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HF 2400

2nd Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/02/2019 08:56am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.9 33.10 33.11 33.12 33.13 33.14 33.15 33.16 33.17
33.18 33.19 33.20 33.21 33.22 33.23 33.24 33.25 33.26 33.27 33.28 33.29 33.30 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7 34.8 34.9 34.10 34.11 34.12 34.13 34.14 34.15 34.16 34.17 34.18 34.19 34.20 34.21 34.22 34.23 34.24 34.25 34.26 34.27 34.28 34.29 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 35.8 35.9 35.10 35.11 35.12 35.13 35.14 35.15 35.16 35.17 35.18 35.19
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36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 36.7 36.8 36.9 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18 36.19 36.20 36.21 36.22 36.23 36.24 36.25 36.26 36.27 36.28 36.29 36.30 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 37.5 37.6 37.7 37.8 37.9 37.10 37.11 37.12 37.13 37.14 37.15 37.16 37.17 37.18 37.19 37.20 37.21 37.22 37.23 37.24 37.25 37.26 37.27
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43.27 43.28 43.29 43.30 43.31 43.32 43.33 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.8 44.9 44.10 44.11 44.12 44.13 44.14 44.15 44.16 44.17
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66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.7 66.8 66.9 66.10 66.11 66.12 66.13 66.14 66.15 66.16 66.17 66.18 66.19 66.20 66.21 66.22 66.23 66.24 66.25 66.26 66.27 66.28 66.29 66.30 66.31 67.1 67.2 67.3 67.4 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.8 67.9 67.10 67.11 67.12 67.13 67.14 67.15 67.16 67.17 67.18 67.19 67.20 67.21 67.22
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77.1 77.2 77.3 77.4 77.5 77.6 77.7 77.8 77.9 77.10 77.11 77.12 77.13 77.14 77.15 77.16 77.17 77.18
77.19 77.20 77.21 77.22 77.23 77.24 77.25 77.26 77.27 77.28 77.29 78.1 78.2 78.3
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80.3 80.4 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.9 80.10 80.11 80.12 80.13 80.14 80.15 80.16 80.17 80.18 80.19 80.20 80.21 80.22 80.23 80.24 80.25 80.26 80.27 80.28 80.29 80.30 80.31 80.32
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82.18 82.19 82.20 82.21
82.22 82.23 82.24 82.25 82.26 82.27 82.28 82.29 82.30
83.1 83.2 83.3 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.7 83.8 83.9 83.10 83.11 83.12 83.13 83.14 83.15 83.16 83.17 83.18 83.19 83.20 83.21 83.22 83.23 83.24 83.25 83.26 83.27 83.28 83.29 83.30 83.31 83.32 84.1 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7 84.8 84.9 84.10 84.11 84.12 84.13 84.14 84.15 84.16 84.17 84.18 84.19 84.20 84.21 84.22 84.23
84.24 84.25
84.26 84.27 84.28 84.29 84.30 84.31 84.32 85.1 85.2 85.3 85.4 85.5 85.6 85.7 85.8 85.9 85.10 85.11 85.12 85.13 85.14 85.15 85.16 85.17 85.18 85.19 85.20 85.21 85.22 85.23 85.24 85.25 85.26 85.27 85.28 85.29
86.1 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.8 86.9 86.10 86.11 86.12 86.13 86.14 86.15 86.16 86.17 86.18 86.19 86.20 86.21 86.22 86.23 86.24 86.25 86.26 86.27 86.28 86.29 86.30 86.31
87.1 87.2 87.3 87.5 87.4 87.6 87.7 87.8
87.9
87.10 87.11 87.12 87.13 87.14 87.15 87.16 87.17 87.18 87.19 87.20 87.21 87.22 87.23 87.24 87.25 87.26 87.27 87.28 87.29 87.30 87.31 87.32 88.1 88.2 88.3 88.4 88.5 88.6 88.7 88.8 88.9 88.10 88.11 88.12 88.13 88.14 88.15 88.16 88.17 88.18 88.19 88.20 88.21 88.22 88.23 88.24 88.25 88.26 88.27 88.28 88.29 88.30 88.31 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 89.8 89.9 89.10 89.11 89.12 89.13 89.14 89.15 89.16 89.17 89.18 89.19 89.20 89.21 89.22 89.23 89.24 89.25 89.26 89.27 89.28 89.29 89.30 89.31 89.32 89.33 90.1 90.2 90.3 90.4 90.5 90.6 90.7 90.8 90.9 90.10 90.11 90.12 90.13 90.14 90.15 90.16 90.17 90.18 90.19 90.20 90.21 90.22 90.23 90.24 90.25 90.26 90.27 90.28 90.29
90.30 90.31 90.32 90.33 91.1 91.2 91.3 91.4 91.5 91.6 91.7 91.8 91.9 91.10 91.11 91.12 91.13 91.14 91.15 91.16 91.17 91.18 91.19 91.20 91.21 91.22 91.23 91.24 91.25 91.26 91.27 91.28 91.29 91.30 91.31 91.32 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.4 92.5 92.6 92.7 92.8 92.9 92.10 92.11
92.12 92.13 92.14 92.15 92.16 92.17 92.18 92.19 92.20 92.21 92.22 92.23 92.24 92.25 92.26 92.27 92.28 92.29 92.30
92.31
93.1 93.2 93.3 93.4 93.5 93.6 93.7
93.8 93.9 93.10 93.11 93.12 93.13 93.14 93.15 93.16 93.17 93.18 93.19 93.20 93.21 93.22 93.23 93.24 93.25 93.26 93.27 93.28 93.29 93.30 94.1 94.2 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.9 94.10 94.11 94.12 94.13 94.14 94.15 94.16 94.17 94.18 94.19 94.20 94.21 94.22 94.23 94.24 94.25 94.26 94.27 94.28 94.29 94.30 95.1 95.2 95.3 95.4 95.5 95.6 95.7 95.8 95.9 95.10 95.11 95.12 95.13 95.14 95.15 95.16 95.17 95.18 95.19 95.20 95.21 95.22 95.23 95.24 95.25 95.26 95.27 95.28 95.29 95.30 96.1 96.2 96.3 96.4 96.5 96.6 96.7 96.8 96.9 96.10 96.11 96.12 96.13 96.14 96.15 96.16 96.17 96.18 96.19 96.20 96.21 96.22 96.23 96.24 96.25 96.26 96.27 96.28 96.29 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.4 97.5 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.9 97.10 97.11 97.12 97.13 97.14 97.15 97.16 97.17 97.18 97.19 97.20 97.21 97.22 97.23 97.24 97.25 97.26 97.27 97.28 97.29 97.30 97.31 97.32 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.10 98.11 98.12 98.13 98.14 98.15 98.16 98.17 98.18 98.19 98.20 98.21 98.22 98.23 98.24 98.25 98.26 98.27 98.28 98.29 98.30 98.31 98.32 98.33 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.10 99.11 99.12 99.13 99.14 99.15 99.16 99.17 99.18 99.19 99.20 99.21 99.22 99.23 99.24 99.25 99.26 99.27 99.28 99.29 99.30 99.31 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.5 100.6 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.10 100.11 100.12 100.13 100.14 100.15 100.16 100.17 100.18 100.19 100.20 100.21 100.22 100.23 100.24 100.25 100.26 100.27 100.28 100.29 100.30 100.31 101.1 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.5 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.9 101.10 101.11 101.12 101.13 101.14 101.15 101.16 101.17 101.18 101.19 101.20 101.21 101.22 101.23 101.24 101.25 101.26 101.27 101.28 101.29 101.30 101.31 102.1 102.2 102.3
102.4 102.5
102.6 102.7
102.8 102.9 102.10 102.11 102.12 102.13 102.14 102.15 102.16 102.17 102.18 102.19 102.20 102.21 102.22 102.23 102.24 102.25 102.26 102.27 102.28 102.29 102.30 102.31 102.32
103.1
103.2 103.3 103.4 103.5 103.6 103.7 103.8 103.9 103.10 103.11 103.12 103.13 103.14 103.15 103.16 103.17 103.18 103.19 103.20 103.21 103.22 103.23 103.24 103.25 103.26 103.27 103.28 103.29 103.30 103.31 103.32 104.1 104.2 104.3 104.4 104.5 104.6
104.7
104.8 104.9 104.10 104.11 104.12 104.13 104.14 104.15 104.16 104.17 104.18 104.19 104.20 104.21 104.22 104.23 104.24 104.25 104.26 104.27 104.28 104.29 104.30 104.31 104.32 105.1 105.2 105.3
105.4 105.5 105.6 105.7
105.8 105.9 105.10
105.11 105.12 105.13 105.14 105.15 105.16
105.17 105.18 105.19 105.20 105.21 105.22
105.23 105.24 105.25 105.26 105.27 105.28 105.29
106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 106.5 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.9 106.10 106.11 106.12 106.13 106.14 106.15 106.16 106.17 106.18 106.19 106.20 106.21 106.22 106.23 106.24 106.25 106.26 106.27 106.28
107.1 107.2 107.3 107.4 107.5 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 107.10 107.11 107.12 107.13 107.14
107.15 107.16 107.17 107.18 107.19
107.20 107.21 107.22 107.23 107.24 107.25 107.26 107.27 107.28 107.29 107.30 107.31 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.4 108.5 108.6
108.7 108.8 108.9 108.10 108.11 108.12 108.13 108.14 108.15 108.16 108.17 108.18 108.19 108.20 108.21 108.22 108.23 108.24 108.25 108.26 108.27 108.28 108.29 108.30 108.31 108.32 109.1 109.2 109.3 109.4 109.5 109.6 109.7 109.8 109.9 109.10 109.11 109.12 109.13 109.14 109.15 109.16 109.17 109.18 109.19 109.20 109.21 109.22 109.23 109.24 109.25 109.26 109.27 109.28 109.29 109.30 109.31 109.32 110.1
110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 110.6 110.7 110.8 110.9 110.10 110.11 110.12 110.13 110.14 110.15 110.16 110.17 110.18 110.19 110.20 110.21 110.22 110.23
110.24 110.25 110.26 110.27 110.28 110.29
111.1 111.2 111.3 111.4 111.5 111.6 111.7 111.8 111.9
111.10 111.11 111.12 111.13 111.14 111.15 111.16 111.17 111.18 111.19
111.20 111.21 111.22 111.23 111.24 111.25 111.26
111.27 111.28 111.29 111.30 111.31 111.32 112.1 112.2 112.3 112.4 112.5 112.6 112.7 112.8 112.9 112.10 112.11 112.12 112.13 112.14 112.15 112.16 112.17 112.18 112.19 112.20
112.21 112.22 112.23 112.24 112.25 112.26 112.27 112.28 112.29 112.30 112.31 112.32 112.33 113.1 113.2 113.3 113.4 113.5 113.6 113.7 113.8 113.9
113.10 113.11 113.12 113.13 113.14 113.15 113.16 113.17 113.18 113.19 113.20 113.21 113.22 113.23 113.24 113.25 113.26 113.27 113.28 113.29 113.30 113.31 113.32 113.33
114.1 114.2 114.3 114.4 114.5 114.6 114.7 114.8
114.9 114.10 114.11 114.12 114.13 114.14 114.15 114.16
114.17 114.18 114.19 114.20 114.21 114.22 114.23 114.24 114.25 114.26 114.27 114.28 114.29 115.1 115.2 115.3 115.4 115.5 115.6 115.7 115.8 115.9 115.10
115.11 115.12 115.13 115.14 115.15 115.16 115.17 115.18
115.19 115.20 115.21 115.22 115.23 115.24 115.25 115.26
115.27 115.28 115.29 115.30 116.1 116.2 116.3 116.4 116.5 116.6 116.7 116.8 116.9 116.10 116.11
116.12 116.13 116.14 116.15 116.16 116.17 116.18 116.19
116.20 116.21 116.22 116.23 116.24 116.25 116.26 116.27 116.28 116.29 117.1 117.2 117.3
117.4 117.5 117.6 117.7 117.8 117.9 117.10 117.11
117.12 117.13 117.14 117.15 117.16 117.17 117.18 117.19 117.20 117.21 117.22 117.23 117.24 117.25 117.26 117.27 117.28 117.29 117.30 117.31 117.32 117.33 118.1 118.2 118.3 118.4 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.8
118.9
118.10 118.11 118.12 118.13 118.14 118.15 118.16 118.17 118.18 118.19 118.20 118.21 118.22 118.23
118.24 118.25 118.26 118.27 118.28 118.29 118.30 118.31
119.1 119.2 119.3 119.4 119.5 119.6
119.7 119.8 119.9 119.10 119.11 119.12 119.13 119.14 119.15 119.16 119.17 119.18
119.19 119.20 119.21 119.22 119.23 119.24 119.25 119.26 119.27 119.28 119.29 119.30 119.31 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.4 120.5 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 120.10 120.11 120.12 120.13 120.14 120.15 120.16 120.17 120.18 120.19 120.20 120.21 120.22 120.23 120.24 120.25 120.26 120.27 120.28 120.29 120.30 120.31 120.32 121.1 121.2 121.3 121.4 121.5 121.6 121.7 121.8 121.9 121.10 121.11 121.12 121.13 121.14 121.15 121.16 121.17 121.18 121.19 121.20 121.21 121.22 121.23 121.24 121.25 121.26
121.27 121.28 121.29 121.30 121.31 121.32 121.33 122.1 122.2 122.3 122.4 122.5 122.6 122.7 122.8 122.9 122.10 122.11 122.12 122.13 122.14 122.15 122.16 122.17 122.18 122.19 122.20 122.21 122.22 122.23 122.24 122.25 122.26 122.27 122.28 122.29 122.30 122.31 122.32 122.33 122.34 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.4 123.5 123.6 123.7 123.8
123.9 123.10 123.11 123.12 123.13 123.14 123.15 123.16 123.17 123.18 123.19 123.20 123.21 123.22 123.23 123.24 123.25 123.26 123.27 123.28 123.29 123.30 123.31 123.32
123.33
124.1 124.2 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.7 124.8 124.9 124.10 124.11 124.12 124.13 124.14 124.15
124.16 124.17 124.18 124.19 124.20 124.21 124.22 124.23 124.24 124.25 124.26 124.27 124.28 124.29 124.30 124.31 124.32
124.33
125.1 125.2 125.3 125.4 125.5
125.6 125.7 125.8 125.9 125.10 125.11 125.12 125.13 125.14 125.15 125.16 125.17 125.18 125.19 125.20 125.21 125.22 125.23 125.24 125.25 125.26 125.27 125.28 125.29 125.30 125.31 125.32 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.5 126.6 126.7 126.8 126.9 126.10 126.11 126.12 126.13 126.14 126.15 126.16 126.17 126.18 126.19 126.20 126.21 126.22 126.23 126.24 126.25 126.26 126.27 126.28 126.29 126.30 126.31 126.32 127.1 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6 127.7 127.8 127.9 127.10 127.11 127.12 127.13 127.14 127.15 127.16 127.17 127.18 127.19 127.20 127.21 127.22 127.23 127.24 127.25 127.26 127.27
127.28 127.29 127.30 127.31 127.32 127.33 127.34 128.1 128.2 128.3 128.4 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8 128.9 128.10 128.11 128.12 128.13 128.14 128.15 128.16 128.17 128.18 128.19 128.20 128.21 128.22 128.23 128.24 128.25 128.26 128.27 128.28 128.29 128.30 128.31 128.32 129.1 129.2 129.3 129.4 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 129.10 129.11 129.12 129.13 129.14 129.15 129.16 129.17 129.18 129.19 129.20 129.21 129.22 129.23 129.24 129.25 129.26 129.27 129.28 129.29 129.30 129.31 129.32 129.33 130.1 130.2 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 130.9 130.10 130.11 130.12 130.13
130.14 130.15 130.16 130.17 130.18 130.19 130.20 130.21 130.22 130.23 130.24 130.25 130.26 130.27 130.28 130.29 130.30 130.31 131.1 131.2 131.3 131.4 131.5
131.6 131.7
131.8 131.9 131.10 131.11 131.12 131.13 131.14 131.15 131.16 131.17 131.18 131.19 131.20 131.21 131.22 131.23 131.24 131.25 131.26 131.27 131.28 131.29
132.1 132.2 132.3 132.4
132.5 132.6 132.7 132.8 132.9 132.10 132.11 132.12
132.13 132.14 132.15 132.16 132.17 132.18 132.19 132.20 132.21 132.22 132.23 132.24 132.25 132.26 132.27 132.28 132.29 132.30 132.31 133.1 133.2
133.3 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 133.10 133.11 133.12 133.13 133.14 133.15 133.16 133.17 133.18 133.19 133.20 133.21 133.22
133.23 133.24 133.25 133.26 133.27 133.28 133.29 133.30 134.1 134.2 134.3 134.4 134.5 134.6 134.7 134.8 134.9 134.10 134.11 134.12 134.13 134.14 134.15 134.16 134.17 134.18 134.19 134.20 134.21 134.22 134.23 134.24 134.25 134.26 134.27 134.28 134.29 134.30 134.31 134.32 134.33 135.1 135.2 135.3 135.4 135.5 135.6 135.7 135.8 135.9 135.10 135.11 135.12 135.13 135.14 135.15 135.16 135.17 135.18 135.19 135.20 135.21 135.22
135.23 135.24 135.25 135.26 135.27 135.28 135.29 135.30 135.31 135.32 136.1 136.2 136.3 136.4 136.5 136.6 136.7 136.8 136.9 136.10 136.11 136.12 136.13 136.14 136.15 136.16 136.17 136.18 136.19 136.20 136.21 136.22 136.23 136.24 136.25 136.26 136.27 136.28 136.29 136.30 136.31 136.32 136.33 137.1 137.2 137.3 137.4 137.5 137.6 137.7 137.8 137.9 137.10 137.11 137.12 137.13 137.14 137.15 137.16 137.17 137.18 137.19 137.20 137.21 137.22 137.23 137.24 137.25 137.26 137.27 137.28 137.29 137.30 137.31 137.32 137.33 138.1 138.2 138.3 138.4 138.5 138.6 138.7 138.8 138.9 138.10 138.11 138.12 138.13 138.14 138.15
138.16 138.17 138.18 138.19 138.20 138.21 138.22 138.23 138.24 138.25 138.26 138.27 138.28 138.29 138.30 138.31 138.32 138.33 139.1 139.2 139.3 139.4 139.5 139.6 139.7 139.8 139.9 139.10 139.11 139.12 139.13 139.14 139.15 139.16 139.17 139.18 139.19 139.20 139.21 139.22 139.23 139.24 139.25 139.26 139.27 139.28 139.29 139.30 139.31 139.32 139.33 140.1 140.2 140.3 140.4 140.5 140.6 140.7 140.8 140.9 140.10 140.11 140.12 140.13 140.14 140.15 140.16 140.17 140.18 140.19 140.20
140.21 140.22 140.23 140.24 140.25 140.26 140.27 140.28 140.29 140.30 140.31 140.32 141.1 141.2 141.3 141.4 141.5 141.6 141.7 141.8 141.9 141.10 141.11 141.12
141.13 141.14 141.15 141.16 141.17 141.18 141.19 141.20 141.21 141.22 141.23 141.24 141.25 141.26 141.27 141.28 141.29 141.30 141.31 142.1 142.2 142.3 142.4 142.5 142.6 142.7 142.8 142.9 142.10 142.11 142.12 142.13 142.14 142.15 142.16 142.17 142.18 142.19 142.20 142.21 142.22 142.23 142.24 142.25 142.26 142.27 142.28 142.29 142.30 142.31 142.32 142.33 143.1 143.2 143.3 143.4 143.5 143.6 143.7 143.8 143.9 143.10 143.11 143.12 143.13 143.14 143.15 143.16
143.17 143.18 143.19 143.20 143.21 143.22 143.23 143.24 143.25 143.26 143.27 143.28
143.29 143.30 143.31 143.32 144.1 144.2
144.3 144.4 144.5 144.6 144.7 144.8 144.9 144.10 144.11 144.12 144.13 144.14 144.15 144.16 144.17 144.18 144.19 144.20 144.21 144.22 144.23 144.24 144.25 144.26 144.27 144.28 144.29 144.30 144.31 144.32 144.33 144.34 145.1 145.2 145.3 145.4 145.5 145.6 145.7 145.8 145.9 145.10 145.11 145.12 145.13 145.14 145.15 145.16 145.17 145.18 145.19 145.20 145.21 145.22 145.23 145.24 145.25 145.26 145.27 145.28 145.29 145.30 145.31 145.32 145.33 145.34 145.35 146.1 146.2 146.3 146.4 146.5 146.6 146.7 146.8 146.9 146.10 146.11 146.12 146.13 146.14 146.15 146.16 146.17 146.18 146.19 146.20 146.21 146.22 146.23 146.24 146.25 146.26 146.27 146.28 146.29 146.30 146.31 146.32 146.33 146.34 146.35 147.1 147.2 147.3 147.4 147.5 147.6 147.7 147.8 147.9 147.10 147.11 147.12 147.13 147.14 147.15 147.16 147.17 147.18 147.19 147.20 147.21 147.22 147.23 147.24 147.25 147.26 147.27 147.28 147.29 147.30 147.31 147.32 147.33 147.34 148.1 148.2 148.3 148.4 148.5 148.6 148.7 148.8 148.9 148.10 148.11 148.12 148.13 148.14 148.15 148.16 148.17 148.18 148.19 148.20 148.21 148.22 148.23 148.24 148.25 148.26 148.27 148.28 148.29 148.30 148.31 148.32 148.33 148.34 149.1 149.2 149.3 149.4 149.5 149.6 149.7 149.8 149.9 149.10 149.11 149.12 149.13 149.14 149.15 149.16 149.17 149.18 149.19 149.20 149.21 149.22 149.23 149.24 149.25 149.26 149.27 149.28 149.29 149.30 149.31 149.32 149.33 149.34 150.1 150.2 150.3 150.4 150.5 150.6 150.7 150.8 150.9 150.10 150.11 150.12 150.13 150.14 150.15 150.16 150.17 150.18 150.19 150.20 150.21 150.22 150.23 150.24 150.25
150.26 150.27 150.28 150.29 150.30 150.31 150.32 150.33 150.34 151.1 151.2 151.3 151.4 151.5 151.6 151.7 151.8 151.9 151.10 151.11 151.12 151.13 151.14 151.15 151.16 151.17 151.18 151.19 151.20 151.21 151.22 151.23 151.24 151.25 151.26 151.27 151.28 151.29 151.30 151.31 151.32 151.33 151.34 151.35 152.1 152.2 152.3 152.4 152.5 152.6 152.7 152.8 152.9
152.10 152.11 152.12 152.13 152.14 152.15 152.16 152.17 152.18 152.19 152.20 152.21 152.22 152.23 152.24 152.25 152.26
152.27 152.28 152.29 152.31 152.30 152.32 153.1 153.2
153.3
153.4 153.5 153.6 153.7 153.8 153.10 153.9 153.12 153.11 153.13 153.14 153.15 153.16
153.17
153.18 153.19 153.20 153.21 153.22 153.23 153.24 153.25 153.26 153.27 153.28 153.29 153.30 153.31 153.32
154.1 154.2 154.3 154.4 154.5 154.6 154.7 154.8 154.9 154.10 154.11 154.12 154.13 154.14 154.15 154.16 154.17 154.18 154.19 154.20 154.21 154.22 154.23 154.24 154.25
154.26 154.27 154.28 154.29 155.1 155.2 155.3 155.4 155.5 155.6 155.7 155.8 155.9 155.10 155.11 155.12 155.13 155.14 155.15 155.16 155.17 155.18 155.19 155.20 155.21 155.22 155.23 155.24 155.25 155.26 155.27 155.28 155.29 155.30 155.31 156.1 156.2 156.3 156.4 156.5 156.6 156.7 156.8 156.9 156.10 156.11 156.12 156.13 156.14 156.15 156.16 156.17 156.18 156.19 156.20 156.21 156.22 156.23 156.24 156.25 156.26 156.27 156.28 156.29 156.30 157.1 157.2 157.3 157.4 157.5 157.6 157.7 157.8 157.9 157.10 157.11 157.12 157.13 157.14 157.15 157.16 157.17 157.18 157.19 157.20 157.21 157.22 157.23 157.24 157.25 157.26 157.27 157.28 157.29 157.30 157.31 158.1 158.2
158.3 158.4 158.5 158.6 158.7
158.8
158.9 158.10
158.11 158.12 158.13 158.14 158.15 158.16 158.17 158.18 158.19 158.20 158.21 158.22 158.23 158.24 158.25 158.26
158.27
159.1 159.2 159.3 159.4 159.5 159.6 159.7 159.8 159.9 159.10 159.11 159.12 159.13 159.14 159.15 159.16 159.17 159.18 159.19 159.20 159.21 159.22 159.23 159.24 159.25 159.26 159.27 159.28 159.29 159.30 159.31 159.32 159.33 159.34 159.35 160.1 160.2 160.3 160.4 160.5 160.6 160.7 160.8 160.9 160.10 160.11 160.12 160.13 160.14 160.15 160.16 160.17 160.18 160.19 160.20 160.21 160.22 160.23 160.24 160.25 160.26 160.27 160.28 160.29 160.30 160.31 160.32 160.33 161.1 161.2 161.3 161.4 161.5 161.6 161.7 161.8 161.9 161.10 161.11 161.12 161.13 161.14 161.15 161.16 161.17 161.18 161.19 161.20 161.21 161.22 161.23 161.24 161.25
161.26 161.27 161.28 161.29 161.30 161.31 161.32 162.1 162.2 162.3 162.4 162.5 162.6
162.7 162.8 162.9 162.10 162.11 162.12 162.13 162.14 162.15 162.16 162.17 162.18
162.19 162.20 162.21 162.22 162.23 162.24 162.25 162.26 162.27 162.28 162.29 162.30 162.31 162.32 162.33 163.1 163.2 163.3 163.4 163.5 163.6 163.7 163.8 163.9 163.10 163.11 163.12 163.13 163.14 163.15 163.16 163.17 163.18 163.19 163.20 163.21 163.22 163.23 163.24 163.25 163.26 163.27 163.28 163.29 163.30 163.31 163.32 163.33 163.34 163.35 164.1 164.2 164.3 164.4 164.5 164.6 164.7 164.8 164.9 164.10 164.11 164.12 164.13 164.14
164.15 164.16 164.17 164.18 164.19 164.20 164.21 164.22 164.23 164.24 164.25 164.26 164.27 164.28 164.29
164.30 164.31 164.32 164.33 165.1 165.2 165.3
165.4 165.5 165.6 165.7 165.8 165.9 165.10 165.11 165.12 165.13 165.14 165.15 165.16 165.17 165.18 165.19 165.20 165.21 165.22 165.23 165.24 165.25 165.26 165.27 165.28 165.29 165.30 166.1 166.2 166.3 166.4 166.5 166.6 166.7 166.8 166.9 166.10 166.11 166.12 166.13 166.14 166.15 166.16 166.17 166.18 166.19 166.20 166.21 166.22 166.23 166.24 166.25 166.26 166.27 166.28 166.29 166.30 166.31 166.32 167.1 167.2 167.3 167.4 167.5 167.6 167.7 167.8 167.9 167.10
167.11
167.12 167.13 167.14 167.15 167.16 167.17 167.18 167.19 167.20 167.21 167.22 167.23 167.24 167.25 167.26 167.27 167.28 167.29 168.1 168.2 168.3 168.4 168.5
168.6
168.7 168.8 168.9 168.10 168.11 168.12 168.13 168.14 168.15 168.16 168.17 168.18 168.19 168.20 168.21 168.22 168.23 168.24 168.25 168.26 168.27 168.28 168.29 168.30 168.31 168.32 168.33 169.1 169.2 169.3 169.4 169.5 169.6 169.7 169.8 169.9 169.10 169.11 169.12 169.13 169.14 169.15 169.16 169.17 169.18 169.19 169.20 169.21
169.22
169.23 169.24 169.25 169.26 169.27 169.28 169.29
169.30
170.1 170.2 170.3 170.4 170.5 170.6 170.7 170.8 170.9 170.10 170.11 170.12 170.13 170.14 170.15 170.16 170.17
170.18
170.19 170.20 170.21 170.22 170.23 170.24 170.25 170.26 170.27 170.28 170.29 170.30 170.31 170.32 170.33 171.1 171.2 171.3 171.4 171.5 171.6 171.7 171.8 171.9 171.10 171.11 171.12 171.13 171.14 171.15 171.16 171.17 171.18 171.19 171.20 171.21 171.22 171.23 171.24 171.25 171.26 171.27 171.28 171.29 171.30 171.31 171.32 171.33 171.34 172.1 172.2 172.3 172.4 172.5 172.6 172.7 172.8 172.9 172.10 172.11 172.12 172.13
172.14 172.15 172.16 172.17 172.18 172.19 172.20
172.21 172.22 172.23 172.24 172.25 172.26 172.27 172.28
172.29 172.30 172.31 173.1 173.2 173.3 173.4 173.5 173.6 173.7 173.8 173.9 173.10 173.11 173.12 173.13 173.14 173.15 173.16 173.17 173.18 173.19 173.20 173.21 173.22
173.23
173.24 173.25 173.26 173.27 173.28 173.29 173.30 174.1 174.2 174.3 174.4 174.5 174.6 174.7 174.8 174.9 174.10 174.11 174.12 174.13 174.14 174.15 174.16 174.17 174.18 174.19 174.20 174.21 174.22 174.23 174.24 174.25 174.26 174.27 174.28 174.29 174.30 174.31 175.1 175.2 175.3 175.4 175.5 175.6 175.7 175.8 175.9 175.10 175.11 175.12 175.13 175.14 175.15 175.16 175.17 175.18 175.19 175.20 175.21 175.22
175.23
175.24 175.25 175.26 175.27
175.28 175.29 175.30 175.31
176.1 176.2 176.3 176.4 176.5 176.6 176.7 176.8 176.9 176.10
176.11 176.12 176.13 176.14 176.15 176.16 176.17 176.18 176.19 176.20 176.21 176.22 176.23 176.24 176.25 176.26 176.27 176.28 176.29 177.1 177.2 177.3 177.4 177.5 177.6 177.7 177.8 177.9 177.10 177.11 177.12 177.13 177.14 177.15 177.16 177.17 177.18 177.19 177.20 177.21 177.22 177.23
177.24 177.25 177.26 177.27 177.28 177.29 177.30 177.31 177.32 178.1 178.2 178.3 178.4 178.5 178.6 178.7 178.8 178.9 178.10 178.11 178.12 178.13 178.14 178.15 178.16 178.17 178.18 178.19 178.20 178.21 178.22 178.23 178.24 178.25 178.26 178.27 178.28 178.29 178.30 178.31 178.32 178.33 178.34 178.35 178.36 178.37 179.1 179.2 179.3
179.4
179.5 179.6
179.7 179.8
179.9 179.10 179.11 179.12 179.13 179.14 179.15 179.16 179.17 179.18 179.19 179.20 179.21 179.22 179.23 179.24
179.25 179.26 179.27 179.28 179.29 179.30 179.31 180.1 180.2 180.3 180.4 180.5 180.6 180.7 180.8 180.9 180.10 180.11 180.12 180.13 180.14 180.15 180.16 180.17 180.18 180.19 180.20 180.21 180.22 180.23 180.24 180.25 180.26 180.27 180.28 180.29 180.30 180.31 180.32 181.1 181.2 181.3 181.4 181.5 181.6 181.7 181.8 181.9 181.10 181.11 181.12 181.13 181.14 181.15 181.16 181.17 181.18 181.19 181.20 181.21 181.22
181.23
181.24 181.25 181.26 181.27 181.28 181.29 181.30 181.31 181.32 181.33 182.1 182.2 182.3 182.4 182.5 182.6 182.7 182.8 182.9 182.10 182.11 182.12 182.13 182.14
182.15 182.16 182.17 182.18 182.19 182.20 182.21 182.22 182.23 182.24 182.25 182.26 182.27 182.28 182.29 182.30 182.31
183.1 183.2 183.3 183.4 183.5 183.6 183.7 183.8 183.9 183.10 183.11 183.12 183.13 183.14 183.15 183.16 183.17 183.18 183.19 183.20 183.21 183.22 183.23 183.24
183.25
183.26 183.27 183.28 183.29 183.30 183.31 183.32
183.33
184.1 184.2 184.3 184.4 184.5 184.6 184.7 184.8 184.9 184.10 184.11 184.12 184.13 184.14 184.15 184.16 184.17 184.18 184.19 184.20 184.21 184.22 184.23 184.24 184.25 184.26 184.27 184.28 184.29 184.30 184.31 184.32 184.33 184.34 185.1 185.2 185.3 185.4 185.5 185.6 185.7 185.8 185.9 185.10 185.11 185.12 185.13 185.14 185.15 185.16 185.17 185.18 185.19 185.20 185.21 185.22 185.23 185.24 185.25 185.26 185.27 185.28 185.29 185.30 185.31 185.32 185.33 186.1 186.2 186.3 186.4 186.5 186.6 186.7 186.8
186.9
186.10 186.11 186.12 186.13 186.14 186.15 186.16 186.17 186.18 186.19 186.20 186.21 186.22 186.23 186.24 186.25 186.26 186.27 186.28 186.29 186.30 186.31 186.32 186.33 186.34 187.1 187.2 187.3 187.4 187.5 187.6 187.7 187.8 187.9 187.10 187.11 187.12 187.13 187.14 187.15 187.16 187.17 187.18 187.19 187.20 187.21 187.22 187.23 187.24 187.25 187.26 187.27 187.28 187.29 187.30 187.31 187.32 187.33 188.1 188.2 188.3 188.4 188.5 188.6 188.7 188.8 188.9 188.10 188.11 188.12 188.13 188.14 188.15 188.16 188.17 188.18 188.19 188.20 188.21 188.22 188.23 188.24 188.25 188.26 188.27 188.28 188.29 188.30 188.31 188.32 189.1 189.2 189.3 189.4 189.5 189.6 189.7 189.8 189.9 189.10 189.11 189.12 189.13 189.14 189.15 189.16 189.17 189.18 189.19 189.20 189.21 189.22 189.23 189.24 189.25 189.26 189.27 189.28 189.29 189.30 189.31 189.32 190.1 190.2 190.3 190.4 190.5 190.6 190.7 190.8 190.9 190.10 190.11 190.12 190.13 190.14 190.15 190.16 190.17 190.18 190.19 190.20 190.21 190.22 190.23 190.24 190.25 190.26 190.27 190.28 190.29 190.30 190.31 190.32 191.1 191.2 191.3 191.4 191.5 191.6 191.7 191.8 191.9 191.10 191.11 191.12 191.13 191.14 191.15 191.16 191.17 191.18 191.19 191.20 191.21 191.22 191.23 191.24 191.25 191.26 191.27 191.28 191.29 191.30 192.1 192.2 192.3
192.4
192.5 192.6 192.7 192.8 192.9 192.10 192.11 192.12 192.13 192.14 192.15 192.16 192.17 192.18 192.19 192.20 192.21 192.22 192.23 192.24 192.25 192.26 192.27 192.28 192.29 192.30 193.1 193.2 193.3 193.4 193.5 193.6 193.7 193.8 193.9 193.10 193.11 193.12 193.13 193.14 193.15 193.16
193.17
193.18 193.19 193.20 193.21 193.22 193.23 193.24 193.25 193.26 193.27 193.28 193.29 193.30 193.31 194.1 194.2 194.3 194.4 194.5 194.6 194.7 194.8 194.9 194.10 194.11 194.12 194.13 194.14 194.15 194.16 194.17 194.18 194.19 194.20 194.21 194.22 194.23 194.24 194.25 194.26 194.27 194.28 194.29 194.30 194.31 194.32 194.33 195.1 195.2 195.3 195.4 195.5 195.6 195.7 195.8 195.9 195.10 195.11 195.12 195.13 195.14 195.15 195.16 195.17 195.18 195.19 195.20 195.21 195.22 195.23 195.24 195.25 195.26 195.27 195.28 195.29 195.30 195.31 195.32 196.1 196.2 196.3 196.4 196.5 196.6 196.7 196.8 196.9 196.10 196.11 196.12 196.13 196.14 196.15 196.16 196.17 196.18 196.19 196.20 196.21 196.22 196.23 196.24
196.25
196.26 196.27 196.28 196.29 196.30 196.31 197.1 197.2 197.3 197.4 197.5 197.6 197.7 197.8 197.9 197.10 197.11 197.12 197.13 197.14 197.15 197.16 197.17 197.18 197.19 197.20 197.21 197.22 197.23 197.24 197.25 197.26 197.27 197.28 197.29 197.30 197.31 197.32 197.33 198.1 198.2 198.3 198.4 198.5 198.6 198.7 198.8 198.9 198.10 198.11 198.12 198.13 198.14 198.15 198.16 198.17 198.18 198.19 198.20 198.21 198.22 198.23 198.24 198.25 198.26 198.27 198.28 198.29 198.30 198.31 198.32 198.33 199.1 199.2 199.3 199.4 199.5 199.6 199.7 199.8 199.9 199.10 199.11 199.12 199.13 199.14 199.15 199.16 199.17 199.18 199.19 199.20 199.21 199.22 199.23 199.24 199.25 199.26 199.27 199.28 199.29 199.30 199.31 199.32 200.1 200.2 200.3 200.4 200.5 200.6 200.7 200.8 200.9 200.10 200.11 200.12 200.13 200.14 200.15 200.16 200.17 200.18 200.19 200.20 200.21 200.22 200.23 200.24 200.25 200.26 200.27 200.28 200.29 200.30 201.1 201.2 201.3 201.4 201.5 201.6 201.7 201.8 201.9 201.10 201.11 201.12 201.13 201.14 201.15 201.16 201.17 201.18 201.19 201.20 201.21 201.22 201.23 201.24 201.25 201.26 201.27 201.28 201.29 201.30 201.31 201.32 201.33 202.1 202.2 202.3 202.4 202.5 202.6 202.7 202.8 202.9 202.10 202.11 202.12 202.13 202.14 202.15 202.16 202.17 202.18 202.19 202.20 202.21 202.22 202.23 202.24 202.25 202.26 202.27 202.28 202.29 202.30 202.31 202.32 203.1 203.2 203.3 203.4 203.5 203.6 203.7 203.8 203.9 203.10 203.11 203.12
203.13 203.14 203.15 203.16 203.17 203.18 203.19 203.20
203.21 203.22 203.23 203.24 203.25 203.26 203.27 203.28 203.29 203.30 203.31 204.1 204.2 204.3 204.4
204.5 204.6 204.7 204.8 204.9 204.10 204.11 204.12 204.13 204.14 204.15 204.16 204.17 204.18 204.19 204.20
204.21 204.22 204.23 204.24 204.25 204.26 204.27 204.28 204.29 205.1 205.2 205.3 205.4 205.5
205.6 205.7 205.8 205.9 205.10 205.11 205.12 205.13 205.14 205.15 205.16 205.17 205.18 205.19 205.20 205.21 205.22 205.23 205.24 205.25 205.26 205.27 205.28 205.29 206.1 206.2 206.3 206.4 206.5 206.6 206.7 206.8 206.9 206.10 206.11 206.12 206.13 206.14 206.15 206.16 206.17 206.18 206.19 206.20 206.21 206.22 206.23 206.24 206.25 206.26 206.27 206.28 206.29 206.30 206.31 206.32 206.33
207.1 207.2 207.3 207.4 207.5 207.6 207.7 207.8 207.9 207.10 207.11 207.12 207.13 207.14 207.15 207.16 207.17 207.18 207.19 207.20 207.21 207.22 207.23 207.24 207.25 207.26 207.27 207.28 207.29 207.30 207.31 207.32 208.1 208.2 208.3 208.4 208.5 208.6 208.7 208.8 208.9 208.10 208.11 208.12 208.13 208.14 208.15 208.16 208.17 208.18 208.19 208.20 208.21 208.22 208.23 208.24 208.25 208.26 208.27 208.28 208.29 208.30 208.31 208.32 209.1 209.2 209.3 209.4 209.5 209.6 209.7 209.8 209.9 209.10 209.11 209.12
209.13 209.14 209.15 209.16
209.17
209.18 209.19
209.20 209.21 209.22 209.23 209.24 209.25 209.26 209.27 209.28 209.29 209.30 210.1 210.2
210.3
210.4 210.5 210.6 210.7 210.8 210.9 210.10 210.11 210.12 210.13
210.14
210.15 210.16 210.17 210.18 210.19 210.20 210.21 210.22 210.23 210.24 210.25 210.26 210.27 210.28 210.29 210.30 210.31 211.1 211.2 211.3 211.4 211.5 211.6
211.7
211.8 211.9 211.10 211.11 211.12 211.13 211.14 211.15 211.16 211.17 211.18 211.19 211.20 211.21 211.22 211.23 211.24 211.25 211.26 211.27 211.28 211.29 211.30 211.31 211.32 212.1 212.2 212.3 212.4 212.5 212.6 212.7 212.8 212.9 212.10 212.11
212.12
212.13 212.14 212.15 212.16 212.17 212.18 212.19 212.20
212.21 212.22 212.23 212.24 212.25 212.26 212.27 212.28 212.29 212.30 213.1 213.2 213.3 213.4 213.5 213.6 213.7 213.8 213.9 213.10 213.11 213.12 213.13 213.14 213.15 213.16
213.17
213.18 213.19 213.20 213.21 213.22 213.23 213.24 213.25 213.26 213.27 213.28 213.29 213.30 213.31 213.32 213.33 214.1 214.2 214.3 214.4 214.5 214.6 214.7 214.8 214.9 214.10 214.11 214.12 214.13 214.14 214.15 214.16 214.17 214.18 214.19 214.20 214.21 214.22 214.23 214.24 214.25 214.26 214.27 214.28 214.29 214.30 214.31 214.32 214.33 215.1 215.2 215.3 215.4 215.5 215.6 215.7 215.8 215.9 215.10 215.11 215.12 215.13 215.14 215.15 215.16 215.17 215.18 215.19 215.20 215.21 215.22 215.23 215.24 215.25 215.26 215.27 215.28 215.29 215.30 215.31 215.32 215.33 215.34 216.1 216.2 216.3
216.4
216.5 216.6 216.7 216.8 216.9 216.10 216.11 216.12 216.13 216.14 216.15 216.16 216.17 216.18 216.19 216.20 216.21 216.22
216.23 216.24 216.25 216.26 216.27 216.28 216.29 216.30 216.31 217.1 217.2 217.3 217.4 217.5 217.6 217.7 217.8 217.9 217.10 217.11 217.12
217.13
217.14 217.15 217.16 217.17 217.18 217.19 217.20 217.21 217.22 217.23 217.24 217.25 217.26 217.27 217.28 217.29 217.30 217.31 217.32 217.33 218.1 218.2 218.3 218.4 218.5 218.6 218.7 218.8 218.9
218.10
218.11 218.12 218.13 218.14 218.15 218.16 218.17 218.18 218.19 218.20 218.21 218.22 218.23 218.24 218.25 218.26 218.27 218.28 218.29 218.30 219.1 219.2 219.3 219.4 219.5 219.6 219.7 219.8 219.9 219.10 219.11 219.12 219.13 219.14 219.15 219.16 219.17 219.18 219.19 219.20 219.21 219.22 219.23
219.24 219.25
219.26 219.27 219.28 219.29 219.30 219.31 220.1 220.2 220.3 220.4 220.5 220.6 220.7 220.8 220.9 220.10 220.11 220.12 220.13 220.14 220.15 220.16 220.17 220.18 220.19 220.20 220.21 220.22 220.23 220.24 220.25 220.26 220.27 220.28 220.29 220.30 220.31 220.32 221.1 221.2 221.3 221.4 221.5 221.6 221.7 221.8 221.9 221.10 221.11 221.12 221.13 221.14 221.15 221.16 221.17 221.18 221.19 221.20 221.21 221.22 221.23 221.24 221.25 221.26 221.27 221.28 221.29 221.30 221.31 221.32 221.33 222.1 222.2 222.3 222.4 222.5 222.6 222.7 222.8 222.9 222.10 222.11 222.12 222.13 222.14 222.15 222.16 222.17 222.18 222.19 222.20 222.21 222.22 222.23 222.24 222.25 222.26 222.27 222.28 222.29 222.30 222.31 222.32 222.33 222.34
223.1
223.2 223.3 223.4 223.5 223.6 223.7 223.8 223.9 223.10 223.11 223.12 223.13 223.14 223.15 223.16 223.17 223.18 223.19 223.20 223.21 223.22 223.23 223.24 223.25 223.26 223.27 223.28 223.29 223.30 223.31 224.1 224.2 224.3 224.4 224.5 224.6 224.7 224.8 224.9 224.10 224.11 224.12 224.13 224.14 224.15 224.16 224.17 224.18 224.19 224.20 224.21 224.22 224.23 224.24 224.25 224.26 224.27 224.28 224.29 224.30 224.31 224.32 224.33
225.1
225.2 225.3 225.4
225.5 225.6
225.7 225.8 225.9 225.10 225.11 225.12 225.13 225.14 225.15 225.16 225.17 225.18 225.19 225.20 225.21 225.22 225.23 225.24 225.25 225.26 225.27 225.28 225.29 225.30 225.31 225.32 226.1 226.2 226.3 226.4 226.5
226.6 226.7
226.8 226.9 226.10 226.11 226.12
226.13 226.14
226.15 226.16 226.17 226.18 226.19 226.20 226.21 226.22 226.23 226.24 226.25 226.26 226.27 226.28 226.29 226.30 226.31 226.32 227.1 227.2 227.3 227.4 227.5
227.6
227.7 227.8 227.9 227.10 227.11 227.12 227.13 227.14 227.15 227.16 227.17 227.18 227.19 227.20 227.21 227.22 227.23 227.24 227.25 227.26 227.27 227.28 227.29 227.30 227.31 228.1 228.2 228.3 228.4 228.5 228.6 228.7 228.8 228.9 228.10 228.11 228.12 228.13 228.14 228.15 228.16 228.17 228.18 228.19 228.20 228.21 228.22 228.23 228.24 228.25 228.26 228.27 228.28 228.29 228.30 228.31 229.1 229.2 229.3 229.4
229.5 229.6
229.7 229.8 229.9 229.10 229.11 229.12 229.13 229.14 229.15 229.16 229.17 229.18
229.19
229.20 229.21 229.22 229.23 229.24 229.25 229.26 229.27 229.28 229.29 229.30 229.31 230.1 230.2
230.3 230.4 230.5 230.6 230.7 230.8 230.9 230.10 230.11 230.12 230.13 230.14 230.15 230.16 230.17 230.18 230.19 230.20 230.21 230.22 230.23 230.24 230.25 230.26 230.27 230.28 230.29 230.30 230.31 230.32 231.1 231.2 231.3 231.4 231.5 231.6 231.7 231.8 231.9 231.10 231.11 231.12 231.13 231.14
231.15 231.16 231.17 231.18 231.19 231.20 231.21 231.22 231.23 231.24
231.25 231.26 231.27 231.28 231.29 231.30 231.31 232.1 232.2 232.3 232.4 232.5 232.6 232.7 232.8 232.9 232.10 232.11 232.12 232.13 232.14 232.15 232.16 232.17 232.18 232.19 232.20 232.21 232.22 232.23 232.24 232.25 232.26 232.27 232.28 232.29 232.30 232.31 232.32 232.33 232.34 233.1 233.2 233.3 233.4 233.5 233.6 233.7 233.8 233.9 233.10 233.11 233.12 233.13 233.14 233.15 233.16 233.17 233.18 233.19 233.20 233.21 233.22 233.23 233.24 233.25 233.26 233.27 233.28 233.29 233.30 233.31 233.32 233.33
234.1 234.2
234.3 234.4 234.5 234.6 234.7 234.8 234.9 234.10 234.11 234.12 234.13 234.14 234.15 234.16 234.17
234.18
234.19 234.20 234.21 234.22 234.23 234.24 234.25 234.26 234.27 234.28 234.29 234.30 234.31 235.1 235.2 235.3 235.4 235.5 235.6 235.7 235.8 235.9 235.10 235.11 235.12 235.13 235.14 235.15 235.16 235.17 235.18 235.19 235.20 235.21 235.22 235.23 235.24 235.25 235.26 235.27 235.28 235.29 235.30 235.31
236.1 236.2 236.3 236.4 236.5 236.6 236.7 236.8 236.9 236.10 236.11 236.12 236.13 236.14 236.15 236.16 236.17 236.18 236.19 236.20 236.21 236.22 236.23 236.24 236.25 236.26 236.27 236.28 236.29 236.30 236.31 236.32 236.33 237.1 237.2 237.3 237.4 237.5 237.6 237.7 237.8 237.9
237.10 237.11 237.12 237.13 237.14 237.15 237.16 237.17 237.18 237.19 237.20
237.21 237.22 237.23 237.24 237.25 237.26 237.27 237.28 237.29 237.30 237.31
238.1 238.2 238.3 238.4 238.5 238.6 238.7 238.8 238.9 238.10 238.11 238.12 238.13 238.14 238.15 238.16 238.17 238.18 238.19 238.20 238.21 238.22 238.23 238.24 238.25 238.26 238.27 238.28 238.29 238.30 238.31 238.32 239.1 239.2 239.3 239.4 239.5 239.6 239.7 239.8 239.9
239.10 239.11 239.12 239.13 239.14 239.15 239.16 239.17 239.18 239.19 239.20 239.21 239.22 239.23 239.24 239.25 239.26 239.27 239.28 239.29 239.30 239.31 239.32 240.1 240.2 240.3 240.4 240.5
240.6 240.7 240.8 240.9 240.10 240.11 240.12 240.13 240.14 240.15 240.16 240.17 240.18 240.19 240.20
240.21 240.22
240.23 240.24
240.25
240.26 240.27 240.28 240.29 240.30 240.31
241.1 241.2 241.3 241.4 241.5 241.7 241.6 241.8 241.9 241.10 241.11 241.12
241.13
241.14 241.15 241.16 241.17 241.18 241.19 241.20 241.21 241.22 241.23 241.24 241.25 241.26 241.27 241.28 241.29 241.30 242.1 242.2 242.3 242.4 242.5 242.6 242.7 242.8 242.9 242.10 242.11 242.12 242.13 242.14 242.15 242.16 242.17 242.18
242.19
242.20 242.21 242.22 242.23 242.24 242.25 242.26 242.27 242.28 242.29 243.1 243.2 243.3 243.4 243.5 243.6 243.7 243.8 243.9 243.10 243.11 243.12 243.13 243.14 243.15 243.16 243.17 243.18 243.19 243.20 243.21 243.22 243.23 243.24 243.25 243.26 243.27 243.28 243.29 243.30 243.31 244.1 244.2 244.3 244.4 244.5 244.6 244.7 244.8 244.9 244.10 244.11 244.12 244.13 244.14 244.15 244.16 244.17 244.18 244.19 244.20 244.21 244.22 244.23 244.24 244.25 244.26 244.27 244.28 244.29 244.30 244.31 245.1 245.2 245.3 245.4 245.5 245.6 245.7 245.8 245.9 245.10 245.11 245.12 245.13 245.14 245.15 245.16 245.17 245.18 245.19 245.20 245.21 245.22 245.23 245.24 245.25 245.26 245.27 245.28 245.29 245.30 245.31 246.1 246.2 246.3 246.4 246.5 246.6 246.7 246.8 246.9 246.10 246.11 246.12 246.13 246.14 246.15 246.16 246.17 246.18 246.19 246.20 246.21 246.22 246.23 246.24 246.25 246.26 246.27 246.28 246.29 246.30 246.31 247.1
247.2 247.3
247.4 247.5 247.6 247.7 247.8 247.9 247.10 247.11 247.12 247.13 247.14 247.15 247.16 247.17 247.18 247.19 247.20 247.21 247.22
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; modifying provisions for prekindergarten through
grade 12 including general education, education excellence, teachers, special
education, health and safety, facilities, fund transfers, accounting, nutrition,
libraries, early childhood, community education, lifelong learning, and state
agencies; making technical changes; making forecast adjustments; requiring reports;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 5A.03,
subdivision 2; 16A.152, subdivisions 1b, 2; 120A.20, subdivision 2; 120A.22,
subdivisions 5, 6, 11; 120A.24, subdivision 1; 120A.35; 120A.40; 120B.11,
subdivisions 2, 3; 120B.12, subdivision 2; 120B.122, subdivision 1; 120B.21;
120B.30, subdivisions 1, 1a; 120B.35, subdivision 3; 120B.36, subdivision 1;
121A.22, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 121A.335, subdivisions 3, 5;
121A.41, by adding subdivisions; 121A.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 121A.46, by adding
subdivisions; 121A.47, subdivisions 2, 14; 121A.53, subdivision 1; 121A.55;
122A.06, subdivisions 2, 5, 7, 8; 122A.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 4a, by adding a
subdivision; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.091, subdivision 1; 122A.092,
subdivisions 5, 6; 122A.14, subdivision 9; 122A.17; 122A.175, subdivisions 1, 2;
122A.18, subdivisions 7c, 8, 10; 122A.181, subdivisions 3, 4, 5; 122A.182,
subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 122A.183, subdivisions 2, 4; 122A.184, subdivisions 1, 3;
122A.185, subdivision 1; 122A.187, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions;
122A.19, subdivision 4; 122A.20, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.21; 122A.22; 122A.26,
subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 122A.40, subdivision 8; 122A.41,
subdivision 5; 122A.63, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 122A.70;
123A.64; 123B.02, subdivision 14; 123B.143, subdivision 1; 123B.41, subdivisions
2, 5; 123B.42, subdivision 3; 123B.49, subdivision 4; 123B.52, subdivision 6;
123B.571; 123B.595; 123B.61; 123B.92, subdivision 1; 124D.02, subdivision 1;
124D.09, subdivisions 3, 7, 9, 10; 124D.091; 124D.111; 124D.1158; 124D.151,
subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 6; 124D.165, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision;
124D.2211; 124D.231; 124D.34, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12; 124D.4531;
124D.531, subdivision 1; 124D.55; 124D.59, subdivision 2a; 124D.65, subdivision
5; 124D.68, subdivision 2; 124D.78, subdivision 2; 124D.83, subdivision 2;
124D.861, subdivision 2; 124D.862, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision;
124D.957, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 124D.98, by adding a
subdivision; 124D.99, subdivision 3; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 124E.11; 124E.12,
by adding a subdivision; 124E.13, subdivision 3; 124E.20, subdivision 1; 124E.21,
subdivision 1; 125A.08; 125A.091, subdivisions 3a, 7; 125A.11, subdivision 1;
125A.50, subdivision 1; 125A.76, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2c, by adding a subdivision;
126C.05, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 2, 2d, 2e, 3, 13a, 18a, 24; 126C.126;
126C.17, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 7a, 9, by adding subdivisions; 126C.40,
subdivision 1; 126C.44; 127A.052; 127A.45, subdivision 13; 127A.47, subdivision
7; 127A.49, subdivision 2; 134.355, subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8; 136D.01; 136D.49;
214.01, subdivision 3; 245C.12; 257.0725; 471.59, subdivision 1; 626.556,
subdivisions 2, 3b, 10, 11; 631.40, subdivision 4; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article
25, sections 56, subdivisions 2, 3; 61; 62, subdivisions 4, 15; Laws 2017, First
Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9;
article 2, section 57, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 26, 37; article 4, section 12,
subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 4, 5; article 5, section 14, subdivisions 2, 3; article
6, section 3, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; article 8, sections 8; 9, subdivision 6; 10,
subdivisions 3, 4, 5a, 6, 12; article 9, section 2, subdivision 2; article 10, section
6, subdivision 2; article 11, section 9, subdivision 2; Laws 2018, chapter 211,
article 21, section 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
120A; 120B; 121A; 122A; 123B; 125A; 127A; 245C; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2018, sections 120B.299; 122A.09, subdivision 1; 122A.182, subdivision 2;
122A.63, subdivisions 7, 8; 126C.17, subdivision 9a; 127A.051, subdivision 7;
127A.14; 136D.93; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section
6; Minnesota Rules, part 8710.2100, subparts 1, 2.

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

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.152, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:


Subd. 1b.

Budget reserve level.

(a) The commissioner of management and budget shall
calculate the budget reserve level by multiplying the current biennium's general fund
nondedicated revenues and the most recent budget reserve percentage under subdivision 8.

(b) If, on the basis of a November forecast of general fund revenues and expenditures,
the commissioner of management and budget determines that there will be a positive
unrestricted general fund balance at the close of the biennium and that the provisions of
subdivision 2, paragraph (a), deleted text beginclauses (1), (2), (3), and (4),deleted text end are satisfied, the commissioner
shall transfer to the budget reserve account in the general fund the amount necessary to
increase the budget reserve to the budget reserve level determined under paragraph (a). The
amount of the transfer authorized in this paragraph shall not exceed 33 percent of the positive
unrestricted general fund balance determined in the forecast.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Additional revenues; priority.

(a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund
revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that
there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the
biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following
accounts and purposes in priority order:

(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
$350,000,000;

(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches
$1,596,522,000;

(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids
and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest
tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds
deposited in the budget reserve;

(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section
127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75,
subdivision 5
, by the same amount; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(5) deleted text beginthe clean water fund established in section 114D.50 until $22,000,000 has been
transferred into the fund.
deleted text endnew text begin the amount necessary to increase the special education aid payment
percentage under section 127A.45, subdivision 13, paragraph (b), to not more than 100
percent; and
new text end

new text begin (6) the permanent school fund compensation aid until $50,000,000 has been transferred
to the commissioner of education for payment of school aids under section 41.
new text end

(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end (4), new text beginand (5), new text endas necessary to meet the
appropriations schedules otherwise established in statute.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount
of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end (4), new text beginand (5), new text endto the commissioner of
education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end
reduce the property tax shift percentagenew text begin, and increase the special education aid payment
percentage
new text end by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current fiscal year and
thereafter.

deleted text begin (d) Paragraph (a), clause (5), expires after the entire amount of the transfer has been
made.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Education, residence, and transportation of homeless.

(a) Notwithstanding
subdivision 1, a district must not deny free admission to a homeless pupil solely because
the district cannot determine that the pupil is a resident of the district.

(b) The school district of residence for a homeless pupil shall be the school district in
which the parent or legal guardian resides, unless: (1) parental rights have been terminated
by court order; (2) the parent or guardian is not living within the state; or (3) the parent or
guardian having legal custody of the child is an inmate of a Minnesota correctional facility
or is a resident of a halfway house under the supervision of the commissioner of corrections.
If any of clauses (1) to (3) apply, the school district of residence shall be the school district
in which the pupil resided when the qualifying event occurred. If no other district of residence
can be established, the school district of residence shall be the school district in which the
pupil currently resides. If there is a dispute between school districts regarding residency,
the district of residence is the district designated by the commissioner of education.

