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HF 844

2nd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/23/2015 11:55am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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4.31 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7
5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21
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5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 6.1 6.2 6.3
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7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27
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7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20
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12.35 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 13.29
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13.32 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 14.33 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 15.21 15.22 15.23 15.24 15.25 15.26 15.27 15.28 15.29 15.30 15.31 15.32
15.33 16.1 16.2
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18.27 18.28
18.29 18.30 18.31 18.32 18.33 18.34 18.35 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15 19.16 19.17 19.18 19.19
19.20 19.21 19.22 19.23 19.24 19.25 19.26 19.27 19.28 19.29 19.30 19.31 19.32 19.33 19.34 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 20.22 20.23 20.24 20.25 20.26 20.27 20.28 20.29 20.30 20.31 20.32 20.33 20.34 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.9 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 21.15 21.16 21.17
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32.33 32.34 32.35
33.1 33.2 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 33.31 33.32 33.33 33.34 33.35 33.36 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7
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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 35.20 35.21 35.22 35.23 35.24 35.25 35.26 35.27 35.28 35.29 35.30 35.31 35.32 35.33 35.34 35.35 35.36 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 36.31 36.32 36.33 36.34 36.35 36.36 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
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38.19 38.20 38.21 38.22 38.23 38.24 38.25 38.26 38.27 38.28 38.29 38.30 38.31 38.32 38.33 38.34 38.35
39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.8
39.9 39.10 39.11 39.12 39.13 39.14 39.15 39.16 39.17 39.18 39.19 39.20 39.21 39.22 39.23 39.24 39.25 39.26 39.27 39.28 39.29 39.30 39.31 39.32 39.33 39.34 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8
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41.28 41.29 41.30 41.31 41.32 41.33 41.34 41.35 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.8 42.9 42.10 42.11 42.12 42.13 42.14 42.15 42.16 42.17 42.18 42.19 42.20 42.21 42.22 42.23 42.24 42.25 42.26 42.27 42.28 42.29 42.30 42.31 42.32 42.33 42.34 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.9 43.10 43.11 43.12 43.13 43.14 43.15 43.16 43.17 43.18 43.19 43.20 43.21 43.22 43.23 43.24 43.25 43.26 43.27 43.28 43.29 43.30 43.31 43.32 43.33 43.34 43.35
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55.33 55.34 55.35 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 56.8 56.9 56.10 56.11 56.12 56.13 56.14 56.15 56.16 56.17 56.18 56.19 56.20 56.21 56.22 56.23 56.24 56.25 56.26 56.27 56.28 56.29 56.30 56.31 56.32 56.33 56.34 56.35 56.36 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.5 57.6 57.7 57.8 57.9
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61.7 61.8
61.9 61.10 61.11 61.12 61.13 61.14 61.15 61.16 61.17 61.18 61.19 61.20 61.21 61.22 61.23
61.24 61.25
61.26 61.27 61.28 61.29 61.30 61.31 61.32 62.1 62.2 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.6
62.7 62.8 62.9 62.10 62.11 62.12 62.13 62.14 62.15 62.16 62.17 62.18 62.19 62.20 62.21 62.22
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62.24 62.25 62.26 62.27 62.28 62.29 62.30 62.31 62.32 62.33 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.4 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.9 63.10 63.11 63.12 63.13 63.14 63.15 63.16 63.17 63.18 63.19 63.20 63.21 63.22 63.23 63.24 63.25 63.26 63.27 63.28 63.29 63.30 63.31 63.32 63.33 63.34 63.35 63.36 64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 64.10 64.11 64.12 64.13 64.14 64.15 64.16 64.17 64.18 64.19 64.20 64.21 64.22 64.23 64.24 64.25 64.26 64.27 64.28 64.29 64.30 64.31 64.32 64.33 64.34 64.35 64.36 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.8 65.9 65.10 65.11 65.12 65.13 65.14 65.15 65.16 65.17 65.18 65.19 65.20 65.21 65.22 65.23 65.24 65.25 65.26 65.27 65.28 65.29 65.30 65.31 65.32
65.33 65.34 65.35 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 66.32 66.33 66.34 66.35 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 67.23 67.24 67.25
67.26 67.27 67.28 67.29 67.30 67.31 67.32 67.33 68.1 68.2 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.6 68.7 68.8 68.9 68.10 68.11 68.12 68.13 68.14 68.15 68.16 68.17
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69.25 69.26
69.27 69.28 69.29 69.30 69.31 69.32 69.33
69.34 70.1 70.2 70.3 70.4 70.5
70.6 70.7 70.8 70.9 70.10 70.11
70.12 70.13 70.14 70.15 70.16 70.17 70.18 70.19 70.20 70.21 70.22 70.23 70.24 70.25 70.26 70.27 70.28 70.29 70.30 70.31 70.32 70.33 70.34 71.1 71.2 71.3
71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 71.11 71.12 71.13
71.14 71.15 71.16 71.17 71.18 71.19 71.20 71.21 71.22 71.23 71.24
71.25 71.26 71.27 71.28 71.29 71.30 71.31 71.32 71.33 72.1 72.2 72.3 72.4 72.5 72.6 72.7
72.8 72.9 72.10 72.11 72.12 72.13 72.14
72.15 72.16 72.17 72.18 72.19 72.20 72.21 72.22
72.23 72.24 72.25 72.26 72.27 72.28 72.29 72.30 72.31 72.32 72.33 73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4
73.5 73.6 73.7 73.8 73.9 73.10 73.11 73.12 73.13 73.14 73.15 73.16 73.17 73.18 73.19 73.20 73.21 73.22 73.23 73.24 73.25 73.26 73.27 73.28 73.29 73.30 73.31 73.32 73.33 73.34 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.4 74.5 74.6 74.7 74.8 74.9 74.10 74.11 74.12 74.13 74.14 74.15
74.16 74.17 74.18 74.19 74.20 74.21 74.22 74.23 74.24 74.25 74.26 74.27
74.28 74.29 74.30 74.31 74.32 74.33 74.34
75.1 75.2 75.3 75.4 75.5 75.6 75.7 75.8 75.9 75.10 75.11 75.12 75.13 75.14 75.15 75.16 75.17 75.18 75.19 75.20 75.21 75.22 75.23 75.24 75.25 75.26 75.27 75.28 75.29 75.30 75.31 75.32 75.33 75.34 75.35
76.1 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.5 76.6 76.7 76.8 76.9 76.10 76.11 76.12 76.13 76.14 76.15 76.16 76.17 76.18 76.19 76.20 76.21 76.22 76.23 76.24 76.25 76.26 76.27 76.28 76.29 76.30 76.31 76.32 76.33 76.34 76.35 76.36 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 77.30 77.31 77.32 77.33 77.34 77.35 77.36 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.8 78.9 78.10 78.11 78.12 78.13 78.14 78.15 78.16 78.17 78.18 78.19 78.20 78.21 78.22 78.23 78.24 78.25 78.26 78.27 78.28 78.29 78.30 78.31 78.32 78.33 78.34 78.35 78.36 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.9 79.10 79.11 79.12 79.13 79.14 79.15 79.16 79.17 79.18 79.19 79.20 79.21 79.22 79.23
79.24 79.25
79.26 79.27 79.28 79.29 79.30 79.31 79.32 79.33 79.34 80.1 80.2 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 80.33 80.34 80.35 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.7 81.8 81.9 81.10 81.11 81.12 81.13 81.14 81.15 81.16 81.17 81.18 81.19 81.20 81.21 81.22 81.23 81.24 81.25 81.26 81.27
81.28 81.29
81.30 81.31 81.32 81.33 81.34 81.35 82.1 82.2 82.3 82.4
82.5
82.6 82.7 82.8 82.9 82.10 82.11 82.12
82.13
82.14 82.15 82.16 82.17 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
82.31 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 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 84.33 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 85.30 85.31 85.32 85.33 85.34 85.35 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 86.32 86.33 86.34 87.1 87.2 87.3 87.4 87.5 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 87.33 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 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 89.34 89.35 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 92.32 92.33 92.34 92.35
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 93.31 93.32 93.33 93.34 93.35 93.36 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 94.31 94.32 94.33 94.34 94.35 94.36 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 95.31 95.32 95.33 95.34 95.35 95.36 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 96.30 96.31 96.32 96.33 96.34 96.35 96.36 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 97.33 97.34 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 98.34 98.35 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 99.32 99.33 99.34 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.5 100.6 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.10 100.11 100.12 100.13 100.14 100.15 100.16 100.17 100.18 100.19 100.20
100.21 100.22
100.23 100.24 100.25 100.26 100.27 100.28 100.29 100.30 100.31 100.32 100.33 101.1 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.5 101.6
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
101.21 101.22 101.23 101.24 101.25 101.26 101.27 101.28 101.29 101.30 101.31 101.32 102.1 102.2 102.3 102.4 102.5 102.6 102.7 102.8 102.9 102.10 102.11
102.12 102.13 102.14 102.15 102.16 102.17 102.18 102.19 102.20 102.21 102.22 102.23 102.24 102.25 102.26 102.27 102.28 102.29 102.30 102.31 102.32 102.33 102.34 102.35 103.1 103.2 103.3 103.4 103.5 103.6 103.7 103.8 103.9 103.10 103.11 103.12 103.13 103.14 103.15 103.16 103.17 103.18 103.19 103.20 103.21 103.22 103.23 103.24 103.25 103.26 103.27 103.28 103.29 103.30 103.31 103.32 103.33 103.34 103.35 103.36 104.1 104.2 104.3 104.4 104.5 104.6 104.7 104.8 104.9 104.10 104.11 104.12 104.13 104.14 104.15 104.16 104.17 104.18 104.19 104.20 104.21 104.22 104.23 104.24 104.25 104.26 104.27 104.28 104.29 104.30 104.31 104.32 104.33 104.34 104.35 104.36 105.1 105.2 105.3 105.4 105.5 105.6 105.7 105.8 105.9 105.10 105.11 105.12 105.13 105.14 105.15 105.16 105.17 105.18 105.19 105.20 105.21 105.22 105.23 105.24 105.25 105.26 105.27
105.28 105.29 105.30 105.31 105.32 105.33 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 106.5 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.9 106.10 106.11 106.12 106.13 106.14 106.15 106.16 106.17 106.18 106.19 106.20 106.21 106.22 106.23 106.24 106.25 106.26 106.27 106.28 106.29 106.30 106.31 106.32 106.33 106.34 106.35 107.1 107.2 107.3 107.4 107.5 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 107.10 107.11 107.12 107.13 107.14 107.15 107.16 107.17 107.18 107.19 107.20 107.21 107.22 107.23 107.24 107.25 107.26 107.27 107.28 107.29 107.30 107.31 107.32 107.33 107.34 107.35 107.36 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.4 108.5 108.6 108.7 108.8 108.9 108.10 108.11 108.12 108.13 108.14 108.15 108.16 108.17 108.18 108.19 108.20 108.21 108.22 108.23 108.24 108.25 108.26 108.27 108.28 108.29 108.30 108.31 108.32 108.33 108.34 108.35 108.36 109.1 109.2 109.3 109.4 109.5 109.6 109.7 109.8 109.9 109.10 109.11 109.12 109.13 109.14 109.15 109.16 109.17 109.18
109.19 109.20 109.21 109.22 109.23 109.24 109.25 109.26 109.27 109.28 109.29 109.30 109.31 109.32 109.33 109.34 110.1 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 110.6 110.7 110.8 110.9 110.10 110.11 110.12 110.13 110.14 110.15 110.16 110.17 110.18 110.19 110.20 110.21 110.22 110.23 110.24 110.25 110.26 110.27 110.28 110.29 110.30 110.31 110.32 110.33 110.34 110.35 111.1 111.2 111.3 111.4 111.5 111.6 111.7 111.8 111.9 111.10 111.11 111.12 111.13 111.14 111.15 111.16 111.17 111.18 111.19 111.20 111.21 111.22 111.23 111.24 111.25 111.26 111.27 111.28 111.29
111.30 111.31 111.32 111.33 111.34 112.1 112.2 112.3 112.4 112.5 112.6 112.7 112.8 112.9 112.10 112.11 112.12 112.13 112.14 112.15 112.16 112.17 112.18 112.19 112.20 112.21 112.22 112.23 112.24 112.25 112.26 112.27 112.28 112.29 112.30 112.31 112.32
112.33 112.34
112.35 113.1 113.2 113.3 113.4 113.5 113.6
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
113.22 113.23 113.24 113.25 113.26 113.27 113.28 113.29 113.30 113.31 113.32 113.33 113.34 114.1 114.2 114.3 114.4 114.5 114.6 114.7 114.8 114.9 114.10 114.11 114.12 114.13 114.14 114.15 114.16 114.17 114.18
114.19
114.20 114.21 114.22 114.23 114.24 114.25 114.26 114.27 114.28 114.29 114.30 114.31 114.32 114.33 114.34 114.35 115.1 115.2 115.3 115.4 115.5 115.6 115.7 115.8 115.9 115.10 115.11 115.12 115.13 115.14 115.15 115.16 115.17 115.18 115.19 115.20 115.21 115.22 115.23 115.24 115.25 115.26 115.27 115.28 115.29 115.30 115.31 115.32 115.33 115.34 115.35 115.36 116.1 116.2 116.3 116.4 116.5 116.6 116.7 116.8 116.9 116.10 116.11 116.12 116.13 116.14 116.15 116.16
116.17 116.18 116.19 116.20 116.21 116.22 116.23 116.24 116.25 116.26 116.27 116.28 116.29 116.30
116.31 116.32 116.33 116.34 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5 117.6 117.7 117.8 117.9 117.10 117.11 117.12 117.13 117.14 117.15 117.16 117.17 117.18 117.19 117.20 117.21 117.22 117.23 117.24 117.25 117.26 117.27 117.28 117.29 117.30 117.31 117.32 117.33 117.34 118.1 118.2 118.3 118.4 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.8 118.9 118.10 118.11 118.12 118.13 118.14 118.15 118.16 118.17 118.18 118.19 118.20 118.21 118.22 118.23
118.24 118.25 118.26 118.27 118.28 118.29 118.30 118.31 118.32 118.33 118.34 118.35 118.36 119.1 119.2 119.3 119.4 119.5 119.6 119.7 119.8 119.9 119.10 119.11 119.12 119.13 119.14 119.15 119.16 119.17 119.18 119.19 119.20 119.21 119.22 119.23 119.24 119.25 119.26 119.27 119.28 119.29 119.30 119.31 119.32 119.33 119.34 119.35 119.36 119.37 119.38 119.39 119.40 119.41 119.42 119.43 119.44 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.4 120.5 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 120.10 120.11 120.12 120.13 120.14 120.15 120.16 120.17 120.18 120.19 120.20 120.21 120.22 120.23 120.24 120.25 120.26 120.27 120.28 120.29 120.30 120.31 120.32 120.33 120.34 120.35 120.36 120.37 120.38 120.39 120.40 120.41 120.42 120.43 120.44 121.1 121.2 121.3 121.4 121.5 121.6 121.7 121.8 121.9 121.10 121.11 121.12 121.13 121.14 121.15 121.16 121.17 121.18 121.19 121.20 121.21 121.22 121.23 121.24 121.25 121.26
121.27 121.28 121.29 121.30 121.31 121.32 121.33 121.34 121.35
122.1 122.2
122.3 122.4 122.5 122.6 122.7 122.8 122.9 122.10 122.11 122.12 122.13 122.14 122.15 122.16 122.17 122.18 122.19 122.20 122.21 122.22 122.23 122.24 122.25 122.26 122.27 122.28 122.29 122.30 122.31 122.32 122.33 122.34 122.35 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.4 123.5 123.6 123.7 123.8 123.9 123.10 123.11 123.12
123.13 123.14 123.15 123.16 123.17 123.18 123.19 123.20 123.21 123.22 123.23 123.24 123.25 123.26 123.27 123.28 123.29 123.30 123.31 123.32 123.33 123.34 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.7 124.8 124.9 124.10 124.11 124.12 124.13 124.14
124.15 124.16 124.17 124.18 124.19 124.20 124.21 124.22 124.23 124.24 124.25 124.26 124.27 124.28 124.29 124.30 124.31 124.32 124.33 124.34 124.35 125.1 125.2 125.3 125.4 125.5 125.6 125.7 125.8 125.9
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
125.23 125.24 125.25 125.26 125.27 125.28 125.29 125.30 125.31 125.32 125.33 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.5 126.6 126.7 126.8 126.9 126.10 126.11 126.12 126.13 126.14 126.15 126.16 126.17 126.18 126.19 126.20 126.21 126.22 126.23 126.24 126.25 126.26 126.27 126.28 126.29 126.30 126.31 126.32 126.33 126.34 126.35 127.1 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6 127.7
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
128.8 128.9 128.10 128.11 128.12 128.13 128.14 128.15 128.16 128.17 128.18 128.19 128.20 128.21 128.22 128.23 128.24 128.25 128.26 128.27 128.28 128.29 128.30 128.31 128.32 128.33 128.34 128.35 129.1 129.2 129.3 129.4 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 129.10 129.11 129.12 129.13 129.14 129.15 129.16 129.17 129.18 129.19 129.20 129.21 129.22 129.23 129.24 129.25 129.26 129.27 129.28 129.29 129.30 129.31 129.32 129.33 129.34 129.35 129.36 130.1 130.2 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 130.9 130.10 130.11 130.12 130.13 130.14 130.15 130.16 130.17 130.18 130.19 130.20 130.21 130.22 130.23
130.24 130.25 130.26 130.27 130.28 130.29 130.30 130.31 130.32 130.33 130.34 130.35 131.1 131.2 131.3 131.4 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.8 131.9 131.10 131.11 131.12 131.13 131.14 131.15 131.16 131.17 131.18 131.19 131.20 131.21 131.22 131.23 131.24 131.25 131.26 131.27 131.28 131.29 131.30 131.31 131.32 131.33 131.34 131.35 132.1 132.2 132.3 132.4 132.5 132.6 132.7 132.8 132.9 132.10 132.11 132.12 132.13 132.14 132.15 132.16 132.17 132.18 132.19 132.20
132.21 132.22 132.23 132.24 132.25 132.26 132.27 132.28 132.29 132.30 132.31
132.32 132.33 132.34
133.1 133.2 133.3 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 133.10 133.11 133.12 133.13 133.14 133.15 133.16 133.17 133.18 133.19 133.20 133.21 133.22 133.23 133.24 133.25 133.26 133.27 133.28 133.29 133.30 133.31 133.32 133.33 133.34 133.35 133.36 134.1 134.2 134.3 134.4 134.5 134.6 134.7 134.8 134.9 134.10 134.11 134.12 134.13 134.14 134.15 134.16 134.17 134.18 134.19 134.20 134.21 134.22 134.23 134.24 134.25 134.26 134.27 134.28 134.29 134.30 134.31 134.32 134.33 134.34 134.35 134.36 135.1 135.2
135.3 135.4 135.5 135.6 135.7 135.8 135.9 135.10 135.11 135.12 135.13 135.14 135.15 135.16 135.17 135.18 135.19 135.20 135.21 135.22 135.23 135.24 135.25 135.26 135.27 135.28 135.29 135.30 135.31 135.32 135.33 135.34 135.35 136.1 136.2 136.3 136.4 136.5 136.6 136.7 136.8 136.9 136.10 136.11 136.12 136.13 136.14 136.15 136.16 136.17 136.18 136.19 136.20 136.21 136.22 136.23 136.24 136.25 136.26 136.27 136.28 136.29 136.30
136.31
136.32 136.33 137.1 137.2 137.3 137.4 137.5 137.6 137.7 137.8 137.9 137.10 137.11 137.12 137.13 137.14 137.15 137.16 137.17 137.18 137.19 137.20 137.21 137.22 137.23 137.24 137.25 137.26 137.27 137.28 137.29 137.30 137.31 137.32 137.33 137.34 137.35 138.1 138.2 138.3 138.4 138.5 138.6 138.7 138.8 138.9 138.10 138.11 138.12 138.13 138.14 138.15 138.16 138.17 138.18 138.19 138.20 138.21 138.22 138.23 138.24 138.25 138.26 138.27 138.28 138.29 138.30 138.31 138.32 138.33 138.34 138.35 139.1 139.2 139.3 139.4 139.5 139.6 139.7 139.8 139.9 139.10 139.11 139.12 139.13 139.14 139.15 139.16 139.17 139.18 139.19 139.20 139.21 139.22 139.23 139.24 139.25 139.26 139.27 139.28 139.29 139.30 139.31 139.32 139.33
139.34 139.35 140.1 140.2 140.3 140.4 140.5 140.6 140.7 140.8 140.9 140.10 140.11 140.12 140.13 140.14 140.15 140.16 140.17 140.18 140.19 140.20 140.21 140.22 140.23 140.24 140.25 140.26 140.27 140.28 140.29 140.30 140.31 140.32 140.33 140.34 140.35 141.1 141.2 141.3 141.4 141.5 141.6 141.7 141.8 141.9
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
141.23 141.24 141.25 141.26 141.27 141.28 141.29 141.30 141.31 141.32 141.33 142.1 142.2 142.3 142.4 142.5 142.6 142.7 142.8 142.9
142.10 142.11 142.12 142.13 142.14 142.15 142.16 142.17 142.18 142.19 142.20 142.21 142.22 142.23 142.24 142.25 142.26 142.27 142.28 142.29 142.30 142.31 142.32 142.33 142.34 142.35 143.1 143.2 143.3 143.4 143.5 143.6 143.7 143.8
143.9 143.10 143.11 143.12 143.13 143.14 143.15 143.16 143.17 143.18 143.19 143.20 143.21 143.22 143.23 143.24 143.25 143.26 143.27 143.28 143.29 143.30 143.31 143.32 143.33 143.34 143.35 144.1 144.2 144.3 144.4 144.5 144.6 144.7 144.8 144.9 144.10 144.11 144.12 144.13 144.14 144.15 144.16 144.17 144.18
144.19
144.20 144.21 144.22 144.23 144.24 144.25 144.26 144.27 144.28 144.29 144.30 144.31 144.32 144.33 144.34 144.35 145.1 145.2 145.3 145.4 145.5 145.6 145.7 145.8 145.9 145.10 145.11 145.12 145.13 145.14 145.15 145.16 145.17 145.18 145.19 145.20 145.21 145.22
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
146.21 146.22 146.23 146.24 146.25 146.26 146.27 146.28 146.29 146.30 146.31 146.32 147.1 147.2 147.3 147.4 147.5 147.6 147.7 147.8 147.9 147.10 147.11 147.12 147.13 147.14 147.15 147.16 147.17 147.18 147.19 147.20 147.21 147.22 147.23 147.24 147.25 147.26 147.27 147.28 147.29 147.30 147.31 147.32 148.1 148.2 148.3 148.4
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
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
150.1 150.2 150.3
150.4 150.5 150.6 150.7 150.8 150.9 150.10 150.11 150.12 150.13 150.14 150.15 150.16 150.17 150.18 150.19 150.20 150.21 150.22 150.23 150.24 150.25 150.26 150.27 150.28 150.29 150.30 150.31 150.32 151.1 151.2 151.3 151.4 151.5 151.6 151.7 151.8 151.9 151.10
151.11
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A bill for an act
 relating to education; providing for funding and policy in early childhood,
kindergarten through grade 12, and adult education, including general education,
education excellence, standards and assessments, charter schools, special
education, facilities and technology, nutrition and accounting, libraries, early
childhood education, prevention, self-sufficiency and lifelong learning, state
agencies, and forecast adjustments; requiring rulemaking; appropriating money;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 5A.03; 16A.103, subdivision
1c; 120A.41; 120B.02, subdivision 2; 120B.021, subdivision 4; 120B.022,
subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b; 120B.024, subdivision 2; 120B.11, subdivision 1a;
120B.12, subdivision 4a; 120B.125; 120B.13, subdivision 4; 120B.30,
subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 120B.31, subdivision 4; 120B.36, subdivision 1; 121A.17,
subdivision 5; 122A.09, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 122A.14,
subdivisions 3, 9, by adding a subdivision; 122A.18, subdivisions 2, 7c, 8;
122A.20, subdivision 1; 122A.21, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.23; 122A.245,
subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 122A.25; 122A.30; 122A.31, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.40,
subdivisions 5, 8, 10, 11, 13; 122A.41, subdivisions 2, 5, 6, 14; 122A.414,
subdivision 2; 122A.60; 122A.61, subdivision 1; 122A.69; 122A.70, subdivision
1; 123A.24, subdivision 1; 123A.75, subdivision 1; 123B.045; 123B.59,
subdivisions 6, 7; 123B.77, subdivision 3; 123B.88, subdivision 1, by adding
a subdivision; 124D.041, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.09, subdivisions 5, 5a, 8, 9,
12; 124D.091, subdivision 1; 124D.10, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16,
23, by adding a subdivision; 124D.11, subdivisions 1, 9; 124D.121; 124D.122;
124D.126, subdivision 1; 124D.127; 124D.128, subdivision 1; 124D.13;
124D.135; 124D.16; 124D.165; 124D.531, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 124D.73,
subdivisions 3, 4; 124D.74, subdivisions 1, 3, 6; 124D.75, subdivisions 1, 3,
9; 124D.76; 124D.78; 124D.79, subdivisions 1, 2; 124D.791, subdivision
4; 124D.861; 124D.862; 125A.01; 125A.023, subdivisions 3, 4; 125A.027;
125A.03; 125A.08; 125A.085; 125A.0942, subdivision 3; 125A.21; 125A.28;
125A.63, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5; 125A.75, subdivision 9; 125A.76, subdivisions
1, 2c; 125B.26, subdivision 2; 126C.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 2a, 2e, 3, 13a, 18, 24;
126C.13, subdivision 4; 126C.15, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 126C.17, subdivisions
1, 2; 127A.05, subdivision 6; 127A.49, subdivision 1; 134.355, subdivisions 8,
9, 10; 135A.101, by adding a subdivision; 179A.20, by adding a subdivision;
Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as
amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended, 6, as amended, 7, as amended, 11, as
amended; article 3, section 37, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as
amended, 20, as amended; article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended; article
5, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article
6, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 6, as amended; article 7, sections 19;
21, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as amended, 4, as amended; article 8, section
5, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 14, as amended; Laws 2014,
chapter 312, article 16, section 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapters 119A; 122A; 124D; 125A; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2014, sections 120B.128; 122A.40, subdivision 11; 125A.63, subdivision 1;
126C.12, subdivision 6; 126C.13, subdivisions 3a, 3b, 3c; 126C.41, subdivision
1; Minnesota Rules, part 3500.1000.

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

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120A.41, is amended to read:


120A.41 LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR; HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.

A school board's annual school calendar must include at least 425 hours of
instruction for a kindergarten student without a disability, 935 hours of instruction for a
student in grades 1 though 6, and 1,020 hours of instruction for a student in grades 7
though 12, not including summer school. The school calendar for all-day kindergarten
must include at least 850 hours of instruction for the school year. A school board's annual
calendar must include at least 165 days of instruction for a student in grades 1 through
11 unless a four-day week schedule has been approved by the deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin boardnew text end under
deleted text begin section 124D.126deleted text end new text begin sections 124D.12 to 124D.127new 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. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

new text begin (a)new text end 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 allowance 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 deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue,
transition revenue, and transportation sparsity revenue, plus declining enrollment revenue,
basic skills revenue, extended deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue, pension adjustment revenue, and
transition revenue as though the school were a school district.

new text begin (b) For a charter school operating an extended day, extended week, or summer
program,new text end the general education revenue deleted text begin for each extended time pupil unit equals $4,794
deleted text end new text begin in paragraph (a) is increased by an amount equal to 25 percent of the statewide average
extended support revenue per pupil unitnew text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.121, is amended to read:


124D.121 DEFINITION OF FLEXIBLE LEARNING YEAR PROGRAM.

"Flexible learning year program" means any district plan deleted text begin approved by the
commissionerdeleted text end that utilizes buildings and facilities during the entire year or that provides
forms of optional scheduling of pupils and personnel during the learning year in
elementary and secondary schools or residential facilities for children with a disability.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.122, is amended to read:


124D.122 ESTABLISHMENT OF FLEXIBLE LEARNING YEAR PROGRAM.

The board of any district or a consortium of districtsdeleted text begin , with the approval of the
commissioner,deleted text end may establish and operate a flexible learning year program in one or more of
the day or residential facilities for children with a disability within the district. Consortiums
may use a single deleted text begin application anddeleted text end evaluation process, though results, public hearings, and
board approvals must be obtained for each district as required under appropriate sections.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.126, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Powers and duties.

The commissioner must:

deleted text begin (1) promulgate rules necessary to the operation of sections 124D.12 to 124D.127;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (1)new text end cooperate with and provide supervision of flexible learning year programs
to determine compliance with the provisions of sections 124D.12 to 124D.127deleted text begin , the
commissioner's standards and qualifications, and the proposed program as submitted
and approveddeleted text end ;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (2)new text end provide any necessary adjustments of deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end attendance and membership
computations and deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (ii)new text end the dates and percentages of apportionment of state aids; and

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end consistent with the definition of "average daily membership" in section
126C.05, subdivision 8, furnish the board of a district implementing a flexible learning
year program with a formula for computing average daily membership. This formula must
be computed so that tax levies to be made by the district, state aids to be received by the
district, and any and all other formulas based upon average daily membership are not
affected solely as a result of adopting this plan of instruction.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.127, is amended to read:


124D.127 TERMINATION OF FLEXIBLE LEARNING YEAR PROGRAM.

The board of any districtdeleted text begin , with the approval of the commissioner of education,deleted text end may
terminate a flexible learning year program in one or more of the day or residential facilities
for children with a disability within the district. This section shall not be construed to
permit an exception to section 120A.22, 127A.41, subdivision 7, or 127A.43.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.128, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Program established.

A learning year program provides instruction
throughout the year on an extended year calendar, extended school day calendar, or
both. deleted text begin A pupil may participate in the program and accelerate attainment of grade level
requirements or graduation requirements.deleted text end A learning year program may begin after the
close of the regular school year in June. The program may be for students in one or more
grade levels from kindergarten through grade 12.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the
general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue,
extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue, transportation sparsity
revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, alternative teacher compensation
revenue, and transition revenue.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2015 and later,deleted text end The general education revenue for each district
equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue, gifted and
talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, local optional revenue, small schools
revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Basic revenue.

For fiscal year 2014, the basic revenue for each district
equals the formula allowance times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units for the school
year. For fiscal year 2015 and later, the basic revenue for each district equals the formula
allowance times the adjusted pupil units for the school year. deleted text begin The formula allowance for
fiscal year 2013 is $5,224. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2014 is $5,302.deleted text end The
formula allowance for fiscal year 2015 deleted text begin and laterdeleted text end is $5,831.new text begin The formula allowance for
fiscal year 2016 is $5,864. The formula allowance for fiscal year 2017 and later is $5,898.
new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Extended deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue.

(a) deleted text begin A school district's extended time
revenue for fiscal year 2014 is equal to the product of $4,601 and the sum of the adjusted
marginal cost pupil units of the district for each pupil in average daily membership in
excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section 126C.05, subdivision 8.deleted text end A school
district's extended deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue deleted text begin for fiscal year 2015 and laterdeleted text end is equal to the
product of deleted text begin $5,017deleted text end new text begin $5,117new text end and the sum of the adjusted pupil units of the district for each
pupil in average daily membership in excess of 1.0 and less than 1.2 according to section
126C.05, subdivision 8.

(b) A school district's extended deleted text begin timedeleted text end new text begin supportnew text end revenue may be used for extended day
programs, extended week programs, summer school, new text begin vacation break academies such as
spring break academies and summer term academies,new text end and other programming authorized
under the learning year program.new text begin Extended support revenue may also be used by alternative
learning centers serving high school students for academic purposes during the school day.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:


Subd. 2e.

Local optional revenue.

(a) Local optional revenue for a school district
equals $424 times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.

(b) A 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 deleted text begin $510,000
deleted text end new text begin the local optional equalizing factornew text end . The local optional revenue 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 less its local
optional levy, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.

new text begin (d) A district's local optional equalizing factor equals $510,000 times the greater of
one or the ratio of the district's seasonal recreational factor to 0.30.
 new text end

new text begin (e) A district's seasonal recreational factor equals the ratio of the market value of
property in the district classified as 4(c)12 under section 273.13 to the district's total
taxable market value under section 273.13.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Compensatory education revenue.

(a) deleted text begin For fiscal year 2014, the
compensatory education revenue for each building in the district equals the formula
allowance minus $415 times the compensation revenue pupil units computed according to
section 126C.05, subdivision 3.deleted text end For fiscal year deleted text begin 2015deleted text end new text begin 2016new text end and later, the compensatory
education revenue for each building in the district equals the formula allowancenew text begin for fiscal
year 2015new text end minus $839 times the compensation revenue pupil units computed according to
section 126C.05, subdivision 3.

new text begin (b) A district's compensatory revenue under paragraph (a) is increased by an amount
equal to the product of (1) the ratio of the statewide compensatory growth revenue to the
sum of the number of pupils in the district eligible to receive free lunch plus one-half of the
number of pupils eligible to receive reduced-price lunch on October 1 of the previous year,
and (2) the district's number of pupils eligible to receive free lunch plus one-half of the
number of pupils eligible to receive reduced-price lunch on October 1 of the previous year.
 new text end

new text begin (c)new text end Revenue shall be paid to the district and must be allocated according to section
126C.15, subdivision 2.

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end 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.

new text begin (f) Statewide compensatory growth revenue equals the difference between
compensatory revenue computed under paragraph (a) with the formula allowance for the
current year and the revenue computed under paragraph (a) using the formula allowance
for fiscal year 2015.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:


Subd. 13a.

Operating capital levy.

To obtain operating capital revenue for fiscal
year 2015 and later, 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 deleted text begin marginal costdeleted text end pupil unit to the operating capital
equalizing factor. The operating capital equalizing factor equals $14,500.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment for
fiscal year 2015 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 18, is amended to read:


Subd. 18.

Transportation sparsity revenue allowance.

(a) A district's
transportation sparsity allowance equals the greater of zero or the result of the following
computation:

(i) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .141.

(ii) Multiply the result in clause (i) by the district's sparsity index raised to the
26/100 power.

(iii) Multiply the result in clause (ii) by the district's density index raised to the
13/100 power.

(iv) Multiply the formula allowance according to subdivision 2, by .0466.

(v) Subtract the result in clause (iv) from the result in clause (iii).

new text begin (vi) Multiply the result in clause (v) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the
square mile area of the district to 3,000.
 new text end

new text begin (vii) For a district that does not qualify for secondary sparsity revenue under
subdivision 7 or elementary sparsity revenue under subdivision 8, multiply the result in
clause (vi) by the greater of (1) one or (2) the ratio of the square mile area of the district to
525.
 new text end

(b) Transportation sparsity revenue is equal to the transportation sparsity allowance
times the adjusted pupil units.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue in fiscal year 2016 and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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, and 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 for a qualifying district that receives referendum revenue under
section 126C.17, subdivision 4, 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.

(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.

(d) 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 revenue per adjusted pupil unit for that year and
the district's referendum revenue per adjusted pupil unit. A school district's revenue under
this paragraph must not exceed $100,000 for that year.

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

(f) 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 fiscal year 2017 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

General education aid.

deleted text begin (a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014 only, a district's
general education aid is the sum of the following amounts:
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital
revenue, alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) operating capital aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 13b;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) alternative teacher compensation aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 36;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (5) transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (6) shared time aid under section 126C.01, subdivision 7;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (7) referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a; and
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (8) online learning aid according to section 124D.096.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) For fiscal year 2015 and later,deleted text end A district's general education aid equals:

(1) general education revenue, excluding operating capital revenue, equity revenue,
local optional revenue, and transition revenuedeleted text begin , minus the student achievement levy,
multiplied times the ratio of the actual amount of student achievement levy levied to the
permitted student achievement levydeleted text end ; plus

new text begin (2) operating capital aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 13b;
 new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (3)new text end equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30; plus

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33; plus

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end shared time aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 7; plus

deleted text begin (5)deleted text end new text begin (6)new text end referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a; plus

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end online learning aid under section 124D.096; plus

deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end local optional aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, paragraph (d).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin Clause (1) of this section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and
later. Clause (2) of this section is effective for fiscal year 2015 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Use of revenue.

