.
24.30 	(b) A referendum on the question of revoking board-renewed referendum authority under 
24.31 	subdivision 9b shall be called by the board upon written petition of qualified voters of the 
25.1 	district. A referendum to revoke a district's board-renewed referendum authority must state 
25.2 	the authority to be revoked in total and per pupil unit. A revocation referendum may be held 
25.3 	to revoke board-renewed referendum authority for the subsequent fiscal year and for years 
25.4 	thereafter.
25.5 	(c) A petition authorized by this subdivision is effective if:
25.6 	(1) signed by more than 25 percent of the registered voters of the district on the day the 
25.7 	petition is filed with the board; and
25.8 	(2) filed with the board by June 1 of that year.
25.9 	A referendum invoked by petition must be held on the date required in subdivision 9.
25.10 	(d) The approval of more than 50 percent of those voting on the question is required to 
25.11 	revoke board-renewed referendum authority.

25.12 	Sec. 32. [127A.20] EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION GRANTS.
25.13 		Subdivision 1.Purpose and applicability. The purpose of this section is to create a 
25.14 	process to describe, measure, and report on the effectiveness of any prekindergarten through 
25.15 	grade 12 grant programs funded in whole or in part through funds appropriated by the 
25.16 	legislature to the commissioner of education for grants to organizations. The evidence-based 
25.17 	evaluation required by this section applies to all grants awarded by the commissioner of 
25.18 	education on or after July 1, 2019.
25.19 		Subd. 2.Goals. Each applicant for a grant awarded by the commissioner of education 
25.20 	must include in the grant application a statement of the goals of the grant. To the extent 
25.21 	practicable, the goals must be aligned to the state's world's best workforce and the federally 
25.22 	required Every Student Succeeds Act accountability systems.
25.23 		Subd. 3.Strategies and data. Each applicant must include in the grant application a 
25.24 	description of the strategies that will be used to meet the goals specified in the application. 
25.25 	The applicant must also include a plan to collect data to measure the effectiveness of the 
25.26 	strategies outlined in the grant application.
25.27 		Subd. 4.Reporting. Within 180 days of the end of the grant period, each grant recipient 
25.28 	must compile a report that describes the data that was collected and evaluate the effectiveness 
25.29 	of the strategies. The evidence-based report may identify or propose alternative strategies 
25.30 	based on the results of the data. The report must be submitted to the commissioner of 
25.31 	education and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
26.1 	with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education. The report must be filed 
26.2 	with the Legislative Reference Library according to section 3.195.
26.3 		Subd. 5.Grant defined. For purposes of this section, a grant means money appropriated 
26.4 	from the state general fund to the commissioner of education for distribution to the grant 
26.5 	recipients.

26.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

26.7 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
26.8 		Subd. 13.Aid payment percentage. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a, 
26.9 	and 14, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 120A, 
26.10 	120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134, and section 273.1392, 
26.11 	shall be paid at the current year aid payment percentage of the estimated entitlement during 
26.12 	the fiscal year of the entitlement.
26.13 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, a district's estimated entitlement for special 
26.14 	education aid under section 125A.76for fiscal year 2014 and later equals 97.4 percent of 
26.15 	the district's entitlement for the current fiscal year.
26.16 	(c) The final adjustment payment, according to subdivision 9, must be the amount of 
26.17 	the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during 
26.18 	the fiscal year of the entitlement.

26.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

26.20 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.49, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.21 		Subd. 2.Abatements. Whenever by virtue of chapter 278, sections 270C.86, 375.192, 
26.22 	or otherwise, the net tax capacity or referendum market value of any district for any taxable 
26.23 	year is changed after the taxes for that year have been spread by the county auditor and the 
26.24 	local tax rate as determined by the county auditor based upon the original net tax capacity 
26.25 	is applied upon the changed net tax capacities, the county auditor shall must, prior to February 
26.26 	1 of each year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of any resulting net 
26.27 	revenue loss that accrued to the district during the preceding year. Each year, the 
26.28 	commissioner shall must pay an abatement adjustment to the district in an amount calculated 
26.29 	according to the provisions of this subdivision. This amount shall must be deducted from 
26.30 	the amount of the levy authorized by section 126C.46. The amount of the abatement 
26.31 	adjustment must be the product of:
26.32 	(1) the net revenue loss as certified by the county auditor, times
27.1 	(2) the ratio of:
27.2 	(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year 
27.3 	according to the following:
27.4 	(A) section 123B.57 123B.595, if the district received health and safety long-term 
27.5 	facilities maintenance aid according to that section for the second preceding year;
27.6 	(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs 
27.7 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
27.8 	(C) section 124D.135, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family 
27.9 	education aid according to section 124D.135 for the second preceding year;
27.10 	(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid 
27.11 	according to that section for the second preceding year;
27.12 	(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid 
27.13 	according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;
27.14 	(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to 
27.15 	section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;
27.16 	(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to 
27.17 	section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;
27.18 	(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid 
27.19 	according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;
27.20 	(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service 
27.21 	equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;
27.22 	(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according 
27.23 	to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year;
27.24 	(K) section 123B.591, subdivision 3 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (b), if the district 
27.25 	received deferred maintenance local optional aid according to section 123B.591, subdivision 
27.26 	4 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (c), in the second preceding year; and
27.27 	(L) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher 
27.28 	compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 
27.29 	in the second preceding year; to
27.30 	(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding December, plus 
27.31 	or minus auditor's adjustments.

28.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.0725, is amended to read:
28.2 	257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.
28.3 	The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual report on child maltreatment 
28.4 	and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer with counties, 
28.5 	child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and other groups on 
28.6 	how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report. In regard to child 
28.7 	maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment reports received 
28.8 	and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to include in a report 
28.9 	on child maltreatment. In regard to children in out-of-home placement, the report shall 
28.10 	include, by county and statewide, information on legal status, living arrangement, age, sex, 
28.11 	race, accumulated length of time in placement, reason for most recent placement, race of 
28.12 	family with whom placed, school enrollments within seven days of placement pursuant to 
28.13 	section 120A.21, and other information deemed appropriate on all children in out-of-home 
28.14 	placement. Out-of-home placement includes placement in any facility by an authorized 
28.15 	child-placing agency.

28.16 	Sec. 36. SCHOOL START DATE FOR THE 2020-2021 AND 2021-2022 SCHOOL 
28.17 	YEARS ONLY.
 28.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120A.40, or any other law to the contrary, 
28.19 	for the 2020-2021 school year only, school districts may begin the school year on August 
28.20 	31, and for the 2021-2022 school year only, school districts may begin the school year on 
28.21 	August 30.

28.22 	Sec. 37. PUPIL TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.
 28.23 		Subdivision 1.Duties. (a) A working group on pupil transportation is created to review 
28.24 	pupil transportation and transportation efficiencies in Minnesota, to consult with stakeholders, 
28.25 	and to submit a written report to the legislature recommending policy and formula changes. 
28.26 	The pupil transportation working group must examine and consider:
28.27 	(1) how school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts, special education 
28.28 	cooperatives, education districts, and service cooperatives deliver pupil transportation 
28.29 	services and the costs associated with each model;
28.30 	(2) relevant state laws and rules;
28.31 	(3) trends in pupil transportation services;
29.1 	(4) strategies or programs that would be effective in funding necessary pupil 
29.2 	transportation services; and
29.3 	(5) the effect of the elimination of categorical funding for pupil transportation services.
29.4 	(b) In making its recommendations, the pupil transportation working group must consider 
29.5 	a ten-year strategic plan informed by the policy findings in paragraph (a) to help make pupil 
29.6 	transportation funding more fair.
29.7 		Subd. 2.Members. (a) By June 1, 2019, the executive director of each of the following 
29.8 	organizations must appoint one representative of that organization to serve as a member of 
29.9 	the working group:
29.10 	(1) Minnesota School Boards Association;
29.11 	(2) Minnesota Association of Charter Schools;
29.12 	(3) Education Minnesota;
29.13 	(4) Minnesota Rural Education Association;
29.14 	(5) Association of Metropolitan School Districts;
29.15 	(6) Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation;
29.16 	(7) Minnesota School Bus Operators Association;
29.17 	(8) Minnesota Association of School Administrators;
29.18 	(9) Minnesota Association of School Business Officials;
29.19 	(10) Schools for Equity in Education;
29.20 	(11) Service Employees International Union Local 284;
29.21 	(12) Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals;
29.22 	(13) Minnesota Administrators of Special Education; and
29.23 	(14) Minnesota Transportation Alliance.
29.24 	(b) The commissioner of education must solicit applications for membership in the 
29.25 	working group. By June 25, 2019, the commissioner must designate from the applicants 
29.26 	the following to serve as members of the working group:
29.27 	(1) a representative from an intermediate school district;
29.28 	(2) a representative from a special education cooperative, education district, or service 
29.29 	cooperative;
30.1 	(3) a representative from a school district in a city of the first class;
30.2 	(4) a representative from a school district in a first tier suburb;
30.3 	(5) a representative from a rural school district; and
30.4 	(6) a representative from a statewide nonprofit advocacy organization serving students 
30.5 	with disabilities and their parents.
30.6 		Subd. 3.Meetings. The commissioner of education, or the commissioner's designee, 
30.7 	must convene the first meeting of the working group no later than July 15, 2019. The working 
30.8 	group must select a chair or cochairs from among its members at the first meeting. The 
30.9 	working group must meet periodically. Meetings of the working group are subject to 
30.10 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
30.11 		Subd. 4.Compensation.  Working group members are not eligible to receive expenses 
30.12 	or per diem payments for serving on the working group.
30.13 		Subd. 5.Administrative support. The commissioner of education must provide technical 
30.14 	and administrative assistance to the working group upon request.
30.15 		Subd. 6.Report. (a) By January 15, 2020, the working group must submit a report 
30.16 	providing its findings and recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members 
30.17 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
30.18 	(b) At its 2020 annual session, the legislature is encouraged to convene a legislative 
30.19 	study group to review the recommendations and ten-year strategic plan to develop its own 
30.20 	recommendations for legislative changes, as necessary.
30.21 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The working group expires upon submission of the report required 
30.22 	in subdivision 6.

30.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.24 	Sec. 38. APPROPRIATIONS.
 30.25 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
30.26 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
30.27 	designated.
30.28 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.29 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

30.30		$
	7,446,529,000
	.....
	2020
	
30.31		$
	7,660,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.1 	The 2020 appropriation includes $700,383,000 for 2019 and $6,746,146,000 for 2020.
31.2 	The 2021 appropriation includes $749,571,000 for 2020 and $6,910,929,000 for 2021.
31.3 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
31.4 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
31.5 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

31.6		$
	24,000
	.....
	2020
	
31.7		$
	26,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.8 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:

31.9		$
	2,897,000
	.....
	2020
	
31.10		$
	2,971,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.11 	The 2020 appropriation includes $274,000 for 2019 and $2,623,000 for 2020.
31.12 	The 2021 appropriation includes $291,000 for 2020 and $2,680,000 for 2021.
31.13 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
31.14 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

31.15		$
	0
	.....
	2020
	
31.16		$
	270,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.17 	The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $0 for 2020.
31.18 	The 2021 appropriation includes $0 for 2020 and $270,000 for 2021.
31.19 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
31.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

31.21		$
	18,135,000
	.....
	2020
	
31.22		$
	18,728,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.23 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,806,000 for 2019 and $16,509,000 for 2020.
31.24 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,834,000 for 2020 and $16,894,000 for 2021.
31.25 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under 
31.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

31.27		$
	19,649,000
	.....
	2020
	
31.28		$
	19,920,000
	.....
	2021
	
31.29 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,961,000 for 2019 and $17,688,000 for 2020.
31.30 	The 2021 appropriation includes $1,965,000 for 2020 and $17,955,000 for 2021.
32.1 		Subd. 8.One-room schoolhouse. For a grant to Independent School District No. 690, 
32.2 	Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:

32.3		$
	65,000
	.....
	2020
	
32.4		$
	65,000
	.....
	2021
	
32.5 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
32.6 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

32.7		$
	3,751,000
	.....
	2020
	
32.8		$
	15,471,000
	.....
	2021
	
32.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2019 and $3,329,000 for 2020.
32.10 	The 2021 appropriation includes $369,000 for 2020 and $15,102,000 for 2021.

32.11 	Sec. 39. REPEALER.
 32.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 126C.17, subdivision 9a; and 127A.14, are repealed.

32.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

32.14 	ARTICLE 2
32.15 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

32.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 5A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.17 		Subd. 2.Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs. (a) A school district 
32.18 	or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange or study or 
32.19 	other travel abroad program or whose enrolled students participate in a foreign exchange 
32.20 	or study or other travel abroad program under a written agreement between the district or 
32.21 	charter school and the program provider must use a form developed by the Department of 
32.22 	Education to annually report to the department by November 1 the following data from the 
32.23 	previous school year:
32.24 	(1) the number of Minnesota student deaths that occurred while Minnesota students were 
32.25 	participating in the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program and that resulted 
32.26 	from Minnesota students participating in the program;
32.27 	(2) the number of Minnesota students hospitalized due to accidents and the illnesses that 
32.28 	occurred while Minnesota students were participating in the foreign exchange or study or 
32.29 	other travel abroad program and that resulted from Minnesota students participating in the 
32.30 	program; and
33.1 	(3) the name and type of the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program 
33.2 	and the city or region where the reported death, hospitalization due to accident, or the illness 
33.3 	occurred.
33.4 	(b) School districts and charter schools must ask but must not require enrolled eligible 
33.5 	students and the parents or guardians of other enrolled students who complete a foreign 
33.6 	exchange or study or other travel abroad program to disclose the information under paragraph 
33.7 	(a).
33.8 	(c) When reporting the data under paragraph (a), a school district or charter school may 
33.9 	supplement the data with a brief explanatory statement. The Department of Education 
33.10 	annually must aggregate and publish the reported data on the department website in a format 
33.11 	that facilitates public access to the aggregated data and include links to both the United 
33.12 	States Department of State's Consular Information Program that informs the public of 
33.13 	conditions abroad that may affect students' safety and security and the publicly available 
33.14 	reports on sexual assaults and other criminal acts affecting students participating in a foreign 
33.15 	exchange or study or other travel abroad program.
33.16 	(d) School districts and charter schools with enrolled students who participate in foreign 
33.17 	exchange or study or other travel abroad programs under a written agreement between the 
33.18 	district or charter school and the program provider are encouraged to adopt policies 
33.19 	supporting the programs and to include program standards in their policies to ensure students' 
33.20 	health and safety.
33.21 	(e) To be eligible under this subdivision to provide a foreign exchange or study or other 
33.22 	travel abroad program to Minnesota students enrolled in a school district or charter school, 
33.23 	a program provider annually must register with the secretary of state and provide the 
33.24 	following information on a form developed by the secretary of state: the name, address, and 
33.25 	telephone number of the program provider, its chief executive officer, and the person within 
33.26 	the provider's organization who is primarily responsible for supervising programs within 
33.27 	the state; the program provider's unified business identification number, if any; whether the 
33.28 	program provider is exempt from federal income tax; a list of the program provider's 
33.29 	placements in foreign countries for the previous school year including the number of 
33.30 	Minnesota students placed, where Minnesota students were placed, and the length of their 
33.31 	placement; the terms and limits of the medical and accident insurance available to cover 
33.32 	participating students and the process for filing a claim; and the signatures of the program 
33.33 	provider's chief executive officer and the person primarily responsible for supervising 
33.34 	Minnesota students' placements in foreign countries. If the secretary of state determines the 
33.35 	registration is complete, the secretary of state shall file the registration and the program 
34.1 	provider is registered. Registration with the secretary of state must not be considered or 
34.2 	represented as an endorsement of the program provider by the secretary of state. The secretary 
34.3 	of state annually must publish on its website aggregated data under paragraph (c) received 
34.4 	from the Department of Education.
34.5 	(f) Program providers, annually by August 1, must provide the data required under 
34.6 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), to the districts and charter schools with enrolled students 
34.7 	participating in the provider's program.
34.8 	(g) The Department of Education must publish the information it has under paragraph 
34.9 	(c), but it is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information provided to it by 
34.10 	a school district or charter school. A school district or charter school is not responsible for 
34.11 	omissions in the information provided to it by students and programs.

34.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
34.13 		Subd. 5.Ages and terms. (a) Every child between seven six and 17 years of age must 
34.14 	receive instruction unless the child has graduated. Every child under the age of seven six
34.15 	who is enrolled in a half-day kindergarten, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate 
34.16 	days, or other kindergarten programs shall must receive instruction for the hours established 
34.17 	for that program. Except as provided in subdivision 6, a parent may withdraw a child under 
34.18 	the age of seven six from enrollment at any time.
34.19 	(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this 
34.20 	subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children 
34.21 	to receive instruction in summer school shall must establish at the time of its action the 
34.22 	criteria for determining which children must receive instruction.
34.23 	(c) A pupil 16 years of age or older who meets the criteria of section 124D.68, subdivision 
34.24 	2, and under clause (5) of that subdivision has been excluded or expelled from school or 
34.25 	under clause (11) of that subdivision has been chronically truant may be referred to an area 
34.26 	learning center. Such referral may be made only after consulting the principal, area learning 
34.27 	center director, student, and parent or guardian and only if, in the school administrator's 
34.28 	professional judgment, the referral is in the best educational interest of the pupil. Nothing 
34.29 	in this paragraph limits a pupil's eligibility to apply to enroll in other eligible programs 
34.30 	under section 124D.68.

34.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

35.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
35.2 		Subd. 6.Children under seven age six. (a) Once a pupil under the age of seven six is 
35.3 	enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade in a public school, the pupil is subject to the 
35.4 	compulsory attendance provisions of this chapter and section 120A.34, unless the board of 
35.5 	the district in which the pupil is enrolled has a policy that exempts children under seven six
35.6 	from this subdivision.
35.7 	(b) In a district in which children under seven the age of six are subject to compulsory 
35.8 	attendance under this subdivision, paragraphs (c) to (e) apply.
35.9 	(c) A parent or guardian may withdraw the pupil from enrollment in the school for good 
35.10 	cause by notifying the district. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, enrollment of the 
35.11 	pupil in another school, as defined in subdivision 4, or the immaturity of the child.
35.12 	(d) When the pupil enrolls, the enrolling official must provide the parent or guardian 
35.13 	who enrolls the pupil with a written explanation of the provisions of this subdivision.
35.14 	(e) A pupil under the age of seven six who is withdrawn from enrollment in the public 
35.15 	school under paragraph (c) is no longer subject to the compulsory attendance provisions of 
35.16 	this chapter.
35.17 	(f) In a district that had adopted a policy to exempt children under seven the age of six
35.18 	from this subdivision, the district's chief attendance officer must keep the truancy enforcement 
35.19 	authorities supplied with a copy of the board's current policy certified by the clerk of the 
35.20 	board.

35.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

35.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
35.23 		Subd. 11.Assessment of performance. (a) Each year the performance of every child 
35.24 	ages seven six through 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial report 
35.25 	was filed pursuant to section 120A.24, subdivision 1, after the child is 16 and who is not 
35.26 	enrolled in a public school must be assessed using a nationally norm-referenced standardized 
35.27 	achievement examination. The superintendent of the district in which the child receives 
35.28 	instruction and the person in charge of the child's instruction must agree about the specific 
35.29 	examination to be used and the administration and location of the examination.
35.30 	(b) To the extent the examination in paragraph (a) does not provide assessment in all of 
35.31 	the subject areas in subdivision 9, the parent must assess the child's performance in the 
36.1 	applicable subject area. This requirement applies only to a parent who provides instruction 
36.2 	and does not meet the requirements of subdivision 10, clause (1), (2), or (3).
36.3 	(c) If the results of the assessments in paragraphs (a) and (b) indicate that the child's 
36.4 	performance on the total battery score is at or below the 30th percentile or one grade level 
36.5 	below the performance level for children of the same age, the parent must obtain additional 
36.6 	evaluation of the child's abilities and performance for the purpose of determining whether 
36.7 	the child has learning problems.
36.8 	(d) A child receiving instruction from a nonpublic school, person, or institution that is 
36.9 	accredited by an accrediting agency, recognized according to section 123B.445, or recognized 
36.10 	by the commissioner, is exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.

36.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

36.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
36.13 		Subdivision 1.Reports to superintendent. (a) The person or nonpublic school in charge 
36.14 	of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district in which 
36.15 	the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests intended to 
36.16 	be used under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, if required; the name of each instructor; 
36.17 	and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section 120A.22, 
36.18 	subdivision 10:
36.19 	(1) by October 1 of the first school year the child receives instruction after reaching the 
36.20 	age of seven six;
36.21 	(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age seven
36.22 	six to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized 
36.23 	accredited agency;
36.24 	(3) within 15 days of moving out of a district; and
36.25 	(4) by October 1 after a new resident district is established.
36.26 	(b) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child between 
36.27 	the ages of seven six and 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial report 
36.28 	was filed pursuant to this subdivision after the child is 16 must submit, by October 1 of each 
36.29 	school year, a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction under this section for all 
36.30 	students under the person's or school's supervision and any changes to the information 
36.31 	required in paragraph (a) for each student.
37.1 	(c) The superintendent may collect the required information under this section through 
37.2 	an electronic or web-based format, but must not require electronic submission of information 
37.3 	under this section from the person in charge of reporting under this subdivision.

37.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

37.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.6 		Subd. 2.Adopting plans and budgets.  A school board, at a public meeting, shall must
37.7 	adopt a comprehensive, long-term strategic plan to support and improve teaching and 
37.8 	learning that is aligned with creating the world's best workforce and includes:
37.9 	(1) clearly defined district and school site goals and benchmarks for instruction and 
37.10 	student achievement for all student subgroups identified in section 120B.35, subdivision 3, 
37.11 	paragraph (b), clause (2);
37.12 	(2) a process to assess and evaluate each student's progress toward meeting state and 
37.13 	local academic standards, assess and identify students to participate in gifted and talented 
37.14 	programs and accelerate their instruction, and adopt early-admission procedures consistent 
37.15 	with section 120B.15, and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of instruction in pursuit 
37.16 	of student and school success and curriculum affecting students' progress and growth toward 
37.17 	career and college readiness and leading to the world's best workforce;
37.18 	(3) a system to periodically review and evaluate the effectiveness of all instruction and 
37.19 	curriculum, taking into account strategies and best practices, student outcomes, school 
37.20 	principal evaluations under section 123B.147, subdivision 3, students' access to effective 
37.21 	teachers who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in 
37.22 	the district or school and who reflect the diversity of enrolled students under section 120B.35, 
37.23 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), and teacher evaluations under section 122A.40, 
37.24 	subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;
37.25 	(4) strategies for improving instruction, curriculum, and student achievement, including: 
37.26 	(i) the English and, where practicable, the native language development and the academic 
37.27 	achievement of English learners and (ii) for all learners, access to culturally relevant or 
37.28 	ethnic studies curriculum using culturally responsive methodologies;
37.29 	(5) a process to examine the equitable distribution of teachers and strategies to ensure 
37.30 	children from low-income and minority children families, families of color, and American 
37.31 	Indian families are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, ineffective, 
37.32 	or out-of-field teachers;
38.1 	(6) education effectiveness practices that integrate high-quality instruction,; rigorous 
38.2 	curriculum,; technology,; inclusive and respectful learning and work environments for all 
38.3 	students, families, and employees; and a collaborative professional culture that develops 
38.4 	and supports retains qualified, racially, and ethnically diverse staff effective at working 
38.5 	with diverse students while developing and supporting teacher quality, performance, and 
38.6 	effectiveness; and
38.7 	(7) an annual budget for continuing to implement the district plan.

38.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for all strategic plans reviewed and 
38.9 	updated after the day following final enactment.

38.10 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
38.11 		Subd. 3.District advisory committee. (a) Each school board shall must establish an 
38.12 	advisory committee to ensure active community participation in all phases of planning and 
38.13 	improving the instruction and curriculum affecting state and district academic standards, 
38.14 	consistent with subdivision 2. A district advisory committee, to the extent possible, shall
38.15 	must reflect the diversity of the district and its school sites, include teachers, parents, support 
38.16 	staff, students, and other community residents, and provide translation to the extent 
38.17 	appropriate and practicable. The district advisory committee shall must pursue community 
38.18 	support to accelerate the academic and native literacy and achievement of English learners 
38.19 	with varied needs, from young children to adults, consistent with section 124D.59, 
38.20 	subdivisions 2 and 2a. The district may establish site teams as subcommittees of the district 
38.21 	advisory committee under subdivision 4.
38.22 	(b) The district advisory committee shall must recommend to the school board:
38.23 	(1) rigorous academic standards,;
38.24 	(2) student achievement goals and measures consistent with subdivision 1a and sections 
38.25 	120B.022, subdivisions 1a and 1b, and 120B.35,;
38.26 	(3) district assessments,;
38.27 	(4) means to improve students' equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers,;
38.28 	(5) strategies to ensure the curriculum and learning and work environments are inclusive 
38.29 	and respectful toward all racial and ethnic groups; and
38.30 	(6) program evaluations.
39.1 	(c) School sites may expand upon district evaluations of instruction, curriculum, 
39.2 	assessments, or programs. Whenever possible, parents and other community residents shall
39.3 	must comprise at least two-thirds of advisory committee members.

39.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.5 		Subd. 2.Identification; report. (a) Each school district shall must identify before the 
39.6 	end of kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 all students who are not reading at grade level 
39.7 	before the end of the current school year and shall. Students identified as not reading at 
39.8 	grade level by the end of kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 must be screened for 
39.9 	characteristics of dyslexia.
39.10 	(b)identify Students in grade 3 or higher who demonstrate a reading difficulty to a 
39.11 	classroom teacher must be screened for characteristics of dyslexia, unless a different reason 
39.12 	for the reading difficulty has been identified.
39.13 	(c) Reading assessments in English, and in the predominant languages of district students 
39.14 	where practicable, must identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to 
39.15 	literacy. The district also must monitor the progress and provide reading instruction 
39.16 	appropriate to the specific needs of English learners. The district must use a locally adopted, 
39.17 	developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive assessment and annually report 
39.18 	summary assessment results to the commissioner by July 1.
39.19 	(d) The district also must annually report to the commissioner by July 1 a summary of 
39.20 	the district's efforts to screen and identify students with:
39.21 	(1) dyslexia, using screening tools such as those recommended by the department's 
39.22 	dyslexia specialist; or
39.23 	(2) convergence insufficiency disorder.
39.24 	(b) (e) A student identified under this subdivision must be provided with alternate 
39.25 	instruction under section 125A.56, subdivision 1.

39.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2020.

39.27 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.28 		Subdivision 1.Statewide testing.  (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts with 
39.29 	appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with 
39.30 	subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade level 
39.31 	to be tested, state-constructed tests developed as computer-adaptive reading and mathematics 
40.1 	assessments for students that are aligned with the state's required academic standards under 
40.2 	section 120B.021, include multiple choice questions, and are administered annually to all 
40.3 	students in grades 3 through 8. State-developed high school tests aligned with the state's 
40.4 	required academic standards under section 120B.021 and administered to all high school 
40.5 	students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions. The 
40.6 	commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools shall administer 
40.7 	the tests to students each school year.
40.8 	(1) Students enrolled in grade 8 through the 2009-2010 school year are eligible to be 
40.9 	assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, mathematics, 
40.10 	or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), 
40.11 	clauses (1) and (2), and (d), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass 
40.12 	college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally 
40.13 	recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.
40.14 	(2) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year are eligible 
40.15 	to be assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, 
40.16 	mathematics, or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, 
40.17 	paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass 
40.18 	college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally 
40.19 	recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.
40.20 	(3) For students under clause (1) or (2), a school district may substitute a score from an 
40.21 	alternative, equivalent assessment to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
40.22 	(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic 
40.23 	standards as described in section 120B.023 in the following manner:
40.24 	(1) mathematics;
40.25 	(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and
40.26 	(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;
40.27 	(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012 
40.28 	school year; and
40.29 	(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in the 
40.30 	2012-2013 school year.
40.31 	(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students' 
40.32 	state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student 
41.1 	education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation, include 
41.2 	the following:
41.3 	(1) achievement and career and college readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing, 
41.4 	consistent with paragraph (k) and to the extent available, to monitor students' continuous 
41.5 	development of and growth in requisite knowledge and skills; analyze students' progress 
41.6 	and performance levels, identifying students' academic strengths and diagnosing areas where 
41.7 	students require curriculum or instructional adjustments, targeted interventions, or 
41.8 	remediation; and, based on analysis of students' progress and performance data, determine 
41.9 	students' learning and instructional needs and the instructional tools and best practices that 
41.10 	support academic rigor for the student; and
41.11 	(2) consistent with this paragraph and section 120B.125, age-appropriate exploration 
41.12 	and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally 
41.13 	relevant career interests and aptitudes and help students and their families develop a regularly 
41.14 	reexamined transition plan for postsecondary education or employment without need for 
41.15 	postsecondary remediation.
41.16 	Based on appropriate state guidelines, students with an individualized education program 
41.17 	may satisfy state graduation requirements by achieving an individual score on the 
41.18 	state-identified alternative assessments.
41.19 	(d) Expectations of schools, districts, and the state for career or college readiness under 
41.20 	this subdivision must be comparable in rigor, clarity of purpose, and rates of student 
41.21 	completion.
41.22 	A student under paragraph (c), clause (1), must receive targeted, relevant, academically 
41.23 	rigorous, and resourced instruction, which may include a targeted instruction and intervention 
41.24 	plan focused on improving the student's knowledge and skills in core subjects so that the 
41.25 	student has a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for 
41.26 	postsecondary remediation. Consistent with sections 120B.13, 124D.09, 124D.091, 124D.49, 
41.27 	and related sections, an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student in 
41.28 	grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to participate 
41.29 	in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students. Students are not 
41.30 	required to achieve a specified score or level of proficiency on an assessment under this 
41.31 	subdivision to graduate from high school.
41.32 	(e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to 
41.33 	participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. To the extent state funding 
41.34 	for college entrance exam fees is available, a district must pay the cost, one time, for an 
42.1 	interested student in grade 11 or 12 who is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, to take 
42.2 	a nationally recognized college entrance exam before graduating. A student must be able 
42.3 	to take the exam under this paragraph at the student's high school during the school day and 
42.4 	at any one of the multiple exam administrations available to students in the district. A district 
42.5 	may administer the ACT or SAT or both the ACT and SAT to comply with this paragraph. 
42.6 	If the district administers only one of these two tests and a free or reduced-price meal eligible 
42.7 	student opts not to take that test and chooses instead to take the other of the two tests, the 
42.8 	student may take the other test at a different time or location and remains eligible for the 
42.9 	examination fee reimbursement. Notwithstanding sections 123B.34 to 123B.39, a school 
42.10 	district may require a student that is not eligible for a free or reduced-price meal to pay the 
42.11 	cost of taking a nationally recognized college entrance exam. The district must waive the 
42.12 	cost for a student unable to pay.
42.13 	(f) The commissioner and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
42.14 	must collaborate in aligning instruction and assessments for adult basic education students 
42.15 	and English learners to provide the students with diagnostic information about any targeted 
42.16 	interventions, accommodations, modifications, and supports they need so that assessments 
42.17 	and other performance measures are accessible to them and they may seek postsecondary 
42.18 	education or employment without need for postsecondary remediation. When administering 
42.19 	formative or summative assessments used to measure the academic progress, including the 
42.20 	oral academic development, of English learners and inform their instruction, schools must 
42.21 	ensure that the assessments are accessible to the students and students have the modifications 
42.22 	and supports they need to sufficiently understand the assessments.
42.23 	(g) Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use career exploration elements to 
42.24 	help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families explore and plan for 
42.25 	postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and aspirations. 
42.26 	Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships, 
42.27 	among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue, 
42.28 	review, and revise an individualized plan for postsecondary education or a career. This 
42.29 	process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve 
42.30 	students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways as 
42.31 	a sequence of academic and career courses that lead to an industry-recognized credential, 
42.32 	an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree and are available to all students, whatever their 
42.33 	interests and career goals.
42.34 	(h) A student who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which 
42.35 	include career and college readiness benchmarks, on high school assessments under 
43.1 	subdivision 1a is academically ready for a career or college and is encouraged to participate 
43.2 	in courses awarding college credit to high school students. Such courses and programs may 
43.3 	include sequential courses of study within broad career areas and technical skill assessments 
43.4 	that extend beyond course grades.
43.5 	(i) As appropriate, students through grade 12 must continue to participate in targeted 
43.6 	instruction, intervention, or remediation and be encouraged to participate in courses awarding 
43.7 	college credit to high school students.
43.8 	(j) In developing, supporting, and improving students' academic readiness for a career 
43.9 	or college, schools, districts, and the state must have a continuum of empirically derived, 
43.10 	clearly defined benchmarks focused on students' attainment of knowledge and skills so that 
43.11 	students, their parents, and teachers know how well students must perform to have a 
43.12 	reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for postsecondary 
43.13 	remediation. The commissioner, in consultation with local school officials and educators, 
43.14 	and Minnesota's public postsecondary institutions must ensure that the foundational 
43.15 	knowledge and skills for students' successful performance in postsecondary employment 
43.16 	or education and an articulated series of possible targeted interventions are clearly identified 
43.17 	and satisfy Minnesota's postsecondary admissions requirements.
43.18 	(k) For students in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, a school, district, or 
43.19 	charter school must record on the high school transcript a student's progress toward career 
43.20 	and college readiness, and for other students as soon as practicable.
43.21 	(l) The school board granting students their diplomas may formally decide to include a 
43.22 	notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those graduating seniors who, 
43.23 	according to established school board criteria, demonstrate exemplary academic achievement 
43.24 	during high school.
43.25 	(m) The 3rd through 8th grade computer-adaptive assessment results and high school 
43.26 	test results shall be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning 
43.27 	and district instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The 
43.28 	commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments in 
43.29 	grades 3 through 8. The commissioner, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota 
43.30 	State Colleges and Universities, must establish empirically derived benchmarks on the high 
43.31 	school tests that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness consistent with 
43.32 	section 136F.302, subdivision 1a. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the 
43.33 	computer-adaptive assessments and high school test results upon receiving those results.
44.1 	(n) The grades 3 through 8 computer-adaptive assessments and high school tests must 
44.2 	be aligned with state academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing 
44.3 	process and the order of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site 
44.4 	and district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.
44.5 	(o) The commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public 
44.6 	reporting system:
44.7 	(1) uniform statewide computer-adaptive assessments of all students in grades 3 through 
44.8 	8 and testing at the high school levels that provides appropriate, technically sound 
44.9 	accommodations or alternate assessments;
44.10 	(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school districts 
44.11 	and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high school 
44.12 	graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;
44.13 	(3) state results on the American College Test; and
44.14 	(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
44.15 	so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other states, and, 
44.16 	where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort to monitor 
44.17 	achievement.
44.18 	(p) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high 
44.19 	school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career 
44.20 	pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate, or 
44.21 	industry-recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college ready 
44.22 	are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year college 
44.23 	or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation.
44.24 	(q) For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural 
44.25 	competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability of families and educators to 
44.26 	interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic 
44.27 	backgrounds.

44.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
44.29 		Subd. 1a.Statewide and local assessments; results. (a) For purposes of this section, 
44.30 	the following definitions have the meanings given them.
44.31 	(1) "Computer-adaptive assessments" means fully adaptive assessments.
45.1 	(2) "Fully adaptive assessments" include test items that are on-grade level and items that 
45.2 	may be above or below a student's grade level.
45.3 	(3) "On-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is aligned to state 
45.4 	academic standards for the grade level of the student taking the assessment.
45.5 	(4) "Above-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is above the grade 
45.6 	level of the student taking the assessment and is considered aligned with state academic 
45.7 	standards to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards 
45.8 	above the grade level of the student taking the assessment. Notwithstanding the student's 
45.9 	grade level, administering above-grade level test items to a student does not violate the 
45.10 	requirement that state assessments must be aligned with state standards.
45.11 	(5) "Below-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is below the grade 
45.12 	level of the student taking the test and is considered aligned with state academic standards 
45.13 	to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards below the 
45.14 	student's current grade level. Notwithstanding the student's grade level, administering 
45.15 	below-grade level test items to a student does not violate the requirement that state 
45.16 	assessments must be aligned with state standards.
45.17 	(b) (a) The commissioner must use fully adaptive mathematics and reading assessments 
45.18 	for grades 3 through 8.
45.19 	(c) (b) For purposes of conforming with existing federal educational accountability 
45.20 	requirements, the commissioner must develop and implement computer-adaptive reading 
45.21 	and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading 
45.22 	and mathematics tests aligned with state academic standards, a high school writing test 
45.23 	aligned with state standards when it becomes available, and science assessments under 
45.24 	clause (2) that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving those 
45.25 	standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic standards 
45.26 	in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner must require:
45.27 	(1) annual computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through 
45.28 	8, and high school reading, writing, and mathematics tests; and
45.29 	(2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the grades 
45.30 	6 through 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 9 through 12 span, and the 
45.31 	commissioner must not require students to achieve a passing score on high school science 
45.32 	assessments as a condition of receiving a high school diploma.
45.33 	(d) (c) The commissioner must ensure that for annual computer-adaptive assessments:
46.1 	(1) individual student performance data and achievement reports are available within 
46.2 	three school days of when students take an assessment except in a year when an assessment 
46.3 	reflects new performance standards;
46.4 	(2) growth information is available for each student from the student's first assessment 
46.5 	to each proximate assessment using a constant measurement scale;
46.6 	(3) parents, teachers, and school administrators are able to use elementary and middle 
46.7 	school student performance data to project students' secondary and postsecondary 
46.8 	achievement; and
46.9 	(4) useful diagnostic information about areas of students' academic strengths and 
46.10 	weaknesses is available to teachers and school administrators for improving student 
46.11 	instruction and indicating the specific skills and concepts that should be introduced and 
46.12 	developed for students at given performance levels, organized by strands within subject 
46.13 	areas, and aligned to state academic standards.
46.14 	(e) (d) The commissioner must ensure that all state tests administered to elementary and 
46.15 	secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students' 
46.16 	values, attitudes, and beliefs.
46.17 	(f) (e) Reporting of state assessment results must:
46.18 	(1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of 
46.19 	individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;
46.20 	(2) include a growth indicator of student achievement; and
46.21 	(3) determine whether students have met the state's academic standards.
46.22 	(g) (f) Consistent with applicable federal law, the commissioner must include appropriate, 
46.23 	technically sound accommodations or alternative assessments for the very few students with 
46.24 	disabilities for whom statewide assessments are inappropriate and for English learners.
46.25 	(h) (g) A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide assessments 
46.26 	under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student progress toward 
46.27 	career and college readiness in the context of the state's academic standards. A school, 
46.28 	school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide assessment 
46.29 	as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A school, school 
46.30 	district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a statewide 
46.31 	assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course, or place a student's 
46.32 	assessment score on the student's transcript.

47.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.2 		Subd. 3.State growth target; other state measures. (a)(1) The state's educational 
47.3 	assessment system measuring individual students' educational growth is based on indicators 
47.4 	of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators of 
47.5 	achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or districtwide 
47.6 	assessments.
47.7 	(2) For purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner must analyze and 
47.8 	report separate categories of information using the student categories identified under the 
47.9 	federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and, in 
47.10 	addition to "other" for each race and ethnicity, and the Karen community, seven of the most 
47.11 	populous Asian and Pacific Islander groups, three of the most populous Native groups, 
47.12 	seven of the most populous Hispanic/Latino groups, and five of the most populous Black 
47.13 	and African Heritage groups as determined by the total Minnesota population based on the 
47.14 	most recent American Community Survey; English learners under section 124D.59; home 
47.15 	language; free or reduced-price lunch; and all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school 
47.16 	who are currently or were previously in foster care, except that such disaggregation and 
47.17 	cross tabulation is not required if the number of students in a category is insufficient to yield 
47.18 	statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information 
47.19 	about an individual student.
47.20 	(b) The commissioner, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes assessment 
47.21 	and evaluation directors, district staff, experts in culturally responsive teaching, and 
47.22 	researchers, must implement a growth model that uses a value-added growth indicator and
47.23 	that compares the difference in students' achievement scores over time, and includes criteria 
47.24 	for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate medium and high growth under 
47.25 	section 120B.299, subdivisions 8 and 9, and may recommend other value-added measures 
47.26 	under section 120B.299, subdivision 3 academic progress. The model may be used to advance 
47.27 	educators' professional development and replicate programs that succeed in meeting students' 
47.28 	diverse learning needs. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel 
47.29 	data under section 13.43. The model must allow users to:
47.30 	(1) report student growth consistent with this paragraph; and
47.31 	(2) for all student categories, report and compare aggregated and disaggregated state 
47.32 	student growth and, under section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and 
47.33 	outcome data using the student categories identified under the federal Elementary and 
48.1 	Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and other student categories under 
48.2 	paragraph (a), clause (2).
48.3 	The commissioner must report measures of student growth and, under section 120B.11, 
48.4 	subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and outcome data, consistent with this paragraph, 
48.5 	including the English language development, academic progress, and oral academic 
48.6 	development of English learners and their native language development if the native language 
48.7 	is used as a language of instruction, and include data on all pupils enrolled in a Minnesota 
48.8 	public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted as an English 
48.9 	learner under section 124D.59.
48.10 	(c) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the 
48.11 	commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating 
48.12 	the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary 
48.13 	academic and career opportunities:
48.14 	(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school graduates 
48.15 	in the most recent school year who completed course work important to preparing them for 
48.16 	postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the core academic subjects 
48.17 	required for admission to Minnesota's public colleges and universities as determined by the 
48.18 	Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and
48.19 	(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high school 
48.20 	graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more 
48.21 	college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment 
48.22 	options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section 
48.23 	120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.
48.24 	When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also 
48.25 	analyze and report separate categories of information using the student categories identified 
48.26 	under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, 
48.27 	and other student categories under paragraph (a), clause (2).
48.28 	(d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the 
48.29 	commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2014, must report summary data on school safety 
48.30 	and students' engagement and connection at school, consistent with the student categories 
48.31 	identified under paragraph (a), clause (2). The summary data under this paragraph are 
48.32 	separate from and must not be used for any purpose related to measuring or evaluating the 
48.33 	performance of classroom teachers. The commissioner, in consultation with qualified experts 
48.34 	on student engagement and connection and classroom teachers, must identify highly reliable 
49.1 	variables that generate summary data under this paragraph. The summary data may be used 
49.2 	at school, district, and state levels only. Any data on individuals received, collected, or 
49.3 	created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are nonpublic data 
49.4 	under section 13.02, subdivision 9.
49.5 	(e) For purposes of statewide educational accountability, the commissioner must identify 
49.6 	and report measures that demonstrate the success of learning year program providers under 
49.7 	sections 123A.05 and 124D.68, among other such providers, in improving students' 
49.8 	graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report 
49.9 	summary data on:
49.10 	(1) the four- and six-year graduation rates of students under this paragraph;
49.11 	(2) the percent of students under this paragraph whose progress and performance levels 
49.12 	are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks under section 120B.30, subdivision 
49.13 	1; and
49.14 	(3) the success that learning year program providers experience in:
49.15 	(i) identifying at-risk and off-track student populations by grade;
49.16 	(ii) providing successful prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk students;
49.17 	(iii) providing successful recuperative and recovery or reenrollment strategies for off-track 
49.18 	students; and
49.19 	(iv) improving the graduation outcomes of at-risk and off-track students.
49.20 	The commissioner may include in the annual report summary data on other education 
49.21 	providers serving a majority of students eligible to participate in a learning year program.
49.22 	(f) The commissioner, in consultation with recognized experts with knowledge and 
49.23 	experience in assessing the language proficiency and academic performance of all English 
49.24 	learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were 
49.25 	previously counted as an English learner under section 124D.59, must identify and report 
49.26 	appropriate and effective measures to improve current categories of language difficulty and 
49.27 	assessments, and monitor and report data on students' English proficiency levels, program 
49.28 	placement, and academic language development, including oral academic language.
49.29 	(g) When reporting four- and six-year graduation rates, the commissioner or school 
49.30 	district must disaggregate the data by student categories according to paragraph (a), clause 
49.31 	(2).
50.1 	(h) A school district must inform parents and guardians that volunteering information 
50.2 	on student categories not required by the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and 
50.3 	Secondary Education Act is optional and will not violate the privacy of students or their 
50.4 	families, parents, or guardians. The notice must state the purpose for collecting the student 
50.5 	data.

50.6 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.7 		Subdivision 1.School performance reports and public reporting. (a) The commissioner 
50.8 	shall report student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and 
50.9 	3; the percentages of students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, 
50.10 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b) academic progress consistent with federal expectations; school 
50.11 	safety and student engagement and connection under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, 
50.12 	paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c); 
50.13 	the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), 
50.14 	whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks 
50.15 	under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e); 
50.16 	longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing disparities in students' 
50.17 	academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration under section 124D.861; 
50.18 	the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language academic literacy, 
50.19 	including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all English learners enrolled 
50.20 	in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted 
50.21 	as English learners under section 124D.59; two separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly 
50.22 	indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes 
50.23 	of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries; student enrollment 
50.24 	demographics; foster care status, including all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school 
50.25 	course or program who are currently or were previously in foster care, student homelessness, 
50.26 	and district mobility; and extracurricular activities.
50.27 	(b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include 
50.28 	school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the 
50.29 	most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
50.30 	(c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department website 
50.31 	school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11.
50.32 	(d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of 
50.33 	each school year.
51.1 	(e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by the 
51.2 	commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold or 
51.3 	deny an appeal is final.
51.4 	(f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, until 
51.5 	the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post school 
51.6 	performance reports to the department's public website no later than September 1, except 
51.7 	that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner shall 
51.8 	post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

51.9 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.10 	to read:
51.11 		Subd. 12.Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices; alternatives to pupil 
51.12 	removal and dismissal. "Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices" means 
51.13 	policies and practices that are alternatives to removing a pupil from class or dismissing a 
51.14 	pupil from school, including evidence-based positive behavioral interventions and supports, 
51.15 	social and emotional services, school-linked mental health services, counseling services, 
51.16 	social work services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluations, academic screening 
51.17 	for Title I services or reading interventions, and alternative education services. 
51.18 	Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices require school officials to intervene in, 
51.19 	redirect, and support a pupil's behavior before removing a pupil from class or beginning 
51.20 	dismissal proceedings. Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices include but are 
51.21 	not limited to the policies and practices under sections 120B.12; 121A.031, subdivision 4, 
51.22 	paragraph (a), clause (1); 121A.575, clauses (1) and (2); 121A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph 
51.23 	(q); and 122A.627, clause (3).

51.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

51.25 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision 
51.26 	to read:
51.27 		Subd. 13.Pupil withdrawal agreements. "Pupil withdrawal agreements" means a verbal 
51.28 	or written agreement between a school or district administrator and a pupil's parent or 
51.29 	guardian to withdraw a student from the school district to avoid expulsion or exclusion 
51.30 	dismissal proceedings. The duration of the withdrawal agreement may be no longer than 
51.31 	12 months.

51.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

52.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
52.2 		Subdivision 1.Provision of alternative programs. No school shall dismiss any pupil 
52.3 	without attempting to provide alternative educational services use nonexclusionary 
52.4 	disciplinary policies and practices before a dismissal proceedings proceeding or a pupil 
52.5 	withdrawal agreement, except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate and 
52.6 	substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or property.

52.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

52.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.9 	to read:
52.10 		Subd. 5.Suspensions exceeding five consecutive school days. A school administrator 
52.11 	must ensure that when a pupil is suspended for more than five consecutive school days, 
52.12 	alternative education services are provided.

52.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

52.14 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision 
52.15 	to read:
52.16 		Subd. 6.Minimum education services. School officials must give a suspended pupil 
52.17 	a reasonable opportunity to complete all school work assigned during the pupil's suspension 
52.18 	and to receive full credit for satisfactorily completing the assignments. The school principal 
52.19 	or other person having administrative control of the school building or program is encouraged 
52.20 	to designate a district or school employee as a liaison to work with the pupil's teachers to 
52.21 	allow the suspended pupil to (1) receive timely course materials and other information, and 
52.22 	(2) complete daily and weekly assignments and receive teachers' feedback. Nothing in this 
52.23 	subdivision limits the teacher's authority to assign alternative work for the completion of 
52.24 	assignments during a suspension.

52.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

52.26 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.27 		Subd. 2.Written notice. Written notice of intent to take action shall must:
52.28 	(a) (1) be served upon the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian personally or by mail;
52.29 	(b) (2) contain a complete statement of the facts, a list of the witnesses and a description 
52.30 	of their testimony;
53.1 	(c) (3) state the date, time, and place of the hearing;
53.2 	(d) (4) be accompanied by a copy of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;
53.3 	(e) (5) describe alternative educational services the nonexclusionary disciplinary policies 
53.4 	and practices accorded the pupil in an attempt to avoid the expulsion proceedings; and
53.5 	(f) (6) inform the pupil and parent or guardian of the right to:
53.6 	(1) (i) have a representative of the pupil's own choosing, including legal counsel, at the 
53.7 	hearing. The district shall must advise the pupil's parent or guardian that free or low-cost 
53.8 	legal assistance may be available and that a legal assistance resource list is available from 
53.9 	the Department of Education and is posted on its website;
53.10 	(2) (ii) examine the pupil's records before the hearing;
53.11 	(3) (iii) present evidence; and
53.12 	(4) (iv) confront and cross-examine witnesses.

53.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

53.14 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.47, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
53.15 		Subd. 14.Admission or readmission plan. (a) A school administrator shall must prepare 
53.16 	and enforce an admission or readmission plan for any pupil who is excluded or expelled 
53.17 	from school. The plan may include must address measures to improve the pupil's behavior, 
53.18 	including and may include completing a character education program, consistent with section 
53.19 	120B.232, subdivision 1, and social and emotional learning, counseling, social work services, 
53.20 	mental health services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluation, and evidence-based 
53.21 	academic interventions. The plan must require parental involvement in the admission or 
53.22 	readmission process, and may indicate the consequences to the pupil of not improving the 
53.23 	pupil's behavior.
53.24 	(b) The definition of suspension under section 121A.41, subdivision 10, does not apply 
53.25 	to a student's dismissal from school for one school day or less, except as provided under 
53.26 	federal law for a student with a disability. Each suspension action may include a readmission 
53.27 	plan. A readmission plan must provide, where appropriate, alternative education services, 
53.28 	which must not be used to extend the student's current suspension period. Consistent with 
53.29 	section 125A.091, subdivision 5, a readmission plan must not obligate a parent or guardian 
53.30 	to provide psychotropic drugs to their student as a condition of readmission. School officials 
53.31 	must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of 
53.32 	psychotropic drugs to their student or to consent to a psychiatric evaluation, screening or 
54.1 	examination of the student as a ground, by itself, to prohibit the student from attending class 
54.2 	or participating in a school-related activity, or as a basis of a charge of child abuse, child 
54.3 	neglect or medical or educational neglect.

54.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

54.5 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
54.6 		Subdivision 1.Exclusions and expulsions; student withdrawals; physical 
54.7 	assaults. Consistent with subdivision 2, the school board must report through the department 
54.8 	electronic reporting system each exclusion or expulsion and, each physical assault of a 
54.9 	district employee by a student pupil, and each pupil withdrawal agreement within 30 days 
54.10 	of the effective date of the dismissal action, pupil withdrawal, or assault to the commissioner 
54.11 	of education. This report must include a statement of alternative educational services
54.12 	nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices, or other sanction, intervention, or 
54.13 	resolution in response to the assault given the pupil and the reason for, the effective date, 
54.14 	and the duration of the exclusion or expulsion or other sanction, intervention, or resolution. 
54.15 	The report must also include the student's pupil's age, grade, gender, race, and special 
54.16 	education status.