(c) new text beginExcept as provided in paragraph (d), new text endthe serving district is responsible for transporting
a homeless pupil to and from the pupil's district of residence. The district may transport
from a permanent home in another district but only through the end of the academic school
year. When a pupil is enrolled in a charter school, the district or school that provides
transportation for other pupils enrolled in the charter school is responsible for providing
transportation. When a homeless deleted text beginstudentdeleted text endnew text begin pupilnew text end with or without an individualized education
program attends a public school other than an independent or special school district or
charter school, the district of residence is responsible for transportation.

new text begin (d) For a homeless pupil with an individualized education plan enrolled in a program
authorized by an intermediate school district, special education cooperative, service
cooperative, or education district, the serving district at the time of the pupil's enrollment
in the program remains responsible for transporting that pupil for the remainder of the school
year, unless the initial serving district and the current serving district mutually agree that
the current serving district is responsible for transporting the homeless pupil.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 4.

new text begin [120A.21] ENROLLMENT OF A STUDENT IN FOSTER CARE.
new text end

new text begin A student placed in foster care must remain enrolled in the student's prior school unless
it is determined that remaining enrolled in the prior school is not in the student's best interests.
The best interests of the student must not be influenced by the preferences of the prior or
current enrolling school and the best interests of the student must not be influenced by the
educational costs associated with the placement of the foster student. If the student does
not remain enrolled in the prior school, the student must be enrolled in a new school within
seven school days.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.35, is amended to read:


120A.35 ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE.

Reasonable efforts must be made by a school district to accommodate any pupil who
wishes to be excused from a curricular activity for a religious observance.new text begin A school board
must provide annual notice to parents of the school district's policy relating to a pupil's
absence from school for a religious observance. A school board may satisfy the notice
requirement by including the notice in a student handbook containing school policies or by
posting the notice on the district website.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.40, is amended to read:


120A.40 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

(a) Except for learning programs during summer, flexible learning year programs
authorized under sections 124D.12 to 124D.127, and learning year programs under section
124D.128, a district must not commence an elementary or secondary school year before
Labor Day, except as provided under paragraph (b). Days devoted to teachers' workshops
may be held before Labor Day. Districts that enter into cooperative agreements are
encouraged to adopt similar school calendars.

(b) A district may begin the school year on any day before Labor Day:

(1) to accommodate a construction or remodeling project of $400,000 or more affecting
a district school facility;

(2) if the district has an agreement under section 123A.30, 123A.32, or 123A.35 with a
district that qualifies under clause (1); or

(3) if the district agrees to the same schedule with a school district in an adjoining state.

new text begin (c) A school board may consider the community's religious observances when adopting
an annual school calendar.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123A.64, is amended to read:


123A.64 DUTY TO MAINTAIN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Each district must maintain classified elementary and secondary schools, deleted text begingrades 1deleted text endnew text begin
kindergarten
new text end throughnew text begin gradenew text end 12, unless the district is exempt according to section 123A.61
or 123A.62, has made an agreement with another district or districts as provided in sections
123A.30, 123A.32, or sections 123A.35 to 123A.43, or 123A.17, subdivision 7, has received
a grant under sections 123A.441 to 123A.445, or has formed a cooperative under section
123A.482. A district that has an agreement according to sections 123A.35 to 123A.43 or
123A.32 must operate a school with the number of grades required by those sections. A
district that has an agreement according to section 123A.30 or 123A.17, subdivision 7, or
has received a grant under sections 123A.441 to 123A.445 must operate a school for the
grades not included in the agreement, but not fewer than three grades.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.02, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Employees; contracts for services.

new text begin(a) new text endThe board may employ and discharge
necessary employees and may contract for other services.

new text begin (b) The board must, before making an offer of employment to a person, request a copy
of the person's personnel file from the previous employing district or charter school.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.143, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Contract; duties.

new text begin(a) new text endAll districts maintaining a classified secondary
school must employ a superintendent who deleted text beginshall bedeleted text endnew text begin must serve asnew text end an ex officio nonvoting
member of the school board. The authority for selection and employment of a superintendent
must be vested in the board in all cases.

new text begin (b)new text end An individual employed by a board as a superintendent deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end have an initial
employment contract for a period of time no longer than three years from the date of
employment. Any subsequent employment contract must not exceed a period of three years.
A board, at its discretion, may or may not renew an employment contract. A board must
not, by action or inaction, extend the duration of an existing employment contract. Beginning
365 days prior to the expiration date of an existing employment contract, a board may
negotiate and enter into a subsequent employment contract to take effect upon the expiration
of the existing contract. A subsequent contract must be contingent upon the employee
completing the terms of an existing contract. If a contract between a board and a
superintendent is terminated prior to the date specified in the contract, the board may not
enter into another superintendent contract with that same individual that has a term that
extends beyond the date specified in the terminated contract.

new text begin (c)new text end A board may terminate a superintendent during the term of an employment contract
for any of the grounds specified in section 122A.40, subdivision 9 or 13. A superintendent
deleted text begin shalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end not rely upon an employment contract with a board to assert any other continuing
contract rights in the position of superintendent under section 122A.40. Notwithstanding
the provisions of sections 122A.40, subdivision 10 or 11, 123A.32, 123A.75, or any other
law to the contrary, no individual deleted text beginshall havedeleted text endnew text begin hasnew text end a right to employment as a superintendent
based on order of employment in any district.

new text begin (d)new text end If two or more districts enter into an agreement for the purchase or sharing of the
services of a superintendent, the contracting districts have the absolute right to select one
of the individuals employed to serve as superintendent in one of the contracting districts
and no individual has a right to employment as the superintendent to provide all or part of
the services based on order of employment in a contracting district.

new text begin (e)new text end The superintendent of a district deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end perform the following:

(1) visit and supervise the schools in the district, report and make recommendations
about their condition when advisable or on request by the board;

(2) recommend to the board employment and dismissal of teachers;

(3) annually evaluate each school principal assigned responsibility for supervising a
school building within the district, consistent with section 123B.147, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b);

(4) superintend school grading practices and examinations for promotions;

(5) make reports required by the commissioner; and

(6) perform other duties prescribed by the board.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Textbook.

(a) "Textbook" means any book or book substitute, including
electronic books as well as other printed materials delivered electronically, which a pupil
uses as a text or text substitute in a particular class or program in the school regularly
attended and a copy of which is expected to be available for the individual use of each pupil
in this class or program. Textbook includes an online book with an annual subscription cost.new text begin
Textbook includes a teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other materials that accompany a
textbook that a pupil uses when the teacher's edition, teacher's guide, or other teacher
materials are packaged physically or electronically with textbooks for student use.
new text end

(b) For purposes of calculating the annual nonpublic pupil aid entitlement for textbooks,
the term shall be limited to books, workbooks, or manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf
form, as well as electronic books and other printed materials delivered electronically,
intended for use as a principal source of study material for a given class or a group of
students.

(c) For purposes of sections 123B.40 to 123B.48, the terms "textbook" and "software
or other educational technology" include only such secular, neutral, and nonideological
materials as are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.41, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials.

new text begin(a)
new text end "Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" means educational materials
which:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end are designed primarily for individual pupil use or use by pupils in a cooperative
learning group in a particular class or program in the school the pupil regularly attendsnew text begin,
including teacher materials that accompany materials that a pupil uses
new text end;

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end are secular, neutral, nonideological and not capable of diversion for religious
use; and

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end are available, used by, or of benefit to Minnesota public school pupils.

new text begin (b) new text endSubject to the requirements in deleted text beginclauses (a), (b), and (c)deleted text endnew text begin paragraph (a)new text end, "individualized
instructional or cooperative learning materials" include, but are not limited to, the following
if they do not fall within the definition of "textbook" in subdivision 2: published materials;
periodicals; documents; pamphlets; photographs; reproductions; pictorial or graphic works;
prerecorded video programs; prerecorded tapes, cassettes and other sound recordings;
manipulative materials; desk charts; games; study prints and pictures; desk maps; models;
learning kits; blocks or cubes; flash cards; individualized multimedia systems; prepared
instructional computer software programs; choral and band sheet music; electronic books
and other printed materials delivered electronically; and CD-Rom.

new text begin (c) new text end"Individualized instructional or cooperative learning materials" do not include
instructional equipment, instructional hardware, or ordinary daily consumable classroom
supplies.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.42, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Cost; limitation.

(a) The cost per pupil of the textbooks, individualized
instructional or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology,
and standardized tests provided for in this section for each school year must not exceed the
statewide average expenditure per pupil, adjusted pursuant to deleted text beginclausedeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (b), by the
Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools for textbooks, individualized
instructional materials and standardized tests as computed and established by the department
by February 1 of the preceding school year from the most recent public school year data
then available.

(b) The cost computed in deleted text beginclausedeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (a) shall be increased by an inflation
adjustment equal to the percent of increase in the formula allowance, pursuant to section
126C.10, subdivision 2, from the second preceding school year to the current school year.
deleted text begin Notwithstanding the amount of the formula allowance for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 in
section 126C.10, subdivision 2, the commissioner shall use the amount of the formula
allowance for the current year minus $414 in determining the inflation adjustment for fiscal
years 2015 and 2016.
deleted text end

(c) The commissioner shall allot to the districts or intermediary service areas the total
cost for each school year of providing or loaning the textbooks, individualized instructional
or cooperative learning materials, software or other educational technology, and standardized
tests for the pupils in each nonpublic school. The allotment shall not exceed the product of
the statewide average expenditure per pupil, according to deleted text beginclausedeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (a), adjusted
pursuant to deleted text beginclausedeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (b), multiplied by the number of nonpublic school pupils who
make requests pursuant to this section and who are enrolled as of September 15 of the current
school year.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.49, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Board control of extracurricular activities.

(a) The board deleted text beginmaydeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end take
charge of and control all extracurricular activities of the teachers and children of the public
schools in the district. Extracurricular activities means all direct and personal services for
pupils for their enjoyment that are managed and operated under the guidance of an adult or
staff member. The board shall allow all resident pupils receiving instruction in a home
school as defined in section 123B.36, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), to be eligible to fully
participate in extracurricular activities on the same basis as public school students.

(b) Extracurricular activities have all of the following characteristics:

(1) they are not offered for school credit nor required for graduation;

(2) they are generally conducted outside school hours, or if partly during school hours,
at times agreed by the participants, and approved by school authorities;

(3) the content of the activities is determined primarily by the pupil participants under
the guidance of a staff member or other adult.

deleted text begin (c) If the board does not take charge of and control extracurricular activities, these
activities shall be self-sustaining with all expenses, except direct salary costs and indirect
costs of the use of school facilities, met by dues, admissions, or other student fund-raising
events. The general fund must reflect only those salaries directly related to and readily
identified with the activity and paid by public funds. Other revenues and expenditures for
extra curricular activities must be recorded according to the Manual for Activity Fund
Accounting. Extracurricular activities not under board control must have an annual financial
audit and must also be audited annually for compliance with this section.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities,deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end Any or all
costs of these activities may be provided from school revenues and all revenues and
expenditures for these activities shall be recorded in the same manner as other revenues and
expenditures of the district.

deleted text begin (e) If the board takes charge of and controls extracurricular activities,deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end The teachers
or pupils in the district must not participate in such activity, nor shall the school name or
any allied name be used in connection therewith, except by consent and direction of the
board.

new text begin (e) A school district must reserve revenue raised for extracurricular activities and spend
the revenue only for extracurricular activities.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.92, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section and section 125A.76, the terms
defined in this subdivision have the meanings given to them.

(a) "Actual expenditure per pupil transported in the regular and excess transportation
categories" means the quotient obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of:

(i) all expenditures for transportation in the regular category, as defined in paragraph
(b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause (2), plus

(ii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's school bus fleet and
mobile units computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 15 percent per year for districts
operating a program under section 124D.128 for grades 1 to 12 for all students in the district
and 12-1/2 percent per year for other districts of the cost of the fleet, plus

(iii) an amount equal to one year's depreciation on the district's type III vehicles, as
defined in section 169.011, subdivision 71, which must be used a majority of the time for
pupil transportation purposes, computed on a straight line basis at the rate of 20 percent per
year of the cost of the type three school buses by:

(2) the number of pupils eligible for transportation in the regular category, as defined
in paragraph (b), clause (1), and the excess category, as defined in paragraph (b), clause
(2).

(b) "Transportation category" means a category of transportation service provided to
pupils as follows:

(1) Regular transportation is:

(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident elementary
pupils residing one mile or more from the public or nonpublic school they attend, and
resident secondary pupils residing two miles or more from the public or nonpublic school
they attend, excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportation;
but with respect to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools, only to the extent
permitted by sections 123B.84 to 123B.87;

(ii) transportation of resident pupils to and from language immersion programs;

(iii) transportation of a pupil who is a custodial parent and that pupil's child between the
pupil's home and the child care provider and between the provider and the school, if the
home and provider are within the attendance area of the school;

(iv) transportation to and from or board and lodging in another district, of resident pupils
of a district without a secondary school; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(v) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident elementary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the public school is one mile or more, and for nonresident secondary pupils when
the distance from the attendance area border to the public school is two miles or more,
excluding desegregation transportation and noon kindergarten transportationdeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin; and
new text end

new text begin (vi) transportation of pregnant or parenting pupils to and from a program that was
established on or before January 1, 2018, or that is in operation on or after July 1, 2021,
that provides:
new text end

new text begin (A) academic instruction;
new text end

new text begin (B) at least four hours per week of parenting instruction; and
new text end

new text begin (C) high-quality child care on site during the education day with the capacity to serve
all children of enrolled pupils.
new text end

For the purposes of this paragraph, a district may designate a licensed day care facility,
school day care facility, respite care facility, the residence of a relative, or the residence of
a person or other location chosen by the pupil's parent or guardian, or an after-school program
for children operated by a political subdivision of the state, as the home of a pupil for part
or all of the day, if requested by the pupil's parent or guardian, and if that facility, residence,
or program is within the attendance area of the school the pupil attends.

(2) Excess transportation is:

(i) transportation to and from school during the regular school year for resident secondary
pupils residing at least one mile but less than two miles from the public or nonpublic school
they attend, and transportation to and from school for resident pupils residing less than one
mile from school who are transported because of full-service school zones, extraordinary
traffic, drug, or crime hazards; and

(ii) transportation to and from school during the regular school year required under
subdivision 3 for nonresident secondary pupils when the distance from the attendance area
border to the school is at least one mile but less than two miles from the public school they
attend, and for nonresident pupils when the distance from the attendance area border to the
school is less than one mile from the school and who are transported because of full-service
school zones, extraordinary traffic, drug, or crime hazards.

(3) Desegregation transportation is transportation within and outside of the district during
the regular school year of pupils to and from schools located outside their normal attendance
areas under a plan for desegregation mandated by the commissioner or under court order.

(4) "Transportation services for pupils with disabilities" is:

(i) transportation of pupils with disabilities who cannot be transported on a regular school
bus between home or a respite care facility and school;

(ii) necessary transportation of pupils with disabilities from home or from school to
other buildings, including centers such as developmental achievement centers, hospitals,
and treatment centers where special instruction or services required by sections 125A.03 to
125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 are provided, within or outside the district
where services are provided;

(iii) necessary transportation for resident pupils with disabilities required by sections
125A.12, and 125A.26 to 125A.48;

(iv) board and lodging for pupils with disabilities in a district maintaining special classes;

(v) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, and necessary transportation
required by sections 125A.18, and 125A.26 to 125A.48, for resident pupils with disabilities
who are provided special instruction and services on a shared-time basis or if resident pupils
are not transported, the costs of necessary travel between public and private schools or
neutral instructional sites by essential personnel employed by the district's program for
children with a disability;

(vi) transportation for resident pupils with disabilities to and from board and lodging
facilities when the pupil is boarded and lodged for educational purposes;

(vii) transportation of pupils for a curricular field trip activity on a school bus equipped
with a power lift when the power lift is required by a student's disability or section 504 plan;
and

(viii) services described in clauses (i) to (vii), when provided for pupils with disabilities
in conjunction with a summer instructional program that relates to the pupil's individualized
education program or in conjunction with a learning year program established under section
124D.128.

For purposes of computing special education initial aid under section 125A.76, the cost
of providing transportation for children with disabilities includes (A) the additional cost of
transporting a student in a shelter care facility as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision
30, a homeless student in another district to the school of origin, or a formerly homeless
student from a permanent home in another district to the school of origin but only through
the end of the academic year; and (B) depreciation on district-owned school buses purchased
after July 1, 2005, and used primarily for transportation of pupils with disabilities, calculated
according to paragraph (a), clauses (ii) and (iii). Depreciation costs included in the disabled
transportation category must be excluded in calculating the actual expenditure per pupil
transported in the regular and excess transportation categories according to paragraph (a).
For purposes of subitem (A), a school district may transport a child who does not have a
school of origin to the same school attended by that child's sibling, if the siblings are homeless
or in a shelter care facility.

(5) "Nonpublic nonregular transportation" is:

(i) transportation from one educational facility to another within the district for resident
pupils enrolled on a shared-time basis in educational programs, excluding transportation
for nonpublic pupils with disabilities under clause (4);

(ii) transportation within district boundaries between a nonpublic school and a public
school or a neutral site for nonpublic school pupils who are provided pupil support services
pursuant to section 123B.44; and

(iii) late transportation home from school or between schools within a district for
nonpublic school pupils involved in after-school activities.

(c) "Mobile unit" means a vehicle or trailer designed to provide facilities for educational
programs and services, including diagnostic testing, guidance and counseling services, and
health services. A mobile unit located off nonpublic school premises is a neutral site as
defined in section 123B.41, subdivision 13.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.4531, is amended to read:


124D.4531 CAREER AND TECHNICAL REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Career and technical revenue.

(a) A district with a career and technical
program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified is
eligible for career and technical revenue equal to deleted text begin35deleted text endnew text begin 50new text end percent of approved expenditures
in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified for the following:

(1) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct instructional services
to students in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered in the
district's approved career and technical education programs, excluding salaries reimbursed
by another school district under clause (2);

(2) amounts paid to another Minnesota school district for salaries of essential, licensed
personnel providing direct instructional services to students in that fiscal year for services
rendered in the district's approved career and technical education programs;

(3) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota
school district or cooperative center under chapter 123A or 136D;

(4) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical education
personnel;

(5) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for vocational
student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;

(6) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for improvement
based on program assessment;

(7) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for noncollegiate
credit-bearing professional development; and

(8) specialized vocational instructional supplies.

(b) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal year
in which it is certified.

deleted text begin (c) The amount of the revenue calculated under this subdivision may not exceed
$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 for taxes payable in 2013, and
$20,657,000 for taxes payable in 2014.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d) If the estimated revenue exceeds the amount in paragraph (c), the commissioner must
reduce the percentage in paragraph (a) until the estimated revenue no longer exceeds the
limit in paragraph (c).
deleted text end

Subd. 1a.

Career and technical levy.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal year 2014 only, a district may levy
an amount not more than the product of its career and technical revenue times the lesser of
one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the fiscal year in
which the levy is certified to the career and technical revenue equalizing factor. The career
and technical revenue equalizing factor for fiscal year 2014 equals $7,612.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2015 and later,deleted text end A district may levy an amount not more than the
product of its career and technical revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted
net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit in the fiscal year in which the levy is certified to the
career and technical revenue equalizing factor. The career and technical revenue equalizing
factor deleted text beginfor fiscal year 2015 and laterdeleted text end equals deleted text begin$7,612deleted text endnew text begin $13,575new text end.

Subd. 1b.

Career and technical aid.

deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2014 and later,deleted text end A district's career
and technical aid equals its career and technical revenue less its career and technical levy.
If the district levy is less than the permitted levy, the district's career and technical aid shall
be reduced proportionately.

Subd. 2.

Allocation from cooperative centers and intermediate districts.

For purposes
of this section, a cooperative center or an intermediate district must allocate its approved
expenditures for career and technical education programs among participating districts.

Subd. 3.

Revenue guarantee.

Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), the career
and technical education revenue for a district is not less than the lesser of:

(1) the district's career and technical education revenue for the previous fiscal year; or

(2) 100 percent of the approved expenditures for career and technical programs included
in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified.

deleted text begin Subd. 3a. deleted text end

deleted text begin Revenue adjustments. deleted text end

deleted text begin Notwithstanding subdivisions 1, 1a, and 3, for taxes
payable in 2012 to 2014 only, the department must calculate the career and technical revenue
for each district according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531, and adjust the
revenue for each district proportionately to meet the statewide revenue target under
subdivision 1, paragraph (c). For purposes of calculating the revenue guarantee under
subdivision 3, the career and technical education revenue for the previous fiscal year is the
revenue according to Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.4531, before adjustments to
meet the statewide revenue target.
deleted text end

Subd. 4.

District reports.

Each district or cooperative center must report data to the
department for all career and technical education programs as required by the department
to implement the career and technical revenue formula.

Subd. 5.

Allocation from districts participating in agreements for secondary
education or interdistrict cooperation.

For purposes of this section, a district with a career
and technical program approved under this section that participates in an agreement under
section 123A.30 or 123A.32 must allocate its revenue authority under this section among
participating districts.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

School district deleted text beginELdeleted text endnew text begin English learner programnew text end revenue.

(a) A district's English
learner programs revenue equals the product of (1) deleted text begin$704deleted text endnew text begin $740new text end times (2) the greater of 20
or the adjusted average daily membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district
during the current fiscal year.

(b) A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following the
school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided
assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Prospective employees. new text end

new text begin A charter school must, before making an offer of
employment to a person, request a copy of the person's personnel file from the previous
employing district or charter school.
new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Revenue calculation.

(a) General education revenue must be paid to a
charter school as though it were a district. The general education revenue for each adjusted
pupil unit is the state average general education revenue per pupil unit, plus the referendum
equalization aid allowancenew text begin and first tier local optional aid allowancenew text end in the pupil's district
of residence, minus an amount equal to the product of the formula allowance according to
section 126C.10, subdivision 2, times .0466, calculated without declining enrollment revenue,
local optional revenue, basic skills revenue, extended time revenue, pension adjustment
revenue, transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment
revenue, basic skills revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and transition revenue as though
the school were a school district.

(b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer program,
the general education revenue in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal to 25 percent
of the statewide average extended time revenue per adjusted pupil unit.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the general education revenue for an eligible special
education charter school as defined in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, equals the sum of
the amount determined under paragraph (a) and the school's unreimbursed cost as defined
in section 124E.21, subdivision 2, for educating students not eligible for special education
services.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Basic revenue.

The basic revenue for each district equals the formula allowance
times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. deleted text beginThe formula allowance for fiscal year
2017 is $6,067. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2018 is $6,188.
deleted text end The formula allowance
for fiscal year 2019 deleted text beginand laterdeleted text end is $6,312.new text begin The formula allowance for fiscal year 2020 is $6,501.
The formula allowance for fiscal year 2021 and later is $6,631.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:


Subd. 2d.

Declining enrollment revenue.

(a) A school district's declining enrollment
revenue equals the greater of zero or the product of: (1) 28 percent of the formula allowance
for that year and (2) the difference between the adjusted pupil units for the preceding year
and the adjusted pupil units for the current year.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 only, a pupil
enrolled at the Crosswinds school shall not generate declining enrollment revenue for the
district or charter school in which the pupil was last counted in average daily membership.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 only,
prekindergarten pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end, must
be excluded from the calculation of declining enrollment revenue.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:


Subd. 2e.

Local optional revenue.

(a) new text beginFor fiscal year 2020, new text endlocal optional revenue for
a school district equals $424 times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school
year.new text begin For fiscal year 2021 and later, local optional revenue for a school district equals the
sum of the district's first tier local optional revenue and second tier local optional revenue.
A district's first tier local optional revenue equals $300 times the adjusted pupil units of the
district for that school year. A district's second tier local optional revenue equals $424 times
the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.
new text end

(b) new text beginFor fiscal year 2020, new text enda district's local optional levy equals its local optional revenue
times the lesser of one or the ratio of its referendum market value per resident pupil unit to
$510,000.new text begin For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's local optional levy equals the sum of
the first tier local optional levy and the second tier local optional levy. A district's first tier
local optional levy equals the district's first tier local optional revenue times the lesser of
one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $880,000.
A district's second tier local optional levy equals the district's second tier local optional
revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value per
resident pupil unit to $510,000.
new text end The local optional deleted text beginrevenuedeleted text end levy must be spread on referendum
market value. A district may levy less than the permitted amount.

(c) A district's local optional aid equals its local optional revenue deleted text beginlessdeleted text endnew text begin minusnew text end its local
optional levydeleted text begin, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levydeleted text end.new text begin If a district's
actual levy for first or second tier local optional revenue is less than its maximum levy limit
for that tier, its aid must be proportionately reduced.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Compensatory education revenue.

(a) The compensatory education revenue
for each building in the district equals the formula allowance minus $839 times the
compensation revenue pupil units computed according to section 126C.05, subdivision 3.
A district's compensatory revenue equals the sum of its compensatory revenue for each
building in the district and the amounts designated under Laws 2015, First Special Session
chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 8, for fiscal year 2017. Revenue shall be paid
to the district and must be allocated according to section 126C.15, subdivision 2.

(b) When the district contracting with an alternative program under section 124D.69
changes prior to the start of a school year, the compensatory revenue generated by pupils
attending the program shall be paid to the district contracting with the alternative program
for the current school year, and shall not be paid to the district contracting with the alternative
program for the prior school year.

(c) When the fiscal agent district for an area learning center changes prior to the start of
a school year, the compensatory revenue shall be paid to the fiscal agent district for the
current school year, and shall not be paid to the fiscal agent district for the prior school year.

deleted text begin (d) Of the amount of revenue under this subdivision, 1.7 percent for fiscal year 2018,
3.5 percent for fiscal year 2019, and for fiscal year 2020 and later, 3.5 percent plus the
percentage change in the formula allowance from fiscal year 2019, must be used for extended
time activities under subdivision 2a, paragraph (c).
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:


Subd. 13a.

Operating capital levy.

To obtain operating capital revenue, a district may
levy an amount not more than the product of its operating capital revenue for the fiscal year
times the lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to
the operating capital equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals deleted text begin$15,740
for fiscal year 2017, $20,548 for fiscal year 2018, $24,241 for fiscal year 2019, and $22,912
deleted text endnew text begin
$23,902
new text end for fiscal year 2020new text begin, $23,885 for fiscal year 2021, $23,895 for fiscal year 2022,
and $23,974 for fiscal year 2023
new text end and later.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 18a, is amended to read:


Subd. 18a.

Pupil transportation adjustment.

(a) An independent, common, or special
school district's transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 is increased by the
greater of zero or 18.2 percent of the difference between:

(1) the lesser of the district's total cost for regular and excess pupil transportation under
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), including depreciation, for the previous fiscal
year or 105 percent of the district's total cost for the second previous fiscal year; and

(2) the sum of:

(i) 4.66 percent of the district's basic revenue for the previous fiscal year;

(ii) transportation sparsity revenue under subdivision 18 for the previous fiscal year;
deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(iii) the district's charter school transportation adjustment for the previous fiscal yeardeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
and
new text end

new text begin (iv) the district's reimbursement for transportation provided under section 123B.92,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi).
new text end

(b) A charter school's pupil transportation adjustment equals the school district per pupil
adjustment under paragraph (a).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.10, subdivision 24, is amended to read:


Subd. 24.

Equity revenue.

(a) A school district qualifies for equity revenue if:

(1) the school district's adjusted pupil unit amount of basic revenue, transition revenue,
new text begin first tier local optional revenue, new text endand referendum revenue is less than the value of the school
district at or immediately above the 95th percentile of school districts in its equity region
for those revenue categories; and

(2) the school district's administrative offices are not located in a city of the first class
on July 1, 1999.

(b) Equity revenue deleted text beginfor a qualifying district that receives referendum revenue under
section 126C.17, subdivision 4,
deleted text end equals the product of (1) the district's adjusted pupil units
for that year; times (2) the sum of (i) $14, plus (ii) $80, times the school district's equity
index computed under subdivision 27.

deleted text begin (c) Equity revenue for a qualifying district that does not receive referendum revenue
under section 126C.17, subdivision 4, equals the product of the district's adjusted pupil units
for that year times $14.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end A school district's equity revenue is increased by the greater of zero or an amount
equal to the district's adjusted pupil units times the difference between ten percent of the
statewide average amount of referendum revenuenew text begin and first tier local optional revenuenew text end per
adjusted pupil unit for that year andnew text begin the sum ofnew text end the district's referendum revenuenew text begin and first
tier local optional revenue
new text end per adjusted pupil unit. A school district's revenue under this
paragraph must not exceed $100,000 for that year.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end A school district's equity revenue for a school district located in the metro equity
region equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b)deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin andnew text end (c)deleted text begin, and (d)deleted text end multiplied by 1.25.

deleted text begin (f) For fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019 for a school district not included in paragraph
(e), a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d)
multiplied by 1.16.
deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end For fiscal year 2020 and later for a school district not included in
paragraph deleted text begin(e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end, a district's equity revenue equals the amount computed in paragraphs (b)deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin
and
new text end (c)deleted text begin, and (d)deleted text end multiplied by 1.25.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end A school district's additional equity revenue equals $50 times its adjusted pupil
units.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.126, is amended to read:


126C.126 USE OF GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE FOR deleted text beginALL-DAYdeleted text end
KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN.

A school district may spend general education revenue on extended time kindergarten
and prekindergarten programs. At the school board's discretion, the district may use revenue
generated by the deleted text beginall-daydeleted text end kindergarten pupil count under section 126C.05, subdivision 1,
paragraph (d), to meet the needs of three- and four-year-olds in the district. deleted text beginA school district
may not use these funds on programs for three- and four-year-old children while maintaining
a fee-based all-day kindergarten program.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Referendum allowance.

(a) A district's initial referendum allowancenew text begin for
fiscal year 2021 and later
new text end equals the result of the following calculations:

deleted text begin (1) multiply the referendum allowance the district would have received for fiscal year
2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, based on elections
held before July 1, 2013, by the resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have
counted for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) add to the result of clause (1) the adjustment the district would have received under
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based
on elections held before July 1, 2013;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) divide the result of clause (2) by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year
2015;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) add to the result of clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil
unit authorized by elections held between July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (5) add to the result in clause (4) any additional referendum allowance resulting from
inflation adjustments approved by the voters prior to January 1, 2014;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (6) subtract from the result of clause (5), the sum of a district's actual local optional levy
and local optional aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, divided by the adjusted pupil
units of the district for that school year; and
deleted text end

new text begin (1) subtract $424 from the district's allowance under Minnesota Statutes 2018, section
126C.17, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5);
new text end

new text begin (2) if the result of clause (1) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero;
new text end

new text begin (3) add to the result in clause (2) any new referendum allowance authorized between
July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, under Minnesota Statutes 2013, section 126C.17,
subdivision 9a;
new text end

new text begin (4) add to the result in clause (3) any additional referendum allowance per adjusted pupil
unit authorized between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2019;
new text end

new text begin (5) subtract from the result in clause (4) any allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020;
new text end

new text begin (6) subtract $300 from the result in clause (5); and
new text end

(7) if the result of clause (6) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero.

(b) A district's referendum allowance equals the sum of the district's initial referendum
allowance, plus any new referendum allowance authorized deleted text beginbetween July 1, 2013, and
December 31, 2013, under subdivision 9a, plus any additional referendum allowance per
adjusted pupil unit authorized after December 31, 2013
deleted text endnew text begin after July 1, 2019new text end, minus any
allowances expiring in fiscal year deleted text begin2016deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end or later,new text begin plus any inflation adjustments for
fiscal year 2021 and later approved by the voters prior to July 1, 2019,
new text end provided that the
allowance may not be less than zero. deleted text beginFor a district with more than one referendum allowance
for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, the allowance calculated
under paragraph (a), clause (3), must be divided into components such that the same
percentage of the district's allowance expires at the same time as the old allowances would
have expired under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17.
deleted text end For a district with more than
one allowance for fiscal year 2015 that expires in the same year, the reduction under
paragraph (a), deleted text beginclausedeleted text endnew text begin clauses (1) andnew text end (6), deleted text beginto offset local optional revenuedeleted text end shall be made first
from any allowances that do not have an inflation adjustment approved by the voters.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Referendum allowance limit.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, for fiscal
year deleted text begin2015deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end and later, a district's referendum allowance must not exceed deleted text beginthe annual
inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b) times
deleted text end the deleted text begingreatestdeleted text endnew text begin greaternew text end of:

(1) deleted text begin$1,845deleted text endnew text begin the product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph
(b), and $2,079.50, minus $300
new text end;

(2) new text beginthe product of the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b),
and
new text endthe sum of the referendum revenue the district would have received for fiscal year 2015
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 4, based on elections held
before July 1, 2013, and the adjustment the district would have received under Minnesota
Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections
held before July 1, 2013, divided by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015new text begin,
minus $300
new text end;

(3) deleted text beginthe product of the referendum allowance limit the district would have received for
fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, and the
resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have received for fiscal year 2015 under
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05, subdivision 6, plus the adjustment the district
deleted text enddeleted text begin would have received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7,
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013, divided by the
district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015; minus $424
deleted text endnew text begin for a newly reorganized
district created on July 1, 2020, the referendum revenue authority for each reorganizing
district in the year preceding reorganization divided by its adjusted pupil units for the year
preceding reorganization, minus $300
new text end; or

(4) for a newly reorganized district created after July 1, deleted text begin2013deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end, the referendum
revenue authority for each reorganizing district in the year preceding reorganization divided
by its adjusted pupil units for the year preceding reorganization.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, for fiscal year deleted text begin2016deleted text endnew text begin 2022new text end and later, "inflationary
increase" means one plus the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for urban
consumers, as prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor deleted text beginStandardsdeleted text endnew text begin Statisticsnew text end, for the
current fiscal year to fiscal year deleted text begin2015. For fiscal year 2016 and later, for purposes of
paragraph (a), clause (3), the inflationary increase equals one-fourth of the percentage
increase in the formula allowance for that year compared with the formula allowance for
fiscal year 2015
deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Referendum equalization revenue.

(a) A district's referendum equalization
revenue equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization revenue and the second tier
referendum equalization revenuedeleted text begin, and the third tier referendum equalization revenuedeleted text end.

(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's first tier
referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.

(c) A district's first tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the
district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or deleted text begin$300deleted text endnew text begin $460new text end.

(d) A district's second tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's second
tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.

(e) A district's second tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the
district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or deleted text begin$760, minus the district's first tier
referendum equalization allowance.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (f) A district's third tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's third tier
referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (g) A district's third tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of the
district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or
deleted text end 25 percent of the formula allowance,
minus the sum of new text begin$300 and new text endthe district's first tier referendum equalization allowance deleted text beginand
second tier referendum equalization allowance
deleted text end.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end Notwithstanding paragraph deleted text begin(g)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end, the deleted text beginthirddeleted text endnew text begin secondnew text end tier referendum allowance
for a district qualifying for secondary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision
7
, or elementary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 8, equals the district's
referendum allowance under subdivision 1 minus the deleted text beginsum of thedeleted text end district's first tier referendum
equalization allowance deleted text beginand second tier referendum equalization allowancedeleted text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Referendum equalization levy.

(a) A district's referendum equalization levy
equals the sum of the first tier referendum equalization levydeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin andnew text end the second tier referendum
equalization levydeleted text begin, and the third tier referendum equalization levydeleted text end.

(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's first tier
referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident pupil unit to deleted text begin$880,000deleted text endnew text begin $650,000new text end.

(c) A district's second tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's second tier
referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident pupil unit to deleted text begin$510,000deleted text endnew text begin $290,000new text end.

deleted text begin (d) A district's third tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's third tier
referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $290,000.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Referendum equalization aid.

(a) A district's referendum equalization aid
equals the difference between its referendum equalization revenue and levy.

(b) If a district's actual levy for first, second, or third tier referendum equalization revenue
is less than its maximum levy limit for that tier, aid shall be proportionately reduced.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the referendum equalization aid for a districtdeleted text begin, where
the referendum equalization aid under paragraph (a) exceeds 90 percent of the referendum
revenue,
deleted text end must not exceednew text begin: (1)new text end 25 percent of the formula allowancenew text begin minus $300;new text end times new text begin(2)
new text end the district's adjusted pupil units. A district's referendum levy is increased by the amount
of any reduction in referendum aid under this paragraph.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:


Subd. 7a.

Referendum tax base replacement aid.

For each school district that had a
referendum allowance for fiscal year 2002 exceeding $415, for each separately authorized
referendum levy, the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the commissioner of
education, shall certify the amount of the referendum levy in taxes payable year 2001
attributable to the portion of the referendum allowance exceeding $415 levied against
property classified as class 2, noncommercial 4c(1), or 4c(4), under section 273.13, excluding
the portion of the tax paid by the portion of class 2a property consisting of the house, garage,
and surrounding one acre of land. The resulting amount must be used to reduce the district's
referendum levynew text begin or first tier local optional levynew text end amount otherwise determined, and must be
paid to the district each year that the referendum new text beginor first tier local optional new text endauthority remains
in effect, is renewed, or new referendum authority is approved. The aid payable under this
subdivision must be subtracted from the district's referendum equalization aid under
subdivision 7. The referendum equalization aidnew text begin and the first tier local optional aidnew text end after the
subtraction must not be less than zero.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Referendum revenue.

(a) The revenue authorized by section 126C.10,
subdivision 1
, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district at a
referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board. The
referendum must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy authority,
if approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase may be held
in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under subdivision 11,
paragraph (a), the referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November. The ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased revenue per adjusted
pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule, determined by the board, of increased revenue
per adjusted pupil unit that differs from year to year over the number of years for which the
increased revenue is authorized or may state that the amount shall increase annually by the
rate of inflation. For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the annual inflationary increase
calculated under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may state that existing referendum
levy authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also compare the proposed levy
authority to the existing expiring levy authority, and express the proposed increase as the
amount, if any, over the expiring referendum levy authority. The ballot must designate the
specific number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the referendum authorization appliesnew text begin,
and may state that the referendum may be renewed by school board resolution subject to a
reverse referendum
new text end. The ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke or reduce the
increased revenue amount under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term "per adjusted pupil
unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under section 275.60 may be modified to read, in
cases of renewing existing levies at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year:

"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING TO
EXTEND AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM THAT IS SCHEDULED
TO EXPIRE."

The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this subdivision
and a question stating substantially the following:

"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of ......., School
District No. .., be approved?"

If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per adjusted pupil unit times the
adjusted pupil units for the school year beginning in the year after the levy is certified shall
be authorized for certification for the number of years approved, if applicable, or until
revoked or reduced by the voters of the district at a subsequent referendum.

(b) The board must deliver by mail at least 15 days but no more than 30 days before the
day of the referendum new text beginor the day of the meeting required under subdivision 9b, paragraph
(a), clause (4),
new text end to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum and the proposed revenue increase.
The board need not mail more than one notice to any taxpayer. For the purpose of giving
mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be those shown to be owners on the
records of the county auditor or, in any county where tax statements are mailed by the county
treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer. Every property owner whose name does
not appear on the records of the county auditor or the county treasurer is deemed to have
waived this mailed notice unless the owner has requested in writing that the county auditor
or county treasurer, as the case may be, include the name on the records for this purpose.
The notice must project the anticipated amount of tax increase in annual dollars for typical
residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial
property within the school district.

The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring and
project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in the first
year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural homesteads,
apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.

The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will result
in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing levies, new text beginwhether
by board action or by an election,
new text end the notice may include the following statement: "Passage
of this referendum extends an existing operating referendum at the same amount per pupil
as in the previous year."

(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue amount
authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board. A referendum to revoke
or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per adjusted pupil unit by which the
authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the voters of the district pursuant
to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at least once before it is subject to
a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent years. Only one revocation or
reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce referendum revenue for any specific
year and for years thereafter.

(d) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to
pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.

(e) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a copy of
the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county auditor of
each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results of the referendum
have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the certification of the results
of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify the commissioner of the
results of the referendum.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 9b. new text end

new text begin Renewal by school board. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding the election requirements of
subdivision 9, a school board may renew an expiring referendum approved by the voters
after July 1, 2019, by board action if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the ballot for the expiring referendum included a statement that the referendum may
be renewed by school board resolution subject to a reverse referendum;
new text end

new text begin (2) the per-pupil amount of the referendum is the same as the amount expiring or, for
an expiring referendum that was adjusted annually by the rate of inflation, the same as the
per-pupil amount of the expiring referendum, adjusted annually for inflation in the same
manner as if the expiring referendum had continued;
new text end

new text begin (3) the term of the renewed referendum is no longer than the initial term approved by
the voters; and
new text end

new text begin (4) the school board has adopted a written resolution authorizing the renewal after holding
a meeting and allowing public testimony on the proposed renewal.
new text end

new text begin (b) The resolution must be adopted by the school board by June 15 and becomes effective
60 days after its adoption.
new text end

new text begin (c) A referendum expires at the end of the last fiscal year in which the referendum
generates revenue for the school district. A school board may renew an expiring referendum
under this subdivision not more than two fiscal years before the referendum expires.
new text end

new text begin (d) A district renewing an expiring referendum under this subdivision must submit a
copy of the adopted resolution to the commissioner and to the county auditor no later than
September 1 of the calendar year in which the levy is certified.
new text end

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.17, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin Reverse referendum. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "board-renewed
referendum authority" means referendum authority renewed by the school board.
new text end

new text begin (b) A referendum on the question of revoking board-renewed referendum authority under
subdivision 9b shall be called by the board upon written petition of qualified voters of the
district. A referendum to revoke a district's board-renewed referendum authority must state
the authority to be revoked in total and per pupil unit. A revocation referendum may be held
to revoke board-renewed referendum authority for the subsequent fiscal year and for years
thereafter.
new text end

new text begin (c) A petition authorized by this subdivision is effective if:
new text end

new text begin (1) signed by more than 25 percent of the registered voters of the district on the day the
petition is filed with the board; and
new text end

new text begin (2) filed with the board by June 1 of that year.
new text end

new text begin A referendum invoked by petition must be held on the date required in subdivision 9.
new text end

new text begin (d) The approval of more than 50 percent of those voting on the question is required to
revoke board-renewed referendum authority.
new text end

Sec. 36.

new text begin [127A.20] EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Purpose and applicability. new text end

new text begin The purpose of this section is to create a
process to describe, measure, and report on the effectiveness of any prekindergarten through
grade 12 grant programs funded in whole or in part through funds appropriated by the
legislature to the commissioner of education for grants to organizations. The evidence-based
evaluation required by this section applies to all grants awarded by the commissioner of
education on or after July 1, 2019.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Goals. new text end

new text begin Each applicant for a grant awarded by the commissioner of education
must include in the grant application a statement of the goals of the grant. To the extent
practicable, the goals must be aligned to the state's world's best workforce and the federally
required Every Student Succeeds Act accountability systems.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Strategies and data. new text end

new text begin Each applicant must include in the grant application a
description of the strategies that will be used to meet the goals specified in the application.
The applicant must also include a plan to collect data to measure the effectiveness of the
strategies outlined in the grant application.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin Within 180 days of the end of the grant period, each grant recipient
must compile a report that describes the data that was collected and evaluate the effectiveness
of the strategies. The evidence-based report may identify or propose alternative strategies
based on the results of the data. The report must be submitted to the commissioner of
education and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over prekindergarten through grade 12 education. The report must be filed
with the Legislative Reference Library according to section 3.195.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Grant defined. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, a grant means money appropriated
from the state general fund to the commissioner of education for distribution to the grant
recipients.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.45, subdivision 13, is amended to read:


Subd. 13.

Aid payment percentage.

new text begin(a) new text endExcept as provided in subdivisions 11, 12, 12a,
and 14, each fiscal year, all education aids and credits in this chapter and chapters 120A,
120B, 121A, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 124E, 125A, 125B, 126C, 134, and section 273.1392,
shall be paid at the current year aid payment percentage of the estimated entitlement during
the fiscal year of the entitlement.

new text begin (b)new text end For the purposes of this subdivision, a district's estimated entitlement for special
education aid under section 125A.76 deleted text beginfor fiscal year 2014 and laterdeleted text end equals 97.4 percent of
the district's entitlement for the current fiscal year.

new text begin (c)new text end The final adjustment payment, according to subdivision 9, must be the amount of
the actual entitlement, after adjustment for actual data, minus the payments made during
the fiscal year of the entitlement.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.49, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Abatements.

Whenever by virtue of chapter 278, sections 270C.86, 375.192,
or otherwise, the net tax capacity or referendum market value of any district for any taxable
year is changed after the taxes for that year have been spread by the county auditor and the
local tax rate as determined by the county auditor based upon the original net tax capacity
is applied upon the changed net tax capacities, the county auditor deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end, prior to February
1 of each year, certify to the commissioner of education the amount of any resulting net
revenue loss that accrued to the district during the preceding year. Each year, the
commissioner deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end pay an abatement adjustment to the district in an amount calculated
according to the provisions of this subdivision. This amount deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be deducted from
the amount of the levy authorized by section 126C.46. The amount of the abatement
adjustment must be the product of:

(1) the net revenue loss as certified by the county auditor, times

(2) the ratio of:

(i) the sum of the amounts of the district's certified levy in the third preceding year
according to the following:

(A) section deleted text begin123B.57deleted text endnew text begin 123B.595new text end, if the district received deleted text beginhealth and safetydeleted text endnew text begin long-term
facilities maintenance
new text end aid according to that section for the second preceding year;

(B) section 124D.20, if the district received aid for community education programs
according to that section for the second preceding year;

(C) section 124D.135, subdivision 3, if the district received early childhood family
education aid according to section 124D.135 for the second preceding year;

(D) section 126C.17, subdivision 6, if the district received referendum equalization aid
according to that section for the second preceding year;

(E) section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, if the district received operating capital aid
according to section 126C.10, subdivision 13b, in the second preceding year;

(F) section 126C.10, subdivision 29, if the district received equity aid according to
section 126C.10, subdivision 30, in the second preceding year;

(G) section 126C.10, subdivision 32, if the district received transition aid according to
section 126C.10, subdivision 33, in the second preceding year;

(H) section 123B.53, subdivision 5, if the district received debt service equalization aid
according to section 123B.53, subdivision 6, in the second preceding year;

(I) section 123B.535, subdivision 4, if the district received natural disaster debt service
equalization aid according to section 123B.535, subdivision 5, in the second preceding year;

(J) section 124D.22, subdivision 3, if the district received school-age care aid according
to section 124D.22, subdivision 4, in the second preceding year;

(K) section deleted text begin123B.591, subdivision 3deleted text endnew text begin 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (b)new text end, if the district
received deleted text begindeferred maintenancedeleted text endnew text begin local optionalnew text end aid according to section deleted text begin123B.591, subdivision
4
deleted text endnew text begin 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (c)new text end, in the second preceding year; and

(L) section 122A.415, subdivision 5, if the district received alternative teacher
compensation equalization aid according to section 122A.415, subdivision 6, paragraph (a),
in the second preceding year; to

(ii) the total amount of the district's certified levy in the third preceding December, plus
or minus auditor's adjustments.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 257.0725, is amended to read:


257.0725 ANNUAL REPORT.

The commissioner of human services shall publish an annual report on child maltreatment
and on children in out-of-home placement. The commissioner shall confer with counties,
child welfare organizations, child advocacy organizations, the courts, and other groups on
how to improve the content and utility of the department's annual report. In regard to child
maltreatment, the report shall include the number and kinds of maltreatment reports received
and any other data that the commissioner determines is appropriate to include in a report
on child maltreatment. In regard to children in out-of-home placement, the report shall
include, by county and statewide, information on legal status, living arrangement, age, sex,
race, accumulated length of time in placement, reason for most recent placement, race of
family with whom placed,new text begin school enrollments within seven days of placement pursuant to
section 120A.21,
new text end and other information deemed appropriate on all children in out-of-home
placement. Out-of-home placement includes placement in any facility by an authorized
child-placing agency.

Sec. 40. new text beginPUPIL TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Duties. new text end

new text begin (a) A working group on pupil transportation is created to review
pupil transportation and transportation efficiencies in Minnesota, to consult with stakeholders,
and to submit a written report to the legislature recommending policy and formula changes.
The pupil transportation working group must examine and consider:
new text end

new text begin (1) how school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts, special education
cooperatives, education districts, and service cooperatives deliver pupil transportation
services and the costs associated with each model;
new text end

new text begin (2) relevant state laws and rules;
new text end

new text begin (3) trends in pupil transportation services;
new text end

new text begin (4) strategies or programs that would be effective in funding necessary pupil
transportation services; and
new text end

new text begin (5) the effect of the elimination of categorical funding for pupil transportation services.
new text end

new text begin (b) In making its recommendations, the pupil transportation working group must consider
a ten-year strategic plan informed by the policy findings in paragraph (a) to help make pupil
transportation funding more fair.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Members. new text end

new text begin (a) By June 1, 2019, the executive director of each of the following
organizations must appoint one representative of that organization to serve as a member of
the working group:
new text end

new text begin (1) Minnesota School Boards Association;
new text end

new text begin (2) Minnesota Association of Charter Schools;
new text end

new text begin (3) Education Minnesota;
new text end

new text begin (4) Minnesota Rural Education Association;
new text end

new text begin (5) Association of Metropolitan School Districts;
new text end

new text begin (6) Minnesota Association for Pupil Transportation;
new text end

new text begin (7) Minnesota School Bus Operators Association;
new text end

new text begin (8) Minnesota Association of School Administrators;
new text end

new text begin (9) Minnesota Association of School Business Officials;
new text end

new text begin (10) Schools for Equity in Education;
new text end

new text begin (11) Service Employees International Union Local 284;
new text end

new text begin (12) Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals;
new text end

new text begin (13) Minnesota Administrators of Special Education; and
new text end

new text begin (14) Minnesota Transportation Alliance.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner of education must solicit applications for membership in the
working group. By June 25, 2019, the commissioner must designate from the applicants
the following to serve as members of the working group:
new text end

new text begin (1) a representative from an intermediate school district;
new text end

new text begin (2) a representative from a special education cooperative, education district, or service
cooperative;
new text end

new text begin (3) a representative from a school district in a city of the first class;
new text end

new text begin (4) a representative from a school district in a first tier suburb;
new text end

new text begin (5) a representative from a rural school district; and
new text end

new text begin (6) a representative from a statewide nonprofit advocacy organization serving students
with disabilities and their parents.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Meetings. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education, or the commissioner's designee,
must convene the first meeting of the working group no later than July 15, 2019. The working
group must select a chair or cochairs from among its members at the first meeting. The
working group must meet periodically. Meetings of the working group are subject to
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Compensation. new text end

new text begin Working group members are not eligible to receive expenses
or per diem payments for serving on the working group.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Administrative support. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must provide technical
and administrative assistance to the working group upon request.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin (a) By January 15, 2020, the working group must submit a report
providing its findings and recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education.
new text end

new text begin (b) At its 2020 annual session, the legislature is encouraged to convene a legislative
study group to review the recommendations and ten-year strategic plan to develop its own
recommendations for legislative changes, as necessary.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin The working group expires upon submission of the report required
in subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 41. new text beginPERMANENT SCHOOL FUND COMPENSATION AID.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Transfer. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must pay permanent school fund
compensation aid to school districts with the money transferred from the state budget surplus
under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (6).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Student and school safety aid. new text end

new text begin (a) Concurrent with the September and March
apportionments from the school endowment fund to each school district and charter school
under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.33, the commissioner must distribute student and
school safety aid equal to a total of $57.08 times each district's adjusted average daily
membership for fiscal year 2019. This amount may be apportioned over one or more years.
new text end

new text begin (b) The state aid received under this section may be used for student and staff safety
activities consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.44, or for any other school-related
purpose as deemed appropriate by the board.
new text end

Sec. 42. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin General education aid. new text end

new text begin For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,446,529,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,660,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $700,383,000 for 2019 and $6,746,146,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $749,571,000 for 2020 and $6,910,929,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Enrollment options transportation. new text end

new text begin For transportation of pupils attending
postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 24,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 26,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Abatement aid. new text end

new text begin For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,897,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,971,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $274,000 for 2019 and $2,623,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $291,000 for 2020 and $2,680,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Consolidation transition aid. new text end

new text begin For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 0
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 270,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $0 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $0 for 2020 and $270,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Nonpublic pupil education aid. new text end

new text begin For nonpublic pupil education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 18,135,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 18,728,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $1,806,000 for 2019 and $16,509,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $1,834,000 for 2020 and $16,894,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Nonpublic pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 19,649,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 19,920,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $1,961,000 for 2019 and $17,688,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $1,965,000 for 2020 and $17,955,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin One-room schoolhouse. new text end

new text begin For a grant to Independent School District No. 690,
Warroad, to operate the Angle Inlet School:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 65,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 65,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Career and technical aid. new text end

new text begin For career and technical aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,751,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 15,471,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $422,000 for 2019 and $3,329,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $369,000 for 2020 and $15,102,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Pregnant and parenting pupil transportation reimbursement. new text end

new text begin (a) To
reimburse districts for transporting pregnant or parenting pupils under Minnesota Statutes,
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), item (vi):
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 56,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 56,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) To receive reimbursement, districts must apply using the form and manner of
application prescribed by the commissioner. If the appropriation is insufficient, the
commissioner must prorate the amount paid to districts seeking reimbursement.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

Sec. 43. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 126C.17, subdivision 9a; and 127A.14, new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

ARTICLE 2

EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 5A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs.

(a) A school district
or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange or study or
other travel abroad program new text beginor whose enrolled students participate in a foreign exchange
or study or other travel abroad program
new text endunder a written agreement between the district or
charter school and the program provider must use a form developed by the Department of
Education to annually report to the department by November 1 the following data from the
previous school year:

(1) the number of Minnesota student deaths that occurred while Minnesota students were
participating in the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program and that resulted
from Minnesota students participating in the program;

(2) the number of Minnesota students hospitalized due to accidents and the illnesses that
occurred while Minnesota students were participating in the foreign exchange or study or
other travel abroad program and that resulted from Minnesota students participating in the
program; and

(3) the name and type of the foreign exchange or study or other travel abroad program
and the city or region where the reported death, hospitalization due to accident, or the illness
occurred.

(b) School districts and charter schools must ask but must not require enrolled eligible
students and the parents or guardians of other enrolled students who complete a foreign
exchange or study or other travel abroad program to disclose the information under paragraph
(a).

(c) When reporting the data under paragraph (a), a school district or charter school may
supplement the data with a brief explanatory statement. The Department of Education
annually must aggregate and publish the reported data on the department website in a format
that facilitates public access to the aggregated data and include links to both the United
States Department of State's Consular Information Program that informs the public of
conditions abroad that may affect students' safety and security and the publicly available
reports on sexual assaults and other criminal acts affecting students participating in a foreign
exchange or study or other travel abroad program.

(d) School districts and charter schools with enrolled students who participate in foreign
exchange or study or other travel abroad programs under a written agreement between the
district or charter school and the program provider are encouraged to adopt policies
supporting the programs and to include program standards in their policies to ensure students'
health and safety.

(e) To be eligible under this subdivision to provide a foreign exchange or study or other
travel abroad program to Minnesota students enrolled in a school district or charter school,
a program provider annually must register with the secretary of state and provide the
following information on a form developed by the secretary of state: the name, address, and
telephone number of the program provider, its chief executive officer, and the person within
the provider's organization who is primarily responsible for supervising programs within
the state; the program provider's unified business identification number, if any; whether the
program provider is exempt from federal income tax; a list of the program provider's
placements in foreign countries for the previous school year including the number of
Minnesota students placed, where Minnesota students were placed, and the length of their
placement; the terms and limits of the medical and accident insurance available to cover
participating students and the process for filing a claim; and the signatures of the program
provider's chief executive officer and the person primarily responsible for supervising
Minnesota students' placements in foreign countries. If the secretary of state determines the
registration is complete, the secretary of state shall file the registration and the program
provider is registered. Registration with the secretary of state must not be considered or
represented as an endorsement of the program provider by the secretary of state. The secretary
of state annually must publish on its website aggregated data under paragraph (c) received
from the Department of Education.

(f) Program providers, annually by August 1, must provide the data required under
paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), to the districts and charter schools with enrolled students
participating in the provider's program.

(g) The Department of Education must publish the information it has under paragraph
(c), but it is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information provided to it by
a school district or charter school. A school district or charter school is not responsible for
omissions in the information provided to it by students and programs.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Ages and terms.

(a) Every child between deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end and 17 years of age must
receive instruction unless the child has graduated. Every child under the age of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end
who is enrolled in deleted text begina half-daydeleted text end kindergartendeleted text begin, or a full-day kindergarten program on alternate
days, or other kindergarten programs shall
deleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end receive instructionnew text begin for the hours established
for that program
new text end. Except as provided in subdivision 6, a parent may withdraw a child under
the age of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end from enrollment at any time.

(b) A school district by annual board action may require children subject to this
subdivision to receive instruction in summer school. A district that acts to require children
to receive instruction in summer school deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end establish at the time of its action the
criteria for determining which children must receive instruction.

(c) A pupil 16 years of age or older who meets the criteria of section 124D.68, subdivision
2, and under clause (5) of that subdivision has been excluded or expelled from school or
under clause (11) of that subdivision has been chronically truant may be referred to an area
learning center. Such referral may be made only after consulting the principal, area learning
center director, student, and parent or guardian and only if, in the school administrator's
professional judgment, the referral is in the best educational interest of the pupil. Nothing
in this paragraph limits a pupil's eligibility to apply to enroll in other eligible programs
under section 124D.68.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Children under deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin age sixnew text end.

(a) Once a pupil under the age of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end is
enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade in a public school, the pupil is subject to the
compulsory attendance provisions of this chapter and section 120A.34, unless the board of
the district in which the pupil is enrolled has a policy that exempts children under deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end
from this subdivision.

(b) In a district in which children under deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin the age of sixnew text end are subject to compulsory
attendance under this subdivision, paragraphs (c) to (e) apply.

(c) A parent or guardian may withdraw the pupil from enrollment in the school for good
cause by notifying the district. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, enrollment of the
pupil in another school, as defined in subdivision 4, or the immaturity of the child.

(d) When the pupil enrolls, the enrolling official must provide the parent or guardian
who enrolls the pupil with a written explanation of the provisions of this subdivision.

(e) A pupil under the age of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end who is withdrawn from enrollment in the public
school under paragraph (c) is no longer subject to the compulsory attendance provisions of
this chapter.