The basic skills revenue under section 126C.10,
subdivision 4, must be reserved and used to meet the educational needs of pupils who
enroll under-prepared to learn and whose progress toward meeting state or local content
or performance standards is below the level that is appropriate for learners of their age.
Basic skills revenue may also be used for programs designed to prepare children and their
families for entry into school whether the student first enrolls in kindergarten or first grade.
Any of the following may be provided to meet these learners' needs:

(1) direct instructional services under the assurance of mastery program according
to section 124D.66;

(2) remedial instruction in reading, language arts, mathematics, other content areas,
or study skills to improve the achievement level of these learners;

(3) additional teachers and teacher aides to provide more individualized instruction
to these learners through individual tutoring, lower instructor-to-learner ratios, or team
teaching;

(4) a longer school day or week during the regular school year or through a summer
program that may be offered directly by the site or under a performance-based contract
with a community-based organization;

new text begin (5) recruitment and new teacher development activities through quality mentor-led
induction or "grow your own" initiatives;
 new text end

new text begin (6) a hiring bonus or other added compensation for a teacher identified as effective
or highly effective under the local teacher professional review cycle who agrees to work
in a hard-to-fill position or hard-to-staff school setting such as a school with a majority
of students whose families meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically isolated
school, or a school identified by the state as eligible for targeted programs or services
for its students;
 new text end

deleted text begin (5)deleted text end new text begin (7) new text end comprehensive and ongoing staff development consistent with district and
site plans according to section 122A.60, for teachers, teacher aides, principals, and other
personnel to improve their ability to identify the needs of these learners and provide
appropriate remediation, intervention, accommodations, or modifications;

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end new text begin (8) new text end instructional materials, digital learning, and technology appropriate for
meeting the individual needs of these learners;

deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin (9) new text end programs to reduce truancy, encourage completion of high school, enhance
self-concept, provide health services, provide nutrition services, provide a safe and secure
learning environment, provide coordination for pupils receiving services from other
governmental agencies, provide psychological services to determine the level of social,
emotional, cognitive, and intellectual development, and provide counseling services,
guidance services, and social work services;

deleted text begin (8)deleted text end new text begin (10) new text end bilingual programs, bicultural programs, and programs for English learners;

deleted text begin (9) all-day kindergarten;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (10)deleted text end new text begin (11) prekindergarten programs for four-year-olds and other new text end early education
programs, parent-training programs, school readiness programs, deleted text begin kindergarten programs
for four-year-olds,deleted text end voluntary home visits under section 124D.13, subdivision 4, and other
outreach efforts designed to prepare children for kindergarten;

deleted text begin (11)deleted text end new text begin (12) new text end extended school day and extended school year programsnew text begin including summer
academiesnew text end ; and

deleted text begin (12)deleted text end new text begin (13) new text end substantial parent involvement in developing and implementing remedial
education or intervention plans for a learner, including learning contracts between the
school, the learner, and the parent that establish achievement goals and responsibilities of
the learner and the learner's parent or guardian.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Building allocation.

(a) new text begin Unless a plan has been adopted according to
paragraph (b), new text end a district or cooperative must allocate its compensatory revenue to each
school building in the district or cooperative where the children who have generated the
revenue are served deleted text begin unless the school district or cooperative has received permission under
Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory
revenue according to student performance measures developed by the school boarddeleted text end .

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a),new text begin the board ofnew text end a district or cooperative may deleted text begin allocate
up to five percent of the amount ofdeleted text end new text begin reallocate any or all of its new text end compensatory revenue deleted text begin that
the district receives to school sitesdeleted text end according to a plan adopted by the school boarddeleted text begin , and a
district or cooperative may allocate up to an additional five percent of its compensatory
revenue for activities under subdivision 1, clause (10), according to a plan adopted by the
school boarddeleted text end . The money reallocated under this paragraph must be spent for the purposes
listed in subdivision 1, but may be spent on students in any grade, including students
attending school readiness or other prekindergarten programs.

(c) For the purposes of this section and section 126C.05, subdivision 3, "building"
means education site as defined in section 123B.04, subdivision 1.

(d) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, compensatory revenue
generated by students served at a cooperative unit shall be paid to the cooperative unit.

(e) A district or cooperative with school building openings, school building
closings, changes in attendance area boundaries, or other changes in programs or student
demographics between the prior year and the current year may reallocate compensatory
revenue among sites to reflect these changes. A district or cooperative must report to the
department any adjustments it makes according to this paragraph and the department must
use the adjusted compensatory revenue allocations in preparing the report required under
section 123B.76, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Recommendation.

A school site decision-making team, as defined in
section 123B.04, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or the instruction and curriculum advisory
committee under section 120B.11, if the school has no school site decision team, deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin may
new text end recommend new text begin to the school board new text end how the compensatory education revenue will be used to
carry out the purpose of this section. A school district that has received permission under
Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 50, to allocate compensatory
revenue according to school performance measures shall share its plan for the distribution
of compensatory revenue with the school site decision team.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Referendum allowance.

(a) A district's initial referendum allowance
equals the result of the following calculations:

(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;

(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;

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

(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;

(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;

(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

(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, new text begin plus any new referendum allowance authorized between July 1,
2013, and December 31, 2013, under subdivision 9a, new text end plus any additional referendum
allowance per adjusted pupil unit authorized after December 31, 2013, minus any
allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016 or later, provided that the allowance may not be
less than zero. For 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. For a district with more than one
allowance for fiscal year 2015 that expires in the same year, the reduction under paragraph
(a), clause (6), to offset local optional revenue 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 the day following final enactment for
fiscal year 2015 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Referendum allowance limit.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, for
fiscal year 2015 and later, a district's referendum allowance must not exceed the annual
inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b) times the greatest of:

(1) $1,845;

(2) the 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 2015;

(3) the 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 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 begin for a district receiving
local optional revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, paragraph (a), minus
$212 for a district receiving local optional revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision
2d, paragraph (b)deleted text end ; or

(4) for a newly reorganized district created after July 1, 2013, 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 2016 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 Standards, for the current
fiscal year to fiscal year 2015. 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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment for
fiscal year 2015 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 22. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 6,546,771,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 6,609,377,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $622,908,000 for 2015 and $5,923,863,000 for
2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $630,151,000 for 2016 and $5,979,226,000 for
2017.
 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 39,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 42,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Abatement revenue. 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 2,740,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 2,932,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $278,000 for 2015 and $2,462,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $273,000 for 2016 and $2,659,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Consolidation transition. 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 292,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 165,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $22,000 for 2015 and $270,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $30,000 for 2016 and $135,000 for 2017.
 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 16,756,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 17,309,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,575,000 for 2015 and $15,181,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,686,000 for 2016 and $15,623,000 for 2017.
 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 17,322,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 17,228,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,816,000 for 2015 and $15,506,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,722,000 for 2016 and $15,506,000 for 2017.
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Compensatory revenue pilot project. new text end

new text begin For grants for participation in the
compensatory revenue pilot program under Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5,
article 1, section 50:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 7,325,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 7,325,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Of this amount, $4,730,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School District
No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin; $240,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent School
District No. 286, Brooklyn Center; $660,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent
School District No. 279, Osseo; $500,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent
School District No. 281, Robbinsdale; $520,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent
School District No. 535, Rochester; $205,000 in each year is for a grant to Independent
School District No. 833, South Washington; and $470,000 in each year is for a grant to
Independent School District No. 241, Albert Lea.
 new text end

new text begin If a grant to a specific school district is not awarded, the commissioner may increase
the aid amounts to any of the remaining participating school districts.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. 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 5,420,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 4,405,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $574,000 for 2015 and $4,846,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $538,000 for 2016 and $3,867,000 for 2017.
 new text end

Sec. 23. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 126C.12, subdivision 6; 126C.13, subdivisions 3a,
3b, and 3c; and 126C.41, subdivision 1, new text end new text begin and new text end new text begin Minnesota Rules, part 3500.1000, new text end new text begin are repealed.
 new text end

ARTICLE 2

EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 5A.03, is amended to read:


5A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Placing high school students in Minnesota. new text end

(a) An application for
registration as an international student exchange visitor placement organization must be
submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application must include:

(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary of
state by rule;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive
officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for
supervising placements within the state;

(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any;

(4) the organization's Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, United
States Department of State number, if any;

(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing, if
any;

(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and

(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic
year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in
which they were placed, and the length of their placements.

(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization
and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising
placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application is
complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered.

(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any
changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days of the
change. There is no fee to amend a registration.

(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be
renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year.

(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial
registration fee of $150.

(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited in the
state treasury and credited to the general fund.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Placing Minnesota students in travel abroad programs. new text end

new text begin (a) A school
district or charter school with enrolled students who participate in a foreign exchange or
study or other travel abroad program under 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:
 new text end

new text begin (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;
 new text end

new text begin (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
 new text end

new text begin (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.
 new text end

new text begin (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).
 new text end

new text begin (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 Web site 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.
 new text end

new text begin (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.
 new text end

new text begin (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; evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing,
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 Web site aggregated
data under paragraph (c) received from the Department of Education.
 new text end

new text begin (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.
 new text end

new text begin (g) The school district, the charter school, the Department of Education, and their
respective employees, when acting in their official capacity, are immune from civil and
criminal liability with respect to all activities related to implementing this subdivision.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.022, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Foreign language and culture; proficiency certificates.

(a) World
languages teachers and other school staff should develop and implement world languages
programs that acknowledge and reinforce the language proficiency and cultural awareness
that non-English language speakers already possess, and encourage students' proficiency
in multiple world languages. Programs under this section must encompass indigenous
American Indian languages and cultures, among other world languages and cultures. The
department shall consult with postsecondary institutions in developing related professional
development opportunities for purposes of this section.

(b) Any Minnesota public, charter, or nonpublic school may award Minnesota
World Language Proficiency Certificates deleted text begin or Minnesota World Language Proficiency High
Achievement Certificates,deleted text end consistent with this subdivision.

(c) The Minnesota World Language Proficiency Certificate recognizes students who
demonstrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing language skills at the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' Intermediate-Low level on a valid and
reliable assessment tool. deleted text begin For languages listed as Category 3 by the United States Foreign
Service Institute or Category 4 by the United States Defense Language Institute, the
standard is Intermediate-Low for listening and speaking and Novice-High for reading
and writing.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d) The Minnesota World Language Proficiency High Achievement Certificate
recognizes students who demonstrate listening, speaking, reading, and writing language
skills at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' Pre-Advanced level
for K-12 learners on a valid and reliable assessment tool. For languages listed as Category
3 by the United States Foreign Service Institute or Category 4 by the United States
Defense Language Institute, the standard is Pre-Advanced for listening and speaking and
Intermediate-Mid for reading and writing.
 deleted text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.022, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:


Subd. 1b.

State bilingual and multilingual seals.

(a) Consistent with efforts to
strive for the world's best workforce under sections 120B.11 and 124D.10, subdivision 8,
paragraph (u), and close the academic achievement and opportunity gap under sections
124D.861 and 124D.862, voluntary state bilingual and multilingual seals are established
to recognize high school deleted text begin graduatesdeleted text end new text begin studentsnew text end who demonstrate deleted text begin level 3deleted text end new text begin an advanced low
level or an intermediate high level ofnew text end functional deleted text begin nativedeleted text end proficiency in listening, speaking,
reading, and writing on either deleted text begin the Foreign Services Institute languagedeleted text end new text begin assessments aligned
with American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL)new text end proficiency
deleted text begin testsdeleted text end new text begin guidelinesnew text end or on equivalent valid and reliable assessments in one or more languages
in addition to English. American Sign Language is a language other than English for
purposes of this subdivision and a world language for purposes of subdivision 1a.

(b) In addition to paragraph (a), to be eligible to receive a seal:

(1) students must satisfactorily complete all required English language arts credits;
and

(2) students deleted text begin whose primary language is other than Englishdeleted text end must demonstrate mastery
of Minnesota's English language proficiency standards.

(c) Consistent with this subdivision, a high school graduate who demonstrates
new text begin an intermediate high ACTFL level of new text end functional deleted text begin nativedeleted text end proficiency in one language
in addition to English is eligible to receive the state bilingual new text begin gold new text end seal. A high school
graduate who demonstrates new text begin an intermediate high ACTFL level of new text end functional native
proficiency in more than one language in addition to English is eligible to receive the
state multilingual new text begin gold new text end seal.new text begin A high school graduate who demonstrates an advanced low
ACTFL level of functional proficiency in one language in addition to English is eligible
to receive the state bilingual platinum seal. A high school graduate who demonstrates
an advanced-low ACTFL level of functional proficiency in more than one language in
addition to English is eligible to receive the state multilingual platinum seal.
new text end

(d) School districts and charter schoolsdeleted text begin , in consultation with regional centers of
excellence under section 120B.115, mustdeleted text end new text begin maynew text end give students periodic opportunities to
demonstrate their level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a
language in addition to English. Where valid and reliable assessments are unavailable, a
school district or charter school may rely on deleted text begin a licensed foreign language immersion teacher
or a nonlicensed community expert under section 122A.25deleted text end new text begin evaluators trained in assessing
under ACTFL proficiency guidelinesnew text end to assess a student's level of foreign, heritage, or
indigenous language proficiency under this section. School districts and charter schools
must maintain appropriate records to identify high school graduates eligible to receive the
state bilingual or multilingual deleted text begin sealdeleted text end new text begin gold and platinum sealsnew text end . The school district or charter
school must affix the appropriate seal to the transcript of each high school graduate who
meets the requirements of this subdivision and may affix the seal to the student's diploma. A
school district or charter school must not charge the high school graduate a fee for this seal.

(e) A school district or charter school may award elective course credits in world
languages to a student who demonstrates the requisite proficiency in a language other
than English under this section.

(f) A school district or charter school may award community service credit to a
student who demonstrates deleted text begin level 3deleted text end new text begin an intermediate high or advanced low ACTFL level of
new text end functional deleted text begin nativedeleted text end proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in a language
other than English and who participates in community service activities that are integrated
into the curriculum, involve the participation of teachers, and support biliteracy in the
school or local community.

(g) deleted text begin The commissioner must develop a Web page for the electronic delivery of these
seals.deleted text end The commissioner must list on the Web page those assessments that are deleted text begin equivalent
to the Foreign Services Institute languagedeleted text end new text begin aligned to ACTFLnew text end proficiency deleted text begin testsdeleted text end new text begin guidelinesnew text end .

(h) new text begin By August 1, 2015, new text end the colleges and universities of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities system must deleted text begin award foreign language credits to a student who receives a
state bilingual seal or a state multilingual seal under this subdivision and maydeleted text end new text begin establish
criteria to translate the seals into college credits based on the world language course
equivalencies identified by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty and
staff and, upon request from an enrolled student, the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities may new text end award foreign language credits to a student who receives a Minnesota
World Language Proficiency Certificate deleted text begin or a Minnesota World Language Proficiency
High Achievement Certificatedeleted text end under subdivision 1a.new text begin A student who demonstrated the
requisite level of language proficiency in grade 10, 11, or 12 to receive a seal or certificate
and is enrolled in a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institution must request
college credits for the student's seal or proficiency certificate within three academic years
after graduating from high school. The University of Minnesota is encouraged to award
students foreign language academic credits consistent with this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies beginning with students graduating in the 2014-2015 school year who demonstrate
the requisite language proficiency in grade 10, 11, or 12.
 new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.12, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Local literacy plan.

new text begin (a) new text end Consistent with this section, a school district
must adopt a local literacy plan to have every child reading at or above grade level no
later than the end of grade 3, including English learners. The plan mustnew text begin be consistent with
section 122A.06, subdivision 4, andnew text end include new text begin the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end a process to assess students' level of reading proficiencydeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin and data to support the
effectiveness of an assessment used to screen and identify a student's level of reading
proficiency;
new text end

new text begin (2) a process tonew text end notify and involve parentsdeleted text begin , intervene withdeleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (3) a description of how schools in the district will determine the proper reading
intervention strategy for a student and the process for intensifying or modifying the
reading strategy in order to obtain measurable reading progress;
 new text end

new text begin (4) evidence-based intervention methods fornew text end students who are not reading at or
above grade leveldeleted text begin , and identify and meetdeleted text end new text begin and progress monitoring to provide information
on the effectiveness of the intervention; and
new text end

new text begin (5) identification ofnew text end staff development needsnew text begin , including a program to meet those
needsnew text end .

new text begin (b) new text end The district must post its literacy plan on the official school district Web site.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Rigorous course taking information; AP, IB, and PSEO.

The
commissioner shall submit the following information on rigorous course takingnew text begin ,
disaggregated by student subgroup, school district, and postsecondary institution, new text end to the
education committees of the legislature each year by February 1:

(1) the number of pupils enrolled in postsecondary enrollment options under section
124D.09, including concurrent enrollment, new text begin career and technical education courses offered
as a concurrent enrollment course, new text end advanced placement, and international baccalaureate
courses in each school district;

(2) the number of teachers in each district attending training programs offered by the
college board, International Baccalaureate North America, Inc., or Minnesota concurrent
enrollment programs;

(3) the number of teachers in each district participating in support programs;

(4) recent trends in the field of postsecondary enrollment options under section
124D.09, including concurrent enrollment, advanced placement, and international
baccalaureate programs;

(5) expenditures for each category in this section and under sections 124D.09 and
124D.091new text begin , including career and technical education courses offered as a concurrent
enrollment coursenew text end ; and

(6) other recommendations for the state program or the postsecondary enrollment
options under section 124D.09, including concurrent enrollment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Reporting.

The commissioner shall report test results publicly and to
stakeholders, including the performance achievement levels developed from students'
unweighted test scores in each tested subject and a listing of demographic factors that
strongly correlate with student performancenew text begin , including student homelessness, among other
factorsnew text end . The test results must not include personally identifiable information as defined in
Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.3. The commissioner shall also report
data that compares performance results among school sites, school districts, Minnesota
and other states, and Minnesota and other nations. The commissioner shall disseminate to
schools and school districts a more comprehensive report containing testing information
that meets local needs for evaluating instruction and curriculum. The commissioner
shall disseminate to charter school authorizers a more comprehensive report containing
testing information that contains anonymized data where cell count data are sufficient to
protect student identity and that meets the authorizer's needs in fulfilling its obligations
under section 124D.10.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Student performance data.

In developing policies and assessment
processes to hold schools and districts accountable for high levels of academic standards
under section 120B.021, the commissioner shall aggregate student data over time to
report student performance and growth levels measured at the school, school district, and
statewide level. When collecting and reporting the performance data, the commissioner
shall organize and report the data so that state and local policy makers can understand the
educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over timenew text begin , including
student homelessness, among other demographic factorsnew text end . Any report the commissioner
disseminates containing summary data on student performance must integrate student
performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate with that performance.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

School performance reports.

(a) The commissioner shall report
student academic performance under section 120B.35, subdivision 2; the percentages of
students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, subdivision
3, paragraph (b); 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 English learners under section 124D.59, subdivisions
2 and 2a; 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; new text begin student
homelessness and new text end district mobility; and extracurricular activities. The report also must
indicate a school's adequate yearly progress status under applicable federal law, and must
not set any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools due solely to
adequate yearly progress status.

(b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department
Web site school performance reports.

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

(d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to
the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's
decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.

(e) 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 Web site 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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

License and rules.

(a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.

(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a new text begin college-levelnew text end skills
examination in reading, writing, and mathematics or attain either deleted text begin a composite score
composed of the average of thedeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passingnew text end scores in English and
writing, reading, and mathematics on the ACT Plus Writing recommended by the board,
or deleted text begin an equivalent composite score composed of the average of thedeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent
passingnew text end scores in critical reading, mathematics, and writing on the SAT recommended
by the board, as a requirement for initial teacher licensure, except that the board may
issue up to two temporary, one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified candidate
who has not yet passed the new text begin college-levelnew text end skills exam or attained deleted text begin the requisite composite
scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT. Such rules
must require college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation
program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying
score on the new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination or attain deleted text begin the requisite composite score
deleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT, including those
for whom English is a second language. The requirement to pass a reading, writing,
and mathematics new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination or attain deleted text begin the requisite composite score
deleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT 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. A teacher candidate's official ACT Plus Writing or SAT composite score
report to the board must not be more than ten years old at the time of licensure.

(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
of chapter 14.

(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective.new text begin Among other components,
teacher preparation programs are encouraged to provide a school-year-long student
teaching program that combines clinical opportunities with academic coursework and
in-depth student teaching experiences to offer students ongoing mentorship, coaching
and assessment, help to prepare a professional development plan, and structured
learning experiences.new text end The board shall implement new systems of teacher preparation
program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based on proficiency of graduates in
demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher preparation programs including
alternative teacher preparation programs under section 122A.245, among other programs,
must include a content-specific, board-approved, performance-based assessment that
measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning for instruction and assessment;
engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing student learning. The board's
redesign rules must include creating flexible, specialized teaching licenses, credentials,
and other endorsement forms to increase students' participation in language immersion
programs, world language instruction, career development opportunities, work-based
learning, early college courses and careers, career and technical programs, Montessori
schools, and project and place-based learning, among other career and college ready
learning offerings.

(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, and their
knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
integrate that knowledge and understanding.

(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.

(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
system and students' diverse learning needs. All teacher candidates must have preparation
in English language development and content instruction for English learners in order to be
able to effectively instruct the English learners in their classrooms. The board must include
these licenses in a statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership
roles for successful experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture
dedicated to meeting students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century, recognizes the
importance of cultural and linguistic competencies, including the ability to teach and
communicate in culturally competent and aware ways, and formalizes mentoring and
induction for newly licensed teachers provided through a teacher support framework.

(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.

(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses. The board must require licensed teachers
who are renewing a continuing license to include in the renewal requirements further
preparation in English language development and specially designed content instruction
in English for English learners.

(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 122A.20 and
214.10. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.

(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.

(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.

(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
preparation, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect
until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.

(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation,
first, in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children
and adolescents and then, during subsequent licensure renewal periods, preparation may
include providing a more in-depth understanding of students' mental illness trauma,
accommodations for students' mental illness, parents' role in addressing students' mental
illness, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, autism, the requirements of section 125A.0942
governing restrictive procedures, and de-escalation methods, among other similar topics.

new text begin (o) The board must adopt rules by January 1, 2016, to license applicants under
sections 122A.23 and 122A.245. The rules must permit applicants to demonstrate their
qualifications through the board's recognition of a teaching license from another state
in a similar content field, completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program,
teaching experience as the teacher of record in a similar licensure field, depth of content
knowledge, depth of content methods or general pedagogy, subject-specific professional
development and contribution to the field, or classroom performance as determined by
documented student growth on normed assessments or documented effectiveness on
evaluations. The rules must adopt criteria for determining a "similar content field" and
"similar licensure area."
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all candidates seeking initial teacher licensure, including those holding a
temporary, one-year teaching license.
 new text end

Sec. 10.

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


new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data;
report. new text end

new text begin (a) The Board of Teaching and the Board of School Administrators, in cooperation
with the Minnesota Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and Minnesota colleges
and universities offering board-approved 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 Board of Teaching
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 Web site hosted jointly by the boards.
 new text end

new text begin (b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:
student entrance requirements for each Board of Teaching-approved program, including
grade point average for enrolling students in the preceding year; the average college-level
skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students entering the program in the preceding
year; 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; the average time resident
and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the program;
the current number and percent 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; the number of content area credits and
other credits by undergraduate program that students in the preceding school year needed
to complete to graduate; students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for
graduation in each program and licensure area in the preceding school year; survey results
measuring student and graduate satisfaction with the program in the preceding school
year; a standard measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers
with the student teachers assigned to a school or supervising teacher; and information
under paragraphs (d) and (e). Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 11.
 new text end

new text begin (c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs
approved by the Board of School Administrators must include: 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; the average time program graduates in the preceding
year needed to complete the program; the current number and percent 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; the number of
credits by graduate program that students in the preceding school year needed to complete
to graduate; survey results measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with
the program in the preceding school year; and information under paragraphs (f) and (g).
Program reporting must be consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.
 new text end

new text begin (d) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching
the following information for all teachers who finished the probationary period and
accepted a continuing contract position with the district from September 1 of the previous
year through August 31 of the current year: the effectiveness category or rating of the
teacher on the summative evaluation under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41,
subdivision 5; the licensure area in which the teacher primarily taught during the
three-year evaluation cycle; and the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in
the teacher's primary areas of instruction and licensure.
 new text end

new text begin (e) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching the
following information for all probationary teachers in the district who were released or
whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous year through August
31 of the current year: the licensure areas in which the probationary teacher taught; and
the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary areas of
instruction and licensure.
 new text end

new text begin (f) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School
Administrators the following information for all school principals and assistant principals
who finished the probationary period and accepted a continuing contract position with the
district from September 1 of the previous year through August 31 of the current year: the
effectiveness category or rating of the principal or assistant principal on the summative
evaluation under section 123B.147, subdivision 3; and the principal preparation program
providing instruction to the principal or assistant principal.
 new text end

new text begin (g) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School
Administrators all probationary school principals and assistant principals in the district
who were released or whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous
year through August 31 of the current year.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2016.
 new text end

Sec. 11.

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


new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Teacher preparation program reporting. new text end

new text begin By December 31, 2018, and
annually thereafter, the Board of Teaching shall report and publish on its Web site the
cumulative summary results of at least three consecutive years of data reported to the board
under subdivision 4a, paragraph (b). Where the data are sufficient to yield statistically
reliable information and the results would not reveal personally identifiable information
about an individual teacher, the board shall report the data by teacher preparation program.
 new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Rules for continuing education requirements.

The board shall
adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements that promote continuous
improvement and acquisition of new and relevant skills by school administrators.
Continuing education programs, among other things, must provide school administrators
with information and training about building coherent and effective English learner
strategies that include relevant professional development, accountability for student
progress, students' access to the general curriculum, and sufficient staff capacity to effect
these strategies. deleted text begin A retired school principal who serves as a substitute principal or assistant
principal for the same person on a day-to-day basis for no more than 15 consecutive
school days is not subject to continuing education requirements as a condition of serving
as a substitute principal or assistant principal.
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. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.14, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Principal preparation program reporting. new text end

new text begin By December 31, 2018, and
annually thereafter, the Board of School Administrators shall report and publish on its
Web site the cumulative summary results of three years of data reported to the board under
section 122A.09, subdivision 4a, paragraph (c), for each principal preparation program.
 new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Teacher and support personnel qualifications.

(a) The Board of
Teaching must issue licenses under its jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be
qualified and competent for their respective positionsnew text begin , including those who meet the
standards adopted under section 122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (o)new text end .

(b) The board must require a person to pass an examination of new text begin college-levelnew text end skills
in reading, writing, and mathematics or attain either deleted text begin a composite score composed of
the deleted text end deleted text begin average ofdeleted text end the new text begin passingnew text end scores in English and writing, reading, and mathematics on
the ACT Plus Writing recommended by the board, or deleted text begin andeleted text end equivalent deleted text begin composite score
composeddeleted text end deleted text begin of the average of thedeleted text end new text begin passingnew text end scores in critical reading, mathematics, and
writing on the SAT recommended by the board, before being granted an initial teaching
license to provide direct instruction to pupils in prekindergarten, elementary, secondary,
or special education programs, except that the board may issue up to two temporary,
one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified candidate who has not yet passed the
new text begin college-levelnew text end skills exam or attained deleted text begin the requisite composite scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent
passing scoresnew text end on the ACT Plus Writing or SAT.new text begin At the request of a school district or
charter school employer, the Board of Teaching must grant an additional temporary
one-year teaching license to an otherwise qualified teacher, employed by the district or
charter school, who held a temporary one-year teaching license in the previous school
year.new text end The board must require colleges and universities offering a board approved teacher
preparation program to make available upon request remedial assistance that includes a
formal diagnostic component to persons enrolled in their institution who did not achieve a
qualifying score on the new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination or attain deleted text begin the requisite composite
deleted text end ACT Plus Writing or SAT deleted text begin scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end , including those for
whom English is a second language. The colleges and universities must make available
assistance in the specific academic areas of candidates' deficiency. School districts may
make available upon request similar, appropriate, and timely remedial assistance that
includes a formal diagnostic component to those persons employed by the district who
completed their teacher education program, who did not achieve a qualifying score on the
new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination, or attain deleted text begin the requisite compositedeleted text end ACT Plus Writing or
SAT deleted text begin scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end , and who received a temporary license
to teach in Minnesota. The Board of Teaching shall report annually to the education
committees of the legislature on the total number of teacher candidates during the most
recent school year taking the new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination, the number who achieve a
qualifying score on the examination, the number who do not achieve a qualifying score
on the examination, the distribution of all candidates' scores, deleted text begin the number of candidates
who have taken the examination at least once before, and the number of candidates who
have taken the examination at least once before and achieve a qualifying score,deleted text end and the
candidates who have not attained deleted text begin the requisite compositedeleted text end ACT Plus Writing or SAT deleted text begin score
deleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end or have not passed a content or pedagogy exam,
disaggregated by categories of race, ethnicity, and eligibility for financial aid.

(c) The Board of Teaching must grant continuing licenses only to those persons
who deleted text begin have metdeleted text end new text begin meetnew text end board criteria for granting a continuing license, which includes
passing the new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics or
attaining deleted text begin the requisite compositedeleted text end ACT Plus Writing or SAT deleted text begin scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent
passing scoresnew text end consistent with paragraph (b), and the exceptions in section 122A.09,
subdivision 4, paragraph (b), that are consistent with this paragraph. The requirement to
pass a reading, writing, and mathematics new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination, or attain deleted text begin the
requisite composite scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end on the ACT Plus Writing
or SAT 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. A teacher candidate's official ACT Plus Writing or SAT
deleted text begin composite scoredeleted text end new text begin passing scoresnew text end report to the board must not be more than ten years old
at the time of licensure.

(d) All colleges and universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare persons
for teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs a common core
of teaching knowledge and skills to be acquired by all persons recommended for teacher
licensure. Among other requirements, teacher candidates must demonstrate the knowledge
and skills needed to provide appropriate instruction to English learners to support and
accelerate their academic literacy, including oral academic language, and achievement in
content areas in a regular classroom setting. This common core shall meet the standards
developed by the interstate new teacher assessment and support consortium in its 1992
"model standards for beginning teacher licensing and development." Amendments to
standards adopted under this paragraph are covered by chapter 14. The board of teaching
shall report annually to the education committees of the legislature on the performance
of teacher candidates on common core assessments of knowledge and skills under this
paragraph during the most recent school year.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all candidates seeking initial teacher licensure, including those holding a
temporary, one-year teaching license.
 new text end

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial.

(a) The Board of
Teaching 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; or

(5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.

The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges.

(b) The Board of Teaching 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
of child abuse, as defined in section 609.185, new 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, subdivision 1, new text end sexual abuse under section 609.342, 609.343,
609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 3, new text begin 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 or
stalking under section 609.749 and the victim was a minor, new text end using minors in a sexual
performance under section 617.246, deleted text begin ordeleted text end possessing pornographic works involving a minor
under section 617.247, new text begin or any other offense not listed in this paragraph that requires the
person to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166, new text end or new text begin a crime new text end 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) For purposes of this subdivision, the Board of Teaching is delegated the authority
to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent with deleted text begin the
deleted text end applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.

(b) A candidate for initial licensure 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) new text begin 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.
new text end

new text begin (e) new text end 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 fees must be paid to the executive secretary of the Board of
Teaching. The revenue generated from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure
portfolio 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 the day following final enactment and
applies to all portfolios submitted to the Educator Licensing Division at the department
after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.23, is amended to read:


122A.23 APPLICANTS TRAINED IN OTHER STATES.

Subdivision 1.

Preparation equivalency.

When a license to teach is authorized to
be issued to any holder of a diploma or a degree of a Minnesota state university, or of the
University of Minnesota, or of a liberal arts university, or a technical training institution,
such license may also, in the discretion of the Board of Teaching or the commissioner of
education, whichever has jurisdiction, be issued to any holder of a diploma or a degree
of a teacher training institution of equivalent rank and standing of any other state. The
diploma or degree must be granted by virtue of completing deleted text begin a coursedeleted text end new text begin courseworknew text end in teacher
preparation deleted text begin essentially equivalent in content to that required by such Minnesota state
university or the University of Minnesota or a liberal arts university in Minnesota or a
technical training institutiondeleted text end as preliminary to the granting of a diploma or a degree of the
same rank and class. For purposes of granting a Minnesota teaching license to a person
who receives a diploma or degree from a state-accredited, out-of-state teacher training
program leading to licensure, the Board of Teaching must establish criteria and streamlined
procedures new text begin by January 1, 2016, new text end to recognize the experience and professional credentials of
the person holding the out-of-state diploma or degree and allow that person to demonstrate
to the board the person's qualifications for receiving a Minnesota teaching license based
on performance measures the board adopts new text begin by January 1, 2016, new text end under this section.

Subd. 2.

Applicants licensed in other states.

(a) Subject to the requirements
of sections 122A.18, subdivision 8, and 123B.03, the Board of Teaching must issue a
teaching license or a temporary teaching license under paragraphs deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end to deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end to an
applicant who holds at least a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college
or university and holds or held deleted text begin a similardeleted text end new text begin an new text end out-of-state teaching license that requires the
applicant to successfully complete a teacher preparation program approved by the issuing
state, which includes new text begin either (1) new text end field-specific teaching methods deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end student teachingnew text begin ,new text end or
deleted text begin essentiallydeleted text end equivalent experiencenew text begin , or (2) at least two years of teaching experience as the
teacher of record in a similar licensure fieldnew text end .

(b) new text begin The Board of Teaching may issue a standard license on the basis of teaching
experience and examination requirements only.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end The Board of Teaching must issue a teaching license to an applicant who:

(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
required by the Board of Teaching; and

(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach deleted text begin the samedeleted text end new text begin a similar new text end content
field and grade levels if the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than two grade
levels less than a similar Minnesota licensenew text begin , and either (i) has completed field-specific
teaching methods, student teaching, or equivalent experience, or (ii) has at least two years
of teaching experience as the teacher of record in a similar licensure fieldnew text end .

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d) new text end The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules and paragraph deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end ,
must issue up to three one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who holds or
held an out-of-state teaching license to teach deleted text begin the samedeleted text end new text begin a similar new text end content field and grade
levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than two grade levels less
than a similar Minnesota license, but has not successfully completed all exams and human
relations preparation components required by the Board of Teaching.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e) new text end The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules, must issue up to three
one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who:

(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
required by the Board of Teaching; and

(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach deleted text begin the samedeleted text end new text begin a similar new text end content
field and grade levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than two
grade levels less than a similar Minnesota license, but has not completed field-specific
teaching methods or student teaching or equivalent experience.

The applicant may complete field-specific teaching methods and student teaching
or equivalent experience by successfully participating in a one-year school district
mentorship program consistent with board-adopted standards of effective practice and
Minnesota graduation requirements.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end The Board of Teaching must issue a temporary teaching license for a term
of up to three years only in the content field or grade levels specified in the out-of-state
license to an applicant who:

(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
required by the Board of Teaching; and

(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license where the out-of-state license is
more limited in the content field or grade levels than a similar Minnesota license.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (g) new text end The Board of Teaching must not issue to an applicant more than three
one-year temporary teaching licenses under this subdivision.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (h) new text end The Board of Teaching deleted text begin must notdeleted text end new text begin may new text end issue a license under this subdivision if
the applicant has deleted text begin notdeleted text end attained the additional degrees, credentials, or licenses required in
a particular licensure fieldnew text begin and the applicant can demonstrate competency by obtaining
qualifying scores on the college-level skills examination in reading, writing, and
mathematics or demonstrating attainment of essentially equivalent passing scores on the
ACT Plus Writing or SAT, and on applicable board-approved rigorous content area and
pedagogy examinations under section 122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and (e)new text end .

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (i) new text end The Board of Teaching must require an applicant for a teaching license
or a temporary teaching license under this subdivision to pass a new text begin college-levelnew text end skills
examination in reading, writing, and mathematics or demonstrate, consistent with section
122A.09, subdivision 4, the applicant's attainment of either deleted text begin the requisite compositedeleted text end ACT
Plus Writing or SAT deleted text begin scoredeleted text end new text begin essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end before the board issues
the license unless, notwithstanding other provisions of this subdivision, an applicable
board-approved National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education interstate
reciprocity agreement exists to allow fully certified teachers from other states to transfer
their certification to Minnesota.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Teacher licensure agreements with adjoining states. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding
other law to the contrary, the Board of Teaching must enter into interstate agreements for
teacher licensure to allow fully certified teachers from adjoining states to transfer their
certification to Minnesota and receive a full, five-year continuing teaching license without
having to complete any additional exams or other preparation requirements. The board
must enter into these interstate agreements only after determining that the rigor of the
teacher licensure or certification requirements in the adjoining state is commensurate with
the rigor of Minnesota's teacher licensure requirements. The board may limit an interstate
agreement to particular content fields or grade levels based on established priorities or
identified shortages. This subdivision does not apply to out-of-state applicants holding
only a provisional teaching license.
 new text end

new text begin (b) The Board of Teaching is strongly encouraged to work with designated
authorities in adjoining states to establish reciprocal interstate teacher licensure
agreements under this section.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.245, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Requirements.