54.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

54.18 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.55, is amended to read:
54.19 	121A.55 POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.
54.20 	(a) The commissioner of education shall promulgate guidelines to assist each school 
54.21 	board. Each school board shall must establish uniform criteria for dismissal and adopt written 
54.22 	policies and rules to effectuate the purposes of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. The policies 
54.23 	shall must include nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices consistent with section 
54.24 	121A.41, subdivision 12, and emphasize preventing dismissals through early detection of 
54.25 	problems and shall. The policies must be designed to address students' inappropriate behavior 
54.26 	from recurring.
54.27 	(b) The policies shall recognize the continuing responsibility of the school for the 
54.28 	education of the pupil during the dismissal period. The school is responsible for ensuring 
54.29 	that the alternative educational services, if provided to the pupil wishes to take advantage 
54.30 	of them, must be are adequate to allow the pupil to make progress towards toward meeting 
54.31 	the graduation standards adopted under section 120B.02and, help prepare the pupil for 
54.32 	readmission, and are consistent with section 121A.46, subdivision 6.
55.1 	(c) For expulsion and exclusion dismissals, as well as pupil withdrawal agreements as 
55.2 	defined in section 121A.41, subdivision 13:
55.3 	(1) the school district's continuing responsibility includes reviewing the pupil's school 
55.4 	work and grades on a quarterly basis to ensure the pupil is on track for readmission with 
55.5 	the pupil's peers. School districts must communicate on a regular basis with the pupil's 
55.6 	parent or guardian to ensure the pupil is completing the work assigned through the alternative 
55.7 	educational services;
55.8 	(2) if school-linked mental health services are provided in the district under section 
55.9 	245.4889, pupils continue to be eligible for those services until they are enrolled in a new 
55.10 	district; and
55.11 	(3) the school district must provide to the pupil's parent or guardian a list of mental 
55.12 	health and counseling services that offer free or sliding fee services. The list must also be 
55.13 	posted on the district's website.
55.14 	(b) (d) An area learning center under section 123A.05 may not prohibit an expelled or 
55.15 	excluded pupil from enrolling solely because a district expelled or excluded the pupil. The 
55.16 	board of the area learning center may use the provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act to 
55.17 	exclude a pupil or to require an admission plan.
55.18 	(c) (e) Each school district shall develop a policy and report it to the commissioner on 
55.19 	the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove students who have an 
55.20 	individualized education program from school grounds.

55.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

55.22 	Sec. 22. [121A.80] STUDENT JOURNALISM; STUDENT EXPRESSION.
55.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
55.24 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
55.25 	(b) "School-sponsored media" means material that is:
55.26 	(1) prepared, wholly or substantially written, published, broadcast, or otherwise 
55.27 	disseminated by a student journalist enrolled in a school district or charter school;
55.28 	(2) distributed or generally made available to students in the school; and
55.29 	(3) prepared by a student journalist under the supervision of a student media adviser.
55.30 	School-sponsored media does not include material prepared solely for distribution or 
55.31 	transmission in the classroom in which the material is produced.
56.1 	(c) "School official" means a school principal under section 123B.147 or other person 
56.2 	having administrative control or supervision of a school.
56.3 	(d) "Student journalist" means a school district or charter school student in grades 6 
56.4 	through 12 who gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or otherwise prepares 
56.5 	information for dissemination in school-sponsored media.
56.6 	(e) "Student media adviser" means a person a school district or charter school employs, 
56.7 	appoints, or designates to supervise student journalists or provide instruction relating to 
56.8 	school-sponsored media.
56.9 		Subd. 2.Student journalists; protected conduct. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 
56.10 	3, a student journalist has the right to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press 
56.11 	in school-sponsored media regardless of whether the school-sponsored media receives 
56.12 	financial support from the school or district, uses school equipment or facilities in its 
56.13 	production, or is produced as part of a class or course in which the student journalist is 
56.14 	enrolled. Consistent with subdivision 3, a student journalist has the right to determine the 
56.15 	news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored media. A school district 
56.16 	or charter school must not discipline a student journalist for exercising rights or freedoms 
56.17 	under this paragraph or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
56.18 	(b) A school district or charter school must not retaliate or take adverse employment 
56.19 	action against a student media adviser for supporting a student journalist exercising rights 
56.20 	or freedoms under paragraph (a) or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
56.21 	(c) Notwithstanding the rights or freedoms of this subdivision or the First Amendment 
56.22 	of the United States Constitution, nothing in this section inhibits a student media adviser 
56.23 	from teaching professional standards of English and journalism to student journalists.
56.24 		Subd. 3.Unprotected expression. (a) This section does not authorize or protect student 
56.25 	expression that: (1) is defamatory; (2) is profane, harassing, threatening, or intimidating; 
56.26 	(3) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy; (4) violates federal or state law; (5) 
56.27 	causes a material and substantial disruption of school activities; or (6) is directed to inciting 
56.28 	or producing imminent lawless action on school premises or the violation of lawful school 
56.29 	policies or rules, including a policy adopted in accordance with section 121A.03 or 121A.031.
56.30 	(b) A school or district must not authorize any prior restraint of school-sponsored media 
56.31 	except under paragraph (a).
56.32 		Subd. 4.Student journalist policy. School districts and charter schools must adopt and 
56.33 	post a student journalist policy consistent with this section.

57.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

57.2 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.3 		Subdivision 1.Kindergarten instruction. (a) The board may establish and maintain 
57.4 	one or more kindergartens for the instruction of children and after July 1, 1974, shall must
57.5 	provide kindergarten instruction for free of charge to all eligible children, either in the 
57.6 	district or in another district. All children to be eligible for kindergarten must be A child is 
57.7 	eligible for kindergarten if the child is at least five years of age on September 1 of the 
57.8 	calendar year in which the school year commences. In addition all children selected, or is 
57.9 	admitted under an early admissions policy established by the school board may be admitted.
57.10 	(b) If established, a board-adopted early admissions policy must describe the process 
57.11 	and procedures for comprehensive evaluation in cognitive, social, and emotional 
57.12 	developmental domains to help determine the child's ability to meet kindergarten grade 
57.13 	expectations and progress to first grade in the subsequent year. The comprehensive evaluation 
57.14 	must use valid and reliable instrumentation, be aligned with state kindergarten expectations, 
57.15 	and include a parent report and teacher observations of the child's knowledge, skills, and 
57.16 	abilities. The early admissions policy must be made available to parents in an accessible 
57.17 	format and is subject to review by the commissioner of education. The evaluation is subject 
57.18 	to section 127A.41.
57.19 	(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a school district from establishing Head Start, 
57.20 	prekindergarten, or nursery school classes for children below kindergarten age. Any school 
57.21 	board with evidence that providing kindergarten will cause an extraordinary hardship on 
57.22 	the school district may apply to the commissioner of education for an exception.

57.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

57.24 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
57.25 		Subd. 3.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings 
57.26 	given to them.
57.27 	(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private, 
57.28 	nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities 
57.29 	industrialization center accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
57.30 	a United States Department of Education recognized accrediting agency, or a private, 
57.31 	residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts, degree-granting college or university located 
57.32 	in Minnesota.
58.1 	(b) "Course" means a course or program.
58.2 	(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under 
58.3 	subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by 
58.4 	a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school 
58.5 	for which the district is eligible to receive concurrent enrollment program aid under section 
58.6 	124D.091.

58.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

58.8 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
58.9 		Subd. 7.Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll. By the earlier 
58.10 	of (1) three weeks prior to the date by which a student must register for district courses for 
58.11 	the following school year, or (2) March 1 of each year, a district must provide up-to-date 
58.12 	information on the district's website and in materials that are distributed to parents and 
58.13 	students about the program, including information about enrollment requirements and the 
58.14 	ability to earn postsecondary credit to all pupils in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. To assist the 
58.15 	district in planning, a pupil shall must inform the district by May 30 of each year of the 
58.16 	pupil's intent to enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year. A pupil 
58.17 	is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30.

58.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

58.19 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
58.20 		Subd. 9.Enrollment priority. (a) A postsecondary institution shall must give priority 
58.21 	to its postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in grades 10, 
58.22 	11, and 12 in its courses. A postsecondary institution may provide information about its 
58.23 	programs to a secondary school or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise 
58.24 	recruit or solicit a secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic 
58.25 	grounds only except, notwithstanding other law to the contrary, and for the 2014-2015 
58.26 	through 2019-2020 school years only, an eligible postsecondary institution may advertise 
58.27 	or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil residing in a school district with 700 students 
58.28 	or more in grades 10, 11, and 12, to enroll in its programs on educational, programmatic, 
58.29 	or financial grounds.
58.30 	(b) An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options 
58.31 	purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level except 
58.32 	when a student eligible to participate and enrolled in the graduation incentives program 
59.1 	under section 124D.68 enrolls full time in a middle or early college program. A middle or 
59.2 	early college program must be specifically designed to allow the student to earn dual high 
59.3 	school and college credit with a well-defined pathway to allow the student to earn a 
59.4 	postsecondary degree or credential. In this case, the student shall must receive developmental 
59.5 	college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses.
59.6 	(c) Once a pupil has been enrolled in any postsecondary course under this section, the 
59.7 	pupil shall must not be displaced by another student.
59.8 	(d) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course under this 
59.9 	section, the postsecondary institution also must enroll in the same course an otherwise 
59.10 	enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under section 
59.11 	197.447, and demonstrates to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction that the institution's 
59.12 	established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.
59.13 	(e) A postsecondary institution must allow secondary pupils to enroll in online courses 
59.14 	under this section consistent with the institution's policy regarding postsecondary pupil 
59.15 	enrollment in online courses.

59.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

59.17 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.091, is amended to read:
59.18 	124D.091 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AID.
59.19 		Subdivision 1.Accreditation. To establish a uniform standard by which concurrent 
59.20 	enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured, postsecondary 
59.21 	institutions must adopt and implement the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment 
59.22 	Partnership's program standards and required evidence for accreditation by the 2020-2021 
59.23 	school year and later.
59.24 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course according to 
59.25 	an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid for the costs 
59.26 	of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal year 2011, districts
59.27 	A district is only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses 
59.28 	offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment 
59.29 	Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of 
59.30 	comparable standard to accredited courses, or are technical courses within a recognized 
59.31 	career and technical education program of study approved by the commissioner of education 
59.32 	and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
60.1 		Subd. 3.Aid. An eligible district shall receive district's concurrent enrollment aid equals
60.2 	$150 per pupil times the number of pupils enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course during 
60.3 	that school year. The money Concurrent enrollment aid must be used to defray the cost of 
60.4 	delivering the course concurrent enrollment courses at the high school. The commissioner 
60.5 	shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.

60.6 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.2211, is amended to read:
60.7 	124D.2211 AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMS.
60.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A competitive statewide after-school community learning 
60.9 	grant program is established to provide grants to community or nonprofit organizations, 
60.10 	political subdivisions, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or school-based programs 
60.11 	that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours organizations that offer academic 
60.12 	and enrichment activities for elementary and secondary school students during nonschool 
60.13 	hours. Grants must be used to offer a broad array of enrichment activities that promote 
60.14 	positive after-school activities, including art, music, community engagement, literacy, 
60.15 	science, technology, engineering, math, health, and recreation programs. The commissioner 
60.16 	shall must develop criteria for after-school community learning programs. The commissioner 
60.17 	may award grants under this section to community or nonprofit organizations, political 
60.18 	subdivisions, public libraries, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or school-based 
60.19 	programs that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours.
60.20 		Subd. 2.Program outcomes Objectives. The expected outcomes objectives of the 
60.21 	after-school community learning programs are to increase:
60.22 	(1) school connectedness of participants increase access to protective factors that build 
60.23 	young people's capacity to become productive adults, such as through connections to a 
60.24 	caring adult in order to promote healthy behavior, attitudes, and relationships;
60.25 	(2) academic achievement of participating students in one or more core academic areas
60.26 	develop skills and behaviors necessary to succeed in postsecondary education or career 
60.27 	opportunities; and
60.28 	(3) the capacity of participants to become productive adults; and encourage school 
60.29 	attendance and improve academic performance in accordance with the state's world's best 
60.30 	workforce goals under section 120B.11.
60.31 	(4) prevent truancy from school and prevent juvenile crime.
60.32 		Subd. 3.Grants. (a) An applicant shall must submit an after-school community learning 
60.33 	program proposal to the commissioner. The submitted plan proposal must include:
61.1 	(1) collaboration with and leverage of existing community resources that have 
61.2 	demonstrated effectiveness;
61.3 	(2) outreach to children and youth; and
61.4 	(3) involvement of local governments, including park and recreation boards or schools, 
61.5 	unless no government agency is appropriate an explanation of how the proposal will support 
61.6 	the objectives identified in subdivision 2; and
61.7 	(4) a plan to implement effective after-school practices and provide staff access to 
61.8 	professional development opportunities.
61.9 	Proposals will be reviewed and approved by the commissioner.
61.10 	(b) The commissioner must review proposals and award grants to programs that:
61.11 	(1) primarily serve students eligible for free or reduced-price meals; and
61.12 	(2) provide opportunities for academic enrichment and a broad array of additional services 
61.13 	and activities to meet program objectives.
61.14 	(c) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award grants equitably among the 
61.15 	geographic areas of Minnesota, including rural, suburban, and urban communities.
61.16 	(d) The commissioner must award grants without giving preference to any particular 
61.17 	grade of students served by an applicant program.
61.18 		Subd. 4.Technical assistance and continuous improvement. (a) The commissioner 
61.19 	must monitor and evaluate the performance of grant recipients to assess the programs' 
61.20 	effectiveness in meeting the objectives identified in subdivision 2.
61.21 	(b) The commissioner must provide technical assistance, capacity building, and 
61.22 	professional development to grant recipients, including guidance on:
61.23 	(1) aligning activities with the state's world's best workforce goals under section 120B.11; 
61.24 	and
61.25 	(2) effective practices for after-school programs.

61.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

61.27 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.231, is amended to read:
61.28 	124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
61.29 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
61.30 	the meanings given them.
62.1 	(a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in existence 
62.2 	for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding the covered 
62.3 	school site on education and other issues.
62.4 	(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community 
62.5 	organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school 
62.6 	programming.
62.7 	(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities 
62.8 	described under subdivision 2, paragraph (g) (f).
62.9 	(d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a 
62.10 	district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment, 
62.11 	implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the 
62.12 	district. This team must include representatives from the district; teachers, school leaders, 
62.13 	students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members; system-level 
62.14 	partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant unions, and 
62.15 	nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service community 
62.16 	school initiative director.
62.17 	(e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for 
62.18 	coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school 
62.19 	sites and site coordinators including chairing the district's community-wide full-service 
62.20 	community school leadership team, site coordinator support, data gathering and evaluation, 
62.21 	administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts and procurement, and grants.
62.22 	(d) (f) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means 
62.23 	educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent 
62.24 	with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.
62.25 	(e) (g) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been 
62.26 	funded to provide community school programming.
62.27 	(f) (h) "Site coordinator" is an individualmeans a full-time staff member serving one 
62.28 	eligible school who is responsible for aligningthe identification, implementation, and 
62.29 	coordination of programming withto address the needs of the school community identified 
62.30 	in the baseline analysis.
62.31 		Subd. 2.Full-service community school program. (a) The commissioner shall must
62.32 	provide funding to districts and charter schools with eligible school sites to plan, implement, 
63.1 	and improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the 
63.2 	following criteria:
63.3 	(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section 
63.4 	120B.35, subdivision 2; or
63.5 	(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by 
63.6 	the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.
63.7 	(b) An eligible school site may receive up to $150,000 annually.Districts and charter 
63.8 	schools may receive up to:
63.9 	(1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning 
63.10 	activities including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating 
63.11 	family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating 
63.12 	a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a 
63.13 	full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g); and
63.14 	(2) $150,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation 
63.15 	of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g). School sites 
63.16 	receiving funding under this section shall must hire or contract with a partner agency to hire 
63.17 	a site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. Districts or charter 
63.18 	schools receiving funding under this section for three or more schools must provide or 
63.19 	contract with a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative director.
63.20 	(c) Of grants awarded, implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for 
63.21 	up to one year for planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit 
63.22 	a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g). If the site decides not to 
63.23 	use planning funds, the plan must be submitted with the application.
63.24 	(d)(c) The commissioner shall must consider additional school factors when dispensing 
63.25 	funds including: schools with significant populations of students receiving free or 
63.26 	reduced-price lunches; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; and equity among 
63.27 	urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schools; and demonstrated success implementing 
63.28 	full-service community school programming.
63.29 	(e)(d) A school site must establish a full-service community school leadership team 
63.30 	responsible for developing school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs, 
63.31 	and overseeing the process of implementing expanded programming at each covered site. 
63.32 	The school leadership team shall must have betweenat least 12 to 15 members and shall
63.33 	must meet the following requirements:
64.1 	(1) at least 30 percent of the members are parents, guardians, or students and 30 percent 
64.2 	of the members are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and 
64.3 	representatives from partner agencies; and
64.4 	(2) the full-service community school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing 
64.5 	the baseline analyses under paragraph (f) (e) and the creation of a full-service community 
64.6 	school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g). A full-service community school leadership team 
64.7 	must meet at least quarterly, have ongoing responsibility for monitoring the development 
64.8 	and implementation of full-service community school operations and programming at the 
64.9 	school site, and shall must issue recommendations to schools on a regular basis and 
64.10 	summarized in an annual report. These reports shall must also be made available to the 
64.11 	public at the school site and on school and district websites.
64.12 	(f)(e) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to beginning programming 
64.13 	as a full-service community school the creation of a full-service community school plan. 
64.14 	The analysis shall must include:
64.15 	(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team, 
64.16 	which shall include including the following elements:
64.17 	(i) identification of challenges facing the school;
64.18 	(ii) analysis of the student body, including:
64.19 	(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;
64.20 	(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these 
64.21 	students;
64.22 	(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; and
64.23 	(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and the 
64.24 	needs of these students; and
64.25 	(E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity;
64.26 	(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English 
64.27 	learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price 
64.28 	lunch;
64.29 	(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such 
64.30 	disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but not limited 
64.31 	to, American Indian students and students of color, students with disabilities, students who 
65.1 	are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented 
65.2 	among students subject to such actions;
65.3 	(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories, 
65.4 	including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and 
65.5 	free or reduced-price lunch status;
65.6 	(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and
65.7 	(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of wraparound services full-service 
65.8 	community school activities, including, but not limited to:
65.9 	(A) mechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs, 
65.10 	which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of new 
65.11 	services based on student needs; and integrated student supports that address out-of-school 
65.12 	barriers to learning through partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers 
65.13 	to assist with medical, dental, vision care, and mental health services, or counselors to assist 
65.14 	with housing, transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice issues;
65.15 	(B) strategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school climate 
65.16 	and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports, and taking 
65.17 	additional steps to eliminate bullying; expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, 
65.18 	including: before-school, after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide 
65.19 	additional academic instruction, individualized academic support, enrichment activities, 
65.20 	and learning opportunities that emphasize real-world learning and community problem 
65.21 	solving and may include art, music, drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with 
65.22 	engineering or science, tutoring and homework help, or recreational programs that enhance 
65.23 	and are consistent with the school's curriculum;
65.24 	(C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the 
65.25 	community into the school as partners in education and makes the school a neighborhood 
65.26 	hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult English as a 
65.27 	second language classes, computer skills classes, art classes, or other programs or events; 
65.28 	and
65.29 	(D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning, 
65.30 	collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community 
65.31 	school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service 
65.32 	community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership 
65.33 	or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work 
65.34 	of school and community organizations;
66.1 	(2) a baseline analysis of community assets and a strategic plan for utilizing and aligning 
66.2 	identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to, including a documentation 
66.3 	of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood 
66.4 	associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies who that
66.5 	may be able to provide support and resources; and
66.6 	(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the 
66.7 	school leadership team, including, but not limited to:
66.8 	(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs;
66.9 	(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and
66.10 	(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.
66.11 	(g)(f) Each school site receiving funding under this section must establishdevelop a 
66.12 	full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community assets 
66.13 	and establishes services in at least two of the following types of programming:
66.14 	(1) early childhood:
66.15 	(i) early childhood education; and
66.16 	(ii) child care services;
66.17 	(2) academic:
66.18 	(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;
66.19 	(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;
66.20 	(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;
66.21 	(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or 
66.22 	expelled; and
66.23 	(v) specialized instructional support services;
66.24 	(3) parental involvement:
66.25 	(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;
66.26 	(ii) parent leadership development activities that empower and strengthen families and 
66.27 	communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based 
66.28 	leadership teams; and
66.29 	(iii) parenting education activities;
66.30 	(4) mental and physical health:
67.1 	(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and 
67.2 	conflict mediation;
67.3 	(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;
67.4 	(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;
67.5 	(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;
67.6 	(v) nutrition services;
67.7 	(vi) primary health and dental care; and
67.8 	(vii) mental health counseling services;
67.9 	(5) community involvement:
67.10 	(i) service and service-learning opportunities;
67.11 	(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and
67.12 	(iii) homeless prevention services;
67.13 	(6) positive discipline practices; and
67.14 	(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the 
67.15 	baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.
67.16 	(h)(g) The full-service community school leadership team at each school site must 
67.17 	develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team 
67.18 	will take, including:
67.19 	(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;
67.20 	(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;
67.21 	(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of 
67.22 	programming on the participating children and adults;
67.23 	(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and 
67.24 	community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations, 
67.25 	businesses, and social service providers;
67.26 	(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities, 
67.27 	hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development 
67.28 	and implementation of community school programming;
67.29 	(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and
68.1 	(7) plan for school leadership team development.
68.2 		Subd. 3.Full-service community school review. (a) Every three years, A full-service 
68.3 	community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available at the school 
68.4 	site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school programming at 
68.5 	each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service community school 
68.6 	on participating children and adults. This report shall must include, but is not limited to, 
68.7 	the following:
68.8 	(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing 
68.9 	the community school plan;
68.10 	(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan, 
68.11 	including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program 
68.12 	implementation;
68.13 	(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution 
68.14 	of the community school plan;
68.15 	(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to 
68.16 	students and families;
68.17 	(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming 
68.18 	who had not previously been served;
68.19 	(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community 
68.20 	school programming who had not previously been served;
68.21 	(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school 
68.22 	programming;
68.23 	(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community 
68.24 	school programming;
68.25 	(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in 
68.26 	their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the 
68.27 	school and community environment;
68.28 	(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the 
68.29 	implementation of the program;
68.30 	(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's 
68.31 	education;
68.32 	(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;
69.1 	(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;
69.2 	(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to 
69.3 	provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
69.4 	(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
69.5 	(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
69.6 	partners.
69.7 	(b) Reports submitted under this section shall must be evaluated by the commissioner 
69.8 	with respect to the following criteria:
69.9 	(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing 
69.10 	the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site 
69.11 	navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community 
69.12 	school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation 
69.13 	impeding program implementation;
69.14 	(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery 
69.15 	of community school programming to students;
69.16 	(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students 
69.17 	and nonstudents receiving community school programming;
69.18 	(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and 
69.19 	improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school 
69.20 	programming;
69.21 	(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;
69.22 	(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;
69.23 	(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide 
69.24 	services in the absence of future funding under this section;
69.25 	(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
69.26 	(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private 
69.27 	partners.

69.28 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
69.29 		Subd. 2.Creation of foundation. There is created the Minnesota Foundation for Student 
69.30 	Organizations. The purpose of the foundation is to promote vocationalcareer and technical 
69.31 	student organizations and applied leadership opportunities in Minnesota public and nonpublic 
70.1 	schools through public-private partnerships. The foundation is a nonprofit organization. 
70.2 	The board of directors of the foundation and activities of the foundation are under the 
70.3 	direction of the commissioner of education.

70.4 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
70.5 		Subd. 3.Board of directors. The board of directors of the Minnesota Foundation for 
70.6 	Student Organizations consists of:
70.7 	(1) seven members appointed by the board of directors of the school-to-workcareer and 
70.8 	technical student organizations and chosen so that each represents one of the following 
70.9 	career areas: agriculture, family and consumer sciences, service occupations, health 
70.10 	occupations, marketing, business, and technical/industrial;
70.11 	(2) seven members from business, industry, and labor appointed by the governor to 
70.12 	staggered terms and chosen so that each represents one of the following career areas: 
70.13 	agriculture, family and consumer sciences, service occupations, health occupations, 
70.14 	marketing, business, and technical/industrial;
70.15 	(3) five students or alumni of school-to-workcareer and technical student organizations 
70.16 	representing diverse career areas, three from secondary student organizations, and two from 
70.17 	postsecondary student organizations. The students or alumni shall be appointed by the 
70.18 	criteria and process agreed upon by the executive directors of the student-to-workcareer 
70.19 	and technical organizations; and
70.20 	(4) four members from education appointed by the governor to staggered terms and 
70.21 	chosen so that each represents one of the following groups: school district level 
70.22 	administrators, secondary school administrators, middle school administrators, and 
70.23 	postsecondary administrators.
70.24 	Executive directors of vocationalcareer and technical education student organizations 
70.25 	are ex officio, nonvoting members of the board.

70.26 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
70.27 		Subd. 4.Foundation programs. The foundation shall advance applied leadership and 
70.28 	intracurricular vocationalcareer and technical learning experiences for students. These may 
70.29 	include, but are not limited to:
70.30 	(1) recognition programs and awards for students demonstrating excellence in applied 
70.31 	leadership;
71.1 	(2) summer programs for student leadership, career development, applied academics, 
71.2 	and mentorship programs with business and industry;
71.3 	(3) recognition programs for teachers, administrators, and others who make outstanding 
71.4 	contributions to school-to-workcareer and technical programs;
71.5 	(4) outreach programs to increase the involvement of urban and suburban students;
71.6 	(5) organized challenges requiring cooperation and competition for secondary and 
71.7 	postsecondary students;
71.8 	(6) assistance and training to community teams to increase career awareness and 
71.9 	empowerment of youth as community leaders; and
71.10 	(7) assessment and activities in order to plan for and implement continuous improvement.
71.11 	To the extent possible, the foundation shall make these programs available to students 
71.12 	in all parts of the state.

71.13 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
71.14 		Subd. 5.Powers and duties. The foundation may:
71.15 	(1) identify and plan common goals and priorities for the various school-to-workcareer 
71.16 	and technical student organizations in Minnesota;
71.17 	(2) publish brochures or booklets relating to the purposes of the foundation and collect 
71.18 	reasonable fees for the publications;
71.19 	(3) seek and receive public and private money, grants, and in-kind services and goods 
71.20 	from nonstate sources for the purposes of the foundation, without complying with section 
71.21 	16A.013, subdivision 1;
71.22 	(4) contract with consultants on behalf of the school-to-workcareer and technical student 
71.23 	organizations;
71.24 	(5) plan, implement, and expend money for awards and other forms of recognition for 
71.25 	school-to-workcareer and technical student programs; and
71.26 	(6) identifying an appropriate name for the foundation.

71.27 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
71.28 		Subd. 8.Public funding. The state shall identify and secure appropriate funding for the 
71.29 	basic staffing of the foundation and individual student school-to-workcareer and technical 
71.30 	student organizations at the state level.

72.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
72.2 		Subd. 12.Student organizations. Individual boards of vocationalcareer and technical 
72.3 	education student organizations shall continue their operations in accordance with section 
72.4 	124D.355 and applicable federal law.

72.5 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.59, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
72.6 		Subd. 2a.English learner; interrupted formal education. Consistent with subdivision 
72.7 	2, an English learner includes an English learner with an interrupted formal education who
72.8 	meets three of the following five requirements:
72.9 	(1) comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English, or 
72.10 	usually speaks a language other than English;
72.11 	(2) enters school in the United States after grade 6;
72.12 	(3) has at least two years less schooling than the English learner's peers;
72.13 	(4) functions at least two years below expected grade level in reading and mathematics; 
72.14 	and
72.15 	(5) may be preliterate in the English learner's native language.

72.16 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
72.17 		Subd. 2.Eligible pupils. (a) A pupil under the age of 21 or who meets the requirements 
72.18 	of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), is eligible to participate in the graduation 
72.19 	incentives program, if the pupil:
72.20 	(1) performs substantially below the performance level for pupils of the same age in a 
72.21 	locally determined achievement test;
72.22 	(2) is behind in satisfactorily completing coursework or obtaining credits for graduation;
72.23 	(3) is pregnant or is a parent;
72.24 	(4) has been assessed as chemically dependent;
72.25 	(5) has been excluded or expelled according to sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;
72.26 	(6) has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible program or a 
72.27 	program pursuant to section 124D.69;
72.28 	(7) is a victim of physical or sexual abuse;
72.29 	(8) has experienced mental health problems;
73.1 	(9) has experienced homelessness sometime within six months before requesting a 
73.2 	transfer to an eligible program;
73.3 	(10) speaks English as a second language or is an English learner;
73.4 	(11) has withdrawn from school or has been chronically truant; or
73.5 	(12) is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or 
73.6 	other life threatening illness or is the sibling of an eligible pupil who is being currently 
73.7 	treated, and resides with the pupil's family at least 60 miles beyond the outside boundary 
73.8 	of the seven-county metropolitan area.
73.9 	(b) For fiscal years 2017 and 2018 only, A pupil otherwise qualifying under paragraph 
73.10 	(a) who is at least 21 years of age and not yet 22 years of age, and is an English learner with 
73.11 	an interrupted formal education according to section 124D.59, subdivision 2a, and was in 
73.12 	an early middle college program during the previous school year is eligible to participate 
73.13 	in the graduation incentives program under section 124D.68 and in concurrent enrollment 
73.14 	courses offered under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, and is funded in the same manner 
73.15 	as other pupils under this section.

73.16 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.78, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
73.17 		Subd. 2.Resolution of concurrence. Prior to March 1, the school board or American 
73.18 	Indian school must submit to the department a copy of a resolution adopted by the American 
73.19 	Indian education parent advisory committee. The copy must be signed by the chair of the 
73.20 	committee and must state whether the committee concurs with the educational programs 
73.21 	for American Indian students offered by the school board or American Indian school. If the 
73.22 	committee does not concur with the educational programs, the reasons for nonconcurrence 
73.23 	and recommendations shall be submitted directly to the school board with the resolution. 
73.24 	By resolution, the board must respond in writing within 60 days, in cases of nonconcurrence, 
73.25 	to each recommendation made by the committee and state its reasons for not implementing 
73.26 	the recommendations.

73.27 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
73.28 		Subd. 2.Revenue amount. An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school 
73.29 	that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in 
73.30 	subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is 
73.31 	derived by:
74.1 	(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170, 
74.2 	times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05, 
74.3 	subdivision 6, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, 
74.4 	and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section 
74.5 	126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which 
74.6 	the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;
74.7 	(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula 
74.8 	allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract 
74.9 	compensation revenue pupil units;
74.10 	(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school 
74.11 	by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of 
74.12 	Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E, 
74.13 	for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied 
74.14 	to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional 
74.15 	weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school 
74.16 	board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration 
74.17 	cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is 
74.18 	received according to section 124D.69;
74.19 	(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily 
74.20 	membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation 
74.21 	revenue pupil units; and
74.22 	(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision 
74.23 	13, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units 
74.24 	by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal years 2016 toyear 2019 and $1,50051.17 percent of the 
74.25 	formula allowance for fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).

74.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

74.27 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
74.28 		Subdivision 1.Initial achievement and integration revenue. (a) An eligible district's 
74.29 	initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's 
74.30 	expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861, 
74.31 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue 
74.32 	under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that 
74.33 	year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school 
75.1 	year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent 
75.2 	of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the 
75.3 	district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).
75.4 	(b) In each year, an amount equal to 0.3 percent of each district's initial achievement 
75.5 	and integration revenue for the second prior fiscal year is transferred to the department for 
75.6 	the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.

75.7 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
75.8 		Subd. 4.Achievement and integration aid. For fiscal year 2015 and later, a district's 
75.9 	achievement and integration aid equals the sum of 70 percent of its achievement and 
75.10 	integration revenue and its achievement and integration equalization aid under subdivision 
75.11 	5a.

75.12 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
75.13 		Subd. 5.Achievement and integration levy. (a) A district's achievement and integration 
75.14 	levy revenue equals its achievement and integration revenue times 30 percent.
75.15 	(b) A district's achievement and integration levy equals the product of (1) the achievement 
75.16 	and integration levy revenue, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted 
75.17 	net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 30 percent of the state average adjusted net tax 
75.18 	capacity per adjusted pupil unit.
75.19 	(c) For Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; Independent School District No. 
75.20 	625, St. Paul; and Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, 100 percent of the levy 
75.21 	certified under this subdivision is shifted into the prior calendar year for purposes of sections 
75.22 	123B.75, subdivision 5, and 127A.441.

75.23 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, is amended by adding a subdivision 
75.24 	to read:
75.25 		Subd. 5a.Achievement and integration equalization aid. A district's achievement and 
75.26 	integration equalization aid equals the district's achievement and integration levy revenue 
75.27 	minus the district's achievement and integration levy. If a district does not levy the entire 
75.28 	amount permitted, the achievement and integration equalization aid must be reduced in 
75.29 	proportion to the actual amount levied.

76.1 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.2 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and membership. The Minnesota Youth Council 
76.3 	Committee is established within and under the auspices of the Minnesota Alliance With 
76.4 	Youth. The committee consists of four members from each congressional district in 
76.5 	Minnesota and four members selected at-large. Members must be selected through an 
76.6 	application and interview process conducted by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. In 
76.7 	making its appointments, the Minnesota Alliance With Youth should strive to ensure gender 
76.8 	and ethnic diversity in the committee's membership. Members must be between the ages of 
76.9 	13 and 19 in grades 8 through 12 and serve two-year terms, except that one-half of the initial 
76.10 	members must serve a one-year term. Members may serve a maximum of two terms.

76.11 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.957, is amended by adding a subdivision 
76.12 	to read:
76.13 		Subd. 5.Funding. The Minnesota Alliance With Youth may receive annual state 
76.14 	appropriations to fund the operations for the Minnesota Youth Council.

76.15 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision 
76.16 	to read:
76.17 		Subd. 4.Medium and high growth. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
76.18 	section.
76.19 	(b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above 
76.20 	or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one 
76.21 	assessment scores.
76.22 	(c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the 
76.23 	average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.

76.24 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.11, is amended to read:
76.25 	124E.11 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLLMENT.
76.26 		Subdivision 1.Limits on enrollment. (a) A charter school, including its preschool or 
76.27 	prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), 
76.28 	may limit admission to:
76.29 	(1) pupils within an age group or grade level;
76.30 	(2) pupils who are eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program under 
76.31 	section 124D.68; or
77.1 	(3) residents of a specific geographic area in which the school is located when the 
77.2 	majority of students served by the school are members of underserved populations.
77.3 		Subd. 2.Timely application; lottery; enrollment preference. (b) A charter school, 
77.4 	including its preschool or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, 
77.5 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b), shall enroll an eligible pupil who submits a timely application, 
77.6 	unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or 
77.7 	building. In this case, pupils must be accepted by lot. The charter school must develop and 
77.8 	publish, including on its website, a lottery policy and process that it must use when accepting 
77.9 	pupils by lot.
77.10 		Subd. 3.Lottery exceptions. (c) (a) A charter school shall give enrollment preference 
77.11 	to a sibling of an enrolled pupil and to a foster child of that pupil's parents and may give 
77.12 	preference for enrolling children of the school's staff before accepting other pupils by lot.
77.13 	(b) A charter school that is located in Duluth township in St. Louis County and admits 
77.14 	students in kindergarten through grade 6 must give enrollment preference to students residing 
77.15 	within a five-mile radius of the school and to the siblings of enrolled children.
77.16 	(c) A charter school may give enrollment preference to children currently enrolled in 
77.17 	the school's free preschool or prekindergarten program under section 124E.06, subdivision 
77.18 	3, paragraph (b), who are eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the next school year.
77.19 	(d) A charter school that is located in Castle Rock Township in Dakota County must 
77.20 	give enrollment preference to students residing within a two-mile radius of the school and 
77.21 	to the siblings of enrolled children.
77.22 		Subd. 4.Age of enrollment. (d) A person shall not be admitted to a charter school (1) 
77.23 	as a kindergarten pupil, unless the pupil is at least five years of age on September 1 of the 
77.24 	calendar year in which the school year for which the pupil seeks admission commences; or 
77.25 	(2) as a first grade student, unless the pupil is at least six years of age on September 1 of 
77.26 	the calendar year in which the school year for which the pupil seeks admission commences 
77.27 	or has completed kindergarten; except that a charter school may establish and publish on 
77.28 	its website a policy for admission of selected pupils at an earlier age, consistent with the 
77.29 	enrollment process in paragraphs (b) and (c) subdivisions 2 and 3.
77.30 		Subd. 5.Admission limits not allowed. (e) Except as permitted in paragraph (d)
77.31 	subdivision 4, a charter school, including its preschool or prekindergarten program established 
77.32 	under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), may not limit admission to pupils on 
77.33 	the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability and 
78.1 	may not establish any criteria or requirements for admission that are inconsistent with this 
78.2 	section.
78.3 		Subd. 6.Enrollment incentives prohibited. (f) The A charter school shall not distribute 
78.4 	any services or goods of value to students, parents, or guardians as an inducement, term, or 
78.5 	condition of enrolling a student in a charter school.
78.6 		Subd. 7.Enrollment continues. (g) Once a student is enrolled in the a charter school, 
78.7 	the student is considered enrolled in the school until the student formally withdraws or is 
78.8 	expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act in sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.
78.9 		Subd. 8.Prekindergarten pupils. (h) A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled 
78.10 	students who are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of 
78.11 	deaf or hard-of-hearing may enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section 
78.12 	126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and must comply with the federal Individuals with 
78.13 	Disabilities Education Act under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 300.324, 
78.14 	subsection (2), clause (iv).

78.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for enrollment decisions made on or 
78.16 	after July 1, 2019.

78.17 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
78.18 		Subd. 3.Affiliated nonprofit building corporation. (a) An affiliated nonprofit building 
78.19 	corporation may purchase, expand, or renovate an existing facility to serve as a school or 
78.20 	may construct a new school facility. An affiliated nonprofit building corporation may only 
78.21 	serve one charter school. A charter school may organize an affiliated nonprofit building 
78.22 	corporation if the charter school:
78.23 	(1) has operated for at least six consecutive years;
78.24 	(2) as of June 30, has a net positive unreserved general fund balance in the preceding 
78.25 	three fiscal years;
78.26 	(3) has long-range strategic and financial plans that include enrollment projections for 
78.27 	at least five years;
78.28 	(4) completes a feasibility study of facility options that outlines the benefits and costs 
78.29 	of each option; and
78.30 	(5) has a plan that describes project parameters and budget.
78.31 	(b) An affiliated nonprofit building corporation under this subdivision must:
79.1 	(1) be incorporated under section 317A;
79.2 	(2) comply with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations, including regulations 
79.3 	for "supporting organizations" as defined by the Internal Revenue Service;
79.4 	(3) post on the school website the name, mailing address, bylaws, minutes of board 
79.5 	meetings, and names of the current board of directors of the affiliated nonprofit building 
79.6 	corporation;
79.7 	(4) submit to the commissioner a copy of its annual audit by December 31 of each year; 
79.8 	and
79.9 	(5) comply with government data practices law under chapter 13.
79.10 	(c) An affiliated nonprofit building corporation must not serve as the leasing agent for 
79.11 	property or facilities it does not own. A charter school that leases a facility from an affiliated 
79.12 	nonprofit building corporation that does not own the leased facility is ineligible to receive 
79.13 	charter school lease aid. The state is immune from liability resulting from a contract between 
79.14 	a charter school and an affiliated nonprofit building corporation.
79.15 	(d) The board of directors of the charter school must ensure the affiliated nonprofit 
79.16 	building corporation complies with all applicable legal requirements. The charter school's 
79.17 	authorizer must oversee the efforts of the board of directors of the charter school to ensure 
79.18 	legal compliance of the affiliated building corporation. A school's board of directors that 
79.19 	fails to ensure the affiliated nonprofit building corporation's compliance violates its 
79.20 	responsibilities and an authorizer must consider that failure when evaluating the charter 
79.21 	school.

79.22 	Sec. 49. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 61, is amended to read:
79.23 	Sec. 61. CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE REVENUE.
 79.24 		Subdivision 1.Qualifying certificates. As soon as practicable, the commissioner of 
79.25 	education, in consultation with the Governor's Workforce Development Council established 
79.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.665, and the P-20 education partnership operating 
79.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.70, must establish the list of qualifying career and 
79.28 	technical certificates and post the names of those certificates on the Department of 
79.29 	Education's Web site. The certificates must be in fields where occupational opportunities 
79.30 	exist.
79.31 		Subd. 2.School district participation. (a) A school board may adopt a policy authorizing 
79.32 	its students in grades 9 through 12, including its students enrolled in postsecondary enrollment 
80.1 	options courses under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, the opportunity to complete a 
80.2 	qualifying certificate. The certificate may be completed as part of a regularly scheduled 
80.3 	course.
80.4 	(b) A school district may register a student for any assessment necessary to complete a 
80.5 	qualifying certificate and pay any associated registration fees for its students.
80.6 		Subd. 3.Incentive funding. (a) A school district's career and technical certification aid 
80.7 	equals $500 times the district's number of students enrolled during the current fiscal year 
80.8 	who have obtained one or more qualifying certificates during the current fiscal year.
80.9 	(b) The statewide total certificate revenue must not exceed $1,000,000. The commissioner 
80.10 	must proportionately reduce the initial aid provided under this subdivision so that the 
80.11 	statewide aid cap is not exceeded.
80.12 		Subd. 4.Reports to the legislature. (a) The commissioner of education must report to 
80.13 	the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 
80.14 	education and higher education by February 1, 2017, on the number and types of certificates 
80.15 	authorized for the 2016-2017 school year. The commissioner must also recommend whether 
80.16 	the pilot program should be continued.
80.17 	(b) By February 1, 2018 2021, the commissioner of education must report to the 
80.18 	committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education 
80.19 	and higher education about the number and types of certificates earned by Minnesota's 
80.20 	students during the 2016-2017 prior school year.

80.21 	Sec. 50. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 15, is amended to 
80.22 	read:
80.23 		Subd. 15.Certificate incentive funding. (a) For the certificate incentive program:

80.2580.24
		$
	1,000,000
140,000
	.....
	2017
	
80.26 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2019.
80.27 	$860,000 of the initial fiscal year 2017 appropriation is canceled to the general fund on June 
80.28 	30, 2019.

80.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

81.1 	Sec. 51. INNOVATION RESEARCH ZONES PILOT PROGRAM.
 81.2 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; requirements for participation; research zone plans. (a) 
81.3 	The innovation research zone pilot program is established to improve student and school 
81.4 	outcomes consistent with the world's best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, 
81.5 	section 120B.11. Innovation zone partnerships allow school districts and charter schools to 
81.6 	research and implement innovative education programming models designed to better 
81.7 	prepare students for the world.
81.8 	(b) One or more school districts or charter schools may join together to form an innovation 
81.9 	zone partnership. The partnership may include other nonschool partners, including 
81.10 	postsecondary institutions, other units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and 
81.11 	for-profit organizations. An innovation zone plan must be collaboratively developed with 
81.12 	a school's instructional staff.
81.13 	(c) An innovation research zone partnership must research and implement innovative 
81.14 	education programs and models that are based on proposed hypotheses. An innovation zone 
81.15 	plan may include an emerging practice not yet supported by peer-reviewed research. 
81.16 	Examples of innovation zone research include:
81.17 	(1) personalized learning allowing students to excel at their own pace and according to 
81.18 	their interests, aspirations, and unique needs;
81.19 	(2) the use of competency outcomes rather than seat time and course completion to fulfill 
81.20 	standards, credits, and other graduation requirements;
81.21 	(3) multidisciplinary, real-world, inquiry-based, and student-directed models designed 
81.22 	to make learning more engaging and relevant, including documenting and validating learning 
81.23 	that takes place beyond the school day and school walls;
81.24 	(4) models of instruction designed to close the achievement gap, including new models 
81.25 	for age three to grade 3 models, English as a second language models, early identification 
81.26 	and prevention of mental health issues, and others;
81.27 	(5) partnerships between secondary schools and postsecondary institutions, employers, 
81.28 	or career training institutions enabling students to complete industry certifications, 
81.29 	postsecondary education credits, and other credentials;
81.30 	(6) new methods of collaborative leadership including the expansion of schools where 
81.31 	teachers have larger professional roles;
81.32 	(7) new ways to enhance parental and community involvement in learning;
82.1 	(8) new models of professional development for educators, including embedded 
82.2 	professional development; or
82.3 	(9) new models in other areas such as whole child instruction, social-emotional skill 
82.4 	development, technology-based or blended learning, parent and community involvement, 
82.5 	professional development and mentoring, and models that increase return on investment.
82.6 	(d) The governing board for each innovation zone partner must approve an innovation 
82.7 	zone plan. An innovation zone plan submitted to the commissioner for approval must 
82.8 	describe:
82.9 	(1) how the plan will improve student and school outcomes consistent with the world's 
82.10 	best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11;
82.11 	(2) the role of each partner in the innovation zone;
82.12 	(3) the research methodology used for each proposed action in the plan;
82.13 	(4) the innovation zone partnership's proposed exemptions from statutes and rules under 
82.14 	subdivision 2;
82.15 	(5) how the proposed planning and implementation process includes teachers and other 
82.16 	educational staff from the affected school sites;
82.17 	(6) expected outcomes and graduation standards;
82.18 	(7) a timeline for implementing the plan and assessing outcomes; and
82.19 	(8) how results of the plan will be disseminated.
82.20 	(e) Upon unanimous approval by the initial innovation zone partners and approval by 
82.21 	the commissioner of education, the innovation zone partnership may extend membership 
82.22 	to other partners. A new partner's membership is effective 30 days after the innovation zone 
82.23 	partnership notifies the commissioner of the proposed change in membership, unless the 
82.24 	commissioner disapproves the new partner's membership.
82.25 	(f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a school district or charter school 
82.26 	participating in an innovation zone partnership under this section continues to receive all 
82.27 	revenue and maintains its taxation authority in the same manner as prior to participation in 
82.28 	the innovation zone partnership. The innovation zone school district and charter school 
82.29 	partners remain organized and governed by their respective school boards with general 
82.30 	powers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B or 124E, and remain subject to any 
82.31 	employment agreements under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 122A and 179A. School district 
83.1 	and charter school employees participating in an innovation zone partnership remain 
83.2 	employees of their respective school district or charter school.
83.3 	(g) An innovation zone partnership may submit its plan at any time to the commissioner 
83.4 	in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must approve 
83.5 	or reject the plan after reviewing the recommendation of the Innovation Research Zone 
83.6 	Advisory Panel. An innovation zone partnership may resubmit a previously rejected plan 
83.7 	after modifying the plan to meet each individually identified objection.
83.8 		Subd. 2.Exemptions from laws and rules. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the 
83.9 	contrary, an innovation zone partner with an approved plan is exempt from each of the 
83.10 	following state education laws and rules specifically identified in its plan:
83.11 	(1) a law or rule from which a district-created, site-governed school under Minnesota 
83.12 	Statutes, section 123B.045, is exempt;
83.13 	(2) a statute or rule from which the commissioner has exempted another district or charter 
83.14 	school, as identified in the list published on the Department of Education's website under 
83.15 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b);
83.16 	(3) online learning program approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.095, 
83.17 	subdivision 7, if the school district or charter school offers a course or program online 
83.18 	combined with direct access to a teacher for a portion of that course or program;
83.19 	(4) restrictions on extended time revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10, 
83.20 	subdivision 2a, for a student who meets the criteria of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.68, 
83.21 	subdivision 2; and
83.22 	(5) required hours of instruction in a class or subject area for a student who is meeting 
83.23 	all competencies consistent with the graduation standards described in the innovation zone 
83.24 	plan.
83.25 	(b) The exemptions under this subdivision must not be construed as exempting an 
83.26 	innovation zone partner from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.
83.27 		Subd. 3.Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel. (a) The commissioner must 
83.28 	establish and convene an Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel to review all innovation 
83.29 	zone plans submitted for approval.
83.30 	(b) The panel must be composed of nine members. The commissioner must appoint one 
83.31 	member with expertise in evaluation and research. One member must be appointed by each 
83.32 	of the following organizations: Educators for Excellence, Education Minnesota, Minnesota 
83.33 	Association of Secondary School Principals, Minnesota Elementary School Principals' 
84.1 	Association, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota School Boards 
84.2 	Association, Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the Office of Higher Education.
84.3 		Subd. 4.Commissioner approval. (a) Upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
84.4 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner may approve up to three innovation zone plans in 
84.5 	the seven-county metropolitan area and up to three in greater Minnesota. If an innovation 
84.6 	zone partnership fails to implement its innovation zone plan as described in its application 
84.7 	and according to the stated timeline, upon recommendation of the Innovation Research 
84.8 	Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner must alert the partnership members and provide 
84.9 	the opportunity to remediate. If implementation continues to fail, the commissioner must 
84.10 	suspend or terminate the innovation zone plan.
84.11 	(b) The commissioner must publish a list of the exemptions granted to a district or charter 
84.12 	school on the Department of Education's website by July 1, 2020. The list must be updated 
84.13 	annually.
84.14 		Subd. 5.Project evaluation; dissemination; report to legislature. Each innovation 
84.15 	zone partnership must submit project data to the commissioner in the form and manner 
84.16 	provided for in the approved application. At least once every two years, the commissioner 
84.17 	must analyze each innovation zone's progress in meeting the objectives of the innovation 
84.18 	zone plan. The commissioner must summarize and categorize innovation zone plans and 
84.19 	submit a report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education by February 
84.20 	1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

84.21 	Sec. 52. RURAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM 
84.22 	GRANTS.
 84.23 		Subdivision 1.Definition. "Rural career and technical education (CTE) consortium" 
84.24 	means a voluntary collaboration of a service cooperative and other regional public and 
84.25 	private partners, including school districts and higher education institutions, that work 
84.26 	together to provide career and technical education opportunities within the service 
84.27 	cooperative's multicounty service area.
84.28 		Subd. 2.Establishment. (a) A rural CTE consortium shall:
84.29 	(1) focus on the development of courses and programs that encourage collaboration 
84.30 	between two or more school districts;
84.31 	(2) develop new career and technical programs that focus on industry sectors that fuel 
84.32 	the rural regional economy;
85.1 	(3) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who are 
85.2 	equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers;
85.3 	(4) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who attend 
85.4 	sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public and private partnerships with 
85.5 	business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and 
85.6 	postsecondary program options;
85.7 	(5) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career and 
85.8 	technical education courses and training opportunities; and
85.9 	(6) provide capital start-up costs for items including but not limited to a mobile welding 
85.10 	lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial kitchen equipment.
85.11 	(b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), a rural CTE consortium may:
85.12 	(1) address the teacher shortage in career and technical education through incentive 
85.13 	funding and training programs; and
85.14 	(2) provide transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities 
85.15 	throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.
85.16 		Subd. 3.Rural career and technical education advisory committee. In order to be 
85.17 	eligible for a grant under this section, a service cooperative must establish a rural career 
85.18 	and technical education advisory committee to advise the cooperative on administering the 
85.19 	rural CTE consortium.
85.20 		Subd. 4.Private funding. A rural CTE consortium may receive other sources of funds 
85.21 	to supplement state funding. All funds received shall be administered by a service cooperative 
85.22 	that is a member of the consortium.
85.23 		Subd. 5.Reporting requirements. A rural CTE consortium must submit an annual 
85.24 	report on the progress of its activities to the commissioner of education and the legislative 
85.25 	committees with jurisdiction over secondary and postsecondary education. The annual report 
85.26 	must contain a financial report for the preceding fiscal year. The first report is due no later 
85.27 	than January 15, 2021.
85.28 		Subd. 6.Grant recipients. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award 
85.29 	a two-year grant to the consortium that is a collaboration of the Southwest/West Central 
85.30 	Service Cooperative (SWWC), Southwest Minnesota State University, Minnesota West 
85.31 	Community and Technical College, Ridgewater College, and other regional public and 
85.32 	private partners. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award a two-year 
85.33 	grant to an applicant consortium that includes the South Central Service Cooperative or 
86.1 	Southeast Service Cooperative and a two-year grant to an applicant consortium that includes 
86.2 	the Northwest Service Cooperative or Northeast Service Cooperative.