(f) In a district that had adopted a policy to exempt children under deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin the age of sixnew text end
from this subdivision, the district's chief attendance officer must keep the truancy enforcement
authorities supplied with a copy of the board's current policy certified by the clerk of the
board.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.22, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Assessment of performance.

(a) Each year the performance of every child
ages deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end through 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial report
was filed pursuant to section 120A.24, subdivision 1, after the child is 16 and who is not
enrolled in a public school must be assessed using a nationally norm-referenced standardized
achievement examination. The superintendent of the district in which the child receives
instruction and the person in charge of the child's instruction must agree about the specific
examination to be used and the administration and location of the examination.

(b) To the extent the examination in paragraph (a) does not provide assessment in all of
the subject areas in subdivision 9, the parent must assess the child's performance in the
applicable subject area. This requirement applies only to a parent who provides instruction
and does not meet the requirements of subdivision 10, clause (1), (2), or (3).

(c) If the results of the assessments in paragraphs (a) and (b) indicate that the child's
performance on the total battery score is at or below the 30th percentile or one grade level
below the performance level for children of the same age, the parent must obtain additional
evaluation of the child's abilities and performance for the purpose of determining whether
the child has learning problems.

(d) A child receiving instruction from a nonpublic school, person, or institution that is
accredited by an accrediting agency, recognized according to section 123B.445, or recognized
by the commissioner, is exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Reports to superintendent.

(a) The person or nonpublic school in charge
of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district in which
the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests intended to
be used under section 120A.22, subdivision 11, if required; the name of each instructor;
and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section 120A.22,
subdivision 10
:

(1) by October 1 of the first school year the child receives instruction after reaching the
age of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end;

(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin
six
new text end to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized
accredited agency;

(3) within 15 days of moving out of a district; and

(4) by October 1 after a new resident district is established.

(b) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child between
the ages of deleted text beginsevendeleted text endnew text begin sixnew text end and 16 and every child ages 16 through 17 for which an initial report
was filed pursuant to this subdivision after the child is 16 must submit, by October 1 of each
school year, a letter of intent to continue to provide instruction under this section for all
students under the person's or school's supervision and any changes to the information
required in paragraph (a) for each student.

(c) The superintendent may collect the required information under this section through
an electronic or web-based format, but must not require electronic submission of information
under this section from the person in charge of reporting under this subdivision.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Adopting plans and budgets.

new text begin(a)new text end A school board, at a public meeting, deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin
must
new text end adopt a comprehensive, long-term strategic plan to support and improve teaching and
learning that is aligned with creating the world's best workforce and includes:

(1) clearly defined district and school site goals and benchmarks for instruction and
student achievement for all student subgroups identified in section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (b), clause (2);

(2) a process to assess and evaluate each student's progress toward meeting state and
local academic standards, assess and identify students to participate in gifted and talented
programs and accelerate their instruction, and adopt early-admission procedures consistent
with section 120B.15, and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of instruction in pursuit
of student and school success and curriculum affecting students' progress and growth toward
career and college readiness and leading to the world's best workforce;

(3) a system to periodically review and evaluate the effectiveness of all instruction and
curriculum, taking into account strategies and best practices, student outcomes, school
principal evaluations under section 123B.147, subdivision 3, students' access to effective
teachers who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in
the district or school and who reflect the diversity of enrolled students under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (b), clause (2), and teacher evaluations under section 122A.40,
subdivision 8
, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;

(4) strategies for improving instruction, curriculum, and student achievement, includingnew text begin:
(i)
new text end the English and, where practicable, the native language development and the academic
achievement of English learnersnew text begin and (ii) for all learners, access to culturally relevant or
ethnic studies curriculum using culturally responsive methodologies
new text end;

(5) a process to examine the equitable distribution of teachers and strategies to ensure
new text begin children from new text endlow-income deleted text beginand minority childrendeleted text endnew text begin families, families of color, and American
Indian families
new text end are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, ineffective,
or out-of-field teachers;

(6) education effectiveness practices that integrate high-quality instructiondeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end rigorous
curriculumdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end technologydeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin; inclusive and respectful learning and work environments for all
students, families, and employees;
new text end and a collaborative professional culture that deleted text begindevelops
and supports
deleted text endnew text begin retains qualified, racially, and ethnically diverse staff effective at working
with diverse students while developing and supporting
new text end teacher quality, performance, and
effectiveness; and

(7) an annual budget for continuing to implement the district plan.

new text begin (b) A school board must submit to the commissioner the plan adopted under paragraph
(a). The commissioner must review each plan.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for all strategic plans reviewed and
updated after the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

District advisory committee.

new text begin(a) new text endEach school board deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end establish an
advisory committee to ensure active community participation in all phases of planning and
improving the instruction and curriculum affecting state and district academic standards,
consistent with subdivision 2. A district advisory committee, to the extent possible, deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin
must
new text end reflect the diversity of the district and its school sites, include teachers, parents, support
staff, students, and other community residents, and provide translation to the extent
appropriate and practicable. The district advisory committee deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end pursue community
support to accelerate the academic and native literacy and achievement of English learners
with varied needs, from young children to adults, consistent with section 124D.59,
subdivisions 2
and 2a. The district may establish site teams as subcommittees of the district
advisory committee under subdivision 4.

new text begin (b)new text end The district advisory committee deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end recommend to the school boardnew text begin:
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end rigorous academic standardsdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (2)new text end student achievement goals and measures consistent with subdivision 1a and sections
120B.022, subdivisions 1a and 1b, and 120B.35deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (3)new text end district assessmentsdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (4)new text end means to improve students' equitable access to effective and more diverse teachersdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (5) strategies to ensure the curriculum and learning and work environments are inclusive
and respectful toward all racial and ethnic groups;
new text end and

new text begin (6)new text end program evaluations.

new text begin (c)new text end School sites may expand upon district evaluations of instruction, curriculum,
assessments, or programs. Whenever possible, parents and other community residents deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin
must
new text end comprise at least two-thirds of advisory committee members.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Identification; report.

(a) Each school district deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end identify before the
end of kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 new text beginall new text endstudents who are not reading at grade level
deleted text begin before the end of the current school year and shalldeleted text endnew text begin. Students identified as not reading at
grade level by the end of kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 must be screened for
characteristics of dyslexia.
new text end

new text begin (b)new text end deleted text beginidentifydeleted text end Students in grade 3 or higher who demonstrate a reading difficulty to a
classroom teachernew text begin must be screened for characteristics of dyslexia, unless a different reason
for the reading difficulty has been identified
new text end.

new text begin (c)new text end Reading assessments in English, and in the predominant languages of district students
where practicable, must identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to
literacy. The district also must monitor the progress and provide reading instruction
appropriate to the specific needs of English learners. The district must use a locally adopted,
developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive assessment and annually report
summary assessment results to the commissioner by July 1.

new text begin (d)new text end The district also must annually report to the commissioner by July 1 a summary of
the district's efforts to screen and identify students with:

(1) dyslexia, using screening tools such as those recommended by the department's
dyslexia specialist; or

(2) convergence insufficiency disorder.

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end A student identified under this subdivision must be provided with alternate
instruction under section 125A.56, subdivision 1.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2020.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Statewide testing.

(a) The commissioner, with advice from experts with
appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with
subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade level
to be tested, state-constructed tests developed as computer-adaptive reading and mathematics
assessments for students that are aligned with the state's required academic standards under
section 120B.021, include multiple choice questions, and are administered annually to all
students in grades 3 through 8. new text beginQuestions on state-constructed tests must be developed by
licensed Minnesota teachers.
new text end State-developed high school tests aligned with the state's
required academic standards under section 120B.021 and administered to all high school
students in a subject other than writing must include multiple choice questions. The
commissioner shall establish one or more months during which schools shall administer
the tests to students each school year.

(1) Students enrolled in grade 8 through the 2009-2010 school year are eligible to be
assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading, mathematics,
or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraphs (c),
clauses (1) and (2), and (d), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass
college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.

(2) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year are eligible
to be assessed under (i) the graduation-required assessment for diploma in reading,
mathematics, or writing under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.30, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c), clauses (1) and (2), (ii) the WorkKeys job skills assessment, (iii) the Compass
college placement test, (iv) the ACT assessment for college admission, (v) a nationally
recognized armed services vocational aptitude test.

(3) For students under clause (1) or (2), a school district may substitute a score from an
alternative, equivalent assessment to satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.

(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of academic
standards as described in section 120B.023 in the following manner:

(1) mathematics;

(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and

(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;

(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012
school year; and

(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in the
2012-2013 school year.

(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, students'
state graduation requirements, based on a longitudinal, systematic approach to student
education and career planning, assessment, instructional support, and evaluation, include
the following:

(1) achievement and career and college readiness in mathematics, reading, and writing,
consistent with paragraph (k) and to the extent available, to monitor students' continuous
development of and growth in requisite knowledge and skills; analyze students' progress
and performance levels, identifying students' academic strengths and diagnosing areas where
students require curriculum or instructional adjustments, targeted interventions, or
remediation; and, based on analysis of students' progress and performance data, determine
students' learning and instructional needs and the instructional tools and best practices that
support academic rigor for the student; and

(2) consistent with this paragraph and section 120B.125, age-appropriate exploration
and planning activities and career assessments to encourage students to identify personally
relevant career interests and aptitudes and help students and their families develop a regularly
reexamined transition plan for postsecondary education or employment without need for
postsecondary remediation.

Based on appropriate state guidelines, students with an individualized education program
may satisfy state graduation requirements by achieving an individual score on the
state-identified alternative assessments.

(d) Expectations of schools, districts, and the state for career or college readiness under
this subdivision must be comparable in rigor, clarity of purpose, and rates of student
completion.

A student under paragraph (c), clause (1), must receive targeted, relevant, academically
rigorous, and resourced instruction, which may include a targeted instruction and intervention
plan focused on improving the student's knowledge and skills in core subjects so that the
student has a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for
postsecondary remediation. Consistent with sections 120B.13, 124D.09, 124D.091, 124D.49,
and related sections, an enrolling school or district must actively encourage a student in
grade 11 or 12 who is identified as academically ready for a career or college to participate
in courses and programs awarding college credit to high school students. Students are not
required to achieve a specified score or level of proficiency on an assessment under this
subdivision to graduate from high school.

(e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to
participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. To the extent state funding
for college entrance exam fees is available, a district must pay the cost, one time, for an
interested student in grade 11 or 12 who is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, to take
a nationally recognized college entrance exam before graduating. A student must be able
to take the exam under this paragraph at the student's high school during the school day and
at any one of the multiple exam administrations available to students in the district. A district
may administer the ACT or SAT or both the ACT and SAT to comply with this paragraph.
If the district administers only one of these two tests and a free or reduced-price meal eligible
student opts not to take that test and chooses instead to take the other of the two tests, the
student may take the other test at a different time or location and remains eligible for the
examination fee reimbursement. Notwithstanding sections 123B.34 to 123B.39, a school
district may require a student that is not eligible for a free or reduced-price meal to pay the
cost of taking a nationally recognized college entrance exam. The district must waive the
cost for a student unable to pay.

(f) The commissioner and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
must collaborate in aligning instruction and assessments for adult basic education students
and English learners to provide the students with diagnostic information about any targeted
interventions, accommodations, modifications, and supports they need so that assessments
and other performance measures are accessible to them and they may seek postsecondary
education or employment without need for postsecondary remediation. When administering
formative or summative assessments used to measure the academic progress, including the
oral academic development, of English learners and inform their instruction, schools must
ensure that the assessments are accessible to the students and students have the modifications
and supports they need to sufficiently understand the assessments.

(g) Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use career exploration elements to
help students, beginning no later than grade 9, and their families explore and plan for
postsecondary education or careers based on the students' interests, aptitudes, and aspirations.
Districts and schools must use timely regional labor market information and partnerships,
among other resources, to help students and their families successfully develop, pursue,
review, and revise an individualized plan for postsecondary education or a career. This
process must help increase students' engagement in and connection to school, improve
students' knowledge and skills, and deepen students' understanding of career pathways as
a sequence of academic and career courses that lead to an industry-recognized credential,
an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree and are available to all students, whatever their
interests and career goals.

(h) A student who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which
include career and college readiness benchmarks, on high school assessments under
subdivision 1a is academically ready for a career or college and is encouraged to participate
in courses awarding college credit to high school students. Such courses and programs may
include sequential courses of study within broad career areas and technical skill assessments
that extend beyond course grades.

(i) As appropriate, students through grade 12 must continue to participate in targeted
instruction, intervention, or remediation and be encouraged to participate in courses awarding
college credit to high school students.

(j) In developing, supporting, and improving students' academic readiness for a career
or college, schools, districts, and the state must have a continuum of empirically derived,
clearly defined benchmarks focused on students' attainment of knowledge and skills so that
students, their parents, and teachers know how well students must perform to have a
reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without need for postsecondary
remediation. The commissioner, in consultation with local school officials and educators,
and Minnesota's public postsecondary institutions must ensure that the foundational
knowledge and skills for students' successful performance in postsecondary employment
or education and an articulated series of possible targeted interventions are clearly identified
and satisfy Minnesota's postsecondary admissions requirements.

(k) For students in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 school year and later, a school, district, or
charter school must record on the high school transcript a student's progress toward career
and college readiness, and for other students as soon as practicable.

(l) The school board granting students their diplomas may formally decide to include a
notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those graduating seniors who,
according to established school board criteria, demonstrate exemplary academic achievement
during high school.

(m) The 3rd through 8th grade computer-adaptive assessment results and high school
test results shall be available to districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning
and district instruction and curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. deleted text beginThe
commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments in
grades 3 through 8.
deleted text end The commissioner, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities, must establish empirically derived benchmarks on the high
school tests that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness consistent with
section 136F.302, subdivision 1a. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the
deleted text begin computer-adaptive assessments anddeleted text end high school test results upon receiving those results.

(n) The grades 3 through 8 computer-adaptive assessments and high school tests must
be aligned with state academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing
process and the order of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site
and district level, consistent with subdivision 1a.

(o) The commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public
reporting system:

(1) uniform statewide computer-adaptive assessments of all students in grades 3 through
8 and testing at the high school levels that provides appropriate, technically sound
accommodations or alternate assessments;

(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school districts
and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high school
graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;

(3) state results on the American College Test; and

(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational Progress
so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other states, and,
where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort to monitor
achievement.

(p) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high
school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career
pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate, or
industry-recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college ready
are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year college
or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation.

(q) For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural
competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability of families and educators to
interact effectively with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.

new text begin (r) For purposes of statewide accountability, an understanding of "civic life" means
student learning experiences that include public engagement activities such as:
new text end

new text begin (1) volunteering as an election judge;
new text end

new text begin (2) serving as a poll watcher;
new text end

new text begin (3) contacting public officials on a matter of public interest;
new text end

new text begin (4) writing a letter to the editor;
new text end

new text begin (5) registering to vote or participating in a nonpartisan voter registration drive; or
new text end

new text begin (6) other public interest activities authorized by the school board, including but not
limited to:
new text end

new text begin (i) volunteering on a matter of political interest;
new text end

new text begin (ii) participating in a nonprofit organization; or
new text end

new text begin (iii) participating in a charity event.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Statewide and local assessments; results.

deleted text begin (a) For purposes of this section,
the following definitions have the meanings given them.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) "Computer-adaptive assessments" means fully adaptive assessments.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) "Fully adaptive assessments" include test items that are on-grade level and items that
may be above or below a student's grade level.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) "On-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is aligned to state
academic standards for the grade level of the student taking the assessment.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) "Above-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is above the grade
level of the student taking the assessment and is considered aligned with state academic
standards to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards
above the grade level of the student taking the assessment. Notwithstanding the student's
grade level, administering above-grade level test items to a student does not violate the
requirement that state assessments must be aligned with state standards.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (5) "Below-grade level" test items contain subject area content that is below the grade
level of the student taking the test and is considered aligned with state academic standards
to the extent it is aligned with content represented in state academic standards below the
student's current grade level. Notwithstanding the student's grade level, administering
below-grade level test items to a student does not violate the requirement that state
assessments must be aligned with state standards.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (a)new text end The commissioner must use fully adaptive mathematics and reading assessments
for grades 3 through 8.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (b)new text end For purposes of conforming with existing federal educational accountability
requirements, the commissioner must develop and implement computer-adaptive reading
and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8, state-developed high school reading
and mathematics tests aligned with state academic standards, a high school writing test
aligned with state standards when it becomes available, and science assessments under
clause (2) that districts and sites must use to monitor student growth toward achieving those
standards. The commissioner must not develop statewide assessments for academic standards
in social studies, health and physical education, and the arts. The commissioner must require:

(1) annual computer-adaptive reading and mathematics assessments in grades 3 through
8, and high school reading, writing, and mathematics tests; and

(2) annual science assessments in one grade in the grades 3 through 5 span, the grades
6 through 8 span, and a life sciences assessment in the grades 9 through 12 span, and the
commissioner must not require students to achieve a passing score on high school science
assessments as a condition of receiving a high school diploma.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end The commissioner must ensure that for annual computer-adaptive assessments:

(1) individual student performance data and achievement reports are available within
three school days of when students take an assessment except in a year when an assessment
reflects new performance standards;

(2) growth information is available for each student from the student's first assessment
to each proximate assessment using a constant measurement scale;

(3) parents, teachers, and school administrators are able to use elementary and middle
school student performance data to project students' secondary and postsecondary
achievement; and

(4) useful diagnostic information about areas of students' academic strengths and
weaknesses is available to teachers and school administrators for improving student
instruction and indicating the specific skills and concepts that should be introduced and
developed for students at given performance levels, organized by strands within subject
areas, and aligned to state academic standards.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end The commissioner must ensure that all state tests administered to elementary and
secondary students measure students' academic knowledge and skills and not students'
values, attitudes, and beliefs.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end Reporting of state assessment results must:

(1) provide timely, useful, and understandable information on the performance of
individual students, schools, school districts, and the state;

(2) include a growth indicator of student achievement; and

(3) determine whether students have met the state's academic standards.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end Consistent with applicable federal law, the commissioner must include appropriate,
technically sound accommodations or alternative assessments for the very few students with
disabilities for whom statewide assessments are inappropriate and for English learners.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text endnew text begin (g)new text end A school, school district, and charter school must administer statewide assessments
under this section, as the assessments become available, to evaluate student progress toward
career and college readiness in the context of the state's academic standards. A school,
school district, or charter school may use a student's performance on a statewide assessment
as one of multiple criteria to determine grade promotion or retention. A school, school
district, or charter school may use a high school student's performance on a statewide
assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course, or place a student's
assessment score on the student's transcript.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

State growth target; other state measures.

(a)(1) The state's educational
assessment system measuring individual students' educational growth is based on indicators
of achievement growth that show an individual student's prior achievement. Indicators of
achievement and prior achievement must be based on highly reliable statewide or districtwide
assessments.

(2) For purposes of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner must analyze and
report separate categories of information using the student categories identified under the
federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and, in
addition to "other" for each race and ethnicity, and the Karen community, seven of the most
populous Asian and Pacific Islander groups, three of the most populous Native groups,
seven of the most populous Hispanic/Latino groups, and five of the most populous Black
and African Heritage groups as determined by the total Minnesota population based on the
most recent American Community Survey; English learners under section 124D.59; home
language; free or reduced-price lunch; and all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school
who are currently or were previously in foster care, except that such disaggregation and
cross tabulation is not required if the number of students in a category is insufficient to yield
statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information
about an individual student.

(b) The commissioner, in consultation with a stakeholder group that includes assessment
and evaluation directors, district staff, experts in culturally responsive teaching, and
researchers, must implement a new text begingrowth new text endmodel deleted text beginthat uses a value-added growth indicator anddeleted text end
new text begin that compares the difference in students' achievement scores over time, and new text endincludes criteria
for identifying schools and school districts that demonstrate deleted text beginmedium and high growth under
section 120B.299, subdivisions 8 and 9, and may recommend other value-added measures
under section 120B.299, subdivision 3
deleted text endnew text begin academic progressnew text end. The model may be used to advance
educators' professional development and replicate programs that succeed in meeting students'
diverse learning needs. Data on individual teachers generated under the model are personnel
data under section 13.43. The model must allow users to:

(1) report student growth consistent with this paragraph; and

(2) for all student categories, report and compare aggregated and disaggregated state
student growth and, under section 120B.11, subdivision 2, clause (2), student learning and
outcome data using the student categories identified under the federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized, and other student categories under
paragraph (a), clause (2).

The commissioner must report measures of student growth and, under section 120B.11,
subdivision 2
, clause (2), student learning and outcome data, consistent with this paragraph,
including the English language development, academic progress, and oral academic
development of English learners and their native language development if the native language
is used as a language of instruction, and include data on all pupils enrolled in a Minnesota
public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted as an English
learner under section 124D.59.

(c) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the
commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2011, must report two core measures indicating
the extent to which current high school graduates are being prepared for postsecondary
academic and career opportunities:

(1) a preparation measure indicating the number and percentage of high school graduates
in the most recent school year who completed course work important to preparing them for
postsecondary academic and career opportunities, consistent with the core academic subjects
required for admission to Minnesota's public colleges and universities as determined by the
Office of Higher Education under chapter 136A; and

(2) a rigorous coursework measure indicating the number and percentage of high school
graduates in the most recent school year who successfully completed one or more
college-level advanced placement, international baccalaureate, postsecondary enrollment
options including concurrent enrollment, other rigorous courses of study under section
120B.021, subdivision 1a, or industry certification courses or programs.

When reporting the core measures under clauses (1) and (2), the commissioner must also
analyze and report separate categories of information using the student categories identified
under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as most recently reauthorized,
and other student categories under paragraph (a), clause (2).

(d) When reporting student performance under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, the
commissioner annually, beginning July 1, 2014, must report summary data on school safety
and students' engagement and connection at school, consistent with the student categories
identified under paragraph (a), clause (2). The summary data under this paragraph are
separate from and must not be used for any purpose related to measuring or evaluating the
performance of classroom teachers. The commissioner, in consultation with qualified experts
on student engagement and connection and classroom teachers, must identify highly reliable
variables that generate summary data under this paragraph. The summary data may be used
at school, district, and state levels only. Any data on individuals received, collected, or
created that are used to generate the summary data under this paragraph are nonpublic data
under section 13.02, subdivision 9.

(e) For purposes of statewide educational accountability, the commissioner must identify
and report measures that demonstrate the success of learning year program providers under
sections 123A.05 and 124D.68, among other such providers, in improving students'
graduation outcomes. The commissioner, beginning July 1, 2015, must annually report
summary data on:

(1) the four- and six-year graduation rates of students under this paragraph;

(2) the percent of students under this paragraph whose progress and performance levels
are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks under section 120B.30, subdivision
1; and

(3) the success that learning year program providers experience in:

(i) identifying at-risk and off-track student populations by grade;

(ii) providing successful prevention and intervention strategies for at-risk students;

(iii) providing successful recuperative and recovery or reenrollment strategies for off-track
students; and

(iv) improving the graduation outcomes of at-risk and off-track students.

The commissioner may include in the annual report summary data on other education
providers serving a majority of students eligible to participate in a learning year program.

(f) The commissioner, in consultation with recognized experts with knowledge and
experience in assessing the language proficiency and academic performance of all English
learners enrolled in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were
previously counted as an English learner under section 124D.59, must identify and report
appropriate and effective measures to improve current categories of language difficulty and
assessments, and monitor and report data on students' English proficiency levels, program
placement, and academic language development, including oral academic language.

(g) When reporting four- and six-year graduation rates, the commissioner or school
district must disaggregate the data by student categories according to paragraph (a), clause
(2).

(h) A school district must inform parents and guardians that volunteering information
on student categories not required by the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act is optional and will not violate the privacy of students or their
families, parents, or guardians. The notice must state the purpose for collecting the student
data.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

School performance reports and public reporting.

(a) The commissioner
shall report student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and
3; deleted text beginthe percentages of students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (b)
deleted text endnew text begin academic progress consistent with federal expectationsnew text end; school
safety and student engagement and connection under section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c);
the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2),
whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and college readiness benchmarks
under sections 120B.30, subdivision 1, and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e);
longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing disparities in students'
academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration under section 124D.861;
the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language academic literacy,
including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all English learners enrolled
in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted
as English learners under section 124D.59; two separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly
indicate the definition of teacher consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes
of determining these ratios; staff characteristics excluding salaries; student enrollment
demographics; foster care status, including all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school
course or program who are currently or were previously in foster care, student homelessness,
and district mobility; and extracurricular activities.

(b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include
school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the
most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

(c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department website
school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11.

(d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of
each school year.

(e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by the
commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold or
deny an appeal is final.

(f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, until
the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post school
performance reports to the department's public website no later than September 1, except
that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner shall
post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices; alternatives to pupil
removal and dismissal.
new text end

new text begin "Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices" means
policies and practices that are alternatives to removing a pupil from class or dismissing a
pupil from school, including evidence-based positive behavioral interventions and supports,
social and emotional services, school-linked mental health services, counseling services,
social work services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluations, academic screening
for Title I services or reading interventions, and alternative education services.
Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices require school officials to intervene in,
redirect, and support a pupil's behavior before removing a pupil from class or beginning
dismissal proceedings. Nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices include but are
not limited to the policies and practices under sections 120B.12; 121A.031, subdivision 4,
paragraph (a), clause (1); 121A.575, clauses (1) and (2); 121A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph
(q); and 122A.627, clause (3).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin Pupil withdrawal agreements. new text end

new text begin "Pupil withdrawal agreements" means a verbal
or written agreement between a school or district administrator and a pupil's parent or
guardian to withdraw a student from the school district to avoid expulsion or exclusion
dismissal proceedings. The duration of the withdrawal agreement may be no longer than
12 months.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Provision of alternative programs.

No school shall dismiss any pupil
without attempting to deleted text beginprovide alternative educational servicesdeleted text endnew text begin use nonexclusionary
disciplinary policies and practices
new text end before new text begina new text enddismissal deleted text beginproceedingsdeleted text endnew text begin proceeding or a pupil
withdrawal agreement
new text end, except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate and
substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or property.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Suspensions exceeding five consecutive school days. new text end

new text begin A school administrator
must ensure that when a pupil is suspended for more than five consecutive school days,
alternative education services are provided.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.46, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Minimum education services. new text end

new text begin School officials must give a suspended pupil
a reasonable opportunity to complete all school work assigned during the pupil's suspension
and to receive full credit for satisfactorily completing the assignments. The school principal
or other person having administrative control of the school building or program is encouraged
to designate a district or school employee as a liaison to work with the pupil's teachers to
allow the suspended pupil to (1) receive timely course materials and other information, and
(2) complete daily and weekly assignments and receive teachers' feedback. Nothing in this
subdivision limits the teacher's authority to assign alternative work for the completion of
assignments during a suspension.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Written notice.

Written notice of intent to take action deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end be served upon the pupil and the pupil's parent or guardian personally or by mail;

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end contain a complete statement of the facts, a list of the witnesses and a description
of their testimony;

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end state the date, time, and place of the hearing;

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (4)new text end be accompanied by a copy of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end describe deleted text beginalternative educational servicesdeleted text endnew text begin the nonexclusionary disciplinary policies
and practices
new text end accorded the pupil in an attempt to avoid the expulsion proceedings; and

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (6)new text end inform the pupil and parent or guardian of the right to:

deleted text begin (1)deleted text endnew text begin (i)new text end have a representative of the pupil's own choosing, including legal counsel, at the
hearing. The district deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end advise the pupil's parent or guardian that free or low-cost
legal assistance may be available and that a legal assistance resource list is available from
the Department of Educationnew text begin and is posted on its websitenew text end;

deleted text begin (2)deleted text endnew text begin (ii)new text end examine the pupil's records before the hearing;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text endnew text begin (iii)new text end present evidence; and

deleted text begin (4)deleted text endnew text begin (iv)new text end confront and cross-examine witnesses.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.47, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Admission or readmission plan.

(a) A school administrator deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end prepare
and enforce an admission or readmission plan for any pupil who is excluded or expelled
from school. The plan deleted text beginmay includedeleted text endnew text begin must addressnew text end measures to improve the pupil's behaviordeleted text begin,
including
deleted text endnew text begin and may includenew text end completing a character education program, consistent with section
120B.232, subdivision 1, deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin social and emotional learning, counseling, social work services,
mental health services, referrals for special education or 504 evaluation, and evidence-based
academic interventions. The plan must
new text end require parental involvement in the admission or
readmission process, and may indicate the consequences to the pupil of not improving the
pupil's behavior.

(b) The definition of suspension under section 121A.41, subdivision 10, does not apply
to a student's dismissal from school for one school day or less, except as provided under
federal law for a student with a disability. Each suspension action may include a readmission
plan. A readmission plan must provide, where appropriate, alternative education services,
which must not be used to extend the student's current suspension period. Consistent with
section 125A.091, subdivision 5, a readmission plan must not obligate a parent or guardian
to provide psychotropic drugs to their student as a condition of readmission. School officials
must not use the refusal of a parent or guardian to consent to the administration of
psychotropic drugs to their student or to consent to a psychiatric evaluation, screening or
examination of the student as a ground, by itself, to prohibit the student from attending class
or participating in a school-related activity, or as a basis of a charge of child abuse, child
neglect or medical or educational neglect.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Exclusions and expulsions; new text beginstudent withdrawals; new text endphysical
assaults.

new text beginConsistent with subdivision 2, new text endthe school board must report through the department
electronic reporting system each exclusion or expulsion deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end each physical assault of a
district employee by a deleted text beginstudentdeleted text endnew text begin pupil, and each pupil withdrawal agreementnew text end within 30 days
of the effective date of the dismissal actionnew text begin, pupil withdrawal,new text end or assault to the commissioner
of education. This report must include a statement of deleted text beginalternative educational servicesdeleted text endnew text begin
nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices
new text end, or other sanction, intervention, or
resolution in response to the assault given the pupil and the reason for, the effective date,
and the duration of the exclusion or expulsion or other sanction, intervention, or resolution.
The report must also include the deleted text beginstudent'sdeleted text endnew text begin pupil'snew text end age, grade, gender, race, and special
education status.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.55, is amended to read:


121A.55 POLICIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.

(a) The commissioner of education shall promulgate guidelines to assist each school
board. Each school board deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end establish uniform criteria for dismissal and adopt written
policies and rules to effectuate the purposes of sections 121A.40 to 121A.56. The policies
deleted text begin shalldeleted text endnew text begin must include nonexclusionary disciplinary policies and practices consistent with section
121A.41, subdivision 12, and
new text end emphasize preventing dismissals through early detection of
problems deleted text beginand shalldeleted text endnew text begin. The policies mustnew text end be designed to address students' inappropriate behavior
from recurring.

new text begin (b) new text endThe policies shall recognize the continuing responsibility of the school for the
education of the pupil during the dismissal period. The new text beginschool is responsible for ensuring
that the
new text endalternative educational servicesdeleted text begin, ifdeleted text endnew text begin provided tonew text end the pupil deleted text beginwishes to take advantage
of them, must be
deleted text endnew text begin arenew text end adequate to allow the pupil to make progress deleted text begintowardsdeleted text endnew text begin towardnew text end meeting
the graduation standards adopted under section 120B.02 deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end help prepare the pupil for
readmissionnew text begin, and are consistent with section 121A.46, subdivision 6new text end.

new text begin (c) For expulsion and exclusion dismissals, as well as pupil withdrawal agreements as
defined in section 121A.41, subdivision 13:
new text end

new text begin (1) the school district's continuing responsibility includes reviewing the pupil's school
work and grades on a quarterly basis to ensure the pupil is on track for readmission with
the pupil's peers. School districts must communicate on a regular basis with the pupil's
parent or guardian to ensure the pupil is completing the work assigned through the alternative
educational services;
new text end

new text begin (2) if school-linked mental health services are provided in the district under section
245.4889, pupils continue to be eligible for those services until they are enrolled in a new
district; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the school district must provide to the pupil's parent or guardian a list of mental
health and counseling services that offer free or sliding fee services. The list must also be
posted on the district's website.
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end An area learning center under section 123A.05 may not prohibit an expelled or
excluded pupil from enrolling solely because a district expelled or excluded the pupil. The
board of the area learning center may use the provisions of the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act to
exclude a pupil or to require an admission plan.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end Each school district shall develop a policy and report it to the commissioner on
the appropriate use of peace officers and crisis teams to remove students who have an
individualized education program from school grounds.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 22.

new text begin [121A.80] STUDENT JOURNALISM; STUDENT EXPRESSION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
subdivision have the meanings given them.
new text end

new text begin (b) "School-sponsored media" means material that is:
new text end

new text begin (1) prepared, wholly or substantially written, published, broadcast, or otherwise
disseminated by a student journalist enrolled in a school district or charter school;
new text end

new text begin (2) distributed or generally made available to students in the school; and
new text end

new text begin (3) prepared by a student journalist under the supervision of a student media adviser.
new text end

new text begin School-sponsored media does not include material prepared solely for distribution or
transmission in the classroom in which the material is produced.
new text end

new text begin (c) "School official" means a school principal under section 123B.147 or other person
having administrative control or supervision of a school.
new text end

new text begin (d) "Student journalist" means a school district or charter school student in grades 6
through 12 who gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or otherwise prepares
information for dissemination in school-sponsored media.
new text end

new text begin (e) "Student media adviser" means a qualified teacher, as defined in section 122A.16,
that a school district or charter school employs, appoints, or designates to supervise student
journalists or provide instruction relating to school-sponsored media.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Student journalists; protected conduct. new text end

new text begin (a) Except as provided in subdivision
3, a student journalist has the right to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press
in school-sponsored media regardless of whether the school-sponsored media receives
financial support from the school or district, uses school equipment or facilities in its
production, or is produced as part of a class or course in which the student journalist is
enrolled. Freedom of speech includes freedom to express political viewpoints. Consistent
with subdivision 3, a student journalist has the right to determine the news, opinion, feature,
and advertising content of school-sponsored media. A school district or charter school must
not discipline a student journalist for exercising rights or freedoms under this paragraph or
the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school district or charter school must not retaliate or take adverse employment
action against a student media adviser for supporting a student journalist exercising rights
or freedoms under paragraph (a) or the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
new text end

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding the rights or freedoms of this subdivision or the First Amendment
of the United States Constitution, nothing in this section inhibits a student media adviser
from teaching professional standards of English and journalism to student journalists.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Unprotected expression. new text end

new text begin (a) This section does not authorize or protect student
expression that: (1) is defamatory; (2) is profane, harassing, threatening, or intimidating;
(3) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy; (4) violates federal or state law; (5)
causes a material and substantial disruption of school activities; or (6) is directed to inciting
or producing imminent lawless action on school premises or the violation of lawful school
policies or rules, including a policy adopted in accordance with section 121A.03 or 121A.031.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school or district must not authorize any prior restraint of school-sponsored media
except under paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Student journalist policy. new text end

new text begin School districts and charter schools must adopt and
post a student journalist policy consistent with this section.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Kindergarten instruction.

new text begin(a) new text endThe board deleted text beginmay establish and maintain
one or more kindergartens for the instruction of children and after July 1, 1974, shall
deleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end
provide kindergarten instruction deleted text beginfordeleted text endnew text begin free of charge tonew text end all eligible childrendeleted text begin, eitherdeleted text end in the
district deleted text beginor in another districtdeleted text end. deleted text beginAll children to be eligible for kindergarten must bedeleted text endnew text begin A child is
eligible for kindergarten if the child is
new text end at least five years of age on September 1 of the
calendar year in which the school year commencesdeleted text begin. In addition all children selecteddeleted text endnew text begin, or is
admitted
new text end under an early admissions policy established by the school board deleted text beginmay be admitteddeleted text end.

new text begin (b)new text end If established, a board-adopted early admissions policy must describe the process
and procedures for comprehensive evaluation in cognitive, social, and emotional
developmental domains to help determine the child's ability to meet kindergarten grade
expectations and progress to first grade in the subsequent year. The comprehensive evaluation
must use valid and reliable instrumentation, be aligned with state kindergarten expectations,
and include a parent report and teacher observations of the child's knowledge, skills, and
abilities. The early admissions policy must be made available to parents in an accessible
format and is subject to review by the commissioner of education. The evaluation is subject
to section 127A.41.

new text begin (c)new text end Nothing in this section shall prohibit a school district from establishing Head Start,
prekindergarten, or nursery school classes for children below kindergarten age. Any school
board with evidence that providing kindergarten will cause an extraordinary hardship on
the school district may apply to the commissioner of education for an exception.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings
given to them.

(a) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution, a private,
nonprofit two-year trade and technical school granting associate degrees, an opportunities
industrialization center accredited by deleted text beginthe North Central Association of Colleges and Schoolsdeleted text endnew text begin
a United States Department of Education recognized accrediting agency
new text end, or a private,
residential, two-year or four-year, liberal arts, degree-granting college or university located
in Minnesota.

(b) "Course" means a course or program.

(c) "Concurrent enrollment" means nonsectarian courses in which an eligible pupil under
subdivision 5 or 5b enrolls to earn both secondary and postsecondary credits, are taught by
a secondary teacher or a postsecondary faculty member, and are offered at a high school
for which the district is eligible to receive concurrent enrollment program aid under section
124D.091.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll.

By new text beginthe earlier
of (1) three weeks prior to the date by which a student must register for district courses for
the following school year, or (2)
new text endMarch 1 of each year, a district must provide up-to-date
information on the district's website and in materials that are distributed to parents and
students about the program, including information about enrollment requirements and the
ability to earn postsecondary credit to all pupils in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. To assist the
district in planning, a pupil deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end inform the district by May 30 of each year of the
pupil's intent to enroll in postsecondary courses during the following school year. A pupil
is bound by notifying or not notifying the district by May 30.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Enrollment priority.

(a) A postsecondary institution deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end give priority
to its postsecondary students when enrolling deleted text begin10th, 11th, and 12th gradedeleted text end pupilsnew text begin in grades 10,
11, and 12
new text end in its courses. A postsecondary institution may provide information about its
programs to a secondary school or to a pupil or parent and it may advertise or otherwise
recruit or solicit a secondary pupil to enroll in its programs on educational and programmatic
grounds only except, notwithstanding other law to the contrary, and for the 2014-2015
through 2019-2020 school years only, an eligible postsecondary institution may advertise
or otherwise recruit or solicit a secondary pupil residing in a school district with 700 students
or more in grades 10, 11, and 12, to enroll in its programs on educational, programmatic,
or financial grounds.

(b) An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options
purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level except
when a student eligible to participate and enrolled in the graduation incentives program
under section 124D.68 enrolls full time in a middle or early college program. A middle or
early college program must be specifically designed to allow the student to earn dual high
school and college credit with a well-defined pathway to allow the student to earn a
postsecondary degree or credential. In this case, the student deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end receive developmental
college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses.

(c) Once a pupil has been enrolled in any postsecondary course under this section, the
pupil deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end not be displaced by another student.

(d) If a postsecondary institution enrolls a secondary school pupil in a course under this
section, the postsecondary institution also must enroll in the same course an otherwise
enrolled and qualified postsecondary student who qualifies as a veteran under section
197.447, and demonstrates to the postsecondary institution's satisfaction that the institution's
established enrollment timelines were not practicable for that student.

new text begin (e) A postsecondary institution must allow secondary pupils to enroll in online courses
under this section consistent with the institution's policy regarding postsecondary pupil
enrollment in online courses.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.091, is amended to read:


124D.091 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AID.

Subdivision 1.

Accreditation.

To establish a uniform standard by which concurrent
enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured, postsecondary
institutions must adopt and implement the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
Partnership's program standards and required evidence for accreditation by the 2020-2021
school year and later.

Subd. 2.

Eligibility.

A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course according to
an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid for the costs
of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. deleted text beginBeginning in fiscal year 2011, districtsdeleted text endnew text begin
A district is
new text end only deleted text beginaredeleted text end eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent enrollment courses
offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence to be of
comparable standard to accredited courses, or are technical courses within a recognized
career and technical education program of study approved by the commissioner of education
and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Subd. 3.

Aid.

An eligible deleted text begindistrict shall receivedeleted text endnew text begin district's concurrent enrollment aid equalsnew text end
$150 deleted text beginper pupildeleted text endnew text begin times the number of pupilsnew text end enrolled in a concurrent enrollment coursenew text begin during
that school year
new text end. deleted text beginThe moneydeleted text endnew text begin Concurrent enrollment aidnew text end must be used to defray the cost of
delivering deleted text beginthe coursedeleted text endnew text begin concurrent enrollment coursesnew text end at the high school. The commissioner
shall establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.2211, is amended to read:


124D.2211 AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING PROGRAMS.

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

A competitive statewide after-school community learning
grant program is established to provide grants to deleted text begincommunity or nonprofit organizations,
political subdivisions, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or school-based programs
that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours
deleted text endnew text begin organizations that offer academic
and enrichment activities for elementary and secondary school students during nonschool
hours. Grants must be used to offer a broad array of enrichment activities that promote
positive after-school activities, including art, music, community engagement, literacy,
science, technology, engineering, math, health, and recreation programs
new text end. The commissioner
deleted text begin shalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end develop criteria for after-school community learning programs.new text begin The commissioner
may award grants under this section to community or nonprofit organizations, political
subdivisions, public libraries, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or school-based
programs that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours.
new text end

Subd. 2.

deleted text beginProgram outcomesdeleted text endnew text begin Objectivesnew text end.

The deleted text beginexpected outcomesdeleted text endnew text begin objectivesnew text end of the
after-school community learning programs are to deleted text beginincreasedeleted text end:

(1) deleted text beginschool connectedness of participantsdeleted text endnew text begin increase access to protective factors that build
young people's capacity to become productive adults, such as through connections to a
caring adult in order to promote healthy behavior, attitudes, and relationships
new text end;

(2) deleted text beginacademic achievement of participating students in one or more core academic areasdeleted text endnew text begin
develop skills and behaviors necessary to succeed in postsecondary education or career
opportunities
new text end;new text begin and
new text end

(3) deleted text beginthe capacity of participants to become productive adults; anddeleted text endnew text begin encourage school
attendance and improve academic performance in accordance with the state's world's best
workforce goals under section 120B.11.
new text end

deleted text begin (4) prevent truancy from school and prevent juvenile crime.
deleted text end

Subd. 3.

Grants.

new text begin(a) new text endAn applicant deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end submit an after-school community learning
program proposal to the commissioner. The submitted deleted text beginplandeleted text endnew text begin proposalnew text end must include:

(1) collaboration with and leverage of existing community resources that have
demonstrated effectiveness;

(2) outreach to children and youth; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(3) deleted text begininvolvement of local governments, including park and recreation boards or schools,
unless no government agency is appropriate
deleted text endnew text begin an explanation of how the proposal will support
the objectives identified in subdivision 2; and
new text end

new text begin (4) a plan to implement effective after-school practices and provide staff access to
professional development opportunities
new text end.

deleted text begin Proposals will be reviewed and approved by the commissioner.
deleted text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must review proposals and award grants to programs that:
new text end

new text begin (1) primarily serve students eligible for free or reduced-price meals; and
new text end

new text begin (2) provide opportunities for academic enrichment and a broad array of additional services
and activities to meet program objectives.
new text end

new text begin (c) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award grants equitably among the
geographic areas of Minnesota, including rural, suburban, and urban communities.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner must award grants without giving preference to any particular
grade of students served by an applicant program.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Technical assistance and continuous improvement. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner
must monitor and evaluate the performance of grant recipients to assess the programs'
effectiveness in meeting the objectives identified in subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must provide technical assistance, capacity building, and
professional development to grant recipients, including guidance on:
new text end

new text begin (1) aligning activities with the state's world's best workforce goals under section 120B.11;
and
new text end

new text begin (2) effective practices for after-school programs.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.231, is amended to read:


124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.

(a) "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization that has been in existence
for three years or more and serves persons within the community surrounding the covered
school site on education and other issues.

(b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community
organizations that propose to work together to plan and implement community school
programming.

(c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities
described under subdivision 2, paragraph deleted text begin(g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end.

new text begin (d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a
district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment,
implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the
district. This team must include representatives from the district; teachers, school leaders,
students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members; system-level
partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant unions, and
nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service community
school initiative director.
new text end

new text begin (e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for
coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school
sites and site coordinators including chairing the district's community-wide full-service
community school leadership team, site coordinator support, data gathering and evaluation,
administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts and procurement, and grants.
new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means
educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent
with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (g)new text end "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been
funded to provide community school programming.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (h)new text end "Site coordinator" deleted text beginis an individualdeleted text end new text beginmeans a full-time staff member serving one
eligible school
new text endwho is responsible for deleted text beginaligningdeleted text end new text beginthe identification, implementation, and
coordination of
new text endprogramming deleted text beginwithdeleted text end new text beginto address new text endthe needs of the school community identified
in the baseline analysis.

Subd. 2.

Full-service community school program.

(a) The commissioner deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end
provide funding to new text begindistricts and charter schools with new text endeligible school sites to plan, implement,
and improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the
following criteria:

(1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section
120B.35, subdivision 2; or

(2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by
the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.

(b) deleted text beginAn eligible school site may receive up to $150,000 annually.deleted text end new text beginDistricts and charter
schools may receive up to:
new text end

new text begin (1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning
activities including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating
family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating
a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a
full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g); and
new text end

new text begin (2) $150,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation
of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g).
new text endSchool sites
receiving funding under this section deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end hire or contract with a partner agency to hire
a site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site.new text begin Districts or charter
schools receiving funding under this section for three or more schools must provide or
contract with a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative director.
new text end

deleted text begin (c) Of grants awarded, implementation funding of up to $20,000 must be available for
up to one year for planning for school sites. At the end of this period, the school must submit
a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraph (g). If the site decides not to
use planning funds, the plan must be submitted with the application.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin(c) new text endThe commissioner deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end consider additional school factors when dispensing
funds including: schools with significant populations of students receiving free or
reduced-price lunches; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; deleted text beginanddeleted text end equity among
urban, suburban, and greater Minnesota schoolsnew text begin; and demonstrated success implementing
full-service community school programming
new text end.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin(d) new text endA school site must establish a new text beginfull-service community new text endschool leadership team
responsible for developing school-specific programming goals, assessing program needs,
and overseeing the process of implementing expanded programming deleted text beginat each covered sitedeleted text end.
The school leadership team deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end have deleted text beginbetweendeleted text end new text beginat least new text end12 deleted text beginto 15deleted text end members and deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin
must
new text end meet the following requirements:

(1) at least 30 percent of the members are parentsnew text begin, guardians, or studentsnew text end and 30 percent
of the members are teachers at the school site and must include the school principal and
representatives from partner agencies; and

(2) thenew text begin full-service communitynew text end school leadership team must be responsible for overseeing
the baseline analyses under paragraph deleted text begin(f)deleted text endnew text begin (e) and the creation of a full-service community
school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g)
new text end. Anew text begin full-service communitynew text end school leadership team
must new text beginmeet at least quarterly, new text endhave ongoing responsibility for monitoring the development
and implementation of full-service community school operations and programming at the
school sitenew text begin,new text end and deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end issue recommendations to schools on a regular basis and
summarized in an annual report. These reports deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end also be made available to the
public at the school site and on school and district websites.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin(e) new text endSchool sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to deleted text beginbeginning programming
as a full-service community school
deleted text endnew text begin the creation of a full-service community school plannew text end.
The analysis deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end include:

(1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team,
deleted text begin which shall includedeleted text endnew text begin includingnew text end the following elements:

(i) identification of challenges facing the school;

(ii) analysis of the student body, including:

(A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;

(B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these
students;

(C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and the
needs of these students;new text begin and
new text end

new text begin (E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity;
new text end

(iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English
learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price
lunch;

(iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such
disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including, but not limited
to, new text beginAmerican Indian students and new text endstudents of color, students with disabilities, students who
are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are represented
among students subject to such actions;

(v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories,
including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and
free or reduced-price lunch status;

(vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and

(vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of deleted text beginwraparound servicesdeleted text endnew text begin full-service
community school activities
new text end, including, but not limited to:

(A) deleted text beginmechanisms for meeting students' social, emotional, and physical health needs,
which may include coordination of existing services as well as the development of new
services based on student needs; and
deleted text endnew text begin integrated student supports that address out-of-school
barriers to learning through partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers
to assist with medical, dental, vision care, and mental health services, or counselors to assist
with housing, transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice issues;
new text end

(B) deleted text beginstrategies to create a safe and secure school environment and improve school climate
and discipline, such as implementing a system of positive behavioral supports, and taking
additional steps to eliminate bullying;
deleted text endnew text begin expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities,
including: before-school, after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide
additional academic instruction, individualized academic support, enrichment activities,
and learning opportunities that emphasize real-world learning and community problem
solving and may include art, music, drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with
engineering or science, tutoring and homework help, or recreational programs that enhance
and are consistent with the school's curriculum;
new text end

new text begin (C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the
community into the school as partners in education and makes the school a neighborhood
hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult English as a
second language classes, computer skills classes, art classes, or other programs or events;
and
new text end

new text begin (D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning,
collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community
school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service
community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership
or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work
of school and community organizations;
new text end

(2) a baseline analysis of community assets deleted text beginand a strategic plan for utilizing and aligning
identified assets. This analysis should include, but is not limited to,
deleted text endnew text begin includingnew text end a documentation
of individuals in the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood
associations, colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies deleted text beginwhodeleted text endnew text begin thatnew text end
may be able to provide support and resources; and

(3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the
school leadership team, includingdeleted text begin, but not limited todeleted text end:

(i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs;

(ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and

(iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin(f) new text endEach school site receiving funding under this section must deleted text beginestablishdeleted text end new text begindevelop a
full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community assets
and establishes services in
new text endat least two of the following types of programming:

(1) early childhood:

(i) early childhood education; and

(ii) child care services;

(2) academic:

(i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;

(ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;

(iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;

(iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been truant, suspended, or
expelled; and

(v) specialized instructional support services;

(3) parental involvement:

(i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;

(ii) parent leadership development activitiesnew text begin that empower and strengthen families and
communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based
leadership teams
new text end; and

(iii) parenting education activities;

(4) mental and physical health:

(i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and
conflict mediation;

(ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;

(iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;

(iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;

(v) nutrition services;

(vi) primary health and dental care; and

(vii) mental health counseling services;

(5) community involvement:

(i) service and service-learning opportunities;

(ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and

(iii) homeless prevention services;

(6) positive discipline practices; and

(7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the
baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin(g) new text endThe new text beginfull-service community new text endschool leadership team at each school site must
develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team
will take, including:

(1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;

(2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;

(3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of
programming on the participating children and adults;

(4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and
community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations,
businesses, and social service providers;

(5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities,
hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development
and implementation of community school programming;

(6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and

(7) plan for school leadership team development.

Subd. 3.

Full-service community school review.

(a) deleted text beginEvery three years,deleted text end A full-service
community school site must submit to the commissioner, and make available at the school
site and online, a report describing efforts to integrate community school programming at
each covered school site and the effect of the transition to a full-service community school
on participating children and adults. This report deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end include, but is not limited to,
the following:

(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing
the community school plan;

(2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan,
including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program
implementation;

(3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution
of the community school plan;

(4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to
students and families;

(5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming
who had not previously been served;

(6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community
school programming who had not previously been served;

(7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school
programming;

(8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community
school programming;

(9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in
their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the
school and community environment;

(10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the
implementation of the program;

(11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's
education;

(12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;

(13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;

(14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to
provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;

(15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and

(16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
partners.

(b) Reports submitted under this section deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be evaluated by the commissioner
with respect to the following criteria:

(1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing
the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site
navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community
school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation
impeding program implementation;

(2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery
of community school programming to students;

(3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students
and nonstudents receiving community school programming;

(4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and
improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school
programming;

(5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;

(6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;

(7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide
services in the absence of future funding under this section;

(8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and

(9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
partners.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Community partners. new text end

new text begin A community partner, including a nonprofit organization
and a for profit organization, may partner with a full-service community school to provide
financial and in-kind support for the full-service community school activities under this
section. A community partner may pay for the costs of the full-service community school
initiative director and the site coordinator. Nothing in this subdivision affects the employment
relationship between a full service community school initiative director or site coordinator
and the school district.
new text end

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Creation of foundation.

There is created the Minnesota Foundation for Student
Organizations. The purpose of the foundation is to promote deleted text beginvocationaldeleted text end new text begincareer and technical
new text end student organizations and applied leadership opportunities in Minnesota public and nonpublic
schools through public-private partnerships. The foundation is a nonprofit organization.
The board of directors of the foundation and activities of the foundation are under the
direction of the commissioner of education.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Board of directors.

The board of directors of the Minnesota Foundation for
Student Organizations consists of:

(1) seven members appointed by the board of directors of the deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and
technical
new text endstudent organizations and chosen so that each represents one of the following
career areas: agriculture, family and consumer sciences, service occupations, health
occupations, marketing, business, and technical/industrial;

(2) seven members from business, industry, and labor appointed by the governor to
staggered terms and chosen so that each represents one of the following career areas:
agriculture, family and consumer sciences, service occupations, health occupations,
marketing, business, and technical/industrial;

(3) five students or alumni of deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endstudent organizations
representing diverse career areas, three from secondary student organizations, and two from
postsecondary student organizations. The students or alumni shall be appointed by the
criteria and process agreed upon by the executive directors of the deleted text beginstudent-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer
and technical
new text endorganizations; and

(4) four members from education appointed by the governor to staggered terms and
chosen so that each represents one of the following groups: school district level
administrators, secondary school administrators, middle school administrators, and
postsecondary administrators.

Executive directors of deleted text beginvocationaldeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endeducation student organizations
are ex officio, nonvoting members of the board.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Foundation programs.

The foundation shall advance applied leadership and
intracurricular deleted text beginvocationaldeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endlearning experiences for students. These may
include, but are not limited to:

(1) recognition programs and awards for students demonstrating excellence in applied
leadership;

(2) summer programs for student leadership, career development, applied academics,
and mentorship programs with business and industry;

(3) recognition programs for teachers, administrators, and others who make outstanding
contributions to deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endprograms;

(4) outreach programs to increase the involvement of urban and suburban students;

(5) organized challenges requiring cooperation and competition for secondary and
postsecondary students;

(6) assistance and training to community teams to increase career awareness and
empowerment of youth as community leaders; and

(7) assessment and activities in order to plan for and implement continuous improvement.

To the extent possible, the foundation shall make these programs available to students
in all parts of the state.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Powers and duties.

The foundation may:

(1) identify and plan common goals and priorities for the various deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer
and technical
new text endstudent organizations in Minnesota;

(2) publish brochures or booklets relating to the purposes of the foundation and collect
reasonable fees for the publications;

(3) seek and receive public and private money, grants, and in-kind services and goods
from nonstate sources for the purposes of the foundation, without complying with section
16A.013, subdivision 1;

(4) contract with consultants on behalf of the deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endstudent
organizations;

(5) plan, implement, and expend money for awards and other forms of recognition for
deleted text begin school-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and technical new text endstudent programs; and

(6) identifying an appropriate name for the foundation.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Public funding.

The state shall identify and secure appropriate funding for the
basic staffing of the foundation and individual student deleted text beginschool-to-workdeleted text end new text begincareer and technical
new text end student organizations at the state level.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.34, subdivision 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Student organizations.

Individual boards of deleted text beginvocationaldeleted text end new text begincareer and technical
new text end education student organizations shall continue their operations in accordance with section
124D.355 and applicable federal law.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.59, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

English learner; interrupted formal education.

Consistent with subdivision
2, an English learner includes an English learner with an interrupted formal education whonew text begin
meets three of the following five requirements
new text end:

(1) comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English, or
usually speaks a language other than English;

(2) enters school in the United States after grade 6;

(3) has at least two years less schooling than the English learner's peers;

(4) functions at least two years below expected grade level in reading and mathematics;
and

(5) may be preliterate in the English learner's native language.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Eligible pupils.

(a) A pupil under the age of 21 or who meets the requirements
of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), is eligible to participate in the graduation
incentives program, if the pupil:

(1) performs substantially below the performance level for pupils of the same age in a
locally determined achievement test;

(2) is behind in satisfactorily completing coursework or obtaining credits for graduation;

(3) is pregnant or is a parent;

(4) has been assessed as chemically dependent;

(5) has been excluded or expelled according to sections 121A.40 to 121A.56;

(6) has been referred by a school district for enrollment in an eligible program or a
program pursuant to section 124D.69;

(7) is a victim of physical or sexual abuse;

(8) has experienced mental health problems;

(9) has experienced homelessness sometime within six months before requesting a
transfer to an eligible program;

(10) speaks English as a second language or is an English learner;

(11) has withdrawn from school or has been chronically truant; or

(12) is being treated in a hospital in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or
other life threatening illness or is the sibling of an eligible pupil who is being currently
treated, and resides with the pupil's family at least 60 miles beyond the outside boundary
of the seven-county metropolitan area.

(b) deleted text beginFor fiscal years 2017 and 2018 only,deleted text end A pupil otherwise qualifying under paragraph
(a) who is at least 21 years of age and not yet 22 years of age, new text beginand new text endis an English learner with
an interrupted formal education according to section 124D.59, subdivision 2a, deleted text beginand was in
an early middle college program during the previous school year
deleted text end is eligible to participate
in the graduation incentives program under section 124D.68 and in concurrent enrollment
courses offered under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, and is funded in the same manner
as other pupils under this section.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.78, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Resolution of concurrence.

Prior to March 1, the school board or American
Indian school must submit to the department a copy of a resolution adopted by the American
Indian education parent advisory committee. The copy must be signed by the chair of the
committee and must state whether the committee concurs with the educational programs
for American Indian students offered by the school board or American Indian school. If the
committee does not concur with the educational programs, the reasons for nonconcurrence
and recommendations shall be submitted new text begindirectly to the school board new text endwith the resolution.
By resolution, the board must respond in writing within 60 days, in cases of nonconcurrence,
to each recommendation made by the committee and state its reasons for not implementing
the recommendations.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.83, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Revenue amount.