(a) To improve academic excellence, improve ethnic
and cultural diversity in the classroom, and close the academic achievement gap, the
Board of Teaching must approve qualified teacher preparation programs under this section
that are a means to acquire a two-year limited-term license, which the board may renew
one time for an additional one-year term, and to prepare for acquiring a standard license.
The following entities are eligible to participate under this section:

(1) a school district deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end charter schoolnew text begin , or nonprofit corporation organized under
chapter 317A for an education-related purposenew text end that forms a partnership with a college or
university that has a board-approved alternative teacher preparation program; or

(2) a school district deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end charter school, new text begin or nonprofit corporation organized under
chapter 317A for an education-related purpose new text end after consulting with a college or university
with a board-approved teacher preparation programdeleted text begin , that forms a partnership with a
nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A for an education-related purpose that
has a board-approved teacher preparation programdeleted text end .

(b) Before deleted text begin participating in this programdeleted text end new text begin becoming a teacher of recordnew text end , a candidate
must:

(1) have a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 or higher grade point average unless the
board waives the grade point average requirement based on board-adopted criterianew text begin adopted
by January 1, 2016new text end ;

(2) pass the reading, writing, and mathematics new text begin college-levelnew text end skills examination under
section 122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (b)new text begin , or demonstrate attainment of either ACT
Plus Writing or SAT essentially equivalent passing scoresnew text end ; and

(3) obtain qualifying scores on applicable board-approved rigorous content area and
pedagogy examinations under section 122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (e).

(c) The Board of Teaching must issue a two-year limited-term license to a person
who enrolls in an alternative teacher preparation program.new text begin This limited term license is not
a provisional license under section 122A.40 or 122A.41.
new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.245, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Program approval; disapproval.

(a) The Board of Teaching must approve
alternative teacher preparation programs under this section based on board-adopted
criteria that reflect best practices for alternative teacher preparation programs, consistent
with this section.

new text begin (b) new text end The board must permit teacher candidates to demonstrate mastery of pedagogy
and content standards in school-based settings and through other nontraditional means.
new text begin "Nontraditional means" must include a portfolio of previous experiences, teaching
experience, educator evaluations, certifications marking the completion of education
training programs, and essentially equivalent demonstrations.
new text end

new text begin (c) The board must use nontraditional criteria to determine the qualifications of
program instructors.
 new text end

new text begin (d) The board may permit instructors to hold a baccalaureate degree only.
 new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (e) new text end If the Board of Teaching determines that a teacher preparation program under
this section does not meet the requirements of this section, it may revoke its approval
of the program after it notifies the program provider of any deficiencies and gives the
program provider an opportunity to remedy the deficiencies.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.245, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Standard license.

The Board of Teaching must issue a standard license
to an otherwise qualified teacher candidate under this section who successfully performs
throughout a program under this section, deleted text begin successfully completes all requireddeleted text end new text begin obtains
qualifying scores on applicable board-approved rigorous new text end new text begin college-levelnew text end skills, pedagogy,
and content area examinations under section 122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and
(e), and is recommended for licensure under subdivision 5 or successfully demonstrates to
the board qualifications for licensure under subdivision 6.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.25, is amended to read:


122A.25 NONLICENSED COMMUNITY EXPERTS; VARIANCE.

Subdivision 1.

Authorization.

Notwithstanding any lawnew text begin , Board of Teaching rule, new text end or
commissioner of education rule to the contrary, deleted text begin the Board of Teaching may allowdeleted text end school
districts or charter schools deleted text begin todeleted text end new text begin maynew text end hire nonlicensed community experts to teach in the
public schools or charter schools on a limited basis according to this sectionnew text begin after making
efforts to obtain acceptable licensed teachers for the particular course or subject area,
consistent with subdivision 2, clause (3). A school district or charter school must notify a
student's parent or guardian before placing the student in the classroom of a nonlicensed
community expert hired by the district or school to provide instruction under this sectionnew text end .

Subd. 2.

deleted text begin Applicationsdeleted text end new text begin Reportsnew text end ; criteria.

The school district or charter school
shall deleted text begin applydeleted text end new text begin reportnew text end to the Board of Teaching deleted text begin for approvaldeleted text end new text begin when it uses a variancenew text end to hire
nonlicensed teaching personnel from the community. deleted text begin In approving or disapproving the
application for each community expert,deleted text end The deleted text begin boarddeleted text end new text begin reportnew text end shall deleted text begin considerdeleted text end new text begin includenew text end :

(1) the qualifications of the community person whom the district or charter school
deleted text begin proposes to employdeleted text end new text begin employsnew text end ;

(2) the new text begin unique and compellingnew text end reasons for the need for a variance from the teacher
licensure requirements;

(3) the district's efforts to obtain licensed teachers, who are acceptable to the school
board, for the particular course or subject area or the charter school's efforts to obtain
licensed teachers for the particular course or subject area;

(4) the amount of teaching time for which the community expert deleted text begin would bedeleted text end new text begin isnew text end hired;

(5) the extent to which the district or charter school deleted text begin is utilizingdeleted text end new text begin usesnew text end other
nonlicensed community experts under this section;

(6) the nature of the community expert's deleted text begin proposeddeleted text end teaching responsibility; and

(7) the deleted text begin proposeddeleted text end level of compensation to new text begin be paid to new text end the community expert.

Subd. 3.

deleted text begin Approval of plandeleted text end new text begin Comment on variancenew text end .

The Board of Teaching deleted text begin shall
approve or disapprove an applicationdeleted text end new text begin may comment on a district or charter school report
under subdivision 2new text end within 60 days of receiving it deleted text begin from a schooldeleted text end new text begin and thenew text end district or charter
schoolnew text begin must post the comment on its official Web sitenew text end .

Subd. 4.

Background check.

A school district or charter school shall deleted text begin provide
deleted text end new text begin confirm tonew text end the Board of Teaching deleted text begin with confirmationdeleted text end that criminal background checks deleted text begin have
beendeleted text end new text begin werenew text end completed for all nonlicensed community experts employed by the district or
charter school deleted text begin and approved by the Board of Teachingdeleted text end under this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all nonlicensed community experts hired or sponsored after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.30, is amended to read:


122A.30 EXEMPTION FOR TECHNICAL deleted text begin COLLEGEdeleted text end new text begin EDUCATION
new text end INSTRUCTORS.

Notwithstanding section 122A.15, subdivision 1,new text begin and upon approval of the local
employer school board,new text end a person who teaches in a part-time vocational new text begin or career and
new text end technical education program deleted text begin not more than 61 hours per fiscal yeardeleted text end is exempt from a
license requirement.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all technical education instructors hired after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Probationary period.

(a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's
first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary
period of employment, and, the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is
thereafter employed shall be one year. The school board must adopt a plan for written
evaluation of teachers during the probationary period that is consistent with subdivision
8. Evaluation must occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year
for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur
within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences,
teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a
teacher is absent from school must not be included in determining the number of school
days on which a teacher performs services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(b), during the probationary period any annual contract with any teacher may or may not
be renewednew text begin (1)new text end as the school board shall see fitnew text begin , or (2) consistent with the negotiated
unrequested leave of absence plan in effect under subdivision 10new text end . However, the board
must give any such teacher whose contract it declines to renew for the following school
year written notice to that effect before July 1. If the teacher requests reasons for any
nonrenewal of a teaching contract, the board must give the teacher its reason in writing,
including a statement that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the nature and
the extent of such supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by the board,
within ten days after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing held
upon due notice, discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective
immediately, under section 122A.44.

(b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon
receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the teacher's
license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.

(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are
interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with
federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States
Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience
for purposes of paragraph (a).

(d) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are
interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12
months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience
for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of
three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.

(e) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 days of teaching service each
year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers'
workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is
absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 and improve student learning and success, 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;

(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio
demonstrating evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section
122A.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), 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 Board of Teaching, 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.

new text begin (d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:
 new text end

new text begin (1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not
place a student in consecutive school years in the classroom of a teacher with the lowest
evaluation rating in the previous school year unless no other teacher at the school teaches
that grade; and
 new text end

new text begin (2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place
students in consecutive school years in the classroom of a teacher with the lowest
evaluation rating in the previous school year unless no other teacher at the school teaches
that subject area and grade.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and
later, except paragraph (b), clause (7), is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.40, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Negotiated unrequested leave of absence.

new text begin (a) new text end The school board
and the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers deleted text begin maydeleted text end new text begin mustnew text end negotiate a plannew text begin ,
consistent with subdivision 8,new text end providing for unrequested leave of absence without pay or
fringe benefits for as many teachers as may be necessary because of discontinuance of
position, lack of pupils, financial limitations, or merger of classes caused by consolidation
of districts. deleted text begin Failing to successfully negotiate such a plan, the provisions of subdivision
11 shall apply.deleted text end The negotiated plan must not include provisions which would result in
the exercise of seniority by a teacher holding new text begin only new text end a provisional license, other than a
vocational education license, deleted text begin contrary to the provisions of subdivision 11, paragraph (c)
deleted text end new text begin if required for the positionnew text end , or the reinstatement of a teacher holding new text begin only new text end a provisional
license, other than a vocational education licensedeleted text begin , contrary to the provisions of subdivision
11, paragraph (e)deleted text end new text begin required for the positionnew text end . The provisions of section 179A.16 do not
apply for the purposes of this subdivision.

new text begin (b) Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and later, and notwithstanding any law
to the contrary, a school board must place teachers on unrequested leave of absence based
on their subject matter licensure fields, most recent evaluation outcomes and effectiveness
category or rating under subdivision 8, and other, locally determined criteria such as
teacher seniority, and may include both probationary teachers and continuing contract
teachers within an effectiveness category or rating. For purposes of placing a teacher on
unrequested leave of absence or recalling a teacher from unrequested leave of absence, a
school board is not required to reassign a teacher with more seniority to accommodate the
seniority claims of a teacher who is similarly licensed and effective but with less seniority.
Nothing in this paragraph permits a school board to use a teacher's remuneration as a basis
for making unrequested leave of absence decisions. Any executed employment contract
between the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers must contain the
negotiated unrequested leave of absence plan. The school board must publish in a readily
accessible format the unrequested leave of absence plan it negotiates under this paragraph.
 new text end

new text begin (c) A teacher who receives notice of being placed on unrequested leave of absence
under paragraph (b) may submit to the board, within 14 days of receiving the notice, a
written request for a hearing before a neutral hearing officer to establish whether the
district met the following teacher evaluation requirements under subdivision 8: if the
teacher is a probationary teacher, all evaluations required under subdivision 5 were
provided; a three-year professional review cycle was established for the teacher; any
summative evaluation of the teacher was performed by a qualified and trained evaluator;
a peer review evaluation occurred in any year when the teacher was not evaluated by a
qualified and trained evaluator; and if the teacher did not meet professional teaching
standards, a teacher improvement process with goals and timelines was established. The
school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers must agree on a panel of
people and a process to select the person to hear the matter. The hearing officer must issue
a decision within 14 days of the request for the hearing. Nothing in this subdivision
prevents a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers from negotiating a
different process for determining whether the teacher evaluation requirements listed in
this subdivision were met.
 new text end

new text begin (d) Evaluation outcomes and effectiveness categories under paragraph (b) must not
be used to place a teacher on unrequested leave of absence if the principal evaluating the
teacher is on an improvement plan under section 123B.147, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b), clause (8).
 new text end

new text begin (e) For purposes of this subdivision, a provisional license is a license to teach issued
by the Board of Teaching under a waiver or variance.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to negotiated plans for unrequested leave of absence agreed to on or after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.40, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Unrequested leave of absence.

new text begin (a) new text end The board may place on unrequested
leave of absence, without pay or fringe benefits, as many teachers as may be necessary
because of discontinuance of position, lack of pupils, financial limitations, or merger of
classes caused by consolidationnew text begin or reorganizationnew text end of districtsnew text begin under chapter 123Anew text end . The
unrequested leave is effective at the close of the school year.

new text begin (b)new text end In placing teachers on unrequested leavenew text begin in the 2014-2015 through 2016-2017
school years onlynew text end , the board is governed by the deleted text begin followingdeleted text end provisionsdeleted text begin :deleted text end new text begin in this subdivision.
new text end

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end The board may place probationary teachers on unrequested leave first in the
inverse order of their employment. A teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights
must not be placed on unrequested leave of absence while probationary teachers are retained
in positions for which the teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights is licenseddeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end Teachers who have acquired continuing contract rights shall be placed on
unrequested leave of absence in fields in which they are licensed in the inverse order
in which they were employed by the school district. In the case of equal seniority, the
order in which teachers who have acquired continuing contract rights shall be placed on
unrequested leave of absence in fields in which they are licensed is negotiabledeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end , a teacher is not entitled
to exercise any seniority when that exercise results in that teacher being retained by the
district in a field for which the teacher holds only a provisional license, as defined by the
board of teaching, unless that exercise of seniority results in the placement on unrequested
leave of absence of another teacher who also holds a provisional license in the same field.
The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to vocational education licensesdeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin required
for the available positions.
new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end Notwithstanding paragraphs deleted text begin (a), (b), anddeleted text end (c), new text begin (d), and (e), new text end if the placing of a
probationary teacher on unrequested leave before a teacher who has acquired continuing
rights, the placing of a teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights on unrequested
leave before another teacher who has acquired continuing contract rights but who has
greater seniority, or the restriction imposed by the provisions of paragraph deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end would
place the district in violation of its affirmative action program, the district may retain the
probationary teacher, the teacher with less seniority, or the provisionally licensed teacherdeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (e) deleted text end new text begin (g) For purposes of placing a teacher on unrequested leave of absence or
recalling a teacher from unrequested leave of absence, nothing in this subdivision requires
a school board to reassign a teacher to accommodate the seniority claims of a teacher who
is similarly licensed and effective but with less seniority.
new text end

new text begin (h) new text end Teachers placed on unrequested leave of absence must be reinstated to the
positions from which they have been given leaves of absence or, if not available, to
other available positions in the school district in fields in which they are licensed.
Reinstatement must be in the inverse order of placement on leave of absence. A teacher
must not be reinstated to a position in a field in which the teacher holds only a provisional
license, other than a vocational education license, while another teacher who holds a
nonprovisional license in the same field remains on unrequested leave. The order of
reinstatement of teachers who have equal seniority and who are placed on unrequested
leave in the same school year is negotiabledeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end Appointment of a new teacher must not be made while there is available, on
unrequested leave, a teacher who is properly licensed to fill such vacancy, unless the
teacher fails to advise the school board within 30 days of the date of notification that a
position is available to that teacher who may return to employment and assume the duties
of the position to which appointed on a future date determined by the boarddeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end A teacher placed on unrequested leave of absence may engage in teaching
or any other occupation during the period of this leavedeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (k)new text end The unrequested leave of absence must not impair the continuing contract
rights of a teacher or result in a loss of credit for previous years of servicedeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (l) Consistent with subdivision 10,new text end the unrequested leave of absence of a teacher
new text begin who is categorized as effective or better under subdivision 8, new text end who is placed on unrequested
leave of absencenew text begin ,new text end and who is not reinstated shall continue for a period of five years,
after which the right to reinstatement deleted text begin shall terminatedeleted text end new text begin terminatesnew text end . The teacher's right to
reinstatement deleted text begin shalldeleted text end also deleted text begin terminatedeleted text end new text begin terminatesnew text end if the teacher fails to file with the board by
April 1 of deleted text begin anydeleted text end new text begin eachnew text end year a written statement requesting reinstatementdeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (m) Consistent with subdivision 10, the unrequested leave of absence of a teacher
who is categorized as ineffective or less under subdivision 8, who is placed on unrequested
leave of absence, and who is not reinstated continues for the following school year
only, after which the teacher's right to reinstatement terminates. The teacher's right to
reinstatement also terminates if the teacher fails to file with the board by April 1 in that
following school year a written statement requesting reinstatement.
 new text end

deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (n)new text end The same provisions applicable to terminations of probationary or continuing
contracts in subdivisions 5 and 7 must apply to placement on unrequested leave of absencedeleted text begin ;deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (k)deleted text end new text begin (o)new text end Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to impair the rights of teachers
placed on unrequested leave of absence to receive unemployment benefits if otherwise
eligible.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.40, subdivision 13, is amended to read:


Subd. 13.

Immediate discharge.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(b), a board may discharge a continuing-contract teacher, effective immediately, upon any
of the following grounds:

(1) immoral conduct, insubordination, or conviction of a felony;

(2) conduct unbecoming a teacher which requires the immediate removal of the
teacher from classroom or other duties;

(3) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release
of the school board;

(4) gross inefficiency which the teacher has failed to correct after reasonable written
notice;

(5) willful neglect of duty; or

(6) continuing physical or mental disability subsequent to a 12 months leave of
absence and inability to qualify for reinstatement in accordance with subdivision 12.

For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair
discriminatory practice described in section 363A.13.

Prior to discharging a teacher under this paragraph, the board must notify the teacher
in writing and state its ground for the proposed discharge in reasonable detail. Within
ten days after receipt of this notification the teacher may make a written request for a
hearing before the board and it shall be granted before final action is taken. The board
may suspend a teacher with pay pending the conclusion of the hearing and determination
of the issues raised in the hearing after charges have been filed which constitute ground for
discharge. If a teacher has been charged with a felony and the underlying conduct that
is the subject of the felony charge is a ground for a proposed immediate discharge, the
suspension pending the conclusion of the hearing and determination of the issues may be
without pay. If a hearing under this paragraph is held, the board must reimburse the teacher
for any salary or compensation withheld if the final decision of the board or the arbitrator
does not result in a penalty to or suspension, termination, or discharge of the teacher.

(b) A board must discharge a continuing-contract teacher, effective immediately,
upon receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the
teacher's license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin , as defined in
section 609.185; 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,
subdivision 1;new text end sexual abusenew text begin under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451,
subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 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 or 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 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 Statesnew text end .

(c) When a teacher is discharged under paragraph (b) or when the commissioner
makes a final determination of child maltreatment involving a teacher under section
626.556, subdivision 11, the school principal or other person having administrative
control of the school must include in the teacher's employment record the information
contained in the record of the disciplinary action or the final maltreatment determination,
consistent with the definition of public data under section 13.41, subdivision 5, and must
provide the Board of Teaching and the licensing division at the department with the
necessary and relevant information to enable the Board of Teaching and the department's
licensing division to fulfill their statutory and administrative duties related to issuing,
renewing, suspending, or revoking a teacher's license. Information received by the Board
of Teaching or the licensing division at the department under this paragraph is governed
by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the receiving entity. In addition
to the background check required under section 123B.03, a school board or other school
hiring authority must contact the Board of Teaching and the department to determine
whether the teacher's license has been suspended or revoked, consistent with the discharge
and final maltreatment determinations identified in this paragraph. Unless restricted by
federal or state data practices law or by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement,
the responsible authority for a school district must disseminate to another school district
private personnel data on a current or former teacher employee or contractor of the district,
including the results of background investigations, if the requesting school district seeks
the information because the subject of the data has applied for employment with the
requesting school district.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Probationary period; discharge or demotion.

(a) All teachers in
the public schools in cities of the first class during the first three years of consecutive
employment shall be deemed to be in a probationary period of employment during which
period any annual contract with any teacher may, or may not, be renewed new text begin (1) new text end as the school
board, after consulting with the peer review committee charged with evaluating the
probationary teachers under subdivision 3, shall see fitnew text begin , or (2) consistent with the negotiated
plan for discontinuing or terminating teachers in effect under subdivision 14new text end . The school
site management team or the school board if there is no school site management team, shall
adopt a plan for a written evaluation of teachers during the probationary period according
to subdivisions 3 and 5. Evaluation by the peer review committee charged with evaluating
probationary teachers under subdivision 3 shall occur at least three times periodically
throughout each school year for a teacher performing services during that school year; the
first evaluation must occur within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to
parent-teacher conferences, teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities
and days on which a teacher is absent from school shall not be included in determining the
number of school days on which a teacher performs services. The school board may, during
such probationary period, discharge or demote a teacher for any of the causes as specified
in this code. A written statement of the cause of such discharge or demotion shall be given
to the teacher by the school board at least 30 days before such removal or demotion shall
become effective, and the teacher so notified shall have no right of appeal therefrom.

(b) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are
interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with
federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States
Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience
for purposes of paragraph (a).

(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are
interrupted for maternity, paternity, or medical leave and who resumes teaching within 12
months of when the leave began is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience
for purposes of paragraph (a) if the probationary teacher completes a combined total of
three years of teaching service immediately before and after the leave.

(d) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 days of teaching service each
year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers'
workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is
absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.

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 2014, 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, 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;

(8) must include an option for teachers to develop and present a portfolio
demonstrating evidence of reflection and professional growth, consistent with section
122A.18, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), 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 Board of Teaching, 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.

new text begin (d) Consistent with the measures of teacher effectiveness under this subdivision:
 new text end

new text begin (1) for students in kindergarten through grade 4, a school administrator must not
place a student in consecutive school years in the classroom of a teacher with the lowest
evaluation rating in the previous school year unless no other teacher at the school teaches
that grade; and
 new text end

new text begin (2) for students in grades 5 through 12, a school administrator must not place
students in consecutive school years in the classroom of a teacher with the lowest
evaluation rating in the previous school year unless no other teacher at the school teaches
that subject area and grade.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2017-2018 school year and
later, except paragraph (b), clause (7), is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.41, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Grounds for discharge or demotion.

(a) Except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (b), causes for the discharge or demotion of a teacher either during or after
the probationary period must be:

(1) immoral character, conduct unbecoming a teacher, or insubordination;

(2) failure without justifiable cause to teach without first securing the written release
of the school board having the care, management, or control of the school in which the
teacher is employed;

(3) inefficiency in teaching or in the management of a school, consistent with
subdivision 5, paragraph (b);

(4) affliction with a communicable disease must be considered as cause for removal
or suspension while the teacher is suffering from such disability; or

(5) discontinuance of position or lack of pupils.

For purposes of this paragraph, conduct unbecoming a teacher includes an unfair
discriminatory practice described in section 363A.13.

(b) A probationary or continuing-contract teacher must be discharged immediately
upon receipt of notice under section 122A.20, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), that the
teacher's license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin , as defined in
section 609.185; 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,
subdivision 1;new text end sexual abusenew text begin under section 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451,
subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 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 or 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 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 Statesnew text end .

(c) When a teacher is discharged under paragraph (b) or when the commissioner
makes a final determination of child maltreatment involving a teacher under section
626.556, subdivision 11, the school principal or other person having administrative
control of the school must include in the teacher's employment record the information
contained in the record of the disciplinary action or the final maltreatment determination,
consistent with the definition of public data under section 13.41, subdivision 5, and must
provide the Board of Teaching and the licensing division at the department with the
necessary and relevant information to enable the Board of Teaching and the department's
licensing division to fulfill their statutory and administrative duties related to issuing,
renewing, suspending, or revoking a teacher's license. Information received by the Board
of Teaching or the licensing division at the department under this paragraph is governed
by section 13.41 or other applicable law governing data of the receiving entity. In addition
to the background check required under section 123B.03, a school board or other school
hiring authority must contact the Board of Teaching and the department to determine
whether the teacher's license has been suspended or revoked, consistent with the discharge
and final maltreatment determinations identified in this paragraph. Unless restricted by
federal or state data practices law or by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement,
the responsible authority for a school district must disseminate to another school district
private personnel data on a current or former teacher employee or contractor of the district,
including the results of background investigations, if the requesting school district seeks
the information because the subject of the data has applied for employment with the
requesting school district.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.41, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Services terminated by discontinuance or lack of pupils; preference
given.

(a) deleted text begin A teacher whose services are terminated on account of discontinuance of
position or lack of pupils must receive first consideration for other positions in the district
for which that teacher is qualified.deleted text end In the event it becomes necessary to discontinue one
or more positionsnew text begin in the 2014-2015 through the 2016-2017 school yearsnew text end , in making such
discontinuance, teachers must new text begin receive first consideration for other positions in the district
for which that teacher is qualified and must new text end be discontinued deleted text begin in any departmentdeleted text end in the
inverse order in which they were employeddeleted text begin , unlessdeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (b) Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and later,new text end a board and the exclusive
representative of teachers in the district new text begin must new text end negotiate a plan deleted text begin providing otherwise.deleted text end new text begin ,
consistent with subdivision 5, for discontinuing and terminating teachers under this
subdivision based on their subject matter licensure fields, most recent evaluation outcomes
and effectiveness category or rating under subdivision 5, and other, locally determined
criteria such as teacher seniority, and may include both probationary teachers and
continuing contract teachers within an effectiveness category or rating. For purposes
of discharging, demoting, or recalling a teacher whose services are discontinued or
terminated under this subdivision, a school board is not required to reassign a teacher with
more seniority to accommodate the seniority claims of a teacher who is similarly licensed
and effective but with less seniority. Nothing in this paragraph permits a school board to
use a teacher's remuneration as a basis for discontinuing or terminating a teacher. Any
executed employment contract between the school board and the exclusive representative
of the teachers must contain the negotiated plan for discontinuing or terminating teachers.
The school board must publish in a readily accessible format any plan it negotiates for
discontinuing or terminating teachers under this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin (c) A teacher who receives notice of discontinuance or termination under paragraph
(b) may submit to the board, within 14 days of receiving the notice, a written request
for a hearing before a neutral hearing officer to establish whether the district met the
following teacher evaluation requirements under subdivision 5: if the teacher is a
probationary teacher, all evaluations required under subdivision 2 were provided; a
three-year professional review cycle was established for the teacher; any summative
evaluation of the teacher was performed by a qualified and trained evaluator; a peer review
evaluation occurred in any year when the teacher was not evaluated by a qualified and
trained evaluator; and if the teacher did not meet professional teaching standards, a teacher
improvement process with goals and timelines was established. The school board and the
exclusive representative of the teachers must agree on a panel of people and a process to
select the person to hear the matter. The hearing officer must issue a decision within 14 days
of the request for the hearing. Nothing in this subdivision prevents a school board and the
exclusive representative of the teachers from negotiating a different process for determining
whether the teacher evaluation requirements listed in this subdivision were met.
 new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end Notwithstanding the provisions of deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin paragraphnew text end (a), new text begin for the 2014-2015
through 2016-2017 school years, new text end a teacher is not entitled to exercise any seniority when
that exercise results in that teacher being retained by the district in a field for which the
teacher holds only a provisional license, as defined by the Board of Teaching, unless that
exercise of seniority results in deleted text begin the termination ofdeleted text end new text begin terminating thenew text end services, on account
of discontinuance of position or lack of pupils, of another teacher who also holds a
provisional license in the same field. The provisions of this deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin paragraphnew text end do not apply
to vocational education licenses.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end Notwithstanding the provisions of deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin paragraphnew text end (a), new text begin for the 2014-2015
through 2016-2017 school years, new text end a teacher must not be reinstated to a position in a field
in which the teacher holds only a provisional license, other than a vocational education
license, while another teacher who holds a nonprovisional license in the same field is
available for reinstatement.

new text begin (f) Evaluation outcomes and effectiveness categories under paragraph (b) must not
be used to place a teacher on unrequested leave of absence if the principal evaluating the
teacher is on an improvement plan under section 123B.147, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b), clause (8).
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to negotiated plans for discontinuing or terminating teachers agreed to on or
after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.414, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Alternative teacher professional pay system.

(a) To participate in this
program, a school district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school must
have an educational improvement plan under section 122A.413 and an alternative teacher
professional pay system agreement under paragraph (b). A charter school participant also
must comply with subdivision 2a.

(b) The alternative teacher professional pay system agreement must:

(1) describe how teachers can achieve career advancement and additional
compensation;

(2) describe how the school district, intermediate school district, school site, or
charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that allow teachers
to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused professional
development that helps other teachers improve their skills;

(3) reform the "steps and lanes" salary schedule, prevent any teacher's compensation
paid before implementing the pay system from being reduced as a result of participating in
this system, base at least 60 percent of any compensation increase on teacher performance
using:

(i) schoolwide student achievement gains under section 120B.35 or locally selected
standardized assessment outcomes, or both;

(ii) measures of student growth and literacy that may include value-added models
or student learning goals, consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, clause (9), or
122A.41, subdivision 5, clause (9), and other measures that include the academic literacy,
oral academic language, and achievement of English learners under section 122A.40,
subdivision 8, clause (10), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, clause (10); and

(iii) an objective evaluation program under section 122A.40, subdivision 8,
paragraph (b), clause (2), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (2);

(4) provide for participation in job-embedded learning opportunities such as
professional learning communities to improve instructional skills and learning that are
aligned with student needs under section 122A.413, consistent with the staff development
plan under section 122A.60 and led during the school day by trained teacher leaders
such as master or mentor teachers;

(5) allow any teacher in a participating school district, intermediate school district,
school site, or charter school that implements an alternative pay system to participate in
that system without any quota or other limit; and

(6) encourage collaboration rather than competition among teachers.

new text begin (c) The alternative teacher professional pay system may:
 new text end

new text begin (1) include a hiring bonus or other added compensation for teachers who are
identified as effective or highly effective under the local teacher professional review
cycle and work in a hard-to-fill position or in a hard-to-staff school such as a school with
a majority of students whose families meet federal poverty guidelines, a geographically
isolated school, or a school identified by the state as eligible for targeted programs or
services for its students;
 new text end

new text begin (2) include incentives for teachers to obtain a master's degree or other advanced
certification in their content field of licensure, pursue the training or education necessary
to obtain an additional licensure in shortage areas identified by the district or charter
school, or help fund a "grow your own" new teacher initiative; and
 new text end

new text begin (3) be structured around teacher-powered site-governed schools allowed under
section 123B.045.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to agreements approved or renegotiated after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.60, is amended to read:


122A.60 STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.

Staff development committee.

new text begin (a) new text end A school board must use the
revenue authorized in section 122A.61 for deleted text begin in-service education for programs under section
120B.22, subdivision 2, or for staff developmentdeleted text end new text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) teacher development and evaluation new text end plans under deleted text begin thisdeleted text end sectionnew text begin 122A.40,
subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;
new text end

new text begin (2) principal development and evaluation under section 123B.147, subdivision 3;
 new text end

new text begin (3) in-service education programs under section 120B.22, subdivision 2; and
 new text end

new text begin (4) other staff development needsnew text end .

new text begin (b) new text end The board must establish an advisory staff development committee to develop
the plan, assist site professional development teams in developing a site plan consistent
with the goals of the plan, and evaluate staff development efforts at the site level. A
majority of the advisory committee and the site professional development team must be
teachers representing various grade levels, subject areas, and special education. The
advisory committee must also include nonteaching staff, parents, and administrators.

Subd. 1a.

Effective staff development activities.

(a) Staff development activities
must:

(1) focus on the school classroom and research-based strategies that improve student
learning;

(2) provide opportunities for teachers to practice and improve their instructional
skills over time;

(3) provide opportunities for teachers to use student data as part of their daily work
to increase student achievement;

(4) enhance teacher content knowledge and instructional skills, including to
accommodate the delivery of digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage
students with technology;

(5) align with state and local academic standards;

(6) provide opportunities to build professional relationships, foster collaboration
among principals and staff who provide instruction, and provide opportunities for
teacher-to-teacher mentoring;

(7) align with the plan of the district or site for an alternative teacher professional
pay system;

(8) provide teachers of English learners, including English as a second language and
content teachers, with differentiated instructional strategies critical for ensuring students'
long-term academic success; the means to effectively use assessment data on the academic
literacy, oral academic language, and English language development of English learners;
and skills to support native and English language development across the curriculum; and

(9) provide opportunities for staff to learn about current workforce trends, the
connections between workforce trends and postsecondary education, and training options,
including career and technical education options.

Staff development activities may include curriculum development and curriculum training
programs, and activities that provide teachers and other members of site-based teams
training to enhance team performance. The school district also may implement other
staff development activities required by law and activities associated with professional
teacher compensation models.

(b) Release time provided for teachers to supervise students on field trips and school
activities, or independent tasks not associated with enhancing the teacher's knowledge
and instructional skills, such as preparing report cards, calculating grades, or organizing
classroom materials, may not be counted as staff development time that is financed with
staff development reserved revenue under section 122A.61.

Subd. 2.

Contents of plan.

The plan must include the staff development outcomes
under new text begin section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5, and section 123B.147,
new text end subdivision 3, the means to achieve the outcomes, and procedures for evaluating progress
at each school site toward meeting education new text begin and staff development new text end outcomes, consistent
with relicensure requirements under section 122A.18, subdivision 4. The plan also must:

(1) support stable and productive professional communities achieved through
ongoing and schoolwide progress and growth in teaching practice;

(2) emphasize coaching, professional learning communities, classroom action
research, and other job-embedded models;

(3) maintain a strong subject matter focus premised on students' learning goals,
consistent with section 120B.125;

(4) ensure specialized preparation and learning about issues related to teaching
English learners and students with special needs by focusing on long-term systemic efforts
to improve educational services and opportunities and raise student achievement; and

(5) reinforce national and state standards of effective teaching practice.

Subd. 3.

Staff development outcomes.

The advisory staff development committee
must adopt a staff development plannew text begin , consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or
122A.41, subdivision 5, for developing and evaluating teachers andnew text end for improving student
deleted text begin achievementdeleted text end new text begin outcomes and with section 123B.147, subdivision 3, for strengthening
principals' capacity in areas of instruction, supervision, evaluation, and teacher
developmentnew text end . The plan must be consistent with education outcomes that the school board
determines. The plan must include ongoing staff development activities that contribute
toward continuous improvement in deleted text begin achievement ofdeleted text end new text begin achievingnew text end the following goals:

(1) improve student achievement of state and local education standards in all areas of
the curriculum, including areas of regular academic and applied and experiential learning,
by using research-based best practices methods;

(2) effectively meet the needs of a diverse student population, including at-risk
children, children with disabilities, English learners, and gifted children, within the regular
classroom, applied and experiential learning settings, and other settings;

(3) provide an inclusive curriculum for a racially, ethnically, linguistically, and
culturally diverse student population that is consistent with the state education diversity
rule and the district's education diversity plan;

(4) improve staff collaboration and develop mentoring and peer coaching programs
for teachers new to the school or district;

(5) effectively teach and model violence prevention policy and curriculum that
address early intervention alternatives, issues of harassment, and teach nonviolent
alternatives for conflict resolution;

(6) effectively deliver digital and blended learning and curriculum and engage
students with technology; and

(7) provide teachers and other members of site-based management teams with
appropriate management and financial management skills.

Subd. 4.

Staff development report.

(a) By October 15 of each year, the district and
site staff development committees shall write and submit a report of staff development
activities and expenditures for the previous year, in the form and manner determined by
the commissioner. The report, signed by the district superintendent and staff development
chair, must include assessment and evaluation data indicating progress toward district and
site staff development goals based on teaching and learning outcomes, including the
percentage of teachers and other staff involved in instruction who participate in effective
staff development activities under subdivision 3.

(b) The report must break down expenditures for:

(1) curriculum development and curriculum training programs; and

(2) staff development training models, workshops, and conferences, and the cost of
releasing teachers or providing substitute teachers for staff development purposes.

The report also must indicate whether the expenditures were incurred at the district
level or the school site level, and whether the school site expenditures were made possible
by grants to school sites that demonstrate exemplary use of allocated staff development
revenue. These expenditures must be reported using the uniform financial and accounting
and reporting standards.

(c) The commissioner shall report the staff development progress and expenditure
data to the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over
education by February 15 each year.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Staff development revenue.

A district is required to reserve
an amount equal to at least two percent of the basic revenue under section 126C.10,
subdivision 2, fornew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1) teacher development and evaluation under sections 122A.40, subdivision 8, or
122A.41, subdivision 5;
 new text end

new text begin (2) principal development and evaluation under section 123B.147, subdivision 3;
 new text end

new text begin (3) professional development under section 122A.60; and
 new text end

new text begin (4) new text end in-service education for programs under section 120B.22, subdivision 2deleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin To the extent extra funds remain, staff development revenue may be usednew text end for
staff development plans, including plans for challenging instructional activities and
experiences under section 122A.60, and for curriculum development and programs,
other in-service education, teachers' new text begin mentoring under section 122A.70 and new text end evaluation,
teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, the cost of substitute teachers staff development
purposes, preservice and in-service education for special education professionals and
paraprofessionals, and other related costs for staff development efforts. A district may
annually waive the requirement to reserve their basic revenue under this section if a
majority vote of the licensed teachers in the district and a majority vote of the school board
agree to a resolution to waive the requirement. A district in statutory operating debt is
exempt from reserving basic revenue according to this section. Districts may expend an
additional amount of unreserved revenue for staff development based on their needs.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.69, is amended to read:


122A.69 PRACTICE OR STUDENT TEACHERS.

