SF 1760

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; amending eligibility 
  1.3             requirements for individuals participating in youth 
  1.4             programs; establishing a Minnesota career information 
  1.5             system; modifying the name of secondary-vocational 
  1.6             programs; requiring lifework development plan; 
  1.7             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.8             sections 84.0887, subdivision 2; and 124.574, 
  1.9             subdivisions 1, 2d, 5, 6, and 9; proposing coding for 
  1.10            new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121; and 126. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.0887, 
  1.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [ADDITIONAL SERVICES; CORPS TO CAREER COMMUNITY 
  1.15  SERVICE.] (a) In addition to services under subdivision 1, youth 
  1.16  corps programs may coordinate with or provide services to: 
  1.17     (1) making public facilities accessible to individuals with 
  1.18  disabilities; 
  1.19     (2) federal, state, local, and regional governmental 
  1.20  agencies; 
  1.21     (3) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, 
  1.22  local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult 
  1.23  day care centers, programs servicing individuals with 
  1.24  disabilities, and schools; 
  1.25     (4) law enforcement agencies, and penal and probation 
  1.26  systems; 
  1.27     (5) private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on 
  1.28  social service such as community action agencies; 
  2.1      (6) activities that focus on the rehabilitation or 
  2.2   improvement of public facilities, neighborhood improvements, 
  2.3   literacy training that benefits educationally disadvantaged 
  2.4   individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs to low-income 
  2.5   housing including housing occupied by older adults, activities 
  2.6   that focus on drug and alcohol abuse education, prevention, and 
  2.7   treatment; and 
  2.8      (7) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services 
  2.9   that the commissioner determines to be of a substantial social 
  2.10  benefit in meeting unmet human, educational, or environmental 
  2.11  needs, particularly needs related to poverty, or in the 
  2.12  community where volunteer service is to be performed. 
  2.13     (b) Youth and young adults may provide full-time or 
  2.14  part-time youth community service in a program known as "corps 
  2.15  to career" if the individual: 
  2.16     (1) is an unemployed high school dropout and is a parent of 
  2.17  a minor member of an assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP or 
  2.18  MFIP-R programs under chapter 256, or after January 1, 1998, 
  2.19  under the MFIP-S program, or is a person who is a member of an 
  2.20  assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP or MFIP-R programs under 
  2.21  chapter 256, or after January 1, 1998, under the MFIP-S program; 
  2.22     (2) agrees to only use the individual's postservice benefit 
  2.23  under the federal Americorps Act to complete a customized job 
  2.24  training program consistent with the work requirements of the 
  2.25  employment and training services component of the MFIP-S program 
  2.26  or, if a customized job training program is unavailable, agrees 
  2.27  to use the postservice benefit consistent with the federal 
  2.28  education award; and 
  2.29     (3) during the entire time the individual completes the 
  2.30  individual's job training program, resides within an enterprise 
  2.31  zone as defined in section 469.303, a county that has had a net 
  2.32  out-migration in population from 1980 to 1990 according to the 
  2.33  1990 federal Decennial Census and the county borders a 
  2.34  contiguous state to the south or a city of the second class that 
  2.35  the United States Department of Commerce designates as an 
  2.36  economically depressed area. 
  3.1      To be eligible under this paragraph, any individual who 
  3.2   receives assistance under clause (1) after January 1, 1998, and 
  3.3   meets the requirements in clauses (2) and (3), also must meet 
  3.4   the requirements of the employment and training services 
  3.5   component of the MFIP-S program.  
  3.6      Sec. 2.  [121.498] [MINNESOTA CAREER INFORMATION SYSTEM.] 
  3.7      (a) The department of children, families, and learning, 
  3.8   through the Minnesota career information system, may provide 
  3.9   career information to, including, but not limited to, school 
  3.10  districts and other educational organizations, employment and 
  3.11  training services, human service agencies, libraries, and 
  3.12  families.  The department shall collect fees necessary to 
  3.13  recover all expenditures related to the operation of the 
  3.14  Minnesota career information system. 
  3.15     (b) Grants and other legislative funds may be accepted and 
  3.16  used for the improvement or operation of the Minnesota career 
  3.17  information system.  All receipts shall be deposited in a 
  3.18  special account in the special revenue fund that shall be 
  3.19  carried over at the end of each fiscal year.  The money in the 
  3.20  account, along with any interest earned, is appropriated to the 
  3.21  commissioner of children, families, and learning for the 
  3.22  Minnesota career information system and must be for the sole use 
  3.23  and benefit of the system.  The department shall recognize that 
  3.24  the Minnesota career information system operates under a 
  3.25  self-supporting directive, and accordingly, must provide 
  3.26  sufficient administrative latitude within the confines of law to 
  3.27  enable the system to operate effectively. 
