1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing curriculum review and best practices sharing; 
1.3 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	120B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [120B.111] CURRICULUM BEST PRACTICES SHARING.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Curriculum review. (a) The department must establish a process for a 
1.8 	teacher to submit a curriculum aligned to the language arts, mathematics, or science standards 
1.9 	and benchmarks for review and best practices sharing. The process developed under this 
1.10 	section is not a rule for purposes of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
1.11 	(b) A review team consisting of Tier 3 and 4 teachers holding licenses in the standard 
1.12 	area must review the submitted curricula. The department, in conjunction with stakeholders, 
1.13 	must publicize the process for submitting curriculum.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Curriculum sharing. Curricula selected by the review team as model curricula 
1.15 	must be available to teachers throughout the state. The department's website must contain 
1.16 	the selected curricula or links to stakeholders' websites with the curricula selected as best 
1.17 	practices. The website must indicate that the selected curricula are examples aligned to 
1.18 	appropriate standards and benchmarks, but the examples are not considered endorsements 
1.19 	by the department. The first shared curricula must be posted by January 1, 2020.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Stipends. The department may pay a stipend to a member of the review team 
1.21 	and to a teacher whose curriculum is chosen for sharing. The stipend for a review team 
1.22 	member equals $....... The stipends for a teacher whose curriculum is chosen for sharing 
1.23 	equals $....... Stipends must be given on a first-come, first-served basis. The department 
2.1 	may only use money appropriated for this purpose in granting a stipend under this 
2.2 	subdivision.

2.3 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 2.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
2.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
2.6 	designated.
2.7 		Subd. 2.Curriculum best practices sharing. For stipends under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.8 	section 120B.111, subdivision 3:

2.9		$
	.......
	.....
	2020
	
2.10		$
	.......
	.....
	2021
	
2.11 		Subd. 3.Curriculum best practices sharing information technology. For information 
2.12 	technology costs associated with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.111:

2.13		$
	.......
	.....
	2020
	
2.14		$
	0
	.....
	2021