<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 1870<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to education; allowing school districts to base unrequested leave of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>absence and certain discharge and demotion decisions on teacher evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>outcomes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 122A.40, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>10, 11, 19; 122A.41, subdivisions 14, 15; 123A.75, subdivision 1; Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 122A.245, subdivision 1; 122A.41, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>March 26, 2012<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>The Honorable Kurt Zellers<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 1870 report that we have agreed upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 1870 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 122A.245, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) To improve academic excellence, improve ethnic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>and cultural diversity in the classroom, and close the academic achievement gap, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>Board of Teaching must approve qualified teacher preparation programs under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>that are a means to acquire a two-year limited-term license, which the board may renew <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>one time for an additional one-year term, and to prepare for acquiring a standard license. <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>The following entities are eligible to participate under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>(1) a school district or charter school that forms a partnership with a college or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>university that has a board-approved alternative teacher preparation program; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>(2) a school district or charter school, after consulting with a college or university <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>with a board-approved teacher preparation program, forms a partnership with a nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>corporation organized under chapter 317A for an education-related purpose that has a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>board-approved teacher preparation program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(b) Before participating in this program, a candidate must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(1) have a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 or higher grade point average unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>board waives the grade point average requirement based on board-adopted criteria;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(2) pass the reading, writing, and mathematics skills examination under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>122A.09, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(3) obtain qualifying scores on applicable board-approved rigorous content area and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>pedagogy examinations under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.09, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(c) The Board of Teaching must issue a two-year limited-term license to a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>who enrolls in an alternative teacher preparation program. This limited-term license is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>a provisional license under section 122A.40 or 122A.41.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Probationary period.</b> (a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>period of employment, and, the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>thereafter employed shall be one year. The school board must adopt a plan for written <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>evaluation of teachers during the probationary period that is consistent with subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>8. Evaluation must occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>teacher is absent from school must not be included in determining the number of school <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>days on which a teacher performs services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(b), during the probationary period any annual contract with any teacher may or may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>be renewed as the school board shall see fit or consistent with the unrequested leave of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>absence plan in effect under subdivision 10 or 11. However, the board must give any such <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>teacher whose contract it declines to renew for the following school year written notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>that effect before June 1. If the teacher requests reasons for any nonrenewal of a teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>contract, the board must give the teacher its reason in writing, including a statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the nature and the extent of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by the board, within ten days <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing held upon due notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective immediately, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.44</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>(b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>receipt of notice under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.20, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), that the teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>for purposes of paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>(d) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 days of teaching service each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.40, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Negotiated unrequested leave of absence.</b> (a) The school board and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers may must negotiate a plan providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>for unrequested leave of absence without pay or fringe benefits for as many teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>as may be necessary because of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils, financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>limitations, or merger of classes caused by consolidation of districts. The plan must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>base unrequested leave of absence decisions on teachers' subject matter licensure fields <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>and evaluation outcomes, from the least to most effective category under subdivision 8 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>and from the least to greatest seniority within each effectiveness category, and must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>consistent with subdivision 11, paragraph (n). Failing to successfully negotiate such a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>plan, the provisions of subdivision 11 shall apply. The negotiated plan must not include <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>provisions which would result in the exercise of seniority by a teacher holding only a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>provisional license, other than a vocational education license if required for the position, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>contrary to the provisions of subdivision 11, clause paragraph (c), or the reinstatement <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>of a teacher holding only a provisional license, other than a vocational education license <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>required for the position, contrary to the provisions of subdivision 11, clause (e) paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>(f). The provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>179A.16</statute_ref> do not apply for the purposes of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(b) For purposes of placing a teacher on unrequested leave of absence or recalling a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>teacher from unrequested leave of absence, nothing in this subdivision requires a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>board to reassign a teacher in order to accommodate the seniority claims of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>teacher. For purposes of this subdivision, a provisional license is a license to teach issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>by the Board of Teaching under a waiver or variance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(c) Notwithstanding section 13.43, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>other law to the contrary, a teacher's effectiveness category and the underlying data on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>the individual teacher generated under the teacher evaluation process in subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>paragraph (b), used to determine a teacher's effectiveness category for purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>subdivision are private data on individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the school board may make the effectiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>categories of the teachers accessible to the exclusive representative of teachers for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>purpose of verifying the order of teachers' unrequested leave of absence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(e) Nothing in this subdivision permits a school board to use a teacher's remuneration <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>as a basis for making unrequested leave of absence or discharge decisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>and applies to negotiated plans agreed to after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.40, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Unrequested leave of absence.