86.3 	Sec. 53. VOCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
 86.4 		Subdivision 1.Vocational enrichment program. A school district or charter school 
86.5 	may establish a vocational enrichment program that operates outside of the regular school 
86.6 	day, including over weekends or the summer, to provide instruction in vocational courses 
86.7 	focused on construction trades and welding. The district must first offer the program to 
86.8 	enrolled secondary students but may broaden registration to others if space permits.
86.9 		Subd. 2.Vocational enrichment grants. (a) A school district must apply for a vocational 
86.10 	enrichment grant in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The maximum 
86.11 	amount of a vocational enrichment grant equals the product of:
86.12 	(1) $5,117;
86.13 	(2) 1.2;
86.14 	(3) the number of students participating in the program; and
86.15 	(4) the ratio of the actual hours of service provided to each student to 1,020.
86.16 	(b) If applications for funding exceed the amount appropriated for the program, the 
86.17 	commissioner must prioritize grants to welding and construction trades programs.
86.18 		Subd. 3.Reporting. By February 15 of each year following the receipt of a grant, a 
86.19 	school district must report on its website and to the commissioner of education on the courses 
86.20 	funded through the grant, the demographics of the participants in the program, and the 
86.21 	outcome for course participants.

86.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

86.23 	Sec. 54. BRECKENRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 86.24 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, Independent School 
86.25 	District No. 846, Breckenridge, may enter into an agreement under Minnesota Statutes, 
86.26 	section 124D.09, subdivision 10, with a higher education institution located outside of the 
86.27 	state of Minnesota but within four miles of the high school. The higher education institution 
86.28 	is an eligible institution only for the purposes of providing a postsecondary enrollment 
86.29 	options program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09.

87.1 	Sec. 55. APPROPRIATIONS.
 87.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
87.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
87.4 	designated.
87.5 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid under 
87.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

87.7		$
	80,589,000
	.....
	2020
	
87.8		$
	83,436,000
	.....
	2021
	
87.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $7,059,000 for 2019 and $73,530,000 for 2020.
87.10 	The 2021 appropriation includes $8,170,000 for 2020 and $75,266,000 for 2021.
87.11 		Subd. 3.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
87.12 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
87.13 	section 124D.87:

87.14		$
	13,874,000
	.....
	2020
	
87.15		$
	14,589,000
	.....
	2021
	
87.16 		Subd. 4.Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
87.17 	section 124D.98:

87.18		$
	45,304,000
	.....
	2020
	
87.19		$
	45,442,000
	.....
	2021
	
87.20 	The 2020 appropriation includes $4,582,000 for 2019 and $40,722,000 for 2020.
87.21 	The 2021 appropriation includes $4,524,000 for 2020 and $40,918,000 for 2021.
87.22 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract school aid. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota 
87.23 	Statutes, section 124D.83:

87.24		$
	3,321,000
	.....
	2020
	
87.25		$
	3,819,000
	.....
	2021
	
87.26 	The 2020 appropriation includes $299,000 for 2019 and $3,022,000 for 2020.
87.27 	The 2021 appropriation includes $335,000 for 2020 and $3,484,000 for 2021.
87.28 		Subd. 6.American Indian education aid. For American Indian education aid under 
87.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

87.30		$
	9,515,000
	.....
	2020
	
87.31		$
	9,673,000
	.....
	2021
	
88.1 	The 2020 appropriation includes $960,000 for 2019 and $8,555,000 for 2020.
88.2 	The 2021 appropriation includes $950,000 for 2020 and $8,723,000 for 2021.
88.3 		Subd. 7.Tribal Nations Education Committee. (a) For a grant to the Tribal Nations 
88.4 	Education Committee under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.79:

88.5		$
	150,000
	.....
	2020
	
88.6		$
	150,000
	.....
	2021
	
88.7 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
88.8 		Subd. 8.ServeMinnesota program. For funding ServeMinnesota programs under 
88.9 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:

88.10		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
88.11		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
88.12 	A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents 
88.13 	of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such 
88.14 	coverage is not otherwise available. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
88.15 	available in the second year.
88.16 		Subd. 9.Early childhood literacy programs. (a) For early childhood literacy programs 
88.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:

88.18		$
	7,950,000
	.....
	2020
	
88.19		$
	7,950,000
	.....
	2021
	
88.20 	(b) Up to $7,950,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support 
88.21 	AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota reading corps program established by 
88.22 	ServeMinnesota, including costs associated with training and teaching early literacy skills 
88.23 	to children ages three through grade 3 and evaluating the impact of the program under 
88.24 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.
88.25 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
88.26 		Subd. 10.Minnesota math corps program. (a) For the Minnesota math corps program 
88.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:

88.28		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
88.29		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
88.30 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
88.31 	base funding in fiscal year 2022 and later is $500,000.
89.1 		Subd. 11.ServeMinnesota programs at tribal contract and grant schools. (a) For 
89.2 	grants to ServeMinnesota to enhance reading and math corps programming at American 
89.3 	Indian-controlled tribal contract and grant schools eligible for aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
89.4 	section 124D.83:

89.5		$
	416,000
	.....
	2020
	
89.6		$
	416,000
	.....
	2021
	
89.7 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
89.8 		Subd. 12.Student organizations. (a) For student organizations:

89.9		$
	768,000
	.....
	2020
	
89.10		$
	768,000
	.....
	2021
	
89.11 	(b) $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
89.12 	(c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations 
89.13 	(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
89.14 	(d) $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA, 
89.15 	secondary and postsecondary).
89.16 	(e) $193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA, 
89.17 	PAS).
89.18 	(f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science 
89.19 	occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and 
89.20 	31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than 
89.21 	grade 9.
89.22 	(g) $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA 
89.23 	and DECA collegiate).
89.24 	(h) $40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
89.25 	(i) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
89.26 		Subd. 13.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
89.27 	centers:

89.28		$
	591,000
	.....
	2020
	
89.29		$
	591,000
	.....
	2021
	
89.30 	(b) $319,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of the amount in this 
89.31 	paragraph, $50,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum, Rochester.
90.1 	(c) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.
90.2 	(d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
90.3 	(e) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
90.4 	(f) $31,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids.
90.5 	(g) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota.
90.6 	(h) $50,000 each year is for The Works Museum.
90.7 	(i) To the extent practicable, grant recipients must prioritize grant proceeds to expand 
90.8 	access to museum and education center programs for low-income families and other 
90.9 	underserved populations.
90.10 	(j) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
90.11 		Subd. 14.Starbase MN. (a) For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science, 
90.12 	technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 through 
90.13 	6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace 
90.14 	environment using state-of-the-art technology:

90.15		$
	500,000
	.....
	2020
	
90.16		$
	500,000
	.....
	2021
	
90.17 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
90.18 		Subd. 15.Recovery program grants. (a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota 
90.19 	Statutes, section 124D.695:

90.20		$
	750,000
	.....
	2020
	
90.21		$
	750,000
	.....
	2021
	
90.22 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
90.23 		Subd. 16.Minnesota Principals Academy. (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota 
90.24 	College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals 
90.25 	Academy:

90.26		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
90.27		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
90.28 	(b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals 
90.29 	and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability 
90.30 	system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the 
90.31 	extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000 
91.1 	of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by 
91.2 	principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's 
91.3 	accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds 
91.4 	Act.
91.5 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
91.6 		Subd. 17.Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 
91.7 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

91.8		$
	85,450,000
	.....
	2020
	
91.9		$
	91,064,000
	.....
	2021
	
91.10 	The 2020 appropriation includes $8,021,000 for 2019 and $77,429,000 for 2020.
91.11 	The 2021 appropriation includes $8,603,000 for 2020 and $82,461,000 for 2021.
91.12 		Subd. 18.Statewide testing and reporting system. (a) For the statewide testing and 
91.13 	reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:

91.14		$
	10,892,000
	.....
	2020
	
91.15		$
	10,877,000
	.....
	2021
	
91.16 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
91.17 	base for this appropriation in 2022 is $10,892,000.
91.18 		Subd. 19.Certificate incentive funding. (a) For the certificate incentive program under 
91.19 	Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 61:

91.20		$
	860,000
	.....
	2020
	
91.21 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation.
91.22 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
91.23 		Subd. 20.Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. (a) For students' 
91.24 	advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota 
91.25 	Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs for teachers and 
91.26 	other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:

91.27		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
91.28		$
	4,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
91.29 	(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each 
91.30 	year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation 
91.31 	each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement 
92.1 	and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory 
92.2 	Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts 
92.3 	of the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for 
92.4 	each program.
92.5 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000 
92.6 	each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
92.7 	support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
92.8 	programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
92.9 	international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The 
92.10 	commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
92.11 	(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income 
92.12 	families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent of 
92.13 	available appropriations, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced 
92.14 	placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
92.15 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
92.16 		Subd. 21.Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course 
92.17 	offerings. (a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students 
92.18 	to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according 
92.19 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

92.20		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
92.21		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
92.22 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
92.23 		Subd. 22.Rural career and technical education consortium. (a) For rural career and 
92.24 	technical education consortium grants:

92.25		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
92.26		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
92.27 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
92.28 		Subd. 23.Grants to support students experiencing homelessness. (a) To provide 
92.29 	grants to eligible school districts in order to address the needs of students experiencing 
92.30 	homelessness:

92.31		$
	$500,000
	.....
	2020
	
92.32		$
	$500,000
	.....
	2021
	
93.1 	(b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation to monitor and 
93.2 	administer the grant program. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available 
93.3 	in the second year.
93.4 		Subd. 24.Minnesota Center for the Book programming. (a) For grants to the entity 
93.5 	designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide 
93.6 	statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional 
93.7 	programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:

93.8		$
	125,000
	.....
	2020
	
93.9		$
	125,000
	.....
	2021
	
93.10 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
93.11 		Subd. 25.Concurrent enrollment aid. (a) For concurrent enrollment aid under 
93.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:

93.13		$
	7,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
93.14		$
	7,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
93.15 	(b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce 
93.16 	the aid payment to each school district.
93.17 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $8,000,000.
93.18 		Subd. 26.Full-service community schools. (a) For full-service community schools 
93.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:

93.20		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
93.21		$
	7,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
93.22 	(b) Up to $50,000 each year is for administration of this program. Any balance in the 
93.23 	first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
93.24 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $12,500,000.
93.25 		Subd. 27.ConnectZ program. (a) For a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys as fiscal 
93.26 	agent for Girl Scout councils serving Minnesota residents providing innovative, culturally 
93.27 	responsive programming to underrepresented, underresourced girls in kindergarten through 
93.28 	grade 12, including programming relating to healthy relationships; science, technology, 
93.29 	engineering, and math; financial literacy; career and college readiness; and leadership 
93.30 	development and service learning:

93.31		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2020
	
93.32		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2021
	
94.1 	(b) By February 15 following each fiscal year of the grant, the grantee must submit a 
94.2 	report detailing expenditures and outcomes of the grant-supported programs to the 
94.3 	commissioner of education and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
94.4 	committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy 
94.5 	and finance. The report must, at least:
94.6 	(1) provide self-reported free and reduced-price lunch status and self-reported 
94.7 	demographic information for the girls participating in programs funded by this grant;
94.8 	(2) report participants' average program contacts in the areas of healthy relationships; 
94.9 	science, technology, engineering, and math; financial literacy; career and college readiness; 
94.10 	and leadership development and service learning;
94.11 	(3) identify the number and proportion of high school program participants who report 
94.12 	they are confident they will attend college;
94.13 	(4) report the number and proportion of grade 12 participants who apply to a 
94.14 	postsecondary institution; and
94.15 	(5) to the extent possible, verify the number and percentage of participants who actually 
94.16 	enroll in a postsecondary institution.
94.17 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
94.18 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is zero.
94.19 		Subd. 28.Civics education grants. (a) For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education 
94.20 	Coalition, Minnesota Civic Youth, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA 
94.21 	Youth in Government to provide civics education programs for Minnesota youth ages 18 
94.22 	and younger:

94.23		$
	125,000
	.....
	2020
	
94.24		$
	125,000
	.....
	2021
	
94.25 	(b) Civics education means the study of constitutional principles and the democratic 
94.26 	foundation of our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political processes 
94.27 	and structures of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government 
94.28 	under the rule of law.
94.29 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
94.30 		Subd. 29.After-school community learning programs. (a) For grants for after-school 
94.31 	community learning programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211:

95.1		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
95.2		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
95.3 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
95.4 	base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,500,000.
95.5 	(c) The commissioner of education may retain up to two percent of the appropriation 
95.6 	amount to administer the grant program.
95.7 	(d) The commissioner of education may use up to five percent of the appropriation 
95.8 	amount in each fiscal year to monitor the grant and provide technical assistance to grant 
95.9 	recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211, subdivision 4. The commissioner 
95.10 	must use 2.5 percent of the appropriation amount to contract with Ignite Afterschool to 
95.11 	provide technical assistance to grant recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211, 
95.12 	subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
95.13 		Subd. 30.Vocational enrichment grants. (a) For vocational enrichment grants to school 
95.14 	districts and charter schools:

95.15		$
	100,000
	.....
	2020
	
95.16		$
	100,000
	.....
	2021
	
95.17 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $50,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent 
95.18 	School District No. 2752, Fairmont.
95.19 		Subd. 31.Minnesota Youth Council. (a) For grants to the Minnesota Alliance With 
95.20 	Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council:

95.21		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
95.22		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
95.23 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

95.24 	Sec. 56. REPEALER.
 95.25 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.299, is repealed.

95.26 	ARTICLE 3
95.27 	TEACHERS

95.28 	Section 1. [120B.113] INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.
95.29 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. The commissioner must establish a grant 
95.30 	program to support implementation of world's best workforce strategies under section 
95.31 	120B.11, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (6), to support collaborative efforts to make school 
96.1 	climate and curriculum more inclusive and respectful toward all students, families, and 
96.2 	employees, especially those of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
96.3 		Subd. 2.Applications and grant awards. The commissioner must determine application 
96.4 	procedures and deadlines, select schools to participate in the grant program, and determine 
96.5 	the payment process and amount of the grants. To the extent there are sufficient applications, 
96.6 	the commissioner should award an approximately equal number of grants between districts 
96.7 	in greater Minnesota and those in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. If there are an 
96.8 	insufficient number of applications received for either geographic area, the commissioner 
96.9 	may award grants to meet the requests for funds wherever a district is located.
96.10 		Subd. 3.Description. The grant program must provide funding that supports collaborative 
96.11 	efforts to make schools' curricula and learning and work environments more inclusive and 
96.12 	respectful of students' racial and ethnic diversity and to address issues of structural inequities 
96.13 	in schools that create opportunity gaps and achievement gaps for students, families, and 
96.14 	staff who are of color or who are American Indian, consistent with the requirements for 
96.15 	long-term plans under section 124D.861, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).
96.16 		Subd. 4.Report. Grant recipients must annually report to the commissioner by a date 
96.17 	and in a form and manner determined by the commissioner on efforts planned and 
96.18 	implemented that engaged students, families, educators, and community members of diverse 
96.19 	racial and ethnic backgrounds in making improvements to school climate and curriculum. 
96.20 	The report must assess the impact of those efforts as perceived by racially and ethnically 
96.21 	diverse stakeholders as well as the areas needed for further continuous improvement.

96.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

96.23 	Sec. 2. [120B.117] INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS OF COLOR 
96.24 	AND AMERICAN INDIAN TEACHERS IN MINNESOTA.
96.25 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. This section sets a goal for increasing the percentage of teachers 
96.26 	of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota to increase access to effective teachers 
96.27 	who reflect the diversity of students.
96.28 		Subd. 2.Equitable access to diverse teachers. The percentage of teachers of color or 
96.29 	American Indian teachers in Minnesota should increase at least two percentage points per 
96.30 	year to have a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the student population and 
96.31 	increase access to effective and diverse teachers by 2040.
96.32 		Subd. 3.Rights not created. The attainment goal in this section is not to the exclusion 
96.33 	of any other goals and does not confer a right or create a claim for any person.
97.1 		Subd. 4.Reporting. (a) By October 1, 2019, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, 
97.2 	the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must report on progress toward 
97.3 	achieving the goal adopted under this section. The board must submit the report to the chairs 
97.4 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
97.5 	kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education policy and finance in 
97.6 	accordance with section 3.195. The report must be available to the public on the board's 
97.7 	website. The board must report on the effectiveness of state-funded programs to increase 
97.8 	the recruitment, preparation, licensing, hiring, and retention of racially and ethnically diverse 
97.9 	teachers and the state's progress toward meeting or exceeding the goals of this section. The 
97.10 	board must consult with the four ethnic councils under sections 3.922 and 15.0145, along 
97.11 	with other community and stakeholder groups, including students of color, in developing 
97.12 	the report.
97.13 	(b) The board must collaborate with the Department of Education and the Office of 
97.14 	Higher Education to summarize reports from the programs each agency administers and 
97.15 	any other programs receiving state appropriations with an explicit purpose of increasing 
97.16 	the racial and ethnic diversity of the state's teacher workforce to more closely reflect the 
97.17 	diversity of students. The report must include programs under sections 120B.113, 122A.2451, 
97.18 	122A.59, 122A.63, 122A.635, 122A.685, 122A.70, 124D.09, 124D.861, 136A.1275, and 
97.19 	136A.1791 along with any other programs or initiatives that receive state appropriations to 
97.20 	address the shortage of teachers of color and American Indian teachers.
97.21 	(c) The report must include recommendations for state policy and funding needed to 
97.22 	achieve the goals of this section, plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients, 
97.23 	and opportunities among grant recipients of various programs to share effective practices 
97.24 	with each other. The 2019 report must include a recommendation on whether a state advisory 
97.25 	council should be established to address the shortage of racially and ethnically diverse 
97.26 	teachers and the composition and charge of such an advisory council if established.

97.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

97.28 	Sec. 3. [122A.04] CODE OF ETHICS FOR TEACHERS.
97.29 		Subdivision 1.Scope. Each teacher, upon entering the teaching profession, assumes a 
97.30 	number of obligations, one of which is to adhere to principles that define professional 
97.31 	conduct. These principles are reflected in the code of ethics in subdivision 2, which sets 
97.32 	forth to the education profession and the public it serves the standards of professional conduct 
97.33 	and procedures for implementation. This code applies to all persons licensed according to 
97.34 	rules established by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
98.1 		Subd. 2.Standards of professional conduct. (a) A teacher must provide professional 
98.2 	education services in a nondiscriminatory manner.
98.3 	(b) A teacher must make reasonable effort to protect a student from conditions harmful 
98.4 	to health and safety.
98.5 	(c) In accordance with state and federal laws, a teacher must disclose confidential 
98.6 	information about individuals only when a compelling professional purpose is served or 
98.7 	when required by law.
98.8 	(d) A teacher must take reasonable disciplinary action in exercising the authority to 
98.9 	provide an atmosphere conducive to learning.
98.10 	(e) A teacher must not use a professional relationship with a student, parent, or colleague 
98.11 	to private advantage.
98.12 	(f) A teacher must delegate authority for teaching responsibilities only to licensed 
98.13 	personnel.
98.14 	(g) A teacher must not deliberately suppress or distort subject matter.
98.15 	(h) A teacher must not knowingly falsify or misrepresent records or facts relating to the 
98.16 	teacher's own qualifications or other teachers' qualifications.
98.17 	(i) A teacher must not knowingly make a false or malicious statement about a student 
98.18 	or colleague.
98.19 	(j) A teacher must accept a contract for a teaching position that requires licensing only 
98.20 	if properly or provisionally licensed for that position.
98.21 	(k) A teacher must not engage in any sexual conduct or contact with a student.

98.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
98.23 		Subd. 2.Teacher. "Teacher" means a classroom teacher or other similar professional 
98.24 	employee required to hold a license or permission from the Professional Educator Licensing 
98.25 	and Standards Board.

98.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
98.27 		Subd. 5.Field. A "field," "licensure area," or "subject area" means the content area in 
98.28 	which a teacher may become licensed to teach.

99.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
99.2 		Subd. 7.Teacher preparation program. "Teacher preparation program" means a 
99.3 	program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the 
99.4 	purpose of preparing individuals for a specific teacher licensure field in Minnesota. Teacher 
99.5 	preparation programs include traditional programs delivered by postsecondary institutions, 
99.6 	alternative teacher preparation programs, and nonconventional teacher preparation programs.

99.7 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
99.8 		Subd. 8.Teacher preparation program provider. "Teacher preparation program 
99.9 	provider" or "unit" means an entity that has primary responsibility for overseeing and 
99.10 	delivering a teacher preparation program. Teacher preparation program providers include 
99.11 	postsecondary institutions and alternative teacher preparation providers aligned to section 
99.12 	122A.2451.

99.13 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
99.14 		Subdivision 1.Appointment of members. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
99.15 	Standards Board consists of 11 13 members appointed by the governor, with the advice and 
99.16 	consent of the senate. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, 
99.17 	the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements are as 
99.18 	provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. No member may be reappointed for more than one 
99.19 	additional term.

99.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
99.21 		Subd. 2.Eligibility; board composition.  Each nominee, other than a public nominee, 
99.22 	must be selected on the basis of professional experience and knowledge of teacher education, 
99.23 	accreditation, and licensure. The board must be composed of:
99.24 	(1) sixseven teachers who are currently teaching in a Minnesota school or who were 
99.25 	teaching at the time of the appointment, have at least five years of teaching experience, and 
99.26 	were not serving in an administrative function at a school district or school when appointed. 
99.27 	The six seven teachers must include the following:
99.28 	(i) one teacher in a charter school;
99.29 	(ii) one teacher from the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, 
99.30 	subdivision 2;
99.31 	(iii) one teacher from outside the seven-county metropolitan area;
100.1 	(iv) one teacher from a related service category licensed by the board;
100.2 	(v) one special education teacher; and
100.3 	(vi) two teachers that represent current or emerging trends in education;
100.4 	(vi) (2) one teacher fromeducator currently teaching in a Minnesota-approved teacher 
100.5 	preparation program; who has previously taught for at least five years in a birth through 
100.6 	grade 12 setting;
100.7 	(2) (3) one superintendent that alternates each term between a superintendent from the 
100.8 	seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, and a 
100.9 	superintendent from outside the metropolitan area;
100.10 	(3) (4) one school district human resources director;
100.11 	(4) (5) one administrator of a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, 
100.12 	who oversees a special education program and who has previously taught for at least five 
100.13 	years in a birth through grade 12 setting;
100.14 	(5) (6) one principal that alternates each term between an elementary and a secondary 
100.15 	school principal; and
100.16 	(6) (7) one member of the public that may be a current or former school board member.

100.17 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
100.18 		Subd. 4a.Administration. (a) The executive director of the board shall must be the 
100.19 	chief administrative officer for the board but shall must not be a member of the board. The 
100.20 	executive director shall must maintain the records of the board, account for all fees received 
100.21 	by the board, supervise and direct employees servicing the board, and perform other services 
100.22 	as directed by the board.
100.23 	(b) The Department of Administration must provide administrative support in accordance 
100.24 	with section 16B.371. The commissioner of administration must assess the board for services 
100.25 	it provides under this section.
100.26 	(c) The Department of Education must provide suitable offices and other space to the 
100.27 	board at reasonable cost until January 1, 2020. Thereafter, the board may contract with 
100.28 	either the Department of Education or the Department of Administration for the provision 
100.29 	of suitable offices and other space, joint conference and hearing facilities, and examination 
100.30 	rooms.

101.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
101.2 	to read:
101.3 		Subd. 6.Public employer compensation reduction prohibited. The public employer 
101.4 	of a member must not reduce the member's compensation or benefits for the member's 
101.5 	absence from employment when engaging in the business of the board.

101.6 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
101.7 		Subd. 9.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules. (a) 
101.8 	The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules subject to the 
101.9 	provisions of chapter 14 to implement sections 120B.363, 122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.092, 
101.10 	122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, 122A.184, 122A.185, 
101.11 	122A.187, 122A.188, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.23, 122A.2451,122A.26, 122A.28, and 
101.12 	122A.29.
101.13 	(b) The board must adopt rules relating to fields of licensure, including a process for 
101.14 	granting permission to a licensed teacher to teach in a field that is different from the teacher's 
101.15 	field of licensure without change to the teacher's license tier level.
101.16 	(c) The board must adopt rules relating to the grade levels that a licensed teacher may 
101.17 	teach.
101.18 	(d) If a rule adopted by the board is in conflict with a session law or statute, the law or 
101.19 	statute prevails. Terms adopted in rule must be clearly defined and must not be construed 
101.20 	to conflict with terms adopted in statute or session law.
101.21 	(e) The board must include a description of a proposed rule's probable effect on teacher 
101.22 	supply and demand in the board's statement of need and reasonableness under section 14.131.
101.23 	(f) The board must adopt rules only under the specific statutory authority.

101.24 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
101.25 		Subdivision 1.Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data; 
101.26 	report. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of 
101.27 	School Administrators, in cooperation with board-adopted teacher or administrator 
101.28 	preparation programs, annually must collect and report summary data on teacher and 
101.29 	administrator preparation and performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision. The 
101.30 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of School Administrators 
101.31 	annually by June 1 must update and post the reported summary preparation and performance 
102.1 	data on teachers and administrators from the preceding school years on a website hosted 
102.2 	jointly by the boards.
102.3 	(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:
102.4 	(1) student entrance requirements for each Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
102.5 	Board-approved program, including grade point average for enrolling students in the 
102.6 	preceding year;
102.7 	(2) the average board-adopted skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students 
102.8 	entering the program in the preceding year;
102.9 	(3) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty 
102.10 	undergraduate and graduate degrees and their years of experience either as kindergarten 
102.11 	through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;
102.12 	(4) the average time resident and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year 
102.13 	needed to complete the program;
102.14 	(5) the current number and percentage of students by program who graduated, received 
102.15 	a standard Minnesota teaching license, and were hired to teach full time in their licensure 
102.16 	field in a Minnesota district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except 
102.17 	when disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally 
102.18 	identifiable information about an individual;
102.19 	(6) the number of content area credits and other credits by undergraduate program that 
102.20 	students in the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate;
102.21 	(7) students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for graduation in 
102.22 	each program and licensure area in the preceding school year;
102.23 	(8) survey results measuring student and graduateprogram completer satisfaction with 
102.24 	the program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation 
102.25 	would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable 
102.26 	information about an individual;
102.27 	(9) a standard measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers 
102.28 	with the student teachersprogram completer assigned to a school or supervising teacher; 
102.29 	and
102.30 	(10) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) and (b).
102.31 	Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 2.
103.1 	(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved by 
103.2 	the Board of School Administrators must include:
103.3 	(1) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty 
103.4 	undergraduate and graduate degrees and the years of experience either as kindergarten 
103.5 	through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;
103.6 	(2) the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the 
103.7 	program;
103.8 	(3) the current number and percentage of students who graduated, received a standard 
103.9 	Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota 
103.10 	school district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except when 
103.11 	disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally 
103.12 	identifiable information about an individual;
103.13 	(4) the number of credits by graduate program that students in the preceding school year 
103.14 	needed to complete to graduate;
103.15 	(5) survey results measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the 
103.16 	program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation 
103.17 	would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable 
103.18 	information about an individual; and
103.19 	(6) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (c) and (d).
103.20 	Program reporting must be consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.

103.21 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.092, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
103.22 		Subd. 5.Reading strategies. (a) All colleges and universitiespreparation providers 
103.23 	approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons 
103.24 	for classroom teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs 
103.25 	research-based best practices in reading, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4, 
103.26 	that enables the licensure candidate to teach reading in the candidate's content areas. Teacher 
103.27 	candidates must be instructed in using students' native languages as a resource in creating 
103.28 	effective differentiated instructional strategies for English learners developing literacy skills. 
103.29 	These colleges and universities also must prepare early childhood and elementary teacher 
103.30 	candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 teaching licenses under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, 
103.31 	respectively, for the portion of the examination under section 122A.185, subdivision 1, 
103.32 	paragraph (c), covering assessment of reading instruction.
104.1 	(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education 
104.2 	must require instruction in applying comprehensive, scientifically based, and balanced 
104.3 	reading instruction programs that:
104.4 	(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies 
104.5 	consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4, so that all students achieve continuous 
104.6 	progress in reading; and
104.7 	(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations 
104.8 	that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels to become proficient readers.
104.9 	(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's 
104.10 	reading program or curriculum.

104.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.092, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
104.12 		Subd. 6.Technology strategies. All colleges and universitiespreparation providers 
104.13 	approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons 
104.14 	for classroom teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs the 
104.15 	knowledge and skills teacher candidates need to engage students with technology and deliver 
104.16 	digital and blended learning and curriculum.

104.17 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.17, is amended to read:
104.18 	122A.17 VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES.
104.19 	(a) A rule adopted by the Board of Teaching or the Professional Educator Licensing and 
104.20 	Standards Board must not affect the validity of certificates or licenses to teach in effect on 
104.21 	July 1, 1974, or the rights and privileges of the holders thereof, except that any such 
104.22 	certificate or license may be suspended or revoked for any of the causes and by the procedures 
104.23 	specified by law.
104.24 	(b) All teacher licenses in effect on January 1, 2018, shall remain valid for one additional 
104.25 	year after the date the license is scheduled to expire.

104.26 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
104.27 		Subd. 2.Background check account. An educator licensure background check account 
104.28 	is created in the special revenue fund. The Department of Education, the Professional 
104.29 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board, and the Board of School Administrators must 
104.30 	deposit all payments submitted by license applicants for criminal background checks 
104.31 	conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the educator licensure background 
105.1 	check account. Amounts in the account are annually appropriated to the commissioner of 
105.2 	education for payment to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
105.3 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the costs of background checks 
105.4 	on applicants for licensure.

105.5 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:
105.6 		Subd. 7c.Temporary military license. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
105.7 	Standards Board shall establish a temporary license in accordance with section 197.4552
105.8 	for teaching. The fee for a temporary license under this subdivision shall be $87.90 for an 
105.9 	online application or $86.40 for a paper application $57. The board must provide candidates 
105.10 	for a license under this subdivision with information regarding the tiered licensure system 
105.11 	provided in sections 122A.18 to 122A.184.

105.12 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
105.13 		Subd. 8.Background checks. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
105.14 	Board and the Board of School Administrators must request obtain a criminal history 
105.15 	background check from the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all 
105.16 	first-time teaching applicants for licenses under their jurisdiction. Applicants must include 
105.17 	with their licensure applications:
105.18 	(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and
105.19 	(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
105.20 	for the fee for conducting the criminal historypayment to conduct the background check.
105.21 	(b) The superintendent ofbackground check for all first-time teaching applicants for 
105.22 	licenses must include a review of information from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
105.23 	shall perform the background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving, including
105.24 	criminal history data as defined in section 13.87, and shallmust also conduct a searchinclude 
105.25 	a review of the national criminal records repository. The superintendent of the Bureau of 
105.26 	Criminal Apprehension is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of 
105.27 	Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall recover 
105.28 	the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant under 
105.29 	paragraph (a).
105.30 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School 
105.31 	Administrators may issue a license pending completion of a background check under this 
105.32 	subdivision, but must notify the individual and the school district or charter school employing 
106.1 	the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the 
106.2 	background check.
106.3 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may contract with the 
106.4 	commissioner of human services to conduct background checks and obtain background 
106.5 	check data required under this chapter.

106.6 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
106.7 		Subd. 10.Licensure via portfolio. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
106.8 	Board must adopt rules establishing a process for an eligible candidate to obtain any teacher
106.9 	a Tier 3 license under subdivision 1, or to add a licensure field, via portfolio. The portfolio 
106.10 	licensure application process must be consistent with the requirements in this subdivision.
106.11 	(b) A candidate for a Tier 3 license via portfolio must submit to the board one portfolio 
106.12 	demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio demonstrating content competence.
106.13 	(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field via portfolio must submit to the board 
106.14 	one portfolio demonstrating content competence for each licensure field the candidate seeks 
106.15 	to add.
106.16 	(d) The board must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under paragraph (b) or 
106.17 	(c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether or not the portfolio is 
106.18 	approved. If the portfolio is not approved, the board must immediately inform the candidate 
106.19 	how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite competence. The 
106.20 	candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the board must approve or 
106.21 	disapprove the revised portfolio within 60 calendar days of receiving it.
106.22 	(e) A candidate must pay to the board a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for 
106.23 	review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The revenue generated 
106.24 	from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure portfolio account in the special 
106.25 	revenue fund. The fees are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The 
106.26 	board may waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.a fee for a portfolio 
106.27 	in accordance with section 122A.21, subdivision 4.

106.28 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
106.29 		Subd. 3.Term of license and renewal. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and 
106.30 	Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 1 license for a term of one year. A Tier 1 license 
106.31 	may be renewed subject to paragraphs (b) and (c). The board may submit written comments 
106.32 	to the district or charter school that requested the renewal regarding the candidate.
107.1 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must renew a Tier 1 
107.2 	license if:
107.3 	(1) the district or charter school requesting the renewal demonstrates that it has posted 
107.4 	the teacher position but was unable to hire an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3, or 4 license 
107.5 	for the position;
107.6 	(2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license took a content examination in accordance with 
107.7 	section 122A.185 and submitted the examination results to the teacher's employing district 
107.8 	or charter school within one year of the board approving the request for the initial Tier 1 
107.9 	license; and
107.10 	(3) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license participated in cultural competency training 
107.11 	consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q), within one year of the board 
107.12 	approving the request for the initial Tier 1 license.
107.13 	The requirement in clause (2) does not apply to a teacher that teaches a class in a career and 
107.14 	technical education or career pathways course of study.
107.15 	(c) A Tier 1 license must not be renewed more than three times one time, unless the 
107.16 	requesting district or charter school can show good cause for additional renewals. A Tier 1 
107.17 	license issued to teach (1) a class or course in a career and technical education or career 
107.18 	pathway course of study or (2) in a shortage area, as defined in section 122A.06, subdivision 
107.19 	6, may be renewed without limitation.

107.20 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
107.21 		Subd. 4.Application. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
107.22 	must accept applications for a Tier 1 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year 
107.23 	for which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 1 teaching license within 
107.24 	30 days of receiving the completed application.
107.25 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may accept applications 
107.26 	for a Tier 1 license from applicants requiring a work visa, including applications to renew 
107.27 	a Tier 1 license, before July 1.

107.28 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
107.29 		Subd. 5.Limitations on license. (a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter 
107.30 	indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, clause (2), and 
107.31 	limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 1 license.
108.1 	(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for 
108.2 	purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).
108.3 	(c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher under 
108.4 	section 179A.03, subdivision 18.

108.5 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
108.6 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
108.7 	Board must approve a request from a district or charter school to issue a Tier 2 license in a 
108.8 	specified content area to a candidate if:
108.9 	(1) the candidate meets the educational or professional requirements in paragraph (b) 
108.10 	or (c);
108.11 	(2) the candidate:
108.12 	(i) has completed the coursework required under subdivision 2;
108.13 	(ii) (i) is enrolled in a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program, including an 
108.14 	alternative preparation program under section 122A.2451, or a state-approved teacher 
108.15 	preparation program if no licensure program exists in Minnesota; or
108.16 	(iii) has a master's degree in the specified content area (ii) has completed a state-approved 
108.17 	teacher preparation program but does not meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license; and
108.18 	(3) the district or charter school demonstrates that a criminal background check under 
108.19 	section 122A.18, subdivision 8, has been completed on the candidate.
108.20 	(b) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have a bachelor's degree to teach a class outside 
108.21 	a career and technical education or career pathways course of study.
108.22 	(c) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have one of the following credentials in a 
108.23 	relevant content area to teach a class or course in a career and technical education or career 
108.24 	pathways course of study:
108.25 	(1) an associate's degree;
108.26 	(2) a professional certification; or
108.27 	(3) five years of relevant work experience.

108.28 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
108.29 		Subd. 3.Term of license and renewal. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
108.30 	Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 2 license for a term of two years. A Tier 2 license 
109.1 	may be renewed threetwo times. Before a Tier 2 license is renewed for the first time, a 
109.2 	teacher holding a Tier 2 license must participate in cultural competency training consistent 
109.3 	with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q). The board must issue rules setting forth 
109.4 	the conditions for additional renewals after the initial license has been renewed threetwo 
109.5 	times.

109.6 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
109.7 		Subd. 4.Application. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
109.8 	must accept applications for a Tier 2 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year 
109.9 	for which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 2 teaching license within 
109.10 	30 days of receiving the completed application.
109.11 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may accept applications 
109.12 	for a Tier 2 license from applicants requiring a work visa, including applications to renew 
109.13 	a Tier 2 license, before July 1.

109.14 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.183, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
109.15 		Subd. 2.Coursework. A candidate for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework 
109.16 	requirement by demonstrating one of the following:
109.17 	(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;
109.18 	(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific 
109.19 	student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher 
109.20 	preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to a 
109.21 	candidate that has two years of teaching experience;
109.22 	(3) submission of a content-specific licensure portfolio; or
109.23 	(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the candidate's 
109.24 	license is in good standing, and two years of teaching experience; or.
109.25 	(5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative 
109.26 	teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an 
109.27 	improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section 122A.41, 
109.28 	subdivision 5.

109.29 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.183, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
109.30 		Subd. 4.Mentorship and evaluation. A teacher holding a Tier 3 license must participate 
109.31 	in the employing district or charter school'sa mentorship and evaluation program, including 
110.1 	an individual growth and development plan. A teacher holding a Tier 3 license may satisfy 
110.2 	the mentorship requirement by participating in a mentorship program during the teacher's 
110.3 	first year in a new district or charter school, including a school year when the teacher held 
110.4 	a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license. No teacher holding a Tier 3 license may be required to serve as 
110.5 	a mentor to another teacher in order to fulfill this requirement.

110.6 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.184, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
110.7 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
110.8 	Board must issue a Tier 4 license to a candidate who provides information sufficient to 
110.9 	demonstrate all of the following:
110.10 	(1) the candidate meets all requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183, 
110.11 	and has completed a teacher preparation program under section 122A.183, subdivision 2, 
110.12 	clause (1) or (2);
110.13 	(2) the candidate has at least three years of teaching experience in Minnesota; and
110.14 	(3) the candidate has obtained a passing score on all required licensure exams under 
110.15 	section 122A.185; and.
110.16 	(4) the candidate's most recent summative teacher evaluation did not result in placing 
110.17 	or otherwise keeping the teacher in an improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, 
110.18 	subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.

110.19 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.184, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
110.20 		Subd. 3.Mentorship and evaluation. A teacher holding a Tier 4 license must participate 
110.21 	in the employing district or charter school'sa mentorship and evaluation program, including 
110.22 	an individual growth and development plan. A teacher holding a Tier 4 license may satisfy 
110.23 	the mentorship requirement by participating in a mentorship program during the teacher's 
110.24 	first year in a new district or charter school, including a school year when the teacher held 
110.25 	a Tier 1, 2, or 3 license. No teacher holding a Tier 4 license may be required to serve as a 
110.26 	mentor to another teacher in order to fulfill this requirement.

110.27 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.185, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
110.28 		Subdivision 1.Tests. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
110.29 	must adopt rules requiring a candidate to demonstrate a passing score on a board-adopted 
110.30 	examination of skills in reading, writing, and mathematics before being granted a Tier 4 
110.31 	teaching license under section 122A.184 to provide direct instruction to pupils in elementary, 
111.1 	secondary, or special education programs. The board must grant a Tier 4 license to a 
111.2 	candidate with a Tier 3 license whose employing school district or charter school verifies 
111.3 	the candidate's skills in reading, writing, and mathematics for teaching in the licensure field. 
111.4 	Candidates may obtain a Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 license to provide direct instruction to 
111.5 	pupils in elementary, secondary, or special education programs if candidates meet the other 
111.6 	requirements in section 122A.181, 122A.182, or 122A.183, respectively.
111.7 	(b) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses to 
111.8 	pass an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure field 
111.9 	specific content. The content examination requirement does not apply if no relevant content 
111.10 	exam exists.
111.11 	(c) Candidates for initial Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses to teach elementary students must 
111.12 	pass test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive, 
111.13 	scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, knowledge 
111.14 	and understanding of the foundations of reading development, development of reading 
111.15 	comprehension and reading assessment and instruction, and the ability to integrate that 
111.16 	knowledge and understanding into instruction strategies under section 122A.06, subdivision 
111.17 	4.
111.18 	(d) The requirement to pass a board-adopted reading, writing, and mathematics skills 
111.19 	examination does not apply to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified Minnesota 
111.20 	school district personnel or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting the 
111.21 	content and pedagogy requirements under this subdivision, apply for a teaching license to 
111.22 	provide direct instruction in their native language or world language instruction under section 
111.23 	120B.022, subdivision 1.
111.24 	(e) The board must analyze the use of untimed tests and work with the testing vendor 
111.25 	to ensure reasonable access to untimed testing sites.

111.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

111.27 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
111.28 		Subd. 3.Professional growth. (a) Applicants for license renewal for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 
111.29 	license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, who have been employed as 
111.30 	a teacher during the renewal period of the expiring license, as a condition of license renewal, 
111.31 	must present to their local continuing education and relicensure committee or other local 
111.32 	relicensure committee evidence of work that demonstrates professional reflection and growth 
111.33 	in best teaching practices, including among other things, cultural competence in accordance 
112.1 	with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q), and practices in meeting the varied 
112.2 	needs of English learners, from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions 
112.3 	2 and 2a. A teacher may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by submitting the teacher's 
112.4 	most recent summative evaluation or improvement plan under section 122A.40, subdivision 
112.5 	8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.
112.6 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must ensure that its teacher 
112.7 	relicensing requirements include paragraph (a).

112.8 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, is amended by adding a subdivision 
112.9 	to read:
112.10 		Subd. 7.Cultural competency training. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
112.11 	Standards Board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing a Tier 
112.12 	3 or Tier 4 teaching license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, to include 
112.13 	in the renewal requirements cultural competency training and meeting the varied needs of 
112.14 	English learners from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 
112.15 	2a.

112.16 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, is amended by adding a subdivision 
112.17 	to read:
112.18 		Subd. 8.Background check. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
112.19 	must obtain a criminal background check on a licensed teacher applying for a renewal 
112.20 	license. The background check must include a search of records from the Bureau of Criminal 
112.21 	Apprehension.

112.22 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
112.23 		Subd. 4.Teacher preparation programs. (a) For the purpose of licensing bilingual 
112.24 	and English as a second language teachers, the board may approve teacher preparation 
112.25 	programs at colleges or universities designed for their training.
112.26 	(b) Programs that prepare English as a second language teachers must provide instruction 
112.27 	in implementing research-based practices designed specifically for English learners. The 
112.28 	programs must focus on developing English learners' academic language proficiency in 
112.29 	English, including oral academic language, giving English learners meaningful access to 
112.30 	the full school curriculum, developing culturally relevant teaching practices appropriate for 
112.31 	immigrant students, and providing more intensive instruction and resources to English 
113.1 	learners with lower levels of academic English proficiency and varied needs, consistent 
113.2 	with section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a.

113.3 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
113.4 		Subdivision 1.Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial. (a) The Professional 
113.5 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School Administrators, whichever 
113.6 	has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, may, on the written complaint of the school board 
113.7 	employing a teacher, a teacher organization, or any other interested person, refuse to issue, 
113.8 	refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a teacher's license to teach for any of the following 
113.9 	causes:
113.10 	(1) immoral character or conduct;
113.11 	(2) failure, without justifiable cause, to teach for the term of the teacher's contract;
113.12 	(3) gross inefficiency or willful neglect of duty;
113.13 	(4) failure to meet licensure requirements; or
113.14 	(5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license; or
113.15 	(6) engagement in any sexual conduct or contact with a student.
113.16 	The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges. The board 
113.17 	may issue nondisciplinary action for violations related to the teacher's mental health, chemical 
113.18 	dependency, contract violations, or other offenses that do not meet the criteria for suspension 
113.19 	or revocation of the license.
113.20 	(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School 
113.21 	Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, shall refuse to issue, 
113.22 	refuse to renew, or automatically revoke a teacher's license to teach without the right to a 
113.23 	hearing upon receiving a certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been 
113.24 	convicted of:
113.25 	(1) child abuse, as defined in section 609.185, provided that a conviction for a violation 
113.26 	of section 609.224, subdivisions 1 and 2, assault in the fifth degree, or 609.2242, subdivisions 
113.27 	1 and 2, domestic assault, must not result in the automatic revocation of a teacher's license;
113.28 	(2) sex trafficking in the first degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1,;
113.29 	(3) sex trafficking in the second degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1a,;
114.1 	(4) engaging in hiring, or agreeing to hire a minor to engage in prostitution, or housing 
114.2 	an unrelated minor engaged in prostitution under section 609.324, subdivisionsubdivisions 
114.3 	1, and 1a;
114.4 	(5) criminal sexual abuseconduct under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345,
114.5 	or609.3451, subdivision 3, or;
114.6 	(6) indecent exposure under section 617.23, subdivisionsubdivisions 2 and 3,;
114.7 	(7) solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of sexually 
114.8 	explicit materials to children under section 609.352,;
114.9 	(8) interference with privacy under section 609.746 or stalking under section 609.749
114.10 	and the victim was a minor,;
114.11 	(9) using minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246,;
114.12 	(10) possessing pornographic works involving a minor under section 617.247,; or
114.13 	(11) any other offense not listed in this paragraph that requires the person to register as 
114.14 	a predatory offender under section 243.166, or a crime under a similar law of another state 
114.15 	or the United States. The board shall send notice of this licensing action to the district in 
114.16 	which the teacher is currently employed.
114.17 	(c) A person whose license to teach has been revoked, not issued, or not renewed under 
114.18 	paragraph (b), may petition the board to reconsider the licensing action if the person's 
114.19 	conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse is reversed by a final decision of the court of 
114.20 	appeals or the supreme court or if the person has received a pardon for the offense. The 
114.21 	petitioner shall attach a certified copy of the appellate court's final decision or the pardon 
114.22 	to the petition. Upon receiving the petition and its attachment, the board shall schedule and 
114.23 	hold a disciplinary hearing on the matter under section 214.10, subdivision 2, unless the 
114.24 	petitioner waives the right to a hearing. If the board finds that, notwithstanding the reversal 
114.25 	of the petitioner's criminal conviction or the issuance of a pardon, the petitioner is disqualified 
114.26 	from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), the board shall affirm its previous licensing 
114.27 	action. If the board finds that the petitioner is not disqualified from teaching under paragraph 
114.28 	(a), clause (1), it shall reverse its previous licensing action.
114.29 	(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School 
114.30 	Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, must review and may 
114.31 	refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or revoke a teacher's license to teach, upon receiving a 
114.32 	certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been convicted of:
115.1 	(1) a qualified, domestic violence-related offense as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 
115.2 	16; or
115.3 	(2) embezzlement of public funds under section 609.54, clause (1) or (2).
115.4 	If an offense included in clause (1) or (2) is already included in paragraph (b), the provisions 
115.5 	of paragraph (b) apply to the conduct.
115.6 	(e) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School 
115.7 	Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, may suspend a teacher's 
115.8 	license pending an investigation into a report of conduct that would be grounds for revocation 
115.9 	under paragraph (b). The teacher's license is suspended until the licensing board completes 
115.10 	its disciplinary investigation and determines whether disciplinary action is necessary.
115.11 	(f) For purposes of this subdivision, The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
115.12 	Board is delegated the authority to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.

115.13 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
115.14 		Subd. 2.Mandatory reporting. (a) A school board, a superintendent, a charter school 
115.15 	board, a charter school executive director, or a charter school authorizer must report to the 
115.16 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Board of School Administrators, 
115.17 	or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, whichever has 
115.18 	jurisdiction over the teacher's or administrator's license, when its teacher or administrator 
115.19 	is discharged or resigns from employment after a charge is filed with the school board under 
115.20 	section 122A.41, subdivisions 6, clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7, or after charges are filed 
115.21 	that are grounds for discharge under section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses 
115.22 	(1) to (5), or when a teacher or administrator is suspended or resigns while an investigation 
115.23 	is pending under section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5); 122A.41, 
115.24 	subdivisions 6, clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556, or when a teacher or administrator 
115.25 	is suspended without an investigation under section 122A.41, subdivisions 6, paragraph (a), 
115.26 	clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556. The report must be made to the appropriate 
115.27 	licensing board within ten days after the discharge, suspension, or resignation has occurred. 
115.28 	The licensing board to which the report is made must investigate the report for violation of 
115.29 	subdivision 1 and the reporting board, administrator, or authorizer must cooperate in the 
115.30 	investigation. Notwithstanding any provision in chapter 13 or any law to the contrary, upon 
115.31 	written request from the licensing board having jurisdiction over the license, a board, charter 
115.32 	school, authorizer, charter school executive director, or school superintendent shall provide 
115.33 	the licensing board with information about the teacher or administrator from the district's 
115.34 	files, any termination or disciplinary proceeding, any settlement or compromise, or any 
116.1 	investigative file. Upon written request from the appropriate licensing board, a board or 
116.2 	school superintendent may, at the discretion of the board or school superintendent, solicit 
116.3 	the written consent of a student and the student's parent to provide the licensing board with 
116.4 	information that may aid the licensing board in its investigation and license proceedings. 
116.5 	The licensing board's request need not identify a student or parent by name. The consent 
116.6 	of the student and the student's parent must meet the requirements of chapter 13 and Code 
116.7 	of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.30. The licensing board may provide a consent 
116.8 	form to the district. Any data transmitted to any board under this section is private data 
116.9 	under section 13.02, subdivision 12, notwithstanding any other classification of the data 
116.10 	when it was in the possession of any other agency.
116.11 	(b) The licensing board to which a report is made must transmit to the Attorney General's 
116.12 	Office any record or data it receives under this subdivision for the sole purpose of having 
116.13 	the Attorney General's Office assist that board in its investigation. When the Attorney 
116.14 	General's Office has informed an employee of the appropriate licensing board in writing 
116.15 	that grounds exist to suspend or revoke a teacher's license to teach, that licensing board 
116.16 	must consider suspending or revoking or decline to suspend or revoke the teacher's or 
116.17 	administrator's license within 45 days of receiving a stipulation executed by the teacher or 
116.18 	administrator under investigation or a recommendation from an administrative law judge 
116.19 	that disciplinary action be taken.
116.20 	(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and Board of School 
116.21 	Administrators must report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities a revocation, 
116.22 	suspension, or agreement involving a loss of license, relating to a teacher or administrator's 
116.23 	inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor. For purposes of this section, "law enforcement 
116.24 	authority" means a police department, county sheriff, or tribal police department. A report 
116.25 	by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to appropriate law enforcement 
116.26 	authorities does not diminish, modify, or otherwise affect the responsibilities of a school 
116.27 	board or any person mandated to report abuse under section 626.556.

