1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; providing for a grant to 
  1.3             independent school district No. 199, Inver Grove, for 
  1.4             a pilot project to develop and implement a library of 
  1.5             computer on-line courses for student use; 
  1.6             appropriating money. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [LIBRARY OF ON-LINE COURSES; INVER GROVE 
  1.9   HEIGHTS.] 
  1.10     $450,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.11  commissioner of children, families, and learning for a grant to 
  1.12  independent school district No. 199, Inver Grove, for a two-year 
  1.13  pilot project for the design and development of an electronic 
  1.14  template that teachers will use to develop and implement a 
  1.15  library of computer on-line courses for students in the Inver 
  1.16  Grove school district and independent school districts Nos. 197, 
  1.17  West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, and 832, Mahtomedi, 
  1.18  including a professional development program for participating 
  1.19  teachers.  This library of on-line courses and staff development 
  1.20  materials must be made available to all school districts in the 
  1.21  state upon completion of the pilot project.  Independent school 
  1.22  district No. 199, Inver Grove, may contract with Technology and 
  1.23  Information Educational Services (TIES) (1) to design and 
  1.24  implement the template for teachers to use to develop courses, 
  1.25  and (2) to provide technical support.  This appropriation is 
  1.26  available until June 30, 2003.