Minnesota Legislature
HF 2890
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/22/2016 08:07am
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A bill for an act
relating to education; expanding opportunities for innovation in education;
amending Laws 2012, chapter 263, section 1, as amended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2012, chapter 263, section 1, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 312,
article 15, section 24, is amended to read:
Section 1. INNOVATIVE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION SERVICES AND
SHARING OF new text begin SCHOOL OR new text end DISTRICT RESOURCES; PILOT PROJECT.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment; requirements for participation.
(a) A pilot project
is established to improve student deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin , career and college readiness, and new text end school outcomes
by allowing deleted text begin groups ofdeleted text end new text begin one or more new text end school districts new text begin or charter schools new text end to work together new text begin or
with postsecondary institutions or employers new text end tonew text begin :
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new text begin (1)new text end provide innovative education programs and activities new text begin that are consistent with
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.52, subdivision 9, governing the standard adult high
school diploma, or with Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.085, governing experiential and
applied learning opportunities;
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new text begin (2) conduct research with rigorous methodology on these innovative education
programs and activities that may include career and college readiness assessments and
interim assessments that comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act; new text end and
new text begin (3)new text end share district new text begin or school and other new text end resourcesnew text begin , with the goal of improving students'
career and college readiness as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30,
subdivision 1, paragraph (p), and consistent with the requirements of the world's best
workforce under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11new text end .
The pilot project may last until June 30, deleted text begin 2018deleted text end new text begin 2021new text end , or for up to five years, whichever is deleted text begin less
deleted text end new text begin earliernew text end , except that innovation partnerships formed during the period of the pilot project
may continue past June 30, deleted text begin 2018deleted text end new text begin 2021new text end , with the agreement of the partnership members.
(b) To participate in this pilot project to improve student deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end schoolnew text begin , and career and
college readiness new text end outcomes, a group of two or more school districtsnew text begin or charter schools, one
or more school districts and charter schools, one or more school districts or charter schools
and postsecondary institutions, or one or more school districts or charter schools and
employersnew text end must collaborate with school staff deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin , postsecondary faculty, or employees,
as appropriate, to form a partnership, prepare a plan, and complete an application to
participate in a pilot project. A school district partner mustnew text end receive formal school board
approval to form a partnershipnew text begin and a charter school partner must receive formal approval
from its board of directors to form a partnershipnew text end . The partnership must deleted text begin develop adeleted text end plan to
provide challenging programmatic options for students, create professional development
opportunities for educators, increase student engagement and connection and challenging
learning opportunities for students, or demonstrate efficiencies in delivering financial and
other services.new text begin The plan evaluations must provide for a rigorous evaluation such as return
on investment, program effectiveness, or beat-the-odds analysis and may offer career and
college readiness assessments or other interim assessments.new text end
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(c) An interested partnership may structure its application and plan to:
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(1) reduce duplicative assessments that educators and psychometricians identify as
less useful for informing instruction or identifying and diagnosing areas where students
require targeted interventions under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1,
paragraphs (c), clause (2), and (d);
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(2) establish expectations for career and college readiness under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraphs (d) and (g);
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(3) use fully adaptive, on and off-grade assessments under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.30, subdivision 1;
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(4) provide students with predictive information to enable them to successfully
explore and realize their educational, career, and college interests, aptitudes, and
aspirations under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.125;
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(5) use career and college assessments or other interim assessments that are highly
correlated with the Minnesota comprehensive assessments in reading and math;
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(6) notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.024, allow a student to use a
course in applied mathematics or STEM as an equivalent to algebra II; and
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(7) include student assessment data under this section in the district's annual world's
best workforce report, consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11, subdivisions 5
and 9, paragraph (a).
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new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, or any other law to
the contrary, a participating school district or charter school may use alternative
assessments under this paragraph in place of the Minnesota comprehensive assessments.
Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, a participating school district or charter school
may take attendance only once per school day so long as the district or charter school
ensures that students in attendance are not otherwise identified as truant. new text end The plan must
deleted text begin establishdeleted text end new text begin includenew text end :
(1) collaborative educational goals and objectives;
(2) strategies and processes to implement those goals and objectives, including a
budget process with periodic expenditure reviews;
(3) valid and reliable measures to evaluate progress in realizing the goals and
objectives;
(4) an implementation timeline; and
(5) other applicable conditions, regulations, responsibilities, duties, provisions, fee
schedules, and legal considerations needed to fully implement the plan.
