SF 2957

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; defining successful schools; 
  1.3             developing improvement plans for schools at risk; 
  1.4             establishing a school improvement fund; establishing a 
  1.5             distinguished educators program; transforming certain 
  1.6             at-risk schools into charter schools; requiring a 
  1.7             one-year design and feasibility study; appropriating 
  1.8             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 
  1.9             120.064, by adding a subdivision; 123.34, subdivision 
  1.10            10; 125.05, by adding a subdivision; 125.12, 
  1.11            subdivision 4 and by adding a subdivision; 125.17, 
  1.12            subdivision 3 and by adding a subdivision; and 125.18, 
  1.13            subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.14            Minnesota Statutes, chapters 121; and 124C. 
  1.15  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.16     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 120.064, is 
  1.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.18     Subd. 25.  [AT-RISK SCHOOLS.] (a) All provisions of this 
  1.19  section apply to at-risk schools under section 121.1112, 
  1.20  subdivision 3, paragraph (f), except as provided in this 
  1.21  subdivision. 
  1.22     (b) An at-risk school that fails to meet its threshold 
  1.23  level for school improvement after four biennial review cycles, 
  1.24  as determined by the commissioner of children, families, and 
  1.25  learning after consulting with the superintendent of the 
  1.26  district in which the at-risk school is located, shall become a 
  1.27  results-oriented charter school under the sponsorship of the 
  1.28  commissioner.  The district shall notify the parents of the 
  1.29  students enrolled in the school of the school's changed status 
  1.30  and invite the parents to participate in organizing and 
  2.1   operating a charter school.  The commissioner shall assist 
  2.2   interested parents of students enrolled in the school, community 
  2.3   residents, and, at the invitation of the parents, qualified 
  2.4   educators to organize and operate the school.  The school's 
  2.5   operators shall hold a timely election to select the school's 
  2.6   board of directors from among its organizers and operators.  The 
  2.7   commissioner shall operate the school until the parents of 
  2.8   students enrolled in the school select the school's board of 
  2.9   directors.  Upon selection, the commissioner shall enter into an 
  2.10  initial two-school year contract with the school's board of 
  2.11  directors to improve specific aspects of the school's 
  2.12  management, operation, finances, personnel, and instruction.  
  2.13  Among other things, the authorizing contract terms shall include:
  2.14     (1) what process the school's board of directors and the 
  2.15  commissioner will use to develop a plan to correct the school's 
  2.16  management, operational, financial, personnel, and instructional 
  2.17  deficiencies; 
  2.18     (2) how the board of directors, with the commissioner's 
  2.19  assistance, will use the plan to correct the school's 
  2.20  deficiencies; 
  2.21     (3) what efforts the commissioner will undertake to collect 
  2.22  and review data measuring the school's performance; 
  2.23     (4) what additional state assistance or management the 
  2.24  commissioner will make available to correct the school's 
  2.25  deficiencies; 
  2.26     (5) how the board of directors will manage appointments to 
  2.27  full-time and part-time administrative and instructional 
  2.28  positions, including retaining or dismissing school personnel; 
  2.29  and 
  2.30     (6) what actions the commissioner will undertake to manage 
  2.31  and operate the school if the school's board of directors fails 
  2.32  to demonstrate successful school improvement over a stipulated 
  2.33  period of time. 
  2.34     (c) The at-risk school must admit into the school all 
  2.35  interested students who were enrolled in school during the 
  2.36  current school year and the preceding school year. 
  3.1      (d) The at-risk school shall continue to use the facility 
  3.2   it occupied at the time it became an at-risk charter school. 
  3.3      (e) The at-risk school shall remain a charter school and 
  3.4   the commissioner shall continue to renew the authorizing 
  3.5   contract with the board of directors until the school 
  3.6   demonstrates at least a one percent gain over its threshold 
  3.7   level for school improvement under section 121.1112, subdivision 
  3.8   1, unless paragraph (b), clause (6), applies.  Control of an 
  3.9   at-risk school that successfully demonstrates at least a one 
  3.10  percent gain over its threshold level for school improvement 
  3.11  reverts to the school board of the school district in which the 
  3.12  school is located and the school is no longer subject to the 
  3.13  provisions of this subdivision. 