</b> The board may place on unrequested <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>leave of absence, without pay or fringe benefits, as many teachers as may be necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>because of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils, financial limitations, or merger <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>of classes caused by consolidation or reorganization of districts under chapter 123A. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>The unrequested leave is effective at the close of the school year. In placing teachers on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>unrequested leave, the board is governed by the following provisions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(a) The board may place probationary teachers on unrequested leave first in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>inverse order of their employment. A teacher who has acquired continuing contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>rights must not be placed on unrequested leave of absence while probationary teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>are retained in positions for which the teacher who has acquired continuing contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>rights is licensed;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(b) Teachers who have acquired continuing contract rights shall be placed on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>unrequested leave of absence in fields in which they are licensed in the inverse order <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>in which they were employed by the school district. In the case of equal seniority, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>order in which teachers who have acquired continuing contract rights shall be placed on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>unrequested leave of absence in fields in which they are licensed is negotiable;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause paragraph (b), a teacher is not entitled <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>to exercise any seniority when that exercise results in that teacher being retained by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>district in a field for which the teacher holds only a provisional license, as defined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>board of teaching, unless that exercise of seniority results in the placement on unrequested <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>leave of absence of another teacher who also holds a provisional license in the same field. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>The provisions of this clause paragraph do not apply to vocational education licenses; <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>required for available positions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(d) Notwithstanding clauses paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), if the placing of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>probationary teacher on unrequested leave before a teacher who has acquired continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>rights, the placing of a teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights on unrequested <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>leave before another teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights but who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>greater seniority, or the restriction imposed by the provisions of clause paragraph (c) would <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>place the district in violation of its affirmative action program, the district may retain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>probationary teacher, the teacher with less seniority, or the provisionally licensed teacher;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>(e) For purposes of placing a teacher on unrequested leave of absence or recalling a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>teacher from unrequested leave of absence, nothing in this subdivision requires a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>board to reassign a teacher in order to accommodate the seniority claims of another teacher.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(f) Teachers placed on unrequested leave of absence must be reinstated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>positions from which they have been given leaves of absence or, if not available, to other <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>available positions in the school district in fields in which they are licensed. Reinstatement <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>must be in the inverse order of placement on leave of absence. A teacher must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>reinstated to a position in a field in which the teacher holds only a provisional license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>other than a vocational education license if required for the position, while another teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>who holds a nonprovisional license in the same field remains on unrequested leave. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>The order of reinstatement of teachers who have equal seniority and who are placed on <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>unrequested leave in the same school year is negotiable;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(f) (g) Appointment of a new teacher must not be made while there is available, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>unrequested leave, a teacher who is properly licensed to fill such vacancy, unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>teacher fails to advise the school board within 30 days of the date of notification that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>position is available to that teacher who may return to employment and assume the duties <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>of the position to which appointed on a future date determined by the board;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>(g) (h) A teacher placed on unrequested leave of absence may engage in teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>or any other occupation during the period of this leave;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>(h) (i) The unrequested leave of absence must not impair the continuing contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>rights of a teacher or result in a loss of credit for previous years of service;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>(i) (j) Consistent with paragraph (n) and subdivision 10, the unrequested leave of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>absence of a teacher who is categorized as effective or better under subdivision 8, who <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>is placed on unrequested leave of absence, and who is not reinstated shall continue for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>period of five years, after which the right to reinstatement shall terminate terminates. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>teacher's right to reinstatement shall also terminate terminates if the teacher fails to file <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>with the board by April 1 of any each year a written statement requesting reinstatement;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>(k) Consistent with paragraph (n) and subdivision 10, the unrequested leave of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>absence of a teacher who is categorized as ineffective or less under subdivision 8, who <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>is placed on unrequested leave of absence, and who is not reinstated continues for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>following school year only, after which the teacher's right to reinstatement terminates. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>teacher's right to reinstatement also terminates if the teacher fails to file with the board by <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>April 1 in that following school year a written statement requesting reinstatement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>(j) (l) The same provisions applicable to terminations of probationary or continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>contracts in subdivisions 5 and 7 must apply to placement on unrequested leave of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>absence;.