HF 2624

1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/22/2009 12:38pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing an advisory task force on improving teacher
quality and identifying institutional structures and strategies for effectively
integrating secondary and postsecondary academic and career education.

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

Section 1. new text begin ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
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new text begin (a) An advisory task force on improving teacher quality and identifying institutional
structures and strategies for effectively integrating secondary and postsecondary academic
and career education is established to consider and recommend to the education policy and
finance committees of the legislature proposals on how to:
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new text begin (1) foster classroom teachers' interest and ability to acquire a master's degree in the
teachers' substantive fields of licensure; and
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new text begin (2) meet all elementary and secondary students' needs for adequate education
planning and preparation and improve all students' ability to acquire the knowledge and
skills needed for postsecondary academic and career education.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner of education, or the commissioner's designee, shall appoint
an advisory task force that is composed of a representative from each of the following
entities: Education Minnesota, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department
of Education, the Minnesota Board of Teaching, the Minnesota Private College Council,
the Minnesota Higher Education Services Organization, the Minnesota Career College
Association, the Minnesota PTA, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the Minnesota
Business Partnership, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development, the Minnesota Association of Career and Technical Administrators, the
Minnesota Association of Career and Technical Educators, and other representatives of
other entities recommended by task force members. Task force members' terms and other
task force matters are subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. The commissioner
of education may reimburse task force members from the system's current operating
budget but may not compensate task force members for task force activities. By February
15, 2009, the task force must submit written recommendations to the education policy
and finance committees of the legislature on improving teacher quality and identifying
the institutional structures and strategies for effectively integrating secondary and
postsecondary academic and career education, consistent with this section.
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new text begin (c) Upon request, the commissioner of education must provide the task force with
technical, fiscal, and other support services.
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new text begin (d) The advisory task force expires February 16, 2009.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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