  3.14     Sec. 2.  [121.1112] [SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS; SCHOOLS AT RISK.] 
  3.15     Subdivision 1.  [SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS.] Consistent with the 
  3.16  state's high school graduation requirements, and the desire of 
  3.17  the legislature to devise an accountability system that meets 
  3.18  the state's needs for public accountability, individual student 
  3.19  growth, and appropriate systemic change, the state board shall 
  3.20  describe in rule both successful schools and appropriate 
  3.21  rewards, and schools at risk and appropriate improvement 
  3.22  strategies.  Incorporating the results of the design and 
  3.23  feasibility study under section 11, the state board rule must 
  3.24  align a mechanism linking educational indicators, resources and 
  3.25  processes, and student performance and school improvement 
  3.26  efforts with the basic standards requirements and the profile of 
  3.27  learning.  The rule shall: 
  3.28     (1) measure success at the school building level; 
  3.29     (2) determine a school's performance over a period of two 
  3.30  school years; 
  3.31     (3) reward a school that improves its performance under 
  3.32  clause (4); 
  3.33     (4) for purposes of rewarding schools, define a threshold 
  3.34  level for school improvement based on an increase in student 
  3.35  performance at the school as evidenced by improvement under 
  3.36  section 121.1113, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), both in the mean 
  4.1   test scores of all students enrolled in the school and those 
  4.2   students performing in the lowest 30 percent of all students 
  4.3   enrolled in the school, or an improvement in a school's 
  4.4   performance on statewide tests under section 121.1113, 
  4.5   subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and require the most successful 
  4.6   schools at least to maintain their previous level of success; 
  4.7      (5) reward a school when the school achieves at least a one 
  4.8   percent gain over its threshold level for school improvement 
  4.9   under clause (4), except that the most successful schools shall 
  4.10  receive a reward for at least maintaining their previous level 
  4.11  of success; 
  4.12     (6) calculate a school's reward by multiplying two percent 
  4.13  times the current annual salary of each full-time teaching staff 
  4.14  member on the last working day of the school year of the reward; 
  4.15     (7) direct the full-time teaching staff to collectively 
  4.16  decide on the educational purposes for which the reward shall be 
  4.17  spent, which may include technology purchases, staff development 
  4.18  programs under section 126.70, reductions in class sizes, other 
  4.19  education-related discretionary spending, or increases in 
  4.20  teachers' compensation; and 
  4.21     (8) make the reward available to the successful school. 
  4.22     Subd. 2.  [SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.] (a) A school that 
  4.23  fails to reach its threshold level for school improvement, but 
  4.24  maintains its previous level of success, must develop a school 
  4.25  improvement plan.  Such a school is eligible to receive funds 
  4.26  from the school improvement fund under section 124C.80.  A 
  4.27  school that fails to reach its threshold level after two 
  4.28  consecutive biennial reviews, but maintains its previous level 
  4.29  of performance, must meet the provisions of paragraph (b). 
  4.30     (b) A school in which the level of performance declines by 
  4.31  less than five percent during a biennial assessment period must 
  4.32  develop a school improvement plan.  Such a school is eligible to 
  4.33  receive funds from the school improvement fund under section 
  4.34  124C.80.  The commissioner shall assign to the school one or 
  4.35  more distinguished educators to help implement the school 
  4.36  improvement plan.  If the school fails to meet its threshold 
  5.1   level after the next biennial review, the school is subject to 
  5.2   the requirements of subdivision 3. 
  5.3      Subd. 3.  [SCHOOLS AT RISK.] (a) The board shall declare 
  5.4   any school in which the level of success declines by five or 
  5.5   more percent to be a "school at risk."  A school at risk shall 
  5.6   comply with the provisions of this subdivision. 
  5.7      (b) The school principal or other person having 
  5.8   administrative control of the school shall immediately notify a 
  5.9   student's parents of the student's right to transfer to a 
  5.10  successful school, with timely procedures for transferring the 
  5.11  student. 