116.28 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.21, is amended to read:
116.29 	122A.21 TEACHERS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' LICENSES; FEES.
116.30 		Subdivision 1.Licensure applications. Each applicant submitting an application to the 
116.31 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to issue, renew, or extend a teaching 
116.32 	license, including applications for licensure via portfolio under subdivision 2 4, must include 
116.33 	a processing fee of $57. The processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of 
116.34 	supervisory personnel must be paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board and 
117.1 	deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund. The fees as set by 
117.2 	the board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, the 
117.3 	commissioner of management and budget must refund a fee in any case in which the applicant 
117.4 	already holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce fees for applicants 
117.5 	who apply at the same time for more than one license.
117.6 		Subd. 3.Annual appropriations. (a) The amounts collected under subdivision 2 4 and 
117.7 	deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund are annually 
117.8 	appropriated to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
117.9 	(b) The appropriations in paragraph (a) must be reduced by the amount of any money 
117.10 	specifically appropriated for the same purposes in any year from any state fund.
117.11 		Subd. 4.Licensure via portfolio. A candidate must pay to the Professional Educator 
117.12 	Licensing and Standards Board a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and 
117.13 	a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The Professional Educator Licensing 
117.14 	and Standards Board executive secretary must deposit the fee in the educator licensure 
117.15 	account in the special revenue fund. The fees are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying 
117.16 	for a license. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may waive or 
117.17 	reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.

117.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

117.19 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.22, is amended to read:
117.20 	122A.22 DISTRICT VERIFICATION AND REPORTING OF TEACHER 
117.21 	LICENSES.
117.22 		Subdivision 1.Verification. No person shall be accounted a qualified teacher until the 
117.23 	school district or charter school contracting with the person for teaching services verifies 
117.24 	through the Minnesota education licensing system available on the Professional Educator 
117.25 	Licensing and Standards Board website that the person is a qualified teacher, consistent 
117.26 	with sections 122A.16 and 122A.44, subdivision 1.
117.27 		Subd. 2.Reporting. No later than October 1 of each school year, the superintendent or 
117.28 	charter school must provide the school board with the number of teachers in each school 
117.29 	building who hold Tier 1, 2, 3, and 4 licenses. The school board and the Professional Educator 
117.30 	Licensing and Standards Board must publish this data on their respective websites no later 
117.31 	than January of each school year.

118.1 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
118.2 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. (a) A person who teaches in a community education program 
118.3 	whichthat qualifies for aid pursuant to section 124D.52 shall continue to meet licensure 
118.4 	requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in an early childhood and family education 
118.5 	program whichthat is offered through a community education program and whichthat 
118.6 	qualifies for community education aid pursuant to section 124D.20 or early childhood and 
118.7 	family education aid pursuant to section 124D.135 shall continue to meet licensure 
118.8 	requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in a community education course which
118.9 	that is offered for credit for graduation to persons under 18 years of age shall continue to 
118.10 	meet licensure requirements as a teacher.
118.11 	(b) A person who teaches a driver training course whichthat is offered through a 
118.12 	community education program to persons under 18 years of age shall be licensed by the 
118.13 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or be subject to section 171.35. A 
118.14 	license whichthat is required for an instructor in a community education program pursuant 
118.15 	to this subdivisionparagraph shall not be construed to bring an individual within the 
118.16 	definition of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, 
118.17 	subdivision 1, clauseparagraph (a).

118.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

118.19 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
118.20 		Subd. 8.Development, evaluation, and peer coaching for continuing contract 
118.21 	teachers. (a) To improve student learning and success, a school board and an exclusive 
118.22 	representative of the teachers in the district, consistent with paragraph (b), may develop a 
118.23 	teacher evaluation and peer review process for probationary and continuing contract teachers 
118.24 	through joint agreement. If a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers 
118.25 	do not agree to an annual teacher evaluation and peer review process, then the school board 
118.26 	and the exclusive representative of the teachers must implement the state teacher evaluation 
118.27 	plan under paragraph (c). The process must include having trained observers serve as peer 
118.28 	coaches or having teachers participate in professional learning communities, consistent with 
118.29 	paragraph (b).
118.30 	(b) To develop, improve, and support qualified teachers and effective teaching practices, 
118.31 	improve student learning and success, and provide all enrolled students in a district or school 
118.32 	with improved and equitable access to more effective and diverse teachers, the annual 
118.33 	evaluation process for teachers:
119.1 	(1) must, for probationary teachers, provide for all evaluations required under subdivision 
119.2 	5;
119.3 	(2) must establish a three-year professional review cycle for each teacher that includes 
119.4 	an individual growth and development plan, a peer review process, and at least one 
119.5 	summative evaluation performed by a qualified and trained evaluator such as a school 
119.6 	administrator. For the years when a tenured teacher is not evaluated by a qualified and 
119.7 	trained evaluator, the teacher must be evaluated by a peer review;
119.8 	(3) must be based on professional teaching standards established in rule;
119.9 	(4) must coordinate staff development activities under sections 122A.60 and 122A.61 
119.10 	with this evaluation process and teachers' evaluation outcomes;
119.11 	(5) may provide time during the school day and school year for peer coaching and teacher 
119.12 	collaboration;
119.13 	(6) may include job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional learning 
119.14 	communities;
119.15 	(7) may include mentoring and induction programs for teachers, including teachers who 
119.16 	are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in the district or 
119.17 	school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, 
119.18 	paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;
119.19 	(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio demonstrating 
119.20 	evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section 122A.187, subdivision 
119.21 	3, and include teachers' own performance assessment based on student work samples and 
119.22 	examples of teachers' work, which may include video among other activities for the 
119.23 	summative evaluation;
119.24 	(9) must use data from valid and reliable assessments aligned to state and local academic 
119.25 	standards and must use state and local measures of student growth and literacy that may 
119.26 	include value-added models or student learning goals to determine 35 percent of teacher 
119.27 	evaluation results;
119.28 	(10) must use longitudinal data on student engagement and connection, and other student 
119.29 	outcome measures explicitly aligned with the elements of curriculum for which teachers 
119.30 	are responsible, including academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of 
119.31 	content areas of English learners;
120.1 	(11) must require qualified and trained evaluators such as school administrators to 
120.2 	perform summative evaluations and ensure school districts and charter schools provide for 
120.3 	effective evaluator training specific to teacher development and evaluation;
120.4 	(12) must give teachers not meeting professional teaching standards under clauses (3) 
120.5 	through (11) support to improve through a teacher improvement process that includes 
120.6 	established goals and timelines; and
120.7 	(13) must discipline a teacher for not making adequate progress in the teacher 
120.8 	improvement process under clause (12) that may include a last chance warning, termination, 
120.9 	discharge, nonrenewal, transfer to a different position, a leave of absence, or other discipline 
120.10 	a school administrator determines is appropriate.
120.11 	Data on individual teachers generated under this subdivision are personnel data under 
120.12 	section 13.43. The observation and interview notes of peer coaches may only be disclosed 
120.13 	to other school officials with the consent of the teacher being coached.
120.14 	(c) The department, in consultation with parents who may represent parent organizations 
120.15 	and teacher and administrator representatives appointed by their respective organizations, 
120.16 	representing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Minnesota 
120.17 	Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota School Boards Association, the 
120.18 	Minnesota Elementary and Secondary Principals Associations, Education Minnesota, and 
120.19 	representatives of the Minnesota Assessment Group, the Minnesota Business Partnership, 
120.20 	the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and Minnesota postsecondary institutions with 
120.21 	research expertise in teacher evaluation, must create and publish a teacher evaluation process 
120.22 	that complies with the requirements in paragraph (b) and applies to all teachers under this 
120.23 	section and section 122A.41 for whom no agreement exists under paragraph (a) for an annual 
120.24 	teacher evaluation and peer review process. The teacher evaluation process created under 
120.25 	this subdivision does not create additional due process rights for probationary teachers under 
120.26 	subdivision 5.
120.27 	(d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:
120.28 	(1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not place 
120.29 	or approve the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who holds a Tier 1 or 
120.30 	Tier 2 license, is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or 
120.31 	has not had a summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom 
120.32 	of a teacher who received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause (13), unless no other 
120.33 	teacher at the school teaches that grade; and
121.1 	(2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place or approve 
121.2 	the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who holds a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license, 
121.3 	is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or has not had a 
121.4 	summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom of a teacher 
121.5 	who held a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license or received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause 
121.6 	(13), unless no other teacher at the school teaches that subject area and grade.
121.7 	All data created and used under this paragraph retains its classification under chapter 13.

121.8 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.41, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
121.9 		Subd. 5.Development, evaluation, and peer coaching for continuing contract 
121.10 	teachers. (a) To improve student learning and success, a school board and an exclusive 
121.11 	representative of the teachers in the district, consistent with paragraph (b), may develop an 
121.12 	annual teacher evaluation and peer review process for probationary and nonprobationary 
121.13 	teachers through joint agreement. If a school board and the exclusive representative of the 
121.14 	teachers in the district do not agree to an annual teacher evaluation and peer review process, 
121.15 	then the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers must implement the 
121.16 	state teacher evaluation plan developed under paragraph (c). The process must include 
121.17 	having trained observers serve as peer coaches or having teachers participate in professional 
121.18 	learning communities, consistent with paragraph (b).
121.19 	(b) To develop, improve, and support qualified teachers and effective teaching practices 
121.20 	and improve student learning and success, and provide all enrolled students in a district or 
121.21 	school with improved and equitable access to more effective and diverse teachers, the annual 
121.22 	evaluation process for teachers:
121.23 	(1) must, for probationary teachers, provide for all evaluations required under subdivision 
121.24 	2;
121.25 	(2) must establish a three-year professional review cycle for each teacher that includes 
121.26 	an individual growth and development plan, a peer review process, and at least one 
121.27 	summative evaluation performed by a qualified and trained evaluator such as a school 
121.28 	administrator;
121.29 	(3) must be based on professional teaching standards established in rule;
121.30 	(4) must coordinate staff development activities under sections 122A.60 and 122A.61 
121.31 	with this evaluation process and teachers' evaluation outcomes;
121.32 	(5) may provide time during the school day and school year for peer coaching and teacher 
121.33 	collaboration;
122.1 	(6) may include job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional learning 
122.2 	communities;
122.3 	(7) may include mentoring and induction programs for teachers, including teachers who 
122.4 	are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in the district or 
122.5 	school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, 
122.6 	paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;
122.7 	(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio demonstrating 
122.8 	evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section 122A.187, subdivision 
122.9 	3, and include teachers' own performance assessment based on student work samples and 
122.10 	examples of teachers' work, which may include video among other activities for the 
122.11 	summative evaluation;
122.12 	(9) must use data from valid and reliable assessments aligned to state and local academic 
122.13 	standards and must use state and local measures of student growth and literacy that may 
122.14 	include value-added models or student learning goals to determine 35 percent of teacher 
122.15 	evaluation results;
122.16 	(10) must use longitudinal data on student engagement and connection and other student 
122.17 	outcome measures explicitly aligned with the elements of curriculum for which teachers 
122.18 	are responsible, including academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of 
122.19 	English learners;
122.20 	(11) must require qualified and trained evaluators such as school administrators to 
122.21 	perform summative evaluations and ensure school districts and charter schools provide for 
122.22 	effective evaluator training specific to teacher development and evaluation;
122.23 	(12) must give teachers not meeting professional teaching standards under clauses (3) 
122.24 	through (11) support to improve through a teacher improvement process that includes 
122.25 	established goals and timelines; and
122.26 	(13) must discipline a teacher for not making adequate progress in the teacher 
122.27 	improvement process under clause (12) that may include a last chance warning, termination, 
122.28 	discharge, nonrenewal, transfer to a different position, a leave of absence, or other discipline 
122.29 	a school administrator determines is appropriate.
122.30 	Data on individual teachers generated under this subdivision are personnel data under 
122.31 	section 13.43. The observation and interview notes of peer coaches may only be disclosed 
122.32 	to other school officials with the consent of the teacher being coached.
123.1 	(c) The department, in consultation with parents who may represent parent organizations 
123.2 	and teacher and administrator representatives appointed by their respective organizations, 
123.3 	representing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Minnesota 
123.4 	Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota School Boards Association, the 
123.5 	Minnesota Elementary and Secondary Principals Associations, Education Minnesota, and 
123.6 	representatives of the Minnesota Assessment Group, the Minnesota Business Partnership, 
123.7 	the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and Minnesota postsecondary institutions with 
123.8 	research expertise in teacher evaluation, must create and publish a teacher evaluation process 
123.9 	that complies with the requirements in paragraph (b) and applies to all teachers under this 
123.10 	section and section 122A.40 for whom no agreement exists under paragraph (a) for an annual 
123.11 	teacher evaluation and peer review process. The teacher evaluation process created under 
123.12 	this subdivision does not create additional due process rights for probationary teachers under 
123.13 	subdivision 2.
123.14 	(d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:
123.15 	(1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not place 
123.16 	or approve the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who holds a Tier 1 or 
123.17 	Tier 2 license, is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or 
123.18 	has not had a summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom 
123.19 	of a teacher who received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause (13), unless no other 
123.20 	teacher at the school teaches that grade; and
123.21 	(2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place or approve 
123.22 	the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who holds a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license, 
123.23 	is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or has not had a 
123.24 	summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom of a teacher 
123.25 	who held a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license or received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause 
123.26 	(13), unless no other teacher at the school teaches that subject area and grade.
123.27 	All data created and used under this paragraph retains its classification under chapter 13.

123.28 	Sec. 43. [122A.59] COME TEACH IN MINNESOTA HIRING BONUSES.
123.29 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of education must establish a program 
123.30 	to reimburse school districts for hiring bonuses paid to licensed teachers from other states 
123.31 	in order to meet staffing needs in shortage areas.
124.1 		Subd. 2.Teacher eligibility. (a) The commissioner must require a school district applying 
124.2 	for reimbursement for a hiring bonus of up to $5,000 under this section to demonstrate that 
124.3 	a teacher that received the hiring bonus:
124.4 	(1) was issued a Tier 3 teaching license under section 122A.183;
124.5 	(2) moved to the economic development region in Minnesota where the school district 
124.6 	is located, notwithstanding section 122A.40, subdivision 3; and
124.7 	(3) belongs to a racial or ethnic group that is underrepresented among teachers compared 
124.8 	to students in the district or school based on the categories listed in section 120B.35, 
124.9 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2).
124.10 	(b) The commissioner must require a school district applying for reimbursement for a 
124.11 	hiring bonus of up to $8,000 under this section to demonstrate that a teacher that received 
124.12 	the hiring bonus met the eligibility criteria in paragraph (a) and has a field license in a 
124.13 	licensure field reported by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as 
124.14 	experiencing a teacher shortage.
124.15 		Subd. 3.Bonus payment. A school district must pay a teacher eligible for a bonus under 
124.16 	subdivision 2 half of the bonus at the time the teacher begins employment and the other 
124.17 	half after the teacher has completed four years of service in the hiring district. A teacher 
124.18 	who does not complete one school year of employment with the hiring school district must 
124.19 	repay the district the hiring bonus.

124.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for collective bargaining agreements 
124.21 	contracts effective July 1, 2019, and thereafter.

124.22 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
124.23 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) A grant program is established to assist American 
124.24 	Indian people to become teachers and to provide additional education for American Indian 
124.25 	teachers. The commissioner may award a joint grant to each of the following:
124.26 	(1) the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota and Independent School District 
124.27 	No. 709, Duluth;
124.28 	(2) Bemidji State University and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake;
124.29 	(3) Moorhead State University and one of the school districts located within the White 
124.30 	Earth Reservation; and
124.31 	(4) Augsburg College, Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, and Special School 
124.32 	District No. 1, Minneapolis.
125.1 	(b) If additional funds are available, the commissioner may award additional joint grants 
125.2 	to other postsecondary institutions and school districts.
125.3 	(c) Grantees may enter into contracts with tribal, technical, and community colleges and 
125.4 	four-year postsecondary institutions to identify and provide grants to students at those 
125.5 	institutions interested in the field of education. A grantee may contract with partner 
125.6 	institutions to provide professional development and supplemental services to a tribal, 
125.7 	technical, or community college or four-year postsecondary institution, including identifying 
125.8 	prospective students, providing instructional supplies and materials, and providing grant 
125.9 	money to students. A contract with a tribal, technical, or community college or four-year 
125.10 	postsecondary institution includes coordination of student identification, professional 
125.11 	development, and mentorship services.

125.12 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
125.13 		Subd. 4.Grant amount. The commissioner may award a joint grant in the amount it 
125.14 	determines to be appropriate. The grant shall include money for the postsecondary institution, 
125.15 	school district, and student scholarships, and student loans grants.

125.16 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
125.17 		Subd. 5.Information to student applicants. At the time a student applies for a 
125.18 	scholarship and loan, the student shall must be provided information about the fields of 
125.19 	licensure needed by school districts in the part of the state within which the district receiving 
125.20 	the joint grant is located. The information shall must be acquired and periodically updated 
125.21 	by the recipients of the joint grant and their contracted partner institutions. Information 
125.22 	provided to students shall must clearly state that scholarship and loan decisions are not 
125.23 	based upon the field of licensure selected by the student.

125.24 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
125.25 		Subd. 6.Eligibility for scholarships and loans. (a) The following American Indian 
125.26 	people are eligible for scholarships:
125.27 	(1) a student having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and 
125.28 	maintaining cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition;
125.29 	(1) (2) a student, including a teacher aide employed by a district receiving a joint grant
125.30 	or their contracted partner school, who intends to become a teacher or who is interested in 
125.31 	the field of education and who is enrolled in a postsecondary institution or their contracted 
125.32 	partner institutions receiving a joint grant;
126.1 	(2) (3) a licensed employee of a district receiving a joint grant or a contracted partner 
126.2 	institution, who is enrolled in a master of education program; and
126.3 	(3) (4) a student who, after applying for federal and state financial aid and an American
126.4 	Indian scholarship according to section 136A.126, has financial needs that remain unmet. 
126.5 	Financial need shall must be determined according to the congressional methodology for 
126.6 	needs determination or as otherwise set in federal law.
126.7 	A person who has actual living expenses in addition to those addressed by the 
126.8 	congressional methodology for needs determination, or as otherwise set in federal law, may 
126.9 	receive a loan according to criteria established by the commissioner. A contract shall be 
126.10 	executed between the state and the student for the amount and terms of the loan.
126.11 	(b) Priority must be given to a student who is tribally enrolled and then to first- and 
126.12 	second-generation descendants.

126.13 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, is amended by adding a subdivision 
126.14 	to read:
126.15 		Subd. 9.Eligible programming. (a) The grantee institutions and their contracted partner 
126.16 	institutions may provide scholarships to students progressing toward educational goals in 
126.17 	any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree 
126.18 	in the following:
126.19 	(1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
126.20 	(2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
126.21 	(3) elementary and secondary education;
126.22 	(4) school administration; or
126.23 	(5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in 
126.24 	prekindergarten through grade 12.
126.25 	(b) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must 
126.26 	agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study 
126.27 	student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact 
126.28 	persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to 
126.29 	high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
126.30 	(c) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student 
126.31 	scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used 
126.32 	for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.

127.1 	Sec. 49. [122A.635] COLLABORATIVE URBAN AND GREATER MINNESOTA 
127.2 	EDUCATORS OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM.
127.3 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
127.4 	Board must award competitive grants to increase the number of teacher candidates of color 
127.5 	or who are American Indian, and meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 
127.6 	122A.183. Eligibility for a grant under this section is limited to public or private higher 
127.7 	education institutions that offer a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional 
127.8 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
127.9 		Subd. 2.Competitive grants. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
127.10 	Board must award competitive grants under this section based on the following criteria:
127.11 	(1) the number of teacher candidates being supported in the program who are of color 
127.12 	or who are American Indian;
127.13 	(2) program outcomes, including graduation or program completion rates, licensure 
127.14 	rates, and placement rates and, for each outcome measure, the number of those teacher 
127.15 	candidates of color or who are American Indian; and
127.16 	(3) the percent of racially and ethnically diverse teacher candidates enrolled in the 
127.17 	institution compared to:
127.18 	(i) the total percent of students of color and American Indian students enrolled at the 
127.19 	institution, regardless of major; and
127.20 	(ii) the percent of underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the 
127.21 	economic development region of the state where the institution is located and where a 
127.22 	shortage of diverse teachers exists, as reported under section 127A.05, subdivision 6, or 
127.23 	122A.091, subdivision 5.
127.24 	(b) The board must give priority in awarding grants under this section to institutions that 
127.25 	received grants under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, 
127.26 	subdivision 27, and have demonstrated continuing success at recruiting, retaining, graduating, 
127.27 	and inducting teacher candidates of color or who are American Indian. If the board awards 
127.28 	a competitive grant based on the criteria in paragraph (a) to a program that has not previously 
127.29 	received funding, the board must thereafter give priority to the program equivalent to other 
127.30 	programs given priority under this paragraph.
127.31 	(c) The board must determine award amounts for maintenance and expansion of programs 
127.32 	based on the number of candidates supported by an applicant program, sustaining support 
127.33 	for those candidates, and funds available.
128.1 		Subd. 3.Grant program administration. The Professional Educator Licensing and 
128.2 	Standards Board may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of Higher 
128.3 	Education. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher Education 
128.4 	to help establish and administer the competitive grant process. The board must award grants 
128.5 	to institutions located in various economic development regions throughout the state, but 
128.6 	must not predetermine the number of institutions to be awarded grants under this section 
128.7 	or set a limit for the amount that any one institution may receive as part of the competitive 
128.8 	grant application process. All grants must be awarded by August 15 of the fiscal year in 
128.9 	which the grants are to be used except that, for initial competitive grants awarded for fiscal 
128.10 	year 2020, grants must be awarded by September 15. An institution that receives a grant 
128.11 	under this section may use the grant funds over a two- to four-year period to support teacher 
128.12 	candidates.
128.13 		Subd. 4.Account established. A collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educator 
128.14 	of color account is created in the special revenue fund for depositing money appropriated 
128.15 	to or received by the board for the program. Money deposited in the account is appropriated 
128.16 	to the board, does not cancel, and is continuously available for grants under this section.
128.17 		Subd. 5.Report. (a) By January 15 of each year, an institution awarded a grant under 
128.18 	this section must prepare for the legislature and the board a detailed report regarding the 
128.19 	expenditure of grant funds, including the amounts used to recruit, retain, and induct teacher 
128.20 	candidates of color or who are American Indian. The report must include the total number 
128.21 	of teacher candidates of color, disaggregated by race or ethnic group, who are recruited to 
128.22 	the institution, are newly admitted to the licensure program, are enrolled in the licensure 
128.23 	program, have completed student teaching, have graduated, are licensed, and are newly 
128.24 	employed as Minnesota teachers in their licensure field. A grant recipient must report the 
128.25 	total number of teacher candidates of color or who are American Indian at each stage from 
128.26 	recruitment to licensed teaching as a percentage of total candidates seeking the same licensure 
128.27 	at the institution.
128.28 	(b) The board must post a report on its website summarizing the activities and outcomes 
128.29 	of grant recipients and results that promote sharing of effective practices among grant 
128.30 	recipients.

129.1 	Sec. 50. [122A.685] GROW YOUR OWN PATHWAYS TO TEACHER LICENSURE 
129.2 	GRANTS.
129.3 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of education must award grants under 
129.4 	this section to school districts and charter schools throughout Minnesota to develop or 
129.5 	expand Grow Your Own programs.
129.6 		Subd. 2.Definition. For purposes of this section, "Grow Your Own programs" means 
129.7 	programs within schools or districts in partnership with Professional Educator Licensing 
129.8 	and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation programs designed to provide a pathway 
129.9 	to teaching at any level from early childhood to secondary school for paraprofessionals, 
129.10 	cultural liaisons, or other nonlicensed employees.
129.11 		Subd. 3.Nonconventional teacher residency programs. (a) A school district, charter 
129.12 	school, or cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply for a grant under this 
129.13 	section to fund an established and effective Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
129.14 	Board-approved nonconventional teacher residency program. The program must provide 
129.15 	tuition scholarships or stipends to enable school district and charter school employees 
129.16 	seeking a teaching license who are of color or who are American Indian to participate in a 
129.17 	nonconventional teacher preparation program. If extra awarded grant funds are available, 
129.18 	programs may use remaining grant funds to provide tuition scholarships to employees who 
129.19 	are not persons of color or American Indian, who are seeking to teach in a licensure area 
129.20 	that is identified by the board as experiencing a shortage within the economic development 
129.21 	region where the program is located.
129.22 	(b) School districts and charter schools that receive funds under this subdivision must 
129.23 	have a program to recruit and retain candidates of color or who are American Indian and 
129.24 	have demonstrated that at least 50 percent of past participants in the residency programs 
129.25 	are persons of color or American Indian. The commissioner must give priority in awarding 
129.26 	grants to programs with the highest total numbers and percentages of participants of color 
129.27 	or who are American Indian and those that have a percentage of participants of color or 
129.28 	who are American Indian that meets or exceeds the overall percentage of students of color 
129.29 	or American Indian students in the district, school, or cooperative.
129.30 	(c) School districts and charter schools providing financial support to new teacher 
129.31 	candidates under this subdivision may require a commitment from the candidates, as 
129.32 	determined by each district or school, to teach in the district or school for a reasonable 
129.33 	amount of time not to exceed five years.
130.1 		Subd. 4.Expanded Grow Your Own programs. (a) School districts, charter schools, 
130.2 	or cooperatives as defined in section 123A.24, community-based organizations led by and 
130.3 	for communities of color or American Indian communities, and Head Start programs under 
130.4 	section 119A.50 may apply for grants under this subdivision to provide financial assistance, 
130.5 	mentoring, and other assistance to enable persons of color or who are American Indian to 
130.6 	become teachers.
130.7 	(b) Grants awarded under this subdivision must be used for:
130.8 	(1) tuition scholarships or stipends to eligible teaching assistants, cultural liaisons, or 
130.9 	other nonlicensed employees of color or who are American Indian and are enrolled in a 
130.10 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation program;
130.11 	(2) developing and implementing innovative school-based residency programs or other 
130.12 	programs emphasizing clinical experiences in a district, cooperative, or charter school for 
130.13 	nonlicensed employees of color or who are American Indian, and who seek a teaching 
130.14 	license in collaboration with a conventional or nonconventional Professional Educator 
130.15 	Licensing and Standards Board-approved program;
130.16 	(3) developing pathway programs that provide stipends and tuition scholarships to parents 
130.17 	and community members of color or who are American Indian to change careers and obtain 
130.18 	a Tier 3 license to teach in schools or other credential needed to teach in a Head Start 
130.19 	program; or
130.20 	(4) developing innovative programs that encourage secondary school students to pursue 
130.21 	teaching, including developing and offering dual-credit postsecondary course options in 
130.22 	schools for "Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses consistent 
130.23 	with section 124D.09, subdivision 10, and supporting future teacher clubs involving middle 
130.24 	and high school students of color or who are American Indian to have experiential learning 
130.25 	supporting the success of younger students or peers and to increase their interest in pursuing 
130.26 	a teaching career.
130.27 	(c) School districts, charter schools, and Head Start programs providing financial 
130.28 	assistance to individuals under this subdivision may require a commitment from the 
130.29 	individuals, as determined by each district or school, to teach in the district or school for a 
130.30 	reasonable amount of time not to exceed five years.
130.31 		Subd. 5.Grant procedure. (a) A school district, charter school, cooperative, or Head 
130.32 	Start program must apply for a grant under this section in the form and manner specified 
130.33 	by the commissioner of education. To be eligible, grant recipients must ensure that the 
130.34 	percentage of participants of color or who are American Indian is at least equivalent to the 
131.1 	percentage of students enrolled in the district, school, cooperative, or program who are of 
131.2 	color or American Indian. If a majority of students are of color or American Indian, then a 
131.3 	majority of participants in the program must be persons of color or American Indian. Priority 
131.4 	for awarding grants must be given to programs with the highest total numbers and percentages 
131.5 	of participants of color or American Indian.
131.6 	(b) For the 2019-2020 school year only, the commissioner must review all applications 
131.7 	for continuing grants from programs that received funding under Laws 2017, First Special 
131.8 	Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 23, by August 1, 2019, and must notify 
131.9 	grant recipients of the amount of the grants awarded by August 15, 2019.
131.10 	(c) For the 2020-2021 school year and later, grant applications for new and existing 
131.11 	programs must be received by the commissioner no later than December 1 of the year prior 
131.12 	to the school year in which the grant will be used. The commissioner must review all 
131.13 	applications and notify grant recipients by February 1 of the amount awarded.
131.14 	(d) Grant recipients must spend any amounts received under this section within 18 
131.15 	months of receiving the grant money.
131.16 		Subd. 6.Report. Grant recipients must annually report to the commissioner of education 
131.17 	by the date determined by the commissioner on their activities under this section, including 
131.18 	the number of participants, the percentage of participants of color or who are American 
131.19 	Indian, and an assessment of program effectiveness, including participant feedback, areas 
131.20 	for improvement, the percentage of participants continuing to pursue teacher licensure, and 
131.21 	the number of participants hired in the school or district as teachers after completing 
131.22 	preparation programs. The commissioner must post on the department's website a report 
131.23 	that summarizes the activities and outcomes of grant recipients and what was done to promote 
131.24 	sharing of effective practices among grant recipients.

131.25 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.70, is amended to read:
131.26 	122A.70 TEACHER MENTORSHIP AND RETENTION OF EFFECTIVE 
131.27 	TEACHERS.
131.28 		Subdivision 1.Teacher mentoring, induction, and retention programs. (a) School 
131.29 	districts are encouraged to develop teacher mentoring programs for teachers new to the 
131.30 	profession or district, including teaching residents, teachers of color, teachers who are 
131.31 	American Indian, teachers in license shortage areas, teachers with special needs, or 
131.32 	experienced teachers in need of peer coaching.
132.1 	(b) Teacher mentoring programs must be included in or aligned with districts' teacher 
132.2 	evaluation and peer review processes under sections 122A.40, subdivision 8, and 122A.41, 
132.3 	subdivision 5. A district may use staff development revenue under section 122A.61, special 
132.4 	grant programs established by the legislature, or another funding source to pay a stipend to 
132.5 	a mentor who may be a current or former teacher who has taught at least three years and is 
132.6 	not on an improvement plan. Other initiatives using such funds or funds available under 
132.7 	sections 124D.861 and 124D.862 may include:
132.8 	(1) additional stipends as incentives to mentors of color or who are American Indian;
132.9 	(2) financial supports for professional learning community affinity groups across schools 
132.10 	within and between districts for teachers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to 
132.11 	come together throughout the school year. For purposes of this section, "affinity groups" 
132.12 	are groups of educators who share a common racial or ethnic identity in society as persons 
132.13 	of color or who are American Indian;
132.14 	(3) programs for induction aligned with the district or school mentorship program during 
132.15 	the first three years of teaching, especially for teachers from underrepresented racial and 
132.16 	ethnic groups; or
132.17 	(4) grants supporting licensed and nonlicensed educator participation in professional 
132.18 	development, such as workshops and graduate courses, related to increasing student 
132.19 	achievement for students of color and American Indian students in order to close opportunity 
132.20 	and achievement gaps.
132.21 	(c) Schools or districts may negotiate additional retention strategies or protection from 
132.22 	unrequested leave of absences in the beginning years of employment for teachers of color 
132.23 	and teachers who are American Indian. Retention strategies may include providing financial 
132.24 	incentives for teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian to work in the school 
132.25 	or district for at least five years and placing American Indian educators at sites with other 
132.26 	American Indian educators and educators of color at sites with other educators of color to 
132.27 	reduce isolation and increase opportunity for collegial support.
132.28 		Subd. 2.Applications. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must 
132.29 	make application forms available to sites interested in developing or expanding a mentorship 
132.30 	program. A school district,; a group of school districts, or; a coalition of districts, teachers,
132.31 	and teacher education institutions; or a coalition of schools, teachers, or nonlicensed educators
132.32 	may apply for a teacher mentorship program grant. The Professional Educator Licensing 
132.33 	and Standards Board, in consultation with the teacher mentoring task force, must approve 
132.34 	or disapprove the applications. To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect 
133.1 	effective mentoring, professional development, and retention components, include a variety 
133.2 	of coalitions and be geographically distributed throughout the state. The Professional 
133.3 	Educator Licensing and Standards Board must encourage the selected sites to consider the 
133.4 	use of its assessment procedures.
133.5 		Subd. 3.Criteria for selection. At a minimum, applicants must express commitment 
133.6 	to:
133.7 	(1) allow staff participation;
133.8 	(2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers;
133.9 	(3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment;
133.10 	(4) provide leadership to the effort;
133.11 	(5) cooperate with higher education institutions;
133.12 	(6) provide facilities and other resources;
133.13 	(7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and
133.14 	(8) retain teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian.
133.15 		Subd. 4.Additional funding. Applicants are required to seek additional funding and 
133.16 	assistance from sources such as school districts, postsecondary institutions, foundations, 
133.17 	and the private sector.
133.18 		Subd. 5.Program implementation. New and expanding mentorship sites that are funded 
133.19 	to design, develop, implement, and evaluate their program must participate in activities that 
133.20 	support program development and implementation. The Professional Educator Licensing 
133.21 	and Standards Board must provide resources and assistance to support new sites in their 
133.22 	program efforts. These activities and services may include, but are not limited to: planning, 
133.23 	planning guides, media, training, conferences, institutes, and regional and statewide 
133.24 	networking meetings. Nonfunded schools or districts interested in getting started may 
133.25 	participate. Fees may be charged for meals, materials, and the like.
133.26 		Subd. 6.Report. By June 30 of each year after receiving a grant, recipients must submit 
133.27 	a report to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board on program efforts 
133.28 	that describes mentoring and induction activities and assesses the impact of these programs 
133.29 	on teacher effectiveness and retention.

134.1 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
134.2 		Subd. 10.Courses according to agreements. (a) An eligible pupil, according to 
134.3 	subdivision 5, may enroll in a nonsectarian course taught by a secondary teacher or a 
134.4 	postsecondary faculty member and offered at a secondary school, or another location, 
134.5 	according to an agreement between a public school board and the governing body of an 
134.6 	eligible public postsecondary system or an eligible private postsecondary institution, as 
134.7 	defined in subdivision 3. All provisions of this section shall apply to a pupil, public school 
134.8 	board, district, and the governing body of a postsecondary institution, except as otherwise 
134.9 	provided.
134.10 	(b) To encourage students, especially American Indian students and students of color, 
134.11 	to consider teaching as a profession, participating schools, school districts, and postsecondary 
134.12 	institutions are encouraged to develop and offer an "Introduction to Teaching" or 
134.13 	"Introduction to Education" course under this subdivision. An institution that receives a For 
134.14 	the purpose of applying for grants under this paragraph, "eligible institution" includes schools 
134.15 	and districts that partner with an accredited college or university in addition to postsecondary 
134.16 	institutions identified in subdivision 3, paragraph (a). Grant to develop a course recipients
134.17 	under this paragraph must annually report to the commissioner in a form and manner 
134.18 	determined by the commissioner on the participation rates of students in courses under this 
134.19 	paragraph, including the number of students who apply for admission to colleges or 
134.20 	universities with teacher preparation programs and the number of students of color and 
134.21 	American Indian students who earned postsecondary credit. Grant recipients must also 
134.22 	describe recruiting efforts intended to ensure that the percentage of participants of color or 
134.23 	who are American Indian meets or exceeds the overall percentage of students of color or 
134.24 	American Indian students in the school.

134.25 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.861, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
134.26 		Subd. 2.Plan implementation; components. (a) The school board of each eligible 
134.27 	district must formally develop and implement a long-term plan under this section. The plan 
134.28 	must be incorporated into the district's comprehensive strategic plan under section 120B.11. 
134.29 	Plan components may include:
134.30 	(1) innovative and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12 learning environments 
134.31 	that offer students school enrollment choices;
134.32 	(2) family engagement initiatives that involve families in their students' academic life 
134.33 	and success;
135.1 	(3) professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators focused on 
135.2 	improving the academic achievement of all students, including teachers and administrators 
135.3 	who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers or 
135.4 	administrators in the district or school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 
135.5 	120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;
135.6 	(4) increased programmatic opportunities and effective and more diverse instructors 
135.7 	focused on rigor and college and career readiness for underserved students, including students 
135.8 	enrolled in alternative learning centers under section 123A.05, public alternative programs 
135.9 	under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, and contract alternative programs under section 
135.10 	124D.69, among other underserved students; or
135.11 	(5) recruitment and retention of teachers and, administrators with diverse, cultural and 
135.12 	family liaisons, paraprofessionals, and other nonlicensed staff from racial and ethnic 
135.13 	backgrounds represented in the student population.
135.14 	(b) The plan must contain goals for:
135.15 	(1) reducing the disparities in academic achievement and in equitable access to effective 
135.16 	and more diverse teachers among all students and specific categories of students under 
135.17 	section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), excluding the student categories of gender, 
135.18 	disability, and English learners; and
135.19 	(2) increasing racial and economic diversity and integration in schools and districts.
135.20 	(c) The plan must include strategies to make schools' curricula and learning and work 
135.21 	environments more inclusive and respectful of students' racial and ethnic diversity and to 
135.22 	address issues of structural inequities in schools that create opportunity gaps and achievement 
135.23 	gaps for students, families, and staff who are of color or who are American Indian, and 
135.24 	program revenues may be used to implement such strategies. Examples of possible structural 
135.25 	inequities include but are not limited to policies and practices that unintentionally result in 
135.26 	disparate referrals and suspension, inequitable access to advanced coursework, 
135.27 	overrepresentation in lower level coursework, participation in cocurricular activities, parent 
135.28 	involvement, and lack of access to diverse teachers. Plans may include but are not limited 
135.29 	to the following activities that may involve collaboration with or support from regional 
135.30 	centers of excellence:
135.31 	(1) creating opportunities for students, families, staff, and community members of color 
135.32 	or who are American Indian to share their experiences in the school setting with school staff 
135.33 	and administration to develop specific proposals for improving school environments to be 
135.34 	more inclusive and respectful toward all students, families, and staff;
136.1 	(2) implementing creative programs for increased parent engagement and improving 
136.2 	relations between home and school;
136.3 	(3) developing or expanding ethnic studies course offerings to provide all students with 
136.4 	in-depth opportunities to learn about their own and others' cultures and historical experiences;
136.5 	(4) examining and revising curricula in various subjects to be culturally relevant and 
136.6 	inclusive of various racial and ethnic groups;
136.7 	(5) examining academic and discipline data, reexamining institutional policies and 
136.8 	practices that result in opportunity and achievement disparities between racial and ethnic 
136.9 	groups, and making necessary changes that increase access, meaningful participation, 
136.10 	representation, and positive outcomes for students of color, American Indian students, and 
136.11 	students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch;
136.12 	(6) providing professional development opportunities to learn more about various racial 
136.13 	and ethnic groups' experiences, assets, and issues and developing cross-cultural competence 
136.14 	with knowledge, collaborations, and relationships needed to serve students effectively who 
136.15 	are from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds; and
136.16 	(7) hiring more cultural liaisons to strengthen relationships with students, families, and 
136.17 	other members of the community.
136.18 	(b) (d) Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement effective, 
136.19 	research-based interventions that include formative assessment practices to reduce the 
136.20 	disparities in student academic performance among the specific categories of students as 
136.21 	measured by student progress and growth on state reading and math assessments and as 
136.22 	aligned with section 120B.11.
136.23 	(c) (e) Eligible districts must create efficiencies and eliminate duplicative programs and 
136.24 	services under this section, which may include forming collaborations or a single, 
136.25 	seven-county metropolitan areawide partnership of eligible districts for this purpose.

136.26 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 214.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
136.27 		Subd. 3.Non-health-related licensing board. "Non-health-related licensing board" 
136.28 	means the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board established pursuant to 
136.29 	section 122A.07, the Board of School Administrators established pursuant to section 122A.14, 
136.30 	the Board of Barber Examiners established pursuant to section 154.001, the Board of 
136.31 	Cosmetologist Examiners established pursuant to section 155A.20, the Board of Assessors 
136.32 	established pursuant to section 270.41, the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land 
136.33 	Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design established pursuant 
137.1 	to section 326.04, the Private Detective and Protective Agent Licensing Board established 
137.2 	pursuant to section 326.33, the Board of Accountancy established pursuant to section 
137.3 	326A.02, and the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board established pursuant to section 
137.4 	626.841.

137.5 	Sec. 55. [245C.125] BACKGROUND STUDY; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR 
137.6 	LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD.
137.7 	The commissioner may contract with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
137.8 	Board to conduct background studies and obtain background study data as required under 
137.9 	this chapter and chapter 122A. When required in chapter 122A, the commissioner must 
137.10 	conduct a national criminal history record check.

137.11 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
137.12 		Subd. 10.Duties of local welfare agency and local law enforcement agency upon 
137.13 	receipt of report; mandatory notification between police or sheriff and agency. (a) The 
137.14 	police department or the county sheriff shall immediately notify the local welfare agency 
137.15 	or agency responsible for child protection reports under this section orally and in writing 
137.16 	when a report is received. The local welfare agency or agency responsible for child protection 
137.17 	reports shall immediately notify the local police department or the county sheriff orally and 
137.18 	in writing when a report is received. The county sheriff and the head of every local welfare 
137.19 	agency, agency responsible for child protection reports, and police department shall each 
137.20 	designate a person within their agency, department, or office who is responsible for ensuring 
137.21 	that the notification duties of this paragraph are carried out. When the alleged maltreatment 
137.22 	occurred on tribal land, the local welfare agency or agency responsible for child protection 
137.23 	reports and the local police department or the county sheriff shall immediately notify the 
137.24 	tribe's social services agency and tribal law enforcement orally and in writing when a report 
137.25 	is received. When a police department or county sheriff determines that a child has been 
137.26 	the subject of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect by a person licensed by the 
137.27 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School Administrators, 
137.28 	it shall, in addition to its other duties under this section, immediately inform the licensing 
137.29 	board. Law enforcement must work collaboratively with the board that has jurisdiction over 
137.30 	the matter, including sharing documents and evidence to continue the investigation.
137.31 	(b) Upon receipt of a report, the local welfare agency shall determine whether to conduct 
137.32 	a family assessment or an investigation as appropriate to prevent or provide a remedy for 
137.33 	child maltreatment. The local welfare agency:
138.1 	(1) shall conduct an investigation on reports involving sexual abuse or substantial child 
138.2 	endangerment;
138.3 	(2) shall begin an immediate investigation if, at any time when it is using a family 
138.4 	assessment response, it determines that there is reason to believe that sexual abuse or 
138.5 	substantial child endangerment or a serious threat to the child's safety exists;
138.6 	(3) may conduct a family assessment for reports that do not allege sexual abuse or 
138.7 	substantial child endangerment. In determining that a family assessment is appropriate, the 
138.8 	local welfare agency may consider issues of child safety, parental cooperation, and the need 
138.9 	for an immediate response;
138.10 	(4) may conduct a family assessment on a report that was initially screened and assigned 
138.11 	for an investigation. In determining that a complete investigation is not required, the local 
138.12 	welfare agency must document the reason for terminating the investigation and notify the 
138.13 	local law enforcement agency if the local law enforcement agency is conducting a joint 
138.14 	investigation; and
138.15 	(5) shall provide immediate notice, according to section 260.761, subdivision 2, to an 
138.16 	Indian child's tribe when the agency has reason to believe the family assessment or 
138.17 	investigation may involve an Indian child. For purposes of this clause, "immediate notice" 
138.18 	means notice provided within 24 hours.
138.19 	If the report alleges neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or 
138.20 	individual functioning within the family unit as a person responsible for the child's care, or 
138.21 	sexual abuse by a person with a significant relationship to the child when that person resides 
138.22 	in the child's household or by a sibling, the local welfare agency shall immediately conduct 
138.23 	a family assessment or investigation as identified in clauses (1) to (4). In conducting a family 
138.24 	assessment or investigation, the local welfare agency shall gather information on the existence 
138.25 	of substance abuse and domestic violence and offer services for purposes of preventing 
138.26 	future child maltreatment, safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of the abused or neglected 
138.27 	minor, and supporting and preserving family life whenever possible. If the report alleges a 
138.28 	violation of a criminal statute involving sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect or 
138.29 	endangerment, under section 609.378, the local law enforcement agency and local welfare 
138.30 	agency shall coordinate the planning and execution of their respective investigation and 
138.31 	assessment efforts to avoid a duplication of fact-finding efforts and multiple interviews. 
138.32 	Each agency shall prepare a separate report of the results of its investigation or assessment. 
138.33 	In cases of alleged child maltreatment resulting in death, the local agency may rely on the 
138.34 	fact-finding efforts of a law enforcement investigation to make a determination of whether 
139.1 	or not maltreatment occurred. When necessary the local welfare agency shall seek authority 
139.2 	to remove the child from the custody of a parent, guardian, or adult with whom the child is 
139.3 	living. In performing any of these duties, the local welfare agency shall maintain appropriate 
139.4 	records.
139.5 	If the family assessment or investigation indicates there is a potential for abuse of alcohol 
139.6 	or other drugs by the parent, guardian, or person responsible for the child's care, the local 
139.7 	welfare agency shall conduct a chemical use assessment pursuant to Minnesota Rules, part 
139.8 	9530.6615.
139.9 	(c) When a local agency receives a report or otherwise has information indicating that 
139.10 	a child who is a client, as defined in section 245.91, has been the subject of physical abuse, 
139.11 	sexual abuse, or neglect at an agency, facility, or program as defined in section 245.91, it 
139.12 	shall, in addition to its other duties under this section, immediately inform the ombudsman 
139.13 	established under sections 245.91 to 245.97. The commissioner of education shall inform 
139.14 	the ombudsman established under sections 245.91 to 245.97 of reports regarding a child 
139.15 	defined as a client in section 245.91 that maltreatment occurred at a school as defined in 
139.16 	section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, and chapter 124E.
139.17 	(d) Authority of the local welfare agency responsible for assessing or investigating the 
139.18 	child abuse or neglect report, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report, 
139.19 	and of the local law enforcement agency for investigating the alleged abuse or neglect 
139.20 	includes, but is not limited to, authority to interview, without parental consent, the alleged 
139.21 	victim and any other minors who currently reside with or who have resided with the alleged 
139.22 	offender. The interview may take place at school or at any facility or other place where the 
139.23 	alleged victim or other minors might be found or the child may be transported to, and the 
139.24 	interview conducted at, a place appropriate for the interview of a child designated by the 
139.25 	local welfare agency or law enforcement agency. The interview may take place outside the 
139.26 	presence of the alleged offender or parent, legal custodian, guardian, or school official. For 
139.27 	family assessments, it is the preferred practice to request a parent or guardian's permission 
139.28 	to interview the child prior to conducting the child interview, unless doing so would 
139.29 	compromise the safety assessment. Except as provided in this paragraph, the parent, legal 
139.30 	custodian, or guardian shall be notified by the responsible local welfare or law enforcement 
139.31 	agency no later than the conclusion of the investigation or assessment that this interview 
139.32 	has occurred. Notwithstanding rule 32 of the Minnesota Rules of Procedure for Juvenile 
139.33 	Courts, the juvenile court may, after hearing on an ex parte motion by the local welfare 
139.34 	agency, order that, where reasonable cause exists, the agency withhold notification of this 
139.35 	interview from the parent, legal custodian, or guardian. If the interview took place or is to 
140.1 	take place on school property, the order shall specify that school officials may not disclose 
140.2 	to the parent, legal custodian, or guardian the contents of the notification of intent to interview 
140.3 	the child on school property, as provided under this paragraph, and any other related 
140.4 	information regarding the interview that may be a part of the child's school record. A copy 
140.5 	of the order shall be sent by the local welfare or law enforcement agency to the appropriate 
140.6 	school official.
140.7 	(e) When the local welfare, local law enforcement agency, or the agency responsible 
140.8 	for assessing or investigating a report of maltreatment determines that an interview should 
140.9 	take place on school property, written notification of intent to interview the child on school 
140.10 	property must be received by school officials prior to the interview. The notification shall 
140.11 	include the name of the child to be interviewed, the purpose of the interview, and a reference 
140.12 	to the statutory authority to conduct an interview on school property. For interviews 
140.13 	conducted by the local welfare agency, the notification shall be signed by the chair of the 
140.14 	local social services agency or the chair's designee. The notification shall be private data 
140.15 	on individuals subject to the provisions of this paragraph. School officials may not disclose 
140.16 	to the parent, legal custodian, or guardian the contents of the notification or any other related 
140.17 	information regarding the interview until notified in writing by the local welfare or law 
140.18 	enforcement agency that the investigation or assessment has been concluded, unless a school 
140.19 	employee or agent is alleged to have maltreated the child. Until that time, the local welfare 
140.20 	or law enforcement agency or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating a report 
140.21 	of maltreatment shall be solely responsible for any disclosures regarding the nature of the 
140.22 	assessment or investigation.
140.23 	Except where the alleged offender is believed to be a school official or employee, the 
140.24 	time and place, and manner of the interview on school premises shall be within the discretion 
140.25 	of school officials, but the local welfare or law enforcement agency shall have the exclusive 
140.26 	authority to determine who may attend the interview. The conditions as to time, place, and 
140.27 	manner of the interview set by the school officials shall be reasonable and the interview 
140.28 	shall be conducted not more than 24 hours after the receipt of the notification unless another 
140.29 	time is considered necessary by agreement between the school officials and the local welfare 
140.30 	or law enforcement agency. Where the school fails to comply with the provisions of this 
140.31 	paragraph, the juvenile court may order the school to comply. Every effort must be made 
140.32 	to reduce the disruption of the educational program of the child, other students, or school 
140.33 	staff when an interview is conducted on school premises.
140.34 	(f) Where the alleged offender or a person responsible for the care of the alleged victim 
140.35 	or other minor prevents access to the victim or other minor by the local welfare agency, the 
141.1 	juvenile court may order the parents, legal custodian, or guardian to produce the alleged 
141.2 	victim or other minor for questioning by the local welfare agency or the local law 
141.3 	enforcement agency outside the presence of the alleged offender or any person responsible 
141.4 	for the child's care at reasonable places and times as specified by court order.
141.5 	(g) Before making an order under paragraph (f), the court shall issue an order to show 
141.6 	cause, either upon its own motion or upon a verified petition, specifying the basis for the 
141.7 	requested interviews and fixing the time and place of the hearing. The order to show cause 
141.8 	shall be served personally and shall be heard in the same manner as provided in other cases 
141.9 	in the juvenile court. The court shall consider the need for appointment of a guardian ad 
141.10 	litem to protect the best interests of the child. If appointed, the guardian ad litem shall be 
141.11 	present at the hearing on the order to show cause.
141.12 	(h) The commissioner of human services, the ombudsman for mental health and 
141.13 	developmental disabilities, the local welfare agencies responsible for investigating reports, 
141.14 	the commissioner of education, and the local law enforcement agencies have the right to 
141.15 	enter facilities as defined in subdivision 2 and to inspect and copy the facility's records, 
141.16 	including medical records, as part of the investigation. Notwithstanding the provisions of 
141.17 	chapter 13, they also have the right to inform the facility under investigation that they are 
141.18 	conducting an investigation, to disclose to the facility the names of the individuals under 
141.19 	investigation for abusing or neglecting a child, and to provide the facility with a copy of 
141.20 	the report and the investigative findings.
141.21 	(i) The local welfare agency responsible for conducting a family assessment or 
141.22 	investigation shall collect available and relevant information to determine child safety, risk 
141.23 	of subsequent child maltreatment, and family strengths and needs and share not public 
141.24 	information with an Indian's tribal social services agency without violating any law of the 
141.25 	state that may otherwise impose duties of confidentiality on the local welfare agency in 
141.26 	order to implement the tribal state agreement. The local welfare agency or the agency 
141.27 	responsible for investigating the report shall collect available and relevant information to 
141.28 	ascertain whether maltreatment occurred and whether protective services are needed. 
141.29 	Information collected includes, when relevant, information with regard to the person reporting 
141.30 	the alleged maltreatment, including the nature of the reporter's relationship to the child and 
141.31 	to the alleged offender, and the basis of the reporter's knowledge for the report; the child 
141.32 	allegedly being maltreated; the alleged offender; the child's caretaker; and other collateral 
141.33 	sources having relevant information related to the alleged maltreatment. The local welfare 
141.34 	agency or the agency responsible for investigating the report may make a determination of 
142.1 	no maltreatment early in an investigation, and close the case and retain immunity, if the 
142.2 	collected information shows no basis for a full investigation.
142.3 	Information relevant to the assessment or investigation must be asked for, and may 
142.4 	include:
142.5 	(1) the child's sex and age; prior reports of maltreatment, including any maltreatment 
142.6 	reports that were screened out and not accepted for assessment or investigation; information 
142.7 	relating to developmental functioning; credibility of the child's statement; and whether the 
142.8 	information provided under this clause is consistent with other information collected during 
142.9 	the course of the assessment or investigation;
142.10 	(2) the alleged offender's age, a record check for prior reports of maltreatment, and 
142.11 	criminal charges and convictions. The local welfare agency or the agency responsible for 
142.12 	assessing or investigating the report must provide the alleged offender with an opportunity 
142.13 	to make a statement. The alleged offender may submit supporting documentation relevant 
142.14 	to the assessment or investigation;
142.15 	(3) collateral source information regarding the alleged maltreatment and care of the 
142.16 	child. Collateral information includes, when relevant: (i) a medical examination of the child; 
142.17 	(ii) prior medical records relating to the alleged maltreatment or the care of the child 
142.18 	maintained by any facility, clinic, or health care professional and an interview with the 
142.19 	treating professionals; and (iii) interviews with the child's caretakers, including the child's 
142.20 	parent, guardian, foster parent, child care provider, teachers, counselors, family members, 
142.21 	relatives, and other persons who may have knowledge regarding the alleged maltreatment 
142.22 	and the care of the child; and
142.23 	(4) information on the existence of domestic abuse and violence in the home of the child, 
142.24 	and substance abuse.
142.25 	Nothing in this paragraph precludes the local welfare agency, the local law enforcement 
142.26 	agency, or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report from collecting 
142.27 	other relevant information necessary to conduct the assessment or investigation. 
142.28 	Notwithstanding sections 13.384 or 144.291 to 144.298, the local welfare agency has access 
142.29 	to medical data and records for purposes of clause (3). Notwithstanding the data's 
142.30 	classification in the possession of any other agency, data acquired by the local welfare 
142.31 	agency or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report during the course 
142.32 	of the assessment or investigation are private data on individuals and must be maintained 
142.33 	in accordance with subdivision 11. Data of the commissioner of education collected or 
142.34 	maintained during and for the purpose of an investigation of alleged maltreatment in a school 
143.1 	are governed by this section, notwithstanding the data's classification as educational, 
143.2 	licensing, or personnel data under chapter 13.
143.3 	In conducting an assessment or investigation involving a school facility as defined in 
143.4 	subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the commissioner of education shall collect investigative 
143.5 	reports and data that are relevant to a report of maltreatment and are from local law 
143.6 	enforcement and the school facility.
143.7 	(j) Upon receipt of a report, the local welfare agency shall conduct a face-to-face contact 
143.8 	with the child reported to be maltreated and with the child's primary caregiver sufficient to 
143.9 	complete a safety assessment and ensure the immediate safety of the child. The face-to-face 
143.10 	contact with the child and primary caregiver shall occur immediately if sexual abuse or 
143.11 	substantial child endangerment is alleged and within five calendar days for all other reports. 
143.12 	If the alleged offender was not already interviewed as the primary caregiver, the local welfare 
143.13 	agency shall also conduct a face-to-face interview with the alleged offender in the early 
143.14 	stages of the assessment or investigation. At the initial contact, the local child welfare agency 
143.15 	or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report must inform the alleged 
143.16 	offender of the complaints or allegations made against the individual in a manner consistent 
143.17 	with laws protecting the rights of the person who made the report. The interview with the 
143.18 	alleged offender may be postponed if it would jeopardize an active law enforcement 
143.19 	investigation.
143.20 	(k) When conducting an investigation, the local welfare agency shall use a question and 
143.21 	answer interviewing format with questioning as nondirective as possible to elicit spontaneous 
143.22 	responses. For investigations only, the following interviewing methods and procedures must 
143.23 	be used whenever possible when collecting information:
143.24 	(1) audio recordings of all interviews with witnesses and collateral sources; and
143.25 	(2) in cases of alleged sexual abuse, audio-video recordings of each interview with the 
143.26 	alleged victim and child witnesses.
143.27 	(l) In conducting an assessment or investigation involving a school facility as defined 
143.28 	in subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the commissioner of education shall collect available and 
143.29 	relevant information and use the procedures in paragraphs (j) and (k), and subdivision 3d, 
143.30 	except that the requirement for face-to-face observation of the child and face-to-face interview 
143.31 	of the alleged offender is to occur in the initial stages of the assessment or investigation 
143.32 	provided that the commissioner may also base the assessment or investigation on investigative 
143.33 	reports and data received from the school facility and local law enforcement, to the extent 
143.34 	those investigations satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (j) and (k), and subdivision 3d.