A partnership may invite additional deleted text begin districtsdeleted text end new text begin eligible partnersnew text end to join the partnership
during the pilot project term deleted text begin after notifyingdeleted text end new text begin and must notifynew text end the commissionernew text begin when
additional partners join the partnershipnew text end .
deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end Anew text begin school district member or a charter school member of an interested
new text end partnership deleted text begin of interested districtsdeleted text end must deleted text begin apply by February 1 of any yeardeleted text end new text begin submit an
applicationnew text end to the education commissioner in the form and manner the commissioner
determines, consistent with new text begin the requirements of new text end this section. The application must contain
the formal approval adopted by the school board in each district new text begin or by the charter school
board of directors new text end to participate in the plan.
deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, a participating school district
under this section continues to: receive revenue and maintain its taxation authority; be
organized and governed by an elected school board with general powers under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123B.02; and be subject to employment agreements under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 122A, and Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.20; and district employees
continue to remain employees of the employing school district.
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(f) Participating school district and charter schools must submit a biennial evaluation
by February 1 in each odd-numbered year to the education committees of the legislature
and the education commissioner that includes longitudinal data under Minnesota Statutes,
section 127A.70, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), governing SLEDS, and is premised on
return on investment, program effectiveness, or beat-the-odds analysis in the context
of students' career and college readiness.
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Subd. 2.
Commissioner's role.
Interested deleted text begin groups of school districtsdeleted text end new text begin partnerships
new text end must submit a completed application to the commissioner by March 1 of any year in the
form and manner determined by the commissionernew text begin , consistent with the requirements of
this section. For 2016 only, the school district member or charter school member must
submit an application by July 1new text end . The education commissioner must convene an advisory
panel composed of a teacher appointed by Education Minnesota, a school principal
appointed by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals, a school
board member appointed by the Minnesota School Boards Association, new text begin a researcher
appointed by the Office of Higher Education, a researcher appointed by the University of
Minnesota Educational Psychology Department, new text end and a school superintendent appointed
by the Minnesota Association of School Administrators to advise the commissioner on
applicants' qualifications to participate in this pilot project. The commissioner deleted text begin may
selectdeleted text end new text begin , for the period encompassing the 2016-2017 through 2020-2021 school years,
must authorizenew text end up to deleted text begin sixdeleted text end new text begin eight new text end qualified applicants deleted text begin under subdivision 1 by April 1 of
any yeardeleted text end to participate in this pilot project, deleted text begin ensuringdeleted text end new text begin seekingnew text end an equitable geographical
distribution of project participants to the extent practicable. The commissioner must deleted text begin select
deleted text end new text begin authorizenew text end only those applicants that fully comply with the requirements in subdivision 1.
The commissioner must terminate a project participant that fails to effectively implement
the goals and objectives contained in its application and according to its stated timeline.
Subd. 3.
Pilot project evaluation.
Participating school districts new text begin and charter
schools new text end must submit pilot project data to the new text begin education new text end commissioner deleted text begin in the form and
manner determined by the commissionerdeleted text end new text begin and the legislature, consistent with this sectionnew text end .
new text begin Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 13.05, on the duties of state agencies regarding
the use and dissemination of data on individuals, new text end the education commissioner must analyze
new text begin the data on new text end participating districts' progress new text begin and on participating charter schools' progress
new text end in realizing their educational goals and objectives to deleted text begin work together in providingdeleted text end new text begin provide
new text end innovative education programs and activities and deleted text begin sharingdeleted text end new text begin sharenew text end resources new text begin to improve
students' career and college readinessnew text end . The commissioner must include the analysis of
best practices in a report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten
through grade 12 education finance and policy on the efficacy of this pilot project. The
commissioner shall submit an interim project report by deleted text begin February 1, 2016deleted text end new text begin March 30, 2019new text end ,
and must submit a final report to the legislature by February 1, deleted text begin 2019, recommending
whether or not to continue or expand the pilot projectdeleted text end new text begin 2022new text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to those applications submitted to the commissioner after that date. Districts
already approved for an innovation zone pilot project may continue to operate under Laws
2012, chapter 263, section 1, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 24.
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