  5.12     (c) The district superintendent, within 30 days after the 
  5.13  board declares a school to be a school at risk, or no later than 
  5.14  30 days before the start of a new school year, whichever is 
  5.15  later, shall transfer to a successful school within the district 
  5.16  or an adjoining district any student under paragraph (b) who 
  5.17  requests a transfer, and when two districts cannot agree, decide 
  5.18  the student's placement within 30 days of receiving the transfer 
  5.19  request from the superintendent; 
  5.20     (d) The resident district shall pay all tuition and 
  5.21  transportation costs the student incurs as a result of 
  5.22  transferring from a school at risk to a successful school. 
  5.23     (e) The board shall assign one or more distinguished 
  5.24  educators to the school until the board determines that the 
  5.25  school is no longer a school at risk. 
  5.26     (f) A school that fails to meet its threshold level for 
  5.27  school improvement after four biennial review cycles is subject 
  5.28  to section 120.064, subdivision 25. 
  5.29     Subd. 4.  [DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS PROGRAM.] (a) The board 
  5.30  shall adopt rules to implement a distinguished educators program.
  5.31  Outstanding and highly skilled licensed teachers and 
  5.32  administrators who deserve recognition for their excellent 
  5.33  teaching or administrative abilities and who are willing to 
  5.34  fulfill the purposes of the program shall be designated a 
  5.35  "distinguished educator."  Distinguished educators shall: 
  5.36     (1) assist the department of children, families, and 
  6.1   learning with research projects and staff development efforts; 
  6.2   and 
  6.3      (2) accept assignments in schools at risk under subdivision 
  6.4   3. 
  6.5      (b) When assigned to a school at risk, a distinguished 
  6.6   educator shall: 
  6.7      (1) work on a full- or part-time basis for a designated 
  6.8   period of time to assist school staff in implementing the school 
  6.9   improvement plan; 
  6.10     (2) recommend changes that might reasonably eliminate or 
  6.11  alleviate a school's educational difficulties, including 
  6.12  improved personnel administration, more efficient management 
  6.13  practices, or other administrative or academic actions. 
  6.14     (3) help to increase the effectiveness of the staff, 
  6.15  parents, community participants, and public and private agencies 
  6.16  in improving the performance of the school through means that 
  6.17  include transferring or terminating a teacher or notifying a 
  6.18  teacher of a deficiency the teacher must remedy; and 
  6.19     (4) before assisting in a school at risk, complete a 
  6.20  department-sponsored and board-approved training program that 
  6.21  includes instruction in school organization, school curriculum, 
  6.22  and assessment. 
  6.23     (c) The distinguished educators program shall include: 
  6.24     (1) a selection process that allows for self-nomination, 
  6.25  provides a broad spectrum of instructional positions, and 
  6.26  generates statewide representation; 
  6.27     (2) annual special recognition for five distinguished 
  6.28  educators who shall receive an additional one-year sabbatical 
  6.29  leave to work with instructional or administrative personnel 
  6.30  throughout the state and serve as teaching ambassadors; 
  6.31     (3) a monetary reward of $250 to each distinguished 
  6.32  educator for the purposes of paragraph (b); 
  6.33     (4) financing by the department of all expenses the 
  6.34  distinguished educators incur as a result of assisting a school, 
  6.35  other than the expenses associated with funding the position of 
  6.36  the person who replaces a distinguished educator when the 
  7.1   distinguished educator is on leave; 
  7.2      (5) a salary supplement of 50 percent of the distinguished 
  7.3   educator's annual salary during each school year the 
  7.4   distinguished educator is on leave; 
  7.5      (6) a professional leave that may exceed two years if the 
  7.6   board determines that additional time is necessary to assist a 
  7.7   school at risk, and the leave is consistent with the board rules 
  7.8   adopted under section 125.18; and 
  7.9      (7) an assignment to a school other than the school in 
  7.10  which the distinguished educator is employed. 
  7.11     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 123.34, 
  7.12  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
  7.13     Subd. 10.  [PRINCIPALS.] Each public school building, as 
  7.14  defined by section 120.05, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), and 
  7.15  (3), in an independent school district may be under the 
  7.16  supervision of a principal who is assigned to that 
  7.17  responsibility by the board of education in that school district 
  7.18  upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools of that 
  7.19  school district.  If pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 
  7.20  attend school in one building, one principal may supervise the 
  7.21  building. 
  7.22     Each principal assigned the responsibility for the 
  7.23  supervision of a school building shall hold a valid license in 
  7.24  the assigned position of supervision and administration as 
  7.25  established by the rules of the state board of education. 