The Board new text begin of Teaching new text end may, by agreements with teacher deleted text begin preparingdeleted text end new text begin preparation
new text end institutions, arrange for classroom experience in the district for practice or student
teachers who have completed deleted text begin not less thandeleted text end new text begin at least new text end two years of an approved teacher
deleted text begin educationdeleted text end new text begin preparation new text end program. Such practice new text begin and student new text end teachers must be deleted text begin provided with
appropriate supervisiondeleted text end new text begin appropriately supervised new text end by a fully qualified teacher under rules
deleted text begin promulgateddeleted text end new text begin adoptednew text end by the board. new text begin A practice or student teacher must be placed with a
cooperating licensed teacher who has at least three years of teaching experience and is
not in the improvement process under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b),
clause (12), or 122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (12). new text end Practice new text begin and student
new text end teachers are deleted text begin deemeddeleted text end employees of the school district in which they are rendering services
for purposes of workers' compensation; liability insurance, if provided for other district
employees deleted text begin in accordance withdeleted text end new text begin under new text end section 123B.23; and legal counsel deleted text begin in accordance
with the provisions ofdeleted text end new text begin undernew text end section 123B.25.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.70, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Teacher mentoring programs.

new text begin (a) new text end School districts deleted text begin are encouraged
todeleted text end new text begin maynew text end develop deleted text begin teacher mentoringdeleted text end new text begin and implementnew text end programs for new text begin mentoring new text end teachers new
to the profession or district, deleted text begin includingdeleted text end new text begin and may, at a minimum, include in the mentoring
program new text end teaching residents, teachers of color, teachers with special needs, deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin and
new text end experienced teachers new text begin under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, paragraph (b), clause (12), or
122A.41, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), clause (12), new text end in need of peer coaching.

new text begin (b) Teacher mentoring programs must support districts' teacher evaluation and
peer review processes under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision
5. A district may use staff development revenue under sections 122A.60 and 122A.61
or another funding source, including achievement gap elimination revenue, alternative
teacher pay, or compensatory revenue, to pay a stipend to a mentor who may be a district
employee or a third-party contractor.
 new text end

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Teacher assignment.

(a) As of the effective date of a consolidation
in which a district is divided or the dissolution of a district and its attachment to two or
more existing districts, each teacher employed by an affected district shall be assigned to
the newly created or enlarged district on the basis of a ratio of the pupils assigned to each
district according to the new district boundaries. The district receiving the greatest number
of pupils must be assigned the new text begin most effective new text end teacher new text begin under section 122A.40, subdivision 8,
new text end with the greatest seniority, and the remaining teachers must be alternately assigned to each
district new text begin from most to least effective and with most to least seniority within each category or
rating of effectiveness new text end until the district receiving the fewest pupils has received its ratio of
teachers who will not be retiring before the effective date of the consolidation or dissolution.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board and the exclusive representative of
teachers in each district involved in the consolidation or dissolution and attachment may
negotiate a plan for assigning teachers to each newly created or enlarged district.

new text begin (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions of this section apply
only to the extent they are consistent with section 122A.40, subdivisions 8, 10, and 11.
 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. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.045, is amended to read:


123B.045 DISTRICT-CREATED SITE-GOVERNEDnew text begin , TEACHER-POWERED
new text end SCHOOLS.

Subdivision 1.

Authority.

(a) A school board may approve site-governednew text begin ,
teacher-powerednew text end schools under this section by requesting site-governingnew text begin , teacher-powered
new text end school proposals. The request for proposals must include what types of schools or
education innovations the board intends to create. A current site may submit a proposal to
create a different model for the site if 60 percent or more of the teachers at the site support
the proposal. A group of licensed district professionals from one or multiple district
sites may submit a proposal. The group submitting the proposal must include parents or
other community members in the development of the proposal. A proposal may request
approval for a model of a school not included in the request for proposal of the board.

(b) The school board and the applicable bargaining unit representing district
employees must enter into memoranda of understanding specifying how applicable
sections of current contracts will enable the provisions of subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
clauses (7) and (8), to be implemented.

(c) Within 60 days of receipt of the application, the school board shall determine
whether to approve, deny, or return the application to the applicants for further information
or development.

(d) Upon approval of the proposal, an agreement between the district and the site
council shall be developed identifying the powers and duties delegated to the site and
outlining the details of the proposal including the provisions of subdivisions 2, 3, and
5. Any powers or duties not specifically delegated to the school site in the agreement
remains with the school board.

Subd. 2.

Roles and responsibilities of site-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end schools.

(a) Site-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end schools approved by the school board have the
following autonomy and responsibilities at the discretion of the site:

(1) to create the site-governingnew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end council of the school. The council
shall include teachers, administrators, parents, students if appropriate, community
members, and other representatives of the community as determined by the site-governingnew text begin ,
teacher-powerednew text end council. Teachers may comprise a majority of the site-governingnew text begin ,
teacher-powerednew text end council at the option of a majority of the teachers at the site. The number
of members on the site-governingnew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end council and the composition shall be
included in the proposal approved by the school board;

(2) to determine the leadership model for the site including: selecting a principal,
operating as a teacher professional practices model with school leadership functions
performed by one or more teachers or administrators at the school or other model
determined by the site;

(3) to determine the budget for the site and the allocation and expenditure of the
revenue based on provisions of subdivision 3;

(4) to determine the learning model and organization of the school consistent with
the application approved by the school board;

(5) to select and develop its curriculum and determine formative and summative
assessment practices;

(6) to set policies for the site including student promotion, attendance, discipline,
graduation requirements which may exceed the school board standards, and other such
rules as approved by the school board consistent with the mission, goals, and learning
program of the school site;

(7) to determine the length of the school day and year and employee work rules
covered by the terms and conditions of the employment contract;

(8) to select teachers and other staff consistent with current law and collective
bargaining agreements and memoranda of understanding provided for in subdivision 1,
paragraph (b). At least 70 percent of the teachers must be selected by the site prior to final
approval of the agreement. Prior to requesting the district to employ staff not currently
employed by the district, the site must first select current district staff including those on
requested and unrequested leave as provided for in sections 122A.40 and 122A.41. The
school board shall be the legal employer of all staff at the site and all teachers and other
staff members of the applicable bargaining units. Teachers and other employees may be
required to sign an individual work agreement with the site-governingnew text begin , teacher-powered
new text end council committing themselves to the mission and learning program of the school and the
requirements of the site-governingnew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end council; and

(9) to fulfill other provisions as agreed to by the district and site-governingnew text begin ,
teacher-powerednew text end council.

(b) If a self-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end school created under this section is
supervised by a principal, that principal must be licensed, consistent with section
123B.147, subdivision 2.

Subd. 3.

Revenue to self-governed school.

(a) The revenue that shall be allocated
by the site includes the general education revenue generated by the students at the site from
state, local, and private sources, referendum revenue, federal revenue from the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Carl Perkins
Act, and other federal programs as agreed to by the school board and site council.

(b) The district may retain an administrative fee for managing the federal
programs, private revenues, and general administrative functions including school board,
superintendent, district legal counsel, finance, accountability and self-governed school
contract oversight, facilities maintenance, districtwide special education programs, and
other such services as agreed to by the site and school board. The administrative fee
shall be included in the agreement.

(c) As part of the agreement, the district may provide specific services for the site
and may specify the amount to be paid for each service and retain the revenues for that
amount. The formula or procedures for determining the amount of revenue to be allocated
to the site each year shall be consistent with this subdivision and incorporated in the site
budget annually following a timeline and process that is included in the agreement with
the school board. The site is responsible for allocating revenue for all staff at the site and
for the other provisions of the agreement with the district board.

(d) All unspent revenue shall be carried over to following years for the sole use
of the site.

Subd. 4.

Exemption from statutes and rules.

Except as outlined in this section,
site-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end schools established under this section are exempt from
and subject to the same laws and rules as are chartered schools under section 124D.10,
except that the schools shall be subject to chapters 13, 13D, and 179A, and sections
122A.40, 122A.41, 122A.50, and 122A.51.

Subd. 5.

Performance standards.

(a) The school board and the site council shall
include in the agreement performance standards and expectations that shall include at
least the following:

(1) student achievement targets on multiple indicators including either a growth
model or value-added growth model;

(2) the criteria and process to be followed if it is determined that the site failed
to comply with district oversight and accountability requirements as outlined in the
agreement; and

(3) other performance provisions as agreed to.

(b) All agreements shall be filed with the commissioner. The initial agreement shall
be for up to three years, shall be reviewed annually, and may be renewed by the district
board for additional terms of up to five years based on the performance of the school.

Subd. 6.

Board termination of self-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end school authority.

(a) The district board may terminate the agreement for one or more of the following reasons:

(1) failure of the site to meet the provisions specified in the agreement in subdivision
5;

(2) violations of law; or

(3) other good cause shown.

(b) Site-governednew text begin , teacher-powerednew text end schools that are terminated or not renewed for
reasons other than cause may request to convert to charter school status as provided for in
section 124D.10 and, if chartered by the board, shall become the owner of all materials,
supplies, and equipment purchased during the period the school was a site-governednew text begin ,
teacher-powerednew text end school.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Authorization; notification.

Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, an 11th or 12th grade pupil enrolled in a school or an American Indian-controlled
tribal contract or grant school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign
exchange pupil enrolled in a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to an
eligible institution, as defined in subdivision 3, to enroll in nonsectarian courses offered by
that postsecondary institution. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 9th or 10th
grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant
school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in
a district under a cultural exchange program, may apply to enroll in nonsectarian courses
offered under subdivision 10, if new text begin (1) new text end after all 11th and 12th grade students have applied
for a course, additional students are necessary to offer the coursenew text begin and the school district
and the eligible postsecondary institution providing the course agree to the student's
enrollment or (2) the course is a world language course currently available to 11th and
12th grade students, and consistent with section 120B.022 governing world language
standards, certificates, and sealsnew text end . If an institution accepts a secondary pupil for enrollment
under this section, the institution shall send written notice to the pupil, the pupil's school
or school district, and the commissioner within ten days of acceptance. The notice must
indicate the course and hours of enrollment of that pupil. If the pupil enrolls in a course for
postsecondary credit, the institution must notify the pupil about payment in the customary
manner used by the institution.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:


Subd. 5a.

Authorization; career or technical education.

A 10th, 11th, or 12th
grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant
school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in
a district under a cultural exchange program, may enroll in a career or technical education
course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. A 10th grade pupil applying
for enrollment in a career or technical education course under this subdivision must have
received a passing score on the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in
reading as a condition of enrollment. new text begin A current 10th grade pupil who did not take the 8th
grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in reading may substitute another reading
assessment accepted by the enrolling postsecondary institution. new text end A secondary pupil may
enroll in the pupil's first postsecondary options enrollment course under this subdivision.
A student who is refused enrollment by a Minnesota state college or university under this
subdivision may apply to an eligible institution offering a career or technical education
course. The postsecondary institution must give priority to its students according to
subdivision 9. If a secondary student receives a grade of "C" or better in the career or
technical education course taken under this subdivision, the postsecondary institution
must allow the student to take additional postsecondary courses for secondary credit at
that institution, not to exceed the limits in subdivision 8. A "career or technical course" is
a course that is part of a career and technical education program that provides individuals
with coherent, rigorous content aligned with academic standards and relevant technical
knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current and
emerging professions and provide technical skill proficiency, an industry recognized
credential, and a certificate, a diploma, or an associate degree.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Limit on participation.

A pupil who first enrolls in grade 9 may not
enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than
the equivalent of four academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 10 may not
enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than
the equivalent of three academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 11 may not
enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the
equivalent of two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in grade 12 may not enroll in
postsecondary courses under this section for secondary credit for more than the equivalent
of one academic year. If a pupil in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12 first enrolls in a postsecondary
course for secondary credit during the school year, the time of participation shall be
reduced proportionately. If a pupil is in a learning year or other year-round program and
begins each grade in the summer session, summer sessions shall not be counted against
the time of participation. new text begin If a school district determines a pupil is not on track to graduate,
the limit on participation does not apply to that pupil. new text end A pupil who has graduated from
high school cannot participate in a program under this section. A pupil who has completed
course requirements for graduation but who has not received a diploma may participate in
the program under this section.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Enrollment priority.

(a) A postsecondary institution shall give priority to
its postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils 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 deleted text begin 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 ondeleted text end educational, programmatic, or financial grounds.

new text begin (b) new text end 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 new text begin and enrolled new text end in the graduation incentives
program under section 124D.68 enrolls full time in a middle or early college programnew text begin . A
middle or early college program must benew text end specifically designed to allow the student to earn
dual high school and college creditnew text begin with a well-defined pathway to allow the student to earn
a postsecondary degree or credentialnew text end . In this case, the student shall receive developmental
college credit and not college credit for completing remedial or developmental courses.

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

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end 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 EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Credits.

A pupil must not audit a course under this section.

A district shall grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary
credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. Seven quarter or four semester
college credits equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college credits may
be prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for
postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable course is
offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner, who
shall determine the number of credits that shall be granted to a pupil who successfully
completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the school board
shall grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is a dispute between the
district and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular course, the
pupil may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision
regarding the number of credits shall be final.

The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation
requirements and subject area requirements of the district. Evidence of successful
completion of each course and secondary credits granted must be included in the pupil's
secondary school record. A pupil shall provide the school with a copy of the pupil's grade
in each course taken for secondary credit under this section. Upon the request of a pupil,
the pupil's secondary school record must also include evidence of successful completion
and credits granted for a course taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record
must indicate that the credits were earned at a postsecondary institution.

If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the
postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully
completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may
award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses
successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for
the award of credit.

The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and
the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and
proprietary postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any
successfully completed courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of
Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships offered according to an agreement under subdivision
10.new text begin Consistent with section 135A.101, subdivision 3, all MnSCU institutions must give
full credit to a secondary pupil who completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary
course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU
institution when the pupil enrolls in a MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school.
Once one MnSCU institution certifies as completed a secondary student's postsecondary
course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU
institution must consider the student's course or program for that goal area or the transfer
curriculum as completed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 44.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Accreditation.

To establish a uniform standard by which
concurrent enrollment courses and professional development activities may be measured,
postsecondary institutions deleted text begin are encouraged to apply for accreditation bydeleted text end new text begin must adopt and
implementnew text end the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment deleted text begin Partnershipdeleted text end new text begin Partnership's
program standards and required evidence for accreditation by the 2020-2021 school year
and laternew text end .

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.73, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

deleted text begin Advisory task forcedeleted text end new text begin Tribal Nations Education Committeenew text end .

deleted text begin "Advisory
task force"deleted text end new text begin "Tribal Nations Education Committee"new text end means the deleted text begin state advisory task force
deleted text end new text begin committee established through tribal directive that the commissioner consults with
new text end on American Indian education programsnew text begin , policy, and all matters related to educating
Minnesota's American Indian studentsnew text end .

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.73, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Participating school; American Indian school.

"Participating school"
and "American Indian school" mean a school that:

(1) is not operated by a school district; and

(2) is eligible for a grant under new text begin federal new text end Title deleted text begin IV of the Indiandeleted text end new text begin VII of the Elementary
and Secondarynew text end Education Act for the education of American Indian children.

Sec. 47.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.74, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Program described.

American Indian education programs are
programs in public elementary and secondary schools, nonsectarian nonpublic, community,
tribal, charter, or alternative schools enrolling American Indian children designed to:

(1) support postsecondary preparation for pupils;

(2) support the academic achievement of American Indian students deleted text begin with identified
focus to improve reading and mathematic skillsdeleted text end ;

(3) make the curriculum deleted text begin moredeleted text end relevant to the needs, interests, and cultural heritage
of American Indian pupils;

(4) provide positive reinforcement of the self-image of American Indian pupils;

(5) develop intercultural awareness among pupils, parents, and staff; and

(6) supplement, not supplant, state and federal educational and cocurricular programs.

Program deleted text begin components may include: development of support components for students in
the areas ofdeleted text end new text begin services designed to increase completion and graduation rates of American
Indian students must emphasizenew text end academic achievement, retention, and attendance;
development of support deleted text begin componentsdeleted text end new text begin servicesnew text end for staff, including in-service training and
technical assistance in methods of teaching American Indian pupils; research projects,
including deleted text begin experimentation withdeleted text end new text begin innovative teaching approachesnew text end and evaluation of
methods of relating to American Indian pupils; provision of deleted text begin personal and vocational
deleted text end new text begin careernew text end counseling to American Indian pupils; modification of curriculum, instructional
methods, and administrative procedures to meet the needs of American Indian pupils; and
supplemental instruction in American Indian language, literature, history, and culture.
Districts offering programs may make contracts for the provision of program deleted text begin components
deleted text end new text begin servicesnew text end by establishing cooperative liaisons with tribal programs and American Indian
social service agencies. These programs may also be provided as components of early
childhood and family education programs.

Sec. 48.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.74, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Enrollment of other children; shared time enrollment.

To the extent
it is economically feasible, a district or participating school may make provision for the
voluntary enrollment of non-American Indian children in the instructional components of
an American Indian education program in order that they may acquire an understanding of
the cultural heritage of the American Indian children for whom that particular program is
designed. However, in determining eligibility to participate in a program, priority must be
given to American Indian children. American Indian children and other children enrolled
in an existing nonpublic school system may be enrolled on a shared time basis in new text begin all
academic, targeted services, and new text end American Indian education programs.

Sec. 49.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.74, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Nonverbal courses and extracurricular activities.

In predominantly
nonverbal subjects, such as art, music, and physical education, American Indian children
shall participate fully and on an equal basis with their deleted text begin contemporariesdeleted text end new text begin peersnew text end in school
classes provided for these subjects. Every school district or participating school shall
ensure to children enrolled in American Indian education programs an equal and
meaningful opportunity to participate fully with other children in all extracurricular
activities. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit instruction in nonverbal
subjects or extracurricular activities which relate to the cultural heritage of the American
Indian children, or which are otherwise necessary to accomplish the objectives described
in sections 124D.71 to 124D.82.

Sec. 50.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

American Indian language and culture education licenses.

The
Board of Teachingnew text begin , in consultation with the Tribal Nations Education Committee,new text end must
grant initial and continuing teaching licenses in American Indian language and culture
education that bear the same duration as other initial and continuing licenses. The board
must grant licenses to persons who present satisfactory evidence that they:

(1) possess competence in an American Indian language or possess unique
qualifications relative to or knowledge and understanding of American Indian history
and culture; or

(2) possess a bachelor's degree or other academic degree approved by the board or
meet such requirements as to course of study and training as the board may prescribe, or
possess such relevant experience as the board may prescribe.

This evidence may be presented by affidavits, new text begin tribal new text end resolutions, or by such other
methods as the board may prescribe. Individuals may present applications for licensure on
their own behalf or these applications may be submitted by the superintendent or other
authorized official of a school district, participating school, or an American Indian school.

Sec. 51.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.75, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Resolution or letter.

All persons applying for a license under this section
must submit to the board a resolution or letter of support signed by an American Indian
tribal government deleted text begin or its designeedeleted text end . All persons holding a license under this section deleted text begin on July
1, 1995,deleted text end must have on file or file with the board a resolution or letter of support signed by
a tribal government deleted text begin or its designee by January 1, 1996, or the next renewal date of the
license thereafterdeleted text end .

Sec. 52.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.75, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Affirmative efforts in hiring.

In hiring for all positions in these programs,
school districts and participating schools shall give preference to and make affirmative
efforts to seek, recruit, and employ persons who share the culture of the American Indian
children who are enrolled in the program. The district or participating school deleted text begin shalldeleted text end new text begin must
new text end provide procedures for the involvement of the parent advisory committees in deleted text begin designing
the procedures fordeleted text end the recruitment, screening and selection of applicants. This subdivision
shall not be construed to limit the school board's authority to hire and discharge personnel.

Sec. 53.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.76, is amended to read:


124D.76 deleted text begin TEACHERS AIDES;deleted text end COMMUNITY COORDINATORSnew text begin , INDIAN
HOME/SCHOOL LIAISONS, PARAPROFESSIONALSnew text end .

In addition to employing American Indian language and culture education teachers,
each district or participating school providing programs pursuant to sections 124D.71 to
124D.82 may employ deleted text begin teachers' aidesdeleted text end new text begin paraprofessionalsnew text end . deleted text begin Teachers' aidesdeleted text end new text begin Paraprofessionals
new text end must not be employed for the purpose of supplanting American Indian language and
culture education teachers.

Any district or participating school which conducts American Indian education
programs pursuant to sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 must employ one or more full-time
or part-time community coordinators new text begin or Indian home/school liaisons new text end if there are 100 or
more new text begin American Indiannew text end students enrolled in the deleted text begin programdeleted text end new text begin districtnew text end . Community coordinators
shall promote communication understanding, and cooperation between the schools and the
community and shall visit the homes of children who are to be enrolled in an American
Indian education program in order to convey information about the program.

Sec. 54.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.78, is amended to read:


124D.78 PARENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.

Subdivision 1.

Parent committee.

School boards and American Indian schools
must provide for the maximum involvement of parents of children enrolled in education
programs, programs for elementary and secondary grades, special education programs,
and support services. Accordingly, the board of a school district in which there are ten
or more American Indian deleted text begin childrendeleted text end new text begin studentsnew text end enrolled and each American Indian school
must establish deleted text begin adeleted text end new text begin an American Indian educationnew text end parent new text begin advisory new text end committee. If a committee
whose membership consists of a majority of parents of American Indian children has been
or is established according to federal, tribal, or other state law, that committee may serve
as the committee required by this section and is subject to, at least, the requirements of
this subdivision and subdivision 2.

The new text begin American Indian education new text end parent new text begin advisory new text end committee must develop its
recommendations in consultation with the curriculum advisory committee required by
section 120B.11, subdivision 3. This committee must afford parents the necessary
information and the opportunity effectively to express their views concerning all aspects
of American Indian education and the educational needs of the American Indian children
enrolled in the school or program. deleted text begin The committee must also address the need for adult
education programs for American Indian people in the community.deleted text end The new text begin school new text end board or
American Indian school must ensure that programs are planned, operated, and evaluated
with the involvement of and in consultation with parents of deleted text begin childrendeleted text end new text begin studentsnew text end served by
the programs.

Subd. 2.

Resolution of concurrence.

Prior to deleted text begin Decemberdeleted text end new text begin Marchnew text end 1, the new text begin school
new text end board or American Indian school must submit to the department a copy of a resolution
adopted by the new text begin American Indian education new text end parent new text begin advisory new text end 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 deleted text begin childrendeleted text end new text begin studentsnew text end 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 with
the resolution. By resolution, the board must respondnew text begin in writing within 60 daysnew text end , in cases
of nonconcurrence, to each recommendation made by the committee and state its reasons
for not implementing the recommendations.

Subd. 3.

Membership.

The new text begin American Indian education parent advisory new text end committee
must be composed of parents of children eligible to be enrolled in American Indian
education programs; secondary students eligible to be served; American Indian language
and culture education teachers and deleted text begin aidesdeleted text end new text begin paraprofessionalsnew text end ; American Indian teachers;
counselors; adult American Indian people enrolled in educational programs; and
representatives from community groups. A majority of each committee must be parents
of children enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in the programs. The number of parents
of American Indian and non-American Indian children shall reflect approximately the
proportion of children of those groups enrolled in the programs.

Subd. 4.

Alternate committee.

If the organizational membership or the board
of directors of an American Indian school consists of parents of children attending the
school, that membership or board may serve also as the new text begin American Indian education new text end parent
new text begin advisory new text end committee.

Sec. 55.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.79, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

new text begin American Indian new text end community involvement.

The commissioner
must provide for the maximum involvement of the deleted text begin state committees on American Indian
educationdeleted text end new text begin Tribal Nations Education Committeenew text end , parents of American Indian children,
secondary students eligible to be served, American Indian language and culture education
teachers, American Indian teachers, deleted text begin teachers' aidesdeleted text end new text begin paraprofessionalsnew text end , representatives of
community groups, and persons knowledgeable in the field of American Indian education,
in the formulation of policy and procedures relating to the administration of sections
124D.71 to 124D.82. The commissioner must annually hold a field hearing on Indian
education to gather input from American Indian educators, parents, and students on the
state of American Indian education in Minnesota. Results of the hearing must be made
available to all 11 tribal nations for review and comment.

Sec. 56.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.79, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Technical assistance.

The commissioner shall provide technical assistance
to districts, schools and postsecondary institutions for preservice and in-service training
for new text begin teachers, new text end American Indian education teachers and deleted text begin teacher's aides,deleted text end new text begin paraprofessionals
specifically designed to implement culturally responsivenew text end teaching methods, new text begin culturally
based new text end curriculum development, testing and testing mechanisms, and the development of
materials for American Indian education programs.

Sec. 57.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.791, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Duties; powers.

The Indian education director shall:

(1) serve as the liaison for the department with the Tribal Nations Education
Committee, the 11 deleted text begin reservationsdeleted text end new text begin tribal communities in Minnesotanew text end , the Minnesota Chippewa
tribe, new text begin and new text end the Minnesota Indian Affairs Councildeleted text begin , and the Urban Advisory Councildeleted text end ;

(2) evaluate the state of American Indian education in Minnesota;

(3) engage the tribal bodies, community groups, parents of children eligible to be
served by American Indian education programs, American Indian administrators and
teachers, persons experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education
programs, the tribally controlled schools, and other persons knowledgeable in the field of
American Indian education and seek their advice on policies that can improve the quality
of American Indian education;

(4) advise the commissioner on American Indian education issues, including:

(i) issues facing American Indian students;

(ii) policies for American Indian education;

(iii) awarding scholarships to eligible American Indian students and in administering
the commissioner's duties regarding awarding of American Indian deleted text begin postsecondary
preparationdeleted text end new text begin educationnew text end grants to school districts; and

(iv) administration of the commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82
and other programs for the education of American Indian people;

(5) propose to the commissioner legislative changes that will improve the quality
of American Indian education;

(6) develop a strategic plan and a long-term framework for American Indian
education, in conjunction with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, that is updated every
five years and implemented by the commissioner, with goals to:

(i) increase American Indian student achievement, including increased levels of
proficiency and growth on statewide accountability assessments;

(ii) increase the number of American Indian teachers in public schools;

(iii) close the achievement gap between American Indian students and their more
advantaged peers;

(iv) increase the statewide graduation rate for American Indian students; and

(v) increase American Indian student placement in postsecondary programs and
the workforce; and

(7) keep the American Indian community informed about the work of the department
by reporting to the Tribal Nations Education Committee at each committee meeting.

Sec. 58.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.861, is amended to read:


124D.861 ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEGRATION FOR MINNESOTA.

Subdivision 1.

Program to close the academic achievement and opportunity
gap; revenue uses.

(a) The "Achievement and Integration for Minnesota " program is
established to deleted text begin pursuedeleted text end new text begin improve academic achievement and promote new text end racial and economic
integration deleted text begin and increase student academic achievement,deleted text end new text begin to new text end create equitable educational
opportunitiesnew text begin and outcomesnew text end , and reduce academic disparities based on students' diverse
racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in Minnesota public schools.

(b) For purposes of this section and section 124D.862, "eligible district" means a
district required to submit a plan to the commissioner under Minnesota Rules governing
school desegregation and integration, or be a member of a multidistrict integration
collaborative that files a plan with the commissionernew text begin and "hard to staff" classroom or
school means a classroom or school designated as such by the school board because of the
difficulty of attracting or retaining qualified and effective teachers at that sitenew text end .

(c) Eligible districts must use the deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin aidnew text end under section 124D.862 to deleted text begin pursue
deleted text end new text begin improve thenew text end academic achievement deleted text begin and racial and economic integration through: (1)
integrated learning environments that preparedeleted text end new text begin ofnew text end all students deleted text begin to be effective citizens and
enhance social cohesion; (2) policies and curricula and trained instructors, administrators,
school counselors, and other advocates to support and enhance integrated learning
environments under this section, including through magnet schools, innovative,
research-based instruction, differentiated instruction, and targeted interventions to improve
achievement; and (3) rigorous career and college readiness programs for underserved
student populations, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1; integrated learning
environments to increase student academic achievement; cultural fluency, competency,
and interaction; graduation and educational attainment rates; and parent involvement.deleted text end new text begin and
eliminate disparities in academic achievement among student subgroups through:
new text end

new text begin (1) school choice programs, innovative academic instruction, and best teaching
practices;
 new text end

new text begin (2) opportunity programs proven to increase students' access to academic rigor and
focused on college and career readiness;
new text end

new text begin (3) family engagement programs that promote involvement in students' academic
life and success;
 new text end

new text begin (4) extended day and extended week programs;
 new text end

new text begin (5) summer school academies;
 new text end

new text begin (6) before and after school academic programs;
 new text end

new text begin (7) prekindergarten or other early learning programs; and
 new text end

new text begin (8) other programs proven through data to improve students' academic achievement.
 new text end

new text begin (d) Eligible districts may use the levy under section 124D.862 to promote racial
and academic integration through:
 new text end

new text begin (1) integrated learning environments that prepare all students to be effective citizens
and enhance social cohesion, cultural fluency, competency, and interaction;
 new text end

new text begin (2) policies, curricula, and trained instructors, administrators, school counselors,
and other advocates to support and enhance integrated learning environments under this
section, including, but not limited to, through magnet schools, before and after school
programming, and summer activities and academies; or
 new text end

new text begin (3) other locally developed, innovative programs or opportunities.
 new text end

new text begin (e) Eligible districts may use the aid and the levy under section 124D.862 to increase
teacher and administrator diversity through recruitment and retention policies and to
provide incentives for teachers to teach in hard-to-staff schools or classrooms.
 new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a cash incentive may be paid directly to a teacher
teaching in a hard-to-staff school or classroom.
 new text end

Subd. 2.

Plan deleted text begin implementation;deleted text end components.

(a) The school board of each
eligible district must formally develop and implement a deleted text begin long-termdeleted text end new text begin comprehensivenew text end plan
deleted text begin under this sectiondeleted text end new text begin consistent with subdivision 1, containing specific district and school
goals for eliminating the disparities in students' academic achievement and promoting
students' academic successnew text end . The plan deleted text begin mustdeleted text end new text begin maynew text end be incorporated into the district's
comprehensive strategic plan under section 120B.11new text begin and may include students enrolled
in alternative learning centers under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, and contract
alternative programs under section 124D.69new text end . deleted text begin Plan components may include: innovative
and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12 learning environments that offer students
school enrollment choices; family engagement initiatives that involve families in their
students' academic life and success; professional development opportunities for teachers
and administrators focused on improving the academic achievement of all students;
increased programmatic opportunities 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 recruitment and retention of teachers and administrators with diverse racial and ethnic
backgrounds. The plan must contain goals for: (1) reducing the disparities in academic
achievement 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 integration in schools and
districtsdeleted text end new text begin The board may also develop and implement an integration plan to increase racial
and economic integration in schools and districtsnew text end .

(b) Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement deleted text begin effective
deleted text end new text begin cost-effectivenew text end , research-based interventions that include formative assessment practices
to deleted text begin reducedeleted text end new text begin eliminatenew text end the disparities in student academic deleted text begin performance among the specific
deleted text end new text begin achievement between the highest and lowest performing racial and ethnic new text end categories of
students as measured by student deleted text begin progress and growthdeleted text end new text begin demonstration of proficiency and
growthnew text end on state reading and math assessments deleted text begin and as aligned with section 120B.11deleted text end .

(c) Eligible districts deleted text begin must createdeleted text end new text begin may collaborate in creatingnew text end efficiencies and
deleted text begin eliminatedeleted text end new text begin eliminatingnew text end duplicative programs and services under this sectiondeleted text begin , which
may include forming collaborations or a single, seven-county metropolitan areawide
partnership of eligible districts for this purposedeleted text end .

Subd. 3.

Public engagement; deleted text begin progress report anddeleted text end new text begin biennial report;new text end budget
process.

(a) To receive deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin aidnew text end under section 124D.862, the school board of an
eligible district must deleted text begin incorporate school and district plan components under section
120B.11 into the district's comprehensive integration plan.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) A school board mustdeleted text end hold at least one formal annual hearing to publicly report its
progress in realizing the goals identified in its plan. At the hearing, the board must provide
the public with longitudinal data demonstrating district and school progress in deleted text begin reducing
the disparities in studentdeleted text end new text begin eliminating thenew text end academic deleted text begin performance among the specified
categories of students and in realizing racial and economic integrationdeleted text end new text begin achievement
gapnew text end , consistent with the district plan and the measures in paragraph deleted text begin (a)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end . At least 30
days before the formal hearing under this paragraph, the board must post its plan, its
preliminary analysis, relevant student performance data, and other longitudinal data on
the district's Web site. A district must hold one hearing to meet the hearing requirements
of both this section and section 120B.11.new text begin The board must also include in this hearing a
discussion of its integration plan.
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end The district must submit a detailed budget to the commissioner by March
15 in the year before it implements itsnew text begin achievement gap eliminationnew text end plan. new text begin If a district
develops an integration plan, the district must also submit a budget for its integration
activities at the same time. new text end The commissioner must review, and approve or disapprove the
district's deleted text begin budgetdeleted text end new text begin budgetsnew text end by June 1 of that year.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end The longitudinal data required under paragraph (a) must be based on student
growth and progress in reading and mathematics, as defined under section 120B.30,
subdivision 1, deleted text begin anddeleted text end student performance data and achievement reports from fully adaptive
reading and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8, and high school reading
and math testsnew text end beginning in the 2015-2016 school year under section 120B.30, subdivision
1a, and either (i) school enrollment choices, (ii) the number of world language proficiency
or high achievement certificates awarded under section 120B.022, subdivision 1a, or
the number of state bilingual and multilingual seals issued under section 120B.022,
subdivision 1b, or (iii)school safety and students' engagement and connection at school
under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d). deleted text begin Additional longitudinal data may be
based on: students' progress toward career and college readiness under section 120B.30,
subdivision 1; or rigorous coursework completed under section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (c), clause (2).
deleted text end

Subd. 4.

Timeline and implementation.

A board must approve itsnew text begin achievement
gap eliminationnew text end plan and submit it to the department by March 15. If a district that is part
of a multidistrict council applies for revenue for a plan, the individual district shall not
receive deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin aidnew text end unless it ratifies the plan adopted by the multidistrict council. Each
plan has a term of three years. deleted text begin For the 2014-2015 school year, an eligible district under
this section must submit its plan to the commissioner for review by March 15, 2014. For
the 2013-2014 school year only, an eligible district may continue to implement its current
plan until the commissioner approves a new plan under this section.
deleted text end

Subd. 5.

Evaluation.

The commissioner must evaluate the efficacy of district plans
in deleted text begin reducingdeleted text end new text begin eliminatingnew text end the disparities in student academic deleted text begin performancedeleted text end new text begin achievement
new text end among the specified categories of students within the district, andnew text begin where applicable,new text end in
realizing racial and economic integration. The commissioner shall report evaluation
results to the kindergarten through grade 12 education committees of the legislature by
February 1 of every deleted text begin odd-numbereddeleted text end new text begin fourthnew text end yearnew text begin beginning February 1, 2017new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
 new text end

Sec. 59.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.862, is amended to read:


124D.862 ACHIEVEMENT new text begin GAP ELIMINATION REVENUE new text end AND
INTEGRATION deleted text begin REVENUEdeleted text end new text begin LEVYnew text end .

Subdivision 1.

Initial achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenue.

deleted text begin (a)
deleted text end An eligible district's initial achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenue equals
the lesser of deleted text begin 100.3deleted text end new text begin 100.2new text end 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).

deleted text begin (b) In each year, 0.3 percent of each district's initial achievement and integration
revenue is transferred to the department for the oversight and accountability activities
required under this section and section 124D.861.
 deleted text end

Subd. 2.

Incentive revenue.

An eligible school district's maximum incentive
revenue equals $10 per adjusted pupil unit. A district's incentive revenue equals the
lesser of the maximum incentive revenue or the district's expenditures for implementing a
voluntary plan to reduce racial and economic enrollment disparities through intradistrict
and interdistrict activities that have been approved as a part of the district's achievement
and integration plan under the budget approved by the commissioner under section
124D.861, subdivision 3deleted text begin , paragraph (c)deleted text end .

Subd. 3.

Achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenue.

Achievement
deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenue equals the sum of initial achievement deleted text begin and
integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenue and incentive revenue.

Subd. 4.

Achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end aid.

deleted text begin For fiscal year 2015
and later,deleted text end A district's achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end aid equals new text begin the lesser of (1)
$350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that year; (2) new text end 70 percent of its achievement
deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap eliminationnew text end revenuenew text begin ; or (3) the district's actual expenditures under the
budget approved by the commissioner under section 124D.861, subdivision 3new text end .