144.1 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
144.2 		Subd. 11.Records. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and subdivisions 10b, 10d, 
144.3 	10g, and 11b, all records concerning individuals maintained by a local welfare agency or 
144.4 	agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report under this section, including 
144.5 	any written reports filed under subdivision 7, shall be private data on individuals, except 
144.6 	insofar as copies of reports are required by subdivision 7 to be sent to the local police 
144.7 	department or the county sheriff. All records concerning determinations of maltreatment 
144.8 	by a facility are nonpublic data as maintained by the Department of Education, except insofar 
144.9 	as copies of reports are required by subdivision 7 to be sent to the local police department 
144.10 	or the county sheriff. Reports maintained by any police department or the county sheriff 
144.11 	shall be private data on individuals except the reports shall be made available to the 
144.12 	investigating, petitioning, or prosecuting authority, including county medical examiners or 
144.13 	county coroners. Section 13.82, subdivisions 8, 9, and 14, apply to law enforcement data 
144.14 	other than the reports. The local social services agency or agency responsible for assessing 
144.15 	or investigating the report shall make available to the investigating, petitioning, or prosecuting 
144.16 	authority, including county medical examiners or county coroners or their professional 
144.17 	delegates, any records which contain information relating to a specific incident of neglect 
144.18 	or abuse which is under investigation, petition, or prosecution and information relating to 
144.19 	any prior incidents of neglect or abuse involving any of the same persons. The records shall 
144.20 	be collected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13. In conducting 
144.21 	investigations and assessments pursuant to this section, the notice required by section 13.04, 
144.22 	subdivision 2, need not be provided to a minor under the age of ten who is the alleged victim 
144.23 	of abuse or neglect. An individual subject of a record shall have access to the record in 
144.24 	accordance with those sections, except that the name of the reporter shall be confidential 
144.25 	while the report is under assessment or investigation except as otherwise permitted by this 
144.26 	subdivision. Any person conducting an investigation or assessment under this section who 
144.27 	intentionally discloses the identity of a reporter prior to the completion of the investigation 
144.28 	or assessment is guilty of a misdemeanor. After the assessment or investigation is completed, 
144.29 	the name of the reporter shall be confidential. The subject of the report may compel disclosure 
144.30 	of the name of the reporter only with the consent of the reporter or upon a written finding 
144.31 	by the court that the report was false and that there is evidence that the report was made in 
144.32 	bad faith. This subdivision does not alter disclosure responsibilities or obligations under 
144.33 	the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
144.34 	(b) Upon request of the legislative auditor, data on individuals maintained under this 
144.35 	section must be released to the legislative auditor in order for the auditor to fulfill the auditor's 
145.1 	duties under section 3.971. The auditor shall maintain the data in accordance with chapter 
145.2 	13.
145.3 	(c) The commissioner of education must be provided with all requested data that are 
145.4 	relevant to a report of maltreatment and are in possession of a school facility as defined in 
145.5 	subdivision 2, paragraph (c), when the data is requested pursuant to an assessment or 
145.6 	investigation of a maltreatment report of a student in a school. If the commissioner of 
145.7 	education makes a determination of maltreatment involving an individual performing work 
145.8 	within a school facility who is licensed by a board or other agency, the commissioner shall 
145.9 	provide necessary and relevant information a copy of its offender maltreatment determination 
145.10 	report to the licensing entity to enable the entity to fulfill its statutory duties, with all student 
145.11 	identifying information removed. The offender maltreatment determination report shall 
145.12 	include but is not limited to the following sections: report of alleged maltreatment; legal 
145.13 	standard; investigation; summary of findings; determination; corrective action by a school; 
145.14 	reconsideration process; and a listing of records related to the investigation. Notwithstanding 
145.15 	section 13.03, subdivision 4, data received by a licensing entity under this paragraph are 
145.16 	governed by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the receiving entity, 
145.17 	except that this section applies to the classification of and access to data on the reporter of 
145.18 	the maltreatment.

145.19 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 631.40, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
145.20 		Subd. 4.Licensed teachers. When a person is convicted of child abuse, as defined in 
145.21 	section 609.185, or; sexual abuse under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 
145.22 	609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 3,; sex trafficking in the first degree under 
145.23 	section 609.322, subdivision 1; sex trafficking in the second degree under section 609.322, 
145.24 	subdivision 1a; engaging in hiring, or agreeing to hire a minor to engage in prostitution 
145.25 	under section 609.324, subdivisions 1 and 1a; exposure under section 617.23, subdivisions 
145.26 	2 and 3; solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of sexually 
145.27 	explicit materials to children under section 609.352; interference with privacy under section 
145.28 	609.746; stalking under section 609.749, and the victim was a minor; using minors in a 
145.29 	sexual performance under section 617.246; possessing pornographic works involving a 
145.30 	minor under section 617.247; or any other offense not listed in this subdivision that requires 
145.31 	the person to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166; the court shall determine 
145.32 	whether the person is licensed to teach under chapter 122A. If the offender is a licensed 
145.33 	teacher, the court administrator shall send a certified copy of the conviction to the 
145.34 	Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School Administrators, 
145.35 	whichever has jurisdiction over the teacher's license, within ten days after the conviction.

146.1 	Sec. 59. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
146.2 		Subd. 4.Northwest Regional Partnership concurrent enrollment program. (a) For 
146.3 	a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative to operate a continuing education program:

146.5146.4
		$
	3,000,000
2,000,000
	.....
	2017
	
146.6 	(b) This is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2019.
146.7 	(c) $1,000,000 of the initial appropriation in fiscal year 2017 is canceled to the state 
146.8 	general fund.

146.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

146.10 	Sec. 60. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 37, 
146.11 	is amended to read:
146.12 		Subd. 37.Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program. (a) For the 
146.13 	statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189, 
146.14 	article 25, section 58, as amended:

146.16146.15
		$
	375,000
350,000
	.....
	2018
	
146.18146.17
		$
	375,000
0
	.....
	2019
	
146.19 	(b) Any balance in the first fiscal year 2018 does not cancel but is available in the second
146.20 	fiscal year 2019. $400,000 of the initial appropriations in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is 
146.21 	canceled to the state general fund on June 30, 2019.
146.22 	(c) The base for this program is $375,000 per year.

146.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

146.24 	Sec. 61. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.
 146.25 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established. A grant program is established to support 
146.26 	school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the summer with 
146.27 	high school students in extended programs.
146.28 		Subd. 2.Application. The commissioner of education shall develop the form and method 
146.29 	for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the 
146.30 	allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.
147.1 		Subd. 3.Grant awards. Grant funding under this section must be matched by funding 
147.2 	from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer employment. Grant 
147.3 	funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 40 working days.
147.4 		Subd. 4.Reports. School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the 
147.5 	commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number 
147.6 	of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals established 
147.7 	in the grant application. The commissioner of education shall develop the criteria necessary 
147.8 	for the reports.

147.9 	Sec. 62. APPROPRIATIONS.
 147.10 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator and Licensing Standards Board. The sums 
147.11 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
147.12 	and Licensing Standards Board for the fiscal years designated.
147.13 		Subd. 2.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. (a) 
147.14 	For transfer to the collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive 
147.15 	account under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635, subdivision 4:

147.16		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
147.17		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
147.18 	(b) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and 
147.19 	administer the grant program and a portion of these funds may be transferred to the Office 
147.20 	of Higher Education as determined by the executive director of the board and commissioner 
147.21 	to support the administration of the program.
147.22 	(c) The base for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 is $6,000,000.
147.23 		Subd. 3.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers 
147.24 	of color. (a) For transfer to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for 
147.25 	the development and expansion of mentoring, induction, and retention programs for teachers 
147.26 	of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:

147.27		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
147.28		$
	1,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
147.29 	(b) The board may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount for monitoring 
147.30 	and administering the grant program and may have an interagency agreement with the 
147.31 	Department of Education including transfer of funds to help administer the program.
147.32 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
148.1 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,000,000.

148.2 	Sec. 63. APPROPRIATIONS.
 148.3 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
148.4 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
148.5 	designated.
148.6 		Subd. 2.Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. (a) For grants to institutions offering 
148.7 	"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" college in the schools courses 
148.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):

148.9		$
	375,000
	.....
	2020
	
148.10		$
	375,000
	.....
	2021
	
148.11 	(b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor 
148.12 	and administer the grant program.
148.13 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
148.14 		Subd. 3.Alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For alternative teacher compensation 
148.15 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

148.16		$
	89,211,000
	.....
	2020
	
148.17		$
	88,853,000
	.....
	2021
	
148.18 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $8,974,000 for 2019 and $80,237,000 for 2020.
148.19 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $8,915,000 for 2020 and $79,938,000 for 2021.
148.20 		Subd. 4.Agricultural educator grants. (a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws 
148.21 	2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:

148.22		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
148.23		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
148.24 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
148.25 		Subd. 5.Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program. (a) For the 
148.26 	statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189, 
148.27 	article 25, section 58, as amended:

148.28		$
	375,000
	.....
	2020
	
148.29		$
	375,000
	.....
	2021
	
148.30 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
149.1 		Subd. 6.Inclusive school enhancement grants. (a) To support schools in their efforts 
149.2 	to close opportunity and achievement gaps under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.113:

149.3		$
	2,500,000
	.....
	2020
	
149.4		$
	2,500,000
	.....
	2021
	
149.5 	(b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer 
149.6 	the grant program.
149.7 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
149.8 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $3,000,000.
149.9 		Subd. 7.Come Teach in Minnesota hiring bonuses. (a) For the Come Teach in 
149.10 	Minnesota hiring bonuses program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.59:

149.11		$
	1,050,000
	.....
	2020
	
149.12		$
	1,050,000
	.....
	2021
	
149.13 	(b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer 
149.14 	the program under this subdivision.
149.15 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
149.16 		Subd. 8.American Indian teacher preparation grants. (a) For joint grants to assist 
149.17 	American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:

149.18		$
	1,060,000
	.....
	2020
	
149.19		$
	1,060,000
	.....
	2021
	
149.20 	(b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer 
149.21 	the grant program.
149.22 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
149.23 		Subd. 9.Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. (a) For grants to 
149.24 	develop or expand Grow Your Own programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685:

149.25		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
149.26		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
149.27 	(b) Of this amount in each fiscal year, $2,000,000 is for nonconventional teacher 
149.28 	residency programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685, subdivision 3.
149.29 	(c) Of this amount in each fiscal year, $3,000,000 is for expanded Grow Your Own 
149.30 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685, subdivision 4.
150.1 	(d) The department may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor 
150.2 	and administer the grant program.
150.3 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
150.4 		Subd. 10.Reports on increasing percentage of teachers of color and American 
150.5 	Indian teachers. (a) For transfer to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards 
150.6 	Board for annual reports regarding efforts to increase the percentage of teachers of color 
150.7 	and American Indian teachers in Minnesota schools pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
150.8 	120B.117, subdivision 4:

150.9		$
	15,000
	.....
	2020
	
150.10 	(b) The base for fiscal year 2022 and each even-numbered fiscal year thereafter is 
150.11 	$15,000.
150.12 		Subd. 11.Minnesota Council on Economic Education. (a) For a grant to the Minnesota 
150.13 	Council on Economic Education:

150.14		$
	500,000
	.....
	2020
	
150.15		$
	500,000
	.....
	2021
	
150.16 	(b) The grant must be used to:
150.17 	(1) provide professional development to Minnesota's kindergarten through grade 12 
150.18 	teachers implementing state graduation standards in learning areas related to economic 
150.19 	education; and
150.20 	(2) support the direct-to-student ancillary economic and personal finance programs that 
150.21 	Minnesota teachers supervise and coach.
150.22 	(c) By February 15 of each year following the receipt of a grant, the Minnesota Council 
150.23 	on Economic Education must report to the commissioner of education on the number and 
150.24 	type of in-person and online teacher professional development opportunities provided by 
150.25 	the Minnesota Council on Economic Education or its affiliated state centers. The report 
150.26 	must include a description of the content, length, and location of the programs; the number 
150.27 	of preservice and licensed teachers receiving professional development through each of 
150.28 	these opportunities; and summaries of evaluations of teacher professional opportunities.
150.29 	(d) The Department of Education must pay the full amount of the grant to the Minnesota 
150.30 	Council on Economic Education by August 15 of each year. The Minnesota Council on 
150.31 	Economic Education must submit its fiscal reporting in the form and manner specified by 
150.32 	the commissioner. The commissioner may request additional information as necessary.
151.1 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
151.2 		Subd. 12.Statewide concurrent enrollment training program. (a) For the Northwest 
151.3 	Regional Partnership concurrent enrollment program and the statewide concurrent enrollment 
151.4 	teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 58, as amended 
151.5 	by Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 48:

151.6		$
	1,400,000
	.....
	2020
	
151.7 	(b) Any balance in 2020 does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2021.

151.8 	Sec. 64. REPEALER.
 151.9 	(a) Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 6, is repealed.
151.10 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 122A.09, subdivision 1; 122A.182, subdivision 
151.11 	2; and 122A.63, subdivisions 7 and 8, are repealed.
151.12 	(c) Minnesota Rules, part 8710.2100, subparts 1 and 2, are repealed.

151.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

151.14 	ARTICLE 4
151.15 	SPECIAL EDUCATION

151.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
151.17 		Subdivision 1.Special education aid. (a) Except as provided in section 124E.23, special 
151.18 	education aid, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 
151.19 	2e, must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though it were a school 
151.20 	district.
151.21 	(b) For fiscal year 2015 2020 and later, the special education aid paid to the charter 
151.22 	school shall be adjusted as follows:
151.23 	(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of the 
151.24 	student according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 
151.25 	125A.11; or
151.26 	(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student 
151.27 	according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 127A.47, 
151.28 	subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) to (e), and if the tuition adjustment is computed under section 
151.29 	127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (c), it shall also receive an adjustment equal to five 
152.1 	percent for fiscal year 2020 or ten percent for fiscal year 2021 and later of the unreimbursed 
152.2 	cost of providing special education and services for the student.

152.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

152.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.08, is amended to read:
152.5 	125A.08 INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
152.6 	(a) At the beginning of each school year, each school district shall have in effect, for 
152.7 	each child with a disability, an individualized education program.
152.8 	(b) As defined in this section, every district must ensure the following:
152.9 	(1) all students with disabilities are provided the special instruction and services which 
152.10 	are appropriate to their needs. Where the individualized education program team has 
152.11 	determined appropriate goals and objectives based on the student's needs, including the 
152.12 	extent to which the student can be included in the least restrictive environment, and where 
152.13 	there are essentially equivalent and effective instruction, related services, or assistive 
152.14 	technology devices available to meet the student's needs, cost to the district may be among 
152.15 	the factors considered by the team in choosing how to provide the appropriate services, 
152.16 	instruction, or devices that are to be made part of the student's individualized education 
152.17 	program. The individualized education program team shall consider and may authorize 
152.18 	services covered by medical assistance according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 26. 
152.19 	Before a school district evaluation team makes a determination of other health disability 
152.20 	under Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1335, subparts 1 and 2, item A, subitem (1), the evaluation 
152.21 	team must seek written documentation of the student's medically diagnosed chronic or acute 
152.22 	health condition signed by a licensed physician or a licensed health care provider acting 
152.23 	within the scope of the provider's practice. The student's needs and the special education 
152.24 	instruction and services to be provided must be agreed upon through the development of 
152.25 	an individualized education program. The program must address the student's need to develop 
152.26 	skills to live and work as independently as possible within the community. The individualized 
152.27 	education program team must consider positive behavioral interventions, strategies, and 
152.28 	supports that address behavior needs for children. During grade 9, the program must address 
152.29 	the student's needs for transition from secondary services to postsecondary education and 
152.30 	training, employment, community participation, recreation, and leisure and home living. In 
152.31 	developing the program, districts must inform parents of the full range of transitional goals 
152.32 	and related services that should be considered. The program must include a statement of 
152.33 	the needed transition services, including a statement of the interagency responsibilities or 
152.34 	linkages or both before secondary services are concluded. If the individualized education 
153.1 	program meets the plan components in section 120B.125, the individualized education 
153.2 	program satisfies the requirement and no additional transition plan is needed;. An 
153.3 	individualized education program team, after affirmative approval of the parent, may 
153.4 	eliminate benchmarks or short-term objectives, except for students who take alternative 
153.5 	assessments. The individualized education program may report the student's performance 
153.6 	on general state or districtwide assessments related to the student's educational needs;
153.7 	(2) children with a disability under age five and their families are provided special 
153.8 	instruction and services appropriate to the child's level of functioning and needs;
153.9 	(3) children with a disability and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural 
153.10 	safeguards and the right to participate in decisions involving identification, assessment 
153.11 	including assistive technology assessment, and educational placement of children with a 
153.12 	disability;
153.13 	(4) eligibility and needs of children with a disability are determined by an initial 
153.14 	evaluation or reevaluation, which may be completed using existing data under United States 
153.15 	Code, title 20, section 33, et seq.;
153.16 	(5) to the maximum extent appropriate, children with a disability, including those in 
153.17 	public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not 
153.18 	disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with a 
153.19 	disability from the regular educational environment occurs only when and to the extent that 
153.20 	the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use 
153.21 	of supplementary services cannot be achieved satisfactorily;
153.22 	(6) in accordance with recognized professional standards, testing and evaluation materials, 
153.23 	and procedures used for the purposes of classification and placement of children with a 
153.24 	disability are selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory; 
153.25 	and
153.26 	(7) the rights of the child are protected when the parents or guardians are not known or 
153.27 	not available, or the child is a ward of the state.
153.28 	(c) For all paraprofessionals employed to work in programs whose role in part is to 
153.29 	provide direct support to students with disabilities, the school board in each district shall 
153.30 	ensure that:
153.31 	(1) before or beginning at the time of employment, each paraprofessional must develop 
153.32 	sufficient knowledge and skills in emergency procedures, building orientation, roles and 
153.33 	responsibilities, confidentiality, vulnerability, and reportability, among other things, to begin 
154.1 	meeting the needs, especially disability-specific and behavioral needs, of the students with 
154.2 	whom the paraprofessional works;
154.3 	(2) before beginning work alone with an individual student with a disability, the assigned 
154.4 	paraprofessional must be either given paid time or time during the school day to review a 
154.5 	student's individualized education program or be briefed on the student's specific needs by 
154.6 	appropriate staff;
154.7 	(2) (3) annual training opportunities are required to enable the paraprofessional to 
154.8 	continue to further develop the knowledge and skills that are specific to the students with 
154.9 	whom the paraprofessional works, including understanding disabilities, the unique and 
154.10 	individual needs of each student according to the student's disability and how the disability 
154.11 	affects the student's education and behavior, following lesson plans, and implementing 
154.12 	follow-up instructional procedures and activities; and
154.13 	(4) a minimum of eight hours of paid orientation or professional development must be 
154.14 	provided annually to all paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other instructional support 
154.15 	staff. Four of the eight hours must be completed before the first instructional day of the 
154.16 	school year or within 30 days of hire. The orientation or professional development must be 
154.17 	relevant to the employee's occupation and may include collaboration time with classroom 
154.18 	teachers and planning for the school year. For paraprofessionals who provide direct support 
154.19 	to students, at least 50 percent of the professional development or orientation must be 
154.20 	dedicated to meeting the requirements of this section. Professional development for 
154.21 	paraprofessionals may also address the requirements of section 120B.363, subdivision 3. 
154.22 	A school administrator must provide an annual certification of compliance with this 
154.23 	requirement to the commissioner; and
154.24 	(3) (5) a districtwide process obligates each paraprofessional to work under the ongoing 
154.25 	direction of a licensed teacher and, where appropriate and possible, the supervision of a 
154.26 	school nurse.
154.27 	(d) A school district may conduct a functional behavior assessment as defined in 
154.28 	Minnesota Rules, part 3525.0210, subpart 22, as a stand-alone evaluation without conducting 
154.29 	a comprehensive evaluation of the student.

154.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.091, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
154.31 		Subd. 3a.Additional requirements for prior written notice. In addition to federal law 
154.32 	requirements, a prior written notice shall:
155.1 	(1) inform the parent that except for the initial placement of a child in special education, 
155.2 	the school district will proceed with its proposal for the child's placement or for providing 
155.3 	special education services unless the child's parent notifies the district of an objection within 
155.4 	14 days of when the district sends the prior written notice to the parent; and
155.5 	(2) state that a parent who objects to a proposal or refusal in the prior written notice 
155.6 	may:
155.7 	(i) request a conciliation conference under subdivision 7 or another alternative dispute 
155.8 	resolution procedure under subdivision 8 or 9; or
155.9 	(ii) identify the specific part of the proposal or refusal the parent objects to and request 
155.10 	a meeting with appropriate members of the individualized education program team.

155.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.091, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
155.12 		Subd. 7.Conciliation conference. A parent must have an opportunity to request a 
155.13 	meeting with appropriate members of the individualized education program team or meet 
155.14 	with appropriate district staff in at least one conciliation conference if the parent objects to 
155.15 	any proposal of which the parent receives notice under subdivision 3a. A district must hold 
155.16 	a conciliation conference within ten calendar days from the date the district receives a 
155.17 	parent's objection to a proposal or refusal in the prior written notice request for a conciliation 
155.18 	conference. Except as provided in this section, all discussions held during a conciliation 
155.19 	conference are confidential and are not admissible in a due process hearing. Within five 
155.20 	school days after the final conciliation conference, the district must prepare and provide to 
155.21 	the parent a conciliation conference memorandum that describes the district's final proposed 
155.22 	offer of service. This memorandum is admissible in evidence in any subsequent proceeding.

155.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
155.24 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident tuition rate; other costs. (a) For fiscal year 2015 and later, 
155.25 	when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with a disability 
155.26 	as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district of residence, excluding a pupil for whom 
155.27 	an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 
155.28 	7, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced 
155.29 	by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to 
155.30 	the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special transportation, plus (2) the amount 
155.31 	of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and 
155.32 	referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident district's 
155.33 	average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit 
156.1 	excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue, 
156.2 	minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability under section 
156.3 	125A.76 received on behalf of that child, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 
156.4 	125A.76, subdivision 2e, minus (4) if the pupil receives special instruction and services 
156.5 	outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of 
156.6 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid, excluding portions attributable 
156.7 	to district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
156.8 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, attributable to that pupil for the portion of 
156.9 	time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, 
156.10 	calculated using the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum 
156.11 	equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity 
156.12 	revenue and secondary sparsity revenue and the serving district's basic skills revenue, 
156.13 	elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit. 
156.14 	Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal 
156.15 	agent school district, the general education revenue and referendum equalization aid 
156.16 	attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general 
156.17 	education revenue and referendum equalization aid excluding compensatory revenue, 
156.18 	elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity revenue. Special education aid paid to 
156.19 	the district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil must be 
156.20 	increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. If the resident 
156.21 	district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the remaining 
156.22 	adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.
156.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education 
156.24 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, provides special instruction and services for a 
156.25 	pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom an 
156.26 	adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 
156.27 	7, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced 
156.28 	by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school received 
156.29 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education 
156.30 	aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the pupil must 
156.31 	not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.
156.32 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) 
156.33 	to (d):
156.34 	(1) an intermediate district or a special education cooperative may recover unreimbursed 
156.35 	costs of serving pupils with a disability, including building lease, debt service, and indirect 
157.1 	costs necessary for the general operation of the organization, by billing membership fees 
157.2 	and nonmember access fees to the resident district;
157.3 	(2) a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special 
157.4 	education and related services, a site approved under section 125A.515, an intermediate 
157.5 	district, a site constructed according to Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 7, subdivision 7, 
157.6 	to meet the educational needs of court-placed adolescents, or a special education cooperative 
157.7 	may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an additional 
157.8 	amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with a disability;
157.9 	(3) the billing under clause (1) or application under clause (2) must include a description 
157.10 	of the costs and the calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged 
157.11 	to the resident district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under clause (2) must be 
157.12 	included in the aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 
157.13 	paragraphs (b) to (d), as applicable.
157.14 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), 
157.15 	"general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means the sum of the general 
157.16 	education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding the local optional 
157.17 	levy according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (c), plus the referendum 
157.18 	equalization aid according to section 126C.17, subdivision 7.

157.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
157.20 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner approval. The commissioner may approve applications 
157.21 	from districts initiating or significantly changing a program to provide prevention services 
157.22 	as an alternative to special education and other compensatory programs. A district with an 
157.23 	approved program may provide instruction and services in a regular education classroom, 
157.24 	or an area learning center, to eligible pupils. Pupils eligible to participate in the program 
157.25 	are pupils who need additional academic or behavioral support to succeed in the general 
157.26 	education environment and who may eventually qualify for special education instruction 
157.27 	or related services under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65 if the intervention 
157.28 	services authorized by this section were unavailable. A pupil with an individualized education 
157.29 	program may participate in the program in a service area which the individualized education 
157.30 	program team has determined is not an educational need that results from the pupil's 
157.31 	disability. Pupils may be provided services during extended school days and throughout the 
157.32 	entire year and through the assurance of mastery program under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24
157.33 	and 125A.65.

158.1 	Sec. 7. [125A.755] PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING AID.
158.2 	Beginning in fiscal year 2020, each school district, charter school, and cooperative 
158.3 	organization serving pupils is eligible for paraprofessional training aid. Paraprofessional 
158.4 	training aid equals $200 times the number of paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other 
158.5 	instructional support staff employed by the school district, charter school, or cooperative 
158.6 	organization during the previous school year. A school district must reserve paraprofessional 
158.7 	training aid and spend it only on the training required in section 125A.08.

158.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
158.9 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 125A.79, 
158.10 	the definitions in this subdivision apply.
158.11 	(b) "Basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 126C.10, subdivision 2. For the 
158.12 	purposes of computing basic revenue pursuant to this section, each child with a disability 
158.13 	shall be counted as prescribed in section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
158.14 	(c) "Essential personnel" means teachers, cultural liaisons, related services, and support 
158.15 	services staff providing services to students. Essential personnel may also include special 
158.16 	education paraprofessionals or clericals providing support to teachers and students by 
158.17 	preparing paperwork and making arrangements related to special education compliance 
158.18 	requirements, including parent meetings and individualized education programs. Essential 
158.19 	personnel does not include administrators and supervisors.
158.20 	(d) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 126C.05.
158.21 	(e) "Program growth factor" means 1.046 for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, 1.0 for 
158.22 	fiscal year 2016,1.046 for fiscal year 2017, and the product of 1.046 and the program growth 
158.23 	factor for the previous year for fiscal year 2018 and later.
158.24 	(f) "Nonfederal special education expenditure" means all direct expenditures that are 
158.25 	necessary and essential to meet the district's obligation to provide special instruction and 
158.26 	services to children with a disability according to sections 124D.454, 125A.03 to 125A.24, 
158.27 	125A.259 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 as submitted by the district and approved by the 
158.28 	department under section 125A.75, subdivision 4, excluding expenditures:
158.29 	(1) reimbursed with federal funds;
158.30 	(2) reimbursed with other state aids under this chapter;
158.31 	(3) for general education costs of serving students with a disability;
158.32 	(4) for facilities;
159.1 	(5) for pupil transportation; and
159.2 	(6) for postemployment benefits.
159.3 	(g) "Old formula special education expenditures" means expenditures eligible for revenue 
159.4 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 125A.76, subdivision 2.
159.5 	(h) For the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the Minnesota State Academy 
159.6 	for the Blind, expenditures under paragraphs (f) and (g) are limited to the salary and fringe 
159.7 	benefits of one-to-one instructional and behavior management aides and one-to-one licensed, 
159.8 	certified professionals assigned to a child attending the academy, if the aides or professionals 
159.9 	are required by the child's individualized education program.
159.10 	(i) "Special education aid increase limit" means $80 for fiscal year 2016, $100 for fiscal 
159.11 	year 2017, and, for fiscal year 2018 and later, the sum of the special education aid increase 
159.12 	limit for the previous fiscal year and $40.
159.13 	(j) (i) "District" means a school district, a charter school, or a cooperative unit as defined 
159.14 	in section 123A.24, subdivision 2. Notwithstanding section 123A.26, cooperative units as 
159.15 	defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, are eligible to receive special education aid under 
159.16 	this section and section 125A.79.
159.17 	(j) "Initial special education cross subsidy" means the greater of zero or:
159.18 	(1) the nonfederal special education expenditure under paragraph (f); plus
159.19 	(2) the cost of providing transportation services for pupils with disabilities under section 
159.20 	123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4); minus
159.21 	(3) the special education aid under subdivision 2c and sections 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
159.22 	and 127A.47, subdivision 7; minus
159.23 	(4) the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus 
159.24 	local optional aid and referendum equalization aid attributable to pupils receiving special 
159.25 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
159.26 	day for the portion of time the pupils receive special instruction and services outside the 
159.27 	regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, 
159.28 	district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil 
159.29 	transportation.
159.30 	(k) The "minimum aid adjustment multiplier" for fiscal year 2020 equals 1.046. For 
159.31 	fiscal year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment multiplier equals the greater of 1.02 
159.32 	or the minimum aid adjustment multiplier for the previous year minus 0.002.
160.1 	(l) The "minimum aid adjustment factor" for fiscal year 2020 equals the program growth 
160.2 	factor for fiscal year 2020. For fiscal year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment factor 
160.3 	equals the product of the minimum aid adjustment factor for the previous fiscal year and 
160.4 	the minimum aid adjustment multiplier.

160.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

160.6 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
160.7 		Subd. 2a.Special education initial aid. For fiscal year 2016 2021 and later, a district's 
160.8 	special education initial aid equals the sum of:
160.9 	(1) the least of 62 percent of the district's old formula special education expenditures 
160.10 	for the prior fiscal year, excluding pupil transportation expenditures, 50 percent of the 
160.11 	district's nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior year, excluding pupil 
160.12 	transportation expenditures, or 56 percent of the product of the sum of the following amounts, 
160.13 	computed using prior fiscal year data, and the program growth factor:
160.14 	(i) the product of the district's average daily membership served and the sum of:
160.15 	(A) $450 $460; plus
160.16 	(B) $400 $405 times the ratio of the sum of the number of pupils enrolled on October 
160.17 	1 who are eligible to receive free lunch plus one-half of the pupils enrolled on October 1 
160.18 	who are eligible to receive reduced-price lunch to the total October 1 enrollment; plus
160.19 	(C) .008 times the district's average daily membership served; plus
160.20 	(ii) $10,400 $13,300 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas 
160.21 	of autism spectrum disorders, developmental delay, and severely multiply impaired; plus
160.22 	(iii) $18,000 $19,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas 
160.23 	of deaf and hard-of-hearing and emotional or behavioral disorders; plus
160.24 	(iv) $27,000 $25,200 times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas 
160.25 	of developmentally cognitive mild-moderate, developmentally cognitive severe-profound, 
160.26 	physically impaired, visually impaired, and deafblind; plus
160.27 	(2) the cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under 
160.28 	section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4).

160.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.

161.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
161.2 		Subd. 2c.Special education aid. (a) For fiscal year 2016 2020 and later, a district's 
161.3 	special education aid equals the sum of the district's special education initial aid under 
161.4 	subdivision 2a, the district's cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e, and the 
161.5 	district's excess cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 5.
161.6 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016, the special education aid for a 
161.7 	school district must not exceed the sum of the special education aid the district would have 
161.8 	received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, 
161.9 	as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 
161.10 	7, and the product of the district's average daily membership served and the special education 
161.11 	aid increase limit.
161.12 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later, the special education 
161.13 	aid for a school district must not exceed the sum of: (i) the product of the district's average 
161.14 	daily membership served and the special education aid increase limit and (ii) the product 
161.15 	of the sum of the special education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 
161.16 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to 
161.17 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the 
161.18 	district's average daily membership served for the current fiscal year to the district's average 
161.19 	daily membership served for fiscal year 2016, and the program growth factor.
161.20 	(d) (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016 2020 and later the special 
161.21 	education aid, excluding the cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e, for a school 
161.22 	district, not including a charter school or cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24, 
161.23 	must not be less than the lesser of (1) the sum of 90 percent for fiscal year 2020, 85 percent 
161.24 	for fiscal year 2021, 80 percent for fiscal year 2022, and 75 percent for fiscal year 2023 and 
161.25 	later of the district's nonfederal special education expenditures plus 100 percent of the 
161.26 	district's cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under section 
161.27 	123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), plus the adjustment under sections 125A.11 
161.28 	and 127A.47, subdivision 7, for that fiscal year or (2) the product of the sum of the special 
161.29 	education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 
161.30 	2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
161.31 	sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's adjusted daily 
161.32 	membership for the current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership for fiscal 
161.33 	year 2016, and the program growth minimum aid adjustment factor.
162.1 	(e) Notwithstanding subdivision 2a and section 125A.79, a charter school in its first year 
162.2 	of operation shall generate special education aid based on current year data. A newly formed 
162.3 	cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply to the commissioner for approval 
162.4 	to generate special education aid for its first year of operation based on current year data, 
162.5 	with an offsetting adjustment to the prior year data used to calculate aid for programs at 
162.6 	participating school districts or previous cooperatives that were replaced by the new 
162.7 	cooperative. The department shall establish procedures to adjust the prior year data and 
162.8 	fiscal year 2016 old formula aid used in calculating special education aid to exclude costs 
162.9 	that have been eliminated for districts where programs have closed or where a substantial 
162.10 	portion of the program has been transferred to a cooperative unit.
162.11 	(f) The department shall establish procedures through the uniform financial accounting 
162.12 	and reporting system to identify and track all revenues generated from third-party billings 
162.13 	as special education revenue at the school district level; include revenue generated from 
162.14 	third-party billings as special education revenue in the annual cross-subsidy report; and 
162.15 	exclude third-party revenue from calculation of excess cost aid to the districts.

162.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

162.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a subdivision 
162.18 	to read:
162.19 		Subd. 2e.Cross subsidy reduction aid. (a) A school district's annual cross subsidy 
162.20 	reduction aid equals the school district's initial special education cross subsidy for the 
162.21 	previous fiscal year times the cross subsidy aid factor for that fiscal year.
162.22 	(b) The cross subsidy aid factor equals 4.3 percent for fiscal year 2020 and 8.6 percent 
162.23 	for fiscal year 2021 and later.

162.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

162.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
162.26 		Subd. 7.Alternative attendance programs. (a) The general education aid and special 
162.27 	education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district 
162.28 	under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments 
162.29 	must be made according to this subdivision.
162.30 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special 
162.31 	education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing 
162.32 	special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building 
163.1 	lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil 
163.2 	with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51, 
163.3 	who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special 
163.4 	instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school 
163.5 	day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local 
163.6 	optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1, 
163.7 	paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special 
163.8 	instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to 
163.9 	district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, 
163.10 	capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section 
163.11 	125A.76, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e,
163.12 	attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and 
163.13 	services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum 
163.14 	equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average 
163.15 	general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.
163.16 	(c) For fiscal year 2015 and later 2020, special education aid paid to a resident district 
163.17 	must be reduced by an amount equal to 90 80 percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing 
163.18 	special education and services. For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to 
163.19 	a resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to 70 percent of the unreimbursed 
163.20 	cost of providing special education and services.
163.21 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
163.22 	be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education 
163.23 	and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school 
163.24 	where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent 
163.25 	of the charter school's total enrollment.
163.26 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must 
163.27 	be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education 
163.28 	aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special 
163.29 	education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.
163.30 	(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction 
163.31 	and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased 
163.32 	by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c) 
163.33 	and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full 
163.34 	adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to 
163.35 	other state aids due to the district.
164.1 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of 
164.2 	a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives 
164.3 	general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced 
164.4 	by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the 
164.5 	student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid 
164.6 	that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20, 
164.7 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student" 
164.8 	means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in 
164.9 	section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.
164.10 	(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district, 
164.11 	education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the 
164.12 	constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the 
164.13 	general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in 
164.14 	paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than 
164.15 	100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount 
164.16 	equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2, 
164.17 	times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and 
164.18 	transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area 
164.19 	learning center.

164.20 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.01, is amended to read:
164.21 	136D.01 INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
164.22 	"Intermediate school district" means a district with a cooperative program which has 
164.23 	been established under Laws 1967, chapter 822, as amended; Laws 1969, chapter 775, as 
164.24 	amended; and Laws 1969, chapter 1060, as amended this chapter, offering integrated services 
164.25 	for secondary, postsecondary, and adult students in the areas of vocational education, special 
164.26 	education, and other authorized services.

164.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.49, is amended to read:
164.28 	136D.49 OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.
164.29 	In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.41, 136D.71, and 136D.81, 
164.30 	the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter may provide 
164.31 	for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other governmental 
164.32 	units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in sections 136D.25,
165.1 	136D.24, 136D.44,136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the 
165.2 	services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8.

165.3 	Sec. 15. PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE WORKING GROUP.
 165.4 	(a) The commissioner of education must appoint a working group by July 1, 2019, that 
165.5 	includes the following:
165.6 	(1) special education administrators;
165.7 	(2) special education teachers;
165.8 	(3) school board members;
165.9 	(4) parents of children with disabilities receiving special instruction and services in 
165.10 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A;
165.11 	(5) organizations that work with the parents of children with disabilities; and
165.12 	(6) Department of Education staff with expertise in special education compliance.
165.13 	(b) The commissioner of education must convene the first meeting of the working group 
165.14 	no later than July 15, 2019, and must provide support and meeting space for the working 
165.15 	group. The meetings of the working group are subject to the requirements of Minnesota 
165.16 	Statutes, chapter 13D.
165.17 	(c) Members of the working group serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed 
165.18 	for allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's 
165.19 	duties for the working group in the same manner and amount as authorized by the 
165.20 	commissioner's plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.18, subdivision 2.
165.21 	(d) The working group must make recommendations for improving alignment between 
165.22 	state guidance and federal law requirements on prior written notice by January 15, 2020. 
165.23 	The working group must report its recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority 
165.24 	members of the legislative committees or divisions with jurisdiction over kindergarten 
165.25 	through grade 12 education.
165.26 	(e) This section expires January 16, 2020, or the day after the working group submits 
165.27 	the report required by this section, whichever is earlier.

165.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

166.1 	Sec. 16. INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM; RULE AMENDMENT.
 166.2 	The commissioner of education must amend Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2810, subpart 
166.3 	2, item A, to allow but not require an individualized education program to report a student's 
166.4 	performance on general state or districtwide assessments.

166.5 	Sec. 17. SPECIAL EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2016 BASE ADJUSTMENT.
 166.6 	The fiscal year 2016 special education base for Independent School District No. 709, 
166.7 	Duluth, must be increased by $500,000. The fiscal year 2016 base for Independent School 
166.8 	District No. 882, Monticello, must be increased by $250,000.

166.9 	Sec. 18. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON 
166.10 	DEFINITIONS.
 166.11 	The commissioner of education must define the following terms:
166.12 	(1) gifted student;
166.13 	(2) talented student;
166.14 	(3) twice-exceptional student;
166.15 	(4) print disabled student; and
166.16 	(5) reading disabled student.
166.17 	The commissioner must report these definitions to the legislative committees having 
166.18 	jurisdiction over early childhood through grade 12 education by February 15, 2020.

166.19 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATIONS.
 166.20 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
166.21 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
166.22 	designated.
166.23 		Subd. 2.Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
166.24 	section 125A.75:

166.25		$
	1,632,280,000
	.....
	2020
	
166.26		$
	1,787,067,000
	.....
	2021
	
166.27 	The 2020 appropriation includes $184,363,000 for 2019 and $1,447,917,000 for 2020.
166.28 	The 2021 appropriation includes $203,824,000 for 2020 and $1,583,243,000 for 2021.
167.1 		Subd. 3.Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
167.2 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
167.3 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

167.4		$
	1,382,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.5		$
	1,564,000
	.....
	2021
	
167.6 	If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is 
167.7 	available.
167.8 		Subd. 4.Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
167.9 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

167.10		$
	422,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.11		$
	442,000
	.....
	2021
	
167.12 	The 2020 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2019 and $382,000 for 2020.
167.13 	The 2021 appropriation includes $42,000 for 2020 and $400,000 for 2021.
167.14 		Subd. 5.Court-placed special education revenue. For reimbursing serving school 
167.15 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
167.16 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

167.17		$
	31,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.18		$
	32,000
	.....
	2021
	
167.19 		Subd. 6.Special education out-of-state tuition. For special education out-of-state 
167.20 	tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:

167.21		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.22		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
167.23 		Subd. 7.Special education supplemental aid. (a) For special education supplemental 
167.24 	aid:

167.25		$
	1,200,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.26		$
	1,200,000
	.....
	2021
	
167.27 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,000,000 is for Independent School District No. 
167.28 	709, Duluth, and $200,000 is for Independent School District No. 882, Monticello.
167.29 		Subd. 8.Paraprofessional training. For costs associated with paid orientation and 
167.30 	professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.08:

167.31		$
	7,154,000
	.....
	2020
	
167.32		$
	7,154,000
	.....
	2021

168.1 	Sec. 20. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 168.2 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed in 
168.3 	column A to the references listed in column B.

168.4	Column A
	Column B
	
168.5	136D.01
	123C.01
	
168.6	136D.21
	123C.20
	
168.7	136D.22, subdivisions 1 and 2
	123C.21, subdivisions 1 and 2
	
168.8	136D.23
	123C.22
	
168.9	136D.24
	123C.23
	
168.10	136D.25
	123C.24
	
168.11	136D.26
	123C.25
	
168.12	136D.29
	123C.26
	
168.13	136D.31
	123C.27
	
168.14	136D.41
	123C.30
	
168.15	136D.42
	123C.31
	
168.16	136D.43
	123C.32
	
168.17	136D.44
	123C.33
	
168.18	136D.45
	123C.34
	
168.19	136D.46
	123C.35
	
168.20	136D.47
	123C.36
	
168.21	136D.48
	123C.37
	
168.22	136D.49
	123C.02
	
168.23	136D.71, subdivision 1
	123C.60, subdivision 1
	
168.24	136D.72
	123C.61
	
168.25	136D.73, subdivision 1
	123C.63, subdivision 1
	
168.26	136D.73, subdivision 2
	123C.63, subdivision 3
	
168.27	136D.73, subdivision 4
	123C.63, subdivision 4
	
168.28	136D.73, subdivision 4a
	123C.63, subdivision 5
	
168.29	136D.73, subdivision 4b
	123C.63, subdivision 6
	
168.30	136D.73, subdivision 4c
	123C.63, subdivision 7
	
168.31	136D.73, subdivision 5
	123C.63, subdivision 8
	
168.32	136D.74, subdivision 1
	123C.62, subdivision 1
	
168.33	136D.74, subdivision 1a
	123C.62, subdivision 2
	
168.34	136D.74, subdivision 1b
	123C.62, subdivision 3
	
168.35	136D.76, subdivision 1
	123C.63, subdivision 2
	
168.36	136D.76, subdivision 2
	123C.60, subdivision 2
	
168.37	136D.81, subdivision 1
	123C.70
	
169.1	136D.82, subdivisions 1 and 2
	123C.71, subdivisions 1 and 2
	
169.2	136D.83
	123C.72
	
169.3	136D.84
	123C.73
	
169.4	136D.85
	123C.74
	
169.5	136D.86
	123C.75
	
169.6	136D.90, subdivision 1
	123C.76
	
169.7	136D.92
	123C.77
	
169.8 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota 
169.9 	Statutes consistent with the renumbering in this section, and if Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
169.10 	136D, is further amended in the 2019 legislative session, shall codify the amendments in a 
169.11 	manner consistent with this act. The revisor may make necessary changes to sentence 
169.12 	structure to preserve the meaning of the text.

169.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

169.14 	Sec. 21. REPEALER.
 169.15 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.93, is repealed.

169.16 	ARTICLE 5
169.17 	HEALTH AND SAFETY

169.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.21, is amended to read:
169.19 	120B.21 MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
169.20 	School districts and charter schools are encouraged to provide mental health instruction 
169.21 	for students in grades 64 through 12 aligned with local health standards and integrated into 
169.22 	existing programs, curriculum, or the general school environment of a district or charter 
169.23 	school. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, 
169.24 	commissioner of health, and mental health organizations, is encouraged tomust, by July 1, 
169.25 	2020, and July 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, provide districts and charter schools 
169.26 	with resources gathered by national mental health advocates, including:
169.27 	(1) age-appropriate model learning activities for grades 64 through 12 that encompass 
169.28 	the mental health components of the National Health Education Standards and the 
169.29 	benchmarks developed by the department's quality teaching network in health and best 
169.30 	practices in mental health education; and
170.1 	(2) a directory of resources for planning and implementing age-appropriate mental health 
170.2 	curriculum and instruction in grades 6 4 through 12 that includes resources on suicide and 
170.3 	self-harm prevention.

170.4 	Sec. 2. [120B.211] SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
170.5 		Subdivision 1.Model program. (a) The commissioner of education must, in consultation 
170.6 	with the commissioner of health and other qualified experts, identify one or more model 
170.7 	comprehensive sexual health education programs for elementary and secondary school 
170.8 	students. The commissioner must use the rulemaking process under section 14.389, including 
170.9 	a hearing under section 14.389, subdivision 5, to identify a model program under this section. 
170.10 	The commissioner must provide school districts and charter schools with access to the model 
170.11 	program, including written materials, curriculum resources, and training for instructors by 
170.12 	June 1, 2021.
170.13 	(b) The model program must include medically accurate instruction that is age and 
170.14 	developmentally appropriate on:
170.15 	(1) human anatomy, reproduction, and sexual development;
170.16 	(2) consent, bodily autonomy, and healthy relationships, including relationships involving 
170.17 	diverse sexual orientations and gender identities;
170.18 	(3) abstinence and other methods for preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually 
170.19 	transmitted infections; and
170.20 	(4) the relationship between substance use and sexual behavior and health.
170.21 	(c) "Consent" as used in this section means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary 
170.22 	agreement to engage in interpersonal, physical, or sexual activity.
170.23 		Subd. 2.School programs. (a) Starting in the 2021-2022 school year, a school district 
170.24 	or charter school must implement a comprehensive sexual health education program for 
170.25 	students in elementary and secondary school, including students with disabilities and students 
170.26 	enrolled in a state-approved alternative program. The sexual health education program must 
170.27 	include instruction on the topics listed in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and must:
170.28 	(1) respect community values and encourage students to communicate with parents or 
170.29 	guardians; faith, health, and social services professionals; and other trusted adults about 
170.30 	sexuality and intimate relationships;
170.31 	(2) respond to culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities in an inclusive, 
170.32 	respectful, and effective manner; and
171.1 	(3) provide students with information about local resources where students may obtain 
171.2 	medically accurate information and services related to sexual and reproductive health, dating 
171.3 	violence, and sexual assault.
171.4 	(b) A school district or charter school sexual health education program must include 
171.5 	notification to:
171.6 	(1) students and school employees regarding criminal penalties for engaging in sexual 
171.7 	contact with minors and the availability of mistake as to age or consent of the minors as a 
171.8 	defense; and
171.9 	(2) school employees and administrators that a teacher or administrator who engages in 
171.10 	sexual contact with a student may be found in violation of the teacher code of ethics and 
171.11 	that such conduct may be grounds for suspension or revocation of a teaching license in 
171.12 	accordance with section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1).
171.13 	(c) The superintendent of a school district or person having administrative control over 
171.14 	a charter school must submit to the commissioner an annual assurance of compliance with 
171.15 	the requirements of this section. The assurance must state whether the district or charter 
171.16 	school adopted a model program identified in accordance with subdivision 1, or whether 
171.17 	the district or charter school adopted a different program. The assurances must be in the 
171.18 	form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
171.19 	(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, instruction in a sexual health education 
171.20 	program under this section may be provided by a person without a teaching license who is 
171.21 	employed by the school district, charter school, or a community organization if the school 
171.22 	administration determines the school employee or community organization has necessary 
171.23 	content expertise.
171.24 		Subd. 3.Parental review. A school district or charter school must provide instruction 
171.25 	under this section consistent with the parental curriculum review requirements in section 
171.26 	120B.20.

