HF 1741

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 05/20/2011 08:48am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; reestablishing the committees on American Indian
education; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4,
as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2011, chapter 5, section 1, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

License and rules.

(a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.

(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to successfully complete a skills
examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher
licensure. Such rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved
teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not
achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is
a second language.

(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
of chapter 14.

(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
122A.245, among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved,
performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
student learning.

(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to successfully
complete an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of
licensure-specific teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001.
The rules under this paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach
prekindergarten or elementary students to successfully complete, as part of the examination
of licensure-specific teaching skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge,
skill, and ability in comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section
122A.06, subdivision 4, and their knowledge and understanding of the foundations of
reading development, the development of reading comprehension, and reading assessment
and instruction, and their ability to integrate that knowledge and understanding.

(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.

(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses.

(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.

(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.

(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 122A.20 and
214.10. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.

(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.

(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.

(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
preparation, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect
until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.

(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
adolescents.

new text begin (o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing education license to include in their renewal requirements preparation
designed to equip them to effectively teach to the standards, consistent with section
120B.021, subdivision 1, which requires that contributions of Minnesota Indian Tribes
and communities be included in the required academic standards.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [124D.801] COMMITTEES ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education shall create an
18-member American Indian education committee. The commissioner must appoint
members with the assistance of the Indian Affairs Council as provided under section 3.922,
subdivision 6. Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community groups,
parents of children eligible to be served by the programs, American Indian administrators
and teachers, persons experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education
programs, persons involved in programs for American Indian children in American
Indian schools, and persons knowledgable in the field of American Indian education and
closing the achievement gap. Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of
significant segments of the population of American Indians, with membership consisting
of representatives from the 11 reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of
the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and the Urban Advisory Council.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Committee to advise commissioner. new text end

new text begin The committee on American
Indian education programs shall advise the commissioner in the administration of the
commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the
education of American Indian people, as determined by the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Expenses; expiration. new text end

new text begin The committee must be reimbursed for expenses
according to section 15.059, subdivision 6. The commissioner must determine the
membership terms. The committee shall not expire.
new text end