  7.26     The principal shall provide administrative, supervisory, 
  7.27  and instructional leadership services, under the supervision of 
  7.28  the superintendent of schools of the school district and in 
  7.29  accordance with the policies, rules, and regulations of the 
  7.30  board of education, for the planning, management, operation, and 
  7.31  evaluation of the education program of the building or buildings 
  7.32  to which the principal is assigned consistent with the 
  7.33  requirements in section 121.1112. 
  7.34     Sec. 4.  [124C.80] [SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUND.] 
  7.35     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] A school improvement fund is 
  7.36  created to assist local schools in pursuing new and innovative 
  8.1   strategies to meet the educational needs of the school's 
  8.2   students and raise the school's educational performance level.  
  8.3   The state board of education shall use this fund to provide 
  8.4   grants to schools for the following purposes: 
  8.5      (1) support teachers and administrators in developing sound 
  8.6   and innovative approaches to improve educational instruction or 
  8.7   management; 
  8.8      (2) assist in replicating successful educational 
  8.9   instruction or management programs developed in other districts; 
  8.10     (3) encourage cooperative instructional or management 
  8.11  approaches to specific educational programs; or 
  8.12     (4) encourage teachers and administrators to conduct 
  8.13  experimental programs to test concepts and applications advanced 
  8.14  as solutions to specific educational problems. 
  8.15     Subd. 2.  [GRANT CRITERIA; ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The state 
  8.16  board of education shall develop criteria for awarding grants 
  8.17  from this fund to schools that do not meet their performance 
  8.18  threshold under section 121.1112, subdivision 2.  The governor 
  8.19  shall appoint an advisory committee that includes teachers, 
  8.20  administrators, teacher educators, and members of the public to 
  8.21  assist in planning for and implementing the fund.  The members 
  8.22  of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation, but 
  8.23  shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses they incur in 
  8.24  discharging their official duties.  The committee shall advise 
  8.25  the board on application procedures, applicant proposals, 
  8.26  evaluation criteria, reporting requirements, and other 
  8.27  fund-related matters. 
  8.28     Subd. 3.  [AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.] The board has the 
  8.29  sole authority to approve grants from the fund.  The advisory 
  8.30  committee shall review grant proposals and make recommendations 
  8.31  to the board about the merits of each proposal. 
  8.32     Subd. 4.  [FUND PRIORITIES.] The board shall establish 
  8.33  priorities for using the fund grants consistent with subdivision 
  8.34  1.  The department of children, families, and learning shall 
  8.35  assist schools in preparing their grant proposals.  Grant 
  8.36  recipients may not use grants awarded under this fund to 
  9.1   supplant funds from any other source.  The board may approve 
  9.2   requests for necessary equipment, at its discretion, if the cost 
  9.3   of the equipment the grantee purchases does not exceed 20 
  9.4   percent of the total amount of the grant and the cost of the 
  9.5   equipment is matched by local funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
  9.6      Subd. 5.  [MAXIMUM GRANT AWARDS.] The board shall establish 
  9.7   maximum amounts for specific grant awards.  All fund recipients 
  9.8   shall provide the board with an accounting of all money received 
  9.9   from the fund and report the results and conclusions of any 
  9.10  funded projects to the board.  All fund recipients shall 
  9.11  adequately document all projects to permit schools in other 
  9.12  areas of the state to successfully replicate the projects. 
  9.13     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.05, is 
  9.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  9.15     Subd. 10.  [DISTINGUISHED EDUCATORS.] The state board of 
  9.16  education shall include in its administrative licensure rules a 
  9.17  provision to accommodate the requirements of the distinguished 
  9.18  educators program under section 121.1112, subdivision 4. 