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>(k) (m) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to impair the rights of teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>placed on unrequested leave of absence to receive unemployment benefits if otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>eligible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>(n) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and later, and notwithstanding any <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>contradictory provisions in this subdivision, a school board must place teachers on <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>unrequested leave of absence based on their subject matter licensure fields and most recent <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>evaluation outcomes, from the least to most effective category under subdivision 8 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>from least to greatest seniority, including probationary teachers, within each effectiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>category. A school board is not required to reassign a teacher in order to accommodate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>seniority claims of another teacher. A school board may decide to renew or not renew a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>probationary teacher's contract as it sees fit. The school board must make available to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>public in a readily accessible format the unrequested leave of absence plan it develops and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>implements under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>(o) For purposes of this subdivision, a provisional license is a license to teach issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>by the Board of Teaching under a waiver or variance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>(p) Notwithstanding section 13.43, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>other law to the contrary, a teacher's effectiveness category and the underlying data on <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>the individual teacher generated under the teacher evaluation process in subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>paragraph (b), used to determine a teacher's effectiveness category for purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>subdivision are private data on individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>except that paragraph (n) is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.40, subdivision 19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 19. <b>Records relating to individual teacher; access; expungement.</b> All <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>evaluations and files generated within a school district relating to each individual teacher, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>including teacher evaluation data under subdivisions 8, 10, and 11, among other teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>evaluations and files, must be available to each individual teacher upon written request. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>Effective January 1, 1976, all evaluations and files, wherever generated, relating to each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>individual teacher must be available to each individual teacher upon written request. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>teacher shall have the right to reproduce any of the contents of the files at the teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>expense and to submit for inclusion in the file written information in response to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>material contained therein.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>A district may destroy the files as provided by law and must expunge from <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>the teacher's file any material found to be false or inaccurate through the grievance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>procedure required pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>179A.20, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The grievance procedure <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>promulgated by the director of the bureau of mediation services, pursuant to section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>179A.04, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, clause (h), applies to those principals and supervisory employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>not included in an appropriate unit as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>179A.03</statute_ref>. Expungement <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>proceedings must be commenced within the time period provided in the collective <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>bargaining agreement for the commencement of a grievance. If no time period is provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>in the bargaining agreement, the expungement proceedings must commence within 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>days after the teacher has knowledge of the inclusion in the teacher's file of the material <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>the teacher seeks to have expunged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 122A.41, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Probationary period; discharge or demotion.</b> (a) All teachers in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>the public schools in cities of the first class during the first three years of consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>employment shall be deemed to be in a probationary period of employment during which <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>period any annual contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed as the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>board, after consulting with the peer review committee charged with evaluating the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>probationary teachers under subdivision 3, shall see fit or consistent with the service <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>termination plan in effect under subdivision 6 or 14. The school site management team <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>or the school board if there is no school site management team, shall adopt a plan for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>written evaluation of teachers during the probationary period according to subdivisions 3 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>and 5. Evaluation by the peer review committee charged with evaluating probationary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>teachers under subdivision 3 shall occur at least three times periodically throughout each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>school year for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>must occur within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>which a teacher is absent from school shall not be included in determining the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>school days on which a teacher performs services. The school board may, during such <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>probationary period, discharge or demote a teacher for any of the causes as specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>this code. A written statement of the cause of such discharge or demotion shall be given to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>the teacher by the school board at least 30 days before such removal or demotion shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>become effective, and the teacher so notified shall have no right of appeal therefrom.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>(b) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>for purposes of paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>(c) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 days of teaching service each <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 122A.41, subdivision 6, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Grounds for discharge or demotion.</b> (a) Except as otherwise provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>paragraph (b) (d), causes for the discharge or demotion of a teacher either during or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>the probationary period must be:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>(1) immoral character, conduct unbecoming a teacher, or insubordination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>(2) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>of the school board having the care, management, or control of the school in which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>teacher is employed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>(3) inefficiency in teaching or in the management of a school, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>subdivision 5, paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>(4) affliction with active tuberculosis or other communicable disease must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>considered as cause for removal or suspension while the teacher is suffering from such <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>disability; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>(5) discontinuance of position or lack of pupils.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and later, and notwithstanding any <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>contradictory provisions in this subdivision, the school board must discharge or demote <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>teachers under clause (5) based on their subject matter licensure fields and most recent <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>evaluation outcomes, from the least to most effective category under subdivision 5 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>from least to greatest seniority, including probationary teachers, within each effectiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>category. Nothing in this subdivision permits a school board to use a teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>remuneration as the basis for making discharge or demotion decisions. The school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>must make available to the public in a readily accessible format any discharge and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>demotion plan it develops to implement clause (5) of this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>discriminatory practice described in section 
