SF 1425

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; providing for 3R high schools and academic rigor;
appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 120B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [120B.0245] ENSURING ACADEMIC RIGOR AND
POSTSECONDARY COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Dual credit course and program requirements. new text end

new text begin To learn effectively
without remediation in college and career preparation programs, public high school
students must complete one full school year of dual credit secondary and postsecondary
academic or career and technical courses or programs, consistent with section 120B.024,
as a condition of graduating from high school. To enable students to comply with this
requirement, and to acquire academic and work-ready knowledge and skills critical to
meeting college and workplace expectations, all public high schools must make available
dual-credit courses and programs that may include:
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new text begin (1) advanced placement courses or international baccalaureate programs under
section 120B.13;
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new text begin (2) postsecondary enrollment options courses and programs under section 124D.09;
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new text begin (3) concurrent enrollment courses under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, whether
or not the postsecondary institution grants postsecondary credit to high school students;
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new text begin (4) college in the schools courses under section 124D.09, subdivision 10;
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new text begin (5) college-level examination programs under section 120B.131;
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new text begin (6) work-based learning programs under sections 124D.4531, 124D.46, 124D.47,
or 124D.49; or
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new text begin (7) other relevant dual-credit course and program options that effectively prepare
students for postsecondary education and careers.
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new text begin School staff must continuously work with and support each student to strategically
plan and complete a core academic program and an academic or career and technical
concentration, consistent with this section and section 120B.024.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Expectations and opportunities for 3R high schools. new text end

new text begin (a) A high school
that applies to the commissioner to receive 3R high school aid under subdivision 3 must
use the funds the applicant receives to comply with the requirements of this subdivision.
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new text begin (b) A 3R high school must use the funds to provide pupil support services or
contract with a department-approved provider to implement a college access program that
helps students, beginning in grade 9, and their families determine students' interests in
postsecondary education and employment. The program also may provide:
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new text begin (1) college admission and financial aid counseling, mentoring, SAT and ACT test
preparation, tutoring, and career guidance; and
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new text begin (2) ongoing support to help students complete the academic requirements necessary
for college or for career and technical programs that lead to an associate's degree or a
certificate, without remediation.
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new text begin (c) A 3R high school must implement and review at least annually a personal
graduation plan for every student beginning no later than grade 9 that allows the student to:
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new text begin (1) explore career options, match careers with the student's identified interests
and skills, and, with sufficient school support, pursue college or postsecondary career
opportunities;
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new text begin (2) identify the student's academic and career goals and the academic, school
leadership and participation, community service, work, career planning, and
extracurricular activities that the student anticipates pursuing during high school; and
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new text begin (3) monitor the student's progress in completing the course credits the student needs
to graduate on time.
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new text begin The student, the student's parents, and the school staff annually must review and
revise the student's personal graduation plan and parents annually must sign the plan to
indicate their agreement with its content and their willingness to support their student and
the school in realizing the student's plan.
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new text begin (d) A 3R high school must provide effective professional development and training
programs that give teachers and the principal ongoing opportunities to observe exemplary
educators and gain practical on-the-job teaching or administrative experience, and ensure
that:
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new text begin (1) teachers have a sufficiently high level of knowledge and skills to teach their
subject areas effectively and help low-performing students succeed; and
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new text begin (2) the principal, or other person having administrative control of the school, is
sufficiently autonomous and successful to be able to continuously improve rates of student
achievement, student attendance, student graduation, and staff retention.
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new text begin A 3R high school is encouraged to enter into a school site decision-making
agreement under section 123B.04 to increase the school's autonomy and student
performance and to offer administrative opportunities to interested licensed teachers.
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new text begin (e) A 3R high school must provide its students with:
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new text begin (1) rigorous academic courses and challenging instruction;
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new text begin (2) relevant and accelerated learning opportunities;
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new text begin (3) critical academic and workplace skills;
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new text begin (4) performance expectations and formative assessments linked to postsecondary
readiness standards;
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new text begin (5) ongoing support for college and career readiness; and
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new text begin (6) opportunities to participate in online learning courses where appropriate.
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new text begin (f) A 3R high school must develop and implement a data system for school
improvement that uses formative and summative assessments to at least:
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new text begin (1) monitor student progress through established curriculum and against state and
local standards;
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new text begin (2) identify the needs and challenges of specific classes, grades, and demographic
groups of students;
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new text begin (3) provide instruction that meets students' identified needs;
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new text begin (4) identify exemplary faculty members to share instructional plans and strategies
that may help support individual teachers;
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new text begin (5) analyze disaggregated student assessment data for purposes of making
comparisons, planning instruction, and monitoring student progress;
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new text begin (6) determine whether or not the students are completing the course credit
requirements they need to graduate on time; and
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new text begin (7) develop goals and benchmarks for school improvement planning.
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new text begin (g) A 3R high school must use student progress data to identify those students who
are not completing the course credit requirements they need to graduate on time, and
provide the educational support to enable those students to graduate on time.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin 3R high school aid. new text end

new text begin (a) A 3R high school aid program is established to
help public high schools meet expectations and realize opportunities for world-class, 21st
century high schools, consistent with subdivisions 1 and 2.
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new text begin (b) Interested public high schools must submit an application to the commissioner,
in the form and manner the commissioner determines, that demonstrates the applicant's
ability to meet the requirements of this section. A high school that does not enroll students
in grade 9 may submit a joint application with one or more junior high schools located
in the high school attendance area. The commissioner must approve or disapprove the
application based on the requirements under subdivision 2.
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new text begin (c) For fiscal year 2008, the 3R high school aid for a school district, intermediate
school district, charter school, or cooperative equals the product of $68 times the number
of pupils in grades 9 through 12 enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year in
schools with an approved application under paragraph (b). For fiscal years 2009 and
later, the 3R high school aid for a school district, intermediate school district, charter
school, or cooperative equals the product of $200 times the number of pupils in grades 9
through 12 enrolled on October 1 of the previous school year in schools with an approved
application under paragraph (b).
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new text begin (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), the aid for an eligible charter school in its first
year of operation must be computed using the number of pupils in grades 9 through 12
enrolled on October 1 of the current school year in a school with an approved application
under paragraph (b).
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new text begin (e) Aid recipients must periodically report to the commissioner on their efforts
under this section.
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new text begin (f) Aid recipients must not expend more than five percent of the 3R high school aid
they receive each year for administrative costs under this section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for the 2007-2008 school year
and later. The requirement to complete one full year of dual-credit secondary and
postsecondary academic or career and technical courses or programs applies to students in
the 2014-2015 graduating class and later.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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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.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin 3R high schools. new text end

new text begin For 3R high school aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 120B.0245:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 19,147,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2008 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 55,927,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2009 new text end