1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing a Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership 
1.3 	Council; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 120B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [120B.26] FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION 
1.7 	LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. (a) A 19-member Minnesota Family 
1.9 	and Consumer Sciences Education Leadership Council is established as follows:
1.10 	(1) the director of the University of Minnesota family and consumer sciences 
1.11 	education program;
1.12 	(2) a representative of the commissioner of education;
1.13 	(3) a representative of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities recommended 
1.14 	by the chancellor;
1.15 	(4) a representative of the education division of the Minnesota Association of Family 
1.16 	and Consumer Sciences Educators;
1.17 	(5) a representative of the Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community 
1.18 	Leaders of America (FCCLA) Foundation;
1.19 	(6) a representative of the Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community 
1.20 	Leaders of America (FCCLA) Association;
1.21 	(7) a representative of FCCLA-HERO Association;
1.22 	(8) the dean of the College of Family, Youth, and Community at the University 
1.23 	of Minnesota;
2.1 	(9) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty at the 
2.2 	University of Minnesota;
2.3 	(10) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty of 
2.4 	Minnesota State University, Mankato;
2.5 	(11) a representative of the Family and Consumer Sciences Education faculty at 
2.6 	St. Catherine University;
2.7 	(12) two members representing Family and Consumer Sciences Education and 
2.8 	Family and Consumer Sciences businesses appointed by the governor;
2.9 	(13) the chair of the senate K-12 Education Policy Committee;
2.10 	(14) the chair of the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee;
2.11 	(15) the ranking minority member of the senate K-12 Education Policy committee;
2.12 	(16) a member of the senate K-12 Education Policy Committee designated by the 
2.13 	Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;
2.14 	(17) the ranking minority member of the house of representatives K-12 Education 
2.15 	Policy Committee; and
2.16 	(18) a member of the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee 
2.17 	designated by the speaker.
2.18 	(b) An ex officio member of the council under paragraph (a), clause (1), (4), (7), 
2.19 	(10), (11), or (12), may designate a permanent or temporary replacement member to 
2.20 	represent the same constituency.
2.21 		Subd. 2.Subject areas of family and consumer sciences education. The areas of 
2.22 	family and consumer sciences education include, but are not limited to:
2.23 	(1) family, work, and community roles;
2.24 	(2) employability skills;
2.25 	(3) service-learning;
2.26 	(4) management practices related to human, technological, family, economic, and 
2.27 	environmental resources;
2.28 	(5) sustainability;
2.29 	(6) personal family finances and creating financial management plans;
2.30 	(7) consumer services;
2.31 	(8) early childhood education;
2.32 	(9) family and the well-being of family and individuals;
2.33 	(10) food production and services;
2.34 	(11) food safety;
2.35 	(12) nutrition and textiles;
2.36 	(13) human growth and development; and
3.1 	(14) teamwork and leadership skills.
3.2 		Subd. 3.Powers and duties. Specific powers and duties of the council are to:
3.3 	(1) develop recommendations to the legislature and the governor and to review 
3.4 	family and consumer sciences education programs in Minnesota;
3.5 	(2) establish a grant program to promote the development of secondary and 
3.6 	postsecondary family and consumer sciences education programs;
3.7 	(3) coordinate and articulate Minnesota's family and consumer sciences education 
3.8 	policy across all programs and institutions;
3.9 	(4) identify the critical needs for family and consumer sciences educators;
3.10 	(5) serve as a link between the family and consumer sciences business sector and 
3.11 	the family and consumer sciences education system to communicate mutual concerns, 
3.12 	needs, and projections;
3.13 	(6) establish and maintain an increased awareness of family and consumer sciences 
3.14 	education and its continued application for all Minnesotans;
3.15 	(7) develop family and consumer sciences education models for sustainability and 
3.16 	household financial management;
3.17 	(8) provide professional development opportunities for family and consumer 
3.18 	sciences educators in new and emerging areas of family economics, sustainability, and 
3.19 	integrated foundational skills for workforce and career development for family and 
3.20 	consumer sciences education programs in Minnesota;
3.21 	(9) gain broad public support for family and consumer sciences education in 
3.22 	Minnesota; and
3.23 	(10) report annually by March 1 on its activities to the senate K-12 Education Policy 
3.24 	Committee and the house of representatives K-12 Education Policy Committee.
3.25 		Subd. 4.Council officers; terms and compensation of appointees; staff. (a) The 
3.26 	council shall annually elect a chair and cochair.
3.27 	(b) The council's membership terms, compensation, filling of vacancies, and removal 
3.28 	of members are as provided in section 15.0575.
3.29 	(c) The council may employ an executive director and any other staff to carry out 
3.30 	its functions.
3.31 		Subd. 5.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2016.

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

3.33 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES 
3.34 	LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
 4.1 	$75,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
4.2 	commissioner of education for the Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership Council 
4.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.26.

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