171.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

171.28 	Sec. 3. [121A.032] SCHOOL SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEX 
171.29 	DISCRIMINATION POLICY COMPLIANCE.
171.30 		Subdivision 1.Duties. To support school compliance with state and federal sexual 
171.31 	harassment and sex discrimination laws, the Department of Education must:
172.1 	(1) provide leadership, consultation, and technical assistance to districts on the 
172.2 	responsibilities of district-designated Title IX coordinators;
172.3 	(2) collaborate with state experts on sexual violence, including the Department of Health 
172.4 	Sexual Violence Prevention Unit and the Department of Human Rights, to establish model 
172.5 	protocols, material development, and training to district-designated Title IX coordinators 
172.6 	as appropriate;
172.7 	(3) disseminate guidance from the federal government on Title IX, including school-based 
172.8 	sexual harassment and sexual violence;
172.9 	(4) collect and maintain an updated statewide list of Title IX coordinators for all public 
172.10 	school districts;
172.11 	(5) serve as the state lead on Title IX for schools, parents, students, and community 
172.12 	organizations; and
172.13 	(6) upon request from a school district, provide specific training to public schools on 
172.14 	preventing and responding to sexual violence, conducting trauma-informed investigations, 
172.15 	and provide redress for victims, including but not limited to accommodations during the 
172.16 	investigation as requested.
172.17 		Subd. 2.Training. The Department of Education must provide training to Title IX 
172.18 	coordinators on state and federal sexual harassment and sex discrimination laws every other 
172.19 	year. The training must include responding to allegations, conducting investigations, and 
172.20 	reviewing and implementing prevention policies focused on changing culture.

172.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
172.22 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) This section applies only:
172.23 	(1) when the parent of a pupil requests school personnel to administer drugs or medicine 
172.24 	to the pupil; or
172.25 	(2) when administration is allowed by the individualized education program of a child 
172.26 	with a disability.
172.27 	The request of a parent may be oral or in writing. An oral request must be reduced to 
172.28 	writing within two school days, provided that the district may rely on an oral request until 
172.29 	a written request is received.
172.30 	(b) If the administration of a drug or medication described in paragraph (a) requires the 
172.31 	school to store the drugs or medication, the parent or legal guardian must inform the school 
172.32 	if the drug or medication is a controlled substance. For drugs or medications that are not 
173.1 	controlled substances, the request must include a provision designating the school district 
173.2 	as an authorized entity to transport the drug or medication for the purpose of destruction if 
173.3 	any unused drug or medication is left in the possession of school personnel. For drugs or 
173.4 	medications that are controlled substances, the request must specify that the parent or legal 
173.5 	guardian is required to retrieve the drug when requested by the school.

173.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.22, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
173.7 	read:
173.8 		Subd. 4a.Unclaimed drugs or medications. (a) Each school district shall adopt a 
173.9 	procedure for the collection and transport of any unclaimed or abandoned prescription drugs 
173.10 	or over-the-counter medications left in the possession of school personnel in accordance 
173.11 	with this subdivision. The procedure must ensure that before the transportation of any 
173.12 	prescription drug under this subdivision, the school district shall make a reasonable attempt 
173.13 	to return the unused prescription drug to the student's parent or legal guardian. The procedure 
173.14 	must provide that transportation of unclaimed or unused prescription drugs or 
173.15 	over-the-counter medications occur at least annually, or more frequently as determined by 
173.16 	the school district.
173.17 	(b) If the unclaimed or abandoned prescription drug is not a controlled substance as 
173.18 	defined under section 152.01, subdivision 4, or is an over-the-counter medication, the school 
173.19 	district may designate an individual who shall be responsible for transporting the drugs or 
173.20 	medications to a designated drop-off box or collection site or may request that a law 
173.21 	enforcement agency transport the drugs or medications to a drop-off box or collection site 
173.22 	on behalf of the school district.
173.23 	(c) If the unclaimed or abandoned prescription drug is a controlled substance as defined 
173.24 	in section 152.01, subdivision 4, a school district or school personnel is prohibited from 
173.25 	transporting the prescription drug to a drop-off box or collection site for prescription drugs 
173.26 	identified under this paragraph. The school district must request that a law enforcement 
173.27 	agency transport the prescription drug or medication to a collection bin that complies with 
173.28 	Drug Enforcement Agency regulations, or if a site is not available, under the agency's 
173.29 	procedure for transporting drugs.

173.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

173.31 	Sec. 6. [121A.223] POSSESSION AND USE OF SUNSCREEN.
173.32 	A school district must allow a student to possess and apply a topical sunscreen product 
173.33 	during the school day, while on school property, or at a school-sponsored event without a 
174.1 	prescription, physician's note, or other documentation from a licensed health care 
174.2 	professional. A school district may adopt a policy related to student possession and use of 
174.3 	sunscreen consistent with this section. Nothing in this section requires school personnel to 
174.4 	provide sunscreen or assist students in applying sunscreen.

174.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

174.6 	Sec. 7. [121A.35] SCHOOL SAFETY ASSESSMENT.
174.7 		Subdivision 1.School safety assessment. "School safety assessment" means a fact-based 
174.8 	and evidence-based process using an integrated team approach that helps schools evaluate 
174.9 	and assess potentially threatening situations or students whose behavior may pose a threat 
174.10 	to the safety of the school, staff, or students.
174.11 		Subd. 2.Policy. A school board must adopt a policy to establish safety assessment teams 
174.12 	to conduct school safety assessments consistent with subdivision 1. A safety assessment 
174.13 	policy must be consistent with district policies in sections 121A.035, 125A.027, 125A.08, 
174.14 	and 125A.091, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 300.300 to 300.304, and 
174.15 	with any guidance provided by the Department of Public Safety's School Safety Center. A 
174.16 	safety assessment policy must include procedures for referrals for special education or 
174.17 	section 504 evaluations, and to mental health or health care providers for evaluation or 
174.18 	treatment when appropriate. A safety assessment policy must require notice to the parent 
174.19 	or guardian of a student whose behavior is assessed under this section unless notice to the 
174.20 	parent or guardian is not in the minor's best interest, consistent with sections 13.02, 
174.21 	subdivision 8, and 13.32, subdivision 2.
174.22 		Subd. 3.Oversight. The superintendent of a school district must establish a committee 
174.23 	or individual charged with oversight of the safety assessment teams operating within the 
174.24 	district, which may be an existing committee established by the school board.
174.25 		Subd. 4.Safety assessment teams. (a) The superintendent of a school district must 
174.26 	establish for each school a safety assessment team that includes, to the extent practicable, 
174.27 	school officials with expertise in counseling, school psychology, school administration, and 
174.28 	students with disabilities; as well as cultural liaisons; certified, licensed, or otherwise 
174.29 	qualified mental health and treatment professionals; and law enforcement. The team may 
174.30 	include human resources personnel or legal counsel if the subject of the assessment is not 
174.31 	a student. A safety assessment team may serve one or more schools, as determined by the 
174.32 	superintendent.
174.33 	(b) A safety assessment team must:
175.1 	(1) provide guidance to school staff, parents, and students regarding recognition of 
175.2 	threatening or concerning behavior that may represent a threat to the community, school, 
175.3 	staff, or students, and the members of the school to whom threatening or concerning behavior 
175.4 	should be reported;
175.5 	(2) consider whether there is sufficient information to determine whether a student or 
175.6 	other person poses a threat;
175.7 	(3) implement a policy adopted by the school board under subdivision 2;
175.8 	(4) report summary data on its activities according to guidance developed by the School 
175.9 	Safety Center; and
175.10 	(5) comply with applicable special education requirements, including sections 125A.027, 
175.11 	125A.08, and 125A.091, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 300.300 to 
175.12 	300.304.
175.13 	(c) Upon a preliminary determination that a student poses a threat of violence or physical 
175.14 	harm to others, a safety assessment team must immediately report its determination to the 
175.15 	district superintendent or the superintendent's designee, who must immediately attempt to 
175.16 	notify the student's parent or legal guardian, and provide the parent or guardian written 
175.17 	notice, unless notice to the parent or guardian is not in the student's best interest. The safety 
175.18 	assessment team must consider services to address the student's underlying behavioral or 
175.19 	mental health issues, which may include counseling, social work services, character education 
175.20 	consistent with section 120B.232, social emotional learning, evidence-based academic and 
175.21 	positive behavioral interventions and supports, mental health services, and referrals for 
175.22 	special education or section 504 evaluations. Upon the request of a parent or guardian of a 
175.23 	student who is the subject of a safety assessment, a safety assessment team must provide 
175.24 	the parent or guardian with a copy of the data related to the safety assessment after the team 
175.25 	determines that the threat has been addressed, consistent with subdivision 5.
175.26 	(d) If the safety assessment team finds in the course of an evaluation that a student is 
175.27 	also exhibiting suicidal ideation or self-harm, the safety assessment team must follow the 
175.28 	district's suicide prevention policy or protocol or refer the student to an appropriate 
175.29 	school-linked mental health professional or other support personnel. Access to information 
175.30 	regarding a student exhibiting suicidal ideation or self-harm is subject to section 13.32, 
175.31 	subdivision 2.
175.32 	(e) Nothing in this section precludes a school district official or employee from acting 
175.33 	immediately to address an imminent threat.
176.1 	(f) Nothing in this section modifies or affects a school district's obligations under state 
176.2 	and federal law relating to students with disabilities.
176.3 		Subd. 5.Redisclosure. (a) A safety assessment team member must not redisclose 
176.4 	educational records or use any record of an individual beyond the purpose for which the 
176.5 	disclosure was made to the safety assessment team. A school district employee who has 
176.6 	access to information related to a safety assessment is subject to this subdivision.
176.7 	(b) Nothing in this section prohibits the disclosure of educational records in health, 
176.8 	including mental health, and safety emergencies in accordance with state and federal law. 
176.9 	Data related to a safety assessment must not be provided to law enforcement without a 
176.10 	reasonable cause or need for law enforcement involvement or knowledge. A school district 
176.11 	must notify a parent or guardian when data related to a safety assessment is provided to a 
176.12 	law enforcement official who is not a member of the safety assessment team, unless notice 
176.13 	to the parent or guardian is not in the student's best interest, consistent with sections 13.02, 
176.14 	subdivision 8, and 13.32, subdivision 2.

176.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.

176.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.595, is amended to read:
176.17 	123B.595 LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE.
176.18 		Subdivision 1.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2017 
176.19 	only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $193 
176.20 	times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's 
176.21 	average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor 
176.22 	air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section 
176.23 	123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (ii) for a 
176.24 	school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, 
176.25 	the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to 
176.26 	accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district would 
176.27 	have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 
176.28 	2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) for a school 
176.29 	district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, the 
176.30 	cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to 
176.31 	accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
176.32 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater 
176.33 	of (1) the sum of (i) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or 
177.1 	the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the 
177.2 	commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement 
177.3 	projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more 
177.4 	per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program 
177.5 	under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing 
177.6 	instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the 
177.7 	amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, 
177.8 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, 
177.9 	and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under 
177.10 	section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing 
177.11 	instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
177.12 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, (a) Long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals 
177.13 	the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser 
177.14 	of one or the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus (ii) the cost approved 
177.15 	by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos 
177.16 	abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 
177.17 	or more per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten 
177.18 	program under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling 
177.19 	existing instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of 
177.20 	(i) the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
177.21 	123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 
177.22 	123B.591, and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program 
177.23 	under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing 
177.24 	instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
177.25 	(d) (b) Notwithstanding paragraphs paragraph (a), (b), and (c), a school district that 
177.26 	qualified for eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, 
177.27 	paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2010 remains eligible for funding under this section as a district 
177.28 	that would have qualified for eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, 
177.29 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later.
177.30 		Subd. 2.Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school. (a) For fiscal 
177.31 	year 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school equals $34 
177.32 	times the adjusted pupil units.
177.33 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter 
177.34 	school equals $85 times the adjusted pupil units.
178.1 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter 
178.2 	school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.
178.3 		Subd. 3.Intermediate districts and other cooperative units. (a) Upon approval through 
178.4 	the adoption of a resolution by each member district school board of an intermediate district 
178.5 	or other cooperative units unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers 
178.6 	district under section 471.59, and the approval of the commissioner of education, a school 
178.7 	district may include in its authority under this section a proportionate share of the long-term 
178.8 	maintenance costs of the intermediate district or, cooperative unit, or joint powers district. 
178.9 	The cooperative unit or joint powers district may issue bonds to finance the project costs 
178.10 	or levy for the costs, using long-term maintenance revenue transferred from member districts 
178.11 	to make debt service payments or pay project costs or, for leased facilities, pay the portion 
178.12 	of lease costs attributable to the amortized cost of long-term facilities maintenance projects 
178.13 	completed by the landlord. Authority under this subdivision is in addition to the authority 
178.14 	for individual district projects under subdivision 1.
178.15 	(b) The resolution adopted under paragraph (a) may specify which member districts will 
178.16 	share the project costs under this subdivision, except that debt service payments for bonds 
178.17 	issued by a cooperative unit or joint powers district to finance long-term maintenance project 
178.18 	costs must be the responsibility of all member districts.
178.19 		Subd. 4.Facilities plans. (a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district 
178.20 	or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility plan 
178.21 	adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include 
178.22 	provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety, 
178.23 	and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management 
178.24 	and remediation of lead hazards. The plan may include provisions for enhancing school 
178.25 	safety through physical modifications to school facilities authorized under subdivision 4a.
178.26 	(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner for 
178.27 	approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan 
178.28 	or levy for the costs.
178.29 	(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a debt 
178.30 	service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal 
178.31 	and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities revenue 
178.32 	for that year.
178.33 		Subd. 4a.School safety facility enhancements. A school district may include in its 
178.34 	facilities plan a school safety facilities plan. School safety projects may include remodeling 
179.1 	or new construction for school security enhancements, public announcement systems, 
179.2 	emergency communications devices, or equipment and facility modifications related to 
179.3 	violence prevention and facility security.
179.4 		Subd. 5.Bond authorization. (a) A school district may issue general obligation bonds 
179.5 	under this section to finance facilities plans approved by its board and the commissioner. 
179.6 	Chapter 475, except sections 475.58 and 475.59, must be complied with. The authority to 
179.7 	issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority authorized by this 
179.8 	chapter or other law. The amount of bonding authority authorized under this section must 
179.9 	be disregarded in calculating the bonding or net debt limits of this chapter, or any other law 
179.10 	other than section 475.53, subdivision 4.
179.11 	(b) At least 20 days before the earliest of solicitation of bids, the issuance of bonds, or 
179.12 	the final certification of levies under subdivision 6, the district must publish notice of the 
179.13 	intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district indebtedness.
179.14 	(c) The portion of revenue under this section for bonded debt must be recognized in the 
179.15 	debt service fund.
179.16 		Subd. 6.Levy authorization. A district may levy for costs related to an approved plan 
179.17 	under subdivision 4 as follows:
179.18 	(1) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that bonds will be issued, the district 
179.19 	may levy for the principal and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued under 
179.20 	subdivision 5 after reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9;
179.21 	(2) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that the plan will be funded through 
179.22 	levy, the district may levy according to the schedule approved in the plan after reduction 
179.23 	for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; or
179.24 	(3) if the debt service revenue for a district required to pay the principal and interest on 
179.25 	bonds issued under subdivision 5 exceeds the district's long-term facilities maintenance 
179.26 	revenue for the same fiscal year, the district's general fund levy must be reduced by the 
179.27 	amount of the excess.
179.28 		Subd. 7.Long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue. (a) For fiscal year 
179.29 	2017 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue equals the lesser 
179.30 	of (1) $193 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's revenue under subdivision 1.
179.31 	(b) For fiscal year 2018 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization 
179.32 	revenue equals the lesser of (1) $292 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's 
179.33 	revenue under subdivision 1.
180.1 	(c) For fiscal year 2019 and later, (a) A district's long-term facilities maintenance 
180.2 	equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $380 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the 
180.3 	district's revenue under subdivision 1.
180.4 	(d) (b) Notwithstanding paragraphs paragraph (a) to (c), a district's long-term facilities 
180.5 	maintenance equalization revenue must not be less than the lesser of the district's long-term 
180.6 	facilities maintenance revenue or the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 
180.7 	under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 6.
180.8 		Subd. 8.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy. (a) For fiscal year 2017 
180.9 	and later, A district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's 
180.10 	long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue minus the greater of:
180.11 	(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue or 
180.12 	the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
180.13 	section 123B.59, subdivision 6; or
180.14 	(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the greater 
180.15 	of (i) zero or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit 
180.16 	in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to 123 125 percent of the state average 
180.17 	adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts in the year preceding 
180.18 	the year the levy is certified.
180.19 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
180.20 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
180.21 		Subd. 8a.Long-term facilities maintenance unequalized levy. For fiscal year 2017 
180.22 	and later, A district's long-term facilities maintenance unequalized levy equals the difference 
180.23 	between the district's revenue under subdivision 1 and the district's equalization revenue 
180.24 	under subdivision 7.
180.25 		Subd. 9.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. For fiscal year 2017 and 
180.26 	later, A district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid equals its long-term facilities 
180.27 	maintenance equalization revenue minus its long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy 
180.28 	times the ratio of the actual equalized amount levied to the permitted equalized levy.
180.29 		Subd. 10.Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue. (a) A district 
180.30 	may use revenue under this section for any of the following:
180.31 	(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent further 
180.32 	erosion of facilities;
180.33 	(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities;
181.1 	(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57;
181.2 	(4) school safety facility enhancements authorized under subdivision 4a; or
181.3 	(4) (5) by board resolution, to transfer money from the general fund reserve for long-term 
181.4 	facilities maintenance to the debt redemption fund to pay the amounts needed to meet, when 
181.5 	due, principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under subdivision 5.
181.6 	(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related to the 
181.7 	school, including school safety facility enhancements.
181.8 		Subd. 11.Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue. Notwithstanding 
181.9 	subdivision 10, for projects other than school safety facility enhancements, long-term 
181.10 	facilities maintenance revenue may not be used:
181.11 	(1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the purchase 
181.12 	of portable classrooms;
181.13 	(2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other 
181.14 	deferred payments agreement;
181.15 	(3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property or 
181.16 	part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration, or for a 
181.17 	purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or
181.18 	(4) for violence prevention and facility security, ergonomics, or emergency 
181.19 	communication devices.
181.20 		Subd. 12.Reserve account. The portion of long-term facilities maintenance revenue 
181.21 	not recognized under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), must be maintained in a reserve account 
181.22 	within the general fund.

181.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

181.24 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.61, is amended to read:
181.25 	123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
181.26 	(a) The board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or 
181.27 	capital notes subject to the district debt limits to:
181.28 	(a) (1) purchase vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy 
181.29 	and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction, public announcement systems, 
181.30 	emergency communications devices, other equipment related to violence prevention and 
182.1 	facility security, and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long 
182.2 	as the terms of the certificates or notes;
182.3 	(b) (2) purchase computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful 
182.4 	life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application 
182.5 	development services and training related to the use of the computer; and
182.6 	(c) (3) prepay special assessments.
182.7 	(b) The certificates or notes must be payable in not more than ten years and must be 
182.8 	issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board, except that certificates or 
182.9 	notes issued to prepay special assessments must be payable in not more than 20 years. The 
182.10 	certificates or notes may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election. 
182.11 	The certificates or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55.
182.12 	(c) A tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the 
182.13 	certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. The sum 
182.14 	of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62 for each year must not exceed the 
182.15 	lesser of the sum of the amount of the district's total operating capital revenue and safe 
182.16 	schools revenue or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds 
182.17 	excluding the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt 
182.18 	service levies are certified.
182.19 	(d) The district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the sum of:
182.20 	(1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of 
182.21 	the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required 
182.22 	by section 475.61,;
182.23 	(2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of 
182.24 	the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62,; and
182.25 	(3) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or 
182.26 	notes issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts 
182.27 	used to pay capitalized interest.
182.28 	(e) If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the reduction, the balance 
182.29 	shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund levy, and next from the 
182.30 	district's general fund or community service fund levies for the following year.
182.31 	(f) A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates 
182.32 	or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the 
182.33 	following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 126C.69 
183.1 	or an outstanding debt service loan under section 126C.68 must not use an excess amount 
183.2 	in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.

183.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

183.4 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44, is amended to read:
183.5 	126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS LEVY REVENUE.
183.6 		Subdivision 1.School district safe schools revenue. (a) Each district may make a levy 
183.7 	on all taxable property located within the district for the purposes specified in this section. 
183.8 	The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal 
183.9 	to $36 multiplied by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 
183.10 	2020 only, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $45 
183.11 	times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or $18,750. For fiscal year 2021 
183.12 	and later, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $54 times 
183.13 	the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or $22,500.
183.14 		Subd. 2.Charter school revenue. (a) For fiscal year 2020, safe schools revenue for a 
183.15 	charter school equals $9 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year 
183.16 	2021 and later, safe schools revenue for a charter schools equals $54 times the adjusted 
183.17 	pupil units for the school year.
183.18 	(b) The revenue must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe schools 
183.19 	activities authorized under subdivision 9, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10), or for building 
183.20 	lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid that are attributable to facility 
183.21 	security enhancements made by the landlord after March 1, 2019.
183.22 		Subd. 3.Intermediate school districts. (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative 
183.23 	safe schools revenue for a school district that is a member of an intermediate school district 
183.24 	equals $18.75 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
183.25 	(b) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school 
183.26 	district that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $22.50 times the district's 
183.27 	adjusted pupil units for the school year.
183.28 		Subd. 4.Other cooperative units. (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative safe 
183.29 	schools revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an 
183.30 	intermediate district that enrolls students equals $3.75 times the district's adjusted pupil 
183.31 	units for the school year.
184.1 	(b) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school 
184.2 	district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an intermediate district that enrolls 
184.3 	students equals $7.50 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
184.4 		Subd. 5.Transfer to cooperative unit. Revenue raised under subdivisions 3 and 4 must 
184.5 	be transferred to the intermediate school district or other cooperative unit of which the 
184.6 	district is a member and used only for costs associated with safe schools activities authorized 
184.7 	under subdivision 9, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10). If the district is a member of more 
184.8 	than one cooperative unit that enrolls students, the revenue must be allocated among the 
184.9 	cooperative units.
184.10 		Subd. 6.Total safe schools revenue. For fiscal year 2020 and later, the safe schools 
184.11 	revenue for a school district equals the sum of the district's initial safe schools revenue and 
184.12 	the district's cooperative safe schools revenue.
184.13 		Subd. 7.Safe schools levy. (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, a district's safe schools levy 
184.14 	equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
184.15 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, the safe schools levy for a school district that is a member 
184.16 	of an intermediate school district is increased by an amount equal to $15 times the district's 
184.17 	adjusted pupil units for the school year.
184.18 	(c) To obtain safe schools revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later, a district may levy an 
184.19 	amount not more than the product of its safe schools revenue for the fiscal year times the 
184.20 	lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to the safe 
184.21 	schools equalizing factor. The safe schools equalizing factor equals 151.3 percent of the 
184.22 	state average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts in the 
184.23 	year preceding the year the levy is certified.
184.24 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described 
184.25 	in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
184.26 		Subd. 8.Safe schools aid. For fiscal year 2020, a district's safe schools aid equals its 
184.27 	safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's 
184.28 	safe schools aid equals its safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy, times the ratio 
184.29 	of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
184.30 		Subd. 9.Uses of safe schools revenue.  (a) The proceeds of the levyrevenue must be 
184.31 	reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities 
184.32 	and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:
185.1 	(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace 
185.2 	officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
185.3 	(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101, 
185.4 	subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
185.5 	(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's 
185.6 	schools;
185.7 	(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
185.8 	(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, 
185.9 	voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the 
185.10 	school district;
185.11 	(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school 
185.12 	social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical dependency 
185.13 	counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
185.14 	(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public 
185.15 	announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility 
185.16 	modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
185.17 	(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate including professional 
185.18 	development such as restorative practices, social-emotional learning, and other 
185.19 	evidence-based practices; or
185.20 	(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who 
185.21 	are not district employees or contractors.;
185.22 	(10) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to pay the 
185.23 	amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on obligations issued 
185.24 	under sections 123B.61 and 123B.62 for purposes included in clause (7); or
185.25 	(11) to pay for training for members of safety assessment teams and oversight committees 
185.26 	under section 121A.35.
185.27 	(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt 
185.28 	to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department 
185.29 	of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school 
185.30 	receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does 
185.31 	not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with 
186.1 	any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's 
186.2 	boundaries.
186.3 	(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in 
186.4 	its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized 
186.5 	under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed 
186.6 	$15 times the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to 
186.7 	any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must 
186.8 	be transferred to the intermediate school district.
186.9 		Subd. 10.Reporting. A school district or charter school receiving revenue under this 
186.10 	section must annually report safe schools expenditures to the commissioner, in the form 
186.11 	and manner specified by the commissioner. The report must include spending by functional 
186.12 	area, any new staff positions hired, and revenue uses under subdivision 5.

186.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

186.14 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
186.15 		Subd. 2.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
186.16 	given them unless the specific content indicates otherwise:
186.17 	(a) "Accidental" means a sudden, not reasonably foreseeable, and unexpected occurrence 
186.18 	or event which:
186.19 	(1) is not likely to occur and could not have been prevented by exercise of due care; and
186.20 	(2) if occurring while a child is receiving services from a facility, happens when the 
186.21 	facility and the employee or person providing services in the facility are in compliance with 
186.22 	the laws and rules relevant to the occurrence or event.
186.23 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
186.24 	(c) "Facility" means:
186.25 	(1) a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, certified license-exempt child care center, 
186.26 	residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to 
186.27 	be licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58, 241.021, or 245A.01 to 245A.16, or chapter 
186.28 	144H, 245D, or 245H;
186.29 	(2) a school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and chapter 124E; 
186.30 	or
187.1 	(3) a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in section 256B.0625, 
187.2 	subdivision 19a.
187.3 	(d) "Family assessment" means a comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of 
187.4 	subsequent child maltreatment, and family strengths and needs that is applied to a child 
187.5 	maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment. 
187.6 	Family assessment does not include a determination as to whether child maltreatment 
187.7 	occurred but does determine the need for services to address the safety of family members 
187.8 	and the risk of subsequent maltreatment.
187.9 	(e) "Investigation" means fact gathering related to the current safety of a child and the 
187.10 	risk of subsequent maltreatment that determines whether child maltreatment occurred and 
187.11 	whether child protective services are needed. An investigation must be used when reports 
187.12 	involve sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment, and for reports of maltreatment in 
187.13 	facilities required to be licensed or certified under chapter 245A, 245D, or 245H; under 
187.14 	sections 144.50 to 144.58 and 241.021; in a school as defined in section 120A.05, 
187.15 	subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, and chapter 124E; or in a nonlicensed personal care provider 
187.16 	association as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a.
187.17 	(f) "Mental injury" means an injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability 
187.18 	of a child as evidenced by an observable or substantial impairment in the child's ability to 
187.19 	function within a normal range of performance and behavior with due regard to the child's 
187.20 	culture.
187.21 	(g) "Neglect" means the commission or omission of any of the acts specified under 
187.22 	clauses (1) to (9), other than by accidental means:
187.23 	(1) failure by a person responsible for a child's care to supply a child with necessary 
187.24 	food, clothing, shelter, health, medical, or other care required for the child's physical or 
187.25 	mental health when reasonably able to do so;
187.26 	(2) failure to protect a child from conditions or actions that seriously endanger the child's 
187.27 	physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so, including a growth delay, which 
187.28 	may be referred to as a failure to thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due 
187.29 	to parental neglect;
187.30 	(3) failure to provide for necessary supervision or child care arrangements appropriate 
187.31 	for a child after considering factors as the child's age, mental ability, physical condition, 
187.32 	length of absence, or environment, when the child is unable to care for the child's own basic 
187.33 	needs or safety, or the basic needs or safety of another child in their care;
188.1 	(4) failure to ensure that the child is educated as defined in sections 120A.22 and 
188.2 	260C.163, subdivision 11, which does not include a parent's refusal to provide the parent's 
188.3 	child with sympathomimetic medications, consistent with section 125A.091, subdivision 
188.4 	5;
188.5 	(5) nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a child is neglected solely 
188.6 	because the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child's care in good 
188.7 	faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease or 
188.8 	remedial care of the child in lieu of medical care; except that a parent, guardian, or caretaker, 
188.9 	or a person mandated to report pursuant to subdivision 3, has a duty to report if a lack of 
188.10 	medical care may cause serious danger to the child's health. This section does not impose 
188.11 	upon persons, not otherwise legally responsible for providing a child with necessary food, 
188.12 	clothing, shelter, education, or medical care, a duty to provide that care;
188.13 	(6) prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 
188.14 	2, used by the mother for a nonmedical purpose, as evidenced by withdrawal symptoms in 
188.15 	the child at birth, results of a toxicology test performed on the mother at delivery or the 
188.16 	child at birth, medical effects or developmental delays during the child's first year of life 
188.17 	that medically indicate prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, or the presence of a 
188.18 	fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;
188.19 	(7) "medical neglect" as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (5);
188.20 	(8) chronic and severe use of alcohol or a controlled substance by a parent or person 
188.21 	responsible for the care of the child that adversely affects the child's basic needs and safety; 
188.22 	or
188.23 	(9) emotional harm from a pattern of behavior which contributes to impaired emotional 
188.24 	functioning of the child which may be demonstrated by a substantial and observable effect 
188.25 	in the child's behavior, emotional response, or cognition that is not within the normal range 
188.26 	for the child's age and stage of development, with due regard to the child's culture.
188.27 	(h) "Nonmaltreatment mistake" means:
188.28 	(1) at the time of the incident, the individual was performing duties identified in the 
188.29 	center's child care program plan required under Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0045;
188.30 	(2) the individual has not been determined responsible for a similar incident that resulted 
188.31 	in a finding of maltreatment for at least seven years;
188.32 	(3) the individual has not been determined to have committed a similar nonmaltreatment 
188.33 	mistake under this paragraph for at least four years;
189.1 	(4) any injury to a child resulting from the incident, if treated, is treated only with 
189.2 	remedies that are available over the counter, whether ordered by a medical professional or 
189.3 	not; and
189.4 	(5) except for the period when the incident occurred, the facility and the individual 
189.5 	providing services were both in compliance with all licensing requirements relevant to the 
189.6 	incident.
189.7 	This definition only applies to child care centers licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
189.8 	9503. If clauses (1) to (5) apply, rather than making a determination of substantiated 
189.9 	maltreatment by the individual, the commissioner of human services shall determine that a 
189.10 	nonmaltreatment mistake was made by the individual.
189.11 	(i) "Operator" means an operator or agency as defined in section 245A.02.
189.12 	(j) "Person responsible for the child's care" means (1) an individual functioning within 
189.13 	the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a parent, guardian, 
189.14 	or other person having similar care responsibilities, or (2) an individual functioning outside 
189.15 	the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a teacher, school 
189.16 	administrator, other school employees or agents, or other lawful custodian of a child having 
189.17 	either full-time or short-term care responsibilities including, but not limited to, day care, 
189.18 	babysitting whether paid or unpaid, counseling, teaching, and coaching.
189.19 	(k) "Physical abuse" means any physical injury, mental injury, or threatened injury, 
189.20 	inflicted by a person responsible for the child's care on a child other than by accidental 
189.21 	means, or any physical or mental injury that cannot reasonably be explained by the child's 
189.22 	history of injuries, or any aversive or deprivation procedures, or regulated interventions, 
189.23 	that have not been authorized under section 125A.0942 or 245.825.
189.24 	Abuse does not include reasonable and moderate physical discipline of a child 
189.25 	administered by a parent or legal guardian which does not result in an injury. Abuse does 
189.26 	not include the use of reasonable force by a teacher, principal, or school employee as allowed 
189.27 	by section 121A.582. Actions which are not reasonable and moderate include, but are not 
189.28 	limited to, any of the following:
189.29 	(1) throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;
189.30 	(2) striking a child with a closed fist;
189.31 	(3) shaking a child under age three;
189.32 	(4) striking or other actions which result in any nonaccidental injury to a child under 18 
189.33 	months of age;
190.1 	(5) unreasonable interference with a child's breathing;
190.2 	(6) threatening a child with a weapon, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 6;
190.3 	(7) striking a child under age one on the face or head;
190.4 	(8) striking a child who is at least age one but under age four on the face or head, which 
190.5 	results in an injury;
190.6 	(9) purposely giving a child poison, alcohol, or dangerous, harmful, or controlled 
190.7 	substances which were not prescribed for the child by a practitioner, in order to control or 
190.8 	punish the child; or other substances that substantially affect the child's behavior, motor 
190.9 	coordination, or judgment or that results in sickness or internal injury, or subjects the child 
190.10 	to medical procedures that would be unnecessary if the child were not exposed to the 
190.11 	substances;
190.12 	(10) unreasonable physical confinement or restraint not permitted under section 609.379, 
190.13 	including but not limited to tying, caging, or chaining; or
190.14 	(11) in a school facility or school zone, an act by a person responsible for the child's 
190.15 	care that is a violation under section 121A.58.
190.16 	(l) "Practice of social services," for the purposes of subdivision 3, includes but is not 
190.17 	limited to employee assistance counseling and the provision of guardian ad litem and 
190.18 	parenting time expeditor services.
190.19 	(m) "Report" means any communication received by the local welfare agency, police 
190.20 	department, county sheriff, or agency responsible for child protection pursuant to this section 
190.21 	that describes neglect or physical or sexual abuse of a child and contains sufficient content 
190.22 	to identify the child and any person believed to be responsible for the neglect or abuse, if 
190.23 	known.
190.24 	(n) "Sexual abuse" means the subjection of a child by a person responsible for the child's 
190.25 	care, by a person who has a significant relationship to the child, as defined in section 609.341, 
190.26 	or by a person in a position of authority, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 10, to 
190.27 	any act which constitutes a violation of section 609.342 (criminal sexual conduct in the first 
190.28 	degree), 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree), 609.344 (criminal sexual 
190.29 	conduct in the third degree), 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree), or
190.30 	609.3451 (criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree), or 609.352 (solicitation of children 
190.31 	to engage in sexual conduct; communication of sexually explicit materials to children). 
190.32 	Sexual abuse also includes any act which involves a minor which constitutes a violation of 
190.33 	prostitution offenses under sections 609.321 to 609.324 or 617.246. Effective May 29, 2017, 
191.1 	sexual abuse includes all reports of known or suspected child sex trafficking involving a 
191.2 	child who is identified as a victim of sex trafficking. Sexual abuse includes child sex 
191.3 	trafficking as defined in section 609.321, subdivisions 7a and 7b. Sexual abuse includes 
191.4 	threatened sexual abuse which includes the status of a parent or household member who 
191.5 	has committed a violation which requires registration as an offender under section 243.166, 
191.6 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b), or required registration under section 243.166, 
191.7 	subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b).
191.8 	(o) "Substantial child endangerment" means a person responsible for a child's care, by 
191.9 	act or omission, commits or attempts to commit an act against a child under their care that 
191.10 	constitutes any of the following:
191.11 	(1) egregious harm as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14;
191.12 	(2) abandonment under section 260C.301, subdivision 2;
191.13 	(3) neglect as defined in paragraph (g), clause (2), that substantially endangers the child's 
191.14 	physical or mental health, including a growth delay, which may be referred to as failure to 
191.15 	thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due to parental neglect;
191.16 	(4) murder in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.185, 609.19, or 609.195;
191.17 	(5) manslaughter in the first or second degree under section 609.20 or 609.205;
191.18 	(6) assault in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.221, 609.222, or 609.223;
191.19 	(7) solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution under section 609.322;
191.20 	(8) criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342 to 609.3451;
191.21 	(9) solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct under section 609.352;
191.22 	(10) malicious punishment or neglect or endangerment of a child under section 609.377 
191.23 	or 609.378;
191.24 	(11) use of a minor in sexual performance under section 617.246; or
191.25 	(12) parental behavior, status, or condition which mandates that the county attorney file 
191.26 	a termination of parental rights petition under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.
191.27 	(p) "Threatened injury" means a statement, overt act, condition, or status that represents 
191.28 	a substantial risk of physical or sexual abuse or mental injury. Threatened injury includes, 
191.29 	but is not limited to, exposing a child to a person responsible for the child's care, as defined 
191.30 	in paragraph (j), clause (1), who has:
192.1 	(1) subjected a child to, or failed to protect a child from, an overt act or condition that 
192.2 	constitutes egregious harm, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14, or a similar law 
192.3 	of another jurisdiction;
192.4 	(2) been found to be palpably unfit under section 260C.301, subdivision 1, paragraph 
192.5 	(b), clause (4), or a similar law of another jurisdiction;
192.6 	(3) committed an act that has resulted in an involuntary termination of parental rights 
192.7 	under section 260C.301, or a similar law of another jurisdiction; or
192.8 	(4) committed an act that has resulted in the involuntary transfer of permanent legal and 
192.9 	physical custody of a child to a relative under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.201, 
192.10 	subdivision 11, paragraph (d), clause (1), section 260C.515, subdivision 4, or a similar law 
192.11 	of another jurisdiction.
192.12 	A child is the subject of a report of threatened injury when the responsible social services 
192.13 	agency receives birth match data under paragraph (q) from the Department of Human 
192.14 	Services.
192.15 	(q) Upon receiving data under section 144.225, subdivision 2b, contained in a birth 
192.16 	record or recognition of parentage identifying a child who is subject to threatened injury 
192.17 	under paragraph (p), the Department of Human Services shall send the data to the responsible 
192.18 	social services agency. The data is known as "birth match" data. Unless the responsible 
192.19 	social services agency has already begun an investigation or assessment of the report due 
192.20 	to the birth of the child or execution of the recognition of parentage and the parent's previous 
192.21 	history with child protection, the agency shall accept the birth match data as a report under 
192.22 	this section. The agency may use either a family assessment or investigation to determine 
192.23 	whether the child is safe. All of the provisions of this section apply. If the child is determined 
192.24 	to be safe, the agency shall consult with the county attorney to determine the appropriateness 
192.25 	of filing a petition alleging the child is in need of protection or services under section 
192.26 	260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (16), in order to deliver needed services. If the child is 
192.27 	determined not to be safe, the agency and the county attorney shall take appropriate action 
192.28 	as required under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.
192.29 	(r) Persons who conduct assessments or investigations under this section shall take into 
192.30 	account accepted child-rearing practices of the culture in which a child participates and 
192.31 	accepted teacher discipline practices, which are not injurious to the child's health, welfare, 
192.32 	and safety.

193.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
193.2 		Subd. 3b.Agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of 
193.3 	maltreatment. The Department of Education is the agency responsible for assessing or 
193.4 	investigating allegations of child maltreatment in schools as defined in section 120A.05, 
193.5 	subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and chapter 124E. The Department of Education's responsibility 
193.6 	to assess and investigate includes allegations of maltreatment involving students 18 to 21 
193.7 	years of age, including students receiving special education services, up to and until 
193.8 	graduation and the issuance of a secondary or high school diploma.

193.9 	Sec. 13. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
193.10 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of the support our students grant program is to:
193.11 	(1) address shortages of student support services personnel, including trauma coaches,
193.12 	within Minnesota schools;
193.13 	(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective 
193.14 	services;
193.15 	(3) ensure that students receive effective academic guidance and integrated and 
193.16 	comprehensive services to improve kindergarten prekindergarten through grade 12 school 
193.17 	outcomes and career and college readiness;
193.18 	(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice 
193.19 	of their training and licensure;
193.20 	(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, and school management within a 
193.21 	comprehensive approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and
193.22 	(6) improve school safety and school climate to support academic success and career 
193.23 	and college readiness.

193.24 	Sec. 14. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
193.25 		Subd. 3.Grant eligibility and application. (a) A school district, charter school, 
193.26 	intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit is eligible to apply for a six-year 
193.27 	matching grant under this section. Beginning July 1, 2019, once a six-year grant is awarded, 
193.28 	the commissioner shall ensure funds are available for all six years of the grant.
193.29 	(b) The commissioner of education shall specify the form and manner of the grant 
193.30 	application. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority to schools in which 
193.31 	student support services personnel positions do not currently exist. To the extent practicable, 
194.1 	the commissioner must award grants equally between applicants in metro counties and 
194.2 	nonmetro counties. Additional criteria must include at least the following:
194.3 	(1) existing student support services personnel caseloads;
194.4 	(2) school demographics;
194.5 	(3) Title I revenue;
194.6 	(4) Minnesota student survey data;
194.7 	(5) graduation rates; and
194.8 	(6) postsecondary completion rates.

194.9 	Sec. 15. SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION REPORT.
 194.10 	The commissioner of education must submit a report to the committees of the legislature 
194.11 	having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on the sexual health 
194.12 	education program required under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.211. The report must 
194.13 	include:
194.14 	(1) a description of how the model sexual health education program or programs were 
194.15 	identified;
194.16 	(2) assistance provided to school districts and charter schools implementing a sexual 
194.17 	health education program;
194.18 	(3) the number of school districts and charter schools that adopted each model program; 
194.19 	and
194.20 	(4) a list of the school districts and charter schools that did not adopt the model program.
194.21 	The commissioner must submit the report no later than January 15, 2022, and must submit 
194.22 	the report in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.

194.23 	Sec. 16. APPROPRIATIONS.
 194.24 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
194.25 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the specified purposes.
194.26 		Subd. 2.Safe schools aid. (a) For safe schools aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
194.27 	126C.44:

194.28		$
	5,769,000
	.....
	2020
	
194.29		$
	18,601,000
	.....
	2021
	
195.1 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, each district's safe schools state aid equals its safe schools 
195.2 	revenue for fiscal year 2020 minus the safe schools levy certified by the school district for 
195.3 	taxes payable in 2019.
195.4 		Subd. 3.Support our students grant program. (a) For grants to eligible schools under 
195.5 	the support our students grant program:

195.6		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
195.7		$
	5,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
195.8 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall ensure funds are available in each 
195.9 	year of the six-year grant period to each qualifying entity. Up to $100,000 in each fiscal 
195.10 	year may be retained by the commissioner for administration of the grant program.
195.11 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
195.12 	is a onetime appropriation.
195.13 		Subd. 4.Title IX training and compliance. For costs related to sexual harassment and 
195.14 	sex discrimination training and compliance under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.032:

195.15		$
	145,000
	.....
	2020
	
195.16		$
	147,000
	.....
	2021
	
195.17 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
195.18 		Subd. 5.Innovative mental health grants; level 4 programs. (a) For transfer to the 
195.19 	commissioner of human services for additional school-linked mental health grants:

195.20		$
	2,700,000
	.....
	2020
	
195.21		$
	2,700,000
	.....
	2021
	
195.22 	(b) Of the appropriations in paragraph (a), the commissioner of human services must 
195.23 	first award grants to eligible providers for programs established under Laws 2017, First 
195.24 	Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 56. The commissioner may award any remaining 
195.25 	funds to eligible providers serving students in other federal instructional level 4 programs.
195.26 	(c) The commissioner of human services may designate a portion of the awards granted 
195.27 	under this subdivision for school staff development activities for licensed and unlicensed 
195.28 	staff supporting families in meeting their children's needs, including assistance navigating 
195.29 	the health care, social service, and juvenile justice systems.
195.30 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
195.31 		Subd. 6.Trauma-informed school incentive aid. (a) For grants to fund trauma-informed 
195.32 	and systematic professional development for all staff who work with students, including all 
196.1 	administration, to support students with adverse childhood experiences, and to promote 
196.2 	restorative practices and nonexclusionary discipline in school districts and charter schools:

196.3		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
196.4		$
	3,000,000
	.....
	2021
	
196.5 	(b) Of the appropriations in paragraph (a), $150,000 per year is for each of 20 selected 
196.6 	school sites.
196.7 	(c) The commissioner must select schools to receive grant funds. Preference must be 
196.8 	given to schools identified for comprehensive support under the Every Student Succeeds 
196.9 	Act, schools within districts with large discipline disparities identified by the Minnesota 
196.10 	Department of Human Rights, or schools without a quality compensation plan or other plan 
196.11 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5. The 
196.12 	commissioner must provide grant recipients with a list of all grant recipients and facilitate 
196.13 	communication among recipients to encourage recipients to share best practices.
196.14 	(d) Trauma-informed support program plans and allocation of grant funds must be 
196.15 	negotiated by the school district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. Plans to 
196.16 	implement trauma-informed support programs may include:
196.17 	(1) hiring social workers, counselors, school psychologists, nurses, paraprofessionals, 
196.18 	or trauma coaches;
196.19 	(2) mentoring programs;
196.20 	(3) extra professional development days;
196.21 	(4) family home visiting programs; or
196.22 	(5) other outreach to students or families who have experienced trauma or adverse 
196.23 	childhood experiences.
196.24 	(e) A school district that receives a grant under this subdivision and the exclusive 
196.25 	representative of teachers in the district must:
196.26 	(1) assess the outcomes of the grant. The assessment must include data on suspensions 
196.27 	and expulsions, attendance, and academic achievement and growth; and
196.28 	(2) report to the commissioner on efforts to share best practices with other grant recipients.
196.29 	(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

197.1 	Sec. 17. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 197.2 	The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, as 
197.3 	amended, as Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.395, in the next publication of Minnesota 
197.4 	Statutes.

197.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

197.6 	ARTICLE 6
197.7 	FACILITIES, FUND TRANSFERS, AND ACCOUNTING

197.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.335, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
197.9 		Subd. 3.Frequency of testing. (a) The plan under subdivision 2 must include a testing 
197.10 	schedule for every building serving prekindergarten through grade 12 students. The schedule 
197.11 	must require that each building be tested at least once every five years. A school district or 
197.12 	charter school must begin testing school buildings by July 1, 2018, and complete testing of 
197.13 	all buildings that serve students within five years.
197.14 	(b) A school district or charter school that finds lead at a specific location providing 
197.15 	cooking or drinking water within a facility must formulate, make publicly available, and 
197.16 	implement a plan that is consistent with established guidelines and recommendations to 
197.17 	ensure that student exposure to lead is minimized. This includes, when a school district or 
197.18 	charter school finds the presence of lead at a level where action should be taken as set by 
197.19 	the guidance in any water source that can provide cooking or drinking water, immediately 
197.20 	shutting off the water source or making it unavailable until the hazard has been minimized.

197.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

197.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.335, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
197.23 		Subd. 5.Reporting. A school district or charter school that has tested its buildings for 
197.24 	the presence of lead shall make the results of the testing available to the public for review 
197.25 	and must notify parents of the availability of the information. School districts and charter 
197.26 	schools must follow the actions outlined in guidance from the commissioners of health and 
197.27 	education. If a test conducted under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), reveals the presence of 
197.28 	lead above a level where action should be taken as set by the guidance, the school district 
197.29 	or charter must, within 30 days of receiving the test result, either remediate the presence of 
197.30 	lead to below the level set in the guidance, verified by retest, or directly notify parents of 
197.31 	the test result. The school district or charter school must make the water source unavailable 
197.32 	until the hazard has been minimized.

198.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

198.2 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.52, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
198.3 		Subd. 6.Disposing of surplus school computers. (a) Notwithstanding section 471.345, 
198.4 	governing school district contracts made upon sealed bid or otherwise complying with the 
198.5 	requirements for competitive bidding, other provisions of this section governing school 
198.6 	district contracts, or other law to the contrary, a school district under this subdivision may 
198.7 	dispose of school computers, including a tablet device.
198.8 	(b) A school district may dispose of a surplus school computer and related equipment 
198.9 	if the district disposes of the surplus property by conveying the property and title to:
198.10 	(1) another school district;
198.11 	(2) the state Department of Corrections;
198.12 	(3) the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; or
198.13 	(4) the family of a student residing in the district whose total family income meets the 
198.14 	federal definition of poverty.
198.15 	(c) If surplus school computers are not disposed of under paragraph (b), upon adoption 
198.16 	of a written resolution of the school board, when updating or replacing school computers, 
198.17 	including tablet devices, used primarily by students, a school district may sell or give used 
198.18 	computers or tablets to qualifying students at the price specified in the written resolution. 
198.19 	A student is eligible to apply to the school board for a computer or tablet under this 
198.20 	subdivision if the student is currently enrolled in the school and intends to enroll in the 
198.21 	school in the year following the receipt of the computer or tablet. If more students apply 
198.22 	for computers or tablets than are available, the school must first qualify students whose 
198.23 	families are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and then dispose of the remaining 
198.24 	computers or tablets by lottery.

198.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

198.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.571, is amended to read:
198.27 	123B.571 RADON TESTING.
198.28 		Subdivision 1.Voluntary Plan. The commissioners of health and education may jointly 
198.29 	develop a plan to encourage school districts and charter schools to accurately and efficiently 
198.30 	test for the presence of radon in public school buildings serving students in kindergarten 
198.31 	through grade 12. For purposes of this section, buildings also include the Minnesota State 
199.1 	Academies in Faribault and the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley. To the 
199.2 	extent possible, the commissioners shall must base the plan on the standards established by 
199.3 	the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
199.4 		Subd. 2.Radon testing. A school district may include radon testing as a part of its 
199.5 	ten-year facility plan under section 123B.595, subdivision 4. If a school district receives 
199.6 	authority to use long-term facilities maintenance revenue to conduct radon testing, the 
199.7 	district shall conduct the testing according to the radon testing plan developed by the 
199.8 	commissioners of health and education.
199.9 		Subd. 3.Reporting. A school district that has tested or charter school must test its school 
199.10 	buildings for the presence of radon shall and must report the results of its tests to the 
199.11 	Department of Health in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner of health. A 
199.12 	school district that has tested for the presence of radon shall must also report the results of 
199.13 	its testing at a school board meeting.
199.14 		Subd. 4.Testing requirements. (a) A school district or charter school must adopt a 
199.15 	radon testing schedule requiring a short-term or long-term test be conducted in every building 
199.16 	serving students at least once every five years. A school district or charter school must begin 
199.17 	testing school buildings by July 1, 2020, and complete testing of all buildings that serve 
199.18 	students within five years.
199.19 	(b) Tests must be conducted with certified radon testing devices as listed by either the 
199.20 	National Radon Proficiency Program or the National Radon Safety Board. Tests must test 
199.21 	all frequently occupied rooms with ground contact and rooms immediately above unoccupied 
199.22 	spaces that are in contact with the ground, such as crawl spaces and tunnels.
199.23 	(c) If a radon test shows that a frequently occupied room has a radon level at or above 
199.24 	four picocuries per liter, a school district or charter school must mitigate or take corrective 
199.25 	action, and retest after corrective measures to show radon reductions. A school district or 
199.26 	charter school must follow the Radon Mitigation Standards for Schools and Large Buildings 
199.27 	released by the American National Standards Institute/American Association of Radon 
199.28 	Scientists and Technologists. The district or charter school must conduct follow-up testing 
199.29 	within two years.