An American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant school
that is located on a reservation within the state and that complies with the requirements in
subdivision 1 is eligible to receive tribal contract or grant school aid. The amount of aid is
derived by:

(1) multiplying the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $170,
times the difference between (i) the resident pupil units as defined in section 126C.05,
subdivision 6
, in average daily membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13,
and (ii) the number of pupils for the current school year, weighted according to section
126C.05, subdivision 1, receiving benefits under section 123B.42 or 123B.44 or for which
the school is receiving reimbursement under section 124D.69;

(2) adding to the result in clause (1) an amount equal to the product of the formula
allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, less $300 times the tribal contract
compensation revenue pupil units;

(3) subtracting from the result in clause (2) the amount of money allotted to the school
by the federal government through Indian School Equalization Program of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 25, part 39, subparts A to E,
for the basic program as defined by section 39.11, paragraph (b), for the base rate as applied
to kindergarten through twelfth grade, excluding small school adjustments and additional
weighting, but not money allotted through subparts F to L for contingency funds, school
board training, student training, interim maintenance and minor repair, interim administration
cost, prekindergarten, and operation and maintenance, and the amount of money that is
received according to section 124D.69;

(4) dividing the result in clause (3) by the sum of the resident pupil units in average daily
membership, excluding section 126C.05, subdivision 13, plus the tribal contract compensation
revenue pupil units; and

(5) multiplying the sum of the resident pupil units, including section 126C.05, subdivision
13
, in average daily membership plus the tribal contract compensation revenue pupil units
by the lesser of $3,230 for fiscal deleted text beginyears 2016 todeleted text end new text beginyear new text end2019 and deleted text begin$1,500deleted text end new text begin51.17 percent of the
formula allowance
new text endfor fiscal year 2020 and later or the result in clause (4).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Initial achievement and integration revenue.

(a) An eligible district's
initial achievement and integration revenue equals the lesser of 100.3 percent of the district's
expenditures under the budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (c), excluding expenditures used to generate incentive revenue
under subdivision 2, or the sum of (1) $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that
year times the ratio of the district's enrollment of protected students for the previous school
year to total enrollment for the previous school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent
of the difference between the district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the
district's integration revenue for fiscal year 2014 under clause (1).

(b) In each year, new text beginan amount equal to new text end0.3 percent of each district's initial achievement
and integration revenue new text beginfor the second prior fiscal year new text endis transferred to the department for
the oversight and accountability activities required under this section and section 124D.861.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Achievement and integration aid.

For fiscal year 2015 and later, a district's
achievement and integration aid equals new text beginthe sum of new text end70 percent of its achievement and
integration revenuenew text begin and its achievement and integration equalization aid under subdivision
5a
new text end.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Achievement and integration levy.

new text begin(a) new text endA district's achievement and integration
levy new text beginrevenue new text endequals its achievement and integration revenue times 30 percent.

new text begin (b) A district's achievement and integration levy equals the product of (1) the achievement
and integration levy revenue, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's adjusted
net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to 30 percent of the state average adjusted net tax
capacity per adjusted pupil unit.
new text end

new text begin (c)new text end For Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; Independent School District No.
625, St. Paul; and Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, 100 percent of the levy
certified under this subdivision is shifted into the prior calendar year for purposes of sections
123B.75, subdivision 5, and 127A.441.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.862, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 5a. new text end

new text begin Achievement and integration equalization aid. new text end

new text begin A district's achievement and
integration equalization aid equals the district's achievement and integration levy revenue
minus the district's achievement and integration levy. If a district does not levy the entire
amount permitted, the achievement and integration equalization aid must be reduced in
proportion to the actual amount levied.
new text end

Sec. 44.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Establishment and membership.

The Minnesota Youth Council
Committee is established within and under the auspices of the Minnesota Alliance With
Youth. The committee consists of four members from each congressional district in
Minnesota and four members selected at-large. Members must be selected through an
application and interview process conducted by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. In
making its appointments, the Minnesota Alliance With Youth should strive to ensure gender
and ethnic diversity in the committee's membership. Members must be deleted text beginbetween the ages of
13 and 19
deleted text endnew text begin in grades 8 through 12new text end and serve two-year terms, except that one-half of the initial
members must serve a one-year term. Members may serve a maximum of two terms.

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.957, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Funding. new text end

new text begin The Minnesota Alliance With Youth may receive annual state
appropriations to fund the operations for the Minnesota Youth Council.
new text end

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.98, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Medium and high growth. new text end

new text begin (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this
section.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above
or below the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one
assessment scores.
new text end

new text begin (c) "High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the
average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.
new text end

Sec. 47.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.11, is amended to read:


124E.11 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND ENROLLMENT.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Limits on enrollment. new text end

deleted text begin(a)deleted text end A charter school, including its preschool or
prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b),
may limit admission to:

(1) pupils within an age group or grade level;

(2) pupils who are eligible to participate in the graduation incentives program under
section 124D.68; or

(3) residents of a specific geographic area in which the school is located when the
majority of students served by the school are members of underserved populations.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Timely application; lottery; enrollment preference. new text end

deleted text begin(b)deleted text end A charter school,
including its preschool or prekindergarten program established under section 124E.06,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (b), shall enroll an eligible pupil who submits a timely application,
unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level, or
building. In this case, pupils must be accepted by lot. The charter school must develop and
publish, including on its website, a lottery policy and process that it must use when accepting
pupils by lot.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Lottery exceptions. new text end

deleted text begin(c)deleted text endnew text begin (a)new text end A charter school shall give enrollment preference
to a sibling of an enrolled pupil and to a foster child of that pupil's parents and may give
preference for enrolling children of the school's staff before accepting other pupils by lot.

new text begin (b)new text end A charter school that is located in Duluth township in St. Louis County and admits
students in kindergarten through grade 6 must give enrollment preference to students residing
within a five-mile radius of the school and to the siblings of enrolled children.

new text begin (c)new text end A charter school may give enrollment preference to children currently enrolled in
the school's free preschool or prekindergarten program under section 124E.06, subdivision
3
, paragraph (b), who are eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the next school year.

new text begin (d) A charter school that is located in Castle Rock Township in Dakota County must
give enrollment preference to students residing within a two-mile radius of the school and
to the siblings of enrolled children.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Age of enrollment. new text end

deleted text begin(d)deleted text end A person shall not be admitted to a charter school (1)
as a kindergarten pupil, unless the pupil is at least five years of age on September 1 of the
calendar year in which the school year for which the pupil seeks admission commences; or
(2) as a first grade student, unless the pupil is at least six years of age on September 1 of
the calendar year in which the school year for which the pupil seeks admission commences
or has completed kindergarten; except that a charter school may establish and publish on
its website a policy for admission of selected pupils at an earlier age, consistent with the
enrollment process in deleted text beginparagraphs (b) and (c)deleted text endnew text begin subdivisions 2 and 3new text end.

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Admission limits not allowed. new text end

deleted text begin(e)deleted text end Except as permitted in deleted text beginparagraph (d)deleted text endnew text begin
subdivision 4
new text end, a charter school, including its preschool or prekindergarten program established
under section 124E.06, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), may not limit admission to pupils on
the basis of intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or athletic ability and
may not establish any criteria or requirements for admission that are inconsistent with this
section.

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Enrollment incentives prohibited. new text end

deleted text begin(f) Thedeleted text endnew text begin Anew text end charter school shall not distribute
any services or goods of value to students, parents, or guardians as an inducement, term, or
condition of enrolling a student in a charter school.

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Enrollment continues. new text end

deleted text begin(g)deleted text end Once a student is enrolled in deleted text beginthedeleted text endnew text begin a charternew text end school,
the student is considered enrolled in the school until the student formally withdraws or is
expelled under the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act in sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Prekindergarten pupils. new text end

deleted text begin(h)deleted text end A charter school with at least 90 percent of enrolled
students who are eligible for special education services and have a primary disability of
deaf or hard-of-hearing may enroll prekindergarten pupils with a disability under section
126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and must comply with the federal Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 300.324,
subsection (2), clause (iv).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for enrollment decisions made on or
after July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 48.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Affiliated nonprofit building corporation.

(a) An affiliated nonprofit building
corporation may purchase, expand, or renovate an existing facility to serve as a school or
may construct a new school facility. new text beginAn affiliated nonprofit building corporation may only
serve one charter school.
new text endA charter school may organize an affiliated nonprofit building
corporation if the charter school:

(1) has operated for at least six consecutive years;

(2) as of June 30, has a net positive unreserved general fund balance in the preceding
three fiscal years;

(3) has long-range strategic and financial plans that include enrollment projections for
at least five years;

(4) completes a feasibility study of facility options that outlines the benefits and costs
of each option; and

(5) has a plan that describes project parameters and budget.

(b) An affiliated nonprofit building corporation under this subdivision must:

(1) be incorporated under section 317A;

(2) comply with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations, including regulations
for "supporting organizations" as defined by the Internal Revenue Service;

(3) post on the school website the name, mailing address, bylaws, minutes of board
meetings, and names of the current board of directors of the affiliated nonprofit building
corporation;

(4) submit to the commissioner a copy of its annual audit by December 31 of each year;
and

(5) comply with government data practices law under chapter 13.

(c) An affiliated nonprofit building corporation must not serve as the leasing agent for
property or facilities it does not own. A charter school that leases a facility from an affiliated
nonprofit building corporation that does not own the leased facility is ineligible to receive
charter school lease aid. The state is immune from liability resulting from a contract between
a charter school and an affiliated nonprofit building corporation.

(d) The board of directors of the charter school must ensure the affiliated nonprofit
building corporation complies with all applicable legal requirements. The charter school's
authorizer must oversee the efforts of the board of directors of the charter school to ensure
legal compliance of the affiliated building corporation. A school's board of directors that
fails to ensure the affiliated nonprofit building corporation's compliance violates its
responsibilities and an authorizer must consider that failure when evaluating the charter
school.

Sec. 49.

Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 61, is amended to read:


Sec. 61. CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Qualifying certificates.

As soon as practicable, the commissioner of
education, in consultation with the Governor's Workforce Development Council established
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.665, and the P-20 education partnership operating
under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.70, must establish the list of qualifying career and
technical certificates and post the names of those certificates on the Department of
Education's Web site. The certificates must be in fields where occupational opportunities
exist.

Subd. 2.

School district participation.

(a) A school board may adopt a policy authorizing
its students in grades 9 through 12, including its students enrolled in postsecondary enrollment
options courses under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, the opportunity to complete a
qualifying certificate. The certificate may be completed as part of a regularly scheduled
course.

(b) A school district may register a student for any assessment necessary to complete a
qualifying certificate and pay any associated registration fees for its students.

Subd. 3.

Incentive funding.

(a) A school district's career and technical certification aid
equals $500 times the district's number of students enrolled during the current fiscal year
who have obtained one or more qualifying certificates during the current fiscal year.

(b) The statewide total certificate revenue must not exceed $1,000,000. The commissioner
must proportionately reduce the initial aid provided under this subdivision so that the
statewide aid cap is not exceeded.

Subd. 4.

Reports to the legislature.

(a) The commissioner of education must report to
the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12
education and higher education by February 1, 2017, on the number and types of certificates
authorized for the 2016-2017 school year. The commissioner must also recommend whether
the pilot program should be continued.

(b) By February 1, deleted text begin2018deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end, the commissioner of education must report to the
committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education
and higher education about the number and types of certificates earned by Minnesota's
students during the deleted text begin2016-2017deleted text endnew text begin priornew text end school year.

Sec. 50.

Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 15, is amended to
read:


Subd. 15.

Certificate incentive funding.

new text begin(a) new text endFor the certificate incentive program:

$
deleted text begin 1,000,000
deleted text end new text begin 140,000
new text end
.....
2017

new text begin (b) new text endThis is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2019.new text begin
$860,000 of the initial fiscal year 2017 appropriation is canceled to the general fund on June
30, 2019.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 51. new text beginINNOVATION RESEARCH ZONES PILOT PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment; requirements for participation; research zone plans. new text end

new text begin (a)
The innovation research zone pilot program is established to improve student and school
outcomes consistent with the world's best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.11. Innovation zone partnerships allow school districts and charter schools to
research and implement innovative education programming models designed to better
prepare students for the world.
new text end

new text begin (b) One or more school districts or charter schools may join together to form an innovation
zone partnership. The partnership may include other nonschool partners, including
postsecondary institutions, other units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and
for-profit organizations. An innovation zone plan must be collaboratively developed with
a school's instructional staff.
new text end

new text begin (c) An innovation research zone partnership must research and implement innovative
education programs and models that are based on proposed hypotheses. An innovation zone
plan may include an emerging practice not yet supported by peer-reviewed research.
Examples of innovation zone research include:
new text end

new text begin (1) personalized learning allowing students to excel at their own pace and according to
their interests, aspirations, and unique needs;
new text end

new text begin (2) the use of competency outcomes rather than seat time and course completion to fulfill
standards, credits, and other graduation requirements;
new text end

new text begin (3) multidisciplinary, real-world, inquiry-based, and student-directed models designed
to make learning more engaging and relevant, including documenting and validating learning
that takes place beyond the school day and school walls;
new text end

new text begin (4) models of instruction designed to close the achievement gap, including new models
for age three to grade 3 models, English as a second language models, early identification
and prevention of mental health issues, and others;
new text end

new text begin (5) partnerships between secondary schools and postsecondary institutions, employers,
or career training institutions enabling students to complete industry certifications,
postsecondary education credits, and other credentials;
new text end

new text begin (6) new methods of collaborative leadership including the expansion of schools where
teachers have larger professional roles;
new text end

new text begin (7) new ways to enhance parental and community involvement in learning;
new text end

new text begin (8) new models of professional development for educators, including embedded
professional development; or
new text end

new text begin (9) new models in other areas such as whole child instruction, social-emotional skill
development, technology-based or blended learning, parent and community involvement,
professional development and mentoring, and models that increase return on investment.
new text end

new text begin (d) The governing board for each innovation zone partner must approve an innovation
zone plan. An innovation zone plan submitted to the commissioner for approval must
describe:
new text end

new text begin (1) how the plan will improve student and school outcomes consistent with the world's
best workforce requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11;
new text end

new text begin (2) the role of each partner in the innovation zone;
new text end

new text begin (3) the research methodology used for each proposed action in the plan;
new text end

new text begin (4) the innovation zone partnership's proposed exemptions from statutes and rules under
subdivision 2;
new text end

new text begin (5) how the proposed planning and implementation process includes teachers and other
educational staff from the affected school sites;
new text end

new text begin (6) expected outcomes and graduation standards;
new text end

new text begin (7) a timeline for implementing the plan and assessing outcomes; and
new text end

new text begin (8) how results of the plan will be disseminated.
new text end

new text begin (e) Upon unanimous approval by the initial innovation zone partners and approval by
the commissioner of education, the innovation zone partnership may extend membership
to other partners. A new partner's membership is effective 30 days after the innovation zone
partnership notifies the commissioner of the proposed change in membership, unless the
commissioner disapproves the new partner's membership.
new text end

new text begin (f) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a school district or charter school
participating in an innovation zone partnership under this section continues to receive all
revenue and maintains its taxation authority in the same manner as prior to participation in
the innovation zone partnership. The innovation zone school district and charter school
partners remain organized and governed by their respective school boards with general
powers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B or 124E, and remain subject to any
employment agreements under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 122A and 179A. School district
and charter school employees participating in an innovation zone partnership remain
employees of their respective school district or charter school.
new text end

new text begin (g) An innovation zone partnership may submit its plan at any time to the commissioner
in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The commissioner must approve
or reject the plan after reviewing the recommendation of the Innovation Research Zone
Advisory Panel. An innovation zone partnership may resubmit a previously rejected plan
after modifying the plan to meet each individually identified objection.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Exemptions from laws and rules. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, an innovation zone partner with an approved plan is exempt from each of the
following state education laws and rules specifically identified in its plan:
new text end

new text begin (1) a law or rule from which a district-created, site-governed school under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123B.045, is exempt;
new text end

new text begin (2) a statute or rule from which the commissioner has exempted another district or charter
school, as identified in the list published on the Department of Education's website under
subdivision 4, paragraph (b);
new text end

new text begin (3) online learning program approval under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.095,
subdivision 7, if the school district or charter school offers a course or program online
combined with direct access to a teacher for a portion of that course or program;
new text end

new text begin (4) restrictions on extended time revenue under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.10,
subdivision 2a, for a student who meets the criteria of Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.68,
subdivision 2; and
new text end

new text begin (5) required hours of instruction in a class or subject area for a student who is meeting
all competencies consistent with the graduation standards described in the innovation zone
plan.
new text end

new text begin (b) The exemptions under this subdivision must not be construed as exempting an
innovation zone partner from the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner must
establish and convene an Innovation Research Zone Advisory Panel to review all innovation
zone plans submitted for approval.
new text end

new text begin (b) The panel must be composed of nine members. The commissioner must appoint one
member with expertise in evaluation and research. One member must be appointed by each
of the following organizations: Educators for Excellence, Education Minnesota, Minnesota
Association of Secondary School Principals, Minnesota Elementary School Principals'
Association, Minnesota Association of School Administrators, Minnesota School Boards
Association, Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the Office of Higher Education.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Commissioner approval. new text end

new text begin (a) Upon recommendation of the Innovation Research
Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner may approve up to three innovation zone plans in
the seven-county metropolitan area and up to three in greater Minnesota. If an innovation
zone partnership fails to implement its innovation zone plan as described in its application
and according to the stated timeline, upon recommendation of the Innovation Research
Zone Advisory Panel, the commissioner must alert the partnership members and provide
the opportunity to remediate. If implementation continues to fail, the commissioner must
suspend or terminate the innovation zone plan.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must publish a list of the exemptions granted to a district or charter
school on the Department of Education's website by July 1, 2020. The list must be updated
annually.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Project evaluation; dissemination; report to legislature. new text end

new text begin Each innovation
zone partnership must submit project data to the commissioner in the form and manner
provided for in the approved application. At least once every two years, the commissioner
must analyze each innovation zone's progress in meeting the objectives of the innovation
zone plan. The commissioner must summarize and categorize innovation zone plans and
submit a report to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over education by February
1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
new text end

Sec. 52. new text beginRURAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM
GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin "Rural career and technical education (CTE) consortium"
means a voluntary collaboration of a service cooperative and other regional public and
private partners, including school districts and higher education institutions, that work
together to provide career and technical education opportunities within the service
cooperative's multicounty service area.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin (a) A rural CTE consortium shall:
new text end

new text begin (1) focus on the development of courses and programs that encourage collaboration
between two or more school districts;
new text end

new text begin (2) develop new career and technical programs that focus on industry sectors that fuel
the rural regional economy;
new text end

new text begin (3) facilitate the development of highly trained and knowledgeable students who are
equipped with technical and workplace skills needed by regional employers;
new text end

new text begin (4) improve access to career and technical education programs for students who attend
sparsely populated rural school districts by developing public and private partnerships with
business and industry leaders and by increasing coordination of high school and
postsecondary program options;
new text end

new text begin (5) increase family and student awareness of the availability and benefit of career and
technical education courses and training opportunities; and
new text end

new text begin (6) provide capital start-up costs for items including but not limited to a mobile welding
lab, medical equipment and lab, and industrial kitchen equipment.
new text end

new text begin (b) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), a rural CTE consortium may:
new text end

new text begin (1) address the teacher shortage in career and technical education through incentive
funding and training programs; and
new text end

new text begin (2) provide transportation reimbursement grants to provide equitable opportunities
throughout the region for students to participate in career and technical education.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Rural career and technical education advisory committee. new text end

new text begin In order to be
eligible for a grant under this section, a service cooperative must establish a rural career
and technical education advisory committee to advise the cooperative on administering the
rural CTE consortium.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Private funding. new text end

new text begin A rural CTE consortium may receive other sources of funds
to supplement state funding. All funds received shall be administered by a service cooperative
that is a member of the consortium.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Reporting requirements. new text end

new text begin A rural CTE consortium must submit an annual
report on the progress of its activities to the commissioner of education and the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over secondary and postsecondary education. The annual report
must contain a financial report for the preceding fiscal year. The first report is due no later
than January 15, 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Grant recipients. new text end

new text begin For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award
a two-year grant to the consortium that is a collaboration of the Southwest/West Central
Service Cooperative (SWWC), Southwest Minnesota State University, Minnesota West
Community and Technical College, Ridgewater College, and other regional public and
private partners. For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the commissioner shall award a two-year
grant to an applicant consortium that includes the South Central Service Cooperative or
Southeast Service Cooperative and a two-year grant to an applicant consortium that includes
the Northwest Service Cooperative or Northeast Service Cooperative.
new text end

Sec. 53. new text beginVOCATIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Vocational enrichment program. new text end

new text begin A school district or charter school
may establish a vocational enrichment program that operates outside of the regular school
day, including over weekends or the summer, to provide instruction in vocational courses
focused on construction trades and welding. The district must first offer the program to
enrolled secondary students but may broaden registration to others if space permits.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Vocational enrichment grants. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district must apply for a vocational
enrichment grant in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. The maximum
amount of a vocational enrichment grant equals the product of:
new text end

new text begin (1) $5,117;
new text end

new text begin (2) 1.2;
new text end

new text begin (3) the number of students participating in the program; and
new text end

new text begin (4) the ratio of the actual hours of service provided to each student to 1,020.
new text end

new text begin (b) If applications for funding exceed the amount appropriated for the program, the
commissioner must prioritize grants to welding and construction trades programs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin By February 15 of each year following the receipt of a grant, a
school district must report on its website and to the commissioner of education on the courses
funded through the grant, the demographics of the participants in the program, and the
outcome for course participants.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 54. new text beginBRECKENRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 3, Independent School
District No. 846, Breckenridge, may enter into an agreement under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.09, subdivision 10, with a higher education institution located outside of the
state of Minnesota but within four miles of the high school. The higher education institution
is an eligible institution only for the purposes of providing a postsecondary enrollment
options program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09.
new text end

Sec. 55. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Achievement and integration aid. new text end

new text begin For achievement and integration aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 80,589,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 83,436,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $7,059,000 for 2019 and $73,530,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $8,170,000 for 2020 and $75,266,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants. new text end

new text begin For
interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.87:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 13,874,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 14,589,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Literacy incentive aid. new text end

new text begin For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.98:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 45,304,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 45,442,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $4,582,000 for 2019 and $40,722,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $4,524,000 for 2020 and $40,918,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Tribal contract school aid. new text end

new text begin For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.83:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,321,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,819,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $299,000 for 2019 and $3,022,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $335,000 for 2020 and $3,484,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin American Indian education aid. new text end

new text begin For American Indian education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 9,515,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 9,673,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $960,000 for 2019 and $8,555,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $950,000 for 2020 and $8,723,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Tribal Nations Education Committee. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to the Tribal Nations
Education Committee under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.79:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 150,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 150,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin ServeMinnesota program. new text end

new text begin For funding ServeMinnesota programs under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.37 to 124D.45:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin A grantee organization may provide health and child care coverage to the dependents
of each participant enrolled in a full-time ServeMinnesota program to the extent such
coverage is not otherwise available. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Early childhood literacy programs. new text end

new text begin (a) For early childhood literacy programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.50, subdivision 3:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,950,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,950,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Up to $7,950,000 each year is for leveraging federal and private funding to support
AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota reading corps program established by
ServeMinnesota, including costs associated with training and teaching early literacy skills
to children ages three through grade 3 and evaluating the impact of the program under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.38, subdivision 2, and 124D.42, subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Minnesota math corps program. new text end

new text begin (a) For the Minnesota math corps program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 9:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The
base funding in fiscal year 2022 and later is $500,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin ServeMinnesota programs at tribal contract and grant schools. new text end

new text begin (a) For
grants to ServeMinnesota to enhance reading and math corps programming at American
Indian-controlled tribal contract and grant schools eligible for aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.83:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 416,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 416,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Student organizations. new text end

new text begin (a) For student organizations:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 768,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 768,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HOSA).
new text end

new text begin (c) $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry occupations
(Skills USA, secondary and postsecondary).
new text end

new text begin (d) $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations (BPA,
secondary and postsecondary).
new text end

new text begin (e) $193,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations (FFA,
PAS).
new text end

new text begin (f) $185,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science
occupations (FCCLA). Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1000, subparts 28 and
31, the student organizations serving FCCLA shall continue to serve students younger than
grade 9.
new text end

new text begin (g) $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations (DECA
and DECA collegiate).
new text end

new text begin (h) $40,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
new text end

new text begin (i) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin Museums and education centers. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to museums and education
centers:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 591,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 591,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) $319,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. Of the amount in this
paragraph, $50,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum, Rochester.
new text end

new text begin (c) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum.
new text end

new text begin (d) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
new text end

new text begin (e) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
new text end

new text begin (f) $31,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids.
new text end

new text begin (g) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin (h) $50,000 each year is for The Works Museum.
new text end

new text begin (i) To the extent practicable, grant recipients must prioritize grant proceeds to expand
access to museum and education center programs for low-income families and other
underserved populations.
new text end

new text begin (j) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin Starbase MN. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to Starbase MN for a rigorous science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program providing students in grades 4 through
6 with a multisensory learning experience and a hands-on curriculum in an aerospace
environment using state-of-the-art technology:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end

new text begin Recovery program grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For recovery program grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.695:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Principals Academy. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to the University of Minnesota
College of Education and Human Development for the operation of the Minnesota Principals
Academy:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of these amounts, $50,000 must be used to pay the costs of attendance for principals
and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's accountability
system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. To the
extent funds are available, the Department of Education is encouraged to use up to $200,000
of federal Title II funds to support additional participation in the Principals Academy by
principals and school leaders from schools identified for intervention under the state's
accountability system as implemented to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds
Act.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end

new text begin Charter school building lease aid. new text end

new text begin For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124E.22:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 85,450,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 91,064,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $8,021,000 for 2019 and $77,429,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $8,603,000 for 2020 and $82,461,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

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

new text begin (a) For the statewide testing and
reporting system under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 10,892,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 10,877,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The
base for this appropriation in 2022 is $10,892,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Certificate incentive funding. new text end

new text begin (a) For the certificate incentive program under
Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 61:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 860,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end

new text begin (b) This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. new text end

new text begin Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. new text end

new text begin (a) For students'
advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota
Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs for teachers and
other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 4,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 4,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each
year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation
each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement
and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory
Council and International Baccalaureate Minnesota, respectively, shall determine the amounts
of the expenditures each year for examination fees and training and support programs for
each program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000
each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up
support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate
programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or
international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The
commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent of
available appropriations, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced
placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
new text end

new text begin (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 21. new text end

new text begin Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course
offerings.
new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students
to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 22. new text end

new text begin Rural career and technical education consortium. new text end

new text begin (a) For rural career and
technical education consortium grants:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 23. new text end

new text begin Grants to support students experiencing homelessness. new text end

new text begin (a) To provide
grants to eligible school districts in order to address the needs of students experiencing
homelessness:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin $500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin $500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation to monitor and
administer the grant program. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available
in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 24. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Center for the Book programming. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to the entity
designated by the Library of Congress as the Minnesota Center for the Book to provide
statewide programming related to the Minnesota Book Awards and for additional
programming throughout the state related to the Center for the Book designation:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 125,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 125,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 25. new text end

new text begin Concurrent enrollment aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For concurrent enrollment aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
the aid payment to each school district.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $8,000,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 26. new text end

new text begin Full-service community schools. new text end

new text begin (a) For full-service community schools
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Up to $50,000 each year is for administration of this program. Any balance in the
first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $12,500,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 27. new text end

new text begin ConnectZ program. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys as fiscal
agent for Girl Scout councils serving Minnesota residents providing innovative, culturally
responsive programming to underrepresented, underresourced girls in kindergarten through
grade 12, including programming relating to healthy relationships; science, technology,
engineering, and math; financial literacy; career and college readiness; and leadership
development and service learning:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,400,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,400,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) By February 15 following each fiscal year of the grant, the grantee must submit a
report detailing expenditures and outcomes of the grant-supported programs to the
commissioner of education and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy
and finance. The report must, at least:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide self-reported free and reduced-price lunch status and self-reported
demographic information for the girls participating in programs funded by this grant;
new text end

new text begin (2) report participants' average program contacts in the areas of healthy relationships;
science, technology, engineering, and math; financial literacy; career and college readiness;
and leadership development and service learning;
new text end

new text begin (3) identify the number and proportion of high school program participants who report
they are confident they will attend college;
new text end

new text begin (4) report the number and proportion of grade 12 participants who apply to a
postsecondary institution; and
new text end

new text begin (5) to the extent possible, verify the number and percentage of participants who actually
enroll in a postsecondary institution.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is zero.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 28. new text end

new text begin Civics education grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to the Minnesota Civic Education
Coalition, Minnesota Civic Youth, Learning Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA
Youth in Government to provide civics education programs for Minnesota youth ages 18
and younger:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 125,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 125,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Civics education means the study of constitutional principles and the democratic
foundation of our national, state, and local institutions, and the study of political processes
and structures of government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government
under the rule of law.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 29. new text end

new text begin After-school community learning programs. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants for after-school
community learning programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The
base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,500,000.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of education may retain up to two percent of the appropriation
amount to administer the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner of education may use up to five percent of the appropriation
amount in each fiscal year to monitor the grant and provide technical assistance to grant
recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211, subdivision 4. The commissioner
must use 2.5 percent of the appropriation amount to contract with Ignite Afterschool to
provide technical assistance to grant recipients under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.2211,
subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 30. new text end

new text begin Vocational enrichment grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For vocational enrichment grants to school
districts and charter schools:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $50,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent
School District No. 2752, Fairmont.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 31. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Youth Council. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to the Minnesota Alliance With
Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

Sec. 56. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.299, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

ARTICLE 3

TEACHERS

Section 1.

new text begin [120B.113] INCLUSIVE SCHOOL ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Grant program established. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must establish a grant
program to support implementation of world's best workforce strategies under section
120B.11, subdivision 2, clauses (4) and (6), to support collaborative efforts to make school
climate and curriculum more inclusive and respectful toward all students, families, and
employees, especially those of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Applications and grant awards. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must determine application
procedures and deadlines, select schools to participate in the grant program, and determine
the payment process and amount of the grants. To the extent there are sufficient applications,
the commissioner should award an approximately equal number of grants between districts
in greater Minnesota and those in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. If there are an
insufficient number of applications received for either geographic area, the commissioner
may award grants to meet the requests for funds wherever a district is located.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Description. new text end

new text begin The grant program must provide funding that supports collaborative
efforts to make schools' curricula and learning and work environments more inclusive and
respectful of students' racial and ethnic diversity and to address issues of structural inequities
in schools that create opportunity gaps and achievement gaps for students, families, and
staff who are of color or who are American Indian, consistent with the requirements for
long-term plans under section 124D.861, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin Grant recipients must annually report to the commissioner by a date
and in a form and manner determined by the commissioner on efforts planned and
implemented that engaged students, families, educators, and community members of diverse
racial and ethnic backgrounds in making improvements to school climate and curriculum.
The report must assess the impact of those efforts as perceived by racially and ethnically
diverse stakeholders as well as the areas needed for further continuous improvement.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [120B.117] INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS OF COLOR
AND AMERICAN INDIAN TEACHERS IN MINNESOTA.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Purpose. new text end

new text begin This section sets a goal for increasing the percentage of teachers
of color and American Indian teachers in Minnesota to increase access to effective teachers
who reflect the diversity of students.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Equitable access to diverse teachers. new text end

new text begin The percentage of teachers of color or
American Indian teachers in Minnesota should increase at least two percentage points per
year to have a teaching workforce that more closely reflects the student population and
increase access to effective and diverse teachers by 2040.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Rights not created. new text end

new text begin The attainment goal in this section is not to the exclusion
of any other goals and does not confer a right or create a claim for any person.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin (a) By October 1, 2019, and each odd-numbered year thereafter,
the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must report on progress toward
achieving the goal adopted under this section. The board must submit the report to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over
kindergarten through grade 12 education and higher education policy and finance in
accordance with section 3.195. The report must be available to the public on the board's
website. The board must report on the effectiveness of state-funded programs to increase
the recruitment, preparation, licensing, hiring, and retention of racially and ethnically diverse
teachers and the state's progress toward meeting or exceeding the goals of this section. The
board must consult with the four ethnic councils under sections 3.922 and 15.0145, along
with other community and stakeholder groups, including students of color, in developing
the report.
new text end

new text begin (b) The board must collaborate with the Department of Education and the Office of
Higher Education to summarize reports from the programs each agency administers and
any other programs receiving state appropriations with an explicit purpose of increasing
the racial and ethnic diversity of the state's teacher workforce to more closely reflect the
diversity of students. The report must include programs under sections 120B.113, 122A.2451,
122A.59, 122A.63, 122A.635, 122A.685, 122A.70, 124D.09, 124D.861, 136A.1275, and
136A.1791 along with any other programs or initiatives that receive state appropriations to
address the shortage of teachers of color and American Indian teachers.
new text end

new text begin (c) The report must include recommendations for state policy and funding needed to
achieve the goals of this section, plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients,
and opportunities among grant recipients of various programs to share effective practices
with each other. The 2019 report must include a recommendation on whether a state advisory
council should be established to address the shortage of racially and ethnically diverse
teachers and the composition and charge of such an advisory council if established.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [122A.04] CODE OF ETHICS FOR TEACHERS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Scope. new text end

new text begin Each teacher, upon entering the teaching profession, assumes a
number of obligations, one of which is to adhere to principles that define professional
conduct. These principles are reflected in the code of ethics in subdivision 2, which sets
forth to the education profession and the public it serves the standards of professional conduct
and procedures for implementation. This code applies to all persons licensed according to
rules established by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Standards of professional conduct. new text end

new text begin (a) A teacher must provide professional
education services in a nondiscriminatory manner.
new text end

new text begin (b) A teacher must make reasonable effort to protect a student from conditions harmful
to health and safety.
new text end

new text begin (c) In accordance with state and federal laws, a teacher must disclose confidential
information about individuals only when a compelling professional purpose is served or
when required by law.
new text end

new text begin (d) A teacher must take reasonable disciplinary action in exercising the authority to
provide an atmosphere conducive to learning.
new text end

new text begin (e) A teacher must not use a professional relationship with a student, parent, or colleague
to private advantage.
new text end

new text begin (f) A teacher must delegate authority for teaching responsibilities only to licensed
personnel.
new text end

new text begin (g) A teacher must not deliberately suppress or distort subject matter.
new text end

new text begin (h) A teacher must not knowingly falsify or misrepresent records or facts relating to the
teacher's own qualifications or other teachers' qualifications.
new text end

new text begin (i) A teacher must not knowingly make a false or malicious statement about a student
or colleague.
new text end

new text begin (j) A teacher must accept a contract for a teaching position that requires licensing only
if properly or provisionally licensed for that position.
new text end

new text begin (k) A teacher must not engage in any sexual conduct or contact with a student.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Teacher.

"Teacher" means a classroom teacher or other similar professional
employee required to hold a license new text beginor permission new text endfrom the Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Field.

A "fieldnew text begin,new text end" new text begin"licensure area," new text endor "subject area" means the content area in
which a teacher may become licensed to teach.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Teacher preparation program.

"Teacher preparation program" means a
program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the
purpose of preparing individuals for a specific teacher licensure field in Minnesota. deleted text beginTeacher
preparation programs include traditional programs delivered by postsecondary institutions,
alternative teacher preparation programs, and nonconventional teacher preparation programs.
deleted text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Teacher preparation program provider.

"Teacher preparation program
provider" or "unit" means an entity that has primary responsibility for overseeing and
delivering a teacher preparation program.new text begin Teacher preparation program providers include
postsecondary institutions and alternative teacher preparation providers aligned to section
122A.2451.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Appointment of members.

The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board consists of deleted text begin11deleted text endnew text begin 13new text end members appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the senate. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members,
the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements are as
provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. No member may be reappointed for more than one
additional term.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Eligibility; board composition.

Each nominee, other than a public nominee,
must be selected on the basis of professional experience and knowledge of teacher education,
accreditation, and licensure. The board must be composed of:

(1) deleted text beginsixdeleted text end new text beginseven new text endteachers who are currently teaching in a Minnesota school or who were
teaching at the time of the appointment, have at least five years of teaching experience, and
were not serving in an administrative function at a school district or school when appointed.
The deleted text beginsixdeleted text endnew text begin sevennew text end teachers must include the following:

(i) one teacher in a charter school;

(ii) one teacher from the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121,
subdivision 2;

(iii) one teacher from outside the seven-county metropolitan area;

(iv) one teacher from a related service category licensed by the board;

(v) one special education teacher; and

new text begin (vi) two teachers that represent current or emerging trends in education;
new text end

deleted text begin (vi)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end one teacher deleted text beginfromdeleted text end new text begineducator currently teaching in new text enda new text beginMinnesota-approved new text endteacher
preparation programdeleted text begin;deleted text endnew text begin who has previously taught for at least five years in a birth through
grade 12 setting;
new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end one superintendent that alternates each term between a superintendent from the
seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, and a
superintendent from outside the metropolitan area;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text endnew text begin (4)new text end one school district human resources director;

deleted text begin (4)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end one administrator of a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2,
who oversees a special education programnew text begin and who has previously taught for at least five
years in a birth through grade 12 setting
new text end;

deleted text begin (5)deleted text endnew text begin (6)new text end one principal that alternates each term between an elementary and a secondary
school principal; and

deleted text begin (6)deleted text endnew text begin (7)new text end one member of the public that may be a current or former school board member.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Administration.

(a) The executive director of the board deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be the
chief administrative officer for the board but deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end not be a member of the board. The
executive director deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end maintain the records of the board, account for all fees received
by the board, supervise and direct employees servicing the board, and perform other services
as directed by the board.

(b) The Department of Administration must provide administrative support in accordance
with section 16B.371. The commissioner of administration must assess the board for services
it provides under this section.

deleted text begin (c) The Department of Education must provide suitable offices and other space to the
board at reasonable cost until January 1, 2020. Thereafter, the board may contract with
either the Department of Education or the Department of Administration for the provision
of suitable offices and other space, joint conference and hearing facilities, and examination
rooms.
deleted text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Public employer compensation reduction prohibited. new text end

new text begin The public employer
of a member must not reduce the member's compensation or benefits for the member's
absence from employment when engaging in the business of the board.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules.

(a)
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules subject to the
provisions of chapter 14 to implement sections 120B.363, 122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.092,
122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, 122A.184, 122A.185,
122A.187, 122A.188, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.23,new text begin 122A.2451,new text end 122A.26, 122A.28, and
122A.29.

(b) The board must adopt rules relating to fields of licensure, including a process for
granting permission to a licensed teacher to teach in a field that is different from the teacher's
field of licensure without change to the teacher's license tier level.

(c) The board must adopt rules relating to the grade levels that a licensed teacher may
teach.

(d) If a rule adopted by the board is in conflict with a session law or statute, the law or
statute prevails. Terms adopted in rule must be clearly defined and must not be construed
to conflict with terms adopted in statute or session law.

(e) The board must include a description of a proposed rule's probable effect on teacher
supply and demand in the board's statement of need and reasonableness under section 14.131.

(f) The board must adopt rules only under the specific statutory authority.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data;
report.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of
School Administrators, in cooperation with board-adopted teacher or administrator
preparation programs, annually must collect and report summary data on teacher and
administrator preparation and performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision. The
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of School Administrators
annually by June 1 must update and post the reported summary preparation and performance
data on teachers and administrators from the preceding school years on a website hosted
jointly by the boards.

(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:

(1) student entrance requirements for each Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board-approved program, including grade point average for enrolling students in the
preceding year;

(2) the average board-adopted skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students
entering the program in the preceding year;

(3) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty
undergraduate and graduate degrees and their years of experience either as kindergarten
through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;

(4) the average time resident and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year
needed to complete the program;

(5) the current number and percentage of students by program who graduated, received
a standard Minnesota teaching license, and were hired to teach full time in their licensure
field in a Minnesota district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except
when disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally
identifiable information about an individual;

(6) the number of content area credits and other credits by undergraduate program that
students in the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate;

(7) students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for graduation in
each program and licensure area in the preceding school year;

(8) survey results measuring student and deleted text begingraduatedeleted text end new text beginprogram completer new text endsatisfaction with
the program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation
would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable
information about an individual;

(9) a standard measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers
with the deleted text beginstudent teachersdeleted text end new text beginprogram completer new text endassigned to a school or supervising teacher;
and

(10) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) and (b).

Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 2.

(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved by
the Board of School Administrators must include:

(1) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of faculty
undergraduate and graduate degrees and the years of experience either as kindergarten
through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;

(2) the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the
program;

(3) the current number and percentage of students who graduated, received a standard
Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota
school district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except when
disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally
identifiable information about an individual;

(4) the number of credits by graduate program that students in the preceding school year
needed to complete to graduate;

(5) survey results measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the
program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation
would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable
information about an individual; and

(6) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (c) and (d).

Program reporting must be consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.092, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Reading strategies.

(a) All deleted text begincolleges and universitiesdeleted text end new text beginpreparation providers
new text end approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons
for classroom teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs
research-based best practices in reading, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4,
that enables the licensure candidate to teach reading in the candidate's content areas. Teacher
candidates must be instructed in using students' native languages as a resource in creating
effective differentiated instructional strategies for English learners developing literacy skills.
These colleges and universities also must prepare early childhood and elementary teacher
candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 teaching licenses under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184,
respectively, for the portion of the examination under section 122A.185, subdivision 1,
paragraph (c), covering assessment of reading instruction.

(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education
must require instruction in applying comprehensive, scientifically based, and balanced
reading instruction programs that:

(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies
consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4, so that all students achieve continuous
progress in reading; and

(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations
that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels to become proficient readers.

(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's
reading program or curriculum.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.092, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Technology strategies.

All deleted text begincolleges and universitiesdeleted text end new text beginpreparation providers
new text end approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons
for classroom teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs the
knowledge and skills teacher candidates need to engage students with technology and deliver
digital and blended learning and curriculum.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.17, is amended to read:


122A.17 VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES.

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end A rule adopted by the Board of Teaching or the Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board must not affect the validity of certificates or licenses to teach in effect on
July 1, 1974, or the rights and privileges of the holders thereof, except that any such
certificate or license may be suspended or revoked for any of the causes and by the procedures
specified by law.

deleted text begin (b) All teacher licenses in effect on January 1, 2018, shall remain valid for one additional
year after the date the license is scheduled to expire.
deleted text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Background check account.

An educator licensure background check account
is created in the special revenue fund. The deleted text beginDepartment of Education, thedeleted text end Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Boarddeleted text begin,deleted text end and the Board of School Administrators must
deposit all payments submitted by license applicants for criminal background checks
deleted text begin conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehensiondeleted text end in the educator licensure background
check account. Amounts in the account are annually appropriated to the deleted text begincommissioner of
education for payment to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
deleted text endnew text begin
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
new text end for the costs of background checks
on applicants for licensure.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:


Subd. 7c.

Temporary military license.

The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board shall establish a temporary license in accordance with section 197.4552
for teaching. The fee for a temporary license under this subdivision shall be deleted text begin$87.90 for an
online application or $86.40 for a paper application
deleted text endnew text begin $57new text end. The board must provide candidates
for a license under this subdivision with information regarding the tiered licensure system
provided in sections 122A.18 to 122A.184.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Background checks.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board and the Board of School Administrators must deleted text beginrequestdeleted text endnew text begin obtainnew text end a criminal history
background check deleted text beginfrom the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehensiondeleted text end on all
first-time teaching applicants for licenses under their jurisdiction. Applicants must include
with their licensure applications:

(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and

(2) deleted text begina money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
for the fee for conducting the criminal history
deleted text end new text beginpayment to conduct thenew text end background check.

(b) The deleted text beginsuperintendent ofdeleted text end new text beginbackground check for all first-time teaching applicants for
licenses must include a review of information from
new text end the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
deleted text begin shall perform the background check required under paragraph (a) by retrievingdeleted text endnew text begin, includingnew text end
criminal history data as defined in section 13.87new text begin,new text end and deleted text beginshalldeleted text end new text beginmustnew text end also deleted text beginconduct a searchdeleted text end new text begininclude
a review
new text end of the national criminal records repository. The superintendent new text beginof the Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension
new text end is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall recover
the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant under
paragraph (a).

deleted text begin (c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School
Administrators may issue a license pending completion of a background check under this
subdivision, but must notify the individual and the school district or charter school employing
the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the
background check.
deleted text end

new text begin (c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may contract with the
commissioner of human services to conduct background checks and obtain background
check data required under this chapter.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.18, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Licensure via portfolio.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board must adopt rules establishing a process for an eligible candidate to obtain deleted text beginany teacherdeleted text end
new text begin a Tier 3new text end license deleted text beginunder subdivision 1,deleted text end or to add a licensure fielddeleted text begin,deleted text end via portfolio. The portfolio
licensure application process must be consistent with the requirements in this subdivision.

(b) A candidate for a new text beginTier 3 new text endlicense new text beginvia portfolio new text endmust submit to the board one portfolio
demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio demonstrating content competence.

(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field new text beginvia portfolio new text endmust submit to the board
one portfolio demonstrating content competence for each licensure field the candidate seeks
to add.

(d) The board must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under paragraph (b) or
(c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether or not the portfolio is
approved. If the portfolio is not approved, the board must immediately inform the candidate
how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite competence. The
candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the board must approve or
disapprove the revised portfolio within 60 calendar days of receiving it.

(e) A candidate must pay deleted text beginto the board a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for
review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The revenue generated
from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure portfolio account in the special
revenue fund. The fees are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The
board may waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.
deleted text end new text begina fee for a portfolio
in accordance with section 122A.21, subdivision 4.
new text end

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Term of license and renewal.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 1 license for a term of one year. A Tier 1 license
may be renewed subject to paragraphs (b) and (c). The board may submit written comments
to the district or charter school that requested the renewal regarding the candidate.

(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must renew a Tier 1
license if:

(1) the district or charter school requesting the renewal demonstrates that it has posted
the teacher position but was unable to hire an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3, or 4 license
for the position;

(2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license took a content examination in accordance with
section 122A.185 and submitted the examination results to the teacher's employing district
or charter school within one year of the board approving the request for the initial Tier 1
license; and

(3) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license participated in cultural competency training
consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q), within one year of the board
approving the request for the initial Tier 1 license.

The requirement in clause (2) does not apply to a teacher that teaches a class in a career and
technical education or career pathways course of study.

(c) A Tier 1 license must not be renewed more than deleted text beginthree timesdeleted text endnew text begin one timenew text end, unless the
requesting district or charter school can show good cause for additional renewals. deleted text beginA Tier 1
license issued to teach (1) a class or course in a career and technical education or career
pathway course of study or (2) in a shortage area, as defined in section 122A.06, subdivision
6
, may be renewed without limitation.
deleted text end

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Application.

new text begin(a) new text endThe Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must accept applications for a Tier 1 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year
for which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 1 teaching license within
30 days of receiving the completed application.

new text begin (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may accept applications
for a Tier 1 license from applicants requiring a work visa, including applications to renew
a Tier 1 license, before July 1.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.181, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Limitations on license.

(a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter
indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, clause (2), and
limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 1 license.

(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for
purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).

deleted text begin (c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher under
section 179A.03, subdivision 18.
deleted text end

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Requirements.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board must approve a request from a district or charter school to issue a Tier 2 license in a
specified content area to a candidate if:

(1) the candidate meets the educational or professional requirements in paragraph (b)
or (c);

(2) the candidate:

deleted text begin (i) has completed the coursework required under subdivision 2;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (ii)deleted text endnew text begin (i)new text end is enrolled in a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation programnew text begin, including an
alternative preparation program under section 122A.2451, or a state-approved teacher
preparation program if no licensure program exists in Minnesota
new text end; or

deleted text begin (iii) has a master's degree in the specified content areadeleted text endnew text begin (ii) has completed a state-approved
teacher preparation program but does not meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license
new text end; and

(3) the district or charter school demonstrates that a criminal background check under
section 122A.18, subdivision 8, has been completed on the candidate.

(b) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have a bachelor's degree to teach a class outside
a career and technical education or career pathways course of study.

(c) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have one of the following credentials in a
relevant content area to teach a class or course in a career and technical education or career
pathways course of study:

(1) an associate's degree;

(2) a professional certification; or

(3) five years of relevant work experience.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Term of license and renewal.

The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 2 license for a term of two years. A Tier 2 license
may be renewed deleted text beginthreedeleted text end new text begintwo new text endtimes. Before a Tier 2 license is renewed for the first time, a
teacher holding a Tier 2 license must participate in cultural competency training consistent
with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q). The board must issue rules setting forth
the conditions for additional renewals after the initial license has been renewed deleted text beginthreedeleted text end new text begintwo
new text end times.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.182, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Application.

new text begin(a) new text endThe Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must accept applications for a Tier 2 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year
for which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 2 teaching license within
30 days of receiving the completed application.

new text begin (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may accept applications
for a Tier 2 license from applicants requiring a work visa, including applications to renew
a Tier 2 license, before July 1.
new text end

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.183, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Coursework.

A candidate for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework
requirement by demonstrating one of the following:

(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;

(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific
student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher
preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to a
candidate that has two years of teaching experience;

(3) submission of a content-specific licensure portfolio;new text begin or
new text end

(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the candidate's
license is in good standing, and two years of teaching experiencedeleted text begin; ordeleted text endnew text begin.
new text end

deleted text begin (5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative
teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an
improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section 122A.41,
subdivision 5.
deleted text end

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.183, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Mentorship and evaluation.

A teacher holding a Tier 3 license must participate
in deleted text beginthe employing district or charter school'sdeleted text end new text begina new text endmentorship and evaluation program, including
an individual growth and development plan.new text begin A teacher holding a Tier 3 license may satisfy
the mentorship requirement by participating in a mentorship program during the teacher's
first year in a new district or charter school, including a school year when the teacher held
a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license. No teacher holding a Tier 3 license may be required to serve as
a mentor to another teacher in order to fulfill this requirement.
new text end

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.184, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Requirements.

The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board must issue a Tier 4 license to a candidate who provides information sufficient to
demonstrate all of the following:

(1) the candidate meets all requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183,
and has completed a teacher preparation program under section 122A.183, subdivision 2,
clause (1) or (2);

(2) the candidate has at least three years of teaching experience in Minnesota;new text begin and
new text end

(3) the candidate has obtained a passing score on all required licensure exams under
section 122A.185deleted text begin; anddeleted text endnew text begin.
new text end

deleted text begin (4) the candidate's most recent summative teacher evaluation did not result in placing
or otherwise keeping the teacher in an improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40,
subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.
deleted text end

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.184, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Mentorship and evaluation.

A teacher holding a Tier 4 license must participate
in deleted text beginthe employing district or charter school'sdeleted text end new text begina new text endmentorship and evaluation program, including
an individual growth and development plan.new text begin A teacher holding a Tier 4 license may satisfy
the mentorship requirement by participating in a mentorship program during the teacher's
first year in a new district or charter school, including a school year when the teacher held
a Tier 1, 2, or 3 license. No teacher holding a Tier 4 license may be required to serve as a
mentor to another teacher in order to fulfill this requirement.
new text end

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.185, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Tests.

(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must adopt rules requiring a candidate to demonstrate a passing score on a board-adopted
examination of skills in reading, writing, and mathematics before being granted a Tier 4
teaching license under section 122A.184 to provide direct instruction to pupils in elementary,
secondary, or special education programs. new text beginThe board must grant a Tier 4 license to a
candidate with a Tier 3 license whose employing school district or charter school verifies
the candidate's skills in reading, writing, and mathematics for teaching in the licensure field.
new text end Candidates may obtain a Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 license to provide direct instruction to
pupils in elementary, secondary, or special education programs if candidates meet the other
requirements in section 122A.181, 122A.182, or 122A.183, respectively.

(b) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses to
pass an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure field
specific content. The content examination requirement does not apply if no relevant content
exam exists.

(c) Candidates for initial Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses to teach elementary students must
pass test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, knowledge
and understanding of the foundations of reading development, development of reading
comprehension and reading assessment and instruction, and the ability to integrate that
knowledge and understanding into instruction strategies under section 122A.06, subdivision
4.

(d) The requirement to pass a board-adopted reading, writing, and mathematics skills
examination does not apply to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified Minnesota
school district personnel or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting the
content and pedagogy requirements under this subdivision, apply for a teaching license to
provide direct instruction in their native language or world language instruction under section
120B.022, subdivision 1.

new text begin (e) The board must analyze the use of untimed tests and work with the testing vendor
to ensure reasonable access to untimed testing sites.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2020.
new text end

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Professional growth.

(a) Applicants for license renewal for a Tier 3 or Tier 4
license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, who have been employed as
a teacher during the renewal period of the expiring license, as a condition of license renewal,
must present to their local continuing education and relicensure committee or other local
relicensure committee evidence of work that demonstrates professional reflection and growth
in best teaching practicesdeleted text begin, including among other things, cultural competence in accordance
with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q), and practices in meeting the varied
needs of English learners, from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions
2 and 2a
deleted text end. A teacher may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by submitting the teacher's
most recent summative evaluation or improvement plan under section 122A.40, subdivision
8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.

(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must ensure that its teacher
relicensing requirements include paragraph (a).

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Cultural competency training. new text end

new text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing a Tier
3 or Tier 4 teaching license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, to include
in the renewal requirements cultural competency training and meeting the varied needs of
English learners from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and
2a.
new text end

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.187, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Background check. new text end

new text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must obtain a criminal background check on a licensed teacher applying for a renewal
license. The background check must include a search of records from the Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension.
new text end

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Teacher preparation programs.

(a) For the purpose of licensing bilingual
and English as a second language teachers, the board may approve new text beginteacher preparation
new text end programs deleted text beginat colleges or universitiesdeleted text end designed for their training.

(b) Programs that prepare English as a second language teachers must provide instruction
in implementing research-based practices designed specifically for English learners. The
programs must focus on developing English learners' academic language proficiency in
English, including oral academic language, giving English learners meaningful access to
the full school curriculum, developing culturally relevant teaching practices appropriate for
immigrant students, and providing more intensive instruction and resources to English
learners with lower levels of academic English proficiency and varied needs, consistent
with section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial.

(a) The Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School Administrators, whichever
has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, may, on the written complaint of the school board
employing a teacher, a teacher organization, or any other interested person, refuse to issue,
refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a teacher's license to teach for any of the following
causes:

(1) immoral character or conduct;

(2) failure, without justifiable cause, to teach for the term of the teacher's contract;

(3) gross inefficiency or willful neglect of duty;

(4) failure to meet licensure requirements; deleted text beginor
deleted text end

(5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a licensenew text begin; or
new text end

new text begin (6) engagement in any sexual conduct or contact with a studentnew text end.

The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges.new text begin The board
may issue nondisciplinary action for violations related to the teacher's mental health, chemical
dependency, contract violations, or other offenses that do not meet the criteria for suspension
or revocation of the license.
new text end

(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School
Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, shall refuse to issue,
refuse to renew, or automatically revoke a teacher's license to teach without the right to a
hearing upon receiving a certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been
convicted ofnew text begin:
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end child abuse, as defined in section 609.185, new text beginprovided that a conviction for a violation
of section 609.224, subdivisions 1 and 2, assault in the fifth degree, or 609.2242, subdivisions
1 and 2, domestic assault, must not result in the automatic revocation of a teacher's license;
new text end

new text begin (2) new text endsex trafficking in the first degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (3) new text endsex trafficking in the second degree under section 609.322, subdivision 1adeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (4)new text end engaging in hiring, deleted text beginordeleted text end agreeing to hire a minor to engage in prostitutionnew text begin, or housing
an unrelated minor engaged in prostitution
new text end under section 609.324, deleted text beginsubdivisiondeleted text end new text beginsubdivisions
new text end 1deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin and 1a;
new text end

new text begin (5) new text endnew text begincriminal new text endsexual deleted text beginabusedeleted text end new text beginconduct new text endunder section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345,new text begin
or
new text end 609.3451, subdivision 3deleted text begin, ordeleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (6) indecent exposure under sectionnew text end 617.23, deleted text beginsubdivisiondeleted text end new text beginsubdivisions 2 and new text end3deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (7) new text endsolicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of sexually
explicit materials to children under section 609.352deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (8)new text end interference with privacy under section 609.746 or stalking under section 609.749
and the victim was a minordeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (9) new text endusing minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (10)new text end possessing pornographic works involving a minor under section 617.247deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end or

new text begin (11)new text end any other offense not listed in this paragraph that requires the person to register as
a predatory offender under section 243.166, or a crime under a similar law of another state
or the United States. The board shall send notice of this licensing action to the district in
which the teacher is currently employed.

(c) A person whose license to teach has been revoked, not issued, or not renewed under
paragraph (b), may petition the board to reconsider the licensing action if the person's
conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse is reversed by a final decision of the court of
appeals or the supreme court or if the person has received a pardon for the offense. The
petitioner shall attach a certified copy of the appellate court's final decision or the pardon
to the petition. Upon receiving the petition and its attachment, the board shall schedule and
hold a disciplinary hearing on the matter under section 214.10, subdivision 2, unless the
petitioner waives the right to a hearing. If the board finds that, notwithstanding the reversal
of the petitioner's criminal conviction or the issuance of a pardon, the petitioner is disqualified
from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), the board shall affirm its previous licensing
action. If the board finds that the petitioner is not disqualified from teaching under paragraph
(a), clause (1), it shall reverse its previous licensing action.

(d) new text beginThe Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School
Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, must review and may
refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or revoke a teacher's license to teach, upon receiving a
certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been convicted of:
new text end

new text begin (1) a qualified, domestic violence-related offense as defined in section 609.02, subdivision
16; or
new text end

new text begin (2) embezzlement of public funds under section 609.54, clause (1) or (2).
new text end

new text begin If an offense included in clause (1) or (2) is already included in paragraph (b), the provisions
of paragraph (b) apply to the conduct.
new text end

new text begin (e) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School
Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, may suspend a teacher's
license pending an investigation into a report of conduct that would be grounds for revocation
under paragraph (b). The teacher's license is suspended until the licensing board completes
its disciplinary investigation and determines whether disciplinary action is necessary.
new text end

new text begin (f) new text endFor purposes of this subdivision, The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board is delegated the authority to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Mandatory reporting.

