SF 772

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a student support
services advisory committee; considering whether to
adopt a student support services plan; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, by adding a
subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Student support services advisory committee;
district plan. new text end

new text begin (a) A student support services advisory
committee composed of ten members selected by the commissioner
is established under section 15.059. The commissioner must
select one committee member from each of the following
organizations:
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new text begin (1) the Minnesota Department of Education;
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new text begin (2) the Minnesota School Boards Association;
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new text begin (3) the Minnesota Association of School Administrators;
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new text begin (4) the Minnesota School Social Work Association;
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new text begin (5) the School Nurse Organization of Minnesota;
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new text begin (6) the Minnesota School Psychologists Association;
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new text begin (7) the Minnesota School Counselors Association;
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new text begin (8) the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and
Chemical Health;
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new text begin (9) the Minnesota Administrators for Special Education; and
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new text begin (10) the Minnesota Parent Teachers Association.
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new text begin (b) The committee must:
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new text begin (1) establish a method for identifying student needs that
are barriers to learning;
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new text begin (2) identify alternatives for integrating student support
services into public schools;
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new text begin (3) recommend support staff to student ratios and best
practices for providing student support services premised on
evidence-based practice;
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new text begin (4) identify the substance and extent of the work that
student support services staff are trained and licensed to
provide and the characteristics of the student populations they
serve;
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new text begin (5) recommend how school districts can most appropriately
integrate student support services into the education program;
and
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new text begin (6) recommend public and nonpublic revenue sources that
school districts can use to fund student support services
including, among other sources, medical assistance
reimbursements, private health insurance, local collaborative
time study funds, federal funds, public health funds, and
specifically designated funds such as school safety levies and
district general funds, among other funds.
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new text begin (c) The committee must consider the oral and written
testimony of school district personnel and parents and students
in complying with paragraph (b). The committee must submit
periodic recommendations about student support services to the
commissioner and to the committees of the legislature having
jurisdiction over birth to age 21 education policy and budget
issues. The commissioner must consider the committee's
recommendations in deciding whether to develop and maintain a
model district plan for student support services. If the
commissioner develops and maintains a model plan, the
commissioner also must decide whether to transmit the plan to
school districts, whether to require the districts to adopt and
maintain a district plan for providing student support services
that meets the criteria recommended by the advisory committee,
and whether to require the districts to submit the plan for
biennial review.
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new text begin (d) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
committee expires on June 30, 2016.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment and applies to the 2006-2007 school
year and later.
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