  3.28     (c) The department, through the Minnesota career 
  3.29  information system, may order printing documents, disk 
  3.30  duplication services, and materials directly from private 
  3.31  vendors or public agencies as needed to improve communications 
  3.32  with vendors and product acquisition timelines and to more 
  3.33  efficiently deliver client services thereby assisting the system 
  3.34  in meeting the self-supporting directive.  For this purpose, the 
  3.35  Minnesota career information system is exempt from the 
  3.36  department of administration printing authority in chapter 16B 
  4.1   but is required to utilize competitive purchasing practices and 
  4.2   to provide due consideration to targeted group business. 
  4.3      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.574, 
  4.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.5      Subdivision 1.  The purpose of this section is to provide a 
  4.6   method to fund programs for secondary vocational education 
  4.7   school-to-work activities for children with a disability.  As 
  4.8   used in this section, the term "children with a disability" 
  4.9   shall have the meaning ascribed to it in section 120.03. 
  4.10     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.574, 
  4.11  subdivision 2d, is amended to read: 
  4.12     Subd. 2d.  [BASE REVENUE.] The secondary vocational 
  4.13  disabled program base revenue equals the sum of the following 
  4.14  amounts computed using base year data: 
  4.15     (1) 68 percent of the salary of each essential licensed 
  4.16  person who provides direct instructional services to students 
  4.17  employed during that fiscal year for services rendered in that 
  4.18  district's secondary vocational education programs 
  4.19  school-to-work activities for children with a disability; 
  4.20     (2) 47 percent of the costs of necessary equipment for 
  4.21  secondary vocational education programs school-to-work 
  4.22  activities for children with a disability; 
  4.23     (3) 47 percent of the costs of necessary travel between 
  4.24  instructional sites by secondary vocational education teachers 
  4.25  of children with a disability but not including travel to and 
  4.26  from local, regional, district, state, or national vocational 
  4.27  student organization meetings; 
  4.28     (4) 47 percent of the costs of necessary supplies for 
  4.29  secondary vocational education programs school-to-work 
  4.30  activities for children with a disability but not to exceed an 
  4.31  average of $47 in any one school year for each child with a 
  4.32  disability receiving these services; 
  4.33     (5) for secondary vocational education programs 
  4.34  school-to-work activities for children with disabilities 
  4.35  provided by a contract approved by the commissioner with public, 
  4.36  private, or voluntary agencies other than a Minnesota school 
  5.1   district or cooperative center, in place of programs provided by 
  5.2   the district, 52 percent of the difference between the amount of 
  5.3   the contract and the basic revenue of the district for that 
  5.4   pupil for the fraction of the school day the pupil receives 
  5.5   services under the contract; 
  5.6      (6) for secondary vocational education programs 
  5.7   school-to-work activities for children with disabilities 
  5.8   provided by a contract approved by the commissioner with public, 
  5.9   private, or voluntary agencies other than a Minnesota school 
  5.10  district or cooperative center, that are supplementary to a full 
  5.11  educational program provided by the school district, 52 percent 
  5.12  of the amount of the contract; and 
  5.13     (7) for a contract approved by the commissioner with 
  5.14  another Minnesota school district or cooperative center for 
  5.15  vocational evaluation services for children with a disability 
  5.16  for children that are not yet enrolled in grade 12, 52 percent 
  5.17  of the amount of the contract. 
  5.18     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.574, 
  5.19  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  5.20     Subd. 5.  The aid provided pursuant to this section shall 
  5.21  be paid only for services rendered as designated in subdivision 
  5.22  2 or for the costs designated in subdivision 3 which are 
  5.23  incurred in secondary vocational education programs 
  5.24  school-to-work activities for children with a disability which 
  5.25  are approved by the commissioner of children, families, and 
  5.26  learning and operated in accordance with rules promulgated by 
  5.27  the state board.  These rules shall be subject to the 
  5.28  restrictions provided in section 124.573, subdivision 3.  The 
  5.29  procedure for application for approval of these programs shall 
  5.30  be as provided in section 124.32, subdivisions 7 and 10, and the 
  5.31  application review process shall be conducted by the vocational 
  5.32  education section of the state office of lifework development in 
  5.33  the department. 
  5.34     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.574, 
  5.35  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  5.36     Subd. 6.  All aid pursuant to this section shall be paid to 
  6.1   the district or cooperative center providing the services.  All 
  6.2   aid received by a district or center from any source for 
  6.3   secondary vocational education school-to-work activities for 
  6.4   children with a disability shall be utilized solely for that 
  6.5   purpose. 