Subd. 5.

deleted text begin Achievement anddeleted text end Integration levy.

A district's deleted text begin achievement and
deleted text end integration levy equals new text begin the sum of: (1) 30 percent of new text end its achievement deleted text begin and integrationdeleted text end new text begin gap
eliminationnew text end revenue deleted text begin times 30 percentdeleted text end new text begin under subdivision 3; and (2) the greater of zero or
the difference between the district's initial integration revenue under clause (1) and an
amount equal to $350 times the district's adjusted pupil units for that yearnew 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.

Subd. 6.

Revenue uses.

(a) At least deleted text begin 80deleted text end new text begin 90new text end percent of a district's achievement deleted text begin and
integration revenuedeleted text end new text begin gap elimination aidnew text end received under this section must be used for
deleted text begin innovative and integrated learning environments, school enrollment choices, family
engagement activities,deleted text end new text begin academic programming consistent with the plan under section
124D.861, subdivision 1,new text end and other approved programs providing direct new text begin instructional
new text end services to students.

(b) Up to deleted text begin 20deleted text end new text begin fivenew text end percent of the deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin aidnew text end may be used for professional
development and staff development activities and placement services.

(c) No more than deleted text begin tendeleted text end new text begin fivenew text end percent of the total amount of deleted text begin revenuedeleted text end new text begin aidnew text end may be spent on
administrative services.

Subd. 7.

Revenue reserved.

deleted text begin Integration revenuedeleted text end new text begin Achievement gap elimination aid
new text end received under this section must be reserved and used only for the programs authorized in
subdivision deleted text begin 2deleted text end new text begin 6. The integration levy under subdivision 5, clause (1), must be reserved
and used only for the purposes of the district's integration plan adopted under section
124D.861, subdivision 1new text end .

Subd. 8.

Commissioner authority to withhold revenue.

(a) The commissioner
must review the results of each district's deleted text begin integration anddeleted text end achievementnew text begin gap elimination
new text end plan by August 1 at the end of the third year of implementing the plan and determine if
the district met its goals.

(b) If a district met its goals, it may submit a new three-year plan to the commissioner
for review.

(c) If a district has not met its goals, the commissioner must:

(1) develop a district improvement plan and timeline, in consultation with the
affected district, that identifies strategies and practices designed to meet the district's goals
under this section and section 120B.11; and

(2) use up to 20 percent of the district's deleted text begin integration revenuedeleted text end new text begin achievement gap
elimination aidnew text end , until the district's goals are reached, to implement the improvement plan.

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Department funding. new text end

new text begin For fiscal years 2016 and later, an amount equal
to 0.2 percent of the total expenditures under section 124D.862 for fiscal year 2015 is
transferred to the department for oversight and accountability activities required under
this section and section 124D.861.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
 new text end

Sec. 60.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 135A.101, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Minnesota transfer curriculum. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 135A.08 or
other law to the contrary, all MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a secondary pupil
who completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or
all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls
in a MnSCU institution after leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution
certifies as completed a secondary student's postsecondary course or program that is part
or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU institution must consider the
student's course or program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 61.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 179A.20, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Unrequested leave of absence for teachers. new text end

new text begin A school board and the
exclusive representative of the teachers may not execute a contract effective for the
2017-2018 school year or later unless the contract contains a plan for unrequested leave of
absence under section 122A.40, subdivision 10, or a plan for discontinuing or terminating
teachers under section 122A.41, subdivision 14.
 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.

Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 16, section 15, is amended to read:


Sec. 15. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION REVENUE.

(a) For fiscal year 2015 only, teacher development and evaluation revenue for a
school district, intermediate school district, or charter school new text begin with any school site new text end that does
not have an alternative professional pay system agreement under Minnesota Statutes,
section 122A.414, subdivision 2, equals $302 times the number of full-time equivalent
teachers employed on October 1 of the previous school yearnew text begin in each school site without
an alternative professional pay system under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.414,
subdivision 2new text end . new text begin Except for charter schools, new text end revenue under this section must be reserved for
teacher development and evaluation activities consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.40, subdivision 8, or Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.41, subdivision 5. For the
purposes of this section, "teacher" has the meaning given it in Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.40, subdivision 1, or Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.41, subdivision 1.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the state total teacher development and evaluation
revenue entitlement must not exceed $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. The commissioner
must limit the amount of revenue under this section so as not to exceed this limit.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 63. new text begin TEACHER LICENSURE AGREEMENTS WITH ADJOINING STATES.
new text end

new text begin The Board of Teaching must prepare and submit a report to the K-12 education
committees of the legislature by February 15, 2016, indicating the number, contracting
states, and extent of the interstate agreements for teacher licensure under Minnesota
Statutes, section 122A.23, subdivision 3, reached between August 1 and December 31,
2015.
 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. 64. new text begin TRANSFER CURRICULUM REPORT.
new text end

new text begin By February 1, 2016, the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities must prepare and submit to the K-12 and higher education committees of
the legislature a report describing the implementation of the transfer curriculum policy
for postsecondary enrollment options program students under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 124D.09, subdivision 12, and 135A.101, subdivision 3, and how to standardize
Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and college-level exam program course
equivalencies across all state colleges and universities.
 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. 65. new text begin INTEGRATION LEVY ADJUSTMENT.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 59, for fiscal year 2016 only, a school district's achievement
and integration levy under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862, that is recognized
entirely in the previous year equals 30 percent of its achievement and integration revenue
for fiscal year 2016.
 new text end

Sec. 66. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department. 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 gap elimination aid. new text end

new text begin For gap elimination aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:
 new text end

new text begin $
new text end 		new text begin 62,622,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
new text end 		new text begin 65,484,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $6,382,000 for 2015 and $56,240,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $6,249,000 for 2016 and $59,235,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. 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 44,552,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 45,508,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $4,683,000 for 2015 and $39,869,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $4,429,000 for 2016 and $41,079,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. 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 15,023,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 15,825,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Success for the future. new text end

new text begin For American Indian success for the future grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.81:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 2,812,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 2,887,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $213,000 for 2015 and $2,599,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $288,000 for 2016 and $2,599,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin American Indian teacher preparation grants. new text end

new text begin From the educator
licensure account in the special revenue fund, unless insufficient funds exist within the
educator licensure account in which case any remaining funds are from the general fund,
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 190,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 190,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Tribal contract schools. 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 2,157,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
new text end 		new text begin 2,273,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $204,000 for 2015 and $1,953,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $216,000 for 2016 and $2,057,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Early childhood programs at tribal 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. 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 2016
 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 2017
 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 IBMN, 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 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 Concurrent enrollment programs. new text end

new text begin For concurrent enrollment programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.091:
 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 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 8,000,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin If the appropriation is insufficient, the commissioner must proportionately reduce
the aid payment to each district.
 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. 11. new text end

new text begin Collaborative urban educator. new text end

new text begin For the collaborative urban educator
grant program:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 780,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 780,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin $195,000 each year is for the Southeast Asian teacher program at Concordia
University, St. Paul; $195,000 each year is for the collaborative urban educator program
at the University of St. Thomas; $195,000 each year is for the Center for Excellence in
Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $195,000 each year is for the East Africa
Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College.
 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 Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a
detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers
prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. 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 2016
 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 2017
 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.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin Student organizations. new text end

new text begin For student organizations:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 725,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 725,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin $46,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $100,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry
occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $95,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $187,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $142,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science
occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $109,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations.
 new text end

new text begin $46,000 each year is for the Minnesota Foundation for Student Organizations.
 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. 14. new text end

new text begin Early childhood literacy programs. new text end

new text begin For innovation grants to
ServeMinnesota for the Minnesota reading corps program under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.42, subdivision 8:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 7,375,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 7,375,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Up to $7,375,000 each year is to help maximize federal and nonpublic funding to
support AmeriCorps members serving in the Minnesota reading corps program established
by ServeMinnesota, including costs to train and teach early literacy skills to children age
three to grade 3 and to evaluate the impact of the Minnesota reading corps program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.42, subdivision 8.
 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. 15. new text end

new text begin Minnesota math corps program. new text end

new text begin 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 250,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Any unexpended 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 Alternative compensation. new text end

new text begin 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 78,331,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 77,647,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $7,766,000 for 2015 and $70,565,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $7,840,000 for 2016 and $69,807,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end

new text begin Starbase MN. new text end

new text begin For a grant to Starbase MN for rigorous science,
technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs providing students in grades 4 to
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 924,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin This appropriation does not cancel but is available in the second year of the biennium.
 new text end

new text begin The base budget for this appropriation is $500,000 for fiscal year 2018 and later.
 new text end

new text begin All unspent funds, estimated at $924,000 from the Starbase MN appropriation under
Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 22, are canceled to the general
fund on June 30, 2015.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

new text begin Teacher development and evaluation. new text end

new text begin For teacher development and
evaluation revenue:
 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 2016
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,000,000 for 2015 and $0 for 2016. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until expended.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Recovery program grants. new text end

new text begin For recovery program grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.695:
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Principals' Academy. new text end

new text begin For a grant 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 2016
 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 2017
 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. 21. new text end

new text begin Cancellation; site decision-making grant. new text end

new text begin All unspent funds, estimated
at $200,000 for the site decision-making grant program appropriation under Laws 2013,
chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 19, are canceled to the general fund on
June 30, 2015.
 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. 67. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.40, subdivision 11, 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 beginning in the 2017-2018 school
year and later.
 new text end

ARTICLE 3

STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENTS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Graduation requirements.

To graduate from high school, students must
demonstrate to their enrolling school district or school their satisfactory completion of
the credit requirements under section 120B.024 and their understanding of academic
standards deleted text begin on a nationally normed college entrance examdeleted text end new text begin as required under section
120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (1)new text end . A school district must adopt graduation
requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements established in law or rule.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective and applies to students entering grade
9 in the 2015-2016 school year and later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.021, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Revisions and reviews required.

(a) The commissioner of education must
revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent
with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards
and graduation requirements and implement a ten-year cycle to review and, consistent
with the review, revise state academic standards and related benchmarks, consistent with
this subdivision. During each ten-year review and revision cycle, the commissioner also
must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and related benchmark
with the knowledge and skills students need for career and college readiness and advanced
work in the particular subject area. The commissioner must include the contributions of
Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities as related to the academic standards
during the review and revision of the required academic standards.

(b) The commissioner must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments
administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic
standards in mathematics, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the deleted text begin 2015-2016deleted text end new text begin 2020-2021new text end school year and
every ten years thereafter.

(c) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related
benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and every ten years thereafter.

(d) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and
related benchmarks in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year and every ten
years thereafter.

(e) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and
related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and every
ten years thereafter.

(f) The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and
related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and every
ten years thereafter.

(g) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic
standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career
and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning
in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and
charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards
and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education.

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.022, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Elective standards.

A district must establish its own standards in deleted text begin the
following subject areas:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (1)deleted text end career and technical educationdeleted text begin ; anddeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin A district must use the currentnew text end world languagesnew text begin standards developed by the
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languagesnew text end .

A school district must offer courses in all elective subject areas.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.024, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Credit equivalencies.

(a) A one-half credit of economics taught in a
school's agriculture education or business department may fulfill a one-half credit in
social studies under subdivision 1, clause (5), if the credit is sufficient to satisfy all of the
academic standards in economics.

(b) An agriculture science or career and technical education credit may fulfill deleted text begin the
credit in chemistry or physics ordeleted text end the elective science credit required under subdivision 1,
clause (4), if the credit meets the state deleted text begin chemistry or physics, or district biologydeleted text end new text begin physical
science, life science, earth and space science, chemistry, or physicsnew text end academic standards or
a combination of these academic standards as approved by the district. new text begin An agriculture or
career and technical education credit may fulfill the credit in chemistry or physics required
under subdivision 1, clause (4), if the credit meets the state chemistry or physics academic
standards as approved by the district. new text end A student must satisfy either all of the chemistry
academic standards or all of the physics academic standards prior to graduation. An
agriculture science or career and technical education credit may not fulfill the required
biology credit under subdivision 1, clause (4).

(c) A career and technical education credit may fulfill a mathematics or arts credit
requirement under subdivision 1, clause (2) or (6).

(d) An agriculture education teacher is not required to meet the requirements of
Minnesota Rules, part 3505.1150, subpart 1, item B, to meet the credit equivalency
requirements of paragraph (b) above.

new text begin (e) A computer science credit may fulfill a mathematics credit requirement under
subdivision 1, clause (2), if the credit meets state academic standards in mathematics.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.11, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Performance measures.

Measures to determine school district and
school site progress in striving to create the world's best workforce must include at least:

(1) student performance on the National Assessment of Education Progress where
applicable;

(2) the size of the academic achievement gap, rigorous course taking under section
120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (2), and enrichment experiences by student
subgroup;

(3) student performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessmentsnew text begin including
attainment of readiness score guidelines identified under section 120B.30, subdivision 1,
paragraph (j)new text end ;

(4) high school graduation rates; and

(5) career and college readiness under section 120B.30, subdivision 1new text begin , paragraph (p)new text end .

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.125, is amended to read:


120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION
TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; PERSONAL
LEARNING PLANS.

(a) Consistent with sections deleted text begin 120B.128,deleted text end 120B.13, 120B.131, 120B.132, 120B.14,
120B.15, 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 125A.08, and other related sections,
school districts, beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, must assist all students by no
later than grade 9 to explore their educational, college, and career interests, aptitudes, and
aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary
education or employment. All students' plans must:

(1) provide a comprehensive plan to prepare for and complete a career and college
ready curriculum by meeting state and local academic standards and developing career and
employment-related skills such as team work, collaboration, creativity, communication,
critical thinking, and good work habits;

(2) emphasize academic rigor and high expectations;

(3) help students identify interests, aptitudes, aspirations, and personal learning
styles that may affect their career and college ready goals and postsecondary education
and employment choices;

(4) set appropriate career and college ready goals with timelines that identify
effective means for achieving those goals;

(5) help students access education and career options;

(6) integrate strong academic content into career-focused courses and applied and
experiential learning opportunities and integrate relevant career-focused courses and
applied and experiential learning opportunities into strong academic content;

(7) help identify and access appropriate counseling and other supports and assistance
that enable students to complete required coursework, prepare for postsecondary education
and careers, and obtain information about postsecondary education costs and eligibility
for financial aid and scholarship;

(8) help identify collaborative partnerships among prekindergarten through grade
12 schools, postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies, and local and
regional employers that support students' transition to postsecondary education and
employment and provide students with applied and experiential learning opportunities; and

(9) be reviewed and revised at least annually by the student, the student's parent or
guardian, and the school or district to ensure that the student's course-taking schedule keeps
the student making adequate progress to meet state and local academic standards and high
school graduation requirements and with a reasonable chance to succeed with employment
or postsecondary education without the need to first complete remedial course work.

(b) A school district may develop grade-level curricula or provide instruction that
introduces students to various careers, but must not require any curriculum, instruction,
or employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or secondary student to
involuntarily select or pursue a career, career interest, employment goals, or related job
training.

(c) Educators must possess the knowledge and skills to effectively teach all English
learners in their classrooms. School districts must provide appropriate curriculum,
targeted materials, professional development opportunities for educators, and sufficient
resources to enable English learners to become career and college ready.

(d) When assisting students in developing a plan for a smooth and successful
transition to postsecondary education and employment, districts must recognize the unique
possibilities of each student and ensure that the contents of each student's plan reflect the
student's unique talents, skills, and abilities as the student grows, develops, and learns.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end . deleted text begin Reading and mathematics
assessments for all students in grade 8 must be aligned with the state's required reading and
mathematics standards, be administered annually, and include multiple choice questions.
deleted 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, deleted text begin ordeleted text end (v)
a nationally recognized armed services vocational aptitude testnew text begin , or (vi) the high school
assessments required under subdivision 1anew text end .

(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, deleted text begin ordeleted text end (v)
a nationally recognized armed services vocational aptitude testnew text begin , or (vi) the high school
assessments required under subdivision 1anew text end .

new text begin (3) Students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2012-2013 or 2013-2014 school year are
eligible to be assessed under the ACT assessment for college admission or the high school
assessments required under subdivision 1a.
 new text end

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (4)new text end For students under clause (1) deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end (2)new text begin , or (3)new text end , 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 deleted text begin 2012-2013deleted text end new text begin 2014-2015new text end 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) demonstrate understanding of required academic standards on deleted text begin a nationally
normed college entrance examdeleted text end new text begin high school assessments required under subdivision 1anew text end ;

(2) achievement and career and college readiness deleted text begin testsdeleted text end in mathematics, reading, and
writing, consistent with paragraph deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end 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

(3) 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.

new text begin (d) new text end 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 new text begin paragraph (c), new text end clause (2)new text begin ,new text end 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.

deleted text begin (d) To improve the secondary and postsecondary outcomes of all students, the
alignment between secondary and postsecondary education programs and Minnesota's
workforce needs, and the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of secondary and postsecondary
programs, the commissioner, after consulting with the chancellor of the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities and using a request for proposal process, shall contract for a
series of assessments that are consistent with this subdivision, aligned with state academic
standards, and include career and college readiness benchmarks. Mathematics, reading,
and writing assessments for students in grades 8 and 10 must be predictive of a nationally
normed assessment for career and college readiness. This
 deleted text end

new text begin (e) Though not a high school graduation requirement, students are encouraged to
participate in a nationally recognized college entrance exam. With funding provided by
the state, a district must pay the cost, one time, for an interested student in grade 11 or 12
who is eligible for a meal benefit to take anew text end nationally recognized deleted text begin assessment must be a
deleted text end college entrance exam deleted text begin and given to students in grade 11deleted text end new text begin before graduatingnew text end . deleted text begin This series
of assessments must include a college placement diagnostic exam and contain career
exploration elements.
deleted text end

new text begin (f)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (1)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end Districts and schools, on an annual basis, must use deleted text begin thedeleted text end career exploration
elements deleted text begin in these assessmentsdeleted text end 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.

deleted text begin (2) Students in grade 10 or 11 not yet academically ready for a career or college based
on their growth in academic achievement between grades 8 and 10 must take the college
placement diagnostic exam before taking the college entrance exam under clause (3).
Students, their families, the school, and the district can then use the results of the college
placement diagnostic exam for targeted instruction, intervention, or remediation and
improve students' knowledge and skills in core subjects sufficient for a student to graduate
and have a reasonable chance to succeed in a career or college without remediation.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) All students except those eligible for alternative assessments must be given the
college entrance part of these assessments in grade 11.deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end A student deleted text begin under this clause
deleted text end who demonstrates attainment of required state academic standards, which include career
and college readiness benchmarks, on deleted text begin thesedeleted text end new text begin high schoolnew text end assessments new text begin under subdivision 1a
new text end 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.

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (5) A study to determine the alignment between these assessments and state
academic standards under this chapter must be conducted. Where alignment exists, the
commissioner must seek federal approval to, and immediately upon receiving approval,
replace the federally required assessments referenced under subdivision 1a and section
120B.35, subdivision 2, with assessments under this paragraph.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end 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.new text begin The
commissioner of education, in consultation with the chancellor of the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities, shall identify the minimum score guidelines on the high
school reading, writing, and mathematics Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments that
demonstrate readiness for:
new text end

new text begin (1) a certificate level program;
 new text end

new text begin (2) a two-year college program; and
 new text end

new text begin (3) a four-year college program.
 new text end

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (k)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (l)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (m)new text end The 3rd through deleted text begin 7thdeleted text end new text begin 8thnew text end grade computer-adaptive assessment results deleted text begin and grade
8deleted text end 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. The commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on
adaptive assessments in grades 3 through deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end that reveal a trajectory toward career and
college readiness. The commissioner must disseminate to the public the computer-adaptive
assessmentsdeleted text begin , grade 8,deleted text end and high school test results upon receiving those results.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (n)new text end The grades 3 through deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end computer-adaptive assessments deleted text begin and grade 8deleted text end 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.

deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (o)new text end 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 deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end and testing at the deleted text begin grade 8 and deleted text end 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.

deleted text begin (k)deleted text end new text begin (p)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (l)deleted text end new text begin (q)new text end For purposes of statewide accountability, "cultural competence," "cultural
competency," or "culturally competent" means the ability and will to interact effectively
with people of different cultures, native languages, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Statewide and local assessments; results.

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

(1) "Computer-adaptive assessments" means fully adaptive assessments.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(b) The commissioner must use fully adaptive mathematics and reading assessments
for grades 3 through deleted text begin 7 beginning in the 2015-2016 school year and laterdeleted text end new text begin 8new text end .

(c) 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 deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end , state-developed deleted text begin grade 8 anddeleted text end high
school readingnew text begin , writing,new text end and mathematics tests aligned with state academic standards, 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 deleted text begin 7deleted text end new text begin 8new text end , and deleted text begin grade 8 anddeleted text end high school readingnew text begin , writing,new text end 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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.

(f) 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.

(g) 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.

(h) 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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2016-2017 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 9. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department. 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 Statewide testing and reporting system. new text end

new text begin 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 11,176,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 10,864,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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. 3. new text end

new text begin ACT test reimbursement. new text end

new text begin To reimburse districts for students who qualify
under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), for onetime
payment of their ACT examination fee:
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The Department of Education must reimburse districts for their onetime payments
on behalf of students eligible for a meal benefit who take the college entrance exam in
grade 11 or 12.
 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

Sec. 10. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.128, new text end new text begin is repealed.
 new text end

ARTICLE 4

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.88, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 10a. new text end

new text begin Nonresident charter school pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin If a school district is
providing transportation for a charter school under section 124D.10, subdivision 16, the
school district must allow a nonresident pupil attending the charter school to be transported
on a district-operated or contracted route from any scheduled stop to any other scheduled
stop on that route. The district providing the pupil transportation services may charge a
fee to the nonresident pupil. The fee for each nonresident pupil must not exceed the lesser
of 15 cents per mile or the district's actual cost of transportation per mile traveled.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Purposes.

(a) The primary purpose of this section is to improve all
pupil learning and all student achievement. Additional purposes include to:

(1) increase learning opportunities for all pupils;

(2) encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;

(3) measure learning outcomes and create different and innovative forms of
measuring outcomes;

(4) establish new forms of accountability for schools; or

(5) create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to
be responsible for the learning program at the school site.

(b) This section does not provide a means to keep open a school that a school board
decides to close. However, a school board may endorse or authorize the establishing of
a charter school to replace the school the board decided to close. Applicants seeking a
charter under this circumstance must demonstrate to the authorizer that the charter sought
is substantially different in purpose and program from the school the board closed and
that the proposed charter satisfies the requirements of this subdivision. If the school
board that closed the school authorizes the charter, it must document in its affidavit to the
commissioner that the charter is substantially different in program and purpose from
the school it closed.

new text begin (c) new text end An authorizer shall not approve an application submitted by a charter school
developer under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), if the application does not comply with this
subdivision. The commissioner shall not approve an affidavit submitted by an authorizer
under subdivision 4, paragraph (b), if the affidavit does not comply with this subdivision.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Authorizer.

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

"Application" to receive approval as an authorizer means the proposal an eligible
authorizer submits to the commissioner under paragraph deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end before that authorizer is
able to submit any affidavit to charter to a school.

"Application" under subdivision 4 means the charter school business plan a
school developer submits to an authorizer for approval to establish a charter school that
documents the school developer's mission statement, school purposes, program design,
financial plan, governance and management structure, and background and experience,
plus any other information the authorizer requests. The application also shall include a
"statement of assurances" of legal compliance prescribed by the commissioner.

"Affidavit" means a written statement the authorizer submits to the commissioner
for approval to establish a charter school under subdivision 4 attesting to its review and
approval process before chartering a school.

(b) The following organizations may authorize one or more charter schools:

(1) a school board, intermediate school district school board, or education district
organized under sections 123A.15 to 123A.19;

(2) a charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, excluding a nonpublic sectarian or religious institution; any person other than a
natural person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with the nonpublic sectarian or religious
institution; and any other charitable organization under this clause that in the federal IRS
Form 1023, Part IV, describes activities indicating a religious purpose, that:

(i) is a member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits or the Minnesota Council on
Foundations;

(ii) is registered with the attorney general's office; and

(iii) is incorporated in the state of Minnesota and has been operating continuously
for at least five years but does not operate a charter school;

(3) a Minnesota private college, notwithstanding clause (2), that grants two- or
four-year degrees and is registered with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education under
chapter 136A; community college, state university, or technical college governed by the
Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; or the University
of Minnesota;

(4) a nonprofit corporation subject to chapter 317A, described in section 317A.905,
and exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, may authorize one or more charter schools if the charter school has operated
for at least three years under a different authorizer and if the nonprofit corporation has
existed for at least 25 years; or

(5) single-purpose authorizers formed as charitable, nonsectarian organizations
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and incorporated in the state
of Minnesota under chapter 317A as a corporation with no members or under section
322B.975 as a nonprofit limited liability company for the sole purpose of chartering schools.

new text begin (c)new text end Eligible organizations interested in being approved as an authorizer under this
paragraph must submit a proposal to the commissioner that includes the provisions
of paragraph deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end and a five-year financial plan. Such authorizers shall consider and
approve charter school applications using the criteria provided in subdivision 4 and shall
not limit the applications it solicits, considers, or approves to any single curriculum,
learning program, or method.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end An eligible authorizer under this subdivision must apply to the commissioner
for approval as an authorizer before submitting any affidavit to the commissioner to charter
a school. The application for approval as a charter school authorizer must demonstrate
the applicant's ability to implement the procedures and satisfy the criteria for chartering a
school under this section. The commissioner must approve or disapprove an application
within 45 business days of the application deadline. If the commissioner disapproves
the application, the commissioner must notify the applicant of the specific deficiencies
in writing and the applicant then has 20 business days to address the deficiencies to the
commissioner's satisfaction. After the 20 business days expire, the commissioner has 15
business days to make a final decision to approve or disapprove the application. Failing to
address the deficiencies to the commissioner's satisfaction makes an applicant ineligible to
be an authorizer. The commissioner, in establishing criteria for approval, must consider
the applicant's:

(1) capacity and infrastructure;

(2) application criteria and process;

(3) contracting process;

(4) ongoing oversight and evaluation processes; and

(5) renewal criteria and processes.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end An applicant must include in its application to the commissioner to be an
approved authorizer at least the following:

(1) how chartering schools is a way for the organization to carry out its mission;

(2) a description of the capacity of the organization to serve as an authorizer,
including the personnel who will perform the authorizing duties, their qualifications, the
amount of time they will be assigned to this responsibility, and the financial resources
allocated by the organization to this responsibility;

(3) a description of the application and review process the authorizer will use to
make decisions regarding the granting of charters;

(4) a description of the type of contract it will arrange with the schools it charters
that meets the provisions of subdivision 6;

(5) the process to be used for providing ongoing oversight of the school consistent
with the contract expectations specified in clause (4) that assures that the schools chartered
are complying with both the provisions of applicable law and rules, and with the contract;

(6) a description of the criteria and process the authorizer will use to grant expanded
applications under subdivision 4, paragraph deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (s)new text end ;

(7) the process for making decisions regarding the renewal or termination of
the school's charter based on evidence that demonstrates the academic, organizational,
and financial competency of the school, including its success in increasing student
achievement and meeting the goals of the charter school agreement; and

(8) an assurance specifying that the organization is committed to serving as an
authorizer for the full five-year term.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end A disapproved applicant under this section may resubmit an application
during a future application period.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end If the governing board of an approved authorizer votes to withdraw as
an approved authorizer for a reason unrelated to any cause under subdivision 23, the
authorizer must notify all its chartered schools and the commissioner in writing by July 15
of its intent to withdraw as an authorizer on June 30 in the next calendar yearnew text begin , regardless
of when the authorizer's five-year term of approval endsnew text end . The commissioner may approve
the transfer of a charter school to a new authorizer under this paragraph after the new
authorizer submits an affidavit to the commissioner.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end The authorizer must participate in department-approved training.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end The commissioner shall review an authorizer's performance every five years
in a manner and form determined by the commissioner and may review an authorizer's
performance more frequently at the commissioner's own initiative or at the request of a
charter school operator, charter school board member, or other interested party. The
commissioner, after completing the review, shall transmit a report with findings to the
authorizer.

new text begin (j)new text end If, consistent with this section, the commissioner finds that an authorizer has not
fulfilled the requirements of this section, the commissioner may subject the authorizer
to corrective action, which may include terminating the contract with the charter school
board of directors of a school it chartered. The commissioner must notify the authorizer
in writing of any findings that may subject the authorizer to corrective action and
the authorizer then has 15 business days to request an informal hearing before the
commissioner takes corrective action. If the commissioner terminates a contract between
an authorizer and a charter school under this paragraph, the commissioner may assist the
charter school in acquiring a new authorizer.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (k)new text end The commissioner may at any time take corrective action against an
authorizer, including terminating an authorizer's ability to charter a school for:

(1) failing to demonstrate the criteria under paragraph deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end under which the
commissioner approved the authorizer;

(2) violating a term of the chartering contract between the authorizer and the charter
school board of directors;

(3) unsatisfactory performance as an approved authorizer; or

(4) any good cause shown that provides the commissioner a legally sufficient reason
to take corrective action against an authorizer.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Formation of school.

(a) An authorizer, after receiving an application from
a school developer, may charter a licensed teacher under section 122A.18, subdivision
1, or a group of individuals that includes one or more licensed teachers under section
122A.18, subdivision 1, to operate a school subject to the commissioner's approval of the
authorizer's affidavit under paragraph deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end .

new text begin (b)new text end The school must be organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation under
chapter 317A and the provisions under the applicable chapter shall apply to the school
except as provided in this section.

new text begin (c) new text end Notwithstanding sections 465.717 and 465.719, a school district, subject to this
section and section 124D.11, may create a corporation for the purpose of establishing a
charter school.

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end Before the operators may establish and operate a school, the authorizer must
file an affidavit with the commissioner stating its intent to charter a school. An authorizer
must file a separate affidavit for each school it intends to charter. An authorizer must file
an affidavit deleted text begin by May 1 to be able to charter a new school in the next school year after the
commissioner approves the authorizer's affidavitdeleted text end new text begin at least 14 months before July 1 of the
year the new charter school plans to serve studentsnew text end . The affidavit must state the terms and
conditions under which the authorizer would charter a school and how the authorizer
intends to oversee the fiscal and student performance of the charter school and to comply
with the terms of the written contract between the authorizer and the charter school
board of directors under subdivision 6. The commissioner must approve or disapprove
the authorizer's affidavit within 60 business days of receipt of the affidavit. If the
commissioner disapproves the affidavit, the commissioner shall notify the authorizer of
the deficiencies in the affidavit and the authorizer then has 20 business days to address the
deficiencies. The commissioner must notify the authorizer of final approval or disapproval
within 15 business days after receiving the authorizer's response to the deficiencies in the
affidavit. If the authorizer does not address deficiencies to the commissioner's satisfaction,
the commissioner's disapproval is final. Failure to obtain commissioner approval precludes
an authorizer from chartering the school that is the subject of this affidavit.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end The authorizer may prevent an approved charter school from opening for
operation if, among other grounds, the charter school violates this section or does not meet
the ready-to-open standards that are part of the authorizer's oversight and evaluation
process or are stipulated in the charter school contract.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end The operators authorized to organize and operate a school, before entering
into a contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities,
must incorporate as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (g) The operators authorized to organize and operate a school, before entering into a
contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities,new text end must
establish a board of directors composed of at least five members who are not related parties
until a timely election for members of the ongoing charter school board of directors is
held according to the school's articles and bylaws under paragraph deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (l)new text end . deleted text begin A charter school
board of directors must be composed of at least five members who are not related parties.
deleted text end

new text begin (h)new text end Staff members employed at the school, including teachers providing instruction
under a contract with a cooperative, members of the board of directors, and all parents
or legal guardians of children enrolled in the school are the voters eligible to elect the
members of the school's board of directors. A charter school must notify eligible voters of
the school board election dates at least 30 days before the election.

new text begin (i)new text end Board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end A charter school shall publish and maintain on the school's official Web site:
(1) the minutes of meetings of the board of directors, and of members and committees
having any board-delegated authority, for at least one calendar year from the date
of publication; (2) directory information for members of the board of directors and
committees having board-delegated authority; and (3) identifying and contact information
for the school's authorizer. Identifying and contact information for the school's authorizer
must be included in other school materials made available to the public.

new text begin (k)new text end Upon request of an individual, the charter school must also make available in
a timely fashion financial statements showing all operations and transactions affecting
income, surplus, and deficit during the school's last annual accounting period; and a
balance sheet summarizing assets and liabilities on the closing date of the accounting
period. A charter school also must include that same information about its authorizer in
other school materials that it makes available to the public.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (l)new text end Every charter school board member shall attend annual training throughout
the member's term on the board. All new board members shall attend initial training on
the board's role and responsibilities, employment policies and practices, and financial
management. A new board member who does not begin the required initial training within
six months after being seated and complete that training within 12 months of being seated
on the board is automatically ineligible to continue to serve as a board member. The
school shall include in its annual report the training attended by each board member
during the previous year.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (m)new text end The ongoing board must be elected before the school completes its third
year of operation. Board elections must be held during the school year but may not be
conducted on days when the school is closed for holidays, breaks, or vacations.

new text begin (n)new text end The charter school board of directors shall be composed of at least five nonrelated
members and include: (i) at least one licensed teacher employed as a teacher at the school
or providing instruction under contract between the charter school and a cooperative; (ii)
at least one parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in the charter school who is not
an employee of the charter school; and (iii) at least one interested community member
who resides in Minnesota and is not employed by the charter school and does not have a
child enrolled in the school. The board may include a majority of teachers described in
this paragraph or parents or community members, or it may have no clear majority. The
chief financial officer and the chief administrator may only serve as ex-officio nonvoting
board members. No charter school employees shall serve on the board other than teachers
under item (i). Contractors providing facilities, goods, or services to a charter school shall
not serve on the board of directors of the charter school.

new text begin (o)new text end Board bylaws shall outline the process and procedures for changing the board's
governance structure, consistent with chapter 317A. A board may change its governance
structure only:

(1) by a majority vote of the board of directors and a majority vote of the licensed
teachers employed by the school as teachers, including licensed teachers providing
instruction under a contract between the school and a cooperative; and

(2) with the authorizer's approval.

Any change in board governance structure must conform with the composition of
the board established under this paragraph.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (p)new text end The granting or renewal of a charter by an authorizer must not be conditioned
upon the bargaining unit status of the employees of the school.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (q)new text end The granting or renewal of a charter school by an authorizer must not be
contingent on the charter school being required to contract, lease, or purchase services
from the authorizer.

new text begin (r)new text end Any potential contract, lease, or purchase of service from an authorizer must
be disclosed to the commissioner, accepted through an open bidding process, and be a
separate contract from the charter contract. The school must document the open bidding
process. An authorizer must not enter into a contract to provide management and financial
services for a school that it authorizes, unless the school documents that it received at
least two competitive bids.

deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (s)new text end A charter school may apply to the authorizer to amend the school charter to
expand the operation of the school to additional grades or sites that would be students'
primary enrollment site beyond those defined in the original affidavit approved by the
commissioner. After approving the school's application, the authorizer shall submit a
supplementary affidavit in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The
authorizer must file a supplement affidavit by October 1 to be eligible to expand in the next
school year. The supplementary affidavit must document that the school has demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the authorizer the following:

(1) the need for the expansion with supporting long-range enrollment projections;

(2) a longitudinal record of demonstrated student academic performance and growth
on statewide assessments under chapter 120B or on other academic assessments that
measure longitudinal student performance and growth approved by the charter school's
board of directors and agreed upon with the authorizer;

(3) a history of sound school finances and a finance plan to implement the expansion
in a manner to promote the school's financial sustainability; and

(4) board capacity and an administrative and management plan to implement its
expansion.

deleted text begin (k)deleted text end new text begin (t)new text end The commissioner shall have 30 business days to review and comment on the
supplemental affidavit. The commissioner shall notify the authorizer in writing of any
deficiencies in the supplemental affidavit and the authorizer then has 20 business days to
address, to the commissioner's satisfaction, any deficiencies in the supplemental affidavit.
The commissioner must notify the authorizer of final approval or disapproval within 15
business days after receiving the authorizer's response to the deficiencies in the affidavit.
The school may not expand grades or add sites until the commissioner has approved the
supplemental affidavit. The commissioner's approval or disapproval of a supplemental
affidavit is final.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

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 school authorized by a school board may be located in any district, unless the
school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution.

(d) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies,
employment practices, and all other operations. An authorizer may not authorize a charter
school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious
institution.

new text begin (e) new text end A charter school student must be released for religious instruction, consistent
with section 120A.22, subdivision 12, clause (3).