         <statute_ref>363A.13</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(b) Notwithstanding section 13.43, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>other law to the contrary, a teacher's effectiveness category and the underlying data on <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>the individual teacher generated under the teacher evaluation process in subdivision 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>paragraph (b), used to determine a teacher's effectiveness category for purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>subdivision are private data on individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the school board may make the effectiveness <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>categories of the teachers accessible to the exclusive representative of teachers for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>purpose of verifying the order of teachers' discharge and demotion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(b) (d) A probationary or continuing-contract teacher must be discharged <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>immediately upon receipt of notice under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.20, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>(b), that the teacher's license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>sexual abuse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>and applies to negotiated plans agreed to after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.41, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Services terminated by discontinuance or lack of pupils; preference </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><b>given.</b> (a) To the extent consistent with paragraph (c) and subdivision 6, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>clause (5), a teacher whose services are terminated on account of discontinuance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>position or lack of pupils must receive first consideration for other positions in the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>for which that teacher is qualified. In the event If it becomes is necessary to discontinue <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>one or more positions, in making such discontinuance, teachers must be discontinued in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>any department in the inverse order in which they were employed, unless a board and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>exclusive representative of teachers in the district negotiate a plan providing otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause paragraph (a), and to the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>consistent with paragraph (c) and subdivision 6, paragraph (a), a teacher is not entitled <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>to exercise any seniority when that exercise results in that teacher being retained by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>district in a field for which the teacher holds only a provisional license, as defined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>Board of Teaching, unless that exercise of seniority results in the termination of services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>on account of discontinuance of position or lack of pupils, of another teacher who also <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>holds a provisional license in the same field. The provisions of this clause do not apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>to vocational education licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>(c) For purposes of discharging, demoting, or recalling a teacher whose services are <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>terminated under this subdivision, nothing in this subdivision requires a school board to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>reassign a teacher in order to accommodate the seniority claims of another teacher.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause paragraph  (a), and to the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>consistent with paragraph (c) and subdivision 6, paragraph (a), a teacher must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>reinstated to a position in a field in which the teacher holds only a provisional license, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>other than a vocational education license if required for the position, while another teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>who holds a nonprovisional license in the same field is available for reinstatement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>(e) For purposes of this subdivision, a provisional license is a license to teach issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>by the Board of Teaching under a waiver or variance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.41, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Records relating to individual teacher; access; expungement.</b> All <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>evaluations and files generated within a district relating to each individual teacher, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>including teacher evaluation data under subdivisions 5, 6, and 14, among other teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>evaluations and files, must be available to each individual teacher upon the teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>written request. Effective January 1, 1976, all evaluations and files, wherever generated, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>relating to each individual teacher must be available to each individual teacher upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>teacher's written request. The teacher has the right to reproduce any of the contents of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>files at the teacher's expense and to submit for inclusion in the file written information in <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>response to any material contained therein.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>A district may destroy the files as provided by law and must expunge from <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>the teacher's file any material found to be false or substantially inaccurate through <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>the grievance procedure required pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>179A.20, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>grievance procedure promulgated by the director of the Bureau of Mediation Services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>179A.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, clause (h), applies to those principals and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>supervisory employees not included in an appropriate unit as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>179A.03</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>Expungement proceedings must be commenced within the time period provided in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>collective bargaining agreement for the commencement of a grievance. If no time period <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>is provided in the bargaining agreement, the expungement proceedings must commence <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>within 15 days after the teacher has knowledge of the inclusion in the teacher's file of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>material the teacher seeks to have expunged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Teacher assignment.</b> (a) As of the effective date of a consolidation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>in which a district is divided or the dissolution of a district and its attachment to two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>more existing districts, each teacher employed by an affected district shall be assigned to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>the newly created or enlarged district on the basis of a ratio of the pupils assigned to each <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>district according to the new district boundaries. The district receiving the greatest number <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>of pupils must be assigned the teacher with the greatest seniority, and the remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>teachers must be alternately assigned to each district until the district receiving the fewest <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>pupils has received its ratio of teachers who will not be retiring before the effective date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>the consolidation or dissolution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board and the exclusive representative of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>teachers in each district involved in the consolidation or dissolution and attachment may <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>negotiate a plan for assigning teachers to each newly created or enlarged district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>(c) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the provisions of this section apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>only to the extent they are consistent with section 122A.40, subdivisions 8, 10, and 11.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment."<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>Correct the title numbers<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Branden Petersen<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td>Keith Downey<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Sondra Erickson<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td>Kelby Woodard<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Carlos Mariani<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
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               <td><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Pam Wolf<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td>Theodore J. "Ted" Daley<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Benjamin A. Kruse<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td>Gen Olson<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Terri E. Bonoff<br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
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