(a) A school boardnew text begin, a superintendent, a charter school
board, a charter school executive director, or a charter school authorizer
new text end must report to the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Board of School Administrators,
or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, whichever has
jurisdiction over the teacher's or administrator's license, when its teacher or administrator
is discharged or resigns from employment after a charge is filed with the school board under
section 122A.41, subdivisions 6, clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7, or after charges are filed
that are grounds for discharge under section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses
(1) to (5), or when a teacher or administrator is suspended or resigns while an investigation
is pending under section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5); 122A.41,
subdivisions 6, clauses (1)
, (2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556, or when a teacher or administrator
is suspended without an investigation under section 122A.41, subdivisions 6, paragraph (a),
clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556. The report must be made to the appropriate
licensing board within ten days after the discharge, suspension, or resignation has occurred.
The licensing board to which the report is made must investigate the report for violation of
subdivision 1 and the reporting boardnew text begin, administrator, or authorizernew text end must cooperate in the
investigation. Notwithstanding any provision in chapter 13 or any law to the contrary, upon
written request from the licensing board having jurisdiction over the license, a boardnew text begin, charter
school, authorizer, charter school executive director,
new text end or school superintendent shall provide
the licensing board with information about the teacher or administrator from the district's
files, any termination or disciplinary proceeding, any settlement or compromise, or any
investigative file. Upon written request from the appropriate licensing board, a board or
school superintendent may, at the discretion of the board or school superintendent, solicit
the written consent of a student and the student's parent to provide the licensing board with
information that may aid the licensing board in its investigation and license proceedings.
The licensing board's request need not identify a student or parent by name. The consent
of the student and the student's parent must meet the requirements of chapter 13 and Code
of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.30. The licensing board may provide a consent
form to the district. Any data transmitted to any board under this section is private data
under section 13.02, subdivision 12, notwithstanding any other classification of the data
when it was in the possession of any other agency.

(b) The licensing board to which a report is made must transmit to the Attorney General's
Office any record or data it receives under this subdivision for the sole purpose of having
the Attorney General's Office assist that board in its investigation. When the Attorney
General's Office has informed an employee of the appropriate licensing board in writing
that grounds exist to suspend or revoke a teacher's license to teach, that licensing board
must consider suspending or revoking or decline to suspend or revoke the teacher's or
administrator's license within 45 days of receiving a stipulation executed by the teacher or
administrator under investigation or a recommendation from an administrative law judge
that disciplinary action be taken.

(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and Board of School
Administrators must report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities a revocation,
suspension, or agreement involving a loss of license, relating to a teacher or administrator's
inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor. For purposes of this section, "law enforcement
authority" means a police department, county sheriff, or tribal police department. A report
by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to appropriate law enforcement
authorities does not diminish, modify, or otherwise affect the responsibilities of a school
board or any person mandated to report abuse under section 626.556.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.21, is amended to read:


122A.21 TEACHERS' AND ADMINISTRATORS' LICENSES; FEES.

Subdivision 1.

Licensure applications.

Each applicant submitting an application to the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to issue, renew, or extend a teaching
license, including applications for licensure via portfolio under subdivision deleted text begin2deleted text endnew text begin 4new text end, must include
a processing fee of $57. The processing fee for a teacher's license and for the licenses of
supervisory personnel must be paid to the executive secretary of the appropriate board and
deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund. The fees as set by
the board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, the
commissioner of management and budget must refund a fee in any case in which the applicant
already holds a valid unexpired license. The board may waive or reduce fees for applicants
who apply at the same time for more than one license.

Subd. 3.

Annual appropriations.

(a) The amounts collected under subdivision deleted text begin2deleted text endnew text begin 4new text end and
deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund are annually
appropriated to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.

(b) The appropriations in paragraph (a) must be reduced by the amount of any money
specifically appropriated for the same purposes in any year from any state fund.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Licensure via portfolio. new text end

new text begin A candidate must pay to the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and
a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board executive secretary must deposit the fee in the educator licensure
account in the special revenue fund. The fees are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying
for a license. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may waive or
reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.22, is amended to read:


122A.22 DISTRICT VERIFICATION new text beginAND REPORTING new text endOF TEACHER
LICENSES new text beginAND PERFORMANCEnew text end.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Verification. new text end

No person shall be accounted a qualified teacher until the
school district or charter school contracting with the person for teaching services verifies
through the Minnesota education licensing system available on the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board website that the person is a qualified teacher, consistent
with sections 122A.16 and 122A.44, subdivision 1.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin No later than October 1 of each school year, the superintendent or
charter school must provide the school board with the number of teachers in each school
building who: (1) hold Tier 1, 2, 3, and 4 licenses; and (2) do not meet professional teaching
standards or have been placed on a teacher improvement process in accordance with section
122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5. The school board and the Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board must publish this data on their respective websites
no later than January of each school year.
new text end

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Exceptions.

new text begin(a) new text endA person who teaches in a community education program
deleted text begin whichdeleted text end new text beginthat new text endqualifies for aid pursuant to section 124D.52 shall continue to meet licensure
requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in an early childhood and family education
program deleted text beginwhichdeleted text end new text beginthat new text endis offered through a community education program and deleted text beginwhichdeleted text end new text beginthat
new text end qualifies for community education aid pursuant to section 124D.20 or early childhood and
family education aid pursuant to section 124D.135 shall continue to meet licensure
requirements as a teacher. A person who teaches in a community education course deleted text beginwhichdeleted text end
new text begin that new text endis offered for credit for graduation to persons under 18 years of age shall continue to
meet licensure requirements as a teacher.

new text begin (b)new text end A person who teaches a driver training course deleted text beginwhichdeleted text end new text beginthat new text endis offered through a
community education program to persons under 18 years of age shall be licensed by the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or be subject to section 171.35. A
license deleted text beginwhichdeleted text end new text beginthat new text endis required for an instructor in a community education program pursuant
to this deleted text beginsubdivisiondeleted text end new text beginparagraph new text endshall not be construed to bring an individual within the
definition of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41,
subdivision 1
, deleted text beginclausedeleted text end new text beginparagraph new text end(a).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.26, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Wages. new text end

new text begin A school district must provide adult basic education and early childhood
and family education teachers salaries comparable to the salaries of local kindergarten
through grade 12 teachers.
new text end

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Development, evaluation, and peer coaching for continuing contract
teachers.

(a) To improve student learning and success, a school board and an exclusive
representative of the teachers in the district, consistent with paragraph (b), may develop a
teacher evaluation and peer review process for probationary and continuing contract teachers
through joint agreement. If a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers
do not agree to an annual teacher evaluation and peer review process, then the school board
and the exclusive representative of the teachers must implement the state teacher evaluation
plan under paragraph (c). The process must include having trained observers serve as peer
coaches or having teachers participate in professional learning communities, consistent with
paragraph (b).

(b) To develop, improve, and support qualified teachers and effective teaching practices,
improve student learning and success, and provide all enrolled students in a district or school
with improved and equitable access to more effective and diverse teachers, the annual
evaluation process for teachers:

(1) must, for probationary teachers, provide for all evaluations required under subdivision
5;

(2) must establish a three-year professional review cycle for each teacher that includes
an individual growth and development plan, a peer review process, and at least one
summative evaluation performed by a qualified and trained evaluator such as a school
administrator. For the years when a tenured teacher is not evaluated by a qualified and
trained evaluator, the teacher must be evaluated by a peer review;

(3) must be based on professional teaching standards established in rule;

(4) must coordinate staff development activities under sections 122A.60 and 122A.61
with this evaluation process and teachers' evaluation outcomes;

(5) may provide time during the school day and school year for peer coaching and teacher
collaboration;

(6) may include job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional learning
communities;

(7) may include mentoring and induction programs for teachers, including teachers who
are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in the district or
school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;

(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio demonstrating
evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section 122A.187, subdivision
3
, and include teachers' own performance assessment based on student work samples and
examples of teachers' work, which may include video among other activities for the
summative evaluation;

(9) must use data from valid and reliable assessments aligned to state and local academic
standards and must use state and local measures of student growth and literacy that may
include value-added models or student learning goals to determine 35 percent of teacher
evaluation results;

(10) must use longitudinal data on student engagement and connection, and other student
outcome measures explicitly aligned with the elements of curriculum for which teachers
are responsible, including academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of
content areas of English learners;

(11) must require qualified and trained evaluators such as school administrators to
perform summative evaluations and ensure school districts and charter schools provide for
effective evaluator training specific to teacher development and evaluation;

(12) must give teachers not meeting professional teaching standards under clauses (3)
through (11) support to improve through a teacher improvement process that includes
established goals and timelines; and

(13) must discipline a teacher for not making adequate progress in the teacher
improvement process under clause (12) that may include a last chance warning, termination,
discharge, nonrenewal, transfer to a different position, a leave of absence, or other discipline
a school administrator determines is appropriate.

Data on individual teachers generated under this subdivision are personnel data under
section 13.43. The observation and interview notes of peer coaches may only be disclosed
to other school officials with the consent of the teacher being coached.

(c) The department, in consultation with parents who may represent parent organizations
and teacher and administrator representatives appointed by their respective organizations,
representing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Minnesota
Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota School Boards Association, the
Minnesota Elementary and Secondary Principals Associations, Education Minnesota, and
representatives of the Minnesota Assessment Group, the Minnesota Business Partnership,
the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and Minnesota postsecondary institutions with
research expertise in teacher evaluation, must create and publish a teacher evaluation process
that complies with the requirements in paragraph (b) and applies to all teachers under this
section and section 122A.41 for whom no agreement exists under paragraph (a) for an annual
teacher evaluation and peer review process. The teacher evaluation process created under
this subdivision does not create additional due process rights for probationary teachers under
subdivision 5.

(d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:

(1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not place
or approve the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who new text beginholds a Tier 1 or
Tier 2 license,
new text endis in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or
has not had a summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom
of a teacher who received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause (13), unless no other
teacher at the school teaches that grade; and

(2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place or approve
the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who new text beginholds a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license,
new text end is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or has not had a
summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom of a teacher
who new text beginheld a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license or new text endreceived discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause
(13), unless no other teacher at the school teaches that subject area and grade.

All data created and used under this paragraph retains its classification under chapter 13.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.41, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Development, evaluation, and peer coaching for continuing contract
teachers.

(a) To improve student learning and success, a school board and an exclusive
representative of the teachers in the district, consistent with paragraph (b), may develop an
annual teacher evaluation and peer review process for probationary and nonprobationary
teachers through joint agreement. If a school board and the exclusive representative of the
teachers in the district do not agree to an annual teacher evaluation and peer review process,
then the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers must implement the
state teacher evaluation plan developed under paragraph (c). The process must include
having trained observers serve as peer coaches or having teachers participate in professional
learning communities, consistent with paragraph (b).

(b) To develop, improve, and support qualified teachers and effective teaching practices
and improve student learning and success, and provide all enrolled students in a district or
school with improved and equitable access to more effective and diverse teachers, the annual
evaluation process for teachers:

(1) must, for probationary teachers, provide for all evaluations required under subdivision
2;

(2) must establish a three-year professional review cycle for each teacher that includes
an individual growth and development plan, a peer review process, and at least one
summative evaluation performed by a qualified and trained evaluator such as a school
administrator;

(3) must be based on professional teaching standards established in rule;

(4) must coordinate staff development activities under sections 122A.60 and 122A.61
with this evaluation process and teachers' evaluation outcomes;

(5) may provide time during the school day and school year for peer coaching and teacher
collaboration;

(6) may include job-embedded learning opportunities such as professional learning
communities;

(7) may include mentoring and induction programs for teachers, including teachers who
are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in the district or
school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;

(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio demonstrating
evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section 122A.187, subdivision
3, and include teachers' own performance assessment based on student work samples and
examples of teachers' work, which may include video among other activities for the
summative evaluation;

(9) must use data from valid and reliable assessments aligned to state and local academic
standards and must use state and local measures of student growth and literacy that may
include value-added models or student learning goals to determine 35 percent of teacher
evaluation results;

(10) must use longitudinal data on student engagement and connection and other student
outcome measures explicitly aligned with the elements of curriculum for which teachers
are responsible, including academic literacy, oral academic language, and achievement of
English learners;

(11) must require qualified and trained evaluators such as school administrators to
perform summative evaluations and ensure school districts and charter schools provide for
effective evaluator training specific to teacher development and evaluation;

(12) must give teachers not meeting professional teaching standards under clauses (3)
through (11) support to improve through a teacher improvement process that includes
established goals and timelines; and

(13) must discipline a teacher for not making adequate progress in the teacher
improvement process under clause (12) that may include a last chance warning, termination,
discharge, nonrenewal, transfer to a different position, a leave of absence, or other discipline
a school administrator determines is appropriate.

Data on individual teachers generated under this subdivision are personnel data under
section 13.43. The observation and interview notes of peer coaches may only be disclosed
to other school officials with the consent of the teacher being coached.

(c) The department, in consultation with parents who may represent parent organizations
and teacher and administrator representatives appointed by their respective organizations,
representing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, the Minnesota
Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota School Boards Association, the
Minnesota Elementary and Secondary Principals Associations, Education Minnesota, and
representatives of the Minnesota Assessment Group, the Minnesota Business Partnership,
the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and Minnesota postsecondary institutions with
research expertise in teacher evaluation, must create and publish a teacher evaluation process
that complies with the requirements in paragraph (b) and applies to all teachers under this
section and section 122A.40 for whom no agreement exists under paragraph (a) for an annual
teacher evaluation and peer review process. The teacher evaluation process created under
this subdivision does not create additional due process rights for probationary teachers under
subdivision 2.

(d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:

(1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not place
or approve the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who new text beginholds a Tier 1 or
Tier 2 license,
new text endis in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or
has not had a summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom
of a teacher who received discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause (13), unless no other
teacher at the school teaches that grade; and

(2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place or approve
the placement of a student in the classroom of a teacher who new text beginholds a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license,
new text end is in the improvement process referenced in paragraph (b), clause (12), or has not had a
summative evaluation if, in the prior year, that student was in the classroom of a teacher
who new text beginheld a Tier 1 or Tier 2 license or new text endreceived discipline pursuant to paragraph (b), clause
(13), unless no other teacher at the school teaches that subject area and grade.

All data created and used under this paragraph retains its classification under chapter 13.

Sec. 44.

new text begin [122A.59] COME TEACH IN MINNESOTA HIRING BONUSES.
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 must establish a program
to reimburse school districts for hiring bonuses paid to licensed teachers from other states
in order to meet staffing needs in shortage areas.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Teacher eligibility. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner must require a school district applying
for reimbursement for a hiring bonus of up to $5,000 under this section to demonstrate that
a teacher that received the hiring bonus:
new text end

new text begin (1) was issued a Tier 3 teaching license under section 122A.183;
new text end

new text begin (2) moved to the economic development region in Minnesota where the school district
is located, notwithstanding section 122A.40, subdivision 3; and
new text end

new text begin (3) belongs to a racial or ethnic group that is underrepresented among teachers compared
to students in the district or school based on the categories listed in section 120B.35,
subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (2).
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must require a school district applying for reimbursement for a
hiring bonus of up to $8,000 under this section to demonstrate that a teacher that received
the hiring bonus met the eligibility criteria in paragraph (a) and has a field license in a
licensure field reported by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as
experiencing a teacher shortage.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Bonus payment. new text end

new text begin A school district must pay a teacher eligible for a bonus under
subdivision 2 half of the bonus at the time the teacher begins employment and the other
half after the teacher has completed four years of service in the hiring district. A teacher
who does not complete one school year of employment with the hiring school district must
repay the district the hiring bonus.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for collective bargaining agreements
contracts effective July 1, 2019, and thereafter.
new text end

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

(a) A grant program is established to assist American
Indian people to become teachers and to provide additional education for American Indian
teachers. The commissioner may award a joint grant to each of the following:

(1) the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota and Independent School District
No. 709, Duluth;

(2) Bemidji State University and Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake;

(3) Moorhead State University and one of the school districts located within the White
Earth Reservation; and

(4) Augsburg College, Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, and Special School
District No. 1, Minneapolis.

(b) If additional funds are available, the commissioner may award additional joint grants
to other postsecondary institutions and school districts.

new text begin (c) Grantees may enter into contracts with tribal, technical, and community colleges and
four-year postsecondary institutions to identify and provide grants to students at those
institutions interested in the field of education. A grantee may contract with partner
institutions to provide professional development and supplemental services to a tribal,
technical, or community college or four-year postsecondary institution, including identifying
prospective students, providing instructional supplies and materials, and providing grant
money to students. A contract with a tribal, technical, or community college or four-year
postsecondary institution includes coordination of student identification, professional
development, and mentorship services.
new text end

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Grant amount.

The commissioner may award a joint grant in the amount it
determines to be appropriate. The grant shall include money for the postsecondary institution,
school district,new text begin andnew text end student deleted text beginscholarships, and student loansdeleted text endnew text begin grantsnew text end.

Sec. 47.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Information to student applicants.

At the time a student applies for a
scholarship deleted text beginand loandeleted text end, the student deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be provided information about the fields of
licensure needed by school districts in the part of the state within which the district receiving
the joint grant is located. The information deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be acquired and periodically updated
by the recipients of the joint grantnew text begin and their contracted partner institutionsnew text end. Information
provided to students deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end clearly state that scholarship deleted text beginand loandeleted text end decisions are not
based upon the field of licensure selected by the student.

Sec. 48.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Eligibility for scholarships deleted text beginand loansdeleted text end.

new text begin(a) new text endThe following new text beginAmerican new text endIndian
people are eligible for scholarships:

new text begin (1) a student having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and
maintaining cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition;
new text end

deleted text begin (1)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end a student, including a teacher aide employed by a district receiving a joint grantnew text begin
or their contracted partner school
new text end, who intends to become a teacher new text beginor who is interested in
the field of education
new text endand who is enrolled in a postsecondary institution new text beginor their contracted
partner institutions
new text endreceiving a joint grant;

deleted text begin (2)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end a licensed employee of a district receiving a joint grantnew text begin or a contracted partner
institution
new text end, who is enrolled in a master of education program; and

deleted text begin (3)deleted text endnew text begin (4)new text end a student who, after applying for federal and state financial aid and annew text begin Americannew text end
Indian scholarship according to section 136A.126, has financial needs that remain unmet.
Financial need deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be determined according to the congressional methodology for
needs determination or as otherwise set in federal law.

deleted text begin A person who has actual living expenses in addition to those addressed by the
congressional methodology for needs determination, or as otherwise set in federal law, may
receive a loan according to criteria established by the commissioner. A contract shall be
executed between the state and the student for the amount and terms of the loan.
deleted text end

new text begin (b) Priority must be given to a student who is tribally enrolled and then to first- and
second-generation descendants.
new text end

Sec. 49.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.63, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Eligible programming. new text end

new text begin (a) The grantee institutions and their contracted partner
institutions may provide scholarships to students progressing toward educational goals in
any area of teacher licensure, including an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree
in the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) any educational certification necessary for employment;
new text end

new text begin (2) early childhood family education or prekindergarten licensure;
new text end

new text begin (3) elementary and secondary education;
new text end

new text begin (4) school administration; or
new text end

new text begin (5) any educational program that provides services to American Indian students in
prekindergarten through grade 12.
new text end

new text begin (b) For purposes of recruitment, the grantees or their contracted partner institutions must
agree to work with their respective organizations to hire an American Indian work-study
student or other American Indian staff to conduct initial information queries and to contact
persons working in schools to provide programming regarding education professions to
high school students who may be interested in education as a profession.
new text end

new text begin (c) At least 80 percent of the grants awarded under this section must be used for student
scholarships. No more than 20 percent of the grants awarded under this section may be used
for recruitment or administration of the student scholarships.
new text end

Sec. 50.

new text begin [122A.635] COLLABORATIVE URBAN AND GREATER MINNESOTA
EDUCATORS OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board must award competitive grants to increase the number of teacher candidates of color
or who are American Indian, and meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license under section
122A.183. Eligibility for a grant under this section is limited to public or private higher
education institutions that offer a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Competitive grants. new text end

new text begin (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board must award competitive grants under this section based on the following criteria:
new text end

new text begin (1) the number of teacher candidates being supported in the program who are of color
or who are American Indian;
new text end

new text begin (2) program outcomes, including graduation or program completion rates, licensure
rates, and placement rates and, for each outcome measure, the number of those teacher
candidates of color or who are American Indian; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the percent of racially and ethnically diverse teacher candidates enrolled in the
institution compared to:
new text end

new text begin (i) the total percent of students of color and American Indian students enrolled at the
institution, regardless of major; and
new text end

new text begin (ii) the percent of underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the
economic development region of the state where the institution is located and where a
shortage of diverse teachers exists, as reported under section 127A.05, subdivision 6, or
122A.091, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin (b) The board must give priority in awarding grants under this section to institutions that
received grants under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57,
subdivision 27, and have demonstrated continuing success at recruiting, retaining, graduating,
and inducting teacher candidates of color or who are American Indian. If the board awards
a competitive grant based on the criteria in paragraph (a) to a program that has not previously
received funding, the board must thereafter give priority to the program equivalent to other
programs given priority under this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin (c) The board must determine award amounts for maintenance and expansion of programs
based on the number of candidates supported by an applicant program, sustaining support
for those candidates, and funds available.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Grant program administration. new text end

new text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and
Standards Board may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of Higher
Education. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher Education
to help establish and administer the competitive grant process. The board must award grants
to institutions located in various economic development regions throughout the state, but
must not predetermine the number of institutions to be awarded grants under this section
or set a limit for the amount that any one institution may receive as part of the competitive
grant application process. All grants must be awarded by August 15 of the fiscal year in
which the grants are to be used except that, for initial competitive grants awarded for fiscal
year 2020, grants must be awarded by September 15. An institution that receives a grant
under this section may use the grant funds over a two- to four-year period to support teacher
candidates.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Account established. new text end

new text begin A collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educator
of color account is created in the special revenue fund for depositing money appropriated
to or received by the board for the program. Money deposited in the account is appropriated
to the board, does not cancel, and is continuously available for grants under this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin (a) By January 15 of each year, an institution awarded a grant under
this section must prepare for the legislature and the board a detailed report regarding the
expenditure of grant funds, including the amounts used to recruit, retain, and induct teacher
candidates of color or who are American Indian. The report must include the total number
of teacher candidates of color, disaggregated by race or ethnic group, who are recruited to
the institution, are newly admitted to the licensure program, are enrolled in the licensure
program, have completed student teaching, have graduated, are licensed, and are newly
employed as Minnesota teachers in their licensure field. A grant recipient must report the
total number of teacher candidates of color or who are American Indian at each stage from
recruitment to licensed teaching as a percentage of total candidates seeking the same licensure
at the institution.
new text end

new text begin (b) The board must post a report on its website summarizing the activities and outcomes
of grant recipients and results that promote sharing of effective practices among grant
recipients.
new text end

Sec. 51.

new text begin [122A.685] GROW YOUR OWN PATHWAYS TO TEACHER LICENSURE
GRANTS.
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 must award grants under
this section to school districts and charter schools throughout Minnesota to develop or
expand Grow Your Own programs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "Grow Your Own programs" means
programs within schools or districts in partnership with Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation programs designed to provide a pathway
to teaching at any level from early childhood to secondary school for paraprofessionals,
cultural liaisons, or other nonlicensed employees.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Nonconventional teacher residency programs. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district, charter
school, or cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply for a grant under this
section to fund an established and effective Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board-approved nonconventional teacher residency program. The program must provide
tuition scholarships or stipends to enable school district and charter school employees
seeking a teaching license who are of color or who are American Indian to participate in a
nonconventional teacher preparation program. If extra awarded grant funds are available,
programs may use remaining grant funds to provide tuition scholarships to employees who
are not persons of color or American Indian, who are seeking to teach in a licensure area
that is identified by the board as experiencing a shortage within the economic development
region where the program is located.
new text end

new text begin (b) School districts and charter schools that receive funds under this subdivision must
have a program to recruit and retain candidates of color or who are American Indian and
have demonstrated that at least 50 percent of past participants in the residency programs
are persons of color or American Indian. The commissioner must give priority in awarding
grants to programs with the highest total numbers and percentages of participants of color
or who are American Indian and those that have a percentage of participants of color or
who are American Indian that meets or exceeds the overall percentage of students of color
or American Indian students in the district, school, or cooperative.
new text end

new text begin (c) School districts and charter schools providing financial support to new teacher
candidates under this subdivision may require a commitment from the candidates, as
determined by each district or school, to teach in the district or school for a reasonable
amount of time not to exceed five years.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Expanded Grow Your Own programs. new text end

new text begin (a) School districts, charter schools,
or cooperatives as defined in section 123A.24, community-based organizations led by and
for communities of color or American Indian communities, and Head Start programs under
section 119A.50 may apply for grants under this subdivision to provide financial assistance,
mentoring, and other assistance to enable persons of color or who are American Indian to
become teachers.
new text end

new text begin (b) Grants awarded under this subdivision must be used for:
new text end

new text begin (1) tuition scholarships or stipends to eligible teaching assistants, cultural liaisons, or
other nonlicensed employees of color or who are American Indian and are enrolled in a
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation program;
new text end

new text begin (2) developing and implementing innovative school-based residency programs or other
programs emphasizing clinical experiences in a district, cooperative, or charter school for
nonlicensed employees of color or who are American Indian, and who seek a teaching
license in collaboration with a conventional or nonconventional Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board-approved program;
new text end

new text begin (3) developing pathway programs that provide stipends and tuition scholarships to parents
and community members of color or who are American Indian to change careers and obtain
a Tier 3 license to teach in schools or other credential needed to teach in a Head Start
program; or
new text end

new text begin (4) developing innovative programs that encourage secondary school students to pursue
teaching, including developing and offering dual-credit postsecondary course options in
schools for "Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" courses consistent
with section 124D.09, subdivision 10, and supporting future teacher clubs involving middle
and high school students of color or who are American Indian to have experiential learning
supporting the success of younger students or peers and to increase their interest in pursuing
a teaching career.
new text end

new text begin (c) School districts, charter schools, and Head Start programs providing financial
assistance to individuals under this subdivision may require a commitment from the
individuals, as determined by each district or school, to teach in the district or school for a
reasonable amount of time not to exceed five years.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Grant procedure. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district, charter school, cooperative, or Head
Start program must apply for a grant under this section in the form and manner specified
by the commissioner of education. To be eligible, grant recipients must ensure that the
percentage of participants of color or who are American Indian is at least equivalent to the
percentage of students enrolled in the district, school, cooperative, or program who are of
color or American Indian. If a majority of students are of color or American Indian, then a
majority of participants in the program must be persons of color or American Indian. Priority
for awarding grants must be given to programs with the highest total numbers and percentages
of participants of color or American Indian.
new text end

new text begin (b) For the 2019-2020 school year only, the commissioner must review all applications
for continuing grants from programs that received funding under Laws 2017, First Special
Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 23, by August 1, 2019, and must notify
grant recipients of the amount of the grants awarded by August 15, 2019.
new text end

new text begin (c) For the 2020-2021 school year and later, grant applications for new and existing
programs must be received by the commissioner no later than December 1 of the year prior
to the school year in which the grant will be used. The commissioner must review all
applications and notify grant recipients by February 1 of the amount awarded.
new text end

new text begin (d) Grant recipients must spend any amounts received under this section within 18
months of receiving the grant money.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin Grant recipients must annually report to the commissioner of education
by the date determined by the commissioner on their activities under this section, including
the number of participants, the percentage of participants of color or who are American
Indian, and an assessment of program effectiveness, including participant feedback, areas
for improvement, the percentage of participants continuing to pursue teacher licensure, and
the number of participants hired in the school or district as teachers after completing
preparation programs. The commissioner must post on the department's website a report
that summarizes the activities and outcomes of grant recipients and what was done to promote
sharing of effective practices among grant recipients.
new text end

Sec. 52.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.70, is amended to read:


122A.70 TEACHER MENTORSHIPnew text begin AND RETENTION OF EFFECTIVE
TEACHERS
new text end.

Subdivision 1.

Teacher mentoringnew text begin, induction, and retentionnew text end programs.

new text begin(a) new text endSchool
districts are encouraged to develop teacher mentoring programs for teachers new to the
profession or district, including teaching residents, teachers of color, new text beginteachers who are
American Indian, teachers in license shortage areas,
new text endteachers with special needs, or
experienced teachers in need of peer coaching.

new text begin (b) Teacher mentoring programs must be included in or aligned with districts' teacher
evaluation and peer review processes under sections 122A.40, subdivision 8, and 122A.41,
subdivision 5. A district may use staff development revenue under section 122A.61, special
grant programs established by the legislature, or another funding source to pay a stipend to
a mentor who may be a current or former teacher who has taught at least three years and is
not on an improvement plan. Other initiatives using such funds or funds available under
sections 124D.861 and 124D.862 may include:
new text end

new text begin (1) additional stipends as incentives to mentors of color or who are American Indian;
new text end

new text begin (2) financial supports for professional learning community affinity groups across schools
within and between districts for teachers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to
come together throughout the school year. For purposes of this section, "affinity groups"
are groups of educators who share a common racial or ethnic identity in society as persons
of color or who are American Indian;
new text end

new text begin (3) programs for induction aligned with the district or school mentorship program during
the first three years of teaching, especially for teachers from underrepresented racial and
ethnic groups; or
new text end

new text begin (4) grants supporting licensed and nonlicensed educator participation in professional
development, such as workshops and graduate courses, related to increasing student
achievement for students of color and American Indian students in order to close opportunity
and achievement gaps.
new text end

new text begin (c) Schools or districts that receive a grant must negotiate additional retention strategies
or protection from unrequested leave of absences in the beginning years of employment for
teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian. Retention strategies may include
providing financial incentives for teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian
to work in the school or district for at least five years and placing American Indian educators
at sites with other American Indian educators and educators of color at sites with other
educators of color to reduce isolation and increase opportunity for collegial support.
new text end

Subd. 2.

Applications.

The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must
make application forms available to sites interested in developing or expanding a mentorship
program. A school districtdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end a group of school districtsdeleted text begin, ordeleted text endnew text begin;new text end a coalition of districts, teachersnew text begin,new text end
and teacher education institutionsnew text begin; or a coalition of schools, teachers, or nonlicensed educatorsnew text end
may apply for a deleted text beginteacher mentorshipdeleted text end program grant. The Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board, in consultation with the teacher mentoring task force, must approve
or disapprove the applications. To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect
effective mentoringnew text begin, professional development, and retentionnew text end components, deleted text begininclude a variety
of coalitions
deleted text end and be geographically distributed throughout the state. The Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board must encourage the selected sites to consider the
use of its assessment procedures.

Subd. 3.

Criteria for selection.

At a minimum, applicants must express commitment
to:

(1) allow staff participation;

(2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers;

(3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment;

(4) provide leadership to the effort;

(5) cooperate with higher education institutions;

(6) provide facilities and other resources;

(7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and

(8) retain teachers of colornew text begin and teachers who are American Indiannew text end.

Subd. 4.

Additional funding.

Applicants are required to seek additional funding and
assistance from sources such as school districts, postsecondary institutions, foundations,
and the private sector.

Subd. 5.

Program implementation.

New and expanding mentorship sites that are funded
to design, develop, implement, and evaluate their program must participate in activities that
support program development and implementation. The Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board must provide resources and assistance to support new sites in their
program efforts. These activities and services may include, but are not limited to: planning,
planning guides, media, training, conferences, institutes, and regional and statewide
networking meetings. Nonfunded schools or districts interested in getting started may
participate. Fees may be charged for meals, materials, and the like.

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin By June 30 of each year after receiving a grant, recipients must submit
a report to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board on program efforts
that describes mentoring and induction activities and assesses the impact of these programs
on teacher effectiveness and retention.
new text end

Sec. 53.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Courses according to agreements.

(a) An eligible pupil, according to
subdivision 5, may enroll in a nonsectarian course taught by a secondary teacher or a
postsecondary faculty member and offered at a secondary school, or another location,
according to an agreement between a public school board and the governing body of an
eligible public postsecondary system or an eligible private postsecondary institution, as
defined in subdivision 3. All provisions of this section deleted text beginshalldeleted text end apply to a pupil, public school
board, district, and the governing body of a postsecondary institution, except as otherwise
provided.

(b) To encourage students, especially American Indian students and students of color,
to consider teaching as a profession, participating schools, school districts, and postsecondary
institutions are encouraged to develop and offer an "Introduction to Teaching" or
"Introduction to Education" course under this subdivision. deleted text beginAn institution that receives adeleted text endnew text begin For
the purpose of applying for grants under this paragraph, "eligible institution" includes schools
and districts that partner with an accredited college or university in addition to postsecondary
institutions identified in subdivision 3, paragraph (a).
new text end Grant deleted text beginto develop a coursedeleted text endnew text begin recipientsnew text end
under this paragraph must annually report to the commissioner in a form and manner
determined by the commissioner on the participation rates of students in courses under this
paragraph, including the number of students who apply for admission to colleges or
universities with teacher preparation programsnew text begin and the number of students of color and
American Indian students who earned postsecondary credit
new text end.new text begin Grant recipients must also
describe recruiting efforts intended to ensure that the percentage of participants of color or
who are American Indian meets or exceeds the overall percentage of students of color or
American Indian students in the school.
new text end

Sec. 54.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.861, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Plan implementation; components.

(a) The school board of each eligible
district must formally develop and implement a long-term plan under this section. The plan
must be incorporated into the district's comprehensive strategic plan under section 120B.11.
Plan components may include:

new text begin (1)new text end innovative and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12 learning environments
that offer students school enrollment choices;

new text begin (2)new text end family engagement initiatives that involve families in their students' academic life
and success;

new text begin (3)new text end professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators focused on
improving the academic achievement of all students, including teachers and administrators
who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers or
administrators in the district or school and who reflect the diversity of students under section
120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school;

new text begin (4)new text end increased programmatic opportunities and effective and more diverse instructors
focused on rigor and college and career readiness for underserved students, including students
enrolled in alternative learning centers under section 123A.05, public alternative programs
under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, and contract alternative programs under section
124D.69, among other underserved students; or

new text begin (5)new text end recruitment and retention of teachers deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end administrators deleted text beginwith diversedeleted text endnew text begin, cultural and
family liaisons, paraprofessionals, and other nonlicensed staff from
new text end racial and ethnic
backgroundsnew text begin represented in the student populationnew text end.

new text begin (b)new text end The plan must contain goals for:

(1) reducing the disparities in academic achievement and in equitable access to effective
and more diverse teachers among all students and specific categories of students under
section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), excluding the student categories of gender,
disability, and English learners; and

(2) increasing racial and economic diversity and integration in schools and districts.

new text begin (c) The plan must include strategies to make schools' curricula and learning and work
environments more inclusive and respectful of students' racial and ethnic diversity and to
address issues of structural inequities in schools that create opportunity gaps and achievement
gaps for students, families, and staff who are of color or who are American Indian, and
program revenues may be used to implement such strategies. Examples of possible structural
inequities include but are not limited to policies and practices that unintentionally result in
disparate referrals and suspension, inequitable access to advanced coursework,
overrepresentation in lower level coursework, participation in cocurricular activities, parent
involvement, and lack of access to diverse teachers. Plans may include but are not limited
to the following activities that may involve collaboration with or support from regional
centers of excellence:
new text end

new text begin (1) creating opportunities for students, families, staff, and community members of color
or who are American Indian to share their experiences in the school setting with school staff
and administration to develop specific proposals for improving school environments to be
more inclusive and respectful toward all students, families, and staff;
new text end

new text begin (2) implementing creative programs for increased parent engagement and improving
relations between home and school;
new text end

new text begin (3) developing or expanding ethnic studies course offerings to provide all students with
in-depth opportunities to learn about their own and others' cultures and historical experiences;
new text end

new text begin (4) examining and revising curricula in various subjects to be culturally relevant and
inclusive of various racial and ethnic groups;
new text end

new text begin (5) examining academic and discipline data, reexamining institutional policies and
practices that result in opportunity and achievement disparities between racial and ethnic
groups, and making necessary changes that increase access, meaningful participation,
representation, and positive outcomes for students of color, American Indian students, and
students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch;
new text end

new text begin (6) providing professional development opportunities to learn more about various racial
and ethnic groups' experiences, assets, and issues and developing cross-cultural competence
with knowledge, collaborations, and relationships needed to serve students effectively who
are from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds; and
new text end

new text begin (7) hiring more cultural liaisons to strengthen relationships with students, families, and
other members of the community.
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement effective,
research-based interventions that include formative assessment practices to reduce the
disparities in student academic performance among the specific categories of students as
measured by student progress and growth on state reading and math assessments and as
aligned with section 120B.11.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end Eligible districts must create efficiencies and eliminate duplicative programs and
services under this section, which may include forming collaborations or a single,
seven-county metropolitan areawide partnership of eligible districts for this purpose.

Sec. 55.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 214.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Non-health-related licensing board.

"Non-health-related licensing board"
means the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board established pursuant to
section 122A.07, new text beginthe Board of School Administrators established pursuant to section 122A.14,
new text end the Board of Barber Examiners established pursuant to section 154.001, the Board of
Cosmetologist Examiners established pursuant to section 155A.20, the Board of Assessors
established pursuant to section 270.41, the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land
Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design established pursuant
to section 326.04, the Private Detective and Protective Agent Licensing Board established
pursuant to section 326.33, the Board of Accountancy established pursuant to section
326A.02, and the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board established pursuant to section
626.841.

Sec. 56.

new text begin [245C.125] BACKGROUND STUDY; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner may contract with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board to conduct background studies and obtain background study data as required under
this chapter and chapter 122A. When required in chapter 122A, the commissioner must
conduct a national criminal history record check.
new text end

Sec. 57.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Duties of local welfare agency and local law enforcement agency upon
receipt of report; mandatory notification between police or sheriff and agency.

(a) The
police department or the county sheriff shall immediately notify the local welfare agency
or agency responsible for child protection reports under this section orally and in writing
when a report is received. The local welfare agency or agency responsible for child protection
reports shall immediately notify the local police department or the county sheriff orally and
in writing when a report is received. The county sheriff and the head of every local welfare
agency, agency responsible for child protection reports, and police department shall each
designate a person within their agency, department, or office who is responsible for ensuring
that the notification duties of this paragraph are carried out. When the alleged maltreatment
occurred on tribal land, the local welfare agency or agency responsible for child protection
reports and the local police department or the county sheriff shall immediately notify the
tribe's social services agency and tribal law enforcement orally and in writing when a report
is received.new text begin When a police department or county sheriff determines that a child has been
the subject of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect by a person licensed by the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or Board of School Administrators,
it shall, in addition to its other duties under this section, immediately inform the licensing
board. Law enforcement must work collaboratively with the board that has jurisdiction over
the matter, including sharing documents and evidence to continue the investigation.
new text end

(b) Upon receipt of a report, the local welfare agency shall determine whether to conduct
a family assessment or an investigation as appropriate to prevent or provide a remedy for
child maltreatment. The local welfare agency:

(1) shall conduct an investigation on reports involving sexual abuse or substantial child
endangerment;

(2) shall begin an immediate investigation if, at any time when it is using a family
assessment response, it determines that there is reason to believe that sexual abuse or
substantial child endangerment or a serious threat to the child's safety exists;

(3) may conduct a family assessment for reports that do not allege sexual abuse or
substantial child endangerment. In determining that a family assessment is appropriate, the
local welfare agency may consider issues of child safety, parental cooperation, and the need
for an immediate response;

(4) may conduct a family assessment on a report that was initially screened and assigned
for an investigation. In determining that a complete investigation is not required, the local
welfare agency must document the reason for terminating the investigation and notify the
local law enforcement agency if the local law enforcement agency is conducting a joint
investigation; and

(5) shall provide immediate notice, according to section 260.761, subdivision 2, to an
Indian child's tribe when the agency has reason to believe the family assessment or
investigation may involve an Indian child. For purposes of this clause, "immediate notice"
means notice provided within 24 hours.

If the report alleges neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or
individual functioning within the family unit as a person responsible for the child's care, or
sexual abuse by a person with a significant relationship to the child when that person resides
in the child's household or by a sibling, the local welfare agency shall immediately conduct
a family assessment or investigation as identified in clauses (1) to (4). In conducting a family
assessment or investigation, the local welfare agency shall gather information on the existence
of substance abuse and domestic violence and offer services for purposes of preventing
future child maltreatment, safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of the abused or neglected
minor, and supporting and preserving family life whenever possible. If the report alleges a
violation of a criminal statute involving sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect or
endangerment, under section 609.378, the local law enforcement agency and local welfare
agency shall coordinate the planning and execution of their respective investigation and
assessment efforts to avoid a duplication of fact-finding efforts and multiple interviews.
Each agency shall prepare a separate report of the results of its investigation or assessment.
In cases of alleged child maltreatment resulting in death, the local agency may rely on the
fact-finding efforts of a law enforcement investigation to make a determination of whether
or not maltreatment occurred. When necessary the local welfare agency shall seek authority
to remove the child from the custody of a parent, guardian, or adult with whom the child is
living. In performing any of these duties, the local welfare agency shall maintain appropriate
records.

If the family assessment or investigation indicates there is a potential for abuse of alcohol
or other drugs by the parent, guardian, or person responsible for the child's care, the local
welfare agency shall conduct a chemical use assessment pursuant to Minnesota Rules, part
9530.6615.

(c) When a local agency receives a report or otherwise has information indicating that
a child who is a client, as defined in section 245.91, has been the subject of physical abuse,
sexual abuse, or neglect at an agency, facility, or program as defined in section 245.91, it
shall, in addition to its other duties under this section, immediately inform the ombudsman
established under sections 245.91 to 245.97. The commissioner of education shall inform
the ombudsman established under sections 245.91 to 245.97 of reports regarding a child
defined as a client in section 245.91 that maltreatment occurred at a school as defined in
section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13, and chapter 124E.

(d) Authority of the local welfare agency responsible for assessing or investigating the
child abuse or neglect report, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report,
and of the local law enforcement agency for investigating the alleged abuse or neglect
includes, but is not limited to, authority to interview, without parental consent, the alleged
victim and any other minors who currently reside with or who have resided with the alleged
offender. The interview may take place at school or at any facility or other place where the
alleged victim or other minors might be found or the child may be transported to, and the
interview conducted at, a place appropriate for the interview of a child designated by the
local welfare agency or law enforcement agency. The interview may take place outside the
presence of the alleged offender or parent, legal custodian, guardian, or school official. For
family assessments, it is the preferred practice to request a parent or guardian's permission
to interview the child prior to conducting the child interview, unless doing so would
compromise the safety assessment. Except as provided in this paragraph, the parent, legal
custodian, or guardian shall be notified by the responsible local welfare or law enforcement
agency no later than the conclusion of the investigation or assessment that this interview
has occurred. Notwithstanding rule 32 of the Minnesota Rules of Procedure for Juvenile
Courts, the juvenile court may, after hearing on an ex parte motion by the local welfare
agency, order that, where reasonable cause exists, the agency withhold notification of this
interview from the parent, legal custodian, or guardian. If the interview took place or is to
take place on school property, the order shall specify that school officials may not disclose
to the parent, legal custodian, or guardian the contents of the notification of intent to interview
the child on school property, as provided under this paragraph, and any other related
information regarding the interview that may be a part of the child's school record. A copy
of the order shall be sent by the local welfare or law enforcement agency to the appropriate
school official.

(e) When the local welfare, local law enforcement agency, or the agency responsible
for assessing or investigating a report of maltreatment determines that an interview should
take place on school property, written notification of intent to interview the child on school
property must be received by school officials prior to the interview. The notification shall
include the name of the child to be interviewed, the purpose of the interview, and a reference
to the statutory authority to conduct an interview on school property. For interviews
conducted by the local welfare agency, the notification shall be signed by the chair of the
local social services agency or the chair's designee. The notification shall be private data
on individuals subject to the provisions of this paragraph. School officials may not disclose
to the parent, legal custodian, or guardian the contents of the notification or any other related
information regarding the interview until notified in writing by the local welfare or law
enforcement agency that the investigation or assessment has been concluded, unless a school
employee or agent is alleged to have maltreated the child. Until that time, the local welfare
or law enforcement agency or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating a report
of maltreatment shall be solely responsible for any disclosures regarding the nature of the
assessment or investigation.

Except where the alleged offender is believed to be a school official or employee, the
time and place, and manner of the interview on school premises shall be within the discretion
of school officials, but the local welfare or law enforcement agency shall have the exclusive
authority to determine who may attend the interview. The conditions as to time, place, and
manner of the interview set by the school officials shall be reasonable and the interview
shall be conducted not more than 24 hours after the receipt of the notification unless another
time is considered necessary by agreement between the school officials and the local welfare
or law enforcement agency. Where the school fails to comply with the provisions of this
paragraph, the juvenile court may order the school to comply. Every effort must be made
to reduce the disruption of the educational program of the child, other students, or school
staff when an interview is conducted on school premises.

(f) Where the alleged offender or a person responsible for the care of the alleged victim
or other minor prevents access to the victim or other minor by the local welfare agency, the
juvenile court may order the parents, legal custodian, or guardian to produce the alleged
victim or other minor for questioning by the local welfare agency or the local law
enforcement agency outside the presence of the alleged offender or any person responsible
for the child's care at reasonable places and times as specified by court order.

(g) Before making an order under paragraph (f), the court shall issue an order to show
cause, either upon its own motion or upon a verified petition, specifying the basis for the
requested interviews and fixing the time and place of the hearing. The order to show cause
shall be served personally and shall be heard in the same manner as provided in other cases
in the juvenile court. The court shall consider the need for appointment of a guardian ad
litem to protect the best interests of the child. If appointed, the guardian ad litem shall be
present at the hearing on the order to show cause.

(h) The commissioner of human services, the ombudsman for mental health and
developmental disabilities, the local welfare agencies responsible for investigating reports,
the commissioner of education, and the local law enforcement agencies have the right to
enter facilities as defined in subdivision 2 and to inspect and copy the facility's records,
including medical records, as part of the investigation. Notwithstanding the provisions of
chapter 13, they also have the right to inform the facility under investigation that they are
conducting an investigation, to disclose to the facility the names of the individuals under
investigation for abusing or neglecting a child, and to provide the facility with a copy of
the report and the investigative findings.

(i) The local welfare agency responsible for conducting a family assessment or
investigation shall collect available and relevant information to determine child safety, risk
of subsequent child maltreatment, and family strengths and needs and share not public
information with an Indian's tribal social services agency without violating any law of the
state that may otherwise impose duties of confidentiality on the local welfare agency in
order to implement the tribal state agreement. The local welfare agency or the agency
responsible for investigating the report shall collect available and relevant information to
ascertain whether maltreatment occurred and whether protective services are needed.
Information collected includes, when relevant, information with regard to the person reporting
the alleged maltreatment, including the nature of the reporter's relationship to the child and
to the alleged offender, and the basis of the reporter's knowledge for the report; the child
allegedly being maltreated; the alleged offender; the child's caretaker; and other collateral
sources having relevant information related to the alleged maltreatment. The local welfare
agency or the agency responsible for investigating the report may make a determination of
no maltreatment early in an investigation, and close the case and retain immunity, if the
collected information shows no basis for a full investigation.

Information relevant to the assessment or investigation must be asked for, and may
include:

(1) the child's sex and age; prior reports of maltreatment, including any maltreatment
reports that were screened out and not accepted for assessment or investigation; information
relating to developmental functioning; credibility of the child's statement; and whether the
information provided under this clause is consistent with other information collected during
the course of the assessment or investigation;

(2) the alleged offender's age, a record check for prior reports of maltreatment, and
criminal charges and convictions. The local welfare agency or the agency responsible for
assessing or investigating the report must provide the alleged offender with an opportunity
to make a statement. The alleged offender may submit supporting documentation relevant
to the assessment or investigation;

(3) collateral source information regarding the alleged maltreatment and care of the
child. Collateral information includes, when relevant: (i) a medical examination of the child;
(ii) prior medical records relating to the alleged maltreatment or the care of the child
maintained by any facility, clinic, or health care professional and an interview with the
treating professionals; and (iii) interviews with the child's caretakers, including the child's
parent, guardian, foster parent, child care provider, teachers, counselors, family members,
relatives, and other persons who may have knowledge regarding the alleged maltreatment
and the care of the child; and

(4) information on the existence of domestic abuse and violence in the home of the child,
and substance abuse.

Nothing in this paragraph precludes the local welfare agency, the local law enforcement
agency, or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report from collecting
other relevant information necessary to conduct the assessment or investigation.
Notwithstanding sections 13.384 or 144.291 to 144.298, the local welfare agency has access
to medical data and records for purposes of clause (3). Notwithstanding the data's
classification in the possession of any other agency, data acquired by the local welfare
agency or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report during the course
of the assessment or investigation are private data on individuals and must be maintained
in accordance with subdivision 11. Data of the commissioner of education collected or
maintained during and for the purpose of an investigation of alleged maltreatment in a school
are governed by this section, notwithstanding the data's classification as educational,
licensing, or personnel data under chapter 13.

In conducting an assessment or investigation involving a school facility as defined in
subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the commissioner of education shall collect investigative
reports and data that are relevant to a report of maltreatment and are from local law
enforcement and the school facility.

(j) Upon receipt of a report, the local welfare agency shall conduct a face-to-face contact
with the child reported to be maltreated and with the child's primary caregiver sufficient to
complete a safety assessment and ensure the immediate safety of the child. The face-to-face
contact with the child and primary caregiver shall occur immediately if sexual abuse or
substantial child endangerment is alleged and within five calendar days for all other reports.
If the alleged offender was not already interviewed as the primary caregiver, the local welfare
agency shall also conduct a face-to-face interview with the alleged offender in the early
stages of the assessment or investigation. At the initial contact, the local child welfare agency
or the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report must inform the alleged
offender of the complaints or allegations made against the individual in a manner consistent
with laws protecting the rights of the person who made the report. The interview with the
alleged offender may be postponed if it would jeopardize an active law enforcement
investigation.

(k) When conducting an investigation, the local welfare agency shall use a question and
answer interviewing format with questioning as nondirective as possible to elicit spontaneous
responses. For investigations only, the following interviewing methods and procedures must
be used whenever possible when collecting information:

(1) audio recordings of all interviews with witnesses and collateral sources; and

(2) in cases of alleged sexual abuse, audio-video recordings of each interview with the
alleged victim and child witnesses.

(l) In conducting an assessment or investigation involving a school facility as defined
in subdivision 2, paragraph (c), the commissioner of education shall collect available and
relevant information and use the procedures in paragraphs (j) and (k), and subdivision 3d,
except that the requirement for face-to-face observation of the child and face-to-face interview
of the alleged offender is to occur in the initial stages of the assessment or investigation
provided that the commissioner may also base the assessment or investigation on investigative
reports and data received from the school facility and local law enforcement, to the extent
those investigations satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (j) and (k), and subdivision 3d.

Sec. 58.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Records.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and subdivisions 10b, 10d,
10g, and 11b, all records concerning individuals maintained by a local welfare agency or
agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report under this section, including
any written reports filed under subdivision 7, shall be private data on individuals, except
insofar as copies of reports are required by subdivision 7 to be sent to the local police
department or the county sheriff. All records concerning determinations of maltreatment
by a facility are nonpublic data as maintained by the Department of Education, except insofar
as copies of reports are required by subdivision 7 to be sent to the local police department
or the county sheriff. Reports maintained by any police department or the county sheriff
shall be private data on individuals except the reports shall be made available to the
investigating, petitioning, or prosecuting authority, including county medical examiners or
county coroners. Section 13.82, subdivisions 8, 9, and 14, apply to law enforcement data
other than the reports. The local social services agency or agency responsible for assessing
or investigating the report shall make available to the investigating, petitioning, or prosecuting
authority, including county medical examiners or county coroners or their professional
delegates, any records which contain information relating to a specific incident of neglect
or abuse which is under investigation, petition, or prosecution and information relating to
any prior incidents of neglect or abuse involving any of the same persons. The records shall
be collected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13. In conducting
investigations and assessments pursuant to this section, the notice required by section 13.04,
subdivision 2
, need not be provided to a minor under the age of ten who is the alleged victim
of abuse or neglect. An individual subject of a record shall have access to the record in
accordance with those sections, except that the name of the reporter shall be confidential
while the report is under assessment or investigation except as otherwise permitted by this
subdivision. Any person conducting an investigation or assessment under this section who
intentionally discloses the identity of a reporter prior to the completion of the investigation
or assessment is guilty of a misdemeanor. After the assessment or investigation is completed,
the name of the reporter shall be confidential. The subject of the report may compel disclosure
of the name of the reporter only with the consent of the reporter or upon a written finding
by the court that the report was false and that there is evidence that the report was made in
bad faith. This subdivision does not alter disclosure responsibilities or obligations under
the Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(b) Upon request of the legislative auditor, data on individuals maintained under this
section must be released to the legislative auditor in order for the auditor to fulfill the auditor's
duties under section 3.971. The auditor shall maintain the data in accordance with chapter
13.

(c) The commissioner of education must be provided with all requested data that are
relevant to a report of maltreatment and are in possession of a school facility as defined in
subdivision 2, paragraph (c), when the data is requested pursuant to an assessment or
investigation of a maltreatment report of a student in a school. If the commissioner of
education makes a determination of maltreatment involving an individual performing work
within a school facility who is licensed by a board or other agency, the commissioner shall
provide deleted text beginnecessary and relevant informationdeleted text endnew text begin a copy of its offender maltreatment determination
report
new text end to the licensing entity deleted text beginto enable the entity to fulfill its statutory dutiesdeleted text endnew text begin, with all student
identifying information removed. The offender maltreatment determination report shall
include but is not limited to the following sections: report of alleged maltreatment; legal
standard; investigation; summary of findings; determination; corrective action by a school;
reconsideration process; and a listing of records related to the investigation
new text end. Notwithstanding
section 13.03, subdivision 4, data received by a licensing entity under this paragraph are
governed by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the receiving entity,
except that this section applies to the classification of and access to data on the reporter of
the maltreatment.

Sec. 59.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 631.40, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Licensed teachers.

When a person is convicted of child abuse, as defined in
section 609.185deleted text begin, ordeleted text endnew text begin;new text end sexual abuse under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345,
609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 3deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin; sex trafficking in the first degree under
section 609.322, subdivision 1; sex trafficking in the second degree under section 609.322,
subdivision 1a; engaging in hiring, or agreeing to hire a minor to engage in prostitution
under section 609.324, subdivisions 1 and 1a; exposure under section 617.23, subdivisions
2 and 3; solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of sexually
explicit materials to children under section 609.352; interference with privacy under section
609.746; stalking under section 609.749, and the victim was a minor; using minors in a
sexual performance under section 617.246; possessing pornographic works involving a
minor under section 617.247; or any other offense not listed in this subdivision that requires
the person to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166;
new text end the court shall determine
whether the person is licensed to teach under chapter 122A. If the offender is a licensed
teacher, the court administrator shall send a certified copy of the conviction to the
Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the Board of School Administrators,
whichever has jurisdiction over the teacher's license, within ten days after the conviction.

Sec. 60.

Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Northwest Regional Partnership concurrent enrollment program.

new text begin(a) new text endFor
a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative to operate a continuing education program:

$
deleted text begin 3,000,000 deleted text end new text begin
2,000,000
new text end
.....
2017

new text begin (b) new text endThis is a onetime appropriation. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2019.

new text begin (c) $1,000,000 of the initial appropriation in fiscal year 2017 is canceled to the state
general fund.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 61.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 37,
is amended to read:


Subd. 37.

Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program.

new text begin(a) new text endFor the
statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189,
article 25, section 58, as amended:

$
deleted text begin 375,000
deleted text end new text begin 350,000
new text end
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 375,000
deleted text end new text begin 0
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin (b) new text endAny balance in deleted text beginthe firstdeleted text endnew text begin fiscalnew text end yearnew text begin 2018new text end does not cancel but is available in deleted text beginthe seconddeleted text endnew text begin
fiscal
new text end yearnew text begin 2019new text end.new text begin $400,000 of the initial appropriations in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 is
canceled to the state general fund on June 30, 2019.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for this program is $375,000 per year.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 62. new text beginAGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Grant program established. new text end

new text begin A grant program is established to support
school districts in paying agricultural education teachers for work over the summer with
high school students in extended programs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education shall develop the form and method
for applying for the grants. The commissioner shall develop criteria for determining the
allocation of the grants, including appropriate goals for the use of the grants.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Grant awards. new text end

new text begin Grant funding under this section must be matched by funding
from the school district for the agricultural education teacher's summer employment. Grant
funding for each teacher is limited to the one-half share of 40 working days.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reports. new text end

new text begin School districts that receive grant funds shall report to the
commissioner of education no later than December 31 of each year regarding the number
of teachers funded by the grant program and the outcomes compared to the goals established
in the grant application. The commissioner of education shall develop the criteria necessary
for the reports.
new text end

Sec. 63. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Professional Educator and Licensing Standards Board. new text end

new text begin The sums
indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator
and Licensing Standards Board for the fiscal years designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. new text end

new text begin (a)
For transfer to the collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive
account under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The board may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and
administer the grant program and a portion of these funds may be transferred to the Office
of Higher Education as determined by the executive director of the board and commissioner
to support the administration of the program.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 is $6,000,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers
of color.
new text end

new text begin (a) For transfer to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for
the development and expansion of mentoring, induction, and retention programs for teachers
of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The board may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount for monitoring
and administering the grant program and may have an interagency agreement with the
Department of Education including transfer of funds to help administer the program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,000,000.
new text end

Sec. 64. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Expanded concurrent enrollment grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to institutions offering
"Introduction to Teaching" or "Introduction to Education" college in the schools courses
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (b):
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 375,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 375,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The department may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor
and administer the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Alternative teacher compensation aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For alternative teacher compensation
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 89,211,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 88,853,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The 2020 appropriation includes $8,974,000 for 2019 and $80,237,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin (c) The 2021 appropriation includes $8,915,000 for 2020 and $79,938,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Agricultural educator grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For agricultural educator grants under Laws
2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 51:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program. new text end

new text begin (a) For the
statewide concurrent enrollment teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189,
article 25, section 58, as amended:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 375,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 375,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Inclusive school enhancement grants. new text end

new text begin (a) To support schools in their efforts
to close opportunity and achievement gaps under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.113:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer
the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $3,000,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Come Teach in Minnesota hiring bonuses. new text end

new text begin (a) For the Come Teach in
Minnesota hiring bonuses program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.59:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,050,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,050,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer
the program under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin American Indian teacher preparation grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For joint grants to assist
American Indian people to become teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.63:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,060,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,060,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The department may use up to five percent of the appropriation amount to administer
the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Grow Your Own pathways to teacher licensure grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to
develop or expand Grow Your Own programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 5,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 5,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of this amount in each fiscal year, $2,000,000 is for nonconventional teacher
residency programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685, subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin (c) Of this amount in each fiscal year, $3,000,000 is for expanded Grow Your Own
programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.685, subdivision 4.
new text end

new text begin (d) The department may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to monitor
and administer the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Reports on increasing percentage of teachers of color and American
Indian teachers.
new text end

new text begin (a) For transfer to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
Board for annual reports regarding efforts to increase the percentage of teachers of color
and American Indian teachers in Minnesota schools pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
120B.117, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 15,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end

new text begin (b) The base for fiscal year 2022 and each even-numbered fiscal year thereafter is
$15,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Council on Economic Education. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to the Minnesota
Council on Economic Education:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 500,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The grant must be used to:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide professional development to Minnesota's kindergarten through grade 12
teachers implementing state graduation standards in learning areas related to economic
education; and
new text end

new text begin (2) support the direct-to-student ancillary economic and personal finance programs that
Minnesota teachers supervise and coach.
new text end

new text begin (c) By February 15 of each year following the receipt of a grant, the Minnesota Council
on Economic Education must report to the commissioner of education on the number and
type of in-person and online teacher professional development opportunities provided by
the Minnesota Council on Economic Education or its affiliated state centers. The report
must include a description of the content, length, and location of the programs; the number
of preservice and licensed teachers receiving professional development through each of
these opportunities; and summaries of evaluations of teacher professional opportunities.
new text end

new text begin (d) The Department of Education must pay the full amount of the grant to the Minnesota
Council on Economic Education by August 15 of each year. The Minnesota Council on
Economic Education must submit its fiscal reporting in the form and manner specified by
the commissioner. The commissioner may request additional information as necessary.
new text end

new text begin (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Statewide concurrent enrollment training program. new text end

new text begin (a) For the Northwest
Regional Partnership concurrent enrollment program and the statewide concurrent enrollment
teacher training program under Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 58, as amended
by Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 48:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,400,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in 2020 does not cancel but is available until June 30, 2021.
new text end

Sec. 65. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 6, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 122A.09, subdivision 1; 122A.182, subdivision
2; and 122A.63, subdivisions 7 and 8,
new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Minnesota Rules, part 8710.2100, subparts 1 and 2, new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

ARTICLE 4

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Special education aid.