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or
generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled. This paragraph does not
apply to shared time aid under section 126C.19.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive
program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years of
age. Instruction may be provided to people older than 18 years of age. A charter school
may offer a free new text begin or fee-based new text end preschool or prekindergarten that meets high-quality early
learning instructional program standards that are aligned with Minnesota's early learning
standards for children.new text begin The hours a student is enrolled in a fee-based prekindergarten
program do not generate pupil units under section 126C.05 and must not be used to
calculate general education revenue under section 126C.10. 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 end

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (h) Except as provided in paragraph (g),new text end a charter school may not charge tuition.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section
121A.04.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end Once a student is enrolled in the 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. A charter school is subject to and must
comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, sections 121A.40 to 121A.56deleted text begin , anddeleted text end new text begin .
new text end

new text begin (k) A charter school is subject to and must comply withnew text end the Minnesota Public School
Fee Law, sections 123B.34 to 123B.39.

deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (l)new text end A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and
audit requirements as a district, except as required under subdivision 6a. Audits must be
conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the
federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, and section 6.65. A charter school is subject
to and must comply with sections 15.054; 118A.01; 118A.02; 118A.03; 118A.04;
118A.05; 118A.06; 471.38; 471.391; 471.392; and 471.425. The audit must comply with
the requirements of sections 123B.75 to 123B.83, except to the extent deviations are
necessary because of the program at the school. Deviations must be approved by the
commissioner and authorizer. The Department of Education, state auditor, legislative
auditor, or authorizer may conduct financial, program, or compliance audits. A charter
school determined to be in statutory operating debt under sections 123B.81 to 123B.83
must submit a plan under section 123B.81, subdivision 4.

deleted text begin (k)deleted text end new text begin (m)new text end A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.

deleted text begin (l)deleted text end new text begin (n)new text end A charter school must comply with chapters 13 and 13D; and sections
120A.22, subdivision 7; 121A.75; and 260B.171, subdivisions 3 and 5.

deleted text begin (m)deleted text end new text begin (o)new text end A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under
section 121A.11, subdivision 3.

deleted text begin (n)deleted text end new text begin (p)new text end A charter school offering online courses or programs must comply with
section 124D.095.

deleted text begin (o)deleted text end new text begin (q)new text end A charter school and charter school board of directors are subject to chapter
181.

deleted text begin (p)deleted text end new text begin (r)new text end A charter school must comply with section 120A.22, subdivision 7, governing
the transfer of students' educational records and sections 138.163 and 138.17 governing
the management of local records.

deleted text begin (q)deleted text end new text begin (s)new text end A charter school that provides early childhood health and developmental
screening must comply with sections 121A.16 to 121A.19.

deleted text begin (r)deleted text end new text begin (t)new text end A charter school that provides school-sponsored youth athletic activities
must comply with section 121A.38.

deleted text begin (s)deleted text end new text begin (u)new text end A charter school is subject to and must comply with continuing truant
notification under section 260A.03.

deleted text begin (t)deleted text end new text begin (v)new text end 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). The teacher evaluation process in this paragraph does not create any additional
employment rights for teachers.

deleted text begin (u)deleted text end new text begin (w)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (v)deleted text end new text begin (x)new text end A charter school must comply with section 121A.031 governing policies on
prohibited conduct.

deleted text begin (w)deleted text end new text begin (y)new text end A charter school must comply with all pupil transportation requirements in
section 123B.88, subdivision 1. A charter school must not require parents to surrender
their rights to pupil transportation under section 123B.88, subdivision 2.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Admission requirements.

(a) A charter school 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.

(b) A charter school 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 Web site, a lottery policy and process that it must use when
accepting pupils by lot.

(c) 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. 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. deleted text begin Adeleted text end new text begin If a charter school has a preschool or
prekindergarten program under subdivision 8, paragraph (g), that is free to all participants,
thenew text end charter school may give enrollment preference to children currently enrolled in the
school's deleted text begin freedeleted text end preschool or prekindergarten program deleted text begin under subdivision 8, paragraph (f),
deleted text end who are eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the next school year.

(d) 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 Web site a
policy for admission of selected pupils at an earlier age, consistent with the enrollment
process in paragraphs (b) and (c).

(e) Except as permitted in paragraph (d), a charter school 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 subdivision.

(f) The 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 EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and
later.
 new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Pupils with a disability.

A charter school must comply with sections
125A.02, 125A.03 to 125A.24, deleted text begin anddeleted text end 125A.65new text begin , and 125A.75new text end and rules relating to the
education of pupils with a disability as though it were a district. new text begin A charter school enrolling
prekindergarten pupils with a disability under subdivision 8, paragraph (g), must comply
with sections 125A.259 to 125A.48 and rules relating to the Interagency Early Intervention
System as though it were a school district.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Annual public reports.

(a) A charter school must publish an annual
report approved by the board of directors. The annual report must at least include
information on school enrollment, student attrition, governance and management, staffing,
finances, academic performance, innovative practices and implementation, and future
plans. new text begin A charter school may combine this report with the reporting required under section
120B.11. new text end A charter school must post the annual report on the school's official Web site. A
charter school must also distribute the annual report by publication, mail, or electronic
means to its authorizer, school employees, and parents and legal guardians of students
enrolled in the charter school. The reports are public data under chapter 13.

(b) The commissioner shall establish specifications for an authorizer's annual public
report that is part of the system to evaluate authorizer performance under subdivision
3, paragraph (h). The report shall at least include key indicators of school academic,
operational, and financial performance.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 16, is amended to read:


Subd. 16.

Transportation.

(a) A charter school after its first fiscal year of operation
by March 1 of each fiscal year and a charter school by July 1 of its first fiscal year of
operation must notify the district in which the school is located and the Department of
Education if it will provide its own transportation or use the transportation services of the
district in which it is located for the fiscal year.

(b) If a charter school elects to provide transportation for pupils, the transportation
must be provided by the charter school within the district in which the charter school is
located. The state must pay transportation aid to the charter school according to section
124D.11, subdivision 2.

For pupils who reside outside the district in which the charter school is located, the
charter school is not required to provide or pay for transportation between the pupil's
residence and the border of the district in which the charter school is located. A parent
may be reimbursed by the charter school for costs of transportation from the pupil's
residence to the border of the district in which the charter school is located if the pupil is
from a family whose income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal
government. The reimbursement may not exceed the pupil's actual cost of transportation
or 15 cents per mile traveled, whichever is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for
more than 250 miles per week.

At the time a pupil enrolls in a charter school, the charter school must provide the
parent or guardian with information regarding the transportation.

(c) If a charter school does not elect to provide transportation, transportation for
pupils enrolled at the school must be provided by the district in which the school is located,
according to sections 123B.88, subdivision 6, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a pupil
residing in the same district in which the charter school is located. Transportation may
be provided by the district in which the school is located, according to sections 123B.88,
subdivision 6, and 124D.03, subdivision 8, for a pupil residing in a different districtnew text begin and
must be provided according to section 123B.88, subdivision 10anew text end . If the district provides the
transportation, the scheduling of routes, manner and method of transportation, control and
discipline of the pupils, and any other matter relating to the transportation of pupils under
this paragraph shall be within the sole discretion, control, and management of the district.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, subdivision 23, is amended to read:


Subd. 23.

Causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract.

(a)
The duration of the contract with an authorizer must be for the term contained in the
contract according to subdivision 6. The authorizer may or may not renew a contract at
the end of the term for any ground listed in paragraph (b). An authorizer may unilaterally
terminate a contract during the term of the contract for any ground listed in paragraph (b).
At least 60 business days before not renewing or terminating a contract, the authorizer
shall notify the board of directors of the charter school of the proposed action in writing.
The notice shall state the grounds for the proposed action in reasonable detail and that the
charter school's board of directors may request in writing an informal hearing before the
authorizer within 15 business days of receiving notice of nonrenewal or termination of
the contract. Failure by the board of directors to make a written request for an informal
hearing within the 15-business-day period shall be treated as acquiescence to the proposed
action. Upon receiving a timely written request for a hearing, the authorizer shall give ten
business days' notice to the charter school's board of directors of the hearing date. The
authorizer shall conduct an informal hearing before taking final action. The authorizer
shall take final action to renew or not renew a contract no later than 20 business days
before the proposed date for terminating the contract or the end date of the contract.

(b) A contract may be terminated or not renewed upon any of the following grounds:

(1) failure to demonstrate satisfactory academic achievement for all students,
including the requirements for pupil performance contained in the contract;

(2) failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management;

(3) violations of law; or

(4) other good cause shown.

If a contract is terminated or not renewed under this paragraph, the school must be
dissolved according to the applicable provisions of chapter 317A.

(c) If the authorizer and the charter school board of directors mutually agree not to
renew the contract, a change in authorizers is allowed. The authorizer and the school
board must jointly submit a written and signed letter of their intent to the commissioner
to mutually not renew the contract. The authorizer that is a party to the existing contract
must inform the proposed authorizer about the fiscal, operational, and student performance
status of the school, as well as any outstanding contractual obligations that exist. The
charter contract between the proposed authorizer and the school must identify and provide
a plan to address any outstanding obligations from the previous contract. The proposed
contract must be submitted at least 105 business days before the end of the existing
charter contract. The commissioner shall have 30 business days to review and make a
determination. The proposed authorizer and the school shall have 15 business days to
respond to the determination and address any issues identified by the commissioner. A
final determination by the commissioner shall be made no later than 45 business days
before the end of the current charter contract. If no change in authorizer is approved, the
school and the current authorizer may withdraw their letter of nonrenewal and enter into a
new contract. If the transfer of authorizers is not approved and the current authorizer and
the school do not withdraw their letter and enter into a new contract, the school must be
dissolved according to applicable law and the terms of the contract.

(d) The commissioner, after providing reasonable notice to the board of directors of
a charter school and the existing authorizer, and after providing an opportunity for a public
hearing, may terminate the existing contract between the authorizer and the charter school
board if the charter school has a history of:

(1) failure to meet pupil performance requirements consistent with state law;

(2) financial mismanagement or failure to meet generally accepted standards of
fiscal management; or

(3) repeated or major violations of the law.

new text begin (e) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subdivision, the authorizer of a charter
school may terminate an existing contract between the authorizer and the charter school at
the end of the current school year, after notifying the charter school board of directors by
December 1, if in each of the previous three consecutive school years the performance of
the charter school based on federal school accountability measures and on state measures
of student performance and growth would place the school in the bottom ten percent of all
public schools as determined by the commissioner. If an authorizer chooses to terminate
the contract, the school must be closed according to applicable law and the terms of the
contract. The authorizer must work with the charter school's board of directors to ensure
parents of children currently enrolled at the school are aware of school choice options
and receive assistance in selecting an appropriate choice for their children for the next
school year. If the authorizer chooses not to terminate the existing contract under these
conditions, the authorizer must submit a public, written justification of its decision to the
commissioner by December 1. The federal and state measures identified in this paragraph
do not prevent an authorizer from closing schools under other conditions, consistent with
applicable law and contract terms.
 new text end

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.10, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 24a. new text end

new text begin Merger. new text end

new text begin (a) Two or more charter schools may merge under chapter
317A. The effective date of a merger must be July 1. The merged school must continue
under the identity of one of the merging schools. A new charter contract under subdivision
6 must be executed by July 1. The authorizer must submit to the commissioner a copy of
the new signed charter contract within ten business days of its execution.
 new text end

new text begin (b) Each merging school must submit a separate year-end report for the previous year
for that school only. After the final fiscal year of the premerger schools is closed out, the
fund balances and debts from the merging schools must be transferred to the merged school.
 new text end

new text begin (c) For its first year of operation, the merged school is eligible to receive aid from
programs requiring approved applications equal to the sum of the aid of all of the merging
schools. For aids based on prior year data, the merged school is eligible to receive aid for
its first year of operation based on the combined data of all of the merging schools.
 new text end

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.11, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Payment of aids to charter schools.

(a) Notwithstanding section
127A.45, subdivision 3, if the current year aid payment percentage under section
127A.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is 90 or greater, aid payments for the current
fiscal year to a charter school shall be of an equal amount on each of the 24 payment
dates. Notwithstanding section 127A.45, subdivision 3, if the current year aid payment
percentage under section 127A.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is less than 90, aid
payments for the current fiscal year to a charter school shall be of an equal amount on
each of the 16 payment dates in July through February.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and section 127A.45, for a charter school ceasing
operation on or prior to June 30 of a school year, for the payment periods occurring after
the school ceases serving students, the commissioner shall withhold the estimated state aid
owed the school. The charter school board of directors and authorizer must submit to the
commissioner a closure plan under chapter 308A or 317A, and financial information about
the school's liabilities and assets. After receiving the closure plan, financial information,
an audit of pupil counts, documentation of lease expenditures, and monitoring of special
education expenditures, the commissioner may release cash withheld and may continue
regular payments up to the current year payment percentages if further amounts are
owed. If, based on audits and monitoring, the school received state aid in excess of the
amount owed, the commissioner shall retain aid withheld sufficient to eliminate the aid
overpayment. For a charter school ceasing operations prior to, or at the end of, a school
year, notwithstanding section 127A.45, subdivision 3, preliminary final payments may
be made after receiving the closure plan, audit of pupil counts, monitoring of special
education expenditures, documentation of lease expenditures, and school submission of
Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS) financial data for the
final year of operation. Final payment may be made upon receipt of audited financial
statements under section 123B.77, subdivision 3.

(c) If a charter school fails to comply with the commissioner's directive to return,
for cause, federal or state funds administered by the department, the commissioner may
withhold an amount of state aid sufficient to satisfy the directive.

(d) If, within the timeline under section 471.425, a charter school fails to pay the state
of Minnesota, a school district, intermediate school district, or service cooperative after
receiving an undisputed invoice for goods and services, the commissioner may withhold
an amount of state aid sufficient to satisfy the claim and shall distribute the withheld
aid to the interested state agency, school district, intermediate school district, or service
cooperative. An interested state agency, school district, intermediate school district, or
education cooperative shall notify the commissioner when a charter school fails to pay an
undisputed invoice within 75 business days of when it received the original invoice.

deleted text begin (e) Notwithstanding section 127A.45, subdivision 3, and paragraph (a), 80 percent
of the start-up cost aid under subdivision 8 shall be paid within 45 days after the first day
of student attendance for that school year.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end In order to receive state aid payments under this subdivision, a charter school
in its first three years of operation must submit a school calendar in the form and manner
requested by the department and a quarterly report to the Department of Education. The
report must list each student by grade, show the student's start and end dates, if any,
with the charter school, and for any student participating in a learning year program,
the report must list the hours and times of learning year activities. The report must be
submitted not more than two weeks after the end of the calendar quarter to the department.
The department must develop a Web-based reporting form for charter schools to use
when submitting enrollment reports. A charter school in its fourth and subsequent year of
operation must submit a school calendar and enrollment information to the department in
the form and manner requested by the department.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end Notwithstanding sections 317A.701 to 317A.791, upon closure of a charter
school and satisfaction of creditors, cash and investment balances remaining shall be
returned to the state.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end A charter school must have a valid, signed contract under section 124D.10,
subdivision 6, on file at the Department of Education at least 15 days prior to the date of
first payment of state aid for the fiscal year.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end State aid entitlements shall be computed for a charter school only for the
portion of a school year for which it has a valid, signed contract under section 124D.10,
subdivision 6.

Sec. 13. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
new text end

new text begin The revisor of statutes shall renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed
in column A to the references listed in column B. The revisor of statutes may alter the
renumbering to incorporate statutory changes made during the 2015 regular legislative
session. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota
Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering in this instruction and the
relettering of paragraphs in sections 1 to 12.
 new text end

new text begin Column A
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 1, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.01, subd. 1
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 1, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 1, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 1, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 2
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 3, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (e)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 3, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (g)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 7
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (h)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (i)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 5
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (j)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 6, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 3, paragraph (k)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 6, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 1, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 2, paragraph (c)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 4
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (e)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (g)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (g)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 1
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (h)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 5
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (i)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 8, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (j)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 8, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (k)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.17, subd. 2
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (l)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 7
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (m)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 2
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (n)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 3, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (o)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 4
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (p)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 2, paragraph (c)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (q)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (r)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (s)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 5, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4, paragraph (t)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 5, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 3, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.14, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 3, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 3, paragraph (d)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (e)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.14, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 4a, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.14, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 5
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 6
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 6
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 1, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 6a
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.16, subd. 1, paragraphs (b) to
(e)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 7
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 1
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (e)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (e)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 4, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (g)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (h)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.06, subd. 3, paragraph (f)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (i)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 4, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (j)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.11, paragraph (g)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (k)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (l)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.16, subd. 1, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (m)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (d)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (n)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 5, paragraph (a)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (o)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (e)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (p)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 7, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (q)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (f)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (r)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 5, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (s)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 7, paragraph (b)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (t)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 7, paragraph (c)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (u)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (g)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (v)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (h)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (w)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 2, paragraph (i)
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new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (x)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 4, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8, paragraph (y)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.15, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8a
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 3, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 8b
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 3, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 9
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.11, paragraphs (a) to (f)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 10
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 1, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 11, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 1
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 11, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 2
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 11, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.07, subd. 6
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 11, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 5
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 12
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 3
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 13
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.03, subd. 6
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 14
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.16, subd. 2
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 15, paragraphs (a)
to (e)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 3, paragraphs (a) to
(e)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 15, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.05, subd. 8
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 16
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.15, paragraphs (b) to (d)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 17
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 1
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 17a
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 3
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 17b
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 4
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 19
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.17, subd. 1
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 20
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 6
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 21
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 3
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 22
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.12, subd. 4
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23, paragraphs (a)
and (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 4, paragraphs (a) and
(b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 5
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 4, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23a, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23a, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.02, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23a, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 23a, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.13, subd. 2, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 24
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.10, subd. 6
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 25
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.09
 new text end
new text begin 124D.10, subd. 27
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.08
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 1
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.20, subd.1
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 2
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.23
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 3
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.20, subd. 2
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 4
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.22
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 5
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.21
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 6
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.24
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 7
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.26
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (a)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 1, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (b)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 1, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (c)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 4, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (d)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 4, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (e)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 2, paragraph (a)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (f)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 1, paragraph (c)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (g)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 2, paragraph (b)
 new text end
new text begin 124D.11, subd. 9, paragraph (h)
 new text end 		new text begin 124E.25, subd. 2, paragraph (c)
 new text end

Sec. 14. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department. 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 Charter school building lease aid. new text end

new text begin For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4:
new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 66,787,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 73,603,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $6,032,000 for 2015 and $60,755,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $6,750,000 for 2016 and $66,853,000 for 2017.
 new text end

ARTICLE 5

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Requirements for American sign language/English interpreters.

(a) In addition to any other requirements that a school district establishes, any person
employed to provide American sign language/English interpreting or sign transliterating
services on a full-time or part-time basis for a school district after July 1, 2000, must:

(1) hold current interpreter and transliterator certificates awarded by the Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID), or the general level interpreter proficiency certificate
awarded by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), or a comparable state
certification from the commissioner of education; and

(2) satisfactorily complete an interpreter/transliterator training program affiliated
with an accredited educational institution.

(b) New graduates of an interpreter/transliterator program affiliated with an
accredited education institution shall be granted a two-year provisional certificate by
the commissioner. During the two-year provisional period, the interpreter/transliterator
must develop and implement an education plan in collaboration with a mentor under
paragraph (c).

(c) A mentor of a provisionally certified interpreter/transliterator must be an
interpreter/transliterator who has either NAD level IV or V certification or RID
certified interpreter and certified transliterator certification and have at least three
years interpreting/transliterating experience in any educational setting. The mentor, in
collaboration with the provisionally certified interpreter/transliterator, shall develop and
implement an education plan designed to meet the requirements of paragraph (a), clause
(1), and include a weekly on-site mentoring process.

(d) Consistent with the requirements of this paragraph, a person holding a
provisional certificate may apply to the commissioner for one time-limited extension.
The commissioner, in consultation with the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and
Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans, must grant the person a time-limited extension of the
provisional certificate based on the following documentation:

(1) letters of support from the person's mentor, a parent of a pupil the person serves,
the special education director of the district in which the person is employed, and a
representative from the regional service center of the deaf and hard-of-hearing;

(2) records of the person's formal education, training, experience, and progress on
the person's education plan; and

(3) an explanation of why the extension is needed.

As a condition of receiving the extension, the person must comply with a plan
and the accompanying time line for meeting the requirements of this subdivision. A
committee composed of the deleted text begin director of the Minnesota Resource Center Serving Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing, or the director's designeedeleted text end new text begin deaf and hard-of-hearing state specialistnew text end , a
representative of the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, a representative of the
Minnesota Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf, and other appropriate persons selected
by the commissioner must develop the plan and time line for the person receiving the
extension.

(e) A school district may employ only an interpreter/transliterator who has been
certified under paragraph (a) or (b), or for whom a time-limited extension has been
granted under paragraph (d).

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Oral or cued speech transliterators.

(a) In addition to any other
requirements that a school district establishes, any person employed to provide oral
transliterating or cued speech transliterating services on a full-time or part-time basis for a
school district after July 1, 2000, must hold a current applicable transliterator certificate
awarded by the national certifying association or comparable state certification from
the commissioner of education.

(b) To provide oral or cued speech transliterator services on a full-time or part-time
basis, a person employed in a school district must comply with paragraph (a). The
commissioner shall grant a nonrenewable, two-year certificate to a school district on behalf
of a person who has not yet attained a current applicable transliterator certificate under
paragraph (a). A person for whom a nonrenewable, two-year certificate is issued must
work under the direction of a licensed teacher who is skilled in language development
of individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. A person for whom a nonrenewable,
two-year certificate is issued also must enroll in a state-approved training program and
demonstrate progress towards the certification required under paragraph (a) sufficient for
the person to be certified at the end of the two-year period.

(c) Consistent with the requirements of this paragraph, a person holding a
provisional certificate may apply to the commissioner for one time-limited extension. The
commissioner, in consultation with the Commission Serving Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
People, must grant the person a time-limited extension of the provisional certificate based
on the following documentation:

(1) letters of support from the person's mentor, a parent of a pupil the person serves,
the special education director of the district in which the person is employed, and a
representative from the regional service center of the deaf and hard-of-hearing;

(2) records of the person's formal education, training, experience, and progress on
the person's education plan; and

(3) an explanation of why the extension is needed.

As a condition of receiving the extension, the person must comply with a plan
and the accompanying time line for meeting the requirements of this subdivision. A
committee composed of the deleted text begin director of the Minnesota Resource Center Serving Deaf and
Hard-of-Hearing, or the director's designeedeleted text end new text begin deaf and hard-of-hearing state specialistnew text end , a
representative of the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens, a representative of the
Minnesota Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf, and other appropriate persons selected
by the commissioner must develop the plan and time line for the person receiving the
extension.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.88, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Providing transportation.

The board may provide for the
transportation of pupils to and from school and for any other purpose. The board may
also provide for the transportation of pupils to schools in other districts for grades and
departments not maintained in the district, including high school, at the expense of the
district, when funds are available therefor and if agreeable to the district to which it is
proposed to transport the pupils, for the whole or a part of the school year, as it may
deem advisable, and subject to its rules. In any district, the board must arrange for the
attendance of all pupils living two miles or more from the school, except pupils whose
transportation privileges have been voluntarily surrendered under subdivision 2, or
whose privileges have been revoked under section 123B.91, subdivision 1, clause (6), or
123B.90, subdivision 2. The district may provide for the transportation of or the boarding
and rooming of the pupils who may be more economically and conveniently provided for
by that means. Arrangements for attendance may include a requirement that parents or
guardians request transportation before it is provided. The board must provide new text begin necessary
new text end transportation deleted text begin to and from the home ofdeleted text end new text begin , consistent with section 123B.92, subdivision 1,
paragraph (b), clause (4), fornew text end a child with a disability not yet enrolled in kindergarten
deleted text begin whendeleted text end new text begin for the provision ofnew text end special instruction and services under sections 125A.03 to
125A.24, 125A.26 to 125A.48, and 125A.65 deleted text begin are provided in a location other than in
the child's homedeleted text end . new text begin Special instruction and services for a child with a disability not yet
enrolled in kindergarten include an individualized education program team placement
in an early childhood program when that placement is necessary to address the child's
level of functioning and needs. new text end When transportation is provided, scheduling of routes,
establishment of the location of bus stops, manner and method of transportation, control
and discipline of school children, the determination of fees, and any other matter relating
thereto must be within the sole discretion, control, and management of the board. The
district may provide for the transportation of pupils or expend a reasonable amount
for room and board of pupils whose attendance at school can more economically and
conveniently be provided for by that means or who attend school in a building rented or
leased by a district within the confines of an adjacent district.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.01, is amended to read:


125A.01 DEFINITIONS.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin General application. new text end

For purposes of this chapter, the words defined
in section 120A.05 have the same meaning.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Dyslexia. new text end

new text begin "Dyslexia" means a specific learning disability that is
neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent recognition
of words and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result
from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in
relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction.
Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced
reading experience that can impede the growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.
 new text end

new text begin Students who have a dyslexia diagnosis must meet the state and federal eligibility
criteria in order to qualify for special education services.
 new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.023, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section and section 125A.027, the
following terms have the meanings given them:

(a) "Health plan" means:

(1) a health plan under section 62Q.01, subdivision 3;

(2) a county-based purchasing plan under section 256B.692;

(3) a self-insured health plan established by a local government under section
471.617; or

(4) self-insured health coverage provided by the state to its employees or retirees.

(b) For purposes of this section, "health plan company" means an entity that issues
a health plan as defined in paragraph (a).

(c) "Interagency intervention service system" means a system that coordinates
services and programs required in state and federal law to meet the needs of eligible
children with disabilities ages birth through 21, including:

(1) services provided under the following programs or initiatives administered
by state or local agencies:

(i) the maternal and child health program under title V of the Social Security Act;

(ii) the Minnesota children with special health needs program under sections 144.05
and 144.07;

(iii) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, section 619, and Part
C as amended;

(iv) medical assistance under title 42, chapter 7, of the Social Security Act;

(v) developmental disabilities services under chapter 256B;

(vi) the Head Start Act under title 42, chapter 105, of the Social Security Act;

(vii) vocational rehabilitation services provided under chapters 248 and 268A and
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;

(viii) Juvenile Court Act services provided under sections 260.011 to 260.91;
260B.001 to 260B.446; and 260C.001 to 260C.451;

(ix) Minnesota Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Act under section 245.487;

(x) the community health services grants under sections 145.88 to 145.9266;

(xi) the Local Public Health Act under chapter 145A; and

(xii) the Vulnerable Children and Adults Act, sections 256M.60 to 256M.80;

(2) service provision and funding that can be coordinated through:

(i) the children's mental health collaborative under section 245.493;

(ii) the family services collaborative under section 124D.23;

(iii) the community transition interagency committees under section 125A.22; and

(iv) the interagency early intervention committees under section 125A.259;

(3) financial and other funding programs to be coordinated including medical
assistance under title 42, chapter 7, of the Social Security Act, the MinnesotaCare program
under chapter 256L, Supplemental Social Security Income, Developmental Disabilities
Assistance, and any other employment-related activities associated with the Social
Security Administration; and services provided under a health plan in conformity with an
individual family service plan or an individualized education program or an individual
interagency intervention plan; and

(4) additional appropriate services that local agencies and counties provide on
an individual need basis upon determining eligibility and receiving a request from new text begin (i)
new text end the deleted text begin interagency early intervention committeedeleted text end new text begin school board or county boardnew text end and new text begin (ii) new text end the
child's parent.

(d) "Children with disabilities" has the meaning given in section 125A.02.

(e) A "standardized written plan" means those individual services or programs, with
accompanying funding sources, available through the interagency intervention service
system to an eligible child other than the services or programs described in the child's
individualized education program or the child's individual family service plan.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.023, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

State Interagency Committee.

(a) The commissioner of education, on
behalf of the governor, shall convene an interagency committee to develop and implement
a coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency intervention service system for children ages
three to 21 with disabilities. The commissioners of commerce, education, health, human
rights, human services, employment and economic development, and corrections shall
each appoint two committee members from their departments; and the Association of
Minnesota Counties, Minnesota School Boards Association, the Minnesota Administrators
of Special Education, and the School Nurse Association of Minnesota shall each appoint
one committee member. The committee shall select a chair from among its members.

(b) The committee shall:

(1) identify and assist in removing state and federal barriers to local coordination of
services provided to children with disabilities;

(2) identify adequate, equitable, and flexible funding sources to streamline these
services;

(3) develop guidelines for implementing policies that ensure a comprehensive and
coordinated system of all state and local agency services, including multidisciplinary
assessment practices for children with disabilities ages three to 21, including:

(i) develop, consistent with federal law, a standardized written plan for providing
services to a child with disabilities;

(ii) identify how current systems for dispute resolution can be coordinated;

(iii) develop an evaluation process to measure the success of state and local
interagency efforts in improving the quality and coordination of services to children with
disabilities ages three to 21; and

(iv) develop guidelines to assist the governing boards of the interagency early
intervention committees in carrying out the duties assigned in section 125A.027,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b); and

(4) carry out other duties necessary to develop and implement within communities
a coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency intervention service system for children
with disabilities.

(c) The committee shall consult on an ongoing basis with the state Special Education
Advisory Panel and the governor's Interagency Coordinating Council in carrying out
its duties under this section, including assisting the deleted text begin governingdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end boards deleted text begin of the
interagency early intervention committeesdeleted text end new text begin and county boardsnew text end .

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.027, is amended to read:


125A.027 deleted text begin INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEE
RESPONSIBILITIESdeleted text end new text begin LOCAL AGENCY COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIESnew text end .

Subdivision 1.

deleted text begin Additional dutiesdeleted text end new text begin School board and county board responsibilitiesnew text end .

new text begin (a) It is the joint responsibility of school and county boards to coordinate, provide, and
pay for appropriate services and to facilitate payment for services from public and private
sources. Appropriate services for children eligible under section 125A.02 and receiving
services from two or more public agencies of which one is the public school must be
determined in consultation with parents, physicians, and other education, medical health,
and human services providers. The services provided must conform with a standardized
written plan for each eligible child ages three to 21.
 new text end

new text begin (b) Appropriate services include those services listed on a child's standardized
written plan. These services are those that are required to be documented on a plan under
federal and state law or rule.
 new text end

new text begin (c) School and county boards shall coordinate interagency services. Service
responsibilities for eligible children, ages three to 21, may be established in interagency
agreements or joint powers board agreements. In addition, interagency agreements or
joint powers board agreements may be developed to establish agency responsibility that
ensures that coordinated interagency services are coordinated, provided, and paid for and
that payment is facilitated from public and private sources. School boards must provide,
pay for, and facilitate payment for special education services as required under sections
125A.03 and 125A.06. County boards must provide, pay for, and facilitate payment for
those programs over which they have service and fiscal responsibility as referenced in
section 125A.023, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (1).
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 1a. new text end

new text begin Local governance structure. new text end

deleted text begin (a)deleted text end The deleted text begin governingdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end boards deleted text begin of
the interagency early intervention committeesdeleted text end new text begin and county boardsnew text end are responsible for
developing and implementing interagency policies and procedures to coordinate services
at the local level for children with disabilities ages three to 21 under guidelines established
by the state interagency committee under section 125A.023, subdivision 4. Consistent
with the requirements in this section and section 125A.023, the deleted text begin governingdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end boards
deleted text begin of the interagency early intervention committeesdeleted text end new text begin and county boardsnew text end may organize as a
joint powers board under section 471.59 or enter into an interagency agreement that
establishes a governance structure.

deleted text begin (b) The governing board of each interagency early intervention committee as defined
in section 125A.30, paragraph (a), which may include a juvenile justice professional, shall:
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (1) identify state and federal barriers to local coordination of services provided to
children with disabilities;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) implement policies that ensure a comprehensive and coordinated system of all
state and local agency services, including practices on multidisciplinary assessment,
standardized written plans, dispute resolution, and system evaluation for children with
disabilities ages three to 21;
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) coordinate services and facilitate payment for services from public and private
institutions, agencies, and health plan companies; and
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) share needed information consistent with state and federal data practices
requirements.
 deleted text end

Subd. 2.

Appropriate and necessary services.

(a) Parents, physicians, other health
care professionals including school nurses, and education and human services providers
jointly must determine appropriate and necessary services for eligible children with
disabilities ages three to 21. The services provided to the child under this section must
conform with the child's standardized written plan. The deleted text begin governingdeleted text end new text begin schoolnew text end board deleted text begin of an
interagency early intervention committeedeleted text end new text begin or county boardnew text end must provide those services
contained in a child's individualized education program and those services for which
a legal obligation exists.

(b) Nothing in this section or section 125A.023 increases or decreases the obligation
of the state, county, regional agency, local school district, or local agency or organization
to pay for education, health care, or social services.

(c) A health plan may not exclude any medically necessary covered service solely
because the service is or could be identified in a child's individual family service plan,
individualized education program, a plan established under section 504 of the federal
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or a student's individual health plan. This paragraph reaffirms
the obligation of a health plan company to provide or pay for certain medically necessary
covered services, and encourages a health plan company to coordinate this care with any
other providers of similar services. Also, a health plan company may not exclude from a
health plan any medically necessary covered service such as an assessment or physical
examination solely because the resulting information may be used for an individualized
education program or a standardized written plan.

deleted text begin Subd. 4. deleted text end

deleted text begin Responsibilities of school and county boards. deleted text end

deleted text begin (a) It is the joint
responsibility of school and county boards to coordinate, provide, and pay for appropriate
services, and to facilitate payment for services from public and private sources.
Appropriate service for children eligible under section 125A.02 and receiving service
from two or more public agencies of which one is the public school must be determined in
consultation with parents, physicians, and other education, medical health, and human
services providers. The services provided must be in conformity with a standardized
written plan for each eligible child ages 3 to 21.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (b) Appropriate services include those services listed on a child's standardized
written plan. These services are those that are required to be documented on a plan under
federal and state law or rule.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) School and county boards shall coordinate interagency services. Service
responsibilities for eligible children, ages 3 to 21, may be established in interagency
agreements or joint powers board agreements. In addition, interagency agreements or joint
powers board agreements may be developed to establish agency responsibility that assures
that coordinated interagency services are coordinated, provided, and paid for, and that
payment is facilitated from public and private sources. School boards must provide,
pay for, and facilitate payment for special education services as required under sections
125A.03 and 125A.06. County boards must provide, pay for, and facilitate payment for
those programs over which they have service and fiscal responsibility as referenced in
section 125A.023, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (1).
 deleted text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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. 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 new text begin needs new text end for children deleted text begin with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit
hyperactivity disorderdeleted text end . 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;

(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 new text begin all new text end paraprofessionals employed to work in programs deleted text begin fordeleted text end new text begin whose role in part
is to provide direct support tonew text end students with disabilities, the school board in each district
shall ensure that:

(1) before or deleted text begin immediately upondeleted text end new text begin beginning at the time ofnew text end employment, each
paraprofessional deleted text begin developsdeleted text end new text begin must developnew text end sufficient knowledge and skills in emergency
procedures, building orientation, roles and responsibilities, confidentiality, vulnerability,
and reportability, among other things, to begin meeting the needsnew text begin , especially
disability-specific and behavioral needs,new text end of the students with whom the paraprofessional
works;

(2) annual training opportunities are deleted text begin availabledeleted text end new text begin requirednew text end 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, new text begin 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, new text end following lesson plans, and
implementing follow-up instructional procedures and activities; and

(3) 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.

Sec. 9.

new text begin [125A.083] STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRANSFERRING
RECORDS.
 new text end

new text begin To efficiently and effectively meet federal and state compliance and accountability
requirements using an online case management reporting system, school districts may
contract only with a student information system vendor employing a universal filing
system that is compatible with the online system for compliance reporting under section
125A.085 beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and later. A district's universal
filing system under this section must facilitate the seamless transfer of student records
for a student with disabilities who transfers between school districts, including records
containing the student's evaluation report, service plan, and other due process forms and
information, regardless of what filing system any one district uses.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all district contracts with student information system vendors entered into
or modified after that date.
 new text end

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.085, is amended to read:


125A.085 ONLINE REPORTING OF REQUIRED DATA.

(a) To ensure a strong focus on outcomes for children with disabilities informs
federal and state compliance and accountability requirements and to increase opportunities
for special educators and related-services providers to focus on teaching children with
disabilities, the commissioner must customize a streamlined, user-friendly statewide
online system, with a single model online form, for effectively and efficiently collecting
and reporting required special education-related data to individuals with a legitimate
educational interest and who are authorized by law to access the data.

