1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; developing an on-line library 
  1.3             of kindergarten through grade 12 course lesson plans; 
  1.4             appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 120B. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [120B.09] [ON-LINE LIBRARY.] 
  1.8      The Department of Education shall develop and maintain an 
  1.9   on-line library Web site for kindergarten through grade 12 
  1.10  teachers, to post and share grade-specific or topic-specific 
  1.11  lesson plans and materials and other curriculum resources for 
  1.12  use in classroom teaching.  The department shall develop a 
  1.13  method of obtaining, from classroom teachers and others, lesson 
  1.14  plans and materials and other curriculum resources that have 
  1.15  been used in the classroom and that can be readily used and 
  1.16  implemented by classroom teachers in their regular teaching 
  1.17  activities.  The department also shall develop methods of 
  1.18  informing classroom teachers of both the availability of lesson 
  1.19  plans and materials, and other curriculum resources, and of the 
  1.20  opportunity to submit lesson plans and materials, other 
  1.21  curriculum resources, and other classroom teaching ideas to the 
  1.22  library. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION; ON-LINE LIBRARY OF COURSE LESSON 
  1.24  PLANS.] 
  1.25     $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2005 from the 
  2.1   general fund to the commissioner of education to establish and 
  2.2   maintain the on-line library under section 1.  The appropriation 
  2.3   may also be used to purchase lesson plans from other libraries.