(a) Except as provided in section 124E.23, special
education aidnew text begin, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision
2e,
new text end must be paid to a charter school according to section 125A.76, as though it were a school
district.

(b) For fiscal year deleted text begin2015deleted text endnew text begin 2020new text end and later, the special education aid paid to the charter
school shall be adjusted as follows:

(1) if the charter school does not receive general education revenue on behalf of the
student according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section
125A.11; or

(2) if the charter school receives general education revenue on behalf of the student
according to section 124E.20, the aid shall be adjusted as provided in section 127A.47,
subdivision 7
, paragraphs (b) to (e)new text begin, and if the tuition adjustment is computed under section
127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (c), it shall also receive an adjustment equal to five
percent for fiscal year 2020 or ten percent for fiscal year 2021 and later of the unreimbursed
cost of providing special education and services for the student
new text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.08, is amended to read:


125A.08 INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

(a) At the beginning of each school year, each school district shall have in effect, for
each child with a disability, an individualized education program.

(b) As defined in this section, every district must ensure the following:

(1) all students with disabilities are provided the special instruction and services which
are appropriate to their needs. Where the individualized education program team has
determined appropriate goals and objectives based on the student's needs, including the
extent to which the student can be included in the least restrictive environment, and where
there are essentially equivalent and effective instruction, related services, or assistive
technology devices available to meet the student's needs, cost to the district may be among
the factors considered by the team in choosing how to provide the appropriate services,
instruction, or devices that are to be made part of the student's individualized education
program. The individualized education program team shall consider and may authorize
services covered by medical assistance according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 26.
Before a school district evaluation team makes a determination of other health disability
under Minnesota Rules, part 3525.1335, subparts 1 and 2, item A, subitem (1), the evaluation
team must seek written documentation of the student's medically diagnosed chronic or acute
health condition signed by a licensed physician or a licensed health care provider acting
within the scope of the provider's practice. The student's needs and the special education
instruction and services to be provided must be agreed upon through the development of
an individualized education program. The program must address the student's need to develop
skills to live and work as independently as possible within the community. The individualized
education program team must consider positive behavioral interventions, strategies, and
supports that address behavior needs for children. During grade 9, the program must address
the student's needs for transition from secondary services to postsecondary education and
training, employment, community participation, recreation, and leisure and home living. In
developing the program, districts must inform parents of the full range of transitional goals
and related services that should be considered. The program must include a statement of
the needed transition services, including a statement of the interagency responsibilities or
linkages or both before secondary services are concluded. If the individualized education
program meets the plan components in section 120B.125, the individualized education
program satisfies the requirement and no additional transition plan is neededdeleted text begin;deleted text endnew text begin. An
individualized education program team, after affirmative approval of the parent, may
eliminate benchmarks or short-term objectives, except for students who take alternative
assessments. The individualized education program may report the student's performance
on general state or districtwide assessments related to the student's educational needs;
new text end

(2) children with a disability under age five and their families are provided special
instruction and services appropriate to the child's level of functioning and needs;

(3) children with a disability and their parents or guardians are guaranteed procedural
safeguards and the right to participate in decisions involving identification, assessment
including assistive technology assessment, and educational placement of children with a
disability;

(4) eligibility and needs of children with a disability are determined by an initial
evaluation or reevaluation, which may be completed using existing data under United States
Code, title 20, section 33, et seq.;

(5) to the maximum extent appropriate, children with a disability, including those in
public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not
disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with a
disability from the regular educational environment occurs only when and to the extent that
the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use
of supplementary services cannot be achieved satisfactorily;

(6) in accordance with recognized professional standards, testing and evaluation materials,
and procedures used for the purposes of classification and placement of children with a
disability are selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory;
and

(7) the rights of the child are protected when the parents or guardians are not known or
not available, or the child is a ward of the state.

(c) For all paraprofessionals employed to work in programs whose role in part is to
provide direct support to students with disabilities, the school board in each district shall
ensure that:

(1) before or beginning at the time of employment, each paraprofessional must develop
sufficient knowledge and skills in emergency procedures, building orientation, roles and
responsibilities, confidentiality, vulnerability, and reportability, among other things, to begin
meeting the needs, especially disability-specific and behavioral needs, of the students with
whom the paraprofessional works;

new text begin (2) before beginning work alone with an individual student with a disability, the assigned
paraprofessional must be either given paid time or time during the school day to review a
student's individualized education program or be briefed on the student's specific needs by
appropriate staff;
new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end annual training opportunities are required to enable the paraprofessional to
continue to further develop the knowledge and skills that are specific to the students with
whom the paraprofessional works, including understanding disabilities, the unique and
individual needs of each student according to the student's disability and how the disability
affects the student's education and behavior, following lesson plans, and implementing
follow-up instructional procedures and activities; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

new text begin (4) a minimum of eight hours of paid orientation or professional development must be
provided annually to all paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other instructional support
staff. Four of the eight hours must be completed before the first instructional day of the
school year or within 30 days of hire. The orientation or professional development must be
relevant to the employee's occupation and may include collaboration time with classroom
teachers and planning for the school year. For paraprofessionals who provide direct support
to students, at least 50 percent of the professional development or orientation must be
dedicated to meeting the requirements of this section. Professional development for
paraprofessionals may also address the requirements of section 120B.363, subdivision 3.
A school administrator must provide an annual certification of compliance with this
requirement to the commissioner; and
new text end

deleted text begin (3)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end a districtwide process obligates each paraprofessional to work under the ongoing
direction of a licensed teacher and, where appropriate and possible, the supervision of a
school nurse.

new text begin (d) A school district may conduct a functional behavior assessment as defined in
Minnesota Rules, part 3525.0210, subpart 22, as a stand-alone evaluation without conducting
a comprehensive evaluation of the student.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.091, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:


Subd. 3a.

Additional requirements for prior written notice.

In addition to federal law
requirements, a prior written notice shall:

(1) inform the parent that except for the initial placement of a child in special education,
the school district will proceed with its proposal for the child's placement or for providing
special education services unless the child's parent notifies the district of an objection within
14 days of when the district sends the prior written notice to the parent; and

(2) state that a parent who objects to a proposal or refusal in the prior written notice
maynew text begin:
new text end

new text begin (i)new text end request a conciliation conference under subdivision 7 or another alternative dispute
resolution procedure under subdivision 8 or 9new text begin; or
new text end

new text begin (ii) identify the specific part of the proposal or refusal the parent objects to and request
a meeting with appropriate members of the individualized education program team
new text end.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.091, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Conciliation conference.

A parent must have an opportunity to new text beginrequest a
meeting with appropriate members of the individualized education program team or
new text endmeet
with appropriate district staff in at least one conciliation conference if the parent objects to
any proposal of which the parent receives notice under subdivision 3a. A district must hold
a conciliation conference within ten calendar days from the date the district receives a
parent's deleted text beginobjection to a proposal or refusal in the prior written noticedeleted text endnew text begin request for a conciliation
conference
new text end. Except as provided in this section, all discussions held during a conciliation
conference are confidential and are not admissible in a due process hearing. Within five
school days after the final conciliation conference, the district must prepare and provide to
the parent a conciliation conference memorandum that describes the district's final proposed
offer of service. This memorandum is admissible in evidence in any subsequent proceeding.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Nonresident tuition rate; other costs.

(a) For fiscal year 2015 and later,
when a school district provides special instruction and services for a pupil with a disability
as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district of residence, excluding a pupil for whom
an adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision
7
, paragraphs (b) to (d), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced
by an amount equal to (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to
the pupil, including a proportionate amount for special transportation, plus (2) the amount
of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local optional aid and
referendum equalization aid attributable to that pupil, calculated using the resident district's
average general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit
excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue,
minus (3) the amount of special education aid for children with a disability under section
125A.76 received on behalf of that child,new text begin excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section
125A.76, subdivision 2e,
new text end minus (4) if the pupil receives special instruction and services
outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of
general education revenue and referendum equalization aid, excluding portions attributable
to district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance,
capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, attributable to that pupil for the portion of
time the pupil receives special instruction and services outside of the regular classroom,
calculated using the resident district's average general education revenue and referendum
equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit excluding basic skills revenue, elementary sparsity
revenue and secondary sparsity revenue and the serving district's basic skills revenue,
elementary sparsity revenue and secondary sparsity revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (4), for pupils served by a cooperative unit without a fiscal
agent school district, the general education revenue and referendum equalization aid
attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general
education revenue and referendum equalization aid excluding compensatory revenue,
elementary sparsity revenue, and secondary sparsity revenue. Special education aid paid to
the district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil must be
increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. If the resident
district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the remaining
adjustment shall be made to other state aid due to the district.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), when a charter school receiving special education
aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, provides special instruction and services for a
pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02, excluding a pupil for whom an
adjustment to special education aid is calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision
7
, paragraphs (b) to (e), special education aid paid to the resident district must be reduced
by an amount equal to that calculated under paragraph (a) as if the charter school received
aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), special education
aid paid to the charter school providing special instruction and services for the pupil must
not be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b)
to (d):

(1) an intermediate district or a special education cooperative may recover unreimbursed
costs of serving pupils with a disability, including building lease, debt service, and indirect
costs necessary for the general operation of the organization, by billing membership fees
and nonmember access fees to the resident district;

(2) a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students receive special
education and related services, a site approved under section 125A.515, an intermediate
district, a site constructed according to Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 7, subdivision 7,
to meet the educational needs of court-placed adolescents, or a special education cooperative
may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident district an additional
amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving pupils with a disability;

(3) the billing under clause (1) or application under clause (2) must include a description
of the costs and the calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged
to the resident district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under clause (2) must be
included in the aid adjustments under paragraph (a), or section 127A.47, subdivision 7,
paragraphs (b) to (d), as applicable.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (b),
"general education revenue and referendum equalization aid" means the sum of the general
education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding the local optional
levy according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, paragraph (c), plus the referendum
equalization aid according to section 126C.17, subdivision 7.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Commissioner approval.

The commissioner may approve applications
from districts initiating or significantly changing a program to provide prevention services
as an alternative to special education and other compensatory programs. A district with an
approved program may provide instruction and services in a regular education classroom,
or an area learning center, to eligible pupils. Pupils eligible to participate in the program
are pupils who need additional academic or behavioral support to succeed in the general
education environment and who may eventually qualify for special education instruction
or related services under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65 if the intervention
services authorized by this section were unavailable. new text beginA pupil with an individualized education
program may participate in the program in a service area which the individualized education
program team has determined is not an educational need that results from the pupil's
disability.
new text endPupils may be provided services during extended school days and throughout the
entire year and through the assurance of mastery program under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24
and 125A.65.

Sec. 7.

new text begin [125A.755] PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING AID.
new text end

new text begin Beginning in fiscal year 2020, each school district, charter school, and cooperative
organization serving pupils is eligible for paraprofessional training aid. Paraprofessional
training aid equals $198 times the number of paraprofessionals, Title I aides, and other
instructional support staff employed by the school district, charter school, or cooperative
organization during the previous school year. A school district must reserve paraprofessional
training aid and spend it only on the training required in section 125A.08.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section and section 125A.79,
the definitions in this subdivision apply.

(b) "Basic revenue" has the meaning given it in section 126C.10, subdivision 2. For the
purposes of computing basic revenue pursuant to this section, each child with a disability
shall be counted as prescribed in section 126C.05, subdivision 1.

(c) "Essential personnel" means teachers, cultural liaisons, related services, and support
services staff providing services to students. Essential personnel may also include special
education paraprofessionals or clericals providing support to teachers and students by
preparing paperwork and making arrangements related to special education compliance
requirements, including parent meetings and individualized education programs. Essential
personnel does not include administrators and supervisors.

(d) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 126C.05.

(e) "Program growth factor" means deleted text begin1.046 for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, 1.0 for
fiscal year 2016,
deleted text end 1.046 for fiscal year 2017, and the product of 1.046 and the program growth
factor for the previous year for fiscal year 2018 and later.

(f) "Nonfederal special education expenditure" means all direct expenditures that are
necessary and essential to meet the district's obligation to provide special instruction and
services to children with a disability according to sections 124D.454, 125A.03 to 125A.24,
125A.259 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 as submitted by the district and approved by the
department under section 125A.75, subdivision 4, excluding expenditures:

(1) reimbursed with federal funds;

(2) reimbursed with other state aids under this chapter;

(3) for general education costs of serving students with a disability;

(4) for facilities;

(5) for pupil transportation; and

(6) for postemployment benefits.

(g) "Old formula special education expenditures" means expenditures eligible for revenue
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 125A.76, subdivision 2.

(h) For the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the Minnesota State Academy
for the Blind, expenditures under paragraphs (f) and (g) are limited to the salary and fringe
benefits of one-to-one instructional and behavior management aides and one-to-one licensed,
certified professionals assigned to a child attending the academy, if the aides or professionals
are required by the child's individualized education program.

deleted text begin (i) "Special education aid increase limit" means $80 for fiscal year 2016, $100 for fiscal
year 2017, and, for fiscal year 2018 and later, the sum of the special education aid increase
limit for the previous fiscal year and $40.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (j)deleted text endnew text begin (i)new text end "District" means a school district, a charter school, or a cooperative unit as defined
in section 123A.24, subdivision 2. Notwithstanding section 123A.26, cooperative units as
defined in section 123A.24, subdivision 2, are eligible to receive special education aid under
this section and section 125A.79.

new text begin (j) "Initial special education cross subsidy" means the greater of zero or:
new text end

new text begin (1) the nonfederal special education expenditure under paragraph (f); plus
new text end

new text begin (2) the cost of providing transportation services for pupils with disabilities under section
123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4); minus
new text end

new text begin (3) the special education aid under subdivision 2c and sections 125A.11, subdivision 1,
and 127A.47, subdivision 7; minus
new text end

new text begin (4) the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus
local optional aid and referendum equalization aid attributable to pupils receiving special
instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school
day for the portion of time the pupils receive special instruction and services outside the
regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration,
district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil
transportation.
new text end

new text begin (k) The "minimum aid adjustment multiplier" for fiscal year 2020 equals 1.046. For
fiscal year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment multiplier equals the greater of 1.02
or the minimum aid adjustment multiplier for the previous year minus 0.002.
new text end

new text begin (l) The "minimum aid adjustment factor" for fiscal year 2020 equals the program growth
factor for fiscal year 2020. For fiscal year 2021 and later, the minimum aid adjustment factor
equals the product of the minimum aid adjustment factor for the previous fiscal year and
the minimum aid adjustment multiplier.
new text end

new text begin (m) "Special education equity metro region" means the districts with their administrative
offices located in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington County
on January 1, 2012, and districts in other counties with 7,500 or more pupils in adjusted
average daily membership.
new text end

new text begin (n) "Special education equity rural region" means the districts with their administrative
offices located outside Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington
County on January 1, 2012, and districts in other counties with less than 7,500 pupils in
adjusted average daily membership.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Special education initial aid.

For fiscal year deleted text begin2016deleted text endnew text begin 2021new text end and later, a district's
special education initial aid equals the sum of:

(1) the least of 62 percent of the district's old formula special education expenditures
for the prior fiscal year, excluding pupil transportation expenditures, 50 percent of the
district's nonfederal special education expenditures for the prior year, excluding pupil
transportation expenditures, or 56 percent of the product of the sum of the following amounts,
computed using prior fiscal year data, and the program growth factor:

(i) the product of the district's average daily membership served and the sum of:

(A) deleted text begin$450deleted text endnew text begin $460new text end; plus

(B) deleted text begin$400deleted text endnew text begin $405new text end times the ratio of the sum of the number of pupils enrolled on October
1 who are eligible to receive free lunch plus one-half of the pupils enrolled on October 1
who are eligible to receive reduced-price lunch to the total October 1 enrollment; plus

(C) .008 times the district's average daily membership served; plus

(ii) deleted text begin$10,400deleted text endnew text begin $13,300new text end times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas
of autism spectrum disorders, developmental delay, and severely multiply impaired; plus

(iii) deleted text begin$18,000deleted text endnew text begin $19,200new text end times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas
of deaf and hard-of-hearing and emotional or behavioral disorders; plus

(iv) deleted text begin$27,000deleted text endnew text begin $25,200new text end times the December 1 child count for the primary disability areas
of developmentally cognitive mild-moderate, developmentally cognitive severe-profound,
physically impaired, visually impaired, and deafblind; plus

(2) the cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under
section 123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:


Subd. 2c.

Special education aid.

(a) For fiscal year deleted text begin2016deleted text endnew text begin 2020new text end and later, a district's
special education aid equals the sum of the district's special education initial aid under
subdivision 2anew text begin, the district's cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e,new text end and the
district's excess cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 5.

deleted text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2016, the special education aid for a
school district must not exceed the sum of the special education aid the district would have
received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79,
as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision
7
, and the product of the district's average daily membership served and the special education
aid increase limit.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later, the special education
aid for a school district must not exceed the sum of: (i) the product of the district's average
daily membership served and the special education aid increase limit and (ii) the product
of the sum of the special education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the
district's average daily membership served for the current fiscal year to the district's average
daily membership served for fiscal year 2016, and the program growth factor.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (b)new text end Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for fiscal year deleted text begin2016deleted text endnew text begin 2020new text end and later the special
education aidnew text begin, excluding the cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2e,new text end for a school
district, not including a charter school or cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24,
must not be less than the lesser of (1) thenew text begin sum of 90 percent for fiscal year 2020, 85 percent
for fiscal year 2021, 80 percent for fiscal year 2022, and 75 percent for fiscal year 2023 and
later of the
new text end district's nonfederal special education expendituresnew text begin plus 100 percent of the
district's cost of providing transportation services for children with disabilities under section
123B.92, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (4), plus the adjustment under sections 125A.11
and 127A.47, subdivision 7,
new text end for that fiscal year or (2) the product of the sum of the special
education aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2016 under Minnesota Statutes
2012, sections 125A.76 and 125A.79, as adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes 2012,
sections 125A.11 and 127A.47, subdivision 7, the ratio of the district's adjusted daily
membership for the current fiscal year to the district's average daily membership for fiscal
year 2016, and the deleted text beginprogram growthdeleted text endnew text begin minimum aid adjustmentnew text end factor.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision 2a and section 125A.79, a charter school in its first year
of operation shall generate special education aid based on current year data. A newly formed
cooperative unit as defined in section 123A.24 may apply to the commissioner for approval
to generate special education aid for its first year of operation based on current year data,
with an offsetting adjustment to the prior year data used to calculate aid for programs at
participating school districts or previous cooperatives that were replaced by the new
cooperative. The department shall establish procedures to adjust the prior year data and
fiscal year 2016 old formula aid used in calculating special education aid to exclude costs
that have been eliminated for districts where programs have closed or where a substantial
portion of the program has been transferred to a cooperative unit.

(f) The department shall establish procedures through the uniform financial accounting
and reporting system to identify and track all revenues generated from third-party billings
as special education revenue at the school district level; include revenue generated from
third-party billings as special education revenue in the annual cross-subsidy report; and
exclude third-party revenue from calculation of excess cost aid to the districts.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 2e. new text end

new text begin Cross subsidy reduction aid. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district's annual cross subsidy
reduction aid equals the school district's initial special education cross subsidy for the
previous fiscal year times the cross subsidy aid factor for that fiscal year.
new text end

new text begin (b) The cross subsidy aid factor equals 4.3 percent for fiscal year 2020, 8.6 percent for
fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, and ten percent for fiscal year 2024.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 12.

new text begin [125A.81] SPECIAL EDUCATION REGIONAL EQUITY AID.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Special education equity aid. new text end

new text begin A school district's special education equity
aid equals the greater of zero or, for the second preceding year, the lesser of (1) 30 percent
of the difference between the school district's remaining special education cross subsidy
per pupil in adjusted average daily membership and the regional average remaining special
education cross subsidy per pupil in adjusted average daily membership, or (2) $120 times
the district's adjusted average daily membership. For purposes of this section, remaining
cross subsidy aid means the cross subsidy after adjusting for cross subsidy aid under section
125A.76, subdivision 2e.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Special education equity region. new text end

new text begin The department must assign school districts
to special education equity regions under section 125A.76, subdivision 1, paragraphs (m)
and (n).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Regional equity cross subsidy. new text end

new text begin For each region established in subdivision 2,
the department must calculate the regional average remaining special education cross subsidy
under section 125A.76, subdivision 1, paragraph (k), after adjustments for cross subsidy
aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e, per pupil in adjusted average daily membership
for the second preceding year.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2024 and later.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Alternative attendance programs.

(a) The general education aid and special
education aid for districts must be adjusted for each pupil attending a nonresident district
under sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, and 124D.68. The adjustments
must be made according to this subdivision.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the "unreimbursed cost of providing special
education and services" means the difference between: (1) the actual cost of providing
special instruction and services, including special transportation and unreimbursed building
lease and debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, for a pupil
with a disability, as defined in section 125A.02, or a pupil, as defined in section 125A.51,
who is enrolled in a program listed in this subdivision, minus (2) if the pupil receives special
instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 60 percent of the school
day, the amount of general education revenue, excluding local optional revenue, plus local
optional aid and referendum equalization aid as defined in section 125A.11, subdivision 1,
paragraph (d), attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special
instruction and services outside of the regular classroom, excluding portions attributable to
district and school administration, district support services, operations and maintenance,
capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, minus (3) special education aid under section
125A.76new text begin, excluding cross subsidy reduction aid under section 125A.76, subdivision 2e,new text end
attributable to that pupil, that is received by the district providing special instruction and
services. For purposes of this paragraph, general education revenue and referendum
equalization aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the serving district's average
general education revenue and referendum equalization aid per adjusted pupil unit.

(c) For fiscal year deleted text begin2015 and laterdeleted text endnew text begin 2020new text end, special education aid paid to a resident district
must be reduced by an amount equal to deleted text begin90deleted text endnew text begin 80new text end percent of the unreimbursed cost of providing
special education and services.new text begin For fiscal year 2021 and later, special education aid paid to
a resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to 70 percent of the unreimbursed
cost of providing special education and services.
new text end

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must
be reduced by an amount equal to 100 percent of the unreimbursed cost of special education
and services provided to students at an intermediate district, cooperative, or charter school
where the percent of students eligible for special education services is at least 70 percent
of the charter school's total enrollment.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), special education aid paid to a resident district must
be reduced under paragraph (d) for students at a charter school receiving special education
aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 3, calculated as if the charter school received special
education aid under section 124E.21, subdivision 1.

(f) Special education aid paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction
and services for the pupil, or to the fiscal agent district for a cooperative, must be increased
by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district under paragraphs (c)
and (d). If the resident district's special education aid is insufficient to make the full
adjustment under paragraphs (c), (d), and (e), the remaining adjustment shall be made to
other state aids due to the district.

(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), general education aid paid to the resident district of
a nonspecial education student for whom an eligible special education charter school receives
general education aid under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be reduced
by an amount equal to the difference between the general education aid attributable to the
student under section 124E.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and the general education aid
that the student would have generated for the charter school under section 124E.20,
subdivision 1
, paragraph (a). For purposes of this paragraph, "nonspecial education student"
means a student who does not meet the definition of pupil with a disability as defined in
section 125A.02 or the definition of a pupil in section 125A.51.

(h) An area learning center operated by a service cooperative, intermediate district,
education district, or a joint powers cooperative may elect through the action of the
constituent boards to charge the resident district tuition for pupils rather than to have the
general education revenue paid to a fiscal agent school district. Except as provided in
paragraph (f), the district of residence must pay tuition equal to at least 90 and no more than
100 percent of the district average general education revenue per pupil unit minus an amount
equal to the product of the formula allowance according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2,
times .0466, calculated without compensatory revenue, local optional revenue, and
transportation sparsity revenue, times the number of pupil units for pupils attending the area
learning center.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.01, is amended to read:


136D.01 INTERMEDIATE new text beginSCHOOL new text endDISTRICT.

"Intermediate new text beginschool new text enddistrict" means a district with a cooperative program deleted text beginwhich has
been established
deleted text end under deleted text beginLaws 1967, chapter 822, as amended; Laws 1969, chapter 775, as
amended; and Laws 1969, chapter 1060, as amended
deleted text endnew text begin this chapternew text end, offering integrated services
for secondary, postsecondary, and adult students in the areas of vocational education, special
education, and other authorized services.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.49, is amended to read:


136D.49 OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.

In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.41, 136D.71, and 136D.81,
the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter may provide
for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other governmental
units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in sections deleted text begin136D.25,deleted text endnew text begin
136D.24, 136D.44,
new text end 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the
services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8.

Sec. 16. new text beginPRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE WORKING GROUP.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of education must appoint a working group by July 1, 2019, that
includes the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) special education administrators;
new text end

new text begin (2) special education teachers;
new text end

new text begin (3) school board members;
new text end

new text begin (4) parents of children with disabilities receiving special instruction and services in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 125A;
new text end

new text begin (5) organizations that work with the parents of children with disabilities; and
new text end

new text begin (6) Department of Education staff with expertise in special education compliance.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner of education must convene the first meeting of the working group
no later than July 15, 2019, and must provide support and meeting space for the working
group. The meetings of the working group are subject to the requirements of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 13D.
new text end

new text begin (c) Members of the working group serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed
for allowed actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's
duties for the working group in the same manner and amount as authorized by the
commissioner's plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.18, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin (d) The working group must make recommendations for improving alignment between
state guidance and federal law requirements on prior written notice by January 15, 2020.
The working group must report its recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority
members of the legislative committees or divisions with jurisdiction over kindergarten
through grade 12 education.
new text end

new text begin (e) This section expires January 16, 2020, or the day after the working group submits
the report required by this section, whichever is earlier.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 17. new text beginSPECIAL EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE WORKING GROUP.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Duties. new text end

new text begin A legislative working group on special education is created to
review special education delivery and costs in Minnesota and submit a written report to the
legislature. The working group must:
new text end

new text begin (1) review how school districts, charter schools, intermediate school districts, special
education cooperatives, education districts, service cooperatives, and nonpublic schools
deliver special education services, and the costs and benefits associated with each model;
new text end

new text begin (2) compare relevant state and federal special education laws and regulations by reviewing
the 2013 evaluation report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor on special education
and other publicly available reports;
new text end

new text begin (3) analyze trends in special education enrollment and the reasons for the increased
proportion of Minnesota students receiving special education, including disparities in student
identification;
new text end

new text begin (4) identify strategies or programs that would be effective in reducing the need for special
education services or could provide less-intensive special education services, when
appropriate;
new text end

new text begin (5) analyze funding for children receiving special education services in a nonresident
district or charter school in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 124E.21, 125A.11,
and 127A.47;
new text end

new text begin (6) analyze the effect of the 2013 statutory changes to the state special education funding
formula, including interactions and conformity with federal funding formulas;
new text end

new text begin (7) describe how school districts and charter schools use section 504 plans, including
criteria used to determine when a section 504 plan is appropriate and the prevalence of
section 504 plans in school districts and charter schools;
new text end

new text begin (8) review the use of medications intended to modify the mood or behavior of students
with 504 plans or individual education programs; and
new text end

new text begin (9) review the recommendations of the 2013 evaluation report by the Office of the
Legislative Auditor on special education and whether any recommendations have been
enacted or implemented.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Membership. new text end

new text begin (a) The legislative working group on special education consists
of:
new text end

new text begin (1) six duly elected and currently serving members of the house of representatives, three
appointed by the speaker of the house and three appointed by the house minority leader,
and must include the current chairs of the house of representatives Education Policy
Committee and Education Finance Division; and
new text end

new text begin (2) six duly elected and currently serving senators, three appointed by the senate majority
leader and three appointed by the senate minority leader, and must include the current chair
of the senate Education Finance and Policy Committee.
new text end

new text begin (b) Only duly elected and currently serving members of the house of representatives or
senate may be members of the special education legislative working group. A chair of an
education committee or division appointed under paragraph (a) may designate another
member of the chair's chamber to attend a meeting of the legislative working group in place
of the chair.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Organization; process; administrative and technical support. new text end

new text begin The special
education legislative working group appointments must be made by July 1, 2019. If a vacancy
occurs, the leader of the caucus in the house of representatives or senate to which the vacating
working group member belonged must fill the vacancy. The chair of the house of
representatives Education Policy Committee shall serve as a cochair of the working group.
The chair of the senate Education Finance and Policy Committee shall serve as a cochair
of the working group and shall convene the first meeting. The working group must meet
periodically. Meetings of the working group must be open to the public. The Legislative
Coordinating Commission must provide administrative assistance upon request. The
Department of Education must provide technical assistance upon request.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Consultation with stakeholders. new text end

new text begin In developing its recommendations, the
special education legislative working group must consult with interested and affected
stakeholders.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin The special education legislative working group must submit a report
providing its findings and policy recommendations to the legislature by January 15, 2020.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin The special education legislative working group expires January
16, 2020, unless extended by law.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text beginINDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM; RULE AMENDMENT.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must amend Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2810, subpart
2, item A, to allow but not require an individualized education program to report a student's
performance on general state or districtwide assessments.
new text end

Sec. 19. new text beginSPECIAL EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2016 BASE ADJUSTMENT.
new text end

new text begin The fiscal year 2016 special education base for Independent School District No. 709,
Duluth, must be increased by $500,000. The fiscal year 2016 base for Independent School
District No. 882, Monticello, must be increased by $250,000.
new text end

Sec. 20. new text beginCOMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION; LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON
DEFINITIONS.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must define the following terms:
new text end

new text begin (1) gifted student;
new text end

new text begin (2) talented student;
new text end

new text begin (3) twice-exceptional student;
new text end

new text begin (4) print disabled student; and
new text end

new text begin (5) reading disabled student.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must report these definitions to the legislative committees having
jurisdiction over early childhood through grade 12 education by February 15, 2020.
new text end

Sec. 21. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Special education; regular. new text end

new text begin For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 125A.75:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,632,280,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,787,067,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $184,363,000 for 2019 and $1,447,917,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $203,824,000 for 2020 and $1,583,243,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Aid for children with disabilities. new text end

new text begin For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within
the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,382,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,564,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is
available.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Travel for home-based services. new text end

new text begin For aid for teacher travel for home-based
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 422,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 442,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2019 and $382,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $42,000 for 2020 and $400,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Court-placed special education revenue. new text end

new text begin For reimbursing serving school
districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving
school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 31,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 32,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Special education out-of-state tuition. new text end

new text begin For special education out-of-state
tuition under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 8:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Special education supplemental aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For special education supplemental
aid:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,200,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,200,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,000,000 is for Independent School District No.
709, Duluth, and $200,000 is for Independent School District No. 882, Monticello.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Paraprofessional training. new text end

new text begin For costs associated with paid orientation and
professional development for paraprofessionals under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.08:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,098,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,098,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

Sec. 22. new text beginREVISOR INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed in
column A to the references listed in column B.
new text end

new text begin Column A
new text end
new text begin Column B
new text end
new text begin 136D.01
new text end
new text begin 123C.01
new text end
new text begin 136D.21
new text end
new text begin 123C.20
new text end
new text begin 136D.22, subdivisions 1 and 2
new text end
new text begin 123C.21, subdivisions 1 and 2
new text end
new text begin 136D.23
new text end
new text begin 123C.22
new text end
new text begin 136D.24
new text end
new text begin 123C.23
new text end
new text begin 136D.25
new text end
new text begin 123C.24
new text end
new text begin 136D.26
new text end
new text begin 123C.25
new text end
new text begin 136D.29
new text end
new text begin 123C.26
new text end
new text begin 136D.31
new text end
new text begin 123C.27
new text end
new text begin 136D.41
new text end
new text begin 123C.30
new text end
new text begin 136D.42
new text end
new text begin 123C.31
new text end
new text begin 136D.43
new text end
new text begin 123C.32
new text end
new text begin 136D.44
new text end
new text begin 123C.33
new text end
new text begin 136D.45
new text end
new text begin 123C.34
new text end
new text begin 136D.46
new text end
new text begin 123C.35
new text end
new text begin 136D.47
new text end
new text begin 123C.36
new text end
new text begin 136D.48
new text end
new text begin 123C.37
new text end
new text begin 136D.49
new text end
new text begin 123C.02
new text end
new text begin 136D.71, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.60, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 136D.72
new text end
new text begin 123C.61
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 2
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 3
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 4
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 4
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 4a
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 5
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 4b
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 6
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 4c
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 7
new text end
new text begin 136D.73, subdivision 5
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 8
new text end
new text begin 136D.74, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.62, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 136D.74, subdivision 1a
new text end
new text begin 123C.62, subdivision 2
new text end
new text begin 136D.74, subdivision 1b
new text end
new text begin 123C.62, subdivision 3
new text end
new text begin 136D.76, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.63, subdivision 2
new text end
new text begin 136D.76, subdivision 2
new text end
new text begin 123C.60, subdivision 2
new text end
new text begin 136D.81, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.70
new text end
new text begin 136D.82, subdivisions 1 and 2
new text end
new text begin 123C.71, subdivisions 1 and 2
new text end
new text begin 136D.83
new text end
new text begin 123C.72
new text end
new text begin 136D.84
new text end
new text begin 123C.73
new text end
new text begin 136D.85
new text end
new text begin 123C.74
new text end
new text begin 136D.86
new text end
new text begin 123C.75
new text end
new text begin 136D.90, subdivision 1
new text end
new text begin 123C.76
new text end
new text begin 136D.92
new text end
new text begin 123C.77
new text end

new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota
Statutes consistent with the renumbering in this section, and if Minnesota Statutes, chapter
136D, is further amended in the 2019 legislative session, shall codify the amendments in a
manner consistent with this act. The revisor may make necessary changes to sentence
structure to preserve the meaning of the text.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 23. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 136D.93, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

ARTICLE 5

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.21, is amended to read:


120B.21 MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

School districts and charter schools are encouraged to provide mental health instruction
for students in grades deleted text begin6deleted text end new text begin4 new text endthrough 12 aligned with local health standards and integrated into
existing programs, curriculum, or the general school environment of a district or charter
school. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of human servicesnew text begin,
commissioner of health,
new text end and mental health organizations, deleted text beginis encouraged todeleted text end new text beginmust, by July 1,
2020, and July 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter,
new text endprovide districts and charter schools
withnew text begin resources gathered by national mental health advocates, includingnew text end:

(1) age-appropriate model learning activities for grades deleted text begin6deleted text end new text begin4 new text endthrough 12 that encompass
the mental health components of the National Health Education Standards and the
benchmarks developed by the department's quality teaching network in health and best
practices in mental health education; and

(2) a directory of resources for planning and implementing age-appropriate mental health
curriculum and instruction in grades deleted text begin6deleted text endnew text begin 4new text end through 12new text begin that includes resources on suicide and
self-harm prevention
new text end.

Sec. 2.

new text begin [120B.211] SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Model program. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of education must, in consultation
with the commissioner of health and other qualified experts, identify one or more model
comprehensive sexual health education programs for elementary and secondary school
students. The commissioner must use the rulemaking process under section 14.389, including
a hearing under section 14.389, subdivision 5, to identify a model program under this section.
The commissioner must provide school districts and charter schools with access to the model
program, including written materials, curriculum resources, and training for instructors by
June 1, 2021.
new text end

new text begin (b) The model program must include medically accurate instruction that is age and
developmentally appropriate on:
new text end

new text begin (1) human anatomy, reproduction, and sexual development;
new text end

new text begin (2) consent, bodily autonomy, and healthy relationships, including relationships involving
diverse sexual orientations and gender identities;
new text end

new text begin (3) abstinence and other methods for preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections; and
new text end

new text begin (4) the relationship between substance use and sexual behavior and health.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Consent" as used in this section means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary
agreement to engage in interpersonal, physical, or sexual activity.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School programs. new text end

new text begin (a) Starting in the 2021-2022 school year, a school district
or charter school must implement a comprehensive sexual health education program for
students in elementary and secondary school, including students with disabilities and students
enrolled in a state-approved alternative program. The sexual health education program must
include instruction on the topics listed in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and must:
new text end

new text begin (1) respect community values and encourage students to communicate with parents or
guardians; faith, health, and social services professionals; and other trusted adults about
sexuality and intimate relationships;
new text end

new text begin (2) respond to culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities in an inclusive,
respectful, and effective manner; and
new text end

new text begin (3) provide students with information about local resources where students may obtain
medically accurate information and services related to sexual and reproductive health, dating
violence, and sexual assault.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school district or charter school sexual health education program must include
notification to:
new text end

new text begin (1) students and school employees regarding criminal penalties for engaging in sexual
contact with minors and the availability of mistake as to age or consent of the minors as a
defense; and
new text end

new text begin (2) school employees and administrators that a teacher or administrator who engages in
sexual contact with a student may be found in violation of the teacher code of ethics and
that such conduct may be grounds for suspension or revocation of a teaching license in
accordance with section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1).
new text end

new text begin (c) The superintendent of a school district or person having administrative control over
a charter school must submit to the commissioner an annual assurance of compliance with
the requirements of this section. The assurance must state whether the district or charter
school adopted a model program identified in accordance with subdivision 1, or whether
the district or charter school adopted a different program. The assurances must be in the
form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, instruction in a sexual health education
program under this section may be provided by a person without a teaching license who is
employed by the school district, charter school, or a community organization if the school
administration determines the school employee or community organization has necessary
content expertise. A school district or charter school must provide notice to the parent of a
child who receives sexual health instruction from a person without a teaching license or a
person not employed by the district or charter school, that the person is not a licensed teacher
and, if applicable, the community organization that employs the person.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Parental review. new text end

new text begin A school district or charter school must provide instruction
under this section consistent with the parental curriculum review requirements in section
120B.20, provide parents access to the instructional materials used to provide sexual health
instruction, and inform parents of the requirements of section 120B.20. The district or charter
school must allow the parent or adult student to opt the student out of sexual health instruction
with no academic or other penalty for the student.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [121A.032] SCHOOL SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEX
DISCRIMINATION POLICY COMPLIANCE.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Duties. new text end

new text begin To support school compliance with state and federal sexual
harassment and sex discrimination laws, the Department of Education must:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide leadership, consultation, and technical assistance to districts on the
responsibilities of district-designated Title IX coordinators;
new text end

new text begin (2) collaborate with state experts on sexual violence, including the Department of Health
Sexual Violence Prevention Unit and the Department of Human Rights, to establish model
protocols, material development, and training to district-designated Title IX coordinators
as appropriate;
new text end

new text begin (3) disseminate guidance from the federal government on Title IX, including school-based
sexual harassment and sexual violence;
new text end

new text begin (4) collect and maintain an updated statewide list of Title IX coordinators for all public
school districts;
new text end

new text begin (5) serve as the state lead on Title IX for schools, parents, students, and community
organizations; and
new text end

new text begin (6) upon request from a school district, provide specific training to public schools on
preventing and responding to sexual violence, conducting trauma-informed investigations,
and provide redress for victims, including but not limited to accommodations during the
investigation as requested.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Training. new text end

new text begin The Department of Education must provide training to Title IX
coordinators on state and federal sexual harassment and sex discrimination laws every other
year. The training must include responding to allegations, conducting investigations, and
reviewing and implementing prevention policies focused on changing culture.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Applicability.

new text begin(a) new text endThis section applies only:

(1) when the parent of a pupil requests school personnel to administer drugs or medicine
to the pupil; or

(2) when administration is allowed by the individualized education program of a child
with a disability.

The request of a parent may be oral or in writing. An oral request must be reduced to
writing within two school days, provided that the district may rely on an oral request until
a written request is received.

new text begin (b) If the administration of a drug or medication described in paragraph (a) requires the
school to store the drugs or medication, the parent or legal guardian must inform the school
if the drug or medication is a controlled substance. For drugs or medications that are not
controlled substances, the request must include a provision designating the school district
as an authorized entity to transport the drug or medication for the purpose of destruction if
any unused drug or medication is left in the possession of school personnel. For drugs or
medications that are controlled substances, the request must specify that the parent or legal
guardian is required to retrieve the drug when requested by the school.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.22, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Unclaimed drugs or medications. new text end

new text begin (a) Each school district shall adopt a
procedure for the collection and transport of any unclaimed or abandoned prescription drugs
or over-the-counter medications left in the possession of school personnel in accordance
with this subdivision. The procedure must ensure that before the transportation of any
prescription drug under this subdivision, the school district shall make a reasonable attempt
to return the unused prescription drug to the student's parent or legal guardian. The procedure
must provide that transportation of unclaimed or unused prescription drugs or
over-the-counter medications occur at least annually, or more frequently as determined by
the school district.
new text end

new text begin (b) If the unclaimed or abandoned prescription drug is not a controlled substance as
defined under section 152.01, subdivision 4, or is an over-the-counter medication, the school
district may designate an individual who shall be responsible for transporting the drugs or
medications to a designated drop-off box or collection site or may request that a law
enforcement agency transport the drugs or medications to a drop-off box or collection site
on behalf of the school district.
new text end

new text begin (c) If the unclaimed or abandoned prescription drug is a controlled substance as defined
in section 152.01, subdivision 4, a school district or school personnel is prohibited from
transporting the prescription drug to a drop-off box or collection site for prescription drugs
identified under this paragraph. The school district must request that a law enforcement
agency transport the prescription drug or medication to a collection bin that complies with
Drug Enforcement Agency regulations, or if a site is not available, under the agency's
procedure for transporting drugs.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 6.

new text begin [121A.223] POSSESSION AND USE OF SUNSCREEN.
new text end

new text begin A school district must allow a student to possess and apply a topical sunscreen product
during the school day, while on school property, or at a school-sponsored event without a
prescription, physician's note, or other documentation from a licensed health care
professional. A school district may adopt a policy related to student possession and use of
sunscreen consistent with this section. Nothing in this section requires school personnel to
provide sunscreen or assist students in applying sunscreen.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7.

new text begin [121A.35] SCHOOL SAFETY ASSESSMENT.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin School safety assessment. new text end

new text begin "School safety assessment" means a fact-based
and evidence-based process using an integrated team approach that helps schools evaluate
and assess potentially threatening situations or students whose behavior may pose a threat
to the safety of the school, staff, or students.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Policy. new text end

new text begin A school board must adopt a policy to establish safety assessment teams
to conduct school safety assessments consistent with subdivision 1. A safety assessment
policy must be consistent with district policies in sections 121A.035, 125A.027, 125A.08,
and 125A.091, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 300.300 to 300.304, and
with any guidance provided by the Department of Public Safety's School Safety Center. A
safety assessment policy must include procedures for referrals for special education or
section 504 evaluations, and to mental health or health care providers for evaluation or
treatment when appropriate. A safety assessment policy must require notice to the parent
or guardian of a student whose behavior is assessed under this section unless notice to the
parent or guardian is not in the minor's best interest, consistent with sections 13.02,
subdivision 8, and 13.32, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Oversight. new text end

new text begin The superintendent of a school district must establish a committee
or individual charged with oversight of the safety assessment teams operating within the
district, which may be an existing committee established by the school board.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Safety assessment teams. new text end

new text begin (a) The superintendent of a school district must
establish for each school a safety assessment team that includes, to the extent practicable,
school officials with expertise in counseling, school psychology, school administration, and
students with disabilities; as well as cultural liaisons; certified, licensed, or otherwise
qualified mental health and treatment professionals; and law enforcement. The team may
include human resources personnel or legal counsel if the subject of the assessment is not
a student. A safety assessment team may serve one or more schools, as determined by the
superintendent.
new text end

new text begin (b) A safety assessment team must:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide guidance to school staff, parents, and students regarding recognition of
threatening or concerning behavior that may represent a threat to the community, school,
staff, or students, and the members of the school to whom threatening or concerning behavior
should be reported;
new text end

new text begin (2) consider whether there is sufficient information to determine whether a student or
other person poses a threat;
new text end

new text begin (3) implement a policy adopted by the school board under subdivision 2;
new text end

new text begin (4) report summary data on its activities according to guidance developed by the School
Safety Center; and
new text end

new text begin (5) comply with applicable special education requirements, including sections 125A.027,
125A.08, and 125A.091, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, sections 300.300 to
300.304.
new text end

new text begin (c) Upon a preliminary determination that a student poses a threat of violence or physical
harm to others, a safety assessment team must immediately report its determination to the
district superintendent or the superintendent's designee, who must immediately attempt to
notify the student's parent or legal guardian, and provide the parent or guardian written
notice, unless notice to the parent or guardian is not in the student's best interest. The safety
assessment team must consider services to address the student's underlying behavioral or
mental health issues, which may include counseling, social work services, character education
consistent with section 120B.232, social emotional learning, evidence-based academic and
positive behavioral interventions and supports, mental health services, and referrals for
special education or section 504 evaluations. Upon the request of a parent or guardian of a
student who is the subject of a safety assessment, a safety assessment team must provide
the parent or guardian with a copy of the data related to the safety assessment after the team
determines that the threat has been addressed, consistent with subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin (d) If the safety assessment team finds in the course of an evaluation that a student is
also exhibiting suicidal ideation or self-harm, the safety assessment team must follow the
district's suicide prevention policy or protocol or refer the student to an appropriate
school-linked mental health professional or other support personnel. Access to information
regarding a student exhibiting suicidal ideation or self-harm is subject to section 13.32,
subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin (e) Nothing in this section precludes a school district official or employee from acting
immediately to address an imminent threat.
new text end

new text begin (f) Nothing in this section modifies or affects a school district's obligations under state
and federal law relating to students with disabilities.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Redisclosure. new text end

new text begin (a) A safety assessment team member must not redisclose
educational records or use any record of an individual beyond the purpose for which the
disclosure was made to the safety assessment team. A school district employee who has
access to information related to a safety assessment is subject to this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (b) Nothing in this section prohibits the disclosure of educational records in health,
including mental health, and safety emergencies in accordance with state and federal law.
Data related to a safety assessment must not be provided to law enforcement without a
reasonable cause or need for law enforcement involvement or knowledge. A school district
must notify a parent or guardian when data related to a safety assessment is provided to a
law enforcement official who is not a member of the safety assessment team, unless notice
to the parent or guardian is not in the student's best interest, consistent with sections 13.02,
subdivision 8, and 13.32, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2020-2021 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.595, is amended to read:


123B.595 LONG-TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Long-term facilities maintenance revenue.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal year 2017
only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $193
times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
average building age to 35 years, plus the cost approved by the commissioner for indoor
air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement projects under section
123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more per site, plus (ii) for a
school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151,
the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to
accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of (i) the amount the district would
have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57, Minnesota Statutes
2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591, and (ii) for a school
district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151, the
cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing instructional space to
accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals the greater
of (1) the sum of (i) $292 times the district's adjusted pupil units times the lesser of one or
the ratio of the district's average building age to 35 years, plus (ii) the cost approved by the
commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos abatement
projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000 or more
per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing
instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of
deleted text end deleted text begin (i) the
amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.57,
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.591,
and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under
section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing
instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later,deleted text endnew text begin (a)new text end Long-term facilities maintenance revenue equals
the greater of (1) the sum of (i) $380 times the district's adjusted pupil units times deleted text beginthe lesserdeleted text end
deleted text begin of one or the ratio ofdeleted text end the district's deleted text beginaveragedeleted text end building age deleted text beginto 35 yearsdeleted text end new text beginindexnew text end, plus (ii) the cost
approved by the commissioner for indoor air quality, fire alarm and suppression, and asbestos
abatement projects under section 123B.57, subdivision 6, with an estimated cost of $100,000
or more per site, plus (iii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten
program under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling
existing instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction, or (2) the sum of
(i) the amount the district would have qualified for under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
123B.57, Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, and Minnesota Statutes 2014, section
123B.591, and (ii) for a school district with an approved voluntary prekindergarten program
under section 124D.151, the cost approved by the commissioner for remodeling existing
instructional space to accommodate prekindergarten instruction.

new text begin (b) A district's building age index equals the greater of:
new text end

new text begin (1) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's average building age for the most recent
year for which data is available, to 35 years; or
new text end

new text begin (2) the district's building age index for the previous year.
new text end

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) for fiscal year 2021 and later, for a school district
that (1) adds new square footage after January 1, 2016, (2) continues to utilize for educational
purposes more than 80 percent of its previous square footage, (3) has a lower building age
index under this section in the current year compared to the fiscal year immediately prior
to the addition of the square footage, and (4) demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction
that its total school facilities square footage is educationally necessary, the district's building
age index is the greater of the ratio calculated under paragraph (b) or the building age index
for the fiscal year immediately prior to the inclusion of the building addition in the building
age index.
new text end

(d) Notwithstanding deleted text beginparagraphsdeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (a), deleted text begin(b), and (c),deleted text end a school district that qualified
for eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 1, paragraph
(a), for fiscal year 2010 remains eligible for funding under this section as a district that
would have qualified for eligibility under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for fiscal year 2017 and later.

Subd. 2.

Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal
year 2017 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter school equals $34
times the adjusted pupil units.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter
school equals $85 times the adjusted pupil units.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later,deleted text end Long-term facilities maintenance revenue for a charter
school equals $132 times the adjusted pupil units.

Subd. 3.

Intermediate districts and other cooperative units.

new text begin(a) new text endUpon approval through
the adoption of a resolution by each member district school board of an intermediate district
or other cooperative deleted text beginunitsdeleted text endnew text begin unitnew text end under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, new text beginor a joint powers
district under section 471.59,
new text endand the approval of the commissioner of education, a school
district may include in its authority under this section a proportionate share of the long-term
maintenance costs of the intermediate district deleted text beginordeleted text endnew text begin,new text end cooperative unitnew text begin, or joint powers districtnew text end.
The cooperative unit new text beginor joint powers district new text endmay issue bonds to finance the project costs
or levy for the costsdeleted text begin,deleted text end using long-term maintenance revenue transferred from member districts
to make debt service payments or pay project costsnew text begin or, for leased facilities, pay the portion
of lease costs attributable to the amortized cost of long-term facilities maintenance projects
completed by the landlord
new text end. Authority under this subdivision is in addition to the authority
for individual district projects under subdivision 1.

new text begin (b) The resolution adopted under paragraph (a) may specify which member districts will
share the project costs under this subdivision, except that debt service payments for bonds
issued by a cooperative unit or joint powers district to finance long-term maintenance project
costs must be the responsibility of all member districts.
new text end

Subd. 4.

Facilities plans.

(a) To qualify for revenue under this section, a school district
or intermediate district, not including a charter school, must have a ten-year facility plan
adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. The plan must include
provisions for implementing a health and safety program that complies with health, safety,
and environmental regulations and best practices, including indoor air quality management
and remediation of lead hazards.new text begin The plan may include provisions for enhancing school
safety through physical modifications to school facilities authorized under subdivision 4a.
new text end

(b) The district must annually update the plan, submit the plan to the commissioner for
approval by July 31, and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan
or levy for the costs.

(c) For school districts issuing bonds to finance the plan, the plan must include a debt
service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay the principal
and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected long-term facilities revenue
for that year.

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin School safety facility enhancements. new text end

new text begin A school district may include in its
facilities plan a school safety facilities plan. School safety projects may include remodeling
or new construction for school security enhancements, public announcement systems,
emergency communications devices, or equipment and facility modifications related to
violence prevention and facility security.
new text end

Subd. 5.

Bond authorization.

(a) A school district may issue general obligation bonds
under this section to finance facilities plans approved by its board and the commissioner.
Chapter 475, except sections 475.58 and 475.59, must be complied with. The authority to
issue bonds under this section is in addition to any bonding authority authorized by this
chapter or other law. The amount of bonding authority authorized under this section must
be disregarded in calculating the bonding or net debt limits of this chapter, or any other law
other than section 475.53, subdivision 4.

(b) At least 20 days before the earliest of solicitation of bids, the issuance of bonds, or
the final certification of levies under subdivision 6, the district must publish notice of the
intended projects, the amount of the bond issue, and the total amount of district indebtedness.

(c) The portion of revenue under this section for bonded debt must be recognized in the
debt service fund.

Subd. 6.

Levy authorization.

A district may levy for costs related to an approved plan
under subdivision 4 as follows:

(1) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that bonds will be issued, the district
may levy for the principal and interest payments on outstanding bonds issued under
subdivision 5 after reduction for any aid receivable under subdivision 9;

(2) if the district has indicated to the commissioner that the plan will be funded through
levy, the district may levy according to the schedule approved in the plan after reduction
for any aid receivable under subdivision 9; or

(3) if the debt service revenue for a district required to pay the principal and interest on
bonds issued under subdivision 5 exceeds the district's long-term facilities maintenance
revenue for the same fiscal year, the district's general fund levy must be reduced by the
amount of the excess.

Subd. 7.

Long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal year
2017 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue equals the lesser
of (1) $193 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's revenue under subdivision 1.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2018 only, a district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization
revenue equals the lesser of (1) $292 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the district's
revenue under subdivision 1.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) For fiscal year 2019 and later,deleted text endnew text begin (a)new text end A district's long-term facilities maintenance
equalization revenue equals the lesser of (1) $380 times the adjusted pupil units or (2) the
district's revenue under subdivision 1.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (b)new text end Notwithstanding deleted text beginparagraphsdeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (a) deleted text beginto (c)deleted text end, a district's long-term facilities
maintenance equalization revenue must not be less than the lesser of the district's long-term
facilities maintenance revenue or the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015
under new text beginMinnesota Statutes 2014, new text endsection 123B.59, subdivision 6.

Subd. 8.

Long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy.

(a) deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2017
and later,
deleted text end A district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy equals the district's
long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue minus the greater of:

(1) the lesser of the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue or
the amount of aid the district received for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2014,
section 123B.59, subdivision 6; or

(2) the district's long-term facilities maintenance equalization revenue times the greater
of (i) zero or (ii) one minus the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit
in the year preceding the year the levy is certified to deleted text begin123deleted text endnew text begin 125.04new text end percent of the state average
adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts in the year preceding
the year the levy is certified.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described
in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).

Subd. 8a.

Long-term facilities maintenance unequalized levy.

deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2017
and later,
deleted text end A district's long-term facilities maintenance unequalized levy equals the difference
between the district's revenue under subdivision 1 and the district's equalization revenue
under subdivision 7.

Subd. 9.

Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid.

deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2017 and
later,
deleted text end A district's long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid equals its long-term facilities
maintenance equalization revenue minus its long-term facilities maintenance equalized levy
times the ratio of the actual equalized amount levied to the permitted equalized levy.

Subd. 10.

Allowed uses for long-term facilities maintenance revenue.

(a) A district
may use revenue under this section for any of the following:

(1) deferred capital expenditures and maintenance projects necessary to prevent further
erosion of facilities;

(2) increasing accessibility of school facilities;

(3) health and safety capital projects under section 123B.57;

new text begin (4) school safety facility enhancements authorized under subdivision 4a;new text end or

deleted text begin (4)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end by board resolution, to transfer money from the general fund reserve for long-term
facilities maintenance to the debt redemption fund to pay the amounts needed to meet, when
due, principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under subdivision 5.

(b) A charter school may use revenue under this section for any purpose related to the
schoolnew text begin, including school safety facility enhancementsnew text end.

Subd. 11.

Restrictions on long-term facilities maintenance revenue.

Notwithstanding
subdivision 10, new text beginfor projects other than school safety facility enhancements, new text endlong-term
facilities maintenance revenue may not be used:

(1) for the construction of new facilities, remodeling of existing facilities, or the purchase
of portable classrooms;

(2) to finance a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other
deferred payments agreement;

(3) for energy-efficiency projects under section 123B.65, for a building or property or
part of a building or property used for postsecondary instruction or administration, or for a
purpose unrelated to elementary and secondary education; or

(4) for deleted text beginviolence prevention and facility security,deleted text end ergonomicsdeleted text begin, or emergency
communication devices
deleted text end.

Subd. 12.

Reserve account.