(b) The commissioner must consult with qualified experts, including information
technology specialists, licensed special education teachers and directors of special
education, related-services providers, third-party vendors, a designee of the commissioner
of human services, parents of children with disabilities, representatives of advocacy groups
representing children with disabilities, and representatives of school districts and special
education cooperatives on integrating, field testing, customizing, and sustaining this simple,
easily accessible, efficient, and effective online data system for uniform statewide reporting
of required due process compliance data. Among other outcomes, the system must:

(1) reduce special education teachers' paperwork burden and thereby increase the
teachers' opportunities to focus on teaching children;

(2) to the extent authorized by chapter 13 or other applicable state or federal law
governing access to and dissemination of educational records, provide for efficiently
and effectively transmitting the records of all transferring children with disabilities,
including highly mobile and homeless children with disabilities, among others, and avoid
fragmented service delivery;

(3) address language and other barriers and disparities that prevent parents from
understanding and communicating information about the needs of their children with
disabilities; and

(4) help continuously improve the interface among the online systems serving
children with disabilities in order to maintain and reinforce the children's ability to learn.

(c) The commissioner must use the federal Office of Special Education Programs
model forms for the (1) individualized education program, (2) notice of procedural
safeguards, and (3) prior written notice that are consistent with Part B of IDEA to integrate
and customize a state-sponsored universal special education online case management
system, consistent with the requirements of state law and this section for customizing a
statewide online reporting system. The commissioner must use a request for proposal
process to contract for the technology and software needed for customizing the online
system in order for the system to be fully functional, consistent with the requirements of
this section. This online system must be made available to school districts without charge
beginning in the 2015-2016 school year. For the 2015-2016 deleted text begin through 2017-2018deleted text end school
yearsnew text begin and laternew text end , school districts may use this online system or may contract with an outside
vendor for compliance reporting. deleted text begin Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year and later,
school districts must use this online system for compliance reporting.
deleted text end

(d) All data on individuals maintained in the statewide reporting system are
classified as provided in chapter 13 or other applicable state or federal law. An authorized
individual's ability to enter, update, or access data must be limited through the use of
role-based access codes corresponding to that individual's official duties or training level,
and the statutory authorization that grants access for a particular purpose. Any action
in which data in the system are entered, updated, accessed, or shared or disseminated
outside of the system must be recorded in an audit trail. The audit trail must identify the
specific user responsible for the action, the date and time the action occurred, and the
purpose for the action. Data contained in the audit trail maintain the same classification
as the underlying data affected by the action, provided the responsible authority makes
the data available to a student or the student's parent upon request, and the responsible
authority may access the data to audit the system's user activity and security safeguards.
Before entering data on a student, the responsible authority must provide the student or the
student's parent written notice of the data practices rights and responsibilities required
by this section and a reasonable opportunity to refuse consent to have the student's data
included in the system. Upon receiving the student or the student's parent written refusal
to consent, the school district must not enter data on that student into the system and must
delete any existing data on that student currently in the system.

(e) Consistent with this section, the commissioner must establish a public Internet
Web interface to provide information to educators, parents, and the public about the form
and content of required special education reports, to respond to queries from educators,
parents, and the public about specific aspects of special education reports and reporting,
and to use the information garnered from the interface to streamline and revise special
education reporting on the online system under this section. The public Internet Web
interface must have a prominently linked page describing the rights and responsibilities
of students and parents whose data are included in the statewide reporting system, and
include information on the data practices rights of students and parents provided by this
section and a form students or parents may use to refuse consent to have a student's data
included in the system. The public Internet Web interface must not provide access to the
educational records of any individual child.

(f) The commissioner annually by February 1 must submit to the legislature a report
on the status, recent changes, and sustainability of the online system under this section.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.0942, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Physical holding or seclusion.

(a) Physical holding or seclusion may be
used only in an emergency. A school that uses physical holding or seclusion shall meet the
following requirements:

(1) physical holding or seclusion is the least intrusive intervention that effectively
responds to the emergency;

(2) physical holding or seclusion is not used to discipline a noncompliant child;

(3) physical holding or seclusion ends when the threat of harm ends and the staff
determines the child can safely return to the classroom or activity;

(4) staff directly observes the child while physical holding or seclusion is being used;

(5) each time physical holding or seclusion is used, the staff person who implements
or oversees the physical holding or seclusion documents, as soon as possible after the
incident concludes, the following information:

(i) a description of the incident that led to the physical holding or seclusion;

(ii) why a less restrictive measure failed or was determined by staff to be
inappropriate or impractical;

(iii) the time the physical holding or seclusion began and the time the child was
released; and

(iv) a brief record of the child's behavioral and physical status;

(6) the room used for seclusion must:

(i) be at least six feet by five feet;

(ii) be well lit, well ventilated, adequately heated, and clean;

(iii) have a window that allows staff to directly observe a child in seclusion;

(iv) have tamperproof fixtures, electrical switches located immediately outside the
door, and secure ceilings;

(v) have doors that open out and are unlocked, locked with keyless locks that
have immediate release mechanisms, or locked with locks that have immediate release
mechanisms connected with a fire and emergency system; and

(vi) not contain objects that a child may use to injure the child or others;

(7) before using a room for seclusion, a school must:

(i) receive written notice from local authorities that the room and the locking
mechanisms comply with applicable building, fire, and safety codes; and

(ii) register the room with the commissioner, who may view that room; and

(8) until August 1, 2015, a school district may use prone restraints with children
age five or older if:

(i) the district has provided to the department a list of staff who have had specific
training on the use of prone restraints;

(ii) the district provides information on the type of training that was provided and
by whom;

(iii) only staff who received specific training use prone restraints;

(iv) each incident of the use of prone restraints is reported to the department within
five working days on a form provided by the department; and

(v) the district, before using prone restraints, must review any known medical or
psychological limitations that contraindicate the use of prone restraints.

The department must collect data on districts' use of prone restraints and publish the data
in a readily accessible format on the department's Web site on a quarterly basis.

(b) By February 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, stakeholders deleted text begin mustdeleted text end new text begin may, as
necessary,new text end recommend to the commissioner specific and measurable implementation and
outcome goals for reducing the use of restrictive procedures and the commissioner must
submit to the legislature a report on districts' progress in reducing the use of restrictive
procedures that recommends how to further reduce these procedures and eliminate
the use of prone restraints. The statewide plan includes the following components:
measurable goals; the resources, training, technical assistance, mental health services, and
collaborative efforts needed to significantly reduce districts' use of prone restraints; and
recommendations to clarify and improve the law governing districts' use of restrictive
procedures. The commissioner must consult with interested stakeholders when preparing
the report, including representatives of advocacy organizations, special education directors,
teachers, paraprofessionals, intermediate school districts, school boards, day treatment
providers, county social services, state human services department staff, mental health
professionals, and autism experts. By June 30 each year, districts must report summary
data on their use of restrictive procedures to the department, in a form and manner
determined by the commissioner. The summary data must include information about the
use of restrictive procedures, including use of reasonable force under section 121A.582.

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 2014, section 125A.21, is amended to read:


125A.21 THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT.

Subdivision 1.

Obligation to pay.

Nothing in sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and
125A.65 relieves an insurer or similar third party from an otherwise valid obligation to
pay, or changes the validity of an obligation to pay, for services rendered to a child with
a disability, and the child's family. A school district shall pay the nonfederal share of
medical assistance services provided according to section 256B.0625, subdivision 26.
Eligible expenditures must not be made from federal funds or funds used to match other
federal funds. Any federal disallowances are the responsibility of the school district. A
school district may pay or reimburse co-payments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other
enrollee cost-sharing amounts, on behalf of the student or family, in connection with
health and related services provided under an individual educational plannew text begin or individualized
family service plannew text end .

Subd. 2.

Third-party reimbursement.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2000, districts
shall seek reimbursement from insurers and similar third parties for the cost of services
provided by the district whenever the services provided by the district are otherwise
covered by the child's health coverage. Districts shall request, but may not require, the
child's family to provide information about the child's health coverage when a child with a
disability begins to receive services from the district of a type that may be reimbursable,
and shall request, but may not require, updated information after that as needed.

(b) For children enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 256B or MinnesotaCare
under chapter 256L who have no other health coverage, a district shall provide an initial
and annual written notice to the enrolled child's parent or legal representative of its intent
to seek reimbursement from medical assistance or MinnesotaCare for the individualized
education program new text begin or individualized family service plan new text end health-related services provided
by the district. The initial notice must give the child's parent or legal representative the
right to request a copy of the child's education records on the health-related services that
the district provided to the child and disclosed to a third-party payer.

(c) The district shall give the parent or legal representative annual written notice of:

(1) the district's intent to seek reimbursement from medical assistance or
MinnesotaCare for individualized education program new text begin or individualized family service plan
new text end health-related services provided by the district;

(2) the right of the parent or legal representative to request a copy of all records
concerning individualized education program new text begin or individualized family service plan
new text end health-related services disclosed by the district to any third party; and

(3) the right of the parent or legal representative to withdraw consent for disclosure
of a child's records at any time without consequence.

The written notice shall be provided as part of the written notice required by Code of
Federal Regulations, title 34, section 300.504new text begin or 303.520new text end . The district must ensure that the
parent of a child with a disability is given notice, in understandable language, of federal and
state procedural safeguards available to the parent under this paragraph and paragraph (b).

(d) In order to access the private health care coverage of a child who is covered by
private health care coverage in whole or in part, a district must:

(1) obtain annual written informed consent from the parent or legal representative, in
compliance with subdivision 5; and

(2) inform the parent or legal representative that a refusal to permit the district
or state Medicaid agency to access their private health care coverage does not relieve
the district of its responsibility to provide all services necessary to provide free and
appropriate public education at no cost to the parent or legal representative.

(e) If the commissioner of human services obtains federal approval to exempt
covered individualized education program new text begin or individualized family service plan
new text end health-related services from the requirement that private health care coverage refuse
payment before medical assistance may be billed, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) shall also
apply to students with a combination of private health care coverage and health care
coverage through medical assistance or MinnesotaCare.

(f) In the event that Congress or any federal agency or the Minnesota legislature
or any state agency establishes lifetime limits, limits for any health care services,
cost-sharing provisions, or otherwise provides that individualized education program new text begin or
individualized family service plan new text end health-related services impact benefits for persons
enrolled in medical assistance or MinnesotaCare, the amendments to this subdivision
adopted in 2002 are repealed on the effective date of any federal or state law or regulation
that imposes the limits. In that event, districts must obtain informed consent consistent
with this subdivision as it existed prior to the 2002 amendments and subdivision 5, before
seeking reimbursement for children enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 256B or
MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L who have no other health care coverage.

Subd. 3.

Use of reimbursements.

Of the reimbursements received, districts may:

(1) retain an amount sufficient to compensate the district for its administrative costs
of obtaining reimbursements;

(2) regularly obtain from education- and health-related entities training and other
appropriate technical assistance designed to improve the district's ability to access
third-party payments for individualized education program new text begin or individualized family
service plan new text end health-related services; or

(3) reallocate reimbursements for the benefit of students with individualized
education programs or deleted text begin individualdeleted text end new text begin individualizednew text end family service plans in the district.

Subd. 4.

Parents not obligated to use health coverage.

To the extent required by
federal law, a school district may not require parents of children with disabilities, if they
would incur a financial cost, to use private or public health coverage to pay for the services
that must be provided under an individualized education programnew text begin or individualized
family service plannew text end .

Subd. 5.

Informed consent.

When obtaining informed consent, consistent with
sections 13.05, subdivision 4a; 256B.77, subdivision 2, paragraph (p); and Code of
Federal Regulations, title 34, parts 99 deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 300new text begin , and 303new text end , to bill health plans for covered
services, the school district must notify the legal representative (1) that the cost of the
person's private health insurance premium may increase due to providing the covered
service in the school setting, (2) that the school district may pay certain enrollee health
plan costs, including but not limited to, co-payments, coinsurance, deductibles, premium
increases or other enrollee cost-sharing amounts for health and related services required
by an individual service plan, or deleted text begin individualdeleted text end new text begin individualizednew text end family service plan, and (3) that
the school's billing for each type of covered service may affect service limits and prior
authorization thresholds. The informed consent may be revoked in writing at any time
by the person authorizing the billing of the health plan.

Subd. 6.

District obligation to provide service.

To the extent required by federal
law, no school district may deny, withhold, or delay any service that must be provided
under an individualized education program new text begin or individualized family service plan new text end because
a family has refused to provide informed consent to bill a health plan for services or a
health plan company has refused to pay any, all, or a portion of the cost of services billed.

Subd. 7.

District disclosure of information.

A school district may disclose
information contained in a student's individualized education program, consistent with
section 13.32, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), and Code of Federal Regulations, title 34,
parts 99 deleted text begin anddeleted text end new text begin ,new text end 300new text begin , and 303new text end ; including records of the student's diagnosis and treatment, to a
health plan company only with the signed and dated consent of the student's parent, or
other legally authorized individual. The school district shall disclose only that information
necessary for the health plan company to decide matters of coverage and payment. A
health plan company may use the information only for making decisions regarding
coverage and payment, and for any other use permitted by law.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.28, is amended to read:


125A.28 STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.

An Interagency Coordinating Council of at least 17, but not more than 25 members is
established, in compliance with Public Law 108-446, section 641. The members must be
appointed by the governor and reasonably represent the population of Minnesota. Council
members must elect the council chair, who may not be a representative of the Department
of Education. The council must be composed of at least five parents, including persons
of color, of children with disabilities under age 12, including at least three parents of a
child with a disability under age seven, five representatives of public or private providers
of services for children with disabilities under age five, including a special education
director, county social service director, local Head Start director, and a community health
services or public health nursing administrator, one member of the senate, one member of
the house of representatives, one representative of teacher preparation programs in early
childhood-special education or other preparation programs in early childhood intervention,
at least one representative of advocacy organizations for children with disabilities under
age five, one physician who cares for young children with special health care needs, one
representative each from the commissioners of commerce, education, health, human
services, a representative from the state agency responsible for child care, foster care,
mental health, homeless coordinator of education of homeless children and youth, and a
representative from Indian health services or a tribal council. Section 15.059, subdivisions
2 to 4, apply to the council. The council must meet at least quarterly.

The council must address methods of implementing the state policy of developing
and implementing comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary interagency programs of
early intervention services for children with disabilities and their families.

The duties of the council include recommending policies to ensure a comprehensive
and coordinated system of all state and local agency services for children under age five
with disabilities and their families. The policies must address how to incorporate each
agency's services into a unified state and local system of multidisciplinary assessment
practices, individual intervention plans, comprehensive systems to find children in need of
services, methods to improve public awareness, and assistance in determining the role of
interagency early intervention committees.

deleted text begin On the date that Minnesota Part C Annual Performance Report is submitted to
deleted text end new text begin Within 30 days of receiving the annual determination fromnew text end the federal Office of Special
Educationnew text begin on the Minnesota Part C Annual Performance Reportnew text end , the council must
recommend to the governor and the commissioners of education, health, human services,
commerce, and employment and economic development policies for a comprehensive
and coordinated system.

Annually, the council must prepare and submit a report to the governor and the
secretary of the federal Department of Education on the status of early intervention
services and programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families under
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20, sections
1471 to 1485 (Part C, Public Law 102-119), as operated in Minnesota. The Minnesota
Part C annual performance report may serve as the report.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the State Interagency Coordinating
Council does not expire unless federal law no longer requires the existence of the council
or committee.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.63, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Programs.

new text begin (a) new text end The deleted text begin resource centersdeleted text end new text begin departmentnew text end must offer summer
institutes or other training programs throughout the state for deaf or hard-of-hearing, blind
or visually impaired, and multiply disabled pupils. The deleted text begin resource centersdeleted text end new text begin departmentnew text end must
also offer workshops for teachers, and leadership development for teachers.

deleted text begin A programdeleted text end new text begin (b) Training and workshop programsnew text end offered deleted text begin through the resource centers
deleted text end new text begin under paragraph (a)new text end must new text begin help new text end promote and develop education programs offered by school
districts or other organizations. The deleted text begin programdeleted text end new text begin programsnew text end must assist school districts or other
organizations to develop innovative programs.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.63, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Programs by nonprofits.

The deleted text begin resource centersdeleted text end new text begin departmentnew text end may contract
to have nonprofit organizations provide programs deleted text begin through the resource centersdeleted text end new text begin under
subdivision 2new text end .

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.63, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Advisory committees.

(a) The commissioner shall establish deleted text begin andeleted text end advisory
deleted text begin committeedeleted text end new text begin committeesnew text end for deleted text begin each resource centerdeleted text end new text begin the deaf and hard-of-hearing and for the
blind and visually impairednew text end . The advisory committees shall develop recommendations
deleted text begin regarding the resource centersdeleted text end and submit an annual report to the commissioner on the
form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) The advisory deleted text begin committeedeleted text end deleted text begin for the Resource Centerdeleted text end new text begin committeesnew text end for the deaf and
hard of hearing new text begin and for the blind and visually impairednew text end shall meet periodically at least four
times per year and new text begin each new text end submit an annual report to the commissioner, the education policy
and finance committees of the legislature, and the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and
deleted text begin Hard of Hearingdeleted text end new text begin Hard-of-Hearingnew text end Minnesotans. The deleted text begin reportdeleted text end new text begin reportsnew text end must, at least:

(1) identify and report the aggregate, data-based education outcomes for children
with the primary disability classification of deaf and hard of hearingnew text begin or of blind and
visually impairednew text end , consistent with the commissioner's child count reporting practices, the
commissioner's state and local outcome data reporting system by district and region, and
the school performance report cards under section 120B.36, subdivision 1; and

(2) describe the implementation of a data-based plan for improving the education
outcomes of deaf and hard of hearingnew text begin or blind and visually impairednew text end children that is
premised on evidence-based best practices, and provide a cost estimate for ongoing
implementation of the plan.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.63, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Statewide hearing loss early education intervention coordinator.

(a)
The coordinator shall:

(1) collaborate with the early hearing detection and intervention coordinator for the
Department of Health, deleted text begin the director of the Department of Education Resource Center for
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearingdeleted text end new text begin deaf and hard-of-hearing state specialistnew text end , and the Department
of Health Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Council;

(2) coordinate and support Department of Education early hearing detection and
intervention teams;

(3) leverage resources by serving as a liaison between interagency early intervention
committees; part C coordinators from the Departments of Education, Health, and
Human Services; Department of Education regional low-incidence facilitators; service
coordinators from school districts; Minnesota children with special health needs in the
Department of Health; public health nurses; child find; Department of Human Services
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division; and others as appropriate;

(4) identify, support, and promote culturally appropriate and evidence-based early
intervention practices for infants with hearing loss, and provide training, outreach, and use
of technology to increase consistency in statewide service provision;

(5) identify culturally appropriate specialized reliable and valid instruments to assess
and track the progress of children with hearing loss and promote their use;

(6) ensure that early childhood providers, parents, and members of the individual
family service and intervention plan are provided with child progress data resulting from
specialized assessments;

(7) educate early childhood providers and teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing
to use developmental data from specialized assessments to plan and adjust individual
family service plans; and

(8) make recommendations that would improve educational outcomes to the early
hearing detection and intervention committee, the commissioners of education and health,
the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans, and the advisory
council deleted text begin of the Minnesota Department of Education Resource Centerdeleted text end for the deaf and
hard-of-hearing.

(b) The Department of Education must provide aggregate data regarding outcomes
of deaf and hard-of-hearing children who receive early intervention services within the
state in accordance with the state performance plan.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 1.046 for fiscal years 2012 through 2015, 1.0
for fiscal year 2016, 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.

(i) "Cross subsidy reduction aid percentage" means 1.0 percent for fiscal year 2014
and 2.27 percent for fiscal year 2015.

(j) "Cross subsidy reduction aid limit" means $20 for fiscal year 2014 and $48
for fiscal year 2015.

(k) "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.

new text begin (l) "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 end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.76, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:


Subd. 2c.

Special education aid.

(a) For fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2015, a
district's special education aid equals the sum of the district's special education aid under
subdivision 5, the district's cross subsidy reduction aid under subdivision 2b, and the
district's excess cost aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 7.

(b) For fiscal year 2016 and later, a district's special education aid equals the sum of
the district's special education initial aid under subdivision 2a and the district's excess cost
aid under section 125A.79, subdivision 5.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), 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.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), 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.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), for fiscal year 2016 and later the special
education aid for a school district, not including a charter schoolnew text begin or cooperative unit as
defined in section 123A.24new text end , must not be less than the lesser of (1) the district's nonfederal
special education expenditures 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 program growth factor.

new text begin (f) 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.
 new text end

Sec. 20. new text begin SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Special education teachers' compliance with legal requirements.
 new text end

new text begin The Department of Education must identify ways to give teachers working with eligible
children with disabilities sufficient written and online resources to make informed decisions
about how to effectively comply with legal requirements related to providing special
education programs and services, including writing individualized education programs and
related documents, among other requirements. The department must work collaboratively
with teachers working with eligible children with disabilities, other school and district staff,
and representatives of affected organizations, including Education Minnesota, Minnesota
School Boards Association, and Minnesota Administrators of Special Education, among
others, to identify obstacles to and solutions for teachers' confusion about complying with
legal requirements governing special education programs and services. The department
must work with schools and districts to provide staff development training to better
comply with applicable legal requirements while meeting the educational needs and
improving the educational progress of eligible children with disabilities.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Efficiencies to reduce paperwork. new text end

new text begin The Department of Education, in
collaboration with teachers and administrators working with eligible children with
disabilities in schools and districts, must identify strategies to effectively decrease the
amount of time teachers spend completing paperwork for special education programs and
services, evaluate whether the strategies are cost-effective, and determine whether other
schools and districts are able to effectively use the strategies given available staff and
resources. Where an evaluation shows that particular paperwork reduction strategies are
cost-effective without undermining the purpose of the paperwork or the integrity of special
education requirements, the department must electronically disseminate and promote the
strategies to other schools and districts throughout the state.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Special education forms; reading level. new text end

new text begin The Department of Education
must determine the current reading level of its special education forms, establish a target
reading level for such forms, and, based on that target level, determine whether alternative
forms are needed to accommodate the lexical and sublexical cognitive processes of
individual form users and readers. The department must work with interested special
education stakeholders and reading experts in making the determinations and identification
required in this subdivision.
 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. 21. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 1,170,508,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 1,229,706,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $137,932,000 for 2015 and $1,032,576,000 for
2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $145,356,000 for 2016 and $1,084,350,000 for
2017.
 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 1,406,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 1,629,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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 361,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 371,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $35,000 for 2015 and $326,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $36,000 for 2016 and $335,000 for 2017.
 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 56,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 57,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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 according to 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Training and technical assistance to reduce district use of seclusion
and restraint. new text end

new text begin (a) For providing school districts with training and technical assistance to
reduce district use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs:
 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 2016
 new text end

new text begin (b) Of this appropriation, $500,000 is available to the commissioner to reimburse
school districts for the cost of hiring experts to provide staff training in reducing district
use of seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs.
 new text end

new text begin (c) Of this appropriation, $250,000 is available to the commissioner for the costs
of providing specialized training and assistance to school districts with a high use of
seclusion and restraint on students with complex needs.
 new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioner may contract with experts from intermediate school district
teams or level four programs to provide the specialized training and technical assistance.
 new text end

new text begin (e) Any funds unexpended in fiscal year 2016 do not cancel but carry forward into
the next fiscal year.
 new text end

Sec. 22. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.63, subdivision 1, new text end new text begin is repealed.
 new text end

ARTICLE 6

FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Alternative facilities aid.

A district's alternative facilities aid deleted text begin is the amount
equal todeleted text end new text begin equals 53.33 percent ofnew text end the district's deleted text begin annual debt service costs, provided that the
amount does not exceed the amount certified to be levied for those purposes for taxes
payable in 1997, or for a district that made a levy under subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the
lesser of the district's annual levy amount, or one-sixth of the amount of levy that it certified
for that purpose for taxes payable in 1998deleted text end new text begin alternative facilities aid for fiscal year 2016new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.59, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Alternative facilities appropriation.

(a) An amount not to exceed
deleted text begin $19,700,000deleted text end new text begin $20,000,000new text end for fiscal year deleted text begin 2000deleted text end new text begin 2016new text end and deleted text begin $20,000,000deleted text end new text begin $11,187,000new text end for
fiscal year deleted text begin 2001deleted text end new text begin 2017new text end and each year thereafter is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of education for payment of alternative facilities aid under subdivision 6.

(b) The appropriation in paragraph (a) must be reduced by the amount of any money
specifically appropriated for the same purpose in any year from any state fund.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2017 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125B.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

E-rates.

To be eligible for aid under this section, a district, charter school,
or intermediate school district is required to file an e-rate application either separately or
through its telecommunications access cluster deleted text begin and have a current technology plan on file
with the departmentdeleted text end . Discounts received on telecommunications expenditures shall be
reflected in the costs submitted to the department for aid under this section.

Sec. 4. new text begin FAIR SCHOOL DOWNTOWN TRANSITION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Student enrollment. new text end

new text begin A student enrolled in the FAIR School
downtown during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during
the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School downtown in any
year through the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other
students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation
revenue. new text end

new text begin For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate
compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR
School downtown based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin The district may transport a pupil enrolled in the
2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016 school
year to and from the FAIR School downtown in succeeding school years regardless of
the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are
reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following the date on which
the real and personal property of the FAIR School downtown in Minneapolis is conveyed
to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis.
 new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin FAIR SCHOOL CRYSTAL TRANSITION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Student enrollment. new text end

new text begin A student enrolled in the FAIR School
Crystal during the 2014-2015 school year and a student accepted for enrollment during
the 2015-2016 school year may continue to enroll in the FAIR School Crystal in any
year through the 2019-2020 school year. For the 2015-2016 school year and later, other
students may apply for enrollment under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.03.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Compensatory revenue; literacy aid; alternative compensation
revenue. new text end

new text begin For the 2015-2016 school year only, the Department of Education must calculate
compensatory revenue, literacy aid, and alternative compensation revenue for the FAIR
School Crystal based on the October 1, 2014, enrollment counts.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Pupil transportation. new text end

new text begin The district may transport a pupil enrolled in
the 2014-2015 school year and a pupil accepted for enrollment during the 2015-2016
school year to and from the FAIR School Crystal in succeeding school years regardless
of the pupil's district of residence. Pupil transportation expenses under this section are
reimbursable under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.87.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following the date on which
the real and personal property of the FAIR School Crystal in Crystal is conveyed to
Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale.
 new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 Health and safety revenue. new text end

new text begin For health and safety aid according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 501,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 477,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $66,000 for 2015 and $435,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $48,000 for 2016 and $399,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Debt service equalization. new text end

new text begin For debt service aid according to Minnesota
Statutes, sections 123B.53, subdivision 6, and 123B.535, subdivision 5:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 20,349,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 22,171,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $2,295,000 for 2015 and $18,054,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $2,005,000 for 2016 and $20,166,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Alternative facilities bonding aid. new text end

new text begin For alternative facilities bonding aid,
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.59, subdivision 1:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 19,287,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 11,187,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2015 and $17,359,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,928,000 for 2016 and $9,259,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Equity in telecommunications access. new text end

new text begin 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin 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 2016 and 2017 shall be prorated.
 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. 6. new text end

new text begin Deferred maintenance aid. new text end

new text begin For deferred maintenance aid, according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 3,520,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 2,714,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $409,000 for 2015 and $3,111,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $345,000 for 2016 and $2,369,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Cancellation; IT certificates. new text end

new text begin All unspent funds, estimated at $299,000 for
the information technology certificate partnership appropriation under Laws 2014, chapter
312, article 16, section 16, subdivision 5, are canceled to the general fund on June 30, 2015.
 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 7

NUTRITION AND ACCOUNTING

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16A.103, subdivision 1c, is amended to
read:


Subd. 1c.

Expenditure data.

new text begin (a) new text end State agencies must submit any revisions
in expenditure data the commissioner determines necessary for the forecast to the
commissioner at least four weeks prior to the release of the forecast. The information
submitted by state agencies and any modifications to that information made by the
commissioner must be made available to legislative fiscal staff no later than three weeks
prior to the release of the forecast.

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Department of Education must submit any
revisions in expenditure data to the commissioner at least three weeks before the release of
the November forecast, and the commissioner must make E-12 expenditure data available to
legislative fiscal staff no later than two weeks before the release of the November forecast.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Distribution of assets and liabilities.

(a) If a district withdraws
from a cooperative unit defined in subdivision 2, the distribution of assets and assignment
of liabilities to the withdrawing district shall be determined according to this subdivision.

(b) The withdrawing district remains responsible for its share of debt incurred by the
cooperative unit according to section 123B.02, subdivision 3. The district and cooperative
unit may mutually agree, through a board resolution by each, to terms and conditions of
the distribution of assets and the assignment of liabilities.

(c) If the cooperative unit and the district cannot agree on the terms and conditions,
the commissioner shall resolve the dispute by determining the district's proportionate share
of assets and liabilities based on the district's enrollment, financial contribution, usage, or
other factor or combination of factors determined appropriate by the commissioner. new text begin If the
dispute requires the commissioner to involve an administrative law judge, any fees due
to the Office of Administrative Hearings must be equally split between the district and
cooperative unit. new text end The assets must be disbursed to the withdrawing district in a manner
that minimizes financial disruption to the cooperative unit.

(d) Assets related to an insurance pool shall not be disbursed to a member district
under paragraph (c).

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.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 123B.77, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Statement for comparison and correction.

(a) By November deleted text begin 30deleted text end new text begin 15new text end of the
calendar year of the submission of the unaudited financial data, the district must provide to
the commissioner audited financial data for the preceding fiscal year. The audit must be
conducted in compliance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the
federal Single Audit Act, and the Minnesota legal compliance guide issued by the Office
of the State Auditor. An audited financial statement prepared in a form which will allow
comparison with and correction of material differences in the unaudited financial data shall
be submitted to the commissioner and the state auditor by December deleted text begin 31deleted text end new text begin 15new text end . The audited
financial statement must also provide a statement of assurance pertaining to uniform
financial accounting and reporting standards compliance and a copy of the management
letter submitted to the district by the school district's auditor.

(b) By February deleted text begin 15deleted text end new text begin 1new text end of the calendar year following the submission of the unaudited
financial data, the commissioner shall convert the audited financial data required by this
subdivision into the consolidated financial statement format required under subdivision 1a
and publish the information on the department's Web site.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.75, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Litigation costs; annual report.

(a) By November 30 of each year,
a school district must annually report the district's special education litigation costs,
including attorney fees and costs of due process hearings, to the commissioner of
education, consistent with the Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards.

(b) By deleted text begin January 15deleted text end new text begin February 1new text end of each year, the commissioner shall report school
district special education litigation costs to the house of representatives and the senate
committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education finance.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.05, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Survey of districts.

The commissioner of education shall survey the state's
school districts and teacher preparation programs and report to the education committees
of the legislature by deleted text begin January 15deleted text end new text begin February 1new text end of each odd-numbered year on the status of
teacher early retirement patterns, the teacher shortage, and the substitute teacher shortage,
including patterns and shortages in subject areas and regions of the state. The report must
also include how districts are making progress in hiring teachers and substitutes in the
areas of shortage and a five-year projection of teacher demand for each district.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 127A.49, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Omissions.

No adjustments to any aid payments made pursuant
to this chapter or chapters 120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, and 126C resulting
from omissions in district reports, except those adjustments determined by the legislative
auditor, shall be made for any school year after December deleted text begin 30deleted text end new text begin 15new text end of the next school year,
unless otherwise specifically provided by law.

Sec. 7.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 19, is amended to read:


Sec. 19. FUND TRANSFER; FISCAL deleted text begin YEARSdeleted text end new text begin YEARnew text end 2014 deleted text begin AND 2015
deleted text end new text begin THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2017new text end ONLY.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.80, subdivision 3, for fiscal
deleted text begin yearsdeleted text end new text begin yearnew text end 2014 deleted text begin and 2015deleted text end new text begin through fiscal year 2017new text end only, the commissioner must approve
a request for a fund transfer if the transfer does not increase state aid obligations to the
district or result in additional property tax authority for the district. This section does not
permit transfers from the community service fund, the food service fund, or the reserved
account for staff development under section 122A.61.

(b) A school board may approve a fund transfer under paragraph (a) only after
adopting a resolution stating the fund transfer will not diminish instructional opportunities
for students.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 8. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 lunch. new text end

new text begin For school lunch aid according to 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 15,661,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 15,818,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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 9,731,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 10,361,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. 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 942,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 942,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Summer school service replacement aid. new text end

new text begin For summer 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

ARTICLE 8

LIBRARIES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Eligibility.

A regional public library system may apply for regional library
telecommunications aiddeleted text begin . The aid must be used for data and video access maintenance,
equipment, or installation of telecommunication lines.deleted text end new text begin on behalf of itself and member
public libraries. The aid must be used for connections and other eligible nonvoice 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 end To 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.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Telecommunications aid.

An application for regional library
telecommunications aid must, at a minimum, contain information to document the
following:

(1) the connections are adequate and employ an open network architecture that
will ensure interconnectivity and interoperability with school districts, postsecondary
education, or other governmental agencies;

(2) that the connection is established through the most cost-effective means and that
the regional library has explored and coordinated connections through school districts,
postsecondary education, or other governmental agencies;

(3) that the regional library system deleted text begin hasdeleted text end new text begin and member libraries included in the
application havenew text end filed new text begin or are included in new text end an e-rate application; and

(4) other information, as determined by the commissioner of education, to ensure
that connections are coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective, take advantage of discounts,
and meet applicable state standards.

The library system may include costs associated with cooperative arrangements with
postsecondary institutions, school districts, and other governmental agencies.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 134.355, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Award of funds.

The commissioner of education shall develop an
application and a reporting form and procedures for regional library telecommunications
aid. Aid shall be based on actual costs deleted text begin ofdeleted text end new text begin including, but not limited to,new text end connectionsnew text begin , as
documented in e-rate funding commitment decision letters for category one services and
acceptable documentation for category two servicesnew text end and funds available for this purpose.
The commissioner shall make payments directly to the regional public library system.

Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARY APPROPRIATIONS.
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 Basic system support. new text end

new text begin For basic system support aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 134.355:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 13,570,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 13,570,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2015 and $12,213,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2016 and $12,213,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2015 and $1,170,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2016 and $1,170,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. 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 2016
 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 2017
 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 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2015 and $2,070,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2016 and $2,070,000 for 2017.
 new text end

ARTICLE 9

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 121A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Developmental screening program information.

new text begin (a) new text end The board must
inform each resident family with a child eligible to participate in the developmental
screening program, and a charter school that provides screening must inform families
that apply for admission to the charter school, about the availability of the program and
the state's requirement that a child receive a developmental screening or provide health
records indicating that the child received a comparable developmental screening from a
public or private health care organization or individual health care provider not later than
30 days after the first day of attending kindergarten in a public school. A school district
must inform all resident families with eligible children under age seven, and a charter
school that provides screening must inform families that apply for admission to the charter
school, that their children may receive a developmental screening conducted either by the
school district or by a public or private health care organization or individual health care
provider and that the screening is not required if a statement signed by the child's parent
or guardian is submitted to the administrator or other person having general control and
supervision of the school that the child has not been screened.

new text begin (b) A school district that enrolls students from an adjoining state under section
124D.041 may inform a nonresident child whose family resides at a Minnesota address as
assigned by the United States Postal Service about the availability of the developmental
screening program and may provide screening under this section to that child.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Agreements.

(a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement
with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options
program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant
to this section must specify the following:

(1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program
applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;

(2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated
authority from the adjoining state;

(3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to
the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed
upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota;

(4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state
sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed
upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state;

(5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between
Minnesota and the adjoining state;

(6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between
Minnesota and the adjoining state may be denied; and

(7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any
resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section.
A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for
such a student.

(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional
terms relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant
to chapter 125Anew text begin , including early childhood special education servicesnew text end . Any additional
terms must apply equally to both states.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Pupil accounting.

(a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in
Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average
daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were
a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district
under section 124D.03.

(b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this
section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil
units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending
another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03.

new text begin (c) A prekindergarten child from an adjoining state whose family resides at a
Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service and is receiving early
childhood special education services from a Minnesota school district is considered
enrolled in a Minnesota school district.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 4.

new text begin [124D.1295] EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM COORDINATION.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Early learning program coordination. new text end

new text begin A school board, after
receiving written comments from its early childhood advisory council, may adopt
a resolution allowing the district to offer a coordinated early learning program. A
coordinated early learning program may provide early childhood family education
services, school readiness services, and other early learning programs providing services
to parents and children.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Early learning program revenue sources. new text end

new text begin A school district's early
learning program revenue includes its early childhood family education revenue under
section 124D.135, school readiness program revenue under section 124D.16, and any
other revenues set aside for early learning activities.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Reserve account. new text end

new text begin A district that offers a coordinated early learning
program must place all of the revenue it receives under subdivision 2 in an early learning
program reserve account established in the community service fund.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.13, is amended to read:


124D.13 EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION (ECFE) PROGRAMS.

