HF 2732

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/15/2016 09:35am

A bill for an act
relating to education; directing the Board of Teaching to adopt standards for an
endorsement enabling licensed high school teachers to provide dual enrollment
instruction at a high school; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections
122A.09, by adding a subdivision; 124D.091, subdivisions 2, 3; Laws 2015, First
Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 9.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Endorsement; dual enrollment instruction. new text end

new text begin The Board of Teaching
must issue an endorsement for dual enrollment instruction to a high school teacher
licensed in a content-specific field who successfully completes the faculty qualification
requirements established by the Higher Learning Commission. The licensure endorsement
must allow the teacher to provide dual enrollment instruction in the teacher's licensure
field, consistent with board-adopted standards. The board must adopt standards for this
endorsement in consultation with eligible public postsecondary institutions participating
in course agreements under section 124D.09, subdivision 10. The endorsement means a
change in the teacher's license that allows the teacher to teach postsecondary college in
the schools dual credit courses under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, at a high school
without need for additional preparation or supervision.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
The Board of Teaching must start issuing endorsements by September 1, 2017.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

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 begin Beginning in fiscal year 2011,
deleted text end Districts only are 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.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.091, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Aid new text begin ; tuition reimbursement new text end .

new text begin (a) new text end An eligible district shall receive deleted text begin $150
deleted text end new text begin $300 new text end per pupil enrolled in a concurrent enrollment course. The money must be used
to defray the cost of delivering the course at the high school. The commissioner shall
establish application procedures and deadlines for receipt of aid payments.

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), by mutual agreement of the school board and the
exclusive representative of the teachers, up to 25 percent of the aid under this subdivision
may be reserved to offset tuition paid to an accredited higher education institution for
coursework necessary for secondary teachers to meet a postsecondary institution's
accrediting body's requirements to teach concurrent enrollment courses.
new text end

new text begin (c) A teacher receiving tuition reimbursement under this subdivision must repay the
school district if the teacher does not complete the training. If 50 percent or more of a
teacher's tuition is reimbursed by the school district, the teacher must continue to teach in
the school district for two years after receiving an endorsement under section 122A.09,
subdivision 12. A teacher terminating employment with the district before completing the
two years of teaching must repay the district for the tuition reimbursement.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 9,
is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Concurrent enrollment program.

For concurrent enrollment programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:

	$	deleted text begin $ deleted text end 4,000,000	.....	2016
	$	deleted text begin $4,000,000 deleted text end new text begin 13,000,000 new text end	.....	2017

If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
the aid payment to each district.

Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.