HF 721

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a student support
services advisory committee; requiring school
districts to adopt a student support services plan;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, by
adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Student support services advisory committee;
district plan. new text end

new text begin (a) A student support services advisory
committee composed of eight members selected by the commissioner
is established under section 15.059. The commissioner must
select one committee member from each of the following
organizations:
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new text begin (1) the Minnesota Department of Education;
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new text begin (2) the Minnesota School Boards Association;
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new text begin (3) the Board of School Administrators;
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new text begin (4) the Minnesota School Social Work Association;
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new text begin (5) the School Nurse Organization of Minnesota;
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new text begin (6) the Minnesota School Psychologists Association;
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new text begin (7) the Minnesota School Counselors Association; and
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new text begin (8) the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and
Chemical Health.
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new text begin (b) The committee must:
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new text begin (1) identify alternatives for integrating student support
services into public schools;
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new text begin (2) recommend support staff to student ratios and best
practices for providing student support services premised on
valid, widely recognized research;
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new text begin (3) identify the substance and extent of the work that
student support services staff provide and the characteristics
of the student populations they serve;
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new text begin (4) recommend how school districts can most appropriately
integrate student support services into the education program;
and
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new text begin (5) recommend public and nonpublic revenue sources that
school districts can use to fund student support services
including, among other sources, medical assistance
reimbursements, local collaborative time study funds, federal
funds, public health funds, and specifically designated funds
such as school safety levies and district general funds, among
other funds.
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new text begin (c) The committee must consider the oral and written
testimony of school district personnel and parents and students
in complying with paragraph (b). The committee must submit
periodic recommendations about student support services to the
commissioner and to the committees of the legislature having
jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy
and budget issues. The commissioner must consider the
committee's recommendations in developing and maintaining a
model district plan for student support services, which the
commissioner must transmit to school districts.
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new text begin (d) School districts must adopt and maintain a plan for
providing student support services and must submit the plan to
the commissioner by October 1 in each even-numbered year.
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new text begin (e) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
committee expires on June 30, 2016.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment and applies to the 2006-2007 school
year and later.
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