199.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

200.1 	Sec. 5. [123B.651] ENERGY USE REDUCTION AND REPORTING FOR PUBLIC 
200.2 	SCHOOLS.
200.3 	Beginning October 1, 2019, each public school or school district reporting on behalf of 
200.4 	a public school must enter and maintain monthly utility consumption data into the Minnesota 
200.5 	B3 benchmarking program for all buildings under its custodial control. Reporting by a third 
200.6 	party, including automatic reporting by an electric or gas utility, may be used to meet this 
200.7 	requirement. A school or school district must not be penalized for failure to comply with 
200.8 	this section.

200.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
200.10 		Subd. 2.Certain federal, state, and local requirements. (a) A charter school shall 
200.11 	meet all federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.
200.12 	(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing standards 
200.13 	and assessments in chapter 120B.
200.14 	(c) A charter school must comply with the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections 
200.15 	123B.34 to 123B.39.
200.16 	(d) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.
200.17 	(e) A charter school must comply with the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under 
200.18 	section 121A.11, subdivision 3.
200.19 	(f) A charter school and charter school board of directors must comply with chapter 181 
200.20 	governing requirements for employment.
200.21 	(g) A charter school must comply with continuing truant notification under section 
200.22 	260A.03.
200.23 	(h) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer review 
200.24 	process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (13), and place 
200.25 	students in classrooms in accordance with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (d). 
200.26 	The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional employment 
200.27 	rights for teachers.
200.28 	(i) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with 
200.29 	section 120B.11, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive for 
200.30 	the world's best workforce.
200.31 	(j) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, 
200.32 	sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.
201.1 	(k) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the uniform municipal contracting 
201.2 	law according to section 471.345 in the same manner as school districts.

201.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

201.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
201.5 		Subdivision 1.To lease building or land. (a) When an independent or a special school 
201.6 	district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically 
201.7 	advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school 
201.8 	storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized 
201.9 	under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the 
201.10 	commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose. 
201.11 	An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain financial 
201.12 	justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a 
201.13 	description of the space to be leased and its proposed use.
201.14 	(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must include: 
201.15 	the reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity, 
201.16 	the feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease 
201.17 	to the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed 
201.18 	lease to the space needs and the financial condition of the district. The commissioner must 
201.19 	not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than the cost to the district 
201.20 	of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. The proceeds of this levy 
201.21 	must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services. A district may not levy under 
201.22 	this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to 
201.23 	itself.
201.24 	(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this 
201.25 	subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for 
201.26 	regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed 
201.27 	building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or 
201.28 	secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the 
201.29 	previously existing building.
201.30 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
201.31 	purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is 
201.32 	needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment 
201.33 	purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy 
201.34 	meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner 
202.1 	under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required 
202.2 	by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments 
202.3 	agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the 
202.4 	school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.
202.5 	(e) Except as provided in paragraph (j), the total levy under this subdivision for a district 
202.6 	for any year must not exceed $212 times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which 
202.7 	the levy is attributable.
202.8 	(f) For agreements for which a review and comment have been submitted to the 
202.9 	Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term "instructional purpose" as used in 
202.10 	this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.
202.11 	(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit 
202.12 	in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The 
202.13 	commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e) 
202.14 	for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:
202.15 	(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding 
202.16 	five years;
202.17 	(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;
202.18 	(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and
202.19 	(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding 
202.20 	over construction of school facilities.
202.21 	(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district or other 
202.22 	cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under 
202.23 	section 471.59 may include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases 
202.24 	of administrative and classroom space for intermediate school district programs of the 
202.25 	intermediate school district or other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 
202.26 	2, or joint powers district under section 471.59. This authority must not exceed $65 times 
202.27 	the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other 
202.28 	authority authorized under this section. The intermediate school district, other cooperative 
202.29 	unit, or joint powers district may specify which member districts will levy for lease costs 
202.30 	under this paragraph.
202.31 	(i) In addition to the allowable capital levies in paragraph (a), for taxes payable in 2012 
202.32 	to 2023, a district that is a member of the "Technology and Information Education Systems" 
202.33 	data processing joint board, that finds it economically advantageous to enter into a lease 
203.1 	agreement to finance improvements to a building and land for a group of school districts 
203.2 	or special school districts for staff development purposes, may levy for its portion of lease 
203.3 	costs attributed to the district within the total levy limit in paragraph (e). The total levy 
203.4 	authority under this paragraph shall not exceed $632,000.
203.5 	(j) (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the 
203.6 	purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 
203.7 	the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease 
203.8 	cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must 
203.9 	deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease 
203.10 	instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under 
203.11 	this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space 
203.12 	under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional 
203.13 	lease.
203.14 	(j) For taxes payable in 2024 and later, a school district that qualifies for secondary 
203.15 	sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 7, and operates more than two high 
203.16 	schools, annually may levy not more than $500 times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal 
203.17 	year to which the levy is attributable for the purposes of this subdivision.
203.18 	(k) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for taxes payable in 2020 and later, a district may 
203.19 	levy under this subdivision for the district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance 
203.20 	expenditures for a district-owned building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section 
203.21 	123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional 
203.22 	purposes or for school storage.

203.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2020 and later.

203.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
203.25 		Subdivision 1.Agreement. (a) Two or more governmental units, by agreement entered 
203.26 	into through action of their governing bodies, may jointly or cooperatively exercise any 
203.27 	power common to the contracting parties or any similar powers, including those which are 
203.28 	the same except for the territorial limits within which they may be exercised. The agreement 
203.29 	may provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the participating governmental 
203.30 	units on behalf of the other participating units.
203.31 	(b) The term "governmental unit" as used in this section includes every city, county, 
203.32 	town, school district, service cooperative under section 123A.21, independent nonprofit 
203.33 	firefighting corporation, other political subdivision of this or another state, another state, 
204.1 	federally recognized Indian tribe, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical 
204.2 	Society, nonprofit hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, rehabilitation facilities 
204.3 	and extended employment providers that are certified by the commissioner of employment 
204.4 	and economic development, day and supported employment services licensed under chapter 
204.5 	245D, and any agency of the state of Minnesota or the United States, and includes any 
204.6 	instrumentality of a governmental unit. For the purpose of this section, an instrumentality 
204.7 	of a governmental unit means an instrumentality having independent policy-making and 
204.8 	appropriating authority.

204.9 	Sec. 9. FUND TRANSFERS.
 204.10 		Subdivision 1.Truman. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 
204.11 	123B.80, or 124D.135, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 458, Truman, 
204.12 	may permanently transfer up to $65,000 from the early childhood and family education 
204.13 	reserve account in the community service fund to the undesignated general fund.
204.14 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80, or 124D.16, on June 
204.15 	30, 2019, Independent School District No. 458, Truman, may permanently transfer up to 
204.16 	$45,000 from the school readiness reserve account in the community service fund to the 
204.17 	undesignated general fund.
204.18 		Subd. 2.Minnetonka. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80, 
204.19 	or 124D.20, subdivision 10, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 276, 
204.20 	Minnetonka, may permanently transfer up to $3,300,000 from its community education 
204.21 	reserve fund balance to its reserved for operating capital account in the general fund. The 
204.22 	transferred funds must be used only to design, construct, furnish, and equip an early childhood 
204.23 	classroom addition.
204.24 		Subd. 3.Hopkins. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80, 
204.25 	or 124D.20, subdivision 10, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, 
204.26 	may permanently transfer up to $500,000 from its community education reserve fund balance 
204.27 	to its reserved for operating capital account in the general fund.
204.28 	(b) The transfer funds must be used only to design, construct, furnish, and equip an early 
204.29 	childhood classroom addition.

204.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

205.1 	Sec. 10. SCHOOL PROGRAM COMBINATION; HOPKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
205.2 	AND CHARTER SCHOOL.
 205.3 		Subdivision 1.Combination authorized. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
205.4 	boards of Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the charter school, may convert 
205.5 	a charter school's program to a school district program by mutually adopting a written 
205.6 	resolution authorizing the combination. The written resolution must be submitted to the 
205.7 	charter school's authorizer and the commissioner of education at least eight months prior 
205.8 	to the combination. The effective date of the combination must be no earlier than July 1, 
205.9 	2020, or later than July 1, 2024.
205.10 		Subd. 2.Closing books. A charter school located within the geographic boundaries of 
205.11 	Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, that chooses to combine with the school 
205.12 	district, must prepare and submit separate year-end reports for its last school year of operation 
205.13 	prior to combination. In addition, Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the 
205.14 	charter school must provide any other information necessary for the combination to the 
205.15 	commissioner of education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
205.16 		Subd. 3.Calculation of aids. For any site-level school aids based on prior year data, 
205.17 	the Department of Education may use the data for the charter school's last year of operations 
205.18 	for the program's new site as a part of Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins.
205.19 		Subd. 4.Funds transferred. The charter school must transfer its fund balances, assets, 
205.20 	and liabilities to Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, on the day of the 
205.21 	combination. Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, must commit these funds and 
205.22 	spend them only for the benefit of the program operated by the district.
205.23 		Subd. 5.Affiliated building corporation. The affiliated building corporation of the 
205.24 	charter school may transfer any of its remaining funds, including those from the sale of its 
205.25 	property, to Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the school district must 
205.26 	commit any amounts transferred for the benefit of the program operated by the district.
205.27 		Subd. 6.Levy.  In addition to its other school property tax levies, Independent School 
205.28 	District No. 270, Hopkins, may levy on net tax capacity an amount not to exceed $50,000 
205.29 	per year for taxes payable in 2020 through taxes payable in 2024.

205.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

206.1 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS.
 206.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
206.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
206.4 	designated.
206.5 		Subd. 2.Debt service equalization aid. For debt service equalization aid under 
206.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

206.7		$
	20,684,000
	.....
	2020
	
206.8		$
	20,363,000
	.....
	2021
	
206.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $2,292,000 for 2019 and $18,392,000 for 2020.
206.10 	The 2021 appropriation includes $2,043,000 for 2020 and $18,320,000 for 2021.
206.11 		Subd. 3.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. For long-term facilities 
206.12 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

206.13		$
	105,315,000
	.....
	2020
	
206.14		$
	108,231,000
	.....
	2021
	
206.15 	The 2020 appropriation includes $10,464,000 for 2019 and $94,851,000 for 2020.
206.16 	The 2021 appropriation includes $10,539,000 for 2020 and $97,692,000 for 2021.
206.17 		Subd. 4.Equity in telecommunications access. (a) For equity in telecommunications 
206.18 	access:

206.19		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2020
	
206.20		$
	3,750,000
	.....
	2021
	
206.21 	(b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the 
206.22 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
206.23 	revenue for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 shall be prorated.
206.24 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
206.25 		Subd. 5.Early repayment aid incentive. (a) For incentive grants for a district that 
206.26 	repaid the full outstanding original principal on its capital loan by November 30, 2016, 
206.27 	under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 4, section 8, as amended by Laws 
206.28 	2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 22:

206.29		$
	2,350,000
	.....
	2020
	
206.30		$
	2,350,000
	.....
	2021
	
207.1 	(b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 36, 
207.2 	Kelliher; $180,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 95, Cromwell; $495,000 
207.3 	is for a grant to Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia; $220,000 is for a grant to 
207.4 	Independent School District No. 306, Laporte; $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School 
207.5 	District No. 362, Littlefork; $650,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 682, 
207.6 	Roseau; and $505,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 2580, East Central.
207.7 	(c) The grant may be used for any school-related purpose.
207.8 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $0.
207.9 		Subd. 6.Maximum effort loan aid. For aid payments to schools under Minnesota 
207.10 	Statutes, section 477A.09.

207.11		$
	3,291,000
	.....
	2020
	
207.12		$
	3,291,000
	.....
	2021
	
207.13 	The base for fiscal year 2022 is $3,291,000 and the base for fiscal year 2023 is $0.

207.14 	ARTICLE 7
207.15 	NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

207.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.111, is amended to read:
207.17 	124D.111 SCHOOL MEALS POLICIES; LUNCH AID; FOOD SERVICE 
207.18 	ACCOUNTING.
207.19 		Subdivision 1.School lunch aid computation meals policies. (a) Each Minnesota 
207.20 	participant in the national school lunch program must adopt and post to its website, or the 
207.21 	website of the organization where the meal is served, a school meals policy.
207.22 	(b) The policy must be in writing and clearly communicate student meal charges when 
207.23 	payment cannot be collected at the point of service. The policy must be reasonable and 
207.24 	well-defined and maintain the dignity of students by prohibiting lunch shaming or otherwise 
207.25 	ostracizing the student.
207.26 	(c) The policy must address whether the participant uses a collection agency to collect 
207.27 	unpaid school meals debt.
207.28 	(d) The policy must ensure that once a participant has placed a meal on a tray or otherwise 
207.29 	served the meal to a student, the meal may not be subsequently withdrawn from the student 
207.30 	by the cashier or other school official, whether or not the student has an outstanding meals 
207.31 	balance.
208.1 	(e) The policy must ensure that a student who has been determined eligible for free and 
208.2 	reduced-price lunch must always be served a reimbursable meal even if the student has an 
208.3 	outstanding debt.
208.4 	(f) If a school contracts with a third party for its meal services, it must provide the vendor 
208.5 	with its school meals policy. Any contract between the school and a third-party provider 
208.6 	entered into or modified after July 1, 2019, must ensure that the third-party provider adheres 
208.7 	to the participant's school meals policy.
208.8 		Subd. 1a.School lunch aid amounts. Each school year, the state must pay participants 
208.9 	in the national school lunch program the amount of 12.5 cents for each full paid and free 
208.10 	student lunch and 52.5 cents for each reduced-price lunch served to students.
208.11 		Subd. 2.Application. A school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or other 
208.12 	participant in the national school lunch program shall apply to the department for this 
208.13 	payment on forms provided by the department.
208.14 		Subd. 2a.Federal child and adult care food program; criteria and notice. The 
208.15 	commissioner must post on the department's website eligibility criteria and application 
208.16 	information for nonprofit organizations interested in applying to the commissioner for 
208.17 	approval as a multisite sponsoring organization under the federal child and adult care food 
208.18 	program. The posted criteria and information must inform interested nonprofit organizations 
208.19 	about:
208.20 	(1) the criteria the commissioner uses to approve or disapprove an application, including 
208.21 	how an applicant demonstrates financial viability for the Minnesota program, among other 
208.22 	criteria;
208.23 	(2) the commissioner's process and time line for notifying an applicant when its 
208.24 	application is approved or disapproved and, if the application is disapproved, the explanation 
208.25 	the commissioner provides to the applicant; and
208.26 	(3) any appeal or other recourse available to a disapproved applicant.
208.27 		Subd. 3.School food service fund. (a) The expenses described in this subdivision must 
208.28 	be recorded as provided in this subdivision.
208.29 	(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be 
208.30 	attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food 
208.31 	service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community 
208.32 	service activities.
209.1 	(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food 
209.2 	service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and 
209.3 	serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, and other expenses involving the preparing 
209.4 	of meals or the kitchen section of the lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund 
209.5 	or to the general fund of the district. The costs of lunchroom supervision, lunchroom custodial 
209.6 	services, lunchroom utilities, and other administrative costs of the food service program 
209.7 	must be charged to the general fund.
209.8 	That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as 
209.9 	attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided 
209.10 	that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other 
209.11 	individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company. 
209.12 	If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the 
209.13 	charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors 
209.14 	as determined by the department.
209.15 	(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from 
209.16 	the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food 
209.17 	service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be 
209.18 	purchased.
209.19 	(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased 
209.20 	from the food service fund.
209.21 	(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit 
209.22 	is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the 
209.23 	deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of 
209.24 	that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management 
209.25 	company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated 
209.26 	by a payment from the food service management company.
209.27 	(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund 
209.28 	for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the 
209.29 	commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at 
209.30 	the end of the third fiscal year.
209.31 	(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three 
209.32 	successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the costs of lunchroom supervision, 
209.33 	lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, and other administrative costs of the food 
209.34 	service program charged to the general fund according to paragraph (c) and charge those 
210.1 	costs to the food service fund in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus in the 
210.2 	food service fund.
210.3 		Subd. 4.No fees. A participant that receives school lunch aid under this section must 
210.4 	make lunch available without charge and must not deny a school lunch to all participating 
210.5 	students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, whether or not that student has an 
210.6 	outstanding balance in the student's meals account attributable to a la carte purchases or for 
210.7 	any other reason.
210.8 		Subd. 5.Respectful treatment. (a) The participant must also provide meals to students 
210.9 	in a respectful manner according to the policy adopted under subdivision 1. The participant 
210.10 	must ensure that any reminders for payment of outstanding student meal balances do not 
210.11 	demean or stigmatize any child participating in the school lunch program., including but 
210.12 	not limited to dumping meals, withdrawing a meal that has been served, announcing or 
210.13 	listing students names publicly, or affixing stickers, stamps, or pins. The participant must 
210.14 	not impose any other restriction prohibited under section 123B.37 due to unpaid student 
210.15 	meal balances. The participant must not limit a student's participation in any school activities, 
210.16 	graduation ceremonies or other graduation activities, field trips, athletics, activity clubs, or 
210.17 	other extracurricular activities or access to materials, technology, or other items provided 
210.18 	to students due to an unpaid student meal balance.
210.19 	(b) If the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines a participant has 
210.20 	violated the requirement to provide meals to participating students in a respectful manner, 
210.21 	the commissioner or the commissioner's designee must send a letter of noncompliance to 
210.22 	the participant. The participant is required to respond and, if applicable, remedy the practice 
210.23 	within 30 days.

210.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

210.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.1158, is amended to read:
210.26 	124D.1158 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.
210.27 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purpose of the school breakfast program is to provide 
210.28 	affordable morning nutrition to children so that they can effectively learn. Public and 
210.29 	nonpublic schools that participate in the federal school breakfast program may receive state 
210.30 	breakfast aid. Schools shall encourage all children to eat a nutritious breakfast, either at 
210.31 	home or at school, and shall work to eliminate barriers to breakfast participation at school 
210.32 	such as inadequate facilities and transportation.
211.1 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) "Breakfast in the classroom" means a meal delivered to each 
211.2 	classroom near the beginning of the student's school day.
211.3 	(b) "Federal reimbursement rate for free breakfast" means the federal reimbursement 
211.4 	rate for free breakfast for a Minnesota school not in severe need.
211.5 	(c) "Full federal reimbursement of meals served" means that the reimbursement under 
211.6 	the Community Eligibility Provision program under section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B. 
211.7 	Russell National School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1759a(a)(1), covers 
211.8 	the full stated meal price for each meal served.
211.9 	(d) "Grab and go" means a breakfast model where foods are available for students to 
211.10 	take at the start of the school day or between morning classes to eat in the classroom or as 
211.11 	otherwise designated by the school.
211.12 	(e) "Participating student" means a student at the school site enrolled in:
211.13 	(1) an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151;
211.14 	(2) kindergarten; or
211.15 	(3) grades 1 to 12.
211.16 	(f) "Second chance breakfast" means food served for breakfast available later in the 
211.17 	morning, including during recess or nutrition breaks.
211.18 		Subd. 1b.Breakfast after the bell program. In order to increase participation in school 
211.19 	breakfast programs, a school may establish a voluntary "breakfast after the bell" program. 
211.20 	A breakfast after the bell program may include grab and go breakfasts, second chance 
211.21 	breakfasts, or breakfasts in the classroom according to a plan developed by the participating 
211.22 	school site.
211.23 		Subd. 2.Program; eligibility. Each school year, public and nonpublic schools that 
211.24 	participate in the federal school breakfast program are eligible for the state breakfast program.
211.25 		Subd. 3.Program reimbursement; regular school breakfast. Each school year, the 
211.26 	state must reimburse each participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast, 
211.27 	55 cents for each fully paid breakfast served to students in grades 1 to 12, and $1.30 $1.35
211.28 	for each fully paid breakfast served to a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved 
211.29 	voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 or a kindergarten student.
211.30 		Subd. 3a.Program reimbursement; voluntary breakfast after the bell. (a) A school 
211.31 	district where more than 40 percent of the students enrolled in the previous school year 
211.32 	were eligible for free or reduced-price meals and that is required to offer a school breakfast 
212.1 	program under section 124D.117, at its discretion, may elect, on a site by site basis, to 
212.2 	receive funding for its breakfast programs under this subdivision or under subdivision 3, 
212.3 	but not both. In order to receive aid under this subdivision, a school district with an eligible 
212.4 	school site must apply to the commissioner in the form and manner specified by the 
212.5 	commissioner and demonstrate to the commissioner's satisfaction that the school site is not 
212.6 	eligible for full federal reimbursement of its meals served. A school district's application 
212.7 	must include:
212.8 	(1) documentation of engagement between the applicant school's administration and 
212.9 	staff indicating support to implement a breakfast after the bell program; and
212.10 	(2) a description of the breakfast after the bell program model that will be used at the 
212.11 	school.
212.12 	(b) Each school year, the state must reimburse each participating breakfast after the bell 
212.13 	school an amount equal to the greater of zero, or the difference between:
212.14 	(1) the product of the number of breakfasts served to participating students and the 
212.15 	federal reimbursement rate for free breakfast; and
212.16 	(2) the federal school breakfast program nonsevere reimbursements for the school.
212.17 		Subd. 4.No fees. (a) A school that receives school breakfast aid under this section
212.18 	subdivision 3 must make breakfast available without charge to all participating students at 
212.19 	that school site in grades 1 to 12 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all 
212.20 	prekindergarten students enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under 
212.21 	section 124D.151 and all kindergarten students.
212.22 	(b) A school that receives breakfast aid under subdivision 3a must make breakfast 
212.23 	available without charge to all participating students.

212.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

212.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
212.26 		Subd. 5.Base aid distribution. Five Fifteen percent of the available aid funds shall be 
212.27 	paid to each system as base aid for basic system services.

212.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and 
212.29 	later.

213.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
213.2 		Subd. 6.Adjusted net tax capacity per capita distribution. Twenty-five Fifteen percent 
213.3 	of the available aid funds shall be distributed to regional public library systems based upon 
213.4 	the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each member county or participating portion of 
213.5 	a county as calculated for the second third year preceding the fiscal year for which aid is 
213.6 	provided. Each system's entitlement shall be calculated as follows:
213.7 	(a) (1) multiply the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each county or participating 
213.8 	portion of a county by .0082.;
213.9 	(b) (2) add sufficient aid funds that are available under this subdivision to raise the 
213.10 	amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the lowest value calculated 
213.11 	according to paragraph (a) clause (1) to the amount of the county or participating portion 
213.12 	of a county with the next highest value calculated according to paragraph (a) clause (1). 
213.13 	Multiply the amount of the additional aid funds by the population of the county or 
213.14 	participating portion of a county.;
213.15 	(c) (3) continue the process described in paragraph (b) clause (2) by adding sufficient 
213.16 	aid funds that are available under this subdivision to the amount of a county or participating 
213.17 	portion of a county with the next highest value calculated in paragraph (a) clause (1) to raise 
213.18 	it and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values 
213.19 	calculated in paragraph (a) clause (1) up to the amount of the county or participating portion 
213.20 	of a county with the next highest value, until reaching an amount where funds available 
213.21 	under this subdivision are no longer sufficient to raise the amount of a county or participating 
213.22 	portion of a county and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with 
213.23 	lower values up to the amount of the next highest county or participating portion of a county.; 
213.24 	and
213.25 	(d) (4) if the point is reached using the process in paragraphs (b) and (c) clauses (2) and 
213.26 	(3) at which the remaining aid funds under this subdivision are not adequate for raising the 
213.27 	amount of a county or participating portion of a county and all counties and participating 
213.28 	portions of counties with amounts of lower value to the amount of the county or participating 
213.29 	portion of a county with the next highest value, those funds are to be divided on a per capita 
213.30 	basis for all counties or participating portions of counties that received aid funds under the 
213.31 	calculation in paragraphs (b) and (c) clauses (2) and (3).

213.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and 
213.33 	later.

214.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
214.2 		Subd. 7.Population determination. A regional public library system's population shall 
214.3 	be determined according to must be calculated using the most recent estimate available 
214.4 	under section 477A.011, subdivision 3, at the time the aid amounts are calculated, which 
214.5 	must be by April 1 in the year the calculation is made.

214.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and 
214.7 	later.

214.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
214.9 		Subd. 8.Eligibility. (a) A regional public library system may apply for regional library 
214.10 	telecommunications aid on behalf of itself and member public libraries.
214.11 	(b) The aid must be used for connections and other eligible non-voice-related e-rate 
214.12 	program category one services. Aid may be used for e-rate program category two services 
214.13 	as identified in the Federal Communication Commission's eligible services list for the current 
214.14 	and preceding four funding years, if sufficient funds remain once category one needs are 
214.15 	met in each funding year. If sufficient funds remain after meeting category one and category 
214.16 	two needs in each funding year, aid may be used for other regional public library technology, 
214.17 	network infrastructure, security, and telecommunications services including nonphone 
214.18 	telecommunication services for remote self-service pickup locations for library materials 
214.19 	on nonlibrary property.
214.20 	(c) To be eligible, a regional public library system must be officially designated by the 
214.21 	commissioner of education as a regional public library system as defined in section 134.34, 
214.22 	subdivision 3, and each of its participating cities and counties must meet local support levels 
214.23 	defined in section 134.34, subdivision 1. A public library building that receives aid under 
214.24 	this section must be open a minimum of 20 hours per week. Exceptions to the minimum 
214.25 	open hours requirement may be granted by the Department of Education on request of the 
214.26 	regional public library system for the following circumstances: short-term closing for 
214.27 	emergency maintenance and repairs following a natural disaster; in response to exceptional 
214.28 	economic circumstances; building repair or maintenance that requires public services areas 
214.29 	to be closed; or to adjust hours of public service to respond to documented seasonal use 
214.30 	patterns.

214.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

215.1 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS.
 215.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
215.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
215.4 	designated. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
215.5 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
215.6 	and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

215.7		$
	16,359,000
	.....
	2020
	
215.8		$
	16,629,000
	.....
	2021
	
215.9 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
215.10 	section 124D.1158:

215.11		$
	11,273,000
	.....
	2020
	
215.12		$
	11,733,000
	.....
	2021
	
215.13 		Subd. 4.Breakfast after the bell. (a) For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
215.14 	section 124D.1158:

215.15		$
	2,000,000
	.....
	2020
	
215.16		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2021
	
215.17 	(b) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,600,000, and the base for fiscal year 2023 is 
215.18 	$3,200,000.
215.19 	(c) The commissioner of education must report to the education committees of the 
215.20 	legislature by February 15, 2021, on the outcomes and barriers of breakfast after the bell 
215.21 	programs. The report must list the number of schools and the number of participating students 
215.22 	by each type of breakfast after the bell program. The report must also identify the barriers 
215.23 	to participation in the breakfast after the bell program, including for those school sites that 
215.24 	are eligible for free breakfast but don't participate and school sites that are eligible for the 
215.25 	Community Eligibility Provision program but do not participate. The report must recommend 
215.26 	legislative actions that would simplify and eliminate barriers to participation in the breakfast 
215.27 	after the bell program and the Community Eligibility Provision program.
215.28 		Subd. 5.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
215.29 	section 124D.118:

215.30		$
	691,000
	.....
	2020
	
215.31		$
	691,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.1 		Subd. 6.Summer school food service replacement aid. For summer school food service 
216.2 	replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:

216.3		$
	150,000
	.....
	2020
	
216.4		$
	150,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.5 		Subd. 7.Regional library basic system support. For regional library basic system 
216.6 	support aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

216.7		$
	17,170,000
	.....
	2020
	
216.8		$
	17,570,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2019 and $15,813,000 for 2020. The 
216.10 	2021 appropriation includes $1,757,000 for 2020 and $15,813,000 for 2021.
216.11 		Subd. 8.Multicounty, multitype library systems. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
216.12 	sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:

216.13		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2020
	
216.14		$
	1,300,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.15 	The 2020 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2019 and $1,170,000 for 2020.
216.16 	The 2021 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2020 and $1,170,000 for 2021.
216.17 		Subd. 9.Electronic library for Minnesota. For statewide licenses to online databases 
216.18 	selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media 
216.19 	centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or 
216.20 	university libraries:

216.21		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
216.22		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.23 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
216.24 		Subd. 10.Regional library telecommunications aid. For regional library 
216.25 	telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:

216.26		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2020
	
216.27		$
	2,300,000
	.....
	2021
	
216.28 	The 2020 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2019 and $2,070,000 for 2020.
216.29 	The 2021 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2020 and $2,070,000 for 2021.

217.1 	ARTICLE 8
217.2 	EARLY CHILDHOOD

217.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
217.4 		Subd. 2.Grounds for dismissal. A school district must not dismiss a child participating 
217.5 	or enrolled in a prekindergarten program. A school district may dismiss a pupil may be 
217.6 	dismissed on any of the following grounds in kindergarten through grade 12 for:
217.7 	(a) (1) willful violation of any reasonable school board regulation. Such regulation must 
217.8 	be clear and definite to provide notice to pupils that they must conform their conduct to its 
217.9 	requirements;
217.10 	(b) (2) willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights of others to an education, or 
217.11 	the ability of school personnel to perform their duties, or school sponsored extracurricular 
217.12 	activities; or
217.13 	(c) (3) willful conduct that endangers the pupil or other pupils, or surrounding persons, 
217.14 	including school district employees, or property of the school.

217.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.

217.16 	Sec. 2. [122A.261] PREKINDERGARTEN, SCHOOL READINESS, PRESCHOOL, 
217.17 	AND EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS; LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.
217.18 		Subdivision 1.Licensure requirement. A school district or charter school that operates 
217.19 	a preschool, school readiness, school readiness plus, prekindergarten, or other similar early 
217.20 	education program must employ a qualified teacher, as defined in section 122A.16, to 
217.21 	provide instruction in such a program.
217.22 		Subd. 2.Exemption from licensure. A person employed by a school district or charter 
217.23 	school as a teacher in an early education program during the 2018-2019 school year, who 
217.24 	does not have a Minnesota teaching license issued in accordance with chapter 122A, is 
217.25 	exempt from the teacher licensure requirement until July 1, 2024, or until the teacher obtains 
217.26 	a Minnesota teaching license, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the licensure 
217.27 	exemption under this subdivision, a person employed as a teacher in a school district or 
217.28 	charter school based early education program is a teacher, as defined in section 179A.03, 
217.29 	subdivision 18.

218.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
218.2 		Subd. 2.Program requirements. (a) A voluntary prekindergarten program provider 
218.3 	must:
218.4 	(1) provide instruction through play-based learning to foster children's social and 
218.5 	emotional development, cognitive development, physical and motor development, and 
218.6 	language and literacy skills, including the native language and literacy skills of English 
218.7 	learners, to the extent practicable;
218.8 	(2) measure each child's cognitive and social skills using a formative measure aligned 
218.9 	to the state's early learning standards when the child enters and again before the child leaves 
218.10 	the program, screening and progress monitoring measures, and others other age-appropriate 
218.11 	versions from the state-approved menu of kindergarten entry profile measures;
218.12 	(3) provide comprehensive program content including the implementation of curriculum, 
218.13 	assessment, and instructional strategies aligned with the state early learning standards, and 
218.14 	kindergarten through grade 3 academic standards;
218.15 	(4) provide instructional content and activities that are of sufficient length and intensity 
218.16 	to address learning needs including offering a program with at least 350 hours of instruction 
218.17 	per school year for a prekindergarten student;
218.18 	(5) provide voluntary prekindergarten instructional staff salaries comparable to the 
218.19 	salaries of local kindergarten through grade 12 instructional staff;
218.20 	(6) coordinate appropriate kindergarten transition with families, community-based 
218.21 	prekindergarten programs, and school district kindergarten programs;
218.22 	(7) involve parents in program planning and transition planning by implementing parent 
218.23 	engagement strategies that include culturally and linguistically responsive activities in 
218.24 	prekindergarten through third grade that are aligned with early childhood family education 
218.25 	under section 124D.13;
218.26 	(8) coordinate with relevant community-based services, including health and social 
218.27 	service agencies, to ensure children have access to comprehensive services;
218.28 	(9) coordinate with all relevant school district programs and services including early 
218.29 	childhood special education, homeless students, and English learners;
218.30 	(10) ensure staff-to-child ratios of one-to-ten and a maximum group size of 20 children;
218.31 	(11) provide high-quality coordinated professional development, training, and coaching 
218.32 	for both school district and community-based early learning providers that is informed by 
219.1 	a measure of adult-child interactions and enables teachers to be highly knowledgeable in 
219.2 	early childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English language development 
219.3 	programs, and instruction; and
219.4 	(12) implement strategies that support the alignment of professional development, 
219.5 	instruction, assessments, and prekindergarten through grade 3 curricula.
219.6 	(b) A voluntary prekindergarten program must have teachers knowledgeable in early 
219.7 	childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English language programs, and 
219.8 	instruction.
219.9 	(c) Districts and charter schools must include their strategy for implementing and 
219.10 	measuring the impact of their voluntary prekindergarten program under section 120B.11 
219.11 	and provide results in their world's best workforce annual summary to the commissioner of 
219.12 	education.

219.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
219.14 		Subd. 4.Eligibility. A child who is four years of age as of September 1 in the calendar 
219.15 	year in which the school year commences is eligible to participate in a voluntary 
219.16 	prekindergarten program free of charge. An eligible four-year-old child served in a 
219.17 	mixed-delivery system by a child care center, family child care program licensed under 
219.18 	section 245A.03, or community-based organization may be charged a fee as long as the 
219.19 	mixed-delivery partner was not awarded a seat for that child. Each eligible child must 
219.20 	complete a health and developmental screening within 90 days of program enrollment under 
219.21 	sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and provide documentation of required immunizations under 
219.22 	section 121A.15.

219.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
219.24 		Subd. 5.Application process; priority for high poverty schools. (a) To qualify for 
219.25 	program approval for fiscal year 2017, a district or charter school must submit an application 
219.26 	to the commissioner by July 1, 2016. To qualify for program approval for fiscal year 2018 
219.27 	and later, a district or charter school must submit an application to the commissioner by 
219.28 	January 30 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the program will be 
219.29 	implemented. The application must include:
219.30 	(1) a description of the proposed program, including the number of hours per week the 
219.31 	program will be offered at each school site or mixed-delivery location;
220.1 	(2) an estimate of the number of eligible children to be served in the program at each 
220.2 	school site or mixed-delivery location; and
220.3 	(3) a statement of assurances signed by the superintendent or charter school director that 
220.4 	the proposed program meets the requirements of subdivision 2.
220.5 	(b) The commissioner must review all applications submitted for fiscal year 2017 by 
220.6 	August 1, 2016, and must review all applications submitted for fiscal year 2018 and later
220.7 	by March 1 of the fiscal year in which the applications are received and determine whether 
220.8 	each application meets the requirements of paragraph (a).
220.9 	(c) The commissioner must divide all applications for new or expanded voluntary 
220.10 	prekindergarten programs under this section meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) and 
220.11 	school readiness plus programs into four five groups as follows: the Minneapolis and school 
220.12 	district; the St. Paul school districts district; other school districts located in the metropolitan 
220.13 	equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; school districts located in the 
220.14 	rural equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; and charter schools. 
220.15 	Within each group, the applications must be ordered by rank using a sliding scale based on 
220.16 	the following criteria:
220.17 	(1) concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches by 
220.18 	school site on October 1 of the previous school year. A school site may contract to partner 
220.19 	with a community-based provider or Head Start under subdivision 3 or establish an early 
220.20 	childhood center and use the concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or 
220.21 	reduced-price meals from a specific school site as long as those eligible children are 
220.22 	prioritized and guaranteed services at the mixed-delivery site or early education center. For 
220.23 	school district programs to be operated at locations that do not have free and reduced-price 
220.24 	lunch concentration data for kindergarten programs for October 1 of the previous school 
220.25 	year, including mixed-delivery programs, the school district average concentration of 
220.26 	kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches must be used for the rank 
220.27 	ordering;
220.28 	(2) presence or absence of a three- or four-star Parent Aware rated program within the 
220.29 	school district or close proximity of the district. School sites with the highest concentration 
220.30 	of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that do not have a three- 
220.31 	or four-star Parent Aware program within the district or close proximity of the district shall 
220.32 	receive the highest priority, and school sites with the lowest concentration of kindergarten 
220.33 	students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that have a three- or four-star Parent 
221.1 	Aware rated program within the district or close proximity of the district shall receive the 
221.2 	lowest priority; and
221.3 	(3) whether the district has implemented a mixed delivery mixed-delivery system.
221.4 	(d) If the participation limit under subdivision 6 is higher than the participation limit for 
221.5 	the previous year, the limit on participation for the programs as specified in subdivision 6 
221.6 	must initially be allocated among the four five groups based on each group's percentage 
221.7 	share of the statewide kindergarten enrollment on October 1 of the previous school year. If 
221.8 	the participation limit is the same as the participation limit for the previous year, the 
221.9 	participation limit must initially be allocated among the five groups based on each group's 
221.10 	participation limit for the previous school year. Within each group, the participation limit 
221.11 	for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in the 
221.12 	previous year to ensure that those sites are funded for the same number of participants as 
221.13 	approved for the previous year. The remainder of the participation limit for each group must 
221.14 	be allocated among school sites in priority order until that region's share of the participation 
221.15 	limit is reached. If the participation limit is not reached for all groups, the remaining amount 
221.16 	must be allocated to the highest priority school sites, as designated under this section, not 
221.17 	funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis. For fiscal year 2020 and later, the 
221.18 	participation limit must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2017, 
221.19 	and then to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2018 based on the statewide rankings 
221.20 	under paragraph (c).
221.21 	(e) Once a school site or a mixed delivery mixed-delivery site under subdivision 3 is 
221.22 	approved for aid under this subdivision, it shall remain eligible for aid if it continues to 
221.23 	meet program requirements, regardless of changes in the concentration of students eligible 
221.24 	for free or reduced-price lunches.
221.25 	(f) If the total number of participants approved based on applications submitted under 
221.26 	paragraph (a) is less than the participation limit under subdivision 6, the commissioner must 
221.27 	notify all school districts and charter schools of the amount that remains available within 
221.28 	30 days of the initial application deadline under paragraph (a), and complete a second round 
221.29 	of allocations based on applications received within 60 days of the initial application deadline.
221.30 	(g) Procedures for approving applications submitted under paragraph (f) shall be the 
221.31 	same as specified in paragraphs (a) to (d), except that the allocations shall be made to the 
221.32 	highest priority school sites not funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis.

221.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for applications for fiscal year 2020 and 
221.34 	later.

222.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
222.2 		Subd. 6.Participation limits. (a) Notwithstanding section 126C.05, subdivision 1, 
222.3 	paragraph (d), the pupil units for a voluntary prekindergarten program for an eligible school 
222.4 	district or charter school must not exceed 60 percent of the kindergarten pupil units for that 
222.5 	school district or charter school under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).
222.6 	(b) In reviewing applications under subdivision 5, the commissioner must limit the 
222.7 	estimated state aid entitlement approved under this section to $27,092,000 for fiscal year 
222.8 	2017. If the actual state aid entitlement based on final data exceeds the limit in any year, 
222.9 	the aid of the participating districts must be prorated so as not to exceed the limit.
222.10 	(c) The commissioner must limit the total number of funded participants in the voluntary 
222.11 	prekindergarten program under this section to not more than 3,160.
222.12 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the commissioner must limit the total number of 
222.13 	participants in the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus programs under 
222.14 	Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 9 to not more than 6,160 
222.15 	participants for fiscal year 2018 and 7,160 participants for per fiscal year 2019.

222.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.

222.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
222.18 		Subd. 2.Family eligibility. (a) For a family to receive an early learning scholarship, 
222.19 	parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements:
222.20 	(1) have an eligible child; and
222.21 	(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income in the 
222.22 	current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation in the free 
222.23 	and reduced-price lunch program or Child and Adult Care Food Program, National School 
222.24 	Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food Distribution 
222.25 	Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States Code, title 7, sections 
222.26 	2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act 
222.27 	of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J; child care assistance 
222.28 	programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance program; or placement 
222.29 	in foster care under section 260C.212. Parents or guardians are not required to provide 
222.30 	income verification under this clause if the child is an eligible child under paragraph (b), 
222.31 	clause (4) or (5).
222.32 	(b) An "eligible child" means a child who has not yet enrolled in kindergarten and is:
223.1 	(1) at least from birth to age three but not yet five years of age on September 1 of the 
223.2 	current school year;
223.3 	(2) a sibling from birth to age five four of a child who has been awarded a scholarship 
223.4 	under this section provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are 
223.5 	available;
223.6 	(3) the child of a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school degree or a course 
223.7 	of study for a high school equivalency test; or
223.8 	(4) homeless, in foster care, or in need of child protective services.
223.9 	(4) a child in need of protective services or in foster care;
223.10 	(5) designated as homeless under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
223.11 	Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a; or
223.12 	(6) a child not yet five years of age on September 1 of the current school year participating 
223.13 	in a program with a designated number of scholarship slots under subdivision 3, paragraph 
223.14 	(c).
223.15 	(c) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to receive 
223.16 	a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section 120A.20 
223.17 	and as long as funds are available. This paragraph applies notwithstanding the age 
223.18 	requirements under paragraph (b).
223.19 	(d) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the purposes 
223.20 	of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, Minnesota 
223.21 	family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs under chapter 
223.22 	119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 
223.23 	2007.
223.24 	(e) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as 
223.25 	assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening 
223.26 	under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district, 
223.27 	and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning 
223.28 	scholarship under this section.

223.29 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
223.30 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish application timelines 
223.31 	and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational needs of eligible 
224.1 	families and programs. The commissioner must give highest priority to applications from 
224.2 	children who:
224.3 	(1) have a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school diploma or a course of 
224.4 	study for a high school equivalency test;
224.5 	(2) are in foster care or otherwise in need of protection or services; or
224.6 	(3) have experienced homelessness in the last 24 months, as defined under the federal 
224.7 	McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a.
224.8 	The commissioner may prioritize applications on additional factors including family 
224.9 	income, geographic location, and whether the child's family is on a waiting list for a publicly 
224.10 	funded program providing early education or child care services.
224.11 	(b) The commissioner shall establish a target for the average scholarship amount per 
224.12 	child based on the results of the rate survey conducted under section 119B.02.
224.13 	(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in or 
224.14 	on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the 
224.15 	commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of the 
224.16 	program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current funding 
224.17 	provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots 
224.18 	for that program and notify the program of that number. For fiscal year 2018 and later, the 
224.19 	statewide amount of funding directly designated by the commissioner must not exceed the 
224.20 	funding directly designated for fiscal year 2017. Beginning July 1, 2016, A school district 
224.21 	or Head Start program qualifying under this paragraph may use its established registration 
224.22 	process to enroll scholarship recipients and may verify a scholarship recipient's family 
224.23 	income in the same manner as for other program participants.
224.24 	(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has not 
224.25 	been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten months of the 
224.26 	awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in order 
224.27 	to be eligible for another scholarship. A child may not be awarded more than one scholarship 
224.28 	in a 12-month period.
224.29 	(e) A child over age three who receives a scholarship who and has not completed 
224.30 	development screening under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening 
224.31 	within 90 days of first attending an eligible program. A child who receives a scholarship 
224.32 	before age three must complete the developmental screening no later than 90 days after the 
224.33 	child's third birthday.
225.1 	(f) For fiscal year 2017 and later, a school district or Head Start program enrolling 
225.2 	scholarship recipients under paragraph (c) may apply to the commissioner, in the form and 
225.3 	manner prescribed by the commissioner, for direct payment of state aid. Upon receipt of 
225.4 	the application, the commissioner must pay each program directly for each approved 
225.5 	scholarship recipient enrolled under paragraph (c) according to the metered payment system 
225.6 	or another schedule established by the commissioner.

225.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
225.8 		Subd. 4.Early childhood program eligibility. (a) In order to be eligible to accept an 
225.9 	early learning scholarship, a program must:
225.10 	(1) participate in the quality rating and improvement system under section 124D.142; 
225.11 	and
225.12 	(2) beginning July 1, 2020, have a three- or four-star rating in the quality rating and 
225.13 	improvement system.
225.14 	(b) Any program accepting scholarships must use the revenue to supplement and not 
225.15 	supplant federal funding.
225.16 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all Minnesota early learning foundation scholarship 
225.17 	program pilot sites are eligible to accept an early learning scholarship under this section.

225.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, is amended by adding a subdivision 
225.19 	to read:
225.20 		Subd. 6.Early learning scholarship account. (a) An account is established in the 
225.21 	special revenue fund known as the "early learning scholarship account."
225.22 	(b) Funds appropriated for early learning scholarships under this section must be 
225.23 	transferred to the early learning scholarship account in the special revenue fund.
225.24 	(c) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for early learning 
225.25 	scholarships under this section. Money in the account is available until spent. Any returned 
225.26 	funds are available to be regranted.
225.27 	(d) Up to $950,000 annually is available to the commissioner for costs associated with 
225.28 	administering and monitoring early learning scholarships.

226.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
226.2 		Subdivision 1.Pupil unit. Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the age 
226.3 	of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in 
226.4 	average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under 
226.5 	sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter school under 
226.6 	chapter 124E; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 123A.22, 
226.7 	123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03 
226.8 	to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.
226.9 	(a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by 
226.10 	the commissioner and has an individualized education program is counted as the ratio of 
226.11 	the number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.0 with a minimum 
226.12 	average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.0 pupil unit.
226.13 	(b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is counted 
226.14 	as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.0.
226.15 	(c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by the 
226.16 	commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education 
226.17 	services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individualized education program to 875, 
226.18 	but not more than one.
226.19 	(d) (c) A prekindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) and is enrolled 
226.20 	in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 is counted as 
226.21 	the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more than 0.6 pupil 
226.22 	units.
226.23 	(e) (d) A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as 1.0 pupil 
226.24 	unit if the pupil is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to 
226.25 	all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school that meets the minimum hours requirement in 
226.26 	section 120A.41, or is counted as .55 pupil unit, if the pupil is not enrolled in a free all-day, 
226.27 	every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school.
226.28 	(f) (e) A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 1.0 pupil unit.
226.29 	(g) (f) A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units.
226.30 	(h) (g) A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted as 
226.31 	1.2 pupil units.
226.32 	(i) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only, (h) A prekindergarten pupil who:
227.1 	(1) is not included in paragraph (a), (b), or (d) (c);
227.2 	(2) is enrolled in a school readiness plus program under Laws 2017, First Special Session 
227.3 	chapter 5, article 8, section 9; and
227.4 	(3) has one or more of the risk factors specified by the eligibility requirements for a 
227.5 	school readiness plus program,
227.6 	is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more 
227.7 	than 0.6 pupil units. A pupil qualifying under this paragraph must be counted in the same 
227.8 	manner as a voluntary prekindergarten student for all general education and other school 
227.9 	funding formulas.

227.10 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245C.12, is amended to read:
227.11 	245C.12 BACKGROUND STUDY; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.
227.12 		Subdivision 1.Access to data. (a) For the purposes of background studies completed 
227.13 	by tribal organizations performing licensing activities otherwise required of the commissioner 
227.14 	under this chapter, after obtaining consent from the background study subject, tribal licensing 
227.15 	agencies shall have access to criminal history data in the same manner as county licensing 
227.16 	agencies and private licensing agencies under this chapter.
227.17 		Subd. 2.Adoptions; child foster care. (b) Tribal organizations may contract with the 
227.18 	commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related 
227.19 	to adoptions according to section 245C.34. Tribal organizations may also contract with the 
227.20 	commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related 
227.21 	to child foster care according to section 245C.34.
227.22 		Subd. 3.Nursing facility. (c) For the purposes of background studies completed to 
227.23 	comply with a tribal organization's licensing requirements for individuals affiliated with a 
227.24 	tribally licensed nursing facility, the commissioner shall obtain criminal history data from 
227.25 	the National Criminal Records Repository in accordance with section 245C.32.
227.26 		Subd. 4.Child care. (a) Tribal organizations may contract with the commissioner to:
227.27 	(1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a child care program 
227.28 	sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization; and
227.29 	(2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a child care program 
227.30 	sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization.
227.31 	(b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a 
227.32 	background study conducted under paragraph (a).
228.1 	(c) A tribally affiliated child care program that does not contract with the commissioner 
228.2 	to conduct background studies is exempt from the relevant requirements in this chapter. For 
228.3 	a background study conducted under this subdivision to be transferable to other child care 
228.4 	entities, the study must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt 
228.5 	child care center under this chapter.

228.6 	Sec. 13. [245C.125] BACKGROUND STUDY; HEAD START PROGRAMS.
228.7 	(a) Head Start programs that receive funds under section 119A.52 may contract with 
228.8 	the commissioner to:
228.9 	(1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program; and
228.10 	(2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program.
228.11 	(b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a 
228.12 	background study conducted under paragraph (a).
228.13 	(c) A Head Start program site that does not contract with the commissioner, is not 
228.14 	licensed, and is not registered to receive payments under chapter 119B is exempt from the 
228.15 	relevant requirements in this chapter. Nothing in this section supersedes requirements for 
228.16 	background studies in this chapter or chapter 119B or 245H that relate to licensed child care 
228.17 	programs or programs registered to receive payments under chapter 119B. For a background 
228.18 	study conducted under this section to be transferable to other child care entities, the study 
228.19 	must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt child care center under 
228.20 	this chapter.

228.21 	Sec. 14. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, the effective date, 
228.22 	is amended to read:

228.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (i) of this section expires at the end of fiscal year 2019
228.24 	does not expire.

228.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

228.26 	Sec. 15. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 4, 
228.27 	is amended to read:
228.28 		Subd. 4.Early learning scholarships. (a) For the early learning scholarship program 
228.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

229.1		$
	70,209,000
	.....
	2018
	
229.3229.2
		$
	70,209,000
60,709,000
	.....
	2019
	
229.4 	(b) Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.
229.5 	(c) $9,500,000 of the initial appropriation in fiscal year 2019 is canceled to the state 
229.6 	general fund.
229.7 	(c) (d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
229.8 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2020 is $70,709,000.

229.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

229.10 	Sec. 16. LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION 
229.11 	COORDINATION.
 229.12 	(a) By February 15, 2020, the commissioners of education, health, and human services 
229.13 	must jointly submit a report in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195 to the 
229.14 	members and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over early childhood, 
229.15 	human services, and education on the outcome of the federal Preschool Development 
229.16 	planning grant. The report must include how the state agencies plan to enhance coordination 
229.17 	of state programs including:
229.18 	(1) child care assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B;
229.19 	(2) early childhood developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17;
229.20 	(3) early childhood family education programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
229.21 	124D.13;
229.22 	(4) early learning scholarships under section Minnesota Statutes, 124D.165;
229.23 	(5) family home visiting programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17;
229.24 	(6) Head Start and Early Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 119A.50 
229.25 	to 119A.545;
229.26 	(7) kindergarten readiness assessment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162;
229.27 	(8) school readiness programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16;
229.28 	(9) voluntary prekindergarten programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.151; 
229.29 	and
230.1 	(10) school readiness plus programs under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, 
230.2 	article 8, section 9.
230.3 	(b) At a minimum, the report must:
230.4 	(1) review and evaluate changes to child care assistance and early learning scholarship 
230.5 	program quality and administration, including eligibility, billing, payment, and child and 
230.6 	family identification;
230.7 	(2) identify challenges and concerns among providers and among recipients of child 
230.8 	care assistance and early learning scholarships;
230.9 	(3) consider the goals outlined in the Children's Cabinet's early childhood systems reform 
230.10 	effort and how the strategic plan intends to meet these goals;
230.11 	(4) analyze layering and duplication of funds;
230.12 	(5) develop recommendations for a consolidated universal application process; and
230.13 	(6) develop recommendations for the design and implementation of a universal 
230.14 	identification system that applies to a child participating in one or more programs listed in 
230.15 	paragraph (a).