Subdivision 1.

Establishment; purpose.

A district that provides a community
education program under sections 124D.18 and 124D.19 may establish an early childhood
family education programnew text begin as an individual program or as a part of an early learning
program under section 124D.1295new text end . Two or more districts, each of which provides a
community education program, may cooperate to jointly provide an early childhood
family education program. The purpose of the early childhood family education program
is to provide parenting education to support children's learning and development.

Subd. 2.

Program requirements.

(a) Early childhood family education programs
are programs for children in the period of life from birth to kindergarten, for the parents
and other relatives of these children, and for expectant parents. To the extent that funds
are insufficient to provide programs for all children, early childhood family education
programs should emphasize programming for a child from birth to age three and
encourage parents and other relatives to involve four- and five-year-old children in school
readiness programs, and other public and nonpublic early learning programs. A district
may not limit participation to school district residents. Early childhood family education
programs must provide:

(1) programs to educate parents and other relatives about the physical, cognitive,
social, and emotional development of children and to enhance the skills of parents and
other relatives in providing for their children's learning and development;

(2) structured learning activities requiring interaction between children and their
parents or relatives;

(3) structured learning activities for children that promote children's development
and positive interaction with peers, which are held while parents or relatives attend parent
education classes;

(4) information on related community resources;

(5) information, materials, and activities that support the safety of children, including
prevention of child abuse and neglect;

(6) a community needs assessment that identifies new and underserved populations,
identifies child and family risk factors, particularly those that impact children's learning
and development, and assesses family and parenting education needs in the community;

(7) programming and services that are tailored to the needs of families and parents
prioritized in the community needs assessment; and

(8) information about and, if needed, assist in making arrangements for an early
childhood health and developmental screening under sections 121A.16 and 121A.17,
when the child nears the third birthday.

Early childhood family education programs should prioritize programming and
services for families and parents identified in the community needs assessment, particularly
those families and parents with children with the most risk factors birth to age three.

Early childhood family education programs are encouraged to provide parents of
English learners with translated oral and written information to monitor the program's
impact on their children's English language development, to know whether their children
are progressing in developing their English and native language proficiency, and to
actively engage with and support their children in developing their English and native
language proficiency.

The programs must include learning experiences for children, parents, and other
relatives that promote children's early literacy and, where practicable, their native language
skills and activities for children that require substantial involvement of the children's
parents or other relatives. The program may provide parenting education programming or
services to anyone identified in the community needs assessment. Providers must review
the program periodically to assure the instruction and materials are not racially, culturally,
or sexually biased. The programs must encourage parents to be aware of practices that
may affect equitable development of children.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "relative" or "relatives" means noncustodial
grandparents or other persons related to a child by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster
placement, excluding parents.

Subd. 3.

Substantial parental involvement.

The requirement of substantial
parental or other relative involvement in subdivision 2 means that:

(a) parents or other relatives must be physically present much of the time in classes
with their children or be in concurrent classes;

(b) parenting education or family education must be an integral part of every early
childhood family education program;

(c) early childhood family education appropriations must not be used for traditional
day care or nursery school, or similar programs; and

(d) the form of parent involvement common to kindergarten, elementary school, or
early childhood special education programs such as parent conferences, newsletters, and
notes to parents do not qualify a program under subdivision 2.

Subd. 4.

Home visiting program.

new text begin (a) new text end A district that levies for home visiting under
section 124D.135, subdivision 6, shall use this revenue to include as part of the early
childhood family education programs a parent education component that is designed to
reach isolated or at-risk families.

The home visiting program must:

(1) incorporate evidence-informed parenting education practices designed to support
the healthy growth and development of children, with a priority focus onnew text begin reachingnew text end those
children who have high needsnew text begin at as early an age as possiblenew text end ;

(2) establish clear objectives and protocols for home visits;

(3) encourage families to make a transition from home visits to site-based parenting
programs;

(4) provide program services that are community-based, accessible, and culturally
relevant;

(5) foster collaboration among existing agencies and community-based organizations
that serve young children and their families, such as public health evidence-based models
of home visiting and Head Start home visiting; and

(6) provide information about and assist in making arrangements for an early
childhood health and developmental screening when the child nears his or her third birthday.

The home visiting program should be provided by licensed parenting educators,
certified family life educators, or professionals with an equivalent license that reflect the
demographic composition of the community to the extent possible.

new text begin (b) A home visiting program must include information focused on early brain
development, including but not limited to brain development at different life stages,
expectations of cognitive functions at different life stages, suggested activities to
encourage healthy brain development, and suggested activities to discourage negative
brain development based on a child's surroundings.
 new text end

Subd. 5.

Separate accounts.

deleted text begin Thedeleted text end new text begin Anew text end districtnew text begin operating an early childhood family
education program independent of an early learning program under section 124D.1295
new text end must maintain a separate account within the community education fund for money for
early childhood family education programs.

Subd. 6.

Participants' fees.

A district must establish a reasonable sliding fee scale
but it shall waive the fee for a participant unable to pay.

Subd. 7.

Additional funding.

A district may receive funds from any governmental
agency or private source.

Subd. 8.

Coordination.

(a) A district must describe strategies to coordinate and
maximize public and private community resources and reduce duplication of services.

(b) A district is encouraged to coordinate adult basic education programs provided to
parents and early childhood family education programs provided to children to accomplish
the goals of section 124D.895.

Subd. 9.

District advisory councils.

The board must appoint an advisory council
from the area in which the program is provided. A majority of the council must be parents
participating in the program, who represent the demographics of the community. The
district must ensure, to the extent possible, that the council includes representation of
families who are racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse. The council
must assist the board in developing, planning, and monitoring the early childhood family
education programnew text begin and the early learning program under section 124D.1295new text end . The council
must report to the board and the community education advisory council.

Subd. 10.

Alternative council.

A board may direct the community education
council, required according to section 124D.19, subdivision 2, to perform the functions of
the Advisory Council for Early Childhood Family Education.

Subd. 11.

Teachers.

A school board must employ necessary licensed teachers for its
early childhood family education programs. The Board of Teaching, at its discretion, may
grant an applicant a variance under this subdivision, consistent with sections 122A.09,
subdivision 10, and 122A.25, and Board of Teaching rules.

Subd. 12.

Assistance.

The department must provide assistance to districts with
programs described in this section. The department must establish guidelines that list
barriers to learning and development affecting children served by early childhood family
education programs.

Subd. 13.

Program data submission requirements.

Districts receiving early
childhood family education revenue under section 124D.135 must submit annual program
data, including data that demonstrates the program response to the community needs
assessment, to the department by July 15 in the form and manner prescribed by the
commissioner.

Subd. 14.

Supervision.

A program provided by a board must be supervised by a
licensed early childhood teacher or a licensed parent educator.

Subd. 15.

Parenting education transition program.

To the extent that funds are
sufficient, early childhood family education may provide parenting education transition
programming for parents of children birth to grade three in districts in which there is a
prekindergarten-grade three initiative in order to facilitate continued parent engagement
in children's learning and development. Early childhood family education programs are
encouraged to develop partnerships to provide a parenting education liaison to providers
of other public and nonpublic early learning programs, such as Head Start, school
readiness, child care, early childhood special education, local public health programs,
and health care providers.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.135, is amended to read:


124D.135 EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION (ECFE) REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Revenue.

The revenue for early childhood family education
programs for a school district equals deleted text begin $120 for fiscal year 2014 anddeleted text end the formula allowance
for the year times 0.023 deleted text begin for fiscal year 2015 and later,deleted text end times the greater of:

(1) 150; or

(2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1
of the previous school year.

Subd. 2.

Population.

For the purposes of subdivision 1, data reported to the
department may be used to determine the number of people under five years of age
residing in the district. The commissioner, with the assistance of the state demographer,
shall review the number reported by any district operating an early childhood family
education program. If requested, the district shall submit to the commissioner an
explanation of its methods and other information necessary to document accuracy. If the
commissioner determines that the district has not provided sufficient documentation of
accuracy, the commissioner may request the state demographer to prepare an estimate of
the number of people under five years of age residing in the district and may use this
estimate for the purposes of subdivision 1.

Subd. 3.

Early childhood family education levy.

By September 30 of each year,
the commissioner shall establish a tax rate for early childhood family education revenue
that raises $22,135,000 in each fiscal year. If the amount of the early childhood family
education levy would exceed the early childhood family education revenue, the early
childhood family education levy must equal the early childhood family education revenue.
A district may not certify an early childhood family education levy unless it has met the
annual program data reporting requirements under section 124D.13, subdivision 13.

Subd. 4.

Early childhood family education aid.

If a district complies with the
provisions of section 124D.13, it must receive early childhood family education aid equal
to the difference between the early childhood family education revenue and the early
childhood family education levy. If the district does not levy the entire amount permitted,
the early childhood family education aid must be reduced in proportion to the actual
amount levied.

Subd. 5.

Use of revenue restricted.

(a) Early childhood family education revenue
may be used only for new text begin early learning programs, including new text end early childhood family education
programs.

(b) Not more than five percent of early childhood family education revenue, as defined
in subdivision 7, may be used to administer early childhood family education programs.

(c) An early childhood family education program may use up to ten percent of its
early childhood family education revenue as defined in subdivision 1, including revenue
from participant fees, for equipment that is used in the early childhood family education
program. This revenue may only be used for the following purposes:

(1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials; and

(2) to purchase or lease equipment for instruction for participating children and
their families.

If a district anticipates an unusual circumstance requiring its early childhood family
education program capital expenditures to exceed the ten percent limitation, prior approval
to exceed the limit must be obtained in writing from the commissioner.

Subd. 6.

Home visiting levy.

A district that is eligible to levy for early childhood
family education under subdivision 3 and that enters into a collaborative agreement to
provide education services and social services to families with young children may levy
an amount equal to $1.60 times the number of people under five years of age residing in
the district on September 1 of the last school year. Levy revenue under this subdivision
must not be included as revenue under subdivision 1. The revenue must be used for home
visiting programs under section 124D.13, subdivision 4.

Subd. 7.

Reserve account.

Early childhood family education revenue, which
includes aids, levies, fees, grants, and all other revenues received by the district for early
childhood family education programs, must be maintained innew text begin either an early learning
program reserve account or new text end a new text begin separate early childhood family education new text end reserve account
within the community service fund.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.16, is amended to read:


124D.16 SCHOOL READINESS AID.

Subd. 2.

Amount of aid.

(a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid
for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section
124D.15 if the biennial plan required by section 124D.15, subdivision 3a, has been
approved by the commissioner.

(b) A district must receive school readiness aid equal to:

(1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous
school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to
the total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the previous
school year; plus

(2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the
free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio of
50 percent of the total school readiness aid for that year to the total number of pupils
in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for the
previous school year.

(c) For fiscal year deleted text begin 2015deleted text end new text begin 2016new text end and later, the total school readiness aid entitlement
equals deleted text begin $12,170,000deleted text end new text begin $17,170,000new text end .

Subd. 3.

Use of aid.

School readiness aid shall be used only to provide a school
readiness program new text begin or an early learning program new text end and may be used to provide transportation.
Not more than five percent of program revenue, as defined in subdivision 5, may be used
for the cost of administering the program. Aid must be used to supplement and not supplant
local, state, and federal funding. Aid may not be used for instruction and services required
under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65. Aid may not be used to purchase land
or construct buildings, but may be used to lease or renovate existing buildings.

Subd. 5.

Reserve account.

School readiness revenue, which includes aids, fees,
grants, and all other revenues received by the district school readiness programs, must
be maintained in new text begin either an early learning program reserve account or new text end a new text begin separate school
readiness new text end reserve account within the community service fund.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.165, is amended to read:


124D.165 EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS.

Subdivision 1.

Establishment; purpose.

There is established new text begin within the Office of
Early Learning new text end an early learning scholarships program deleted text begin in orderdeleted text end to increase access to
high-quality early childhood programs for children ages three to five.

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 a child three or four years of age on September 1 of the current school year,
who has not yet started kindergarten; 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.

(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who
is pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diplomanew text begin or postsecondary
training or educationnew text end is eligible for an early learning scholarship if the parent has a child
age zero to five years old and meets the income eligibility guidelines in this subdivision.

(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to five years old of a child who has been
awarded a scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request,
provided the sibling attends the same program as long as funds are available.

new text begin (d) Beginning September 1, 2015, any child under the age of five years old on
September 1 of the current school year who has not started kindergarten and is a recipient
of an early learning scholarship funded under the federal Race to the Top - Early Learning
Challenge Grant must receive a scholarship under this section at the end of the child's Race
to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Grant scholarship as long as funds are available.
 new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end 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.

new text begin (g) 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.
 new text end

new text begin (h) County human services agencies working with families eligible for the basic
sliding fee child care program under chapter 119B, including the families on the basic
sliding fee waiting list, annually may notify these families by mail about the eligibility
criteria and the application process for receiving an early learning scholarship under
this section.
 new text end

Subd. 3.

Administration.

(a) The deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin director of the Office of Early
Learningnew text end shall establish application timelines and determine the schedule for awarding
scholarships that meets operational needs of eligible families and programs.

new text begin (b) new text end The deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin directornew text end may prioritize applications on factors includingnew text begin :
new text end

new text begin (1)new text end family incomedeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (2)new text end geographic locationdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end and

new text begin (3) new text end whether the deleted text begin child's familydeleted text end new text begin child:
new text end

new text begin (i)new text end is new text begin in foster care;
new text end

new text begin (ii) is experiencing homelessness;
 new text end

new text begin (iii) is new text end on a waiting list for a publicly funded program providing early education
or child care servicesdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
new text end

new text begin (iv) has a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school or postsecondary
training or education.
 new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end For fiscal years 2014 and 2015 only, scholarships may not exceed $5,000
per year for each eligible child. For fiscal year 2016 and later, the deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin director
new text end shall establish a target for the average scholarship amount per child based on the results
of the rate survey conducted under section 119B.02deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin , not to exceed the statewide general
education revenue per pupil in adjusted average daily membership. The director may
increase by up to 15 percent the scholarship amount for children enrolled in a three-star
Parent Aware-rated program and may increase by up to 20 percent the scholarship amount
for children enrolled in a four-star Parent Aware-rated program so long as any increase
added to the average scholarship amount does not exceed the actual program rate or tuition.
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end 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 deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin directornew text end , in the form and manner prescribed by the deleted text begin commissioner
deleted text end new text begin directornew text end , each year of the program's desire deleted text begin to enhance program services ordeleted text end to serve more
children than current funding provides. The deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin directornew text end may designate a
predetermined number of scholarship slots for that program and notify the program of
that number. Beginning July 1, 2016, a school district or Head Start program qualifying
under this paragraphnew text begin , a licensed child care center, or a family child care provider
new text end 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.new text begin Scholarships awarded under this paragraph must be paid to the eligible
program provider designated by the award recipient, and must be transferred to another
eligible program provider at the recipient's request.
new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (e)new text end 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.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end A child who receives a scholarship who 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.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (g) new text end For fiscal year deleted text begin 2017deleted text end new text begin 2016 new text end and later, deleted text begin 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.deleted text end new text begin the total amount of
funding directly allocated to a program under paragraph (d) must not exceed the amount
directly awarded to those programs in fiscal year 2015.
new text end

Subd. 4.

Early childhood program eligibility.

(a) deleted text begin In orderdeleted text end 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, deleted text begin 2016deleted text end new text begin 2020new text end , have a three- or four-star rating in the quality rating
and improvement systemnew text begin or be a program the director determines is eligible based on an
evidence-based program evaluation or program reviewnew text end .

deleted text begin (b) Any program accepting scholarships must use the revenue to supplement and not
supplant federal funding.
 deleted text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (b)new text end Notwithstanding paragraph (a), all Minnesota early learning foundation
scholarship program pilot sites are eligible to accept an early learning scholarship under
this section.

new text begin (c) A provider is not eligible to participate in the scholarship program under this
section if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the provider has been disqualified from receiving payment for child care services
from the child care assistance program under chapter 119B due to wrongfully obtaining
child care assistance under section 256.98, subdivision 8, paragraph (c);
 new text end

new text begin (2) the program or individual is currently on the national disqualified list for the
Child and Adult Care Food Program; or
 new text end

new text begin (3) the program or provider has been convicted of any activity that occurred during
the past seven years indicating a lack of business integrity, including fraud, making false
statements, receiving stolen property, making false claims, or obstruction of justice.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Record-keeping requirements. new text end

new text begin A program participating under this
section must maintain and, at the director's request, make available to the director the
attendance records and records of charges and payments for all children participating in
this program, including payments from sources other than this program.
 new text end

Subd. 5.

Report required.

The deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin directornew text end shall contract with an
independent contractor to evaluate the early learning scholarship program. The evaluation
must include recommendations regarding the appropriate scholarship amount, efficiency,
and effectiveness of the administration, and impact on kindergarten readiness. By January
15, 2016, the deleted text begin commissionerdeleted text end new text begin directornew text end shall submit a written copy of the evaluation to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with
primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education.

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Use of funds. new text end

new text begin (a) Scholarships must be used to supplement and not
supplant federal funding.
 new text end

new text begin (b) A scholarship must be used in a program the child regularly attends to ensure
the child's access to the general curriculum of the program, consistent with the program
schedule.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 125A.03, is amended to read:


125A.03 SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY.

(a) As defined in paragraph (b), every district must provide special instruction and
services, either within the district or in another district, for all children with a disability,
including providing required services under Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section
300.121, paragraph (d), to those children suspended or expelled from school for more than
ten school days in that school year, who are residents of the district and who are disabled
as set forth in section 125A.02. For purposes of state and federal special education laws,
the phrase "special instruction and services" in the state Education Code means a free
and appropriate public education provided to an eligible child with disabilities. "Free
appropriate public education" means special education and related services that:

(1) are provided at public expense, under public supervision and direction, and
without charge;

(2) meet the standards of the state, including the requirements of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, Part B or C;

(3) include an appropriate preschool, elementary school, or secondary school
education; and

(4) are provided to children ages three through 21 in conformity with an
individualized education program that meets the requirements of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections 300.320 to 300.324, and provided to
infants and toddlers in conformity with an individualized family service plan that meets
the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, subpart A, sections
303.300 to 303.346.

(b) Notwithstanding any age limits in laws to the contrary, special instruction and
services must be provided from birth until July 1 after the child with a disability becomes
21 years old but shall not extend beyond secondary school or its equivalent, except as
provided in section 124D.68, subdivision 2. Local health, education, and social service
agencies must refer children under age five who are known to need or suspected of
needing special instruction and services to the school district. Districts with less than the
minimum number of eligible children with a disability as determined by the commissioner
must cooperate with other districts to maintain a full range of programs for education
and services for children with a disability. This section does not alter the compulsory
attendance requirements of section 120A.22.

new text begin (c) At the board's discretion, a school district that participates in a reciprocity
agreement with a neighboring state under section 124D.041 may enroll and provide
special instruction and services to a child from an adjoining state whose family resides
at a Minnesota address as assigned by the United States Postal Service if the district has
completed child identification procedures for that child to determine the child's eligibility
for special education services, and the child has received developmental screening under
sections 121A.16 to 121A.19.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
 new text end

Sec. 10. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 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 16,670,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $1,217,000 for 2015 and $15,453,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $1,717,000 for 2016 and $15,453,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Early childhood family education aid. new text end

new text begin For early childhood family
education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 27,698,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 28,346,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $2,713,000 for 2015 and $24,985,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $2,776,000 for 2016 and $25,570,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Developmental screening aid. new text end

new text begin 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 3,363,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 3,369,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $338,000 for 2015 and $3,025,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $336,000 for 2016 and $3,033,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Head Start program. new text end

new text begin (a) For Head Start programs under Minnesota
Statutes, section 119A.52:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 20,100,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 20,100,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin (b) Head Start programs must use the funds under this subdivision to increase the
number of eligible children served beyond the number of eligible children served under
federal funds.
 new text end

new text begin (c) No Head Start programs providing compensation or other employment benefits
that exceed established federal limits may receive funding under this subdivision.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Early learning scholarships. new text end

new text begin For the early learning scholarship program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 37,884,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 47,884,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Up to $950,000 each year is for administration of this program.
 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. 9. 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 350,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 350,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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 2016 and 2017.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Northside Achievement Zone. new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Northside Achievement
Zone:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 200,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 200,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the
educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone,
and may be used for Northside Achievement Zone programming and services consistent
with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin St. Paul Promise Neighborhood. new text end

new text begin For a grant to the St. Paul Promise
Neighborhood:
 new text end

new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 200,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 200,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the
educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone,
and may be used for St. Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent
with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Quality Rating System. new text end

new text begin 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 1,200,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 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 2017
 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

ARTICLE 10

PREVENTION

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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 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 788,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 554,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $107,000 for 2015 and $681,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $75,000 for 2016 and $479,000 for 2017.
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2015 and $639,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2016 and $639,000 for 2017.
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin School-age care revenue. new text end

new text begin For extended day 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $0 for 2015 and $1,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $0 for 2016 and $1,000 for 2017.
 new text end

ARTICLE 11

SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 2011 equals $44,419,000, 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 of:

(i) deleted text begin 1.03deleted text end new text begin 1.005new text end ; or

(ii) the average growth in state total contact hours over the prior ten program years.

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 fiscal year 2016 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.531, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Basic population aid.

new text begin (a) new text end A district is eligible for basic population aid if
the district has a basic service level approved by the commissioner under section 124D.52,
subdivision 5, or is a member of a consortium with an approved basic service level. Basic
population aid is equal to the greater of $3,844 or $1.73 times the population of the district.
District population is determined according to section 275.14.

new text begin (b) The basic population aid for approved community-based providers of an adult
basic education program without a specific defined district population equals $1.73 times
the number of students participating in the program during the previous calendar year.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 124D.531, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Program revenue.

Adult basic education programs established under
section 124D.52 and approved by the commissioner are eligible for revenue under this
subdivision. deleted text begin For fiscal year 2001 and later,deleted text end Adult basic education revenue for each
approved program equals the sum of:

(1) the basic population aid under subdivision 2 for districts participating in the
program during the current program year; deleted text begin plus
deleted text end

(2) 84 percent times the amount computed in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), times the
ratio of the contact hours for students participating in the program during the first prior
program year to the state total contact hours during the first prior program year; deleted text begin plus
deleted text end

(3) eight percent times the amount computed in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), times
the ratio of the enrollment of English learners during the second prior school year in
districts participating in the program during the current program year to the state total
enrollment of English learners during the second prior school year in districts participating
in adult basic education programs during the current program year; deleted text begin plus
deleted text end

(4) eight percent times the amount computed in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), times
the ratio of the latest federal census count of the number of adults aged 25 or older with no
diploma residing in the districts participating in the program during the current program
year to the latest federal census count of the state total number of adults aged 25 or older
with no diploma residing in the districts participating in adult basic education programs
during the current program yearnew text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (5) for an approved community-based provider of an adult basic education program
without district characteristics necessary to calculate revenue under clauses (3) and (4),
the average revenue per participant for programs receiving revenue under those clauses
for the previous year, times the program's participants for the previous yearnew text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2016
and later.
 new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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 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 48,036,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 48,276,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin The 2016 appropriation includes $4,782,000 for 2015 and $43,254,000 for 2016.
 new text end

new text begin The 2017 appropriation includes $4,806,000 for 2016 and $43,470,000 for 2017.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin GED tests. new text end

new text begin For payment of 60 percent of the costs of GED tests under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.55:
 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 2016
 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 2017
 new text end

ARTICLE 12

STATE AGENCIES

Section 1.

new text begin [119A.035] SCHOOL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Commissioner's duties. new text end

new text begin To ensure timely responses to school crises,
the commissioner must work in cooperation with the Minnesota School Safety Center to
collect, maintain, and make available to schools contact information for crisis response
teams throughout the state.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Crisis response teams. new text end

new text begin In regions of Minnesota where an existing crisis
response team has not been formed by a school district, county, or city, the commissioner,
in cooperation with the Minnesota School Safety Center, must convene a working group
in each region to develop a plan to form a crisis response team for that region. Team
members from the public and private sectors may represent various disciplines, including
school administrators, guidance counselors, psychologists, social workers, teachers,
nurses, security experts, media relations professionals, and other related areas.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 $75, 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 secretary shall deposit the fees in
thenew text begin educator licensure account in the special revenue fund in thenew text end state treasury.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:


Subd. 7c.

Temporary military license.

The Board of Teaching shall establish
a temporary license in accordance with section 197.4552 for teaching. The fee for a
temporary license under this subdivision shall be $87.90 for an online application or
$86.40 for a paper application.new text begin Fee revenue must be deposited in the educator licensure
account in the special revenue fund.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Background checks.

(a) The Board of Teaching and the commissioner
of education must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent
of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all applicants for initial licenses under their
jurisdiction. An application for a license under this section must be accompanied by:

(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and

(2) deleted text begin a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
for the fee for conductingdeleted text end new text begin payment to conductnew text end the criminal history background check.
new text begin Proceeds from this fee must be deposited in the educator licensure background check
account in the special revenue fund.
new text end

(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the
background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data as
defined in section 13.87 and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records
repository. The superintendent 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).

(c) The Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education may issue a license
pending completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify
the individual that the individual's license may be revoked based on the result of the
background check.

Sec. 5.

new text begin [122A.185] SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNTS; EDUCATOR
LICENSURE AND BACKGROUND CHECKS.
 new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Educator licensure account. new text end

new text begin An educator licensure account is
created in the special revenue fund. Fees received by the Department of Education, the
Board of Teaching, or the Board of Administrators must be deposited in the educator
licensure account. Any 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.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Background check account. new text end

new text begin An educator licensure background check
account is created in the special revenue fund. Payments received by the Department of
Education, the Board of Teaching, or the Board of Administrators for the costs of the
background checks to be conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension must be
deposited in the education licensure background check account. Amounts in the account
are appropriated to the commissioner of education for payment to the superintendent of
the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the costs of background checks on applicants
for licensure.
 new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 122A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Licensure applications.

Each application for the issuance, renewal,
or extension of a license to teach, including applications for licensure via portfolio under
subdivision 2, must be accompanied by a processing fee of $57. Each application for
issuing, renewing, or extending the license of a school administrator or supervisor must
be accompanied by a processing fee in the amount set by the Board of Teaching. 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. The deleted text begin executive secretary of the
board shall deposit thedeleted text end fees deleted text begin with the commissioner of management and budgetdeleted text end new text begin must be
deposited in the educator licensure account in the special revenue fundnew text end . The fees as set by
the board are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license. However, a fee
must be refunded by the commissioner of management and budget 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.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, 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 an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent with the
applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules.

(b) A candidate for initial licensure 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) 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 fees must be paid to the executive secretary of the Board of
Teaching. The revenue generated from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure
deleted text begin portfoliodeleted 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.

Sec. 8. new text begin TRANSFERS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Portfolio account. new text end

new text begin On July 1, 2015, the commissioner of management
and budget shall transfer any balances in the educator licensure portfolio account in the
special revenue fund to an educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.
 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Background check. new text end

new text begin Any balance in an account that holds fees collected
under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is transferred to the education
licensure background check account in the special revenue fund in Minnesota Statutes,
122A.185, subdivision 2. On July 2, 2015, $80,000 is transferred from the education
licensure background check account in the special revenue fund to the educator licensure
account in the special revenue fund.
 new text end

Sec. 9. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; 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.
 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 18,032,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 17,652,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin (b) The fiscal year 2016 appropriation includes $17,142,000 from the general fund
and $890,000 from the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund. The fiscal
year 2017 appropriation includes $16,867,000 from the general fund and $745,000 from
the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund.
 new text end

new text begin (c) Of these amounts:
new text end

new text begin (1) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum;
 new text end

new text begin (2) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum;
 new text end

new text begin (3) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science; and
 new text end

new text begin (4) $25,000 each year is for administration of the Innovative Education Pilot under
Laws 2012, chapter 263, section 1.
 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 (e) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for
Minnesota's Washington, D.C. office.
 new text end

new text begin (f) 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 (g) 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 (h) $720,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $720,000 in fiscal year 2017 of the appropriation
in paragraph (a) are from the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund for the
educator licensure division to support the Boards of Teaching and Administrators.
 new text end

new text begin (i) $50,000 in fiscal year 2016 of the appropriation in paragraph (a) is from the
educator licensure account in the special revenue fund for IT-related costs associated with
rulemaking for out-of-state teacher candidates.
 new text end

new text begin (j) $120,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $25,000 in fiscal year 2017 in paragraph (a)
are from the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund for IT-related costs
associated with establishing interstate teacher licensure agreements.
 new text end

new text begin (k) $23,000 each year is for collecting data on the number of deaths and
hospitalizations for students who participate in travel abroad programs.
 new text end

new text begin (l) $58,000 each year is for the Board of School Administrators.
 new text end

Sec. 10. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF TEACHING.
new text end

new text begin (a) $618,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $618,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated
from the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund to the Board of Teaching.
new text end

new text begin (b) $130,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the educator licensure account
in the special revenue fund for rulemaking related to additional teacher licensure activities.
new text end

new text begin (c) $25,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $25,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated from
the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund for travel and communications
costs associated with establishing interstate teacher licensure agreements with adjoining
states.
 new text end

Sec. 11. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
new text end

new text begin $167,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $167,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated
from the educator licensure account in the special revenue fund to the Board of School
Administrators.
 new text end

Sec. 12. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; 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 12,672,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 12,454,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 new text end

new text begin (b) Of the amounts appropriated in paragraph (a), $708,000 in fiscal year 2016 and
$490,000 in fiscal year 2017 are for technology enhancements and may be used for:
(1) computer hardware; (2) computer software; (3) connectivity, communications, and
infrastructure; (4) assistive technology; (5) access to electronic books and other online
materials, licenses, and subscriptions; and (6) technology staff and training costs.
 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 2018 and later is $11,964,000.
 new text end

Sec. 13. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
new text end

new text begin 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 6,773,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2016
 new text end
new text begin $
 new text end 		new text begin 6,773,000
 new text end 		new text begin .....
 new text end 		new text begin 2017
 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

ARTICLE 13

FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

A. GENERAL EDUCATION

Section 1.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 2, as amended
by Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 7, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section
26, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

General education aid.

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

$
 6,851,419,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 6,464,199,000
 deleted text end new text begin 6,443,330,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $780,156,000 for 2013 and $6,071,263,000 for
2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $589,095,000deleted text end new text begin $586,824,000new text end for 2014 and
deleted text begin $5,875,104,000deleted text end new text begin $5,856,506,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 2.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 1, 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:

$
 37,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 40,000
 deleted text end new text begin 36,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

Sec. 3.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Abatement revenue.

For abatement aid under Minnesota Statutes, section
127A.49:

$
 2,876,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 3,103,000
 deleted text end new text begin 2,796,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $301,000 for 2013 and $2,575,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $286,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $2,817,000deleted text end new text begin $2,510,000
new text end for 2015.

Sec. 4.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 5, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Consolidation transition.

For districts consolidating under Minnesota
Statutes, section 123A.485:

$
 585,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 254,000
 deleted text end new text begin 263,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $40,000 for 2013 and $545,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $60,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $194,000deleted text end new text begin $203,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 5.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 6, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 27, 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:

$
 15,867,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 16,132,000
 deleted text end new text begin 15,569,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $1,898,000 for 2013 and $13,969,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $1,552,000deleted text end new text begin $1,394,000new text end for 2014 and deleted text begin $14,580,000
deleted text end new text begin $14,175,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 6.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 7, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 15, section 28, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Nonpublic pupil transportation.

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

$
 18,500,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 17,710,000
 deleted text end new text begin 18,118,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $2,602,000 for 2013 and $15,898,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $1,766,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $15,944,000deleted text end new text begin $16,352,000
new text end for 2015.

Sec. 7.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 1, section 58, subdivision 11, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Career and technical aid.

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

$
 3,959,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 5,172,000
 deleted text end new text begin 5,617,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $3,959,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $439,000deleted text end new text begin $445,000new text end for 2014 and deleted text begin $4,733,000
deleted text end new text begin $5,172,000new text end for 2015.

B. EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Sec. 8.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Achievement and integration aid.

For achievement and integration aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.862:

$
 55,609,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 62,692,000
 deleted text end new text begin 63,831,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $0 for 2013 and $55,609,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $6,178,000deleted text end new text begin $6,386,000new text end for 2014 and deleted text begin $56,514,000
deleted text end new text begin $57,445,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 9.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Literacy incentive aid.

For literacy incentive aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.98:

$
 50,998,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 47,458,000
 deleted text end new text begin 44,839,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $6,607,000 for 2013 and $44,391,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $4,932,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $42,526,000deleted text end new text begin $39,907,000
new text end for 2015.

Sec. 10.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 5, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants.

For
interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.87:

$
 13,521,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 14,248,000
 deleted text end new text begin 14,261,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

Sec. 11.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 3, section 37, subdivision 20, as amended by
Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 10, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 9,
is amended to read:


Subd. 20.

Alternative compensation.

For alternative teacher compensation aid
under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.415, subdivision 4:

$
 deleted text begin 71,599,000
 deleted text end new text begin 69,899,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2015 appropriation includes $0 for 2014 and deleted text begin $71,599,000deleted text end new text begin $69,899,000new text end for 2015.

C. CHARTER SCHOOLS

Sec. 12.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 4, section 9, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Charter school building lease aid.

For building lease aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.11, subdivision 4:

$
 54,625,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 58,294,000
 deleted text end new text begin 59,565,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $6,681,000 for 2013 and $47,944,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $5,327,000deleted text end new text begin $5,270,000new text end for 2014 and deleted text begin $52,967,000
deleted text end new text begin $54,295,000new text end for 2015.

D. SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Sec. 13.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 2013, chapter 144, section 14, and Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section
11, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Special education; regular.

For special education aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 125A.75:

$
 1,038,465,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 1,111,641,000
 deleted text end new text begin 1,109,144,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $118,183,000 for 2013 and $920,282,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $129,549,000deleted text end new text begin $129,317,000new text end for 2014 and
deleted text begin $982,092,000deleted text end new text begin $979,827,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 14.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 12, 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:

$
 1,548,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 1,674,000
 deleted text end new text begin 1,367,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available.

Sec. 15.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 5, section 31, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 13, 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:

$
 351,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 346,000
 deleted text end new text begin 351,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $45,000 for 2013 and $306,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $33,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $313,000deleted text end new text begin $318,000new text end for 2015.

E. FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Sec. 16.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 15, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Health and safety revenue.

For health and safety aid according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.57, subdivision 5:

$
 471,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 651,000
 deleted text end new text begin 649,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $24,000 for 2013 and $447,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $49,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $602,000deleted text end new text begin $600,000new text end for 2015.

Sec. 17.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 6, section 12, subdivision 6, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 18, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Deferred maintenance aid.

For deferred maintenance aid, according to
Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.591, subdivision 4:

$
 3,877,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 4,024,000
 deleted text end new text begin 4,067,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $475,000 for 2013 and $3,402,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $378,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $3,646,000deleted text end new text begin $3,689,000
new text end for 2015.

F. NUTRITION AND LIBRARIES

Sec. 18.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

School lunch.

For school lunch aid according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.111, and Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 210.17:

$
 12,417,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 16,185,000
 deleted text end new text begin 15,506,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

Sec. 19.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 19, section 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

School breakfast.

For traditional school breakfast aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.1158:

$
 5,308,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 6,176,000
 deleted text end new text begin 9,168,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

Sec. 20.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 7, section 21, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 19, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Kindergarten milk.

For kindergarten milk aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.118:

$
 992,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 1,002,000
 deleted text end new text begin 942,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

G. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY,
AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Sec. 21.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 17, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Early childhood family education aid.

For early childhood family
education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:

$
 22,797,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 26,651,000
 deleted text end new text begin 26,623,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $3,008,000 for 2013 and $19,789,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $2,198,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $24,453,000deleted text end new text begin $24,425,000
new text end for 2015.

Sec. 22.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 4, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 22, section 23, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Health and developmental screening aid.

For health and developmental
screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:

$
 3,524,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 3,330,000
 deleted text end new text begin 3,390,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $471,000 for 2013 and $3,053,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes $339,000 for 2014 and deleted text begin $2,991,000deleted text end new text begin $3,051,000
new text end for 2015.

Sec. 23.

Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 14, as amended by
Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 20, section 20, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Adult basic education aid.

For adult basic education aid under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531:

$
 48,776,000
 .....
 2014
$
 deleted text begin 48,415,000
 deleted text end new text begin 47,750,000
 new text end 		.....
 2015

The 2014 appropriation includes $6,278,000 for 2013 and $42,498,000 for 2014.

The 2015 appropriation includes deleted text begin $4,722,000deleted text end new text begin $4,712,000new text end for 2014 and deleted text begin $43,693,000
deleted text end new text begin $43,038,000new text end for 2015.