The portion of long-term facilities maintenance revenue
not recognized under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), must be maintained in a reserve account
within the general fund.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.61, is amended to read:


123B.61 PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.

new text begin (a) new text endThe board of a district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or
capital notes subject to the district debt limits to:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end purchase vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy
and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction, new text beginpublic announcement systems,
emergency communications devices, other equipment related to violence prevention and
facility security,
new text endand other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long
as the terms of the certificates or notes;

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end purchase computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful
life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application
development services and training related to the use of the computer; and

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end prepay special assessments.

new text begin (b) new text endThe certificates or notes must be payable in not more than ten years and must be
issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board, except that certificates or
notes issued to prepay special assessments must be payable in not more than 20 years. The
certificates or notes may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election.
The certificates or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 126C.55.

new text begin (c) new text endA tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the
certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. The sum
of the tax levies under this section and section 123B.62 for each year must not exceed the
lesser new text beginof the sum new text endof the amount of the district's total operating capital revenuenew text begin and safe
schools revenue
new text end or the sum of the district's levy in the general and community service funds
excluding the adjustments under this section for the year preceding the year the initial debt
service levies are certified.

new text begin (d) new text endThe district's general fund levy for each year must be reduced by the sum ofnew text begin:
new text end

(1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of
the principal and interest on the certificates or notes issued under this section as required
by section 475.61deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

(2) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of
the principal and interest on bonds issued under section 123B.62deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end and

(3) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire bonds, certificates, or
notes issued under this section or section 123B.62 after April 1, 1997, other than amounts
used to pay capitalized interest.

new text begin (e)new text end If the district's general fund levy is less than the amount of the reduction, the balance
shall be deducted first from the district's community service fund levy, and next from the
district's general fund or community service fund levies for the following year.

new text begin (f)new text end A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates
or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the
following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 126C.69
or an outstanding debt service loan under section 126C.68 must not use an excess amount
in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.44, is amended to read:


126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS deleted text beginLEVYdeleted text endnew text begin REVENUEnew text end.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin School district safe schools revenue. new text end

(a) deleted text beginEach district may make a levy
on all taxable property located within the district for the purposes specified in this section.
The maximum amount which may be levied for all costs under this section shall be equal
to $36 multiplied by the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
deleted text endnew text begin For fiscal year
2020 only, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $45
times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or $18,750. For fiscal year 2021
and later, the initial safe schools revenue for a school district equals the greater of $54 times
the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year, or $22,500.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Charter school revenue. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2020, safe schools revenue for a
charter school equals $9 times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. For fiscal year
2021 and later, safe schools revenue for a charter schools equals $54 times the adjusted
pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) The revenue must be reserved and used only for costs associated with safe schools
activities authorized under subdivision 9, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10), or for building
lease expenses not funded by charter school building lease aid that are attributable to facility
security enhancements made by the landlord after March 1, 2019.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Intermediate school districts. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative
safe schools revenue for a school district that is a member of an intermediate school district
equals $18.75 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school
district that is a member of an intermediate school district equals $22.50 times the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Other cooperative units. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, the cooperative safe
schools revenue for a school district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an
intermediate district that enrolls students equals $3.75 times the district's adjusted pupil
units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2021 and later, the cooperative safe schools revenue for a school
district that is a member of a cooperative unit other than an intermediate district that enrolls
students equals $7.50 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Transfer to cooperative unit. new text end

new text begin Revenue raised under subdivisions 3 and 4 must
be transferred to the intermediate school district or other cooperative unit of which the
district is a member and used only for costs associated with safe schools activities authorized
under subdivision 9, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (10). If the district is a member of more
than one cooperative unit that enrolls students, the revenue must be allocated among the
cooperative units.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Total safe schools revenue. new text end

new text begin For fiscal year 2020 and later, the safe schools
revenue for a school district equals the sum of the district's initial safe schools revenue and
the district's cooperative safe schools revenue.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Safe schools levy. new text end

new text begin (a) For fiscal year 2020 only, a district's safe schools levy
equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2020 only, the safe schools levy for a school district that is a member
of an intermediate school district is increased by an amount equal to $15 times the district's
adjusted pupil units for the school year.
new text end

new text begin (c) To obtain safe schools revenue for fiscal year 2021 and later, a district may levy an
amount not more than the product of its safe schools revenue for the fiscal year times the
lesser of one or the ratio of its adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit to the safe
schools equalizing factor. The safe schools equalizing factor equals 151.3 percent of the
state average adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted pupil unit for all school districts in the
year preceding the year the levy is certified.
new text end

new text begin (d) For purposes of this subdivision, "adjusted net tax capacity" means the value described
in section 126C.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end

new text begin For fiscal year 2020, a district's safe schools aid equals its
safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy. For fiscal year 2021 and later, a district's
safe schools aid equals its safe schools revenue minus its safe schools levy, times the ratio
of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Uses of safe schools revenue. new text end

new text begin (a)new text end The deleted text beginproceeds of the levydeleted text end new text beginrevenue new text endmust be
reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities
and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:

(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace
officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;

(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101,
subdivision 3
, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;

(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's
schools;

(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;

(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety,
voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the
school district;

(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school
social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and chemical dependency
counselors to help provide early responses to problems;

(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public
announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility
modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;

(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climatenew text begin including professional
development such as restorative practices, social-emotional learning, and other
evidence-based practices
new text end; deleted text beginor
deleted text end

(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who
are not district employees or contractorsdeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (10) by board resolution, to transfer money into the debt redemption fund to pay the
amounts needed to meet, when due, principal and interest payments on obligations issued
under sections 123B.61 and 123B.62 for purposes included in clause (7); or
new text end

new text begin (11) to pay for training for members of safety assessment teams and oversight committees
under section 121A.35.
new text end

(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt
to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department
of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school
receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does
not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with
any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's
boundaries.

(c) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in
its authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized
under paragraph (a) for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed
$15 times the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to
any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this paragraph must
be transferred to the intermediate school district.

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin A school district or charter school receiving revenue under this
section must annually report safe schools expenditures to the commissioner, in the form
and manner specified by the commissioner. The report must include spending by functional
area, any new staff positions hired, and revenue uses under subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Definitions.

As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings
given them unless the specific content indicates otherwise:

(a) "Accidental" means a sudden, not reasonably foreseeable, and unexpected occurrence
or event which:

(1) is not likely to occur and could not have been prevented by exercise of due care; and

(2) if occurring while a child is receiving services from a facility, happens when the
facility and the employee or person providing services in the facility are in compliance with
the laws and rules relevant to the occurrence or event.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.

(c) "Facility" means:

(1) a licensed or unlicensed day care facility, certified license-exempt child care center,
residential facility, agency, hospital, sanitarium, or other facility or institution required to
be licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.58, 241.021, or 245A.01 to 245A.16, or chapter
144H, 245D, or 245H;

(2) a school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, and 13; and chapter 124E;
or

(3) a nonlicensed personal care provider organization as defined in section 256B.0625,
subdivision 19a
.

(d) "Family assessment" means a comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of
subsequent child maltreatment, and family strengths and needs that is applied to a child
maltreatment report that does not allege sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment.
Family assessment does not include a determination as to whether child maltreatment
occurred but does determine the need for services to address the safety of family members
and the risk of subsequent maltreatment.

(e) "Investigation" means fact gathering related to the current safety of a child and the
risk of subsequent maltreatment that determines whether child maltreatment occurred and
whether child protective services are needed. An investigation must be used when reports
involve sexual abuse or substantial child endangerment, and for reports of maltreatment in
facilities required to be licensed or certified under chapter 245A, 245D, or 245H; under
sections 144.50 to 144.58 and 241.021; in a school as defined in section 120A.05,
subdivisions 9
, 11, and 13, and chapter 124E; or in a nonlicensed personal care provider
association as defined in section 256B.0625, subdivision 19a.

(f) "Mental injury" means an injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability
of a child as evidenced by an observable or substantial impairment in the child's ability to
function within a normal range of performance and behavior with due regard to the child's
culture.

(g) "Neglect" means the commission or omission of any of the acts specified under
clauses (1) to (9), other than by accidental means:

(1) failure by a person responsible for a child's care to supply a child with necessary
food, clothing, shelter, health, medical, or other care required for the child's physical or
mental health when reasonably able to do so;

(2) failure to protect a child from conditions or actions that seriously endanger the child's
physical or mental health when reasonably able to do so, including a growth delay, which
may be referred to as a failure to thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due
to parental neglect;

(3) failure to provide for necessary supervision or child care arrangements appropriate
for a child after considering factors as the child's age, mental ability, physical condition,
length of absence, or environment, when the child is unable to care for the child's own basic
needs or safety, or the basic needs or safety of another child in their care;

(4) failure to ensure that the child is educated as defined in sections 120A.22 and
260C.163, subdivision 11, which does not include a parent's refusal to provide the parent's
child with sympathomimetic medications, consistent with section 125A.091, subdivision
5
;

(5) nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a child is neglected solely
because the child's parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the child's care in good
faith selects and depends upon spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease or
remedial care of the child in lieu of medical care; except that a parent, guardian, or caretaker,
or a person mandated to report pursuant to subdivision 3, has a duty to report if a lack of
medical care may cause serious danger to the child's health. This section does not impose
upon persons, not otherwise legally responsible for providing a child with necessary food,
clothing, shelter, education, or medical care, a duty to provide that care;

(6) prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision
2, used by the mother for a nonmedical purpose, as evidenced by withdrawal symptoms in
the child at birth, results of a toxicology test performed on the mother at delivery or the
child at birth, medical effects or developmental delays during the child's first year of life
that medically indicate prenatal exposure to a controlled substance, or the presence of a
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;

(7) "medical neglect" as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (5);

(8) chronic and severe use of alcohol or a controlled substance by a parent or person
responsible for the care of the child that adversely affects the child's basic needs and safety;
or

(9) emotional harm from a pattern of behavior which contributes to impaired emotional
functioning of the child which may be demonstrated by a substantial and observable effect
in the child's behavior, emotional response, or cognition that is not within the normal range
for the child's age and stage of development, with due regard to the child's culture.

(h) "Nonmaltreatment mistake" means:

(1) at the time of the incident, the individual was performing duties identified in the
center's child care program plan required under Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0045;

(2) the individual has not been determined responsible for a similar incident that resulted
in a finding of maltreatment for at least seven years;

(3) the individual has not been determined to have committed a similar nonmaltreatment
mistake under this paragraph for at least four years;

(4) any injury to a child resulting from the incident, if treated, is treated only with
remedies that are available over the counter, whether ordered by a medical professional or
not; and

(5) except for the period when the incident occurred, the facility and the individual
providing services were both in compliance with all licensing requirements relevant to the
incident.

This definition only applies to child care centers licensed under Minnesota Rules, chapter
9503. If clauses (1) to (5) apply, rather than making a determination of substantiated
maltreatment by the individual, the commissioner of human services shall determine that a
nonmaltreatment mistake was made by the individual.

(i) "Operator" means an operator or agency as defined in section 245A.02.

(j) "Person responsible for the child's care" means (1) an individual functioning within
the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a parent, guardian,
or other person having similar care responsibilities, or (2) an individual functioning outside
the family unit and having responsibilities for the care of the child such as a teacher, school
administrator, other school employees or agents, or other lawful custodian of a child having
either full-time or short-term care responsibilities including, but not limited to, day care,
babysitting whether paid or unpaid, counseling, teaching, and coaching.

(k) "Physical abuse" means any physical injury, mental injury, or threatened injury,
inflicted by a person responsible for the child's care on a child other than by accidental
means, or any physical or mental injury that cannot reasonably be explained by the child's
history of injuries, or any aversive or deprivation procedures, or regulated interventions,
that have not been authorized under section 125A.0942 or 245.825.

Abuse does not include reasonable and moderate physical discipline of a child
administered by a parent or legal guardian which does not result in an injury. Abuse does
not include the use of reasonable force by a teacher, principal, or school employee as allowed
by section 121A.582. Actions which are not reasonable and moderate include, but are not
limited to, any of the following:

(1) throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;

(2) striking a child with a closed fist;

(3) shaking a child under age three;

(4) striking or other actions which result in any nonaccidental injury to a child under 18
months of age;

(5) unreasonable interference with a child's breathing;

(6) threatening a child with a weapon, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 6;

(7) striking a child under age one on the face or head;

(8) striking a child who is at least age one but under age four on the face or head, which
results in an injury;

(9) purposely giving a child poison, alcohol, or dangerous, harmful, or controlled
substances which were not prescribed for the child by a practitioner, in order to control or
punish the child; or other substances that substantially affect the child's behavior, motor
coordination, or judgment or that results in sickness or internal injury, or subjects the child
to medical procedures that would be unnecessary if the child were not exposed to the
substances;

(10) unreasonable physical confinement or restraint not permitted under section 609.379,
including but not limited to tying, caging, or chaining; or

(11) in a school facility or school zone, an act by a person responsible for the child's
care that is a violation under section 121A.58.

(l) "Practice of social services," for the purposes of subdivision 3, includes but is not
limited to employee assistance counseling and the provision of guardian ad litem and
parenting time expeditor services.

(m) "Report" means any communication received by the local welfare agency, police
department, county sheriff, or agency responsible for child protection pursuant to this section
that describes neglect or physical or sexual abuse of a child and contains sufficient content
to identify the child and any person believed to be responsible for the neglect or abuse, if
known.

(n) "Sexual abuse" means the subjection of a child by a person responsible for the child's
care, by a person who has a significant relationship to the child, as defined in section 609.341,
or by a person in a position of authority, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 10, to
any act which constitutes a violation of section 609.342 (criminal sexual conduct in the first
degree), 609.343 (criminal sexual conduct in the second degree), 609.344 (criminal sexual
conduct in the third degree), 609.345 (criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree), deleted text beginordeleted text end
609.3451 (criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree)new text begin, or 609.352 (solicitation of children
to engage in sexual conduct; communication of sexually explicit materials to children)
new text end.
Sexual abuse also includes any act which involves a minor which constitutes a violation of
prostitution offenses under sections 609.321 to 609.324 or 617.246. Effective May 29, 2017,
sexual abuse includes all reports of known or suspected child sex trafficking involving a
child who is identified as a victim of sex trafficking. Sexual abuse includes child sex
trafficking as defined in section 609.321, subdivisions 7a and 7b. Sexual abuse includes
threatened sexual abuse which includes the status of a parent or household member who
has committed a violation which requires registration as an offender under section 243.166,
subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b), or required registration under section 243.166,
subdivision 1b, paragraph (a) or (b).

(o) "Substantial child endangerment" means a person responsible for a child's care, by
act or omission, commits or attempts to commit an act against a child under their care that
constitutes any of the following:

(1) egregious harm as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14;

(2) abandonment under section 260C.301, subdivision 2;

(3) neglect as defined in paragraph (g), clause (2), that substantially endangers the child's
physical or mental health, including a growth delay, which may be referred to as failure to
thrive, that has been diagnosed by a physician and is due to parental neglect;

(4) murder in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.185, 609.19, or 609.195;

(5) manslaughter in the first or second degree under section 609.20 or 609.205;

(6) assault in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.221, 609.222, or 609.223;

(7) solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution under section 609.322;

(8) criminal sexual conduct under sections 609.342 to 609.3451;

(9) solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct under section 609.352;

(10) malicious punishment or neglect or endangerment of a child under section 609.377
or 609.378;

(11) use of a minor in sexual performance under section 617.246; or

(12) parental behavior, status, or condition which mandates that the county attorney file
a termination of parental rights petition under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.

(p) "Threatened injury" means a statement, overt act, condition, or status that represents
a substantial risk of physical or sexual abuse or mental injury. Threatened injury includes,
but is not limited to, exposing a child to a person responsible for the child's care, as defined
in paragraph (j), clause (1), who has:

(1) subjected a child to, or failed to protect a child from, an overt act or condition that
constitutes egregious harm, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 14, or a similar law
of another jurisdiction;

(2) been found to be palpably unfit under section 260C.301, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b), clause (4), or a similar law of another jurisdiction;

(3) committed an act that has resulted in an involuntary termination of parental rights
under section 260C.301, or a similar law of another jurisdiction; or

(4) committed an act that has resulted in the involuntary transfer of permanent legal and
physical custody of a child to a relative under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 260C.201,
subdivision 11, paragraph (d), clause (1), section 260C.515, subdivision 4, or a similar law
of another jurisdiction.

A child is the subject of a report of threatened injury when the responsible social services
agency receives birth match data under paragraph (q) from the Department of Human
Services.

(q) Upon receiving data under section 144.225, subdivision 2b, contained in a birth
record or recognition of parentage identifying a child who is subject to threatened injury
under paragraph (p), the Department of Human Services shall send the data to the responsible
social services agency. The data is known as "birth match" data. Unless the responsible
social services agency has already begun an investigation or assessment of the report due
to the birth of the child or execution of the recognition of parentage and the parent's previous
history with child protection, the agency shall accept the birth match data as a report under
this section. The agency may use either a family assessment or investigation to determine
whether the child is safe. All of the provisions of this section apply. If the child is determined
to be safe, the agency shall consult with the county attorney to determine the appropriateness
of filing a petition alleging the child is in need of protection or services under section
260C.007, subdivision 6, clause (16), in order to deliver needed services. If the child is
determined not to be safe, the agency and the county attorney shall take appropriate action
as required under section 260C.503, subdivision 2.

(r) Persons who conduct assessments or investigations under this section shall take into
account accepted child-rearing practices of the culture in which a child participates and
accepted teacher discipline practices, which are not injurious to the child's health, welfare,
and safety.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 626.556, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:


Subd. 3b.

Agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of
maltreatment.

The Department of Education is the agency responsible for assessing or
investigating allegations of child maltreatment in schools as defined in section 120A.05,
subdivisions 9, 11, and 13
; and chapter 124E.new text begin The Department of Education's responsibility
to assess and investigate includes allegations of maltreatment involving students 18 to 21
years of age, including students receiving special education services, up to and until
graduation and the issuance of a secondary or high school diploma.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Purpose.

The purpose of the support our students grant program is to:

(1) address shortages of student support services personnelnew text begin, including trauma coaches,new text end
within Minnesota schools;

(2) decrease caseloads for existing student support services personnel to ensure effective
services;

(3) ensure that students receive effective academic guidance and integrated and
comprehensive services to improve deleted text beginkindergartendeleted text endnew text begin prekindergartennew text end through grade 12 school
outcomes and career and college readiness;

(4) ensure that student support services personnel serve within the scope and practice
of their training and licensure;

(5) fully integrate learning supports, instruction, and school management within a
comprehensive approach that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration; and

(6) improve school safety and school climate to support academic success and career
and college readiness.

Sec. 14.

Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Grant eligibility and application.

(a) A school district, charter school,
intermediate school district, or other cooperative unit is eligible to apply for a six-year
matching grant under this section.new text begin Beginning July 1, 2019, once a six-year grant is awarded,
the commissioner shall ensure funds are available for all six years of the grant.
new text end

(b) The commissioner of education shall specify the form and manner of the grant
application. In awarding grants, the commissioner must give priority to schools in which
student support services personnel positions do not currently exist. To the extent practicable,
the commissioner must award grants equally between applicants in metro counties and
nonmetro counties. Additional criteria must include at least the following:

(1) existing student support services personnel caseloads;

(2) school demographics;

(3) Title I revenue;

(4) Minnesota student survey data;

(5) graduation rates; and

(6) postsecondary completion rates.

Sec. 15. new text beginSEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION REPORT.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of education must submit a report to the committees of the legislature
having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on the sexual health
education program required under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.211. The report must
include:
new text end

new text begin (1) a description of how the model sexual health education program or programs were
identified;
new text end

new text begin (2) assistance provided to school districts and charter schools implementing a sexual
health education program;
new text end

new text begin (3) the number of school districts and charter schools that adopted each model program;
and
new text end

new text begin (4) a list of the school districts and charter schools that did not adopt the model program.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must submit the report no later than January 15, 2022, and must submit
the report in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
new text end

Sec. 16. new text beginWORKING GROUP ON LINKS BETWEEN HEALTH DISPARITIES
AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR CHILDREN FROM AMERICAN
INDIAN COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR; REPORT.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Working group established. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of health, in
consultation with the commissioner of education, must convene one or more working groups
to:
new text end

new text begin (1) examine the links between health disparities and disparities in educational achievement
for children from American Indian communities and communities of color; and
new text end

new text begin (2) develop recommendations for programs, services, or funding to address health
disparities and decrease disparities in educational achievement for children from American
Indian communities and communities of color.
new text end

new text begin (b) Membership in the working group must include persons from American Indian
communities in Minnesota and communities of color in Minnesota and representatives from:
new text end

new text begin (1) organizations that represent American Indian communities or communities of color
and children from American Indian communities or communities of color;
new text end

new text begin (2) community health boards;
new text end

new text begin (3) one or more organizations representing teachers;
new text end

new text begin (4) an organization representing school nurses;
new text end

new text begin (5) federally qualified health centers;
new text end

new text begin (6) school-based health clinics;
new text end

new text begin (7) pediatricians and other health care providers who provide health care services to
children from American Indian communities or communities of color;
new text end

new text begin (8) organizations with knowledge and expertise regarding specific health disparities
experienced by American Indian communities or one or more communities of color; and
new text end

new text begin (9) other experts and organizations designated by the commissioner of health or
commissioner of education.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Duties. new text end

new text begin The working group must:
new text end

new text begin (1) identify and examine health disparities experienced by children from American
Indian communities or one or more communities of color, including disparities in mental
and emotional health, chronic health conditions, and physical health conditions that contribute
to chronic health conditions;
new text end

new text begin (2) identify and examine disparities in educational achievement for children from
American Indian communities or one or more communities of color, including but not
limited to disparities in third grade literacy rates, proficiency in mathematics, rates of
graduation from secondary school, attendance and absentee rates, and rates at which children
change schools during the school year;
new text end

new text begin (3) identify particular health disparities experienced by children from American Indian
communities or one or more communities of color that have the greatest impacts on one or
more of the particular disparities in educational achievement identified in clause (2);
new text end

new text begin (4) identify disparities in the ability of these communities to access health services;
new text end

new text begin (5) identify new or existing programs or services or recommend additional funding that
would be most effective in addressing the health disparities identified in clause (3) and the
disparities in accessing the health services identified in clause (4), and that would have the
greatest impact on decreasing disparities in educational achievement; and
new text end

new text begin (6) by February 15, 2020, report to the members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over health and education on disparities in health and educational achievement
examined by the working group and make recommendations for programs, services, and
funding that would be most effective in addressing these health disparities and decreasing
disparities in educational achievement for children from American Indian communities and
communities of color.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Administrative support. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of health must provide
administrative support and meeting space for the working group.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Compensation and reimbursement for expenses. new text end

new text begin Compensation and
reimbursement for expenses for the working group members are governed by Minnesota
Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Expiration. new text end

new text begin The working group expires on March 1, 2020, or upon submission
of the report required under subdivision 2, clause (6), whichever is later.
new text end

Sec. 17. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the specified purposes.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Safe schools aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For safe schools aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
126C.44:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 5,769,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 18,601,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2020 only, each district's safe schools state aid equals its safe schools
revenue for fiscal year 2020 minus the safe schools levy certified by the school district for
taxes payable in 2019.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Support our students grant program. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to eligible schools under
the support our students grant program:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 5,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 5,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall ensure funds are available in each
year of the six-year grant period to each qualifying entity. Up to $100,000 in each fiscal
year may be retained by the commissioner for administration of the grant program.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This
is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Title IX training and compliance. new text end

new text begin For costs related to sexual harassment and
sex discrimination training and compliance under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.032:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 145,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 147,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Innovative mental health grants; level 4 programs. new text end

new text begin (a) For transfer to the
commissioner of human services for additional school-linked mental health grants:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,700,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,700,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the appropriations in paragraph (a), the commissioner of human services must
first award grants to eligible providers for programs established under Laws 2017, First
Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 56. The commissioner may award any remaining
funds to eligible providers serving students in other federal instructional level 4 programs.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of human services may designate a portion of the awards granted
under this subdivision for school staff development activities for licensed and unlicensed
staff supporting families in meeting their children's needs, including assistance navigating
the health care, social service, and juvenile justice systems.
new text end

new text begin (d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Trauma-informed school incentive aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For grants to fund trauma-informed
and systematic professional development for all staff who work with students, including all
administration, to support students with adverse childhood experiences, and to promote
restorative practices and nonexclusionary discipline in school districts and charter schools:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the appropriations in paragraph (a), $150,000 per year is for each of 20 selected
school sites.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner must select schools to receive grant funds. Preference must be
given to schools identified for comprehensive support under the Every Student Succeeds
Act, schools within districts with large discipline disparities identified by the Minnesota
Department of Human Rights, or schools without a quality compensation plan or other plan
under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5. The
commissioner must provide grant recipients with a list of all grant recipients and facilitate
communication among recipients to encourage recipients to share best practices.
new text end

new text begin (d) Trauma-informed support program plans and allocation of grant funds must be
negotiated by the school district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. Plans to
implement trauma-informed support programs may include:
new text end

new text begin (1) hiring social workers, counselors, school psychologists, nurses, paraprofessionals,
or trauma coaches;
new text end

new text begin (2) mentoring programs;
new text end

new text begin (3) extra professional development days;
new text end

new text begin (4) family home visiting programs; or
new text end

new text begin (5) other outreach to students or families who have experienced trauma or adverse
childhood experiences.
new text end

new text begin (e) A school district that receives a grant under this subdivision and the exclusive
representative of teachers in the district must:
new text end

new text begin (1) assess the outcomes of the grant. The assessment must include data on suspensions
and expulsions, attendance, and academic achievement and growth; and
new text end

new text begin (2) report to the commissioner on efforts to share best practices with other grant recipients.
new text end

new text begin (f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Working group on links between health disparities and educational
achievement.
new text end

new text begin (a) For transfer to the commissioner of health for purposes of the working
group examining links between health disparities and disparities in educational achievement
for children from American Indian communities and communities of color and the report
with recommendations to address disparities:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 143,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This
is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text beginREVISOR INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 56, as
amended, as Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.395, in the next publication of Minnesota
Statutes.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

ARTICLE 6

FACILITIES, FUND TRANSFERS, AND ACCOUNTING

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.335, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Frequency of testing.

new text begin(a) new text endThe plan under subdivision 2 must include a testing
schedule for every building serving prekindergarten through grade 12 students. The schedule
must require that each building be tested at least once every five years. A school district new text beginor
charter school
new text endmust begin testing school buildings by July 1, 2018, and complete testing of
all buildings that serve students within five years.

new text begin (b) A school district or charter school that finds lead at a specific location providing
cooking or drinking water within a facility must formulate, make publicly available, and
implement a plan that is consistent with established guidelines and recommendations to
ensure that student exposure to lead is minimized. This includes, when a school district or
charter school finds the presence of lead at a level where action should be taken as set by
the guidance in any water source that can provide cooking or drinking water, immediately
shutting off the water source or making it unavailable until the hazard has been minimized.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.335, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Reporting.

A school district new text beginor charter school new text endthat has tested its buildings for
the presence of lead shall make the results of the testing available to the public for review
and must notify parents of the availability of the information.new text begin School districts and charter
schools must follow the actions outlined in guidance from the commissioners of health and
education. If a test conducted under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), reveals the presence of
lead, the school district or charter must, within 30 days of receiving the test result, directly
notify parents of the test result and whether the level of lead was above or below the level
set in guidance by the state. The school district or charter school must make the water source
unavailable until the hazard has been minimized.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.52, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Disposing of surplus school computers.

new text begin(a) new text endNotwithstanding section 471.345,
governing school district contracts made upon sealed bid or otherwise complying with the
requirements for competitive bidding, other provisions of this section governing school
district contracts, or other law to the contrary, a school district under this subdivision may
dispose ofnew text begin school computers, including a tablet device.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school district may dispose ofnew text end a surplus school computer and related equipment
if the district disposes of the surplus property by conveying the property and title to:

(1) another school district;

(2) the state Department of Corrections;

(3) the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; or

(4) the family of a student residing in the district whose total family income meets the
federal definition of poverty.

new text begin (c) If surplus school computers are not disposed of under paragraph (b), upon adoption
of a written resolution of the school board, when updating or replacing school computers,
including tablet devices, used primarily by students, a school district may sell or give used
computers or tablets to qualifying students at the price specified in the written resolution.
A student is eligible to apply to the school board for a computer or tablet under this
subdivision if the student is currently enrolled in the school and intends to enroll in the
school in the year following the receipt of the computer or tablet. If more students apply
for computers or tablets than are available, the school must first qualify students whose
families are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and then dispose of the remaining
computers or tablets by lottery.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 123B.571, is amended to read:


123B.571 RADON TESTING.

Subdivision 1.

deleted text beginVoluntarydeleted text end Plan.

The commissioners of health and education may jointly
develop a plan to encourage school districts new text beginand charter schools new text endto accurately and efficiently
test for the presence of radon in public school buildings serving students in kindergarten
through grade 12. new text beginFor purposes of this section, buildings also include the Minnesota State
Academies in Faribault and the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley.
new text endTo the
extent possible, the commissioners deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end base the plan on the standards established by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Subd. 2.

Radon testing.

A school district may include radon testing as a part of its
ten-year facility plan under section 123B.595, subdivision 4. If a school district receives
authority to use long-term facilities maintenance revenue to conduct radon testing, the
district shall conduct the testing according to the radon testing plan developed by the
commissioners of health and education.

Subd. 3.

Reporting.

A school district deleted text beginthat has testeddeleted text endnew text begin or charter school must testnew text end its school
buildings for the presence of radon deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin and mustnew text end report the results of its tests to the
Department of Health in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner of health. A
school district that has tested for the presence of radon deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end also report the results of
its testing at a school board meetingnew text begin, make the results of the testing available to the public
for review, and notify parents of the availability of the information
new text end.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Testing requirements. new text end

new text begin (a) A school district or charter school must adopt a
radon testing schedule requiring a short-term or long-term test be conducted in every building
serving students at least once every five years. A school district or charter school must begin
testing school buildings by July 1, 2020, and complete testing of all buildings that serve
students within five years.
new text end

new text begin (b) Tests must be conducted with certified radon testing devices as listed by either the
National Radon Proficiency Program or the National Radon Safety Board. Tests must test
all frequently occupied rooms with ground contact and rooms immediately above unoccupied
spaces that are in contact with the ground, such as crawl spaces and tunnels.
new text end

new text begin (c) If a radon test shows that a frequently occupied room has a radon level at or above
four picocuries per liter, a school district or charter school must mitigate or take corrective
action, and retest after corrective measures to show radon reductions. A school district or
charter school must follow the Radon Mitigation Standards for Schools and Large Buildings
released by the American National Standards Institute/American Association of Radon
Scientists and Technologists. The district or charter school must conduct follow-up testing
within two years.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 5.

new text begin [123B.651] ENERGY USE REDUCTION AND REPORTING FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
new text end

new text begin Beginning October 1, 2019, each public school or school district reporting on behalf of
a public school may enter and maintain monthly utility consumption data into the Minnesota
B3 benchmarking program for all buildings under its custodial control. Reporting by a third
party, including automatic reporting by an electric or gas utility, may be used to meet this
requirement. A school or school district must not be penalized for failure to comply with
this section.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Certain federal, state, and local requirements.

(a) A charter school shall
meet all federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.

(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing standards
and assessments in chapter 120B.

(c) A charter school must comply with the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections
123B.34 to 123B.39.

(d) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.

(e) A charter school must comply with the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under
section 121A.11, subdivision 3.

(f) A charter school and charter school board of directors must comply with chapter 181
governing requirements for employment.

(g) A charter school must comply with continuing truant notification under section
260A.03.

(h) A charter school must develop and implement a teacher evaluation and peer review
process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (13), and place
students in classrooms in accordance with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (d).
The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional employment
rights for teachers.

(i) A charter school must adopt a policy, plan, budget, and process, consistent with
section 120B.11, to review curriculum, instruction, and student achievement and strive for
the world's best workforce.

(j) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act,
sections 121A.40 to 121A.56.

new text begin (k) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the uniform municipal contracting
law according to section 471.345 in the same manner as school districts.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

To lease building or land.

(a) When an independent or a special school
district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically
advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for school
storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue authorized
under section 126C.10, subdivision 13, is insufficient for this purpose, it may apply to the
commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy for this purpose.
An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain financial
justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed lease, and a
description of the space to be leased and its proposed use.

(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must include:
the reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed activity,
the feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity of the lease
to the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of the proposed
lease to the space needs and the financial condition of the district. The commissioner must
not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than the cost to the district
of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. The proceeds of this levy
must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services. A district may not levy under
this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to
itself.

(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this
subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily for
regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed
building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or
secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the
previously existing building.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the
purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount is
needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment
purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, and the levy
meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by the commissioner
under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to make payments required
by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments
agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement include a provision giving the
school districts the right to terminate the agreement annually without penalty.

(e)new text begin Except as provided in paragraph (j),new text end the total levy under this subdivision for a district
for any year must not exceed $212 times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year to which
the levy is attributable.

(f) For agreements for which a review and comment have been submitted to the
Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term "instructional purpose" as used in
this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.

(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the limit
in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The
commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e)
for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:

(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the preceding
five years;

(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;

(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; and

(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by avoiding
over construction of school facilities.

(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district new text beginor other
cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under
section 471.59
new text endmay include in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases
of administrative and classroom space for deleted text beginintermediate school districtdeleted text end programsnew text begin of the
intermediate school district or other cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision
2, or joint powers district under section 471.59
new text end. This authority must not exceed $65 times
the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other
authority authorized under this section.new text begin The intermediate school district, other cooperative
unit, or joint powers district may specify which member districts will levy for lease costs
under this paragraph.
new text end

deleted text begin (i) In addition to the allowable capital levies in paragraph (a), for taxes payable in 2012
to 2023, a district that is a member of the "Technology and Information Education Systems"
data processing joint board, that finds it economically advantageous to enter into a lease
agreement to finance improvements to a building and land for a group of school districts
or special school districts for staff development purposes, may levy for its portion of lease
costs attributed to the district within the total levy limit in paragraph (e). The total levy
authority under this paragraph shall not exceed $632,000.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (j)deleted text endnew text begin (i)new text end Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a district may levy under this subdivision for the
purpose of leasing administrative space if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the commissioner that the lease cost for the administrative space is no greater than the lease
cost for instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must
deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease
instructional space under this section if the commissioner does not grant authority under
this paragraph. The resolution must also certify that the lease cost for administrative space
under this paragraph is no greater than the lease cost for the district's proposed instructional
lease.

new text begin (j) For taxes payable in 2024 and later, a school district that qualifies for secondary
sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 7, and operates more than two high
schools, annually may levy not more than $500 times the adjusted pupil units for the fiscal
year to which the levy is attributable for the purposes of this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (k) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for taxes payable in 2020 and later, a district may
levy under this subdivision for the district's proportionate share of deferred maintenance
expenditures for a district-owned building or site leased to a cooperative unit under section
123A.24, subdivision 2, or a joint powers district under section 471.59 for any instructional
purposes or for school storage.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Agreement.

new text begin(a) new text endTwo or more governmental units, by agreement entered
into through action of their governing bodies, may jointly or cooperatively exercise any
power common to the contracting parties or any similar powers, including those which are
the same except for the territorial limits within which they may be exercised. The agreement
may provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the participating governmental
units on behalf of the other participating units.

new text begin (b)new text end The term "governmental unit" as used in this section includes every city, county,
town, school district, new text beginservice cooperative under section 123A.21, new text endindependent nonprofit
firefighting corporation, other political subdivision of this or another state, another state,
federally recognized Indian tribe, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical
Society, nonprofit hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, rehabilitation facilities
and extended employment providers that are certified by the commissioner of employment
and economic development, day and supported employment services licensed under chapter
245D, and any agency of the state of Minnesota or the United States, and includes any
instrumentality of a governmental unit. For the purpose of this section, an instrumentality
of a governmental unit means an instrumentality having independent policy-making and
appropriating authority.

Sec. 9. new text beginFUND TRANSFERS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Truman. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79,
123B.80, or 124D.135, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 458, Truman,
may permanently transfer up to $65,000 from the early childhood and family education
reserve account in the community service fund to the undesignated general fund.
new text end

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80, or 124D.16, on June
30, 2019, Independent School District No. 458, Truman, may permanently transfer up to
$45,000 from the school readiness reserve account in the community service fund to the
undesignated general fund.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Minnetonka. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80,
or 124D.20, subdivision 10, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 276,
Minnetonka, may permanently transfer up to $3,300,000 from its community education
reserve fund balance to its reserved for operating capital account in the general fund. The
transferred funds must be used only to design, construct, furnish, and equip an early childhood
classroom addition.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Hopkins. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.79, 123B.80,
or 124D.20, subdivision 10, on June 30, 2019, Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins,
may permanently transfer up to $500,000 from its community education reserve fund balance
to its reserved for operating capital account in the general fund.
new text end

new text begin (b) The transfer funds must be used only to design, construct, furnish, and equip an early
childhood classroom addition.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 10. new text beginSCHOOL PROGRAM COMBINATION; HOPKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND CHARTER SCHOOL.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Combination authorized. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
boards of Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the charter school, may convert
a charter school's program to a school district program by mutually adopting a written
resolution authorizing the combination. The written resolution must be submitted to the
charter school's authorizer and the commissioner of education at least eight months prior
to the combination. The effective date of the combination must be no earlier than July 1,
2020, or later than July 1, 2024.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Closing books. new text end

new text begin A charter school located within the geographic boundaries of
Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, that chooses to combine with the school
district, must prepare and submit separate year-end reports for its last school year of operation
prior to combination. In addition, Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the
charter school must provide any other information necessary for the combination to the
commissioner of education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Calculation of aids. new text end

new text begin For any site-level school aids based on prior year data,
the Department of Education may use the data for the charter school's last year of operations
for the program's new site as a part of Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Funds transferred. new text end

new text begin The charter school must transfer its fund balances, assets,
and liabilities to Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, on the day of the
combination. Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, must commit these funds and
spend them only for the benefit of the program operated by the district.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Affiliated building corporation. new text end

new text begin The affiliated building corporation of the
charter school may transfer any of its remaining funds, including those from the sale of its
property, to Independent School District No. 270, Hopkins, and the school district must
commit any amounts transferred for the benefit of the program operated by the district.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Levy. new text end

new text begin In addition to its other school property tax levies, Independent School
District No. 270, Hopkins, may levy on net tax capacity an amount not to exceed $50,000
per year for taxes payable in 2020 through taxes payable in 2024.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 11. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Debt service equalization aid. new text end

new text begin For debt service equalization aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 20,684,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 20,363,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $2,292,000 for 2019 and $18,392,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $2,043,000 for 2020 and $18,320,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid. new text end

new text begin For long-term facilities
maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 105,315,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 108,276,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $10,464,000 for 2019 and $94,851,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $10,539,000 for 2020 and $97,737,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Equity in telecommunications access. new text end

new text begin (a) For equity in telecommunications
access:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the
reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the
revenue for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 shall be prorated.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Early repayment aid incentive. new text end

new text begin (a) For incentive grants for a district that
repaid the full outstanding original principal on its capital loan by November 30, 2016,
under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 4, section 8, as amended by Laws
2016, chapter 189, article 30, section 22:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,350,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,350,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of this amount, $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 36,
Kelliher; $180,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 95, Cromwell; $495,000
is for a grant to Independent School District No. 299, Caledonia; $220,000 is for a grant to
Independent School District No. 306, Laporte; $150,000 is for a grant to Independent School
District No. 362, Littlefork; $650,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 682,
Roseau; and $505,000 is for a grant to Independent School District No. 2580, East Central.
new text end

new text begin (c) The grant may be used for any school-related purpose.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $0.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Maximum effort loan aid. new text end

new text begin For aid payments to schools under Minnesota
Statutes, section 477A.09.
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,291,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,291,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The base for fiscal year 2022 is $3,291,000 and the base for fiscal year 2023 is $0.
new text end

ARTICLE 7

NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.111, is amended to read:


124D.111 new text beginSCHOOL MEALS POLICIES; new text endLUNCH AID; FOOD SERVICE
ACCOUNTING.

Subdivision 1.

School deleted text beginlunch aid computationdeleted text endnew text begin meals policiesnew text end.

new text begin (a) Each Minnesota
participant in the national school lunch program must adopt and post to its website, or the
website of the organization where the meal is served, a school meals policy.
new text end

new text begin (b) The policy must be in writing and clearly communicate student meal charges when
payment cannot be collected at the point of service. The policy must be reasonable and
well-defined and maintain the dignity of students by prohibiting lunch shaming or otherwise
ostracizing the student.
new text end

new text begin (c) The policy must address whether the participant uses a collection agency to collect
unpaid school meals debt.
new text end

new text begin (d) The policy must ensure that once a participant has placed a meal on a tray or otherwise
served the meal to a student, the meal may not be subsequently withdrawn from the student
by the cashier or other school official, whether or not the student has an outstanding meals
balance.
new text end

new text begin (e) The policy must ensure that a student who has been determined eligible for free and
reduced-price lunch must always be served a reimbursable meal even if the student has an
outstanding debt.
new text end

new text begin (f) If a school contracts with a third party for its meal services, it must provide the vendor
with its school meals policy. Any contract between the school and a third-party provider
entered into or modified after July 1, 2019, must ensure that the third-party provider adheres
to the participant's school meals policy.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin School lunch aid amounts. new text end

Each school year, the state must pay participants
in the national school lunch program the amount of 12.5 cents for each full paid and free
student lunch and 52.5 cents for each reduced-price lunch served to students.

Subd. 2.

Application.

A school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or other
participant in the national school lunch program shall apply to the department for this
payment on forms provided by the department.

Subd. 2a.

Federal child and adult care food program; criteria and notice.

The
commissioner must post on the department's website eligibility criteria and application
information for nonprofit organizations interested in applying to the commissioner for
approval as a multisite sponsoring organization under the federal child and adult care food
program. The posted criteria and information must inform interested nonprofit organizations
about:

(1) the criteria the commissioner uses to approve or disapprove an application, including
how an applicant demonstrates financial viability for the Minnesota program, among other
criteria;

(2) the commissioner's process and time line for notifying an applicant when its
application is approved or disapproved and, if the application is disapproved, the explanation
the commissioner provides to the applicant; and

(3) any appeal or other recourse available to a disapproved applicant.

Subd. 3.

School food service fund.

(a) The expenses described in this subdivision must
be recorded as provided in this subdivision.

(b) In each district, the expenses for a school food service program for pupils must be
attributed to a school food service fund. Under a food service program, the school food
service may prepare or serve milk, meals, or snacks in connection with school or community
service activities.

(c) Revenues and expenditures for food service activities must be recorded in the food
service fund. The costs of processing applications, accounting for meals, preparing and
serving food, providing kitchen custodial services, and other expenses involving the preparing
of meals or the kitchen section of the lunchroom may be charged to the food service fund
or to the general fund of the district. The costs of lunchroom supervision, lunchroom custodial
services, lunchroom utilities, and other administrative costs of the food service program
must be charged to the general fund.

That portion of superintendent and fiscal manager costs that can be documented as
attributable to the food service program may be charged to the food service fund provided
that the school district does not employ or contract with a food service director or other
individual who manages the food service program, or food service management company.
If the cost of the superintendent or fiscal manager is charged to the food service fund, the
charge must be at a wage rate not to exceed the statewide average for food service directors
as determined by the department.

(d) Capital expenditures for the purchase of food service equipment must be made from
the general fund and not the food service fund, unless the restricted balance in the food
service fund at the end of the last fiscal year is greater than the cost of the equipment to be
purchased.

(e) If the condition set out in paragraph (d) applies, the equipment may be purchased
from the food service fund.

(f) If a deficit in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year, and the deficit
is not eliminated by revenues from food service operations in the next fiscal year, then the
deficit must be eliminated by a permanent fund transfer from the general fund at the end of
that second fiscal year. However, if a district contracts with a food service management
company during the period in which the deficit has accrued, the deficit must be eliminated
by a payment from the food service management company.

(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (f), a district may incur a deficit in the food service fund
for up to three years without making the permanent transfer if the district submits to the
commissioner by January 1 of the second fiscal year a plan for eliminating that deficit at
the end of the third fiscal year.

(h) If a surplus in the food service fund exists at the end of a fiscal year for three
successive years, a district may recode for that fiscal year the costs of lunchroom supervision,
lunchroom custodial services, lunchroom utilities, and other administrative costs of the food
service program charged to the general fund according to paragraph (c) and charge those
costs to the food service fund in a total amount not to exceed the amount of surplus in the
food service fund.

Subd. 4.

No fees.

A participant that receives school lunch aid under this section must
make lunch available without chargenew text begin and must not deny a school lunchnew text end to all participating
students who qualify for free or reduced-price mealsnew text begin, whether or not that student has an
outstanding balance in the student's meals account attributable to a la carte purchases or for
any other reason
new text end.

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Respectful treatment. new text end

new text begin(a) new text endThe participant must also new text beginprovide meals to students
in a respectful manner according to the policy adopted under subdivision 1. The participant
must
new text endensure that any reminders for payment of outstanding student meal balances do not
demean or stigmatize any child participating in the school lunch programdeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin, including but
not limited to dumping meals, withdrawing a meal that has been served, announcing or
listing students names publicly, or affixing stickers, stamps, or pins. The participant must
not impose any other restriction prohibited under section 123B.37 due to unpaid student
meal balances. The participant must not limit a student's participation in any school activities,
graduation ceremonies or other graduation activities, field trips, athletics, activity clubs, or
other extracurricular activities or access to materials, technology, or other items provided
to students due to an unpaid student meal balance.
new text end

new text begin (b) If the commissioner or the commissioner's designee determines a participant has
violated the requirement to provide meals to participating students in a respectful manner,
the commissioner or the commissioner's designee must send a letter of noncompliance to
the participant. The participant is required to respond and, if applicable, remedy the practice
within 30 days.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.1158, is amended to read:


124D.1158 SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.

Purpose.

The purpose of the school breakfast program is to provide
affordable morning nutrition to children so that they can effectively learn. Public and
nonpublic schools that participate in the federal school breakfast program may receive state
breakfast aid. Schools shall encourage all children to eat a nutritious breakfast, either at
home or at school, and shall work to eliminate barriers to breakfast participation at school
such as inadequate facilities and transportation.

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) "Breakfast in the classroom" means a meal delivered to each
classroom near the beginning of the student's school day.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Federal reimbursement rate for free breakfast" means the federal reimbursement
rate for free breakfast for a Minnesota school not in severe need.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Full federal reimbursement of meals served" means that the reimbursement under
the Community Eligibility Provision program under section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1759a(a)(1), covers
the full stated meal price for each meal served.
new text end

new text begin (d) "Grab and go" means a breakfast model where foods are available for students to
take at the start of the school day or between morning classes to eat in the classroom or as
otherwise designated by the school.
new text end

new text begin (e) "Participating student" means a student at the school site enrolled in:
new text end

new text begin (1) an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151;
new text end

new text begin (2) kindergarten; or
new text end

new text begin (3) grades 1 to 12.
new text end

new text begin (f) "Second chance breakfast" means food served for breakfast available later in the
morning, including during recess or nutrition breaks.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 1b. new text end

new text begin Breakfast after the bell program. new text end

new text begin In order to increase participation in school
breakfast programs, a school may establish a voluntary "breakfast after the bell" program.
A breakfast after the bell program may include grab and go breakfasts, second chance
breakfasts, or breakfasts in the classroom according to a plan developed by the participating
school site.
new text end

Subd. 2.

Program; eligibility.

Each school year, public and nonpublic schools that
participate in the federal school breakfast program are eligible for the state breakfast program.

Subd. 3.

Program reimbursementnew text begin; regular school breakfastnew text end.

Each school year, the
state must reimburse each participating school 30 cents for each reduced-price breakfast,
55 cents for each fully paid breakfast served to students in grades 1 to 12, and deleted text begin$1.30deleted text endnew text begin $1.35new text end
for each fully paid breakfast served to a prekindergarten student enrolled in an approved
voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 or a kindergarten student.

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Program reimbursement; voluntary breakfast after the bell. new text end

new text begin (a) A school
district where more than 40 percent of the students enrolled in the previous school year
were eligible for free or reduced-price meals and that is required to offer a school breakfast
program under section 124D.117, at its discretion, may elect, on a site by site basis, to
receive funding for its breakfast programs under this subdivision or under subdivision 3,
but not both. In order to receive aid under this subdivision, a school district with an eligible
school site must apply to the commissioner in the form and manner specified by the
commissioner and demonstrate to the commissioner's satisfaction that the school site is not
eligible for full federal reimbursement of its meals served. A school district's application
must include:
new text end

new text begin (1) documentation of engagement between the applicant school's administration and
staff indicating support to implement a breakfast after the bell program; and
new text end

new text begin (2) a description of the breakfast after the bell program model that will be used at the
school.
new text end

new text begin (b) Each school year, the state must reimburse each participating breakfast after the bell
school an amount equal to the greater of zero, or the difference between:
new text end

new text begin (1) the product of the number of breakfasts served to participating students and the
federal reimbursement rate for free breakfast; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the federal school breakfast program nonsevere reimbursements for the school.
new text end

Subd. 4.

No fees.

new text begin(a) new text endA school that receives school breakfast aid under deleted text beginthis sectiondeleted text endnew text begin
subdivision 3
new text end must make breakfast available without charge to all participating students new text beginat
that school site
new text endin grades 1 to 12 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and to all
prekindergarten students enrolled in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under
section 124D.151 and all kindergarten students.

new text begin (b) A school that receives breakfast aid under subdivision 3a must make breakfast
available without charge to all participating students.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Base aid distribution.

deleted text beginFivedeleted text endnew text begin Fifteennew text end percent of the available aid funds shall be
paid to each system as base aid for basic system services.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and
later.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Adjusted net tax capacity per capita distribution.

deleted text beginTwenty-fivedeleted text endnew text begin Fifteennew text end percent
of the available aid funds shall be distributed to regional public library systems based upon
the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each member county or participating portion of
a county as calculated for the deleted text beginseconddeleted text endnew text begin thirdnew text end year preceding the fiscal year for which aid is
provided. Each system's entitlement shall be calculated as follows:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end multiply the adjusted net tax capacity per capita for each county or participating
portion of a county by .0082deleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end add sufficient aid funds that are available under this subdivision to raise the
amount of the county or participating portion of a county with the lowest value calculated
according to deleted text beginparagraph (a)deleted text endnew text begin clause (1)new text end to the amount of the county or participating portion
of a county with the next highest value calculated according to deleted text beginparagraph (a)deleted text endnew text begin clause (1)new text end.
Multiply the amount of the additional aid funds by the population of the county or
participating portion of a countydeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end continue the process described in deleted text beginparagraph (b)deleted text endnew text begin clause (2)new text end by adding sufficient
aid funds that are available under this subdivision to the amount of a county or participating
portion of a county with the next highest value calculated in deleted text beginparagraph (a)deleted text endnew text begin clause (1)new text end to raise
it and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with lower values
calculated in deleted text beginparagraph (a)deleted text endnew text begin clause (1)new text end up to the amount of the county or participating portion
of a county with the next highest value, until reaching an amount where funds available
under this subdivision are no longer sufficient to raise the amount of a county or participating
portion of a county and the amount of counties and participating portions of counties with
lower values up to the amount of the next highest county or participating portion of a countydeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
and
new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (4)new text end if the point is reached using the process in deleted text beginparagraphs (b) and (c)deleted text endnew text begin clauses (2) and
(3)
new text end at which the remaining aid funds under this subdivision are not adequate for raising the
amount of a county or participating portion of a county and all counties and participating
portions of counties with amounts of lower value to the amount of the county or participating
portion of a county with the next highest value, those funds are to be divided on a per capita
basis for all counties or participating portions of counties that received aid funds under the
calculation in deleted text beginparagraphs (b) and (c)deleted text endnew text begin clauses (2) and (3)new text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and
later.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Population determination.

new text beginA regional public library system's new text endpopulation deleted text beginshall
be determined according to
deleted text endnew text begin must be calculated using the most recent estimate available
under
new text end section 477A.011, subdivision 3new text begin, at the time the aid amounts are calculated, which
must be by April 1 in the year the calculation is made
new text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for state aid for fiscal year 2020 and
later.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Eligibility.

new text begin(a) new text endA regional public library system may apply for regional library
telecommunications aid on behalf of itself and member public libraries.

new text begin (b)new text end The aid must be used for connections and other eligible non-voice-related e-rate
program category one services. Aid may be used for e-rate program category two services
as identified in the Federal Communication Commission's eligible services list for the current
and preceding four funding years, if sufficient funds remain once category one needs are
met in each funding year. new text beginIf sufficient funds remain after meeting category one and category
two needs in each funding year, aid may be used for other regional public library technology,
network infrastructure, security, and telecommunications services including nonphone
telecommunication services for remote self-service pickup locations for library materials
on nonlibrary property.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text endTo be eligible, a regional public library system must be officially designated by the
commissioner of education as a regional public library system as defined in section 134.34,
subdivision 3
, and each of its participating cities and counties must meet local support levels
defined in section 134.34, subdivision 1. A public library building that receives aid under
this section must be open a minimum of 20 hours per week. Exceptions to the minimum
open hours requirement may be granted by the Department of Education on request of the
regional public library system for the following circumstances: short-term closing for
emergency maintenance and repairs following a natural disaster; in response to exceptional
economic circumstances; building repair or maintenance that requires public services areas
to be closed; or to adjust hours of public service to respond to documented seasonal use
patterns.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School lunch. new text end

new text begin For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111,
and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 16,359,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 16,629,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin School breakfast. new text end

new text begin For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.1158:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 11,273,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 11,733,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Breakfast after the bell. new text end

new text begin (a) For school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.1158:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,000,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,300,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,600,000, and the base for fiscal year 2023 is
$3,200,000.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of education must report to the education committees of the
legislature by February 15, 2021, on the outcomes and barriers of breakfast after the bell
programs. The report must list the number of schools and the number of participating students
by each type of breakfast after the bell program. The report must also identify the barriers
to participation in the breakfast after the bell program, including for those school sites that
are eligible for free breakfast but don't participate and school sites that are eligible for the
Community Eligibility Provision program but do not participate. The report must recommend
legislative actions that would simplify and eliminate barriers to participation in the breakfast
after the bell program and the Community Eligibility Provision program.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Kindergarten milk. new text end

new text begin For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.118:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 691,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 691,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Summer school food service replacement aid. new text end

new text begin For summer school food service
replacement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.119:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 150,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 150,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Regional library basic system support. new text end

new text begin For regional library basic system
support aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 17,170,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 17,570,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2019 and $15,813,000 for 2020. The
2021 appropriation includes $1,757,000 for 2020 and $15,813,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Multicounty, multitype library systems. new text end

new text begin For aid under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,300,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,300,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2019 and $1,170,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2020 and $1,170,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Electronic library for Minnesota. new text end

new text begin For statewide licenses to online databases
selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for school media
centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public or private college or
university libraries:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Regional library telecommunications aid. new text end

new text begin For regional library
telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,300,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,300,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2019 and $2,070,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2020 and $2,070,000 for 2021.
new text end

ARTICLE 8

EARLY CHILDHOOD

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Grounds for dismissal.

new text beginA school district must not dismiss a child participating
or enrolled in a prekindergarten program. A school district may dismiss
new text enda pupil deleted text beginmay be
dismissed on any of the following grounds
deleted text endnew text begin in kindergarten through grade 12 fornew text end:

deleted text begin (a)deleted text endnew text begin (1)new text end willful violation of any reasonable school board regulation. Such regulation must
be clear and definite to provide notice to pupils that they must conform their conduct to its
requirements;

deleted text begin (b)deleted text endnew text begin (2)new text end willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights of others to an education, or
the ability of school personnel to perform their duties, or school sponsored extracurricular
activities; or

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (3)new text end willful conduct that endangers the pupil or other pupils, or surrounding persons,
including school district employees, or property of the school.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2019-2020 school year and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [122A.261] PREKINDERGARTEN, SCHOOL READINESS, PRESCHOOL,
AND EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS; LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Licensure requirement. new text end

new text begin A school district or charter school that operates
a preschool, school readiness, school readiness plus, prekindergarten, or other similar early
education program must employ a qualified teacher, as defined in section 122A.16, to
provide instruction in such a program.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Exemption from licensure. new text end

new text begin A person employed by a school district or charter
school as a teacher in an early education program during the 2018-2019 school year, who
does not have a Minnesota teaching license issued in accordance with chapter 122A, is
exempt from the teacher licensure requirement until July 1, 2024, or until the teacher obtains
a Minnesota teaching license, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the licensure
exemption under this subdivision, a person employed as a teacher in a school district or
charter school based early education program is a teacher, as defined in section 179A.03,
subdivision 18.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Program requirements.

(a) A voluntary prekindergarten program provider
must:

(1) provide instruction through play-based learning to foster children's social and
emotional development, cognitive development, physical and motor development, and
language and literacy skills, including the native language and literacy skills of English
learners, to the extent practicable;

(2) measure each child's cognitive and social skills using a formative measure aligned
to the state's early learning standards when the child enters and again before the child leaves
the program, screening and progress monitoring measures, and deleted text beginothersdeleted text endnew text begin other age-appropriate
versions
new text end from the state-approved menu of kindergarten entry profile measures;

(3) provide comprehensive program content including the implementation of curriculum,
assessment, and instructional strategies aligned with the state early learning standards, and
kindergarten through grade 3 academic standards;

(4) provide instructional content and activities that are of sufficient length and intensity
to address learning needs including offering a program with at least 350 hours of instruction
per school year for a prekindergarten student;

(5) provide voluntary prekindergarten instructional staff salaries comparable to the
salaries of local kindergarten through grade 12 instructional staff;

(6) coordinate appropriate kindergarten transition with families, community-based
prekindergarten programs, and school district kindergarten programs;

(7) involve parents in program planning and transition planning by implementing parent
engagement strategies that include culturally and linguistically responsive activities in
prekindergarten through third grade that are aligned with early childhood family education
under section 124D.13;

(8) coordinate with relevant community-based services, including health and social
service agencies, to ensure children have access to comprehensive services;

(9) coordinate with all relevant school district programs and services including early
childhood special education, homeless students, and English learners;

(10) ensure staff-to-child ratios of one-to-ten and a maximum group size of 20 children;

(11) provide high-quality coordinated professional development, training, and coaching
for both school district and community-based early learning providers that is informed by
a measure of adult-child interactions and enables teachers to be highly knowledgeable in
early childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English language development
programs, and instruction; and

(12) implement strategies that support the alignment of professional development,
instruction, assessments, and prekindergarten through grade 3 curricula.

(b) A voluntary prekindergarten program must have teachers knowledgeable in early
childhood curriculum content, assessment, native and English language programs, and
instruction.

(c) Districts and charter schools must include their strategy for implementing and
measuring the impact of their voluntary prekindergarten program under section 120B.11
and provide results in their world's best workforce annual summary to the commissioner of
education.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Eligibility.

A child who is four years of age as of September 1 in the calendar
year in which the school year commences is eligible to participate in a voluntary
prekindergarten program free of charge.new text begin An eligible four-year-old child served in a
mixed-delivery system by a child care center, family child care program licensed under
section 245A.03, or community-based organization may be charged a fee as long as the
mixed-delivery partner was not awarded a seat for that child.
new text end Each eligible child must
complete a health and developmental screening within 90 days of program enrollment under
sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, and provide documentation of required immunizations under
section 121A.15.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Application process; priority for high poverty schools.

(a) deleted text beginTo qualify for
program approval for fiscal year 2017, a district or charter school must submit an application
to the commissioner by July 1, 2016.
deleted text end To qualify for program approval deleted text beginfor fiscal year 2018
and later
deleted text end, a district or charter school must submit an application to the commissioner by
January 30 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the program will be
implemented. The application must include:

(1) a description of the proposed program, including the number of hours per week the
program will be offered at each school site or mixed-delivery location;

(2) an estimate of the number of eligible children to be served in the program at each
school site or mixed-delivery location; and

(3) a statement of assurances signed by the superintendent or charter school director that
the proposed program meets the requirements of subdivision 2.

