HF 1210

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

A bill for an act
relating to education; providing for a unified,
Internet-based, student information and reporting
system; directing the commissioner of education to
contract with a single contractor; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin STATEWIDE STUDENT INFORMATION AND REPORTING
SYSTEM.
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of education shall improve and
decrease the cost of school district management of student
information by contracting with a single contractor to:
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new text begin (1) efficiently and accurately serve all Minnesota school
districts without any local cost;
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new text begin (2) meet all of the data collection and reporting
requirements of the Minnesota Automated Reporting Student
System; and
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new text begin (3) provide a unified, secure, user-friendly, and
Internet-based system capable of converting data from a variety
of sources.
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new text begin (b) In developing a request for proposal, the commissioner
shall seek input from school districts to establish criteria for
technical standards, state and local data standards, and local
system functionality.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
School districts must receive contractor services by July 1,
2006.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of education. new text end

new text begin The sum
indicated in this section is appropriated from the general fund
to the Department of Education for the fiscal year designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Statewide information and reporting system. new text end

new text begin For
the statewide information and reporting system under section 1:
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new text begin $7,000,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2006
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new text begin Of this amount, up to $5,000,000 is for contracting with a
single contractor and up to $2,000,000 is for system conversion
and training costs. This appropriation does not cancel but is
available until June 30, 2007.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
School districts must receive contractor services by July 1,
2006.
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