  6.6      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.574, 
  6.7   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  6.8      Subd. 9.  [REVENUE ALLOCATION FROM COOPERATIVE CENTERS AND 
  6.9   INTERMEDIATE DISTRICTS.] For purposes of this section and 
  6.10  section 124.321, a cooperative center or an intermediate 
  6.11  district shall allocate its approved expenditures for secondary 
  6.12  vocational programs school-to-work activities for children with 
  6.13  a disability among participating school districts.  Aid for 
  6.14  secondary vocational programs school-to-work activities for 
  6.15  children with a disability for services provided by a 
  6.16  cooperative or intermediate district shall be paid to the 
  6.17  participating school districts. 
  6.18     Sec. 8.  [126.685] [LIFEWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN.] 
  6.19     A school district may require students in grades 7 through 
  6.20  12 to develop and maintain a record of all of the students' 
  6.21  lifework development activities.  This record would include, but 
  6.22  is not limited to, the students' goals, skills, abilities, and 
  6.23  interests, as well as information on formal service learning, 
  6.24  out-of-school learning experiences, and career-related 
  6.25  experiences, such as job shadowing, career mentoring, 
  6.26  internships, apprenticeships, entrepreneurship, and other 
  6.27  work-based learning activities.  This ongoing record would 
  6.28  assist the students in choosing their school-based courses, 
  6.29  assist them in completing the profiles of learning for high 
  6.30  school graduation, and assist them in the research and 
  6.31  exploration of career options.  Each school year, the record 
  6.32  would be reviewed by the student, the student's parent or 
  6.33  guardian, and qualified school personnel to ensure that the 
  6.34  record is updated and reflects the student's changing life goals 
  6.35  and aspirations.  The record would serve as the basis of a 
  6.36  lifework plan that would be developed before graduation.  The 
  7.1   plan would outline the skills the students need to develop in 
  7.2   order to attain their career aspirations.  The plan would also 
  7.3   outline future education and training options necessary to 
  7.4   achieve their lifework goals. 
  7.5      Sec. 9.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  7.6      Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
  7.7   LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated 
  7.8   from the general fund to the department of children, families, 
  7.9   and learning, unless specified otherwise, for the fiscal years 
  7.10  designated.  
  7.11     Subd. 2.  [SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AID.] For 
  7.12  secondary vocational education aid according to Minnesota 
  7.13  Statutes, section 124.573: 
  7.14       $11,617,000     .....     1998 
  7.15       $11,596,000     .....     1999 
  7.16     The 1998 appropriation includes $1,180,000 for 1997 and 
  7.17  $10,437,000 for 1998.  
  7.18     The 1999 appropriation includes $1,159,000 for 1998 and 
  7.19  $10,437,000 for 1999.  
  7.20     Subd. 3.  [EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS PROGRAM 
  7.21  GRANTS.] For education and employment transitions program: 
  7.22       $4,050,000      .....      1998 
  7.23       $4,050,000      .....      1999 
  7.24     $500,000 each year is for development of MnCEPs, an 
  7.25  Internet-based education and employment information system.  
  7.26  These are one-time funds. 
  7.27     $1,250,000 each year is for a rebate program for employers 
  7.28  who offer internships and other work experiences to learners. 
  7.29     $400,000 each year is for youth apprenticeship program 
  7.30  grants. 
  7.31     $150,000 each year is for youth entrepreneurship grants 
  7.32  under Minnesota Statutes, section 121.72.  Of this amount, 
  7.33  $50,000 is for an existing entrepreneurship program to serve as 
  7.34  a training site for other districts. 
  7.35     $100,000 each year is for youth employer grants under Laws 
  7.36  1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 4, section 28. 
  8.1      $150,000 each year is for parent and community awareness 
  8.2   training. 
  8.3      $1,500,000 each year is for lifework development and 
  8.4   implementation activities and state-level activities, including 
  8.5   the governor's workforce development council. 
  8.6      Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
  8.7   available in the second year. 
  8.8      Subd. 4.  [CONSERVATION CORPS.] The following sum is 
  8.9   appropriated to the department of natural resources for the 
  8.10  purpose of allowing the Minnesota conservation corps to provide 
  8.11  eligible individuals with community service opportunities and 
  8.12  postservice benefits under section 1. 
  8.13       $1,000,000     .....     1998
  8.14     Up to five percent of this appropriation is for 
  8.15  administering the program, which includes providing health and 
  8.16  child care coverage to eligible individuals and their dependents 
  8.17  under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0887, subdivision 2, to the 
  8.18  extent such coverage is not otherwise available.  This 
  8.19  appropriation is available until June 30, 1999.