(b) The commissioner must review all applications submitted deleted text beginfor fiscal year 2017 by
August 1, 2016, and must review all applications submitted for fiscal year 2018 and later
deleted text end
by March 1 of the fiscal year in which the applications are received and determine whether
each application meets the requirements of paragraph (a).

(c) The commissioner must divide all applications for new or expanded voluntary
prekindergarten programs under this section meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) and
school readiness plus programs into deleted text beginfourdeleted text endnew text begin fivenew text end groups as follows: the Minneapolis deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin school
district; the
new text end St. Paul school deleted text begindistrictsdeleted text endnew text begin districtnew text end; other school districts located in the metropolitan
equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; school districts located in the
rural equity region as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 28; and charter schools.
Within each group, the applications must be ordered by rank using a sliding scale based on
the following criteria:

(1) concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches by
school site on October 1 of the previous school year. A school site may contract to partner
with a community-based provider or Head Start under subdivision 3 or establish an early
childhood center and use the concentration of kindergarten students eligible for free or
reduced-price meals from a specific school site as long as those eligible children are
prioritized and guaranteed services at the mixed-delivery site or early education center. For
school district programs to be operated at locations that do not have free and reduced-price
lunch concentration data for kindergarten programs for October 1 of the previous school
year, including mixed-delivery programs, the school district average concentration of
kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches must be used for the rank
ordering;

(2) presence or absence of a three- or four-star Parent Aware rated program within the
school district or close proximity of the district. School sites with the highest concentration
of kindergarten students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that do not have a three-
or four-star Parent Aware program within the district or close proximity of the district shall
receive the highest priority, and school sites with the lowest concentration of kindergarten
students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches that have a three- or four-star Parent
Aware rated program within the district or close proximity of the district shall receive the
lowest priority; and

(3) whether the district has implemented a deleted text beginmixed deliverydeleted text endnew text begin mixed-deliverynew text end system.

(d) new text beginIf the participation limit under subdivision 6 is higher than the participation limit for
the previous year,
new text end the limit on participation for the programs as specified in subdivision 6
must initially be allocated among the deleted text beginfourdeleted text endnew text begin fivenew text end groups based on each group's percentage
share of the statewide kindergarten enrollment on October 1 of the previous school year.new text begin If
the participation limit is the same as the participation limit for the previous year, the
participation limit must initially be allocated among the five groups based on each group's
participation limit for the previous school year.
new text end Within each group, the participation limit
deleted text begin for fiscal years 2018 and 2019deleted text end must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in the
previous year to ensure that those sites are funded for the same number of participants as
approved for the previous year. The remainder of the participation limit for each group must
be allocated among school sites in priority order until that region's share of the participation
limit is reached. If the participation limit is not reached for all groups, the remaining amount
must be allocated to the highest priority school sites, as designated under this section, not
funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis. deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2020 and later, the
participation limit must first be allocated to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2017,
and then to school sites approved for aid in fiscal year 2018 based on the statewide rankings
under paragraph (c).
deleted text end

(e) Once a school site or a deleted text beginmixed deliverydeleted text endnew text begin mixed-deliverynew text end site under subdivision 3 is
approved for aid under this subdivision, it shall remain eligible for aid if it continues to
meet program requirements, regardless of changes in the concentration of students eligible
for free or reduced-price lunches.

(f) If the total number of participants approved based on applications submitted under
paragraph (a) is less than the participation limit under subdivision 6, the commissioner must
notify all school districts and charter schools of the amount that remains available within
30 days of the initial application deadline under paragraph (a), and complete a second round
of allocations based on applications received within 60 days of the initial application deadline.

(g) Procedures for approving applications submitted under paragraph (f) shall be the
same as specified in paragraphs (a) to (d), except that the allocations shall be made to the
highest priority school sites not funded in the initial allocation on a statewide basis.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for applications for fiscal year 2020 and
later.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.151, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Participation limits.

(a) Notwithstanding section 126C.05, subdivision 1,
paragraph (d), the pupil units for a voluntary prekindergarten program for an eligible school
district or charter school must not exceed 60 percent of the kindergarten pupil units for that
school district or charter school under section 126C.05, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).

(b) In reviewing applications under subdivision 5, deleted text beginthe commissioner must limit the
estimated state aid entitlement approved under this section to $27,092,000 for fiscal year
2017. If the actual state aid entitlement based on final data exceeds the limit in any year,
the aid of the participating districts must be prorated so as not to exceed the limit.
deleted text end

(deleted text beginc) The commissioner must limit the total number of funded participants in the voluntary
prekindergarten program under this section to not more than 3,160.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c),deleted text end the commissioner must limit the total number of
participants in the voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus programsnew text begin under
Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 9
new text end to not more than deleted text begin6,160
participants for fiscal year 2018 and
deleted text end 7,160 participants deleted text beginfordeleted text endnew text begin pernew text end fiscal year deleted text begin2019deleted text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Family eligibility.

(a) For a family to receive an early learning scholarship,
parents or guardians must meet the following eligibility requirements:

(1) have an eligible child; and

(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income in the
current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation in the free
and reduced-price lunch program or Child and Adult Care Food Program, National School
Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; the Food Distribution
Program on Indian Reservations, Food and Nutrition Act, United States Code, title 7, sections
2011-2036; Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act
of 2007; Minnesota family investment program under chapter 256J; child care assistance
programs under chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance program; or placement
in foster care under section 260C.212.new text begin Parents or guardians are not required to provide
income verification under this clause if the child is an eligible child under paragraph (b),
clause (4) or (5).
new text end

(b) An "eligible child" means a child who has not yet enrolled in kindergarten and is:

(1) deleted text beginat leastdeleted text endnew text begin from birth to agenew text end three deleted text beginbut not yet five years of agedeleted text end on September 1 of the
current school year;

(2) a sibling from birth to age deleted text beginfivedeleted text endnew text begin fournew text end of a child who has been awarded a scholarship
under this section provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are
available;

(3) the child of a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school degree or a course
of study for a high school equivalency test; deleted text beginor
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) homeless, in foster care, or in need of child protective services.
deleted text end

new text begin (4) a child in need of protective services or in foster care;
new text end

new text begin (5) designated as homeless under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a; or
new text end

new text begin (6) a child not yet five years of age on September 1 of the current school year participating
in a program with a designated number of scholarship slots under subdivision 3, paragraph
(c).
new text end

(c) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to receive
a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section 120A.20
and as long as funds are available.new text begin This paragraph applies notwithstanding the age
requirements under paragraph (b).
new text end

(d) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the purposes
of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, Minnesota
family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs under chapter
119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of
2007.

(e) A child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a Minnesota address as
assigned by the United States Postal Service, who has received developmental screening
under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19, who intends to enroll in a Minnesota school district,
and whose family meets the criteria of paragraph (a) is eligible for an early learning
scholarship under this section.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Administration.

(a) The commissioner shall establish application timelines
and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational needs of eligible
families and programs. The commissioner must give highest priority to applications from
children who:

(1) have a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school diploma or a course of
study for a high school equivalency test;

(2) are in foster care or otherwise in need of protection or services; or

(3) have experienced homelessness in the last 24 months, as defined under the federal
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a.

The commissioner may prioritize applications on additional factors including family
income, geographic location, and whether the child's family is on a waiting list for a publicly
funded program providing early education or child care services.

(b) The commissioner shall establish a target for the average scholarship amount per
child based on the results of the rate survey conducted under section 119B.02.

(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in or
on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the
commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of the
program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current funding
provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots
for that program and notify the program of that number. deleted text beginFor fiscal year 2018 and later, the
statewide amount of funding directly designated by the commissioner must not exceed the
funding directly designated for fiscal year 2017. Beginning July 1, 2016,
deleted text end A school district
or Head Start program qualifying under this paragraph may use its established registration
process to enroll scholarship recipients and may verify a scholarship recipient's family
income in the same manner as for other program participants.

(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has not
been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten months of the
awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in order
to be eligible for another scholarship. A child may not be awarded more than one scholarship
in a 12-month period.

(e) A child new text beginover age three new text endwho receives a scholarship deleted text beginwhodeleted text endnew text begin andnew text end has not completed
development screening under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening
within 90 days of first attending an eligible program.new text begin A child who receives a scholarship
before age three must complete the developmental screening no later than 90 days after the
child's third birthday.
new text end

(f) For fiscal year 2017 and later, a school district or Head Start program enrolling
scholarship recipients under paragraph (c) may apply to the commissioner, in the form and
manner prescribed by the commissioner, for direct payment of state aid. Upon receipt of
the application, the commissioner must pay each program directly for each approved
scholarship recipient enrolled under paragraph (c) according to the metered payment system
or another schedule established by the commissioner.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Early childhood program eligibility.

(a) In order to be eligible to accept an
early learning scholarship, a program must:

(1) participate in the quality rating and improvement system under section 124D.142;
and

(2) beginning July 1, 2020, have a three- or four-star rating in the quality rating and
improvement system.

(b) Any program accepting scholarships must use the revenue to supplement and not
supplant federal funding.

deleted text begin (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all Minnesota early learning foundation scholarship
program pilot sites are eligible to accept an early learning scholarship under this section.
deleted text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.165, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Early learning scholarship account. new text end

new text begin (a) An account is established in the
special revenue fund known as the "early learning scholarship account."
new text end

new text begin (b) Funds appropriated for early learning scholarships under this section must be
transferred to the early learning scholarship account in the special revenue fund.
new text end

new text begin (c) Money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner for early learning
scholarships under this section. Money in the account is available until spent. Any returned
funds are available to be regranted.
new text end

new text begin (d) Up to $950,000 annually is available to the commissioner for costs associated with
administering and monitoring early learning scholarships.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 126C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Pupil unit.

Pupil units for each Minnesota resident pupil under the age
of 21 or who meets the requirements of section 120A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in
average daily membership enrolled in the district of residence, in another district under
sections 123A.05 to 123A.08, 124D.03, 124D.08, or 124D.68; in a charter school under
chapter 124E; or for whom the resident district pays tuition under section 123A.18, 123A.22,
123A.30, 123A.32, 123A.44, 123A.488, 123B.88, subdivision 4, 124D.04, 124D.05, 125A.03
to 125A.24, 125A.51, or 125A.65, shall be counted according to this subdivision.

(a) A prekindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by
the commissioner and has an individualized education program is counted as the ratio of
the number of hours of assessment and education service to 825 times 1.0 with a minimum
average daily membership of 0.28, but not more than 1.0 pupil unit.

(b) A prekindergarten pupil who is assessed but determined not to be disabled is counted
as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment service to 825 times 1.0.

deleted text begin (c) A kindergarten pupil with a disability who is enrolled in a program approved by the
commissioner is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of assessment and education
services required in the fiscal year by the pupil's individualized education program to 875,
but not more than one.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end A prekindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (a) or (b) and is enrolled
in an approved voluntary prekindergarten program under section 124D.151 is counted as
the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more than 0.6 pupil
units.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end A kindergarten pupil who is not included in paragraph (c) is counted as 1.0 pupil
unit if the pupil is enrolled in a free all-day, every day kindergarten program available to
all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school that meets the minimum hours requirement in
section 120A.41, or is counted as .55 pupil unit, if the pupil is not enrolled in a free all-day,
every day kindergarten program available to all kindergarten pupils at the pupil's school.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end A pupil who is in any of grades 1 to 6 is counted as 1.0 pupil unit.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end A pupil who is in any of grades 7 to 12 is counted as 1.2 pupil units.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text endnew text begin (g)new text end A pupil who is in the postsecondary enrollment options program is counted as
1.2 pupil units.

deleted text begin (i) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019 only,deleted text endnew text begin (h)new text end A prekindergarten pupil who:

(1) is not included in paragraph (a), (b), or deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (c)new text end;

(2) is enrolled in a school readiness plus programnew text begin under Laws 2017, First Special Session
chapter 5, article 8, section 9
new text end; and

(3) has one or more of the risk factors specified by the eligibility requirements for a
school readiness plus program,

is counted as the ratio of the number of hours of instruction to 850 times 1.0, but not more
than 0.6 pupil units. A pupil qualifying under this paragraph must be counted in the same
manner as a voluntary prekindergarten student for all general education and other school
funding formulas.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 245C.12, is amended to read:


245C.12 BACKGROUND STUDY; TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Access to data. new text end

deleted text begin(a)deleted text end For the purposes of background studies completed
by tribal organizations performing licensing activities otherwise required of the commissioner
under this chapter, after obtaining consent from the background study subject, tribal licensing
agencies shall have access to criminal history data in the same manner as county licensing
agencies and private licensing agencies under this chapter.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Adoptions; child foster care. new text end

deleted text begin(b)deleted text end Tribal organizations may contract with the
commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related
to adoptions according to section 245C.34. Tribal organizations may also contract with the
commissioner to obtain background study data on individuals under tribal jurisdiction related
to child foster care according to section 245C.34.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Nursing facility. new text end

deleted text begin(c)deleted text end For the purposes of background studies completed to
comply with a tribal organization's licensing requirements for individuals affiliated with a
tribally licensed nursing facility, the commissioner shall obtain criminal history data from
the National Criminal Records Repository in accordance with section 245C.32.

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Child care. new text end

new text begin (a) Tribal organizations may contract with the commissioner to:
new text end

new text begin (1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a child care program
sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization; and
new text end

new text begin (2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a child care program
sponsored, managed, or licensed by a tribal organization.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a
background study conducted under paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin (c) A tribally affiliated child care program that does not contract with the commissioner
to conduct background studies is exempt from the relevant requirements in this chapter. For
a background study conducted under this subdivision to be transferable to other child care
entities, the study must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt
child care center under this chapter.
new text end

Sec. 13.

new text begin [245C.125] BACKGROUND STUDY; HEAD START PROGRAMS.
new text end

new text begin (a) Head Start programs that receive funds under section 119A.52 may contract with
the commissioner to:
new text end

new text begin (1) conduct background studies on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program; and
new text end

new text begin (2) obtain background study data on individuals affiliated with a Head Start program.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner must include a national criminal history record check in a
background study conducted under paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin (c) A Head Start program site that does not contract with the commissioner, is not
licensed, and is not registered to receive payments under chapter 119B is exempt from the
relevant requirements in this chapter. Nothing in this section supersedes requirements for
background studies in this chapter or chapter 119B or 245H that relate to licensed child care
programs or programs registered to receive payments under chapter 119B. For a background
study conducted under this section to be transferable to other child care entities, the study
must include all components of studies for a certified license-exempt child care center under
this chapter.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 8, the effective date,
is amended to read:


EFFECTIVE DATE.

Paragraph (i) of this section deleted text beginexpires at the end of fiscal year 2019deleted text endnew text begin
does not expire
new text end.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 15.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 9, subdivision 6, is
amended to read:


Subd. 6.

No supplanting.

For a site first qualifying in fiscal year 2018 or deleted text begin2019deleted text endnew text begin laternew text end,
mixed delivery revenue, including voluntary prekindergarten and school readiness plus
program revenue, must be used to supplement not supplant existing state, federal, and local
revenue for prekindergarten activities.

Sec. 16.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Early learning scholarships.

(a) For the early learning scholarship program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

$
70,209,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 70,209,000
deleted text end new text begin 60,709,000
new text end
.....
2019

(b) Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.

new text begin (c) $9,500,000 of the initial appropriation in fiscal year 2019 is canceled to the state
general fund.
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

deleted text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2020 is $70,709,000.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 17. new text beginLEGISLATIVE REPORT ON EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
COORDINATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) By February 15, 2020, the commissioners of education, health, and human services
must jointly submit a report in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195 to the
members and staff of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over early childhood,
human services, and education on the outcome of the federal Preschool Development
planning grant. The report must include how the state agencies plan to enhance coordination
of state programs including:
new text end

new text begin (1) child care assistance programs under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B;
new text end

new text begin (2) early childhood developmental screening under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17;
new text end

new text begin (3) early childhood family education programs under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.13;
new text end

new text begin (4) early learning scholarships under section Minnesota Statutes, 124D.165;
new text end

new text begin (5) family home visiting programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 145A.17;
new text end

new text begin (6) Head Start and Early Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 119A.50
to 119A.545;
new text end

new text begin (7) kindergarten readiness assessment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162;
new text end

new text begin (8) school readiness programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16;
new text end

new text begin (9) voluntary prekindergarten programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.151;
and
new text end

new text begin (10) school readiness plus programs under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5,
article 8, section 9.
new text end

new text begin (b) At a minimum, the report must:
new text end

new text begin (1) review and evaluate changes to child care assistance and early learning scholarship
program quality and administration, including eligibility, billing, payment, and child and
family identification;
new text end

new text begin (2) identify challenges and concerns among providers and among recipients of child
care assistance and early learning scholarships;
new text end

new text begin (3) consider the goals outlined in the Children's Cabinet's early childhood systems reform
effort and how the strategic plan intends to meet these goals;
new text end

new text begin (4) analyze layering and duplication of funds;
new text end

new text begin (5) develop recommendations for a consolidated universal application process; and
new text end

new text begin (6) develop recommendations for the design and implementation of a universal
identification system that applies to a child participating in one or more programs listed in
paragraph (a).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin School readiness. new text end

new text begin (a) For revenue for school readiness programs under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 33,683,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 33,683,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2019 and $30,315,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin (c) The 2021 appropriation includes $3,368,000 for 2020 and $30,315,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Early learning scholarships. new text end

new text begin (a) For the early learning scholarship program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 83,544,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 83,544,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of these amounts, $300,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2021 are
for a transfer to the Office of MN.IT Services for a project manager to provide services for
the coordination of early childhood programs.
new text end

new text begin (c) This appropriation is subject to the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.165, subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $75,534,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Head Start program. new text end

new text begin For Head Start programs under Minnesota Statutes,
section 119A.52:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 25,100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 25,100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Early childhood family education aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For early childhood family education
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 32,653,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 34,072,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The 2020 appropriation includes $3,098,000 for 2019 and $29,555,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin (c) The 2021 appropriation includes $3,283,000 for 2020 and $30,789,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Developmental screening aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For developmental screening aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,639,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 3,625,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The 2020 appropriation includes $363,000 for 2019 and $3,276,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin (c) The 2021 appropriation includes $364,000 for 2020 and $3,261,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Parent-child home program. new text end

new text begin For a grant to the parent-child home program:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 900,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The grant must be used for an evidence-based and research-validated early childhood
literacy and school readiness program for children ages 16 months to four years at its existing
suburban program location. The program must include urban and rural program locations
for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program. new text end

new text begin For
the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.162:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 281,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 281,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Quality rating and improvement system. new text end

new text begin (a) For transfer to the commissioner
of human services for the purposes of expanding the quality rating and improvement system
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142, in greater Minnesota and increasing supports
for providers participating in the quality rating and improvement system:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,750,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The amounts in paragraph (a) must be in addition to any federal funding under the
child care and development block grant authorized under Public Law 101-508 in that year
for the system under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Early childhood programs at tribal contract schools. new text end

new text begin For early childhood
family education programs at tribal contract schools under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.83, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 68,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 68,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Metro Deaf School. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to Metro Deaf School to provide services
to young children who have a primary disability of deaf or hard-of-hearing and who are not
eligible for funding under Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, paragraph (h):
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Reach Out and Read Minnesota. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to support Reach Out and
Read Minnesota to expand a program that encourages early childhood development through
a network of health care clinics, and for the purchase of culturally and developmentally
appropriate books to sustain and expand the program in partnership with health clinics
statewide:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 105,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The grant recipient must implement a program that includes:
new text end

new text begin (1) integrating children's books and parent education into well-child visits;
new text end

new text begin (2) creating literacy-rich environments at clinics, including books for visits outside of
Reach Out and Read Minnesota parameters or for waiting room use or volunteer readers to
model read-aloud techniques for parents where possible;
new text end

new text begin (3) working with public health clinics, federally qualified health centers, tribal sites,
community health centers, and clinics that belong to health care systems, as well as
independent clinics in underserved areas; and
new text end

new text begin (4) training medical professionals on speaking with parents of infants, toddlers, and
preschoolers on the importance of early literacy and numeracy.
new text end

new text begin (c) This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin College savings account pilot program. new text end

new text begin (a) For a matching grant to the city
of St. Paul to establish a pilot program that (1) creates a college savings account for every
child born to a resident of the city of St. Paul during the time period for which funds are
available, and (2) performs analysis of potential establishment of a statewide program or
program duplication by other cities.
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 250,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The city must administer the pilot program and partner with a qualified financial
institution to support current and potential pilot program participants and their families. The
city is the owner of an account established under this pilot program, but the beneficiary
must be the individual child.
new text end

new text begin (c) The city must use the grant money to establish and fund the accounts, to provide
incentives to current and potential pilot program participants and their families, and to
provide outreach and education to current and potential pilot program participants and their
families. The city may not use grant funds for the administrative costs of managing and
operating the pilot program.
new text end

new text begin (d) By February 15, 2021, the city must submit a report on the pilot program to the
commissioner of education and to the chairs, ranking minority members, and staff of the
legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over early childhood and education policy
and finance. At a minimum, the report must:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide a detailed review of pilot program design and features, including program
requirements, funding, and outreach and education activities;
new text end

new text begin (2) identify the number of accounts created in the pilot program, including basic
demographic information about account beneficiaries;
new text end

new text begin (3) provide analysis of savings program development throughout the state, which at a
minimum must examine:
new text end

new text begin (i) methods for program replication in other cities; and
new text end

new text begin (ii) options, models, or frameworks for implementation on a statewide basis, including
review of alternative policy approaches; and
new text end

new text begin (4) make recommendations regarding program expansion, if any, based on the analysis
under clause (3).
new text end

new text begin (e) The commissioner of education must provide reasonable technical assistance as
requested by the city for the analysis and recommendations under paragraph (d), clauses
(3) and (4).
new text end

new text begin (f) This is a onetime appropriation. Grant money provided under this subdivision must
be matched with money from nonstate sources. This appropriation is available until December
30, 2022.
new text end

new text begin (g) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin Educate parents partnership. new text end

new text begin For the educate parents partnership under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 49,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 49,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end

new text begin Home visiting aid. new text end

new text begin (a) For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.135:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 521,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 503,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) The 2020 appropriation includes $54,000 for 2019 and $467,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin (c) The 2021 appropriation includes $51,000 for 2020 and $452,000 for 2021.
new text end

ARTICLE 9

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

State total adult basic education aid.

(a) The state total adult basic
education aid for fiscal year deleted text begin2011deleted text endnew text begin 2020new text end equals deleted text begin$44,419,000deleted text endnew text begin $51,000,000new text end, plus any amount
that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of adjustments under subdivision
4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The state total adult basic education
aid for later fiscal years equals:

(1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any amount
that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision
4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3; times

(2) the lesser ofnew text begin 1.03, or the greater ofnew text end:

(i) deleted text begin1.03deleted text endnew text begin one plus the percent change in the formula allowance under section 126C.10,
subdivision 2, from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year
new text end; or

(ii) the deleted text beginaverage growth indeleted text endnew text begin ratio of thenew text end state total contact hours deleted text beginover the prior ten program
years
deleted text endnew text begin for the previous year to the state total contact hours for the second previous yearnew text end.

Three percent of the state total adult basic education aid must be set aside for adult basic
education supplemental service grants under section 124D.522.

(b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals the
difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic population
aid under subdivision 2.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2020 and later.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.55, is amended to read:


124D.55 COMMISSIONER-SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST
FEES.

deleted text begin The commissioner shall pay 60 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible individual
for the full battery of the commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests, but not more
than $40 for an eligible individual.
deleted text end

deleted text begin For fiscal year 2017 only,deleted text end The commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the fee charged
to an eligible individual for the full battery of deleted text begingeneral education development (GED)deleted text endnew text begin the
commissioner-selected high school equivalency
new text end tests, but not more than the cost of one full
battery of tests per year for any individual.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 124D.99, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Administration; design.

(a) The commissioner shall establish program
requirements, an application process and timeline for each tier of grants specified in
subdivision 4, criteria for evaluation of applications, and a grant awards process. The
commissioner's process must minimize administrative costs, minimize burdens for applicants
and grant recipients, and provide a framework that permits flexibility in program design
and implementation among grant recipients.

(b) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall design the program to align with
programs implemented or proposed by organizations in Minnesota that:

(1) identify and increase the capacity of organizations that are focused on achieving
data-driven, locally controlled positive outcomes for children and youth throughout an entire
neighborhood or geographic area through programs such as Strive Together, Promise
Neighborhood, and the Education Partnerships Coalition members;

(2) build a continuum of educational family and community supports with academically
rigorous schools at the center;

(3) maximize program efficiencies by integrating programmatic activities and eliminating
administrative barriers;

(4) develop local infrastructure needed to sustain and scale up proven and effective
solutions beyond the initial neighborhood or geographic area; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(5) utilize appropriate outcome measures based on unique community needs and interests
and apply rigorous evaluation on a periodic basis to be used to both monitor outcomes and
allow for continuous improvements to systemsdeleted text begin.deleted text endnew text begin;
new text end

new text begin (6) collect and utilize data to improve student outcomes;
new text end

new text begin (7) share disaggregated performance data with the community to set community-level
outcomes;
new text end

new text begin (8) employ continuous improvement processes;
new text end

new text begin (9) have a tribal entity, community foundation, higher education institution, or
community-based organization as an anchor entity managing the partnership;
new text end

new text begin (10) convene a cross-sector leadership group and have a documented accountability
structure; and
new text end

new text begin (11) demonstrate use of nonstate funds, from multiple sources, including in-kind
contributions.
new text end

(c) A grant recipient's supportive services programming must address:

(1) kindergarten readiness and youth development;

(2) grade 3 reading proficiency;

(3) new text beginmiddle school mathematics;
new text end

new text begin (4) new text endhigh school graduation;

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin(5) new text endpostsecondary educational deleted text beginattainmentdeleted text endnew text begin enrollmentnew text end;

new text begin (6) postsecondary education completion or attainment;
new text end

deleted text begin (5)deleted text end new text begin(7) new text endphysical and mental health;

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end new text begin(8) new text enddevelopment of career skills and readiness;

deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin(9) new text endparental engagement and development;

deleted text begin (8)deleted text end new text begin(10) new text endcommunity engagement and programmatic alignment; and

deleted text begin (9)deleted text end new text begin(11) new text endreduction of remedial education.

(d) The commissioner, in consultation with grant recipients, must:

(1) develop and revise core indicators of progress toward outcomes specifying impacts
for each tier identified under subdivision 4;

(2) establish a reporting system for grant recipients to measure program outcomes using
data sources and program goals; and

(3) evaluate effectiveness based on the core indicators established by each partnership
for each tier.

Sec. 4. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated. Any balances in the first year do not cancel but are available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Community education aid. new text end

new text begin For community education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.20:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 330,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 257,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2019 and $290,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $32,000 for 2020 and $225,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Adults with disabilities program aid. new text end

new text begin For adults with disabilities programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 710,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 710,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2019 and $639,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2020 and $639,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Hearing-impaired adults. new text end

new text begin For programs for hearing-impaired adults under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 70,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 70,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin School-age care aid. new text end

new text begin For school-age care aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.22:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $0 for 2019 and $1,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $0 for 2020 and $1,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Tier 1 grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For education partnership program Tier 1 sustaining grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,970,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,970,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,485,000 each year is for the Northside
Achievement Zone and $1,485,000 each year is for the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $2,970,000.
new text end

new text begin (d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Tier 2 implementing grants. new text end

new text begin (a) For Tier 2 implementing grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.99:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 1,100,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $185,000 each year is for the Northfield Healthy
Community Initiative in Northfield; $185,000 is for the Jones Family Foundation for the
Every Hand Joined program in Red Wing; $185,000 is for the United Way of Central
Minnesota for the Partners for Student Success program; $185,000 is for Austin Aspires;
$185,000 is for the Rochester Area Foundation for the Cradle to Career program; and
$185,000 is for Generation Next.
new text end

new text begin (c) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $1,100,000. The base includes $185,000 each year
for each of the following programs: the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, the Every
Hand Joined program, the Partners for Student Success program, Austin Aspires, the Cradle
to Career program, and Generation Next.
new text end

new text begin (d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Adult basic education aid. new text end

new text begin For adult basic education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.531:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 51,906,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 53,620,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin The 2020 appropriation includes $4,868,000 for 2019 and $47,038,000 for 2020.
new text end

new text begin The 2021 appropriation includes $5,226,000 for 2020 and $48,394,000 for 2021.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin High school equivalency tests. new text end

new text begin (a) For payment of the costs of the
commissioner-selected high school equivalency tests under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.55:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 245,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 245,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

ARTICLE 10

STATE AGENCIES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.122, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

deleted text beginPurposedeleted text endnew text begin Dutiesnew text end.

new text begin(a) new text endThe department must employ a dyslexia specialist
to provide technical assistance for dyslexia and related disorders and to serve as the primary
source of information and support for schools in addressing the needs of students with
dyslexia and related disorders.

new text begin (b)new text end The dyslexia specialist deleted text beginshall also act todeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end increase professional awareness and
instructional competencies to meet the educational needs of students with dyslexia or
identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia and deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end develop
implementation guidance and make recommendations to the commissioner consistent with
section 122A.06, subdivision 4, to be used to assist general education teachers and special
education teachers to recognize educational needs and to improve literacy outcomes for
students with dyslexia or identified with risk characteristics associated with dyslexia,
including recommendations related to increasing the availability of online and asynchronous
professional development programs and materials.

new text begin (c) The dyslexia specialist must provide guidance to school districts and charter schools
on how to:
new text end

new text begin (1) access tools to screen and identify students showing characteristics associated with
dyslexia in accordance with section 120B.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (a);
new text end

new text begin (2) implement screening for characteristics associated with dyslexia in accordance with
section 120B.12, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), and in coordination with other early childhood
screenings; and
new text end

new text begin (3) participate in professional development opportunities pertaining to intervention
strategies and accommodations for students with dyslexia or characteristics associated with
dyslexia.
new text end

new text begin (d) The dyslexia specialist must provide guidance to the Professional Educator Licensing
and Standards Board on developing licensing renewal requirements under section 122A.187,
subdivision 5, on understanding dyslexia, recognizing dyslexia characteristics in students,
and using evidence-based best practices.
new text end

new text begin (e) Nothing in this subdivision limits the ability of the dyslexia specialist to do other
dyslexia related work as directed by the commissioner.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.14, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Fee.

Each person licensed by the Board of School Administrators shall pay the
board a fee of deleted text begin$75deleted text endnew text begin $100new text end, collected each fiscal year. When transmitting notice of the license
fee, the board also must notify the licensee of the penalty for failing to pay the fee within
the time specified by the board. The board may provide a lower fee for persons on retired
or inactive status. After receiving notice from the board, any licensed school administrator
who does not pay the fee in the given fiscal year shall have all administrative licenses held
by the person automatically suspended, without the right to a hearing, until the fee has been
paid to the board. If the board suspends a licensed school administrator for failing to pay
the fee, it must immediately notify the district currently employing the school administrator
of the school administrator's suspension. The executive deleted text beginsecretarydeleted text end new text begindirector new text endshall deposit the
fees in the deleted text begineducatordeleted text end new text beginadministrator new text endlicensure account in the special revenue fund in the state
treasury.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for licenses issued or renewed on or after
July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [122A.145] SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; ADMINISTRATOR
LICENSURE.
new text end

new text begin An administrator licensure account is created in the special revenue fund. Fees received
by the Board of School Administrators under section 122A.14, subdivision 9, and Minnesota
Rules, chapter 3512, must be deposited in the administrator licensure account.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 122A.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Educator licensure account.

An educator licensure account is created
in the special revenue fund. Applicant licensure fees received by the Department of
Educationdeleted text begin,deleted text end new text beginor new text endthe Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Boarddeleted text begin, or the Board of
School Administrators
deleted text end must be deposited in the educator licensure account. deleted text beginAny funds
appropriated from this account that remain unexpended at the end of the biennium cancel
to the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.052, is amended to read:


127A.052 SCHOOL deleted text beginSAFETYdeleted text endnew text begin CLIMATEnew text end TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.

(a) The commissioner shall establish a school deleted text beginsafetydeleted text endnew text begin climatenew text end technical assistance center
at the department to help districts and schools under section 121A.031 provide a safe and
supportive learning environment and foster academic achievement for all students by focusing
on prevention, intervention, support, and recovery efforts to develop and maintain safe and
supportive schools. The center must work collaboratively with implicated state agencies
identified by the center and schools, communities, and interested individuals and
organizations to determine how to best use available resources.

(b) The center's services shall include:

(1) evidence-based policy review, development, and dissemination;

(2) single, point-of-contact services designed for schools, parents, and students seeking
information or other help;

(3) qualitative and quantitative data gathering, interpretation, and dissemination of
summary data for existing reporting systems and student surveys and the identification and
pursuit of emerging trends and issues;

(4) assistance to districts and schools in using Minnesota student survey results to inform
intervention and prevention programs;

(5) education and skill building;

(6) multisector and multiagency planning and advisory activities incorporating best
practices and research; and

(7) administrative and financial support for school and district planning, schools
recovering from incidents of violence, and school and district violence prevention education.

(c) The center shall:

(1) compile and make available to all districts and schools evidence-based elements and
resources to develop and maintain safe and supportive schools;

(2) establish and maintain a central repository for collecting and analyzing information
about prohibited conduct under section 121A.031, including, but not limited to:

(i) training materials on strategies and techniques to prevent and appropriately address
prohibited conduct under section 121A.031;

(ii) model programming;

(iii) remedial responses consistent with section 121A.031, subdivision 2, paragraph (i);
and

(iv) other resources for improving the school climate and preventing prohibited conduct
under section 121A.031;

(3) assist districts and schools to develop strategies and techniques for effectively
communicating with and engaging parents in efforts to protect and deter students from
prohibited conduct under section 121A.031; and

(4) solicit input from social media experts on implementing this section.

(d) The commissioner shall provide administrative services including personnel, budget,
payroll and contract services, and staff support for center activities including developing
and disseminating materials, providing seminars, and developing and maintaining a website.
Center staff shall include a center director, a data analyst coordinator, and trainers who
provide training to affected state and local organizations under a fee-for-service agreement.
The financial, administrative, and staff support the commissioner provides under this section
must be based on an annual budget and work program developed by the center and submitted
to the commissioner by the center director.

(e) School deleted text beginsafetydeleted text endnew text begin climatenew text end technical assistance center staff may consult with school safety
center staff at the Department of Public Safety in providing services under this section.

(f) The center is voluntary and advisory. The center does not have enforcement,
rulemaking, oversight, or regulatory authority.

deleted text begin (g) The center expires on June 30, 2019.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 9, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Department.

(a) For the Department of Education:

$
27,158,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 24,874,000
deleted text end new text begin 22,874,000
new text end
.....
2019

Of these amounts:

(1) $231,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators, and beginning in fiscal
year 2020, the amount indicated is from the educator licensure account in the special revenue
fund;

(2) $1,000,000 each year is for regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.115;

(3) $500,000 each year is for the school safety technical assistance center under Minnesota
Statutes, section 127A.052;

(4) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data
analysis;

(5) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;

(6) $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 are for the Department
of Education's mainframe update;

(7) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist; and

(8) $2,000,000 deleted text begineach yeardeleted text end new text beginin fiscal year 2018 new text endis for legal fees and costs associated with
litigation.

(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

(c) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
Washington, D.C. office.

(d) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.

(e) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and
support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing
information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will
be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates
and mechanism specified in that agreement.

deleted text begin (f) The agency's base is $22,054,000 for fiscal year 2020 and $21,965,000 for 2021.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin Unless otherwise indicated, the sums indicated
in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for
the fiscal years designated. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in
the second year.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Department. new text end

new text begin (a) For the Department of Education:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 31,778,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 28,382,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin Of these amounts:
new text end

new text begin (1) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for
regional centers of excellence under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.115;
new text end

new text begin (2) $250,000 each year is for the School Finance Division to enhance financial data
analysis;
new text end

new text begin (3) $720,000 each year is for implementing Minnesota's Learning for English Academic
Proficiency and Success Act under Laws 2014, chapter 272, article 1, as amended;
new text end

new text begin (4) $123,000 each year is for a dyslexia specialist;
new text end

new text begin (5) $4,700,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for legal fees and costs associated with litigation;
new text end

new text begin (6) $400,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $480,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for the
Department of Education's mainframe update;
new text end

new text begin (7) $171,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $174,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are to fund
a Second Chance Agency director;
new text end

new text begin (8) $406,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $288,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for a
maltreatment investigations program;
new text end

new text begin (9) $822,000 each year is for the IT program and data integration;
new text end

new text begin (10) $140,000 each year is for the turnaround arts program;
new text end

new text begin (11) $222,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $226,000 in fiscal year 2021 and later are for data
analytics; and
new text end

new text begin (12) $140,000 each year is to conduct stakeholder engagement and draft a plan to increase
the number of national board certified teachers in Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin (b) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for Minnesota's
Washington, D.C. office.
new text end

new text begin (c) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget document
and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as indicated.
new text end

new text begin (d) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and
support subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing
information technology costs will be incorporated into the service level agreement and will
be paid to the Office of MN.IT Services by the Department of Education under the rates
and mechanism specified in that agreement.
new text end

new text begin (e) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (f) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21,
section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (a), the base for fiscal year 2022 is
$28,402,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $28,422,000.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.
new text end

new text begin (a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the
Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and the Blind for the fiscal years designated:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 14,966,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 14,872,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $650,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $505,000 in fiscal
year 2021 are for information technology improvements.
new text end

new text begin (d) To account for the base adjustments provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21,
section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph (b), the base for fiscal year 2022 is
$14,879,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $14,886,000.
new text end

Sec. 9. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The sums in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Perpich Center
for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 8,172,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 7,663,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (c) Of the amounts in paragraph (a), $960,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $380,000 in fiscal
year 2021 are for information technology improvements. $340,000 is included in the base
for fiscal year 2022, and $285,000 is included in the base for fiscal year 2023 for this purpose.
new text end

new text begin (d) To account for onetime technology initiatives and for the base adjustments provided
in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 1, paragraph (a), and section 3, paragraph
(c), the base for fiscal year 2022 is $7,628,000. The base for fiscal year 2023 is $7,579,000.
new text end

Sec. 10. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
new text end

new text begin (a) The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the administrator licensure
account in the special revenue fund to the Board of School Administrators:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 357,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 347,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) For fiscal year 2020 only, if the amount in the administrator licensure account is
insufficient, the remainder of the appropriation must be made from the general fund.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2022 is $347,000.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 11. new text beginAWARENESS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.
new text end

new text begin $12,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of School
Administrators for a public awareness campaign directed toward school employees to raise
awareness of the sexual exploitation of youth and the maltreatment of minors. The awareness
campaign must emphasize the duties of mandatory reporters.
new text end

Sec. 12. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND
STANDARDS BOARD.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. new text end

new text begin (a) The sums
indicated in this section are appropriated from the educator licensure account in the special
revenue fund to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal
years designated:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,744,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 2,719,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin (b) This appropriation includes funds for information technology project services and
support subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0466. Any ongoing information
technology costs will be incorporated into an interagency agreement and will be paid to the
Office of MN.IT Services by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
under the mechanism specified in that agreement.
new text end

new text begin (c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
new text end

new text begin (d) If the amount in the educator licensure account is insufficient, the remainder of the
appropriation must be made from the general fund.
new text end

new text begin (e) The base for fiscal year 2022 and later is $2,719,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Licensure by portfolio. new text end

new text begin For licensure by portfolio:
new text end

new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 34,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2020
new text end
new text begin $
new text end
new text begin 34,000
new text end
new text begin .....
new text end
new text begin 2021
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 13. new text beginREVISOR INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "School Climate Technical Assistance
Center" for "School Safety Technical Assistance Center" wherever the term appears in
Minnesota Statutes.
new text end

new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall substitute the term "School Climate Technical Assistance
Council" for "School Safety Technical Assistance Council" wherever the term appears in
Minnesota Statutes.
new text end

Sec. 14. new text beginREPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 127A.051, subdivision 7, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

ARTICLE 11

FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

A. GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision
2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

General education aid.

For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

$
7,032,051,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 7,227,809,000
deleted text end new text begin 7,253,606,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $686,828,000 for 2017 and $6,345,223,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $705,024,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$6,522,785,000deleted text endnew text begin
$6,548,582,000
new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Enrollment options transportation.

For transportation of pupils attending
postsecondary institutions under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, or for transportation
of pupils attending nonresident districts under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03:

$
29,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 31,000
deleted text end new text begin 22,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Abatement aid.

For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.49:

$
2,374,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 2,163,000
deleted text end new text begin 2,939,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $262,000 for 2017 and $2,112,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes deleted text begin$234,000deleted text endnew text begin $468,000new text end for 2018 and deleted text begin$1,929,000deleted text endnew text begin $2,471,000new text end
for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 5, is
amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Consolidation transition aid.

For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:

$
185,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 382,000
deleted text end new text begin 20,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $185,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $20,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$362,000deleted text endnew text begin $0new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6, is
amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Nonpublic pupil education aid.

For nonpublic pupil education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 123B.40 to 123B.43 and 123B.87:

$
18,197,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 19,225,000
deleted text end new text begin 18,093,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $1,687,000 for 2017 and $16,510,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $1,834,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$17,391,000deleted text endnew text begin $16,259,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 7, is
amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Nonpublic pupil transportation.

For nonpublic pupil transportation aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.92, subdivision 9:

$
18,372,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 18,541,000
deleted text end new text begin 19,492,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $1,835,000 for 2017 and $16,537,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $1,837,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$16,704,000deleted text endnew text begin $17,655,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivision 9, is
amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Career and technical aid.

For career and technical aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1b:

$
4,561,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 4,125,000
deleted text end new text begin 4,260,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $476,000 for 2017 and $4,085,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $453,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$3,672,000deleted text endnew text begin $3,807,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Sec. 8.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Achievement and integration aid.

For achievement and integration aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

$
71,249,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 73,267,000
deleted text end new text begin 70,980,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $6,725,000 for 2017 and $64,524,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $7,169,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$66,098,000deleted text endnew text begin $63,811,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 9.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Literacy incentive aid.

For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.98:

$
47,264,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 47,763,000
deleted text end new text begin 45,987,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $4,597,000 for 2017 and $42,667,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $4,740,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$43,023,000deleted text endnew text begin $41,247,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.

For
interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.87:

$
13,337,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 14,075,000
deleted text end new text begin 13,193,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 11.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Tribal contract schools.

For tribal contract school aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.83:

$
3,623,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 4,018,000
deleted text end new text begin 3,059,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $323,000 for 2017 and $3,300,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $366,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$3,652,000deleted text endnew text begin $2,693,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 12.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

American Indian education aid.

For American Indian education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81, subdivision 2a:

$
9,244,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 9,464,000
deleted text end new text begin 9,573,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $886,000 for 2017 and $8,358,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $928,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$8,536,000deleted text endnew text begin $8,645,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 13.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 21,
is amended to read:


Subd. 21.

Charter school building lease aid.

For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124E.22:

$
73,341,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 78,802,000
deleted text end new text begin 79,646,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $6,850,000 for 2017 and $66,491,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes deleted text begin$7,387,000deleted text endnew text begin $7,448,000new text end for 2018 and deleted text begin$71,415,000deleted text endnew text begin
$72,198,000
new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 57, subdivision 26,
is amended to read:


Subd. 26.

Alternative teacher compensation aid.

For alternative teacher compensation
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

$
89,863,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 89,623,000
deleted text end new text begin 89,783,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $8,917,000 for 2017 and $80,946,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes deleted text begin$8,994,000deleted text endnew text begin $9,015,000new text end for 2018 and deleted text begin$80,629,000deleted text endnew text begin
$80,768,000
new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

C. SPECIAL EDUCATION

Sec. 15.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 2,
as amended by Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 7, section 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Special education; regular.

For special education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 125A.75:

$
1,341,161,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 1,426,827,000 deleted text end new text begin
1,513,013,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $156,403,000 for 2017 and $1,184,758,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes deleted text begin$166,667,000deleted text endnew text begin $204,145,000new text end for 2018 and
deleted text begin $1,260,160,000deleted text endnew text begin $1,308,868,000new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 16.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Aid for children with disabilities.

For aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
125A.75, subdivision 3, for children with disabilities placed in residential facilities within
the district boundaries for whom no district of residence can be determined:

$
1,597,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 1,830,000
deleted text end new text begin 1,217,000
new text end
.....
2019

If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other year is
available.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 17.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Travel for home-based services.

For aid for teacher travel for home-based
services under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.75, subdivision 1:

$
508,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 532,000
deleted text end new text begin 417,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2017 and $460,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $51,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$481,000deleted text endnew text begin $366,000new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 18.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 12, subdivision 5,
is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Court-placed special education revenue.

For reimbursing serving school
districts for unreimbursed eligible expenditures attributable to children placed in the serving
school district by court action under Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.79, subdivision 4:

$
46,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 47,000
deleted text end new text begin 30,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

D. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Sec. 19.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 14, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Debt service equalization aid.

For debt service equalization aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.53, subdivision 6:

$
24,908,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 22,360,000
deleted text end new text begin 23,137,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $2,324,000 for 2017 and $22,584,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $2,509,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$19,851,000deleted text endnew text begin $20,628,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 20.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 14, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Long-term facilities maintenance equalized aid.

For long-term facilities
maintenance equalized aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.595, subdivision 9:

$
80,179,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 103,460,000
deleted text end new text begin 102,823,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $5,815,000 for 2017 and $74,364,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes deleted text begin$8,262,000deleted text endnew text begin $8,645,000new text end for 2018 and deleted text begin$95,198,000deleted text endnew text begin
$94,178,000
new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

E. NUTRITION

Sec. 21.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

School lunch.

For school lunch aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.111,
and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

$
16,721,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 17,223,000
deleted text end new text begin 15,990,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 22.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

School breakfast.

For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.1158:

$
10,601,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 11,359,000
deleted text end new text begin 10,660,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 23.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 6, section 3, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Kindergarten milk.

For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.118:

$
758,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 758,000
deleted text end new text begin 691,000
new text end
.....
2019

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

F. EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY SUPPORT

Sec. 24.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 3,
is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Mixed delivery prekindergarten programs.

(a) For mixed delivery
prekindergarten programs and school readiness plus programs:

$
21,429,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 28,571,000
deleted text end new text begin 2,381,000
new text end
.....
2019

(b) The fiscal year 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $21,429,000 for 2018.

(c) The fiscal year 2019 appropriation includes $2,381,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$26,190,000deleted text endnew text begin
$0
new text end for 2019.

(d) The commissioner must proportionately allocate the amounts appropriated in this
subdivision among each education funding program affected by the enrollment of mixed
delivery system prekindergarten pupils.

(e) The appropriation under this subdivision is reduced by any other amounts specifically
appropriated for those purposes.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 25.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 5a,
is amended to read:


Subd. 5a.

Early childhood family education aid.

For early childhood family education
aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

$
30,405,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 31,977,000
deleted text end new text begin 30,942,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $2,904,000 for 2017 and $27,501,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $3,055,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$28,922,000deleted text endnew text begin $27,887,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 26.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 6,
is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Developmental screening aid.

For developmental screening aid under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

$
3,606,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 3,629,000
deleted text end new text begin 3,632,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $358,000 for 2017 and $3,248,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $360,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$3,269,000deleted text endnew text begin $3,272,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 27.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 8, section 10, subdivision 12,
is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Home visiting aid.

For home visiting aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.135:

$
527,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 571,000
deleted text end new text begin 553,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $0 for 2017 and $527,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $58,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$513,000deleted text endnew text begin $495,000new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

G. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PREVENTION

Sec. 28.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 9, section 2, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Community education aid.

For community education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.20:

$
483,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 393,000
deleted text end new text begin 410,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $53,000 for 2017 and $430,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $47,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$346,000deleted text endnew text begin $363,000new text end for 2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

H. SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Sec. 29.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 10, section 6, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Adult basic education aid.

For adult basic education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.531:

$
50,010,000
.....
2018
$
deleted text begin 51,497,000
deleted text end new text begin 48,831,000
new text end
.....
2019

The 2018 appropriation includes $4,881,000 for 2017 and $45,129,000 for 2018.

The 2019 appropriation includes $5,014,000 for 2018 and deleted text begin$46,483,000deleted text endnew text begin $43,817,000new text end for
2019.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 30.

Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 4, is amended to read:


Sec. 4. EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Department of Education.

The sums indicated are appropriated from
the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated. These sums
are in addition to appropriations made for the same purpose in any other law.

Subd. 2.

General education aid.

For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

$
deleted text begin 10,863,000 deleted text end new text begin
0
new text end
.....
2019

The 2019 appropriation includes $0 for 2018 and deleted text begin$10,863,000deleted text end new text begin$0 new text endfor 2019.

APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H2400-2

120B.299 DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.

Subd. 2.

Growth.

"Growth" compares the difference in a student's achievement score at two or more distinct points in time.

Subd. 3.

Value added.

"Value added" is the amount of achievement a student demonstrates above an established baseline. The difference between the student's score and the baseline defines value added.

Subd. 4.

Value-added growth.

"Value-added growth" is based on a student's growth score. In a value-added growth system, the student's first test is the baseline, and the difference between the student's first and next test scores within a defined period is the measure of value added. Value-added growth models use student-level data to measure what portion of a student's growth can be explained by inputs related to the educational environment.

Subd. 5.

Adequate yearly progress.

A school or district makes "adequate yearly progress" if, for every student subgroup under the federal 2001 No Child Left Behind Act in the school or district, its proficiency index or other approved adjustments for performance, based on statewide assessment scores, meets or exceeds federal expectations. To make adequate yearly progress, the school or district also must satisfy applicable federal requirements related to student attendance, graduation, and test participation rates.

Subd. 6.

State growth target.

(a) "State growth target" is the average year-two assessment scores for students with similar year-one assessment scores.

(b) The state growth targets for each grade and subject are benchmarked as follows until the assessment scale changes:

(1) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grades 3 through 8 is benchmarked to 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school year data;

(2) beginning in the 2008-2009 school year the state growth target for grade 10 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data;

(3) for the 2008-2009 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 school year data; and

(4) beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, the state growth target for grade 11 is benchmarked to 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school year data.

(c) Each time before the assessment scale changes, a stakeholder group that includes assessment and evaluation directors and staff and researchers must recommend a new state growth target that the commissioner must consider when revising standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 4.

Subd. 7.

Low growth.

"Low growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation below the state growth target.

Subd. 8.

Medium growth.

"Medium growth" is an assessment score within one-half standard deviation above or below the state growth target.

Subd. 9.

High growth.

"High growth" is an assessment score one-half standard deviation or more above the state growth target.

Subd. 10.

Proficiency.

"Proficiency" for purposes of reporting growth on school performance report cards under section 120B.36, subdivision 1, means those students who, in the previous school year, scored at or above "meets standards" on the statewide assessments under section 120B.30. Each year, school performance report cards must separately display: (1) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and achieved proficiency in the previous school year; and (2) the numbers and percentages of students who achieved low growth, medium growth, and high growth and did not achieve proficiency in the previous school year.

Subd. 11.

Growth and progress toward proficiency.

The categories of low growth, medium growth, and high growth shall be used to indicate both (1) growth and (2) progress toward grade-level proficiency that is consistent with subdivision 10.

122A.09 DUTIES.

Subdivision 1.

Code of ethics.

The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must develop by rule a code of ethics covering standards of professional teaching practices, including areas of ethical conduct and professional performance and methods of enforcement.

122A.182 TIER 2 LICENSE.

Subd. 2.

Coursework.

(a) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must meet the coursework requirement by demonstrating completion of two of the following:

(1) at least eight upper division or graduate-level credits in the relevant content area;

(2) field-specific methods of training, including coursework;

(3) at least two years of teaching experience in a similar content area in any state, as determined by the board;

(4) a passing score on the pedagogy and content exams under section 122A.185; or

(5) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program.

(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "upper division" means classes normally taken at the junior or senior level of college which require substantial knowledge and skill in the field. Candidates must identify the upper division credits that fulfill the requirement in paragraph (a), clause (1).

122A.63 GRANTS TO PREPARE INDIAN TEACHERS.

Subd. 7.

Loan forgiveness.

The loan may be forgiven if the recipient is employed as a teacher, as defined in section 122A.40 or 122A.41, in an eligible school or program in Minnesota. One-fourth of the principal of the outstanding loan amount shall be forgiven for each year of eligible employment, or a pro rata amount for eligible employment during part of a school year, part-time employment as a substitute teacher, or other eligible part-time teaching. Loans for $2,500 or less may be forgiven at the rate of up to $1,250 per year. The following schools and programs are eligible for the purposes of loan forgiveness:

(1) a school or program operated by a school district;

(2) a tribal contract school eligible to receive aid according to section 124D.83;

(3) a Head Start program;

(4) an early childhood family education program;

(5) a program providing educational services to children who have not entered kindergarten; or

(6) a program providing educational enrichment services to American Indian students in grades kindergarten through 12.

If a person has an outstanding loan obtained through this program, the duty to make payments of principal and interest may be deferred during any time period the person is enrolled at least one-half time in an advanced degree program in a field that leads to employment by a school district. To defer loan obligations, the person shall provide written notification to the commissioner of education and the recipients of the joint grant that originally authorized the loan. Upon approval by the commissioner and the joint grant recipients, payments shall be deferred.

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education shall approve the loan forgiveness program, loan deferral, and procedures to administer the program.

Subd. 8.

Revolving fund.

The Indian teacher preparation loan repayment revolving account is established in the state treasury. Any amounts repaid or contributed by a teacher who received a scholarship or loan under this program shall be deposited in the account. All money in the account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of education and shall be used to enable Indian students to participate in the program.

126C.17 REFERENDUM REVENUE.

Subd. 9a.

Board-approved referendum allowance.

Notwithstanding subdivision 9, a school district may convert up to $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority from voter approved to board approved by a board vote. A district with less than $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority after the local optional revenue subtraction under subdivision 1 may authorize new referendum authority up to the difference between $300 per adjusted pupil unit and the district's referendum authority. The board may authorize this levy for up to five years and may subsequently reauthorize that authority in increments of up to five years.

127A.051 SCHOOL SAFETY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COUNCIL.

Subd. 7.

Expiration.

The council expires on June 30, 2019.

127A.14 COMMISSIONER PURCHASE OF ANNUITY FOR EMPLOYEES.

Subdivision 1.

Purchase of annuity contract; allocation of portion of employee compensation.

At the request of an employee, the commissioner of education may negotiate and purchase an individual annuity contract from a company licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota for an employee for retirement or other purposes and may allocate a portion of the compensation otherwise payable to the employee as salary for the purpose of paying the entire premium due or to become due under such contract. The allocation shall be made in a manner which will qualify the annuity premiums, or a portion thereof, for the benefit afforded under section 403(b) of the current federal Internal Revenue Code or any equivalent provision of subsequent federal income tax law. The employee shall own such contract and the employee's rights thereunder shall be nonforfeitable except for failure to pay premiums.

Subd. 2.

Annuity account; appropriation.

All amounts so allocated shall be deposited in an annuity account which is hereby established in the state treasury. There is annually appropriated from the annuity account in the state treasury to the commissioner of education all moneys deposited therein for the payment of annuity premiums when due or for other application in accordance with the salary agreement entered into between the employee and the commissioner of education. The moneys in the annuity account in the state treasury are not subject to the budget, allotment, and incumbrance system provided for in chapter 16A and any act amendatory thereof.

136D.93 OTHER MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS.

In addition to the districts listed in sections 136D.21, 136D.71, and 136D.81, the agreement of an intermediate school district established under this chapter may provide for the membership of other school districts and cities, counties, and other governmental units as defined in section 471.59. In addition to the powers listed in sections 136D.25, 136D.73, and 136D.84, an intermediate school board may provide the services defined in section 123A.21, subdivisions 7 and 8.

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: H2400-2

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 5, article 11, section 6

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Licensure via portfolio.

(a) An eligible candidate may use licensure via portfolio to obtain a professional five-year teaching license or to add a licensure field, consistent with applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.

(b) A candidate for a professional five-year teaching license must submit to the Educator Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating pedagogical competence and one portfolio demonstrating content competence.

(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the Educator Licensing Division at the department one portfolio demonstrating content competence.

(d) The Board of Teaching must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under paragraph (b) or (c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether or not the portfolio was approved. If the portfolio was not approved, the board must immediately inform the candidate how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite competence. The candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the Educator Licensing Division at the department must approve or disapprove the portfolio within 60 calendar days of receiving it.

(e) A candidate must pay to the executive secretary of the Board of Teaching a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted for review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The deleted text beginrevenue generated fromdeleted text endnew text begin Board of Teaching executive secretary must depositnew text end the fee deleted text beginmust be depositeddeleted text end in deleted text beginan educationdeleted text endnew text begin the educatornew text end licensure deleted text beginportfoliodeleted text end account in the special revenue fund. The fees set by the Board of Teaching are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. The Board of Teaching may waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019. new text end

Repealed Minnesota Rule: H2400-2

8710.2100 CODE OF ETHICS FOR MINNESOTA TEACHERS.

Subpart 1.

Scope.

Each teacher, upon entering the teaching profession, assumes a number of obligations, one of which is to adhere to a set of principles which defines professional conduct. These principles are reflected in the following code of ethics, which sets forth to the education profession and the public it serves standards of professional conduct and procedures for implementation.

This code shall apply to all persons licensed according to rules established by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.

Subp. 2.

Standards of professional conduct.

The standards of professional conduct are as follows:

A.

A teacher shall provide professional education services in a nondiscriminatory manner.

B.

A teacher shall make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to health and safety.

C.

In accordance with state and federal laws, a teacher shall disclose confidential information about individuals only when a compelling professional purpose is served or when required by law.

D.

A teacher shall take reasonable disciplinary action in exercising the authority to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning.

E.

A teacher shall not use professional relationships with students, parents, and colleagues to private advantage.

F.

A teacher shall delegate authority for teaching responsibilities only to licensed personnel.

G.

A teacher shall not deliberately suppress or distort subject matter.

H.

A teacher shall not knowingly falsify or misrepresent records or facts relating to that teacher's own qualifications or to other teachers' qualifications.

I.

A teacher shall not knowingly make false or malicious statements about students or colleagues.

J.

A teacher shall accept a contract for a teaching position that requires licensing only if properly or provisionally licensed for that position.