230.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

230.17 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS.
 230.18 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
230.19 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
230.20 	designated.
230.21 		Subd. 2.School readiness. (a) For revenue for school readiness programs under 
230.22 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:

230.23		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2020
	
230.24		$
	33,683,000
	.....
	2021
	
230.25 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2019 and $30,315,000 for 2020.
230.26 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2020 and $30,315,000 for 2021.
230.27 		Subd. 3.Early learning scholarships. (a) For the early learning scholarship program 
230.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

230.29		$
	83,544,000
	.....
	2020
	
230.30		$
	83,544,000
	.....
	2021
	
231.1 	(b) Of these amounts, $300,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2021 are 
231.2 	for a transfer to the Office of MN.IT Services for a project manager to provide services for 
231.3 	the coordination of early childhood programs.
231.4 	(c) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
231.5 	124D.165, subdivision 6.
231.6 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $75,534,000.
231.7 		Subd. 4.Head Start program. For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
231.8 	section 119A.52:

231.9		$
	25,100,000
	.....
	2020
	
231.10		$
	25,100,000
	.....
	2021
	
231.11 		Subd. 5.Early childhood family education aid. (a) For early childhood family education 
231.12 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

231.13		$
	32,653,000
	.....
	2020
	
231.14		$
	34,072,000
	.....
	2021
	
231.15 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,098,000 for 2019 and $29,555,000 for 2020.
231.16 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $3,283,000 for 2020 and $30,789,000 for 2021.
231.17 		Subd. 6.Developmental screening aid. (a) For developmental screening aid under 
231.18 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

231.19		$
	3,639,000
	.....
	2020
	
231.20		$
	3,625,000
	.....
	2021
	
231.21 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $363,000 for 2019 and $3,276,000 for 2020.
231.22 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $364,000 for 2020 and $3,261,000 for 2021.
231.23 		Subd. 7.Parent-child home program. For a grant to the parent-child home program:

231.24		$
	900,000
	.....
	2020
	
231.25		$
	900,000
	.....
	2021
	
231.26 	The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood 
231.27 	literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at its existing 
231.28 	suburban program location. The program must include urban and rural program locations 
231.29 	for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
232.1 		Subd. 8.Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program. For 
232.2 	the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program under Minnesota 
232.3 	Statutes, section 124D.162:

232.4		$
	281,000
	.....
	2020
	
232.5		$
	281,000
	.....
	2021
	
232.6 		Subd. 9.Quality rating and improvement system. (a) For transfer to the commissioner 
232.7 	of human services for the purposes of expanding the quality rating and improvement system 
232.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142, in greater Minnesota and increasing supports 
232.9 	for providers participating in the quality rating and improvement system:

232.10		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2020
	
232.11		$
	1,750,000
	.....
	2021
	
232.12 	(b) The amounts in paragraph (a) must be in addition to any federal funding under the 
232.13 	child care and development block grant authorized under Public Law 101-508 in that year 
232.14 	for the system under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142.
232.15 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
232.16 		Subd. 10.Early childhood programs at tribal contract schools. For early childhood 
232.17 	family education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section 
232.18 	124D.83, subdivision 4:

232.19		$
	68,000
	.....
	2020
	
232.20		$
	68,000
	.....
	2021
	
232.21 		Subd. 11.Metro Deaf School. (a) For a grant to Metro Deaf School to provide services 
232.22 	to young children who have a primary disability of deaf or hard-of-hearing and who are not 
232.23 	eligible for funding under Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, paragraph (h):

232.24		$
	100,000
	.....
	2020
	
232.25		$
	100,000
	.....
	2021
	
232.26 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
232.27 		Subd. 12.Reach Out and Read Minnesota. (a) For a grant to support Reach Out and 
232.28 	Read Minnesota to expand a program that encourages early childhood development through 
232.29 	a network of health care clinics, and for the purchase of culturally and developmentally 
232.30 	appropriate books to sustain and expand the program in partnership with health clinics 
232.31 	statewide:

233.1		$
	105,000
	.....
	2020
	
233.2		$
	100,000
	.....
	2021
	
233.3 	(b) The grant recipient must implement a program that includes:
233.4 	(1) integrating children's books and parent education into well-child visits;
233.5 	(2) creating literacy-rich environments at clinics, including books for visits outside of 
233.6 	Reach Out and Read Minnesota parameters or for waiting room use or volunteer readers to 
233.7 	model read-aloud techniques for parents where possible;
233.8 	(3) working with public health clinics, federally qualified health centers, tribal sites, 
233.9 	community health centers, and clinics that belong to health care systems, as well as 
233.10 	independent clinics in underserved areas; and
233.11 	(4) training medical professionals on speaking with parents of infants, toddlers, and 
233.12 	preschoolers on the importance of early literacy and numeracy.
233.13 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
233.14 		Subd. 13.College savings account pilot program. (a) For a matching grant to the city 
233.15 	of St. Paul to establish a pilot program that (1) creates a college savings account for every 
233.16 	child born to a resident of the city of St. Paul during the time period for which funds are 
233.17 	available, and (2) performs analysis of potential establishment of a statewide program or 
233.18 	program duplication by other cities.

233.19		$
	250,000
	.....
	2020
	
233.20		$
	250,000
	.....
	2021
	
233.21 	(b) The city must administer the pilot program and partner with a qualified financial 
233.22 	institution to support current and potential pilot program participants and their families. The 
233.23 	city is the owner of an account established under this pilot program, but the beneficiary 
233.24 	must be the individual child.
233.25 	(c) The city must use the grant money to establish and fund the accounts, to provide 
233.26 	incentives to current and potential pilot program participants and their families, and to 
233.27 	provide outreach and education to current and potential pilot program participants and their 
233.28 	families. The city may not use grant funds for the administrative costs of managing and 
233.29 	operating the pilot program.
233.30 	(d) By February 15, 2021, the city must submit a report on the pilot program to the 
233.31 	commissioner of education and to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the 
233.32 	legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over early childhood and education policy 
233.33 	and finance. At a minimum, the report must:
234.1 	(1) provide a detailed review of pilot program design and features, including program 
234.2 	requirements, funding, and outreach and education activities;
234.3 	(2) identify the number of accounts created in the pilot program, including basic 
234.4 	demographic information about account beneficiaries;
234.5 	(3) provide analysis of savings program development throughout the state, which at a 
234.6 	minimum must examine:
234.7 	(i) methods for program replication in other cities; and
234.8 	(ii) options, models, or frameworks for implementation on a statewide basis, including 
234.9 	review of alternative policy approaches; and
234.10 	(4) make recommendations regarding program expansion, if any, based on the analysis 
234.11 	under clause (3).
234.12 	(e) The commissioner of education must provide reasonable technical assistance as 
234.13 	requested by the city for the analysis and recommendations under paragraph (d), clauses 
234.14 	(3) and (4).
234.15 	(f) This is a onetime appropriation. Grant money provided under this subdivision must 
234.16 	be matched with money from nonstate sources. This appropriation is available until December 
234.17 	30, 2022.
234.18 	(g) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
234.19 		Subd. 14.Educate parents partnership. For the educate parents partnership under 
234.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:

234.21		$
	49,000
	.....
	2020
	
234.22		$
	49,000
	.....
	2021
	
234.23 		Subd. 15.Home visiting aid. (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
234.24 	124D.135:

234.25		$
	521,000
	.....
	2020
	
234.26		$
	503,000
	.....
	2021
	
234.27 	(b) The 2020 appropriation includes $54,000 for 2019 and $467,000 for 2020.
234.28 	(c) The 2021 appropriation includes $51,000 for 2020 and $452,000 for 2021.

235.1 	ARTICLE 9
235.2 	COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

235.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
235.4 		Subdivision 1.State total adult basic education aid. (a) The state total adult basic 
235.5 	education aid for fiscal year 2011 2020 equals $44,419,000 $51,000,000, plus any amount 
235.6 	that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under subdivision 
235.7 	4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education 
235.8 	aid for later fiscal years equals:
235.9 	(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any amount 
235.10 	that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 
235.11 	4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times
235.12 	(2) the lesser of 1.03, or the greater of:
235.13 	(i) 1.03 one plus the percent change in the formula allowance under section 126C.10, 
235.14 	subdivision 2, from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year; or
235.15 	(ii) the average growth in ratio of the state total contact hours over the prior ten program 
235.16 	years for the previous year to the state total contact hours for the second previous year.
235.17 	Three percent of the state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for adult basic 
235.18 	education supplemental service grants under section 124D.522.
235.19 	(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals the 
235.20 	difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic population 
235.21 	aid under subdivision 2.

235.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.

235.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.55, is amended to read:
235.24 	124D.55 COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST 
235.25 	FEES.
235.26 	The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible individual 
235.27 	for the full battery of the commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests, but not more 
235.28 	than $40 for an eligible individual.
235.29 	For fiscal year 2017 only, The commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the fee charged 
235.30 	to an eligible individual for the full battery of general education development (GED) the 
236.1 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests, but not more than the cost of one full 
236.2 	battery of tests per year for any individual.

236.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.99, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
236.4 		Subd. 3.Administration; design. (a) The commissioner shall establish program 
236.5 	requirements, an application process and timeline for each tier of grants specified in 
236.6 	subdivision 4, criteria for evaluation of applications, and a grant awards process. The 
236.7 	commissioner's process must minimize administrative costs, minimize burdens for applicants 
236.8 	and grant recipients, and provide a framework that permits flexibility in program design 
236.9 	and implementation among grant recipients.
236.10 	(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall design the program to align with 
236.11 	programs implemented or proposed by organizations in Minnesota that:
236.12 	(1) identify and increase the capacity of organizations that are focused on achieving 
236.13 	data-driven, locally controlled positive outcomes for children and youth throughout an entire 
236.14 	neighborhood or geographic area through programs such as Strive Together, Promise 
236.15 	Neighborhood, and the Education Partnerships Coalition members;
236.16 	(2) build a continuum of educational family and community supports with academically 
236.17 	rigorous schools at the center;
236.18 	(3) maximize program efficiencies by integrating programmatic activities and eliminating 
236.19 	administrative barriers;
236.20 	(4) develop local infrastructure needed to sustain and scale up proven and effective 
236.21 	solutions beyond the initial neighborhood or geographic area; and
236.22 	(5) utilize appropriate outcome measures based on unique community needs and interests 
236.23 	and apply rigorous evaluation on a periodic basis to be used to both monitor outcomes and 
236.24 	allow for continuous improvements to systems.;
236.25 	(6) collect and utilize data to improve student outcomes;
236.26 	(7) share disaggregated performance data with the community to set community-level 
236.27 	outcomes;
236.28 	(8) employ continuous improvement processes;
236.29 	(9) have a tribal entity, community foundation, higher education institution, or 
236.30 	community-based organization as an anchor entity managing the partnership;
237.1 	(10) convene a cross-sector leadership group and have a documented accountability 
237.2 	structure; and
237.3 	(11) demonstrate use of nonstate funds, from multiple sources, including in-kind 
237.4 	contributions.
237.5 	(c) A grant recipient's supportive services programming must address:
237.6 	(1) kindergarten readiness and youth development;
237.7 	(2) grade 3 reading proficiency;
237.8 	(3) middle school mathematics;
237.9 	(4) high school graduation;
237.10 	(4)(5) postsecondary educational attainment enrollment;
237.11 	(6) postsecondary education completion or attainment;
237.12 	(5)(7) physical and mental health;
237.13 	(6)(8) development of career skills and readiness;
237.14 	(7)(9) parental engagement and development;
237.15 	(8)(10) community engagement and programmatic alignment; and
237.16 	(9)(11) reduction of remedial education.
237.17 	(d) The commissioner, in consultation with grant recipients, must:
237.18 	(1) develop and revise core indicators of progress toward outcomes specifying impacts 
237.19 	for each tier identified under subdivision 4;
237.20 	(2) establish a reporting system for grant recipients to measure program outcomes using 
237.21 	data sources and program goals; and
237.22 	(3) evaluate effectiveness based on the core indicators established by each partnership 
237.23 	for each tier.

237.24 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 237.25 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
237.26 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
237.27 	designated. Any balances in the first year do not cancel but are available in the second year.
237.28 		Subd. 2.Community education aid. For community education aid under Minnesota 
237.29 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

238.1		$
	330,000
	.....
	2020
	
238.2		$
	257,000
	.....
	2021
	
238.3 	The 2020 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2019 and $290,000 for 2020.
238.4 	The 2021 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2020 and $225,000 for 2021.
238.5 		Subd. 3.Adults with disabilities program aid. For adults with disabilities programs 
238.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:

238.7		$
	710,000
	.....
	2020
	
238.8		$
	710,000
	.....
	2021
	
238.9 	The 2020 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2019 and $639,000 for 2020.
238.10 	The 2021 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2020 and $639,000 for 2021.
238.11 		Subd. 4.Hearing-impaired adults. For programs for hearing-impaired adults under 
238.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:

238.13		$
	70,000
	.....
	2020
	
238.14		$
	70,000
	.....
	2021
	
238.15 		Subd. 5.School-age care aid. For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
238.16 	124D.22:

238.17		$
	1,000
	.....
	2020
	
238.18		$
	1,000
	.....
	2021
	
238.19 	The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $1,000 for 2020.
238.20 	The 2021 appropriation includes $0 for 2020 and $1,000 for 2021.
238.21 		Subd. 6.Tier 1 grants. (a) For education partnership program Tier 1 sustaining grants 
238.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

238.23		$
	2,970,000
	.....
	2020
	
238.24		$
	2,970,000
	.....
	2021
	
238.25 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,485,000 each year is for the Northside 
238.26 	Achievement Zone and $1,485,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
238.27 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,970,000.
238.28 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
238.29 		Subd. 7.Tier 2 implementing grants. (a) For Tier 2 implementing grants under 
238.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:

239.1		$
	1,100,000
	.....
	2020
	
239.2		$
	1,100,000
	.....
	2021
	
239.3 	(b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $185,000 each year is for the Northfield Healthy 
239.4 	Community Initiative in Northfield; $185,000 is for the Jones Family Foundation for the 
239.5 	Every Hand Joined program in Red Wing; $185,000 is for the United Way of Central 
239.6 	Minnesota for the Partners for Student Success program; $185,000 is for Austin Aspires; 
239.7 	$185,000 is for the Rochester Area Foundation for the Cradle to Career program; and 
239.8 	$185,000 is for Generation Next.
239.9 	(c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $1,100,000. The base includes $185,000 each year 
239.10 	for each of the following programs: the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, the Every 
239.11 	Hand Joined program, the Partners for Student Success program, Austin Aspires, the Cradle 
239.12 	to Career program, and Generation Next.
239.13 	(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
239.14 		Subd. 8.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
239.15 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

239.16		$
	51,906,000
	.....
	2020
	
239.17		$
	53,620,000
	.....
	2021
	
239.18 	The 2020 appropriation includes $4,868,000 for 2019 and $47,038,000 for 2020.
239.19 	The 2021 appropriation includes $5,226,000 for 2020 and $48,394,000 for 2021.
239.20 		Subd. 9.High school equivalency tests. (a) For payment of the costs of the 
239.21 	commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
239.22 	124D.55:

239.23		$
	245,000
	.....
	2020
	
239.24		$
	245,000
	.....
	2021
	
239.25 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

239.26 	ARTICLE 10
239.27 	STATE AGENCIES

239.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.122, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
239.29 		Subdivision 1.Purpose Duties. (a) The department must employ a dyslexia specialist 
239.30 	to provide technical assistance for dyslexia and related disorders and to serve as the primary 
240.1 	source of information and support for schools in addressing the needs of students with 
240.2 	dyslexia and related disorders.
240.3 	(b) The dyslexia specialist shall also act to must increase professional awareness and 
240.4 	instructional competencies to meet the educational needs of students with dyslexia or 
240.5 	identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia and shall must develop 
240.6 	implementation guidance and make recommendations to the commissioner consistent with 
240.7 	section 122A.06, subdivision 4, to be used to assist general education teachers and special 
240.8 	education teachers to recognize educational needs and to improve literacy outcomes for 
240.9 	students with dyslexia or identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia, 
240.10 	including recommendations related to increasing the availability of online and asynchronous 
240.11 	professional development programs and materials.
240.12 	(c) The dyslexia specialist must provide guidance to school districts and charter schools 
240.13 	on how to:
240.14 	(1) access tools to screen and identify students showing characteristics associated with 
240.15 	dyslexia in accordance with section 120B.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (a);
240.16 	(2) implement screening for characteristics associated with dyslexia in accordance with 
240.17 	section 120B.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and in coordination with other early childhood 
240.18 	screenings; and
240.19 	(3) participate in professional development opportunities pertaining to intervention 
240.20 	strategies and accommodations for students with dyslexia or characteristics associated with 
240.21 	dyslexia.
240.22 	(d) The dyslexia specialist must provide guidance to the Professional Educator Licensing 
240.23 	and Standards Board on developing licensing renewal requirements under section 122A.187, 
240.24 	subdivision 5, on understanding dyslexia, recognizing dyslexia characteristics in students, 
240.25 	and using evidence-based best practices.
240.26 	(e) Nothing in this subdivision limits the ability of the dyslexia specialist to do other 
240.27 	dyslexia related work as directed by the commissioner.

240.28 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.14, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
240.29 		Subd. 9.Fee. Each person licensed by the Board of School Administrators shall pay the 
240.30 	board a fee of $75 $100, collected each fiscal year. When transmitting notice of the license 
240.31 	fee, the board also must notify the licensee of the penalty for failing to pay the fee within 
240.32 	the time specified by the board. The board may provide a lower fee for persons on retired 
240.33 	or inactive status. After receiving notice from the board, any licensed school administrator 
241.1 	who does not pay the fee in the given fiscal year shall have all administrative licenses held 
241.2 	by the person automatically suspended, without the right to a hearing, until the fee has been 
241.3 	paid to the board. If the board suspends a licensed school administrator for failing to pay 
241.4 	the fee, it must immediately notify the district currently employing the school administrator 
241.5 	of the school administrator's suspension. The executive secretarydirector shall deposit the 
241.6 	fees in the educatoradministrator licensure account in the special revenue fund in the state 
241.7 	treasury.

241.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for licenses issued or renewed on or after 
241.9 	July 1, 2019.

241.10 	Sec. 3. [122A.145] SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; ADMINISTRATOR 
241.11 	LICENSURE.
241.12 	An administrator licensure account is created in the special revenue fund. Fees received 
241.13 	by the Board of School Administrators under section 122A.14, subdivision 9, and Minnesota 
241.14 	Rules, chapter 3512, must be deposited in the administrator licensure account.

241.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

241.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
241.17 		Subdivision 1.Educator licensure account. An educator licensure account is created 
241.18 	in the special revenue fund. Applicant licensure fees received by the Department of 
241.19 	Education,or the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or the Board of 
241.20 	School Administrators must be deposited in the educator licensure account. Any funds 
241.21 	appropriated from this account that remain unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel 
241.22 	to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.

241.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

241.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.052, is amended to read:
241.25 	127A.052 SCHOOL SAFETY CLIMATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.
241.26 	(a) The commissioner shall establish a school safety climate technical assistance center 
241.27 	at the department to help districts and schools under section 121A.031 provide a safe and 
241.28 	supportive learning environment and foster academic achievement for all students by focusing 
241.29 	on prevention, intervention, support, and recovery efforts to develop and maintain safe and 
241.30 	supportive schools. The center must work collaboratively with implicated state agencies 
242.1 	identified by the center and schools, communities, and interested individuals and 
242.2 	organizations to determine how to best use available resources.
242.3 	(b) The center's services shall include:
242.4 	(1) evidence-based policy review, development, and dissemination;
242.5 	(2) single, point-of-contact services designed for schools, parents, and students seeking 
242.6 	information or other help;
242.7 	(3) qualitative and quantitative data gathering, interpretation, and dissemination of 
242.8 	summary data for existing reporting systems and student surveys and the identification and 
242.9 	pursuit of emerging trends and issues;
242.10 	(4) assistance to districts and schools in using Minnesota student survey results to inform 
242.11 	intervention and prevention programs;
242.12 	(5) education and skill building;
242.13 	(6) multisector and multiagency planning and advisory activities incorporating best 
242.14 	practices and research; and
242.15 	(7) administrative and financial support for school and district planning, schools 
242.16 	recovering from incidents of violence, and school and district violence prevention education.
242.17 	(c) The center shall:
242.18 	(1) compile and make available to all districts and schools evidence-based elements and 
242.19 	resources to develop and maintain safe and supportive schools;
242.20 	(2) establish and maintain a central repository for collecting and analyzing information 
242.21 	about prohibited conduct under section 121A.031, including, but not limited to:
242.22 	(i) training materials on strategies and techniques to prevent and appropriately address 
242.23 	prohibited conduct under section 121A.031;
242.24 	(ii) model programming;
242.25 	(iii) remedial responses consistent with section 121A.031, subdivision 2, paragraph (i); 
242.26 	and
242.27 	(iv) other resources for improving the school climate and preventing prohibited conduct 
242.28 	under section 121A.031;
242.29 	(3) assist districts and schools to develop strategies and techniques for effectively 
242.30 	communicating with and engaging parents in efforts to protect and deter students from 
242.31 	prohibited conduct under section 121A.031; and
243.1 	(4) solicit input from social media experts on implementing this section.
243.2 	(d) The commissioner shall provide administrative services including personnel, budget, 
243.3 	payroll and contract services, and staff support for center activities including developing 
243.4 	and disseminating materials, providing seminars, and developing and maintaining a website. 
243.5 	Center staff shall include a center director, a data analyst coordinator, and trainers who 
243.6 	provide training to affected state and local organizations under a fee-for-service agreement. 
243.7 	The financial, administrative, and staff support the commissioner provides under this section 
243.8 	must be based on an annual budget and work program developed by the center and submitted 
243.9 	to the commissioner by the center director.
243.10 	(e) School safety climate technical assistance center staff may consult with school safety 
243.11 	center staff at the Department of Public Safety in providing services under this section.
243.12 	(f) The center is voluntary and advisory. The center does not have enforcement, 
243.13 	rulemaking, oversight, or regulatory authority.
243.14 	(g) The center expires on June 30, 2019.

243.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

243.16 	Sec. 6. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 9, subdivision 2, is 
243.17 	amended to read:
243.18 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

243.19		$
	27,158,000
	.....
	2018
	
243.21243.20
		$
	24,874,000
22,874,000
	.....
	2019
	
243.22 	Of these amounts:
243.23 	(1) $231,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators, and beginning in fiscal 
243.24 	year 2020, the amount indicated is from the educator licensure account in the special revenue 
243.25 	fund;
243.26 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, 
243.27 	section 120B.115;
243.28 	(3) $500,000 each year is for the school safety technical assistance center under Minnesota 
243.29 	Statutes, section 127A.052;
243.30 	(4) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data 
243.31 	analysis;
244.1 	(5) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
244.2 	Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
244.3 	(6) $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the Department 
244.4 	of Education's mainframe update;
244.5 	(7) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist; and
244.6 	(8) $2,000,000 each yearin fiscal year 2018 is for legal fees and costs associated with 
244.7 	litigation.
244.8 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
244.9 	(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
244.10 	Washington, D.C. office.
244.11 	(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
244.12 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.
244.13 	(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
244.14 	support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing 
244.15 	information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will 
244.16 	be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates 
244.17 	and mechanism specified in that agreement.
244.18 	(f) The agency's base is $22,054,000 for fiscal year 2020 and $21,965,000 for 2021.

244.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

244.20 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 244.21 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. Unless otherwise indicated, the sums indicated 
244.22 	in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for 
244.23 	the fiscal years designated. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in 
244.24 	the second year.
244.25 		Subd. 2.Department. (a) For the Department of Education:

244.26		$
	31,778,000
	.....
	2020
	
244.27		$
	28,382,000
	.....
	2021
	
244.28 	Of these amounts:
244.29 	(1) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for 
244.30 	regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.115;
245.1 	(2) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data 
245.2 	analysis;
245.3 	(3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic 
245.4 	Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
245.5 	(4) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist;
245.6 	(5) $4,700,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for legal fees and costs associated with litigation;
245.7 	(6) $400,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $480,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for the 
245.8 	Department of Education's mainframe update;
245.9 	(7) $171,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $174,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are to fund 
245.10 	a Second Chance Agency director;
245.11 	(8) $406,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $288,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for a 
245.12 	maltreatment investigations program;
245.13 	(9) $822,000 each year is for the IT program and data integration;
245.14 	(10) $140,000 each year is for the turnaround arts program;
245.15 	(11) $222,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $226,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for data 
245.16 	analytics; and
245.17 	(12) $140,000 each year is to conduct stakeholder engagement and draft a plan to increase 
245.18 	the number of national board certified teachers in Minnesota.
245.19 	(b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's 
245.20 	Washington, D.C. office.
245.21 	(c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document 
245.22 	and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.
245.23 	(d) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
245.24 	support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing 
245.25 	information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will 
245.26 	be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates 
245.27 	and mechanism specified in that agreement.
245.28 	(e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
245.29 	(f) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, 
245.30 	section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (a), the base for fiscal year 2022 is 
245.31 	$28,402,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $28,422,000.

246.1 	Sec. 8. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
 246.2 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
246.3 	Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:

246.4		$
	14,966,000
	.....
	2020
	
246.5		$
	14,872,000
	.....
	2021
	
246.6 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
246.7 	(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $650,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $505,000 in fiscal 
246.8 	year 2021 are for information technology improvements.
246.9 	(d) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, 
246.10 	section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (b), the base for fiscal year 2022 is 
246.11 	$14,879,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $14,886,000.

246.12 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 246.13 	(a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich Center 
246.14 	for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

246.15		$
	8,172,000
	.....
	2020
	
246.16		$
	7,663,000
	.....
	2021
	
246.17 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
246.18 	(c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $960,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $380,000 in fiscal 
246.19 	year 2021 are for information technology improvements. $340,000 is included in the base 
246.20 	for fiscal year 2022, and $285,000 is included in the base for fiscal year 2023 for this purpose.
246.21 	(d) To account for onetime technology initiatives and for the base adjustments provided 
246.22 	in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph 
246.23 	(c), the base for fiscal year 2022 is $7,628,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $7,579,000.

246.24 	Sec. 10. APPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
 246.25 	(a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the administrator licensure 
246.26 	account in the special revenue fund to the Board of School Administrators:

246.27		$
	347,000
	.....
	2020
	
246.28		$
	347,000
	.....
	2021
	
246.29 	(b) For fiscal year 2020 only, if the amount in the administrator licensure account is 
246.30 	insufficient, the remainder of the appropriation must be made from the general fund.
247.1 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
247.2 	(d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $347,000.

247.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

247.4 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
247.5 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 247.6 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. (a) The sums 
247.7 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the educator licensure account in the special 
247.8 	revenue fund to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal 
247.9 	years designated:

247.10		$
	2,744,000
	.....
	2020
	
247.11		$
	2,719,000
	.....
	2021
	
247.12 	(b) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and 
247.13 	support subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing information 
247.14 	technology costs will be incorporated into an interagency agreement and will be paid to the 
247.15 	Office of MN.IT Services by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board 
247.16 	under the mechanism specified in that agreement.
247.17 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
247.18 	(d) If the amount in the educator licensure account is insufficient, the remainder of the 
247.19 	appropriation must be made from the general fund.
247.20 	(e) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,719,000.
247.21 		Subd. 2.Licensure by portfolio. For licensure by portfolio:

247.22		$
	34,000
	.....
	2020
	
247.23		$
	34,000
	.....
	2021

247.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

247.25 	Sec. 12. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 247.26 	(a) The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "School Climate Technical Assistance 
247.27 	Center" for "School Safety Technical Assistance Center" wherever the term appears in 
247.28 	Minnesota Statutes.
248.1 	(b) The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "School Climate Technical Assistance 
248.2 	Council" for "School Safety Technical Assistance Council" wherever the term appears in 
248.3 	Minnesota Statutes.

248.4 	Sec. 13. REPEALER.
 248.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.051, subdivision 7, is repealed.

248.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

248.7 	ARTICLE 11
248.8 	FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS
248.9 	A. GENERAL EDUCATION

248.10 	Section 1. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 
248.11 	2, is amended to read:
248.12 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
248.13 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

248.14		$
	7,032,051,000
	.....
	2018
	
248.16248.15
		$
	7,227,809,000
7,253,606,000
	.....
	2019
	
248.17 	The 2018 appropriation includes $686,828,000 for 2017 and $6,345,223,000 for 2018.
248.18 	The 2019 appropriation includes $705,024,000 for 2018 and $6,522,785,000
248.19 	$6,548,582,000 for 2019.

248.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

248.21 	Sec. 2. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 3, is 
248.22 	amended to read:
248.23 		Subd. 3.Enrollment options transportation. For transportation of pupils attending 
248.24 	postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation 
248.25 	of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

248.26		$
	29,000
	.....
	2018
	
248.28248.27
		$
	31,000
22,000
	.....
	2019

248.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

249.1 	Sec. 3. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 4, is 
249.2 	amended to read:
249.3 		Subd. 4.Abatement aid. For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:

249.4		$
	2,374,000
	.....
	2018
	
249.6249.5
		$
	2,163,000
2,939,000
	.....
	2019
	
249.7 	The 2018 appropriation includes $262,000 for 2017 and $2,112,000 for 2018.
249.8 	The 2019 appropriation includes $234,000 $468,000 for 2018 and $1,929,000 $2,471,000
249.9 	for 2019.

249.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

249.11 	Sec. 4. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 5, is 
249.12 	amended to read:
249.13 		Subd. 5.Consolidation transition aid. For districts consolidating under Minnesota 
249.14 	Statutes, section 123A.485:

249.15		$
	185,000
	.....
	2018
	
249.17249.16
		$
	382,000
20,000
	.....
	2019
	
249.18 	The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $185,000 for 2018.
249.19 	The 2019 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2018 and $362,000 $0 for 2019.

249.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

249.21 	Sec. 5. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6, is 
249.22 	amended to read:
249.23 		Subd. 6.Nonpublic pupil education aid. For nonpublic pupil education aid under 
249.24 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

249.25		$
	18,197,000
	.....
	2018
	
249.27249.26
		$
	19,225,000
18,093,000
	.....
	2019
	
249.28 	The 2018 appropriation includes $1,687,000 for 2017 and $16,510,000 for 2018.
249.29 	The 2019 appropriation includes $1,834,000 for 2018 and $17,391,000 $16,259,000 for 
249.30 	2019.

249.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

250.1 	Sec. 6. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 7, is 
250.2 	amended to read:
250.3 		Subd. 7.Nonpublic pupil transportation. For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under 
250.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

250.5		$
	18,372,000
	.....
	2018
	
250.7250.6
		$
	18,541,000
19,492,000
	.....
	2019
	
250.8 	The 2018 appropriation includes $1,835,000 for 2017 and $16,537,000 for 2018.
250.9 	The 2019 appropriation includes $1,837,000 for 2018 and $16,704,000 $17,655,000 for 
250.10 	2019.

250.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

250.12 	Sec. 7. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 9, is 
250.13 	amended to read:
250.14 		Subd. 9.Career and technical aid. For career and technical aid under Minnesota 
250.15 	Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

250.16		$
	4,561,000
	.....
	2018
	
250.18250.17
		$
	4,125,000
4,260,000
	.....
	2019
	
250.19 	The 2018 appropriation includes $476,000 for 2017 and $4,085,000 for 2018.
250.20 	The 2019 appropriation includes $453,000 for 2018 and $3,672,000 $3,807,000 for 
250.21 	2019.

250.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
250.23 	B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

250.24 	Sec. 8. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 2, is 
250.25 	amended to read:
250.26 		Subd. 2.Achievement and integration aid. For achievement and integration aid under 
250.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

250.28		$
	71,249,000
	.....
	2018
	
250.30250.29
		$
	73,267,000
70,980,000
	.....
	2019
	
250.31 	The 2018 appropriation includes $6,725,000 for 2017 and $64,524,000 for 2018.
251.1 	The 2019 appropriation includes $7,169,000 for 2018 and $66,098,000 $63,811,000 for 
251.2 	2019.

251.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

251.4 	Sec. 9. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 3, is 
251.5 	amended to read:
251.6 		Subd. 3.Literacy incentive aid. For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
251.7 	section 124D.98:

251.8		$
	47,264,000
	.....
	2018
	
251.10251.9		$
	47,763,000
45,987,000
	.....
	2019
	
251.11 	The 2018 appropriation includes $4,597,000 for 2017 and $42,667,000 for 2018.
251.12 	The 2019 appropriation includes $4,740,000 for 2018 and $43,023,000 $41,247,000 for 
251.13 	2019.

251.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

251.15 	Sec. 10. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 4, 
251.16 	is amended to read:
251.17 		Subd. 4.Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. For 
251.18 	interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
251.19 	section 124D.87:

251.20		$
	13,337,000
	.....
	2018
	
251.22251.21
		$
	14,075,000
13,193,000
	.....
	2019

251.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

251.24 	Sec. 11. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 5, 
251.25 	is amended to read:
251.26 		Subd. 5.Tribal contract schools. For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
251.27 	section 124D.83:

251.28		$
	3,623,000
	.....
	2018
	
251.30251.29
		$
	4,018,000
3,059,000
	.....
	2019
	
251.31 	The 2018 appropriation includes $323,000 for 2017 and $3,300,000 for 2018.
252.1 	The 2019 appropriation includes $366,000 for 2018 and $3,652,000 $2,693,000 for 
252.2 	2019.

252.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

252.4 	Sec. 12. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 6, 
252.5 	is amended to read:
252.6 		Subd. 6.American Indian education aid. For American Indian education aid under 
252.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

252.8		$
	9,244,000
	.....
	2018
	
252.10252.9		$
	9,464,000
9,573,000
	.....
	2019
	
252.11 	The 2018 appropriation includes $886,000 for 2017 and $8,358,000 for 2018.
252.12 	The 2019 appropriation includes $928,000 for 2018 and $8,536,000 $8,645,000 for 
252.13 	2019.

252.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

252.15 	Sec. 13. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 21, 
252.16 	is amended to read:
252.17 		Subd. 21.Charter school building lease aid. For building lease aid under Minnesota 
252.18 	Statutes, section 124E.22:

252.19		$
	73,341,000
	.....
	2018
	
252.21252.20
		$
	78,802,000
79,646,000
	.....
	2019
	
252.22 	The 2018 appropriation includes $6,850,000 for 2017 and $66,491,000 for 2018.
252.23 	The 2019 appropriation includes $7,387,000 $7,448,000 for 2018 and $71,415,000
252.24 	$72,198,000 for 2019.

252.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

252.26 	Sec. 14. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 26, 
252.27 	is amended to read:
252.28 		Subd. 26.Alternative teacher compensation aid. For alternative teacher compensation 
252.29 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

253.1		$
	89,863,000
	.....
	2018
	
253.3253.2
		$
	89,623,000
89,783,000
	.....
	2019
	
253.4 	The 2018 appropriation includes $8,917,000 for 2017 and $80,946,000 for 2018.
253.5 	The 2019 appropriation includes $8,994,000 $9,015,000 for 2018 and $80,629,000
253.6 	$80,768,000 for 2019.

253.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
253.8 	C. SPECIAL EDUCATION

253.9 	Sec. 15. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 2, 
253.10 	as amended by Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 7, section 12, is amended to read:
253.11 		Subd. 2.Special education; regular. For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
253.12 	section 125A.75:

253.13		$
	1,341,161,000
	.....
	2018
	
253.15253.14
		$
	1,426,827,000
1,513,013,000
	.....
	2019
	
253.16 	The 2018 appropriation includes $156,403,000 for 2017 and $1,184,758,000 for 2018.
253.17 	The 2019 appropriation includes $166,667,000 $204,145,000 for 2018 and 
253.18 	$1,260,160,000 $1,308,868,000 for 2019.

253.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

253.20 	Sec. 16. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 3, 
253.21 	is amended to read:
253.22 		Subd. 3.Aid for children with disabilities. For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
253.23 	125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within 
253.24 	the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

253.25		$
	1,597,000
	.....
	2018
	
253.27253.26
		$
	1,830,000
1,217,000
	.....
	2019
	
253.28 	If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is 
253.29 	available.

253.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

254.1 	Sec. 17. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 4, 
254.2 	is amended to read:
254.3 		Subd. 4.Travel for home-based services. For aid for teacher travel for home-based 
254.4 	services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

254.5		$
	508,000
	.....
	2018
	
254.7254.6
		$
	532,000
417,000
	.....
	2019
	
254.8 	The 2018 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2017 and $460,000 for 2018.
254.9 	The 2019 appropriation includes $51,000 for 2018 and $481,000 $366,000 for 2019.

254.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

254.11 	Sec. 18. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 5, 
254.12 	is amended to read:
254.13 		Subd. 5.Court-placed special education revenue. For reimbursing serving school 
254.14 	districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving 
254.15 	school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

254.16		$
	46,000
	.....
	2018
	
254.18254.17
		$
	47,000
30,000
	.....
	2019

254.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
254.20 	D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

254.21 	Sec. 19. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 14, subdivision 2, 
254.22 	is amended to read:
254.23 		Subd. 2.Debt service equalization aid. For debt service equalization aid under 
254.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

254.25		$
	24,908,000
	.....
	2018
	
254.27254.26
		$
	22,360,000
23,137,000
	.....
	2019
	
254.28 	The 2018 appropriation includes $2,324,000 for 2017 and $22,584,000 for 2018.
254.29 	The 2019 appropriation includes $2,509,000 for 2018 and $19,851,000 $20,628,000 for 
254.30 	2019.

254.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

255.1 	Sec. 20. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 14, subdivision 3, 
255.2 	is amended to read:
255.3 		Subd. 3.Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. For long-term facilities 
255.4 	maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

255.5		$
	80,179,000
	.....
	2018
	
255.7255.6
		$
	103,460,000
102,823,000
	.....
	2019
	
255.8 	The 2018 appropriation includes $5,815,000 for 2017 and $74,364,000 for 2018.
255.9 	The 2019 appropriation includes $8,262,000 $8,645,000 for 2018 and $95,198,000
255.10 	$94,178,000 for 2019.

255.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
255.12 	E. NUTRITION

255.13 	Sec. 21. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 2, is 
255.14 	amended to read:
255.15 		Subd. 2.School lunch. For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111, 
255.16 	and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

255.17		$
	16,721,000
	.....
	2018
	
255.19255.18
		$
	17,223,000
15,990,000
	.....
	2019

255.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

255.21 	Sec. 22. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 3, is 
255.22 	amended to read:
255.23 		Subd. 3.School breakfast. For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
255.24 	section 124D.1158:

255.25		$
	10,601,000
	.....
	2018
	
255.27255.26
		$
	11,359,000
10,660,000
	.....
	2019

255.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

256.1 	Sec. 23. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 4, is 
256.2 	amended to read:
256.3 		Subd. 4.Kindergarten milk. For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
256.4 	section 124D.118:

256.5		$
	758,000
	.....
	2018
	
256.7256.6
		$
	758,000
691,000
	.....
	2019

256.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
256.9 	F. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY SUPPORT

256.10 	Sec. 24. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 3, 
256.11 	is amended to read:
256.12 		Subd. 3.Mixed delivery prekindergarten programs. (a) For mixed delivery 
256.13 	prekindergarten programs and school readiness plus programs:

256.14		$
	21,429,000
	.....
	2018
	
256.16256.15
		$
	28,571,000
2,381,000
	.....
	2019
	
256.17 	(b) The fiscal year 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $21,429,000 for 2018.
256.18 	(c) The fiscal year 2019 appropriation includes $2,381,000 for 2018 and $26,190,000
256.19 	$0 for 2019.
256.20 	(d) The commissioner must proportionately allocate the amounts appropriated in this 
256.21 	subdivision among each education funding program affected by the enrollment of mixed 
256.22 	delivery system prekindergarten pupils.
256.23 	(e) The appropriation under this subdivision is reduced by any other amounts specifically 
256.24 	appropriated for those purposes.

256.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

256.26 	Sec. 25. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 5a, 
256.27 	is amended to read:
256.28 		Subd. 5a.Early childhood family education aid. For early childhood family education 
256.29 	aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

256.30		$
	30,405,000
	.....
	2018
	
256.32256.31
		$
	31,977,000
30,942,000
	.....
	2019
	
257.1 	The 2018 appropriation includes $2,904,000 for 2017 and $27,501,000 for 2018.
257.2 	The 2019 appropriation includes $3,055,000 for 2018 and $28,922,000 $27,887,000 for 
257.3 	2019.

257.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

257.5 	Sec. 26. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 6, 
257.6 	is amended to read:
257.7 		Subd. 6.Developmental screening aid. For developmental screening aid under 
257.8 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

257.9		$
	3,606,000
	.....
	2018
	
257.11257.10
		$
	3,629,000
3,632,000
	.....
	2019
	
257.12 	The 2018 appropriation includes $358,000 for 2017 and $3,248,000 for 2018.
257.13 	The 2019 appropriation includes $360,000 for 2018 and $3,269,000 $3,272,000 for 
257.14 	2019.

257.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

257.16 	Sec. 27. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 12, 
257.17 	is amended to read:
257.18 		Subd. 12.Home visiting aid. For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 
257.19 	124D.135:

257.20		$
	527,000
	.....
	2018
	
257.22257.21
		$
	571,000
553,000
	.....
	2019
	
257.23 	The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $527,000 for 2018.
257.24 	The 2019 appropriation includes $58,000 for 2018 and $513,000 $495,000 for 2019.

257.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
257.26 	G. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PREVENTION

257.27 	Sec. 28. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 9, section 2, subdivision 2, is 
257.28 	amended to read:
257.29 		Subd. 2.Community education aid. For community education aid under Minnesota 
257.30 	Statutes, section 124D.20:

258.1		$
	483,000
	.....
	2018
	
258.3258.2
		$
	393,000
410,000
	.....
	2019
	
258.4 	The 2018 appropriation includes $53,000 for 2017 and $430,000 for 2018.
258.5 	The 2019 appropriation includes $47,000 for 2018 and $346,000 $363,000 for 2019.

258.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
258.7 	H. SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

258.8 	Sec. 29. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 10, section 6, subdivision 2, 
258.9 	is amended to read:
258.10 		Subd. 2.Adult basic education aid. For adult basic education aid under Minnesota 
258.11 	Statutes, section 124D.531:

258.12		$
	50,010,000
	.....
	2018
	
258.14258.13
		$
	51,497,000
48,831,000
	.....
	2019
	
258.15 	The 2018 appropriation includes $4,881,000 for 2017 and $45,129,000 for 2018.
258.16 	The 2019 appropriation includes $5,014,000 for 2018 and $46,483,000 $43,817,000 for 
258.17 	2019.

258.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

258.19 	Sec. 30. Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 4, is amended to read:
258.20 	Sec. 4. EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.
 258.21 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated are appropriated from 
258.22 	the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated. These sums 
258.23 	are in addition to appropriations made for the same purpose in any other law.
258.24 		Subd. 2.General education aid. For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, 
258.25 	section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

258.27258.26
		$
	10,863,000
0
	.....
	2019
	
258.28 	The 2019 appropriation includes $0 for 2018 and $10,863,000$0 for 2019.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H2400-1 

120B.299 DEFINITIONS.Subdivision 1.Definitions. 
The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. 

Subd. 2.Growth. 
"Growth" compares the difference in a student's achievement score at two or more distinct points in time. 

Subd. 3.Value added. 
"Value added" is the amount of achievement a student demonstrates above an established baseline. The difference between the student's score and the baseline defines value added. 

Subd. 4.Value-added growth. 
"Value-added growth" is based on a student's growth score. In a value-added growth system, the student's first test is the baseline, and the difference between the student's first and next test scores within a defined period is the measure of value added. Value-added growth models use student-level data to measure what portion of a student's growth can be explained by inputs related to the educational environment. 

Subd. 5.Adequate yearly progress. 
A school or district makes "adequate yearly progress" if, for every student subgroup under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act in the school or district, its proficiency index or other approved adjustments for performance, based on statewide assessment scores, meets or exceeds federal expectations. To make adequate yearly progress, the school or district also must satisfy applicable federal requirements related to student attendance, graduation, and test participation rates. 

Subd. 6.State growth target. 
(a) "State growth target" is the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores. 

(b) The state growth targets for each grade and subject are benchmarked as follows until the assessment scale changes: 

(1) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grades 3 through 8 is benchmarked to 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school year data; 

(2) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year the state growth target for grade 10 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data; 

(3) for the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 school year data; and 

(4) beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data. 

(c) Each time before the assessment scale changes, a stakeholder group that includes assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers must recommend a new state growth target that the commissioner must consider when revising standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 4. 

Subd. 7.Low growth. 
"Low growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation below the state growth target. 

Subd. 8.Medium growth. 
"Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above or below the state growth target. 

Subd. 9.High growth. 
"High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the state growth target. 

Subd. 10.Proficiency. 
"Proficiency" for purposes of reporting growth on school performance report cards under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, means those students who, in the previous school year, scored at or above "meets standards" on the statewide assessments under section 120B.30. Each year, school performance report cards must separately display: (1) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and achieved proficiency in the previous school year; and (2) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and did not achieve proficiency in the previous school year. 

Subd. 11.Growth and progress toward proficiency. 
The categories of low growth, medium growth, and high growth shall be used to indicate both (1) growth and (2) progress toward grade-level proficiency that is consistent with subdivision 10. 

122A.09 DUTIES.Subdivision 1.Code of ethics. 
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must develop by rule a code of ethics covering standards of professional teaching practices, including areas of ethical conduct and professional performance and methods of enforcement. 

122A.182 TIER 2 LICENSE.Subd. 2.Coursework. 
(a) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must meet the coursework requirement by demonstrating completion of two of the following: 

(1) at least eight upper division or graduate-level credits in the relevant content area; 

(2) field-specific methods of training, including coursework; 

(3) at least two years of teaching experience in a similar content area in any state, as determined by the board; 

(4) a passing score on the pedagogy and content exams under section 122A.185; or 

(5) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program. 

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "upper division" means classes normally taken at the junior or senior level of college which require substantial knowledge and skill in the field. Candidates must identify the upper division credits that fulfill the requirement in paragraph (a), clause (1). 

122A.63 GRANTS TO PREPARE INDIAN TEACHERS.Subd. 7.Loan forgiveness. 
The loan may be forgiven if the recipient is employed as a teacher, as defined in section 122A.40 or 122A.41, in an eligible school or program in Minnesota. One-fourth of the principal of the outstanding loan amount shall be forgiven for each year of eligible employment, or a pro rata amount for eligible employment during part of a school year, part-time employment as a substitute teacher, or other eligible part-time teaching. Loans for $2,500 or less may be forgiven at the rate of up to $1,250 per year. The following schools and programs are eligible for the purposes of loan forgiveness: 

(1) a school or program operated by a school district; 

(2) a tribal contract school eligible to receive aid according to section 124D.83; 

(3) a Head Start program; 

(4) an early childhood family education program; 

(5) a program providing educational services to children who have not entered kindergarten; or 

(6) a program providing educational enrichment services to American Indian students in grades kindergarten through 12. 

If a person has an outstanding loan obtained through this program, the duty to make payments of principal and interest may be deferred during any time period the person is enrolled at least one-half time in an advanced degree program in a field that leads to employment by a school district. To defer loan obligations, the person shall provide written notification to the commissioner of education and the recipients of the joint grant that originally authorized the loan. Upon approval by the commissioner and the joint grant recipients, payments shall be deferred. 

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall approve the loan forgiveness program, loan deferral, and procedures to administer the program. 

Subd. 8.Revolving fund. 
The Indian teacher preparation loan repayment revolving account is established in the state treasury. Any amounts repaid or contributed by a teacher who received a scholarship or loan under this program shall be deposited in the account. All money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of education and shall be used to enable Indian students to participate in the program. 

126C.17 REFERENDUM REVENUE.Subd. 9a.Board-approved referendum allowance. 
Notwithstanding subdivision 9, a school district may convert up to $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority from voter approved to board approved by a board vote. A district with less than $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority after the local optional revenue subtraction under subdivision 1 may authorize new referendum authority up to the difference between $300 per adjusted pupil unit and the district's referendum authority. The board may authorize this levy for up to five years and may subsequently reauthorize that authority in increments of up to five years. 

127A.051 SCHOOL SAFETY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COUNCIL.Subd. 7.Expiration. 
The council expires on June 30, 2019. 

127A.14 COMMISSIONER PURCHASE OF ANNUITY FOR EMPLOYEES.Subdivision 1.Purchase of annuity contract; allocation of portion of employee compensation. 
At the request of an employee, the commissioner of education may negotiate and purchase an individual annuity contract from a company licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota for an employee for retirement or other purposes and may allocate a portion of the compensation otherwise payable to the employee as salary for the purpose of paying the entire premium due or to become due under such contract. The allocation shall be made in a manner which will qualify the annuity premiums, or a portion thereof, for the benefit afforded under section 403(b) of the current federal Internal Revenue Code or any equivalent provision of subsequent federal income tax law. The employee shall own such contract and the employee's rights thereunder shall be nonforfeitable except for failure to pay premiums. 

Subd. 2.Annuity account; appropriation. 
All amounts so allocated shall be deposited in an annuity account which is hereby established in the state treasury. There is annually appropriated from the annuity account in the state treasury to the commissioner of education all moneys deposited therein for the payment of annuity premiums when due or for other application in accordance with the salary agreement entered into between the employee and the commissioner of education. The moneys in the annuity account in the state treasury are not subject to the budget, allotment, and incumbrance system provided for in chapter 16A and any act amendatory thereof. 

136D.93 OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.
In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.71, and 136D.81, the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter may provide for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other governmental units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in sections 136D.25, 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8. 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: H2400-1 

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 6
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:Subd. 2.Licensure via portfolio. 
(a) An eligible candidate may use licensure via portfolio to obtain a professional five-year teaching license or to add a licensure field, consistent with applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules. 

(b) A candidate for a professional five-year teaching license must submit to the Educator Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio demonstrating content competence. 

(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the Educator Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating content competence. 

(d) The Board of Teaching must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under paragraph (b) or (c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether or not the portfolio was approved. If the portfolio was not approved, the board must immediately inform the candidate how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite competence. The candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the Educator Licensing Division at the department must approve or disapprove the portfolio within 60 calendar days of receiving it. 

(e) A candidate must pay to the executive secretary of the Board of Teaching a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The revenue generated from Board of Teaching executive secretary must deposit the fee must be deposited in an education the educator licensure portfolio account in the special revenue fund. The fees set by the Board of Teaching are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The Board of Teaching may waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need. 

EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This section is effective July 1, 2019. 

8710.2100CODE OF ETHICS FOR MINNESOTA TEACHERS. Subpart 1.Scope.  
Each teacher, upon entering the teaching profession, assumes a number of obligations, one of which is to adhere to a set of principles which defines professional conduct. These principles are reflected in the following code of ethics, which sets forth to the education profession and the public it serves standards of professional conduct and procedures for implementation. 

This code shall apply to all persons licensed according to rules established by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. 

Subp. 2.Standards of professional conduct.  
The standards of professional conduct are as follows: 

A.
 A teacher shall provide professional education services in a nondiscriminatory manner. 

B.
 A teacher shall make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to health and safety. 

C.
 In accordance with state and federal laws, a teacher shall disclose confidential information about individuals only when a compelling professional purpose is served or when required by law. 

D.
 A teacher shall take reasonable disciplinary action in exercising the authority to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning. 

E.
 A teacher shall not use professional relationships with students, parents, and colleagues to private advantage. 

F.
 A teacher shall delegate authority for teaching responsibilities only to licensed personnel. 

G.
 A teacher shall not deliberately suppress or distort subject matter. 

H.
 A teacher shall not knowingly falsify or misrepresent records or facts relating to that teacher's own qualifications or to other teachers' qualifications. 

I.
 A teacher shall not knowingly make false or malicious statements about students or colleagues. 

J.
 A teacher shall accept a contract for a teaching position that requires licensing only if properly or provisionally licensed for that position.