SF 2173

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; concentrating a portion 
  1.3             of the reserved revenue for staff development on 
  1.4             induction and mentorship activities for new teachers; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.61, 
  1.6             subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 122A.61, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [STAFF DEVELOPMENT REVENUE.] (a) A district 
  1.11  is required to reserve revenue for staff development purposes.  
  1.12  An amount equal to at least one percent of the basic revenue 
  1.13  under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, must be reserved for 
  1.14  teacher mentoring and teacher induction programs according to 
  1.15  paragraph (d) and an amount equal to at least two one percent of 
  1.16  the basic revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, must be 
  1.17  reserved for in-service education for programs under section 
  1.18  120B.22, subdivision 2, for staff development plans, including 
  1.19  plans for challenging instructional activities and experiences 
  1.20  under section 122A.60, and for curriculum development and 
  1.21  programs, other in-service education, teachers' workshops, 
  1.22  teacher conferences, the cost of substitute teachers staff 
  1.23  development purposes, and other related costs for staff 
  1.24  development efforts.  
  1.25     (b) A district may annually waive the requirement to 
  1.26  reserve their basic revenue under this section if a majority 
  2.1   vote of the licensed teachers in the district and a majority 
  2.2   vote of the school board agree to a resolution to waive the 
  2.3   requirement.  A district in statutory operating debt is exempt 
  2.4   from reserving basic revenue according to this section.  
  2.5   Districts may expend an additional amount of unreserved revenue 
  2.6   for staff development based on their needs.  
  2.7      (c) With the exception of amounts reserved for new teacher 
  2.8   mentoring and teacher induction programs, and staff development 
  2.9   from revenues allocated directly to school sites, the board must 
  2.10  initially allocate 50 percent of the reserved revenue to each 
  2.11  school site in the district on a per teacher basis, which must 
  2.12  be retained by the school site until used.  The board may retain 
  2.13  25 percent to be used for district wide staff development 
  2.14  efforts.  The remaining 25 percent of the revenue must be used 
  2.15  to make grants to school sites for best practices methods.  A 
  2.16  grant may be used for any purpose authorized under section 
  2.17  120B.22, subdivision 2, 122A.60, or for the costs of curriculum 
  2.18  development and programs, other in-service education, teachers' 
  2.19  workshops, teacher conferences, substitute teachers for staff 
  2.20  development purposes, and other staff development efforts, and 
  2.21  determined by the site professional development team.  The site 
  2.22  professional development team must demonstrate to the school 
  2.23  board the extent to which staff at the site have met the 
  2.24  outcomes of the program.  The board may withhold a portion of 
  2.25  initial allocation of revenue if the staff development outcomes 
  2.26  are not being met. 
  2.27     (d) A school district must use its reserved revenue for 
  2.28  teacher mentoring and teacher induction programs to provide 
  2.29  services to teachers who have spent five or fewer years in the 
  2.30  school district.  Teacher mentoring and induction activities 
  2.31  include programs designed to train teachers to serve as mentors, 
  2.32  ongoing peer coaching and assessment, assistance in developing 
  2.33  individual professional development plans and professional 
  2.34  development, and other structured learning experiences for new 
  2.35  teachers. 
  2.36     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for revenue for 
  3.1   fiscal year 2002 and later.