Minnesota Legislature
HF 682
1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/05/2012 04:26pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education; adjusting graduation standards; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2010, section 120B.024; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section
120B.023, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.023, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Revisions and reviews required.
(a) The commissioner of education must
revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent
with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards
and graduation requirements and implement a review cycle for state academic standards
and related benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each review cycle, the
commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and
related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for college readiness and
advanced work in the particular subject area.
(b) The commissioner in the 2006-2007 school year must revise and align the state's
academic standards and high school graduation requirements in mathematics to require
that students satisfactorily complete the revised mathematics standards, beginning in the
2010-2011 school year. Under the revised standards:
(1) students must satisfactorily complete an algebra I credit by the end of eighth
grade; and
(2) students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year or later must
satisfactorily complete an algebra II credit or its equivalent.
The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments
administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic
standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.
(c) The commissioner in the 2007-2008 school year must revise and align the state's
academic standards and high school graduation requirements in the arts to require that
students satisfactorily complete the revised arts standards beginning in the 2010-2011
school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and
related benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.
(d) The commissioner in the 2008-2009 school year must revise and align the state's
academic standards and high school graduation requirements in science to require that
students satisfactorily complete the revised science standards, beginning in the 2011-2012
school year. Under the revised standards, students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015
school year or later must satisfactorily complete a chemistrydeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ornew text end physicsdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin creditnew text end or new text begin a new text end career
and technical education credit that meets deleted text begin thedeleted text end standards underlying deleted text begin eitherdeleted text end the chemistry deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end
physicsnew text begin , or biologynew text end creditnew text begin or a combination of those standards approved by the districtnew text end .
The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
benchmarks in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.
(e) The commissioner in the 2009-2010 school year must revise and align the state's
academic standards and high school graduation requirements in language arts to require
that students satisfactorily complete the revised language arts standards beginning in the
2012-2013 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic
standards and related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.
(f) The commissioner in the 2010-2011 school year must revise and align the state's
academic standards and high school graduation requirements in social studies to require
that students satisfactorily complete the revised social studies standards beginning in the
2013-2014 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic
standards and related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.
(g) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic
standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career
and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning
in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and
charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards
and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.024, is amended to read:
120B.024 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS; COURSE CREDITS.
(a) Students beginning 9th grade in the deleted text begin 2004-2005deleted text end new text begin 2011-2012new text end school year and later
must successfully complete the following high school level course credits for graduation:
(1) four credits of language arts;
(2) three credits of mathematics, encompassing at least algebra, geometry, statistics,
and probability sufficient to satisfy the academic standard;
(3) three credits of science, including at leastnew text begin : (i)new text end one credit in biology;new text begin and (ii) one
chemistry or physics credit or a career and technical education credit that meets standards
underlying the chemistry, physics, or biology credit or a combination of those standards
approved by the district, but meeting biology standards under this item does not meet the
biology requirement under item (i);
new text end
(4) three and one-half credits of social studies, encompassing at least United
States history, geography, government and citizenship, world history, and economics or
three credits of social studies encompassing at least United States history, geography,
government and citizenship, and world history, and one-half credit of economics taught in
a school's social studies, agriculture education, or business department;
(5) one credit in the arts; and
(6) a minimum of seven elective course credits.
A course credit is equivalent to a student successfully completing an academic
year of study or a student mastering the applicable subject matter, as determined by the
local school district.
(b) An agriculture science course may fulfill a science credit requirement deleted text begin in addition
todeleted text end new text begin other thannew text end the specified science deleted text begin creditsdeleted text end new text begin creditnew text end in biology deleted text begin and chemistry or physicsdeleted text end
under paragraph (a), clause (3).
(c) A career and technical education course may fulfill a science, mathematics, or
arts credit requirement deleted text begin in addition to the specified science, mathematics, or arts creditsdeleted text end
under paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), or (5).