  9.19     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.12, 
  9.20  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  9.21     Subd. 4.  [TERMINATION OF CONTRACT AFTER PROBATIONARY 
  9.22  PERIOD.] A teacher who has completed a probationary period in 
  9.23  any school district, and who has not been discharged or advised 
  9.24  of a refusal to renew the teacher's contract pursuant to 
  9.25  subdivision 3, shall have a continuing contract with such 
  9.26  district.  Thereafter, the teacher's contract shall remain in 
  9.27  full force and effect, except as modified by mutual consent of 
  9.28  the board and the teacher, until terminated by a majority roll 
  9.29  call vote of the full membership of the board prior to April 1 
  9.30  upon one of the grounds specified in subdivision 6 or prior to 
  9.31  June 1 upon one of the grounds specified in subdivision 6a or 
  9.32  6b, or until the teacher is discharged pursuant to subdivision 
  9.33  8, or by the written resignation of the teacher submitted prior 
  9.34  to April 1; provided, however, that if an agreement as to the 
  9.35  terms and conditions of employment for the succeeding school 
  9.36  year has not been adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 
 10.1   179A.01 to 179A.25 prior to March 1, the teacher's right of 
 10.2   resignation shall be extended to the 30th calendar day following 
 10.3   the adoption of said contract in compliance with section 
 10.4   179A.20, subdivision 5.  Such written resignation by the teacher 
 10.5   shall be effective as of June 30 if submitted prior to that date 
 10.6   and the teachers' right of resignation for the school year then 
 10.7   beginning shall cease on July 15.  Before a teacher's contract 
 10.8   is terminated by the board, the board shall notify the teacher 
 10.9   in writing and state its ground for the proposed termination in 
 10.10  reasonable detail together with a statement that the teacher may 
 10.11  make a written request for a hearing before the board within 14 
 10.12  days after receipt of such notification.  If the grounds are 
 10.13  those specified in subdivision 6 or 8, the notice must also 
 10.14  state a teacher may request arbitration under subdivision 9a.  
 10.15  Within 14 days after receipt of this notification the teacher 
 10.16  may make a written request for a hearing before the board or an 
 10.17  arbitrator and it shall be granted upon reasonable notice to the 
 10.18  teacher of the date set for hearing, before final action is 
 10.19  taken.  If no hearing is requested within such period, it shall 
 10.20  be deemed acquiescence by the teacher to the board's action.  
 10.21  Such termination shall take effect at the close of the school 
 10.22  year in which the contract is terminated in the manner 
 10.23  aforesaid.  Such contract may be terminated at any time by 
 10.24  mutual consent of the board and the teacher and this section 
 10.25  shall not affect the powers of a board to suspend, discharge, or 
 10.26  demote a teacher under and pursuant to other provisions of law, 
 10.27  including section 120.064, subdivision 25, in which the board of 
 10.28  directors of an at-risk charter school may elect to suspend, 
 10.29  discharge, or demote a teacher consistent with its plan to 
 10.30  correct the school's deficiencies. 
 10.31     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.12, is 
 10.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 10.33     Subd. 4c.  [CONTRACTING FOR IMPROVEMENT GOALS.] A school 
 10.34  board and the exclusive representative of the teachers in the 
 10.35  district, in consultation with affected school principals, shall 
 10.36  develop and maintain a process for evaluating teacher 
 11.1   effectiveness in each school using student test scores, among 
 11.2   other criteria.  Fifty percent of any annual salary increase for 
 11.3   district teachers must reflect the results of the school 
 11.4   evaluation so that teachers' salary increase at the school is 
 11.5   proportionate to students' improved performance under sections 
 11.6   121.1112 and 121.1113.  The process must establish goals for 
 11.7   students' growth in schools throughout the district, including 
 11.8   assuring mastery of basic reading, writing, and math skills, 
 11.9   improving classroom attendance, and meeting goals for academic 
 11.10  growth. 
 11.11     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.17, 
 11.12  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 11.13     Subd. 3.  [PERIOD OF SERVICE AFTER PROBATIONARY PERIOD; 
 11.14  DISCHARGE OR DEMOTION.] After the completion of such 
 11.15  probationary period, without discharge, such teachers as are 
 11.16  thereupon reemployed shall continue in service and hold their 
 11.17  respective position during good behavior and efficient and 
 11.18  competent service and shall not be discharged or demoted except 
 11.19  for cause after a hearing or consistent with the plan of the 
 11.20  board of directors of an at-risk charter school under section 
 11.21  120.064, subdivision 25, to correct the school's deficiencies. 
 11.22     Any probationary teacher shall be deemed to have been 
 11.23  reemployed for the ensuing school year, unless the school board 
 11.24  in charge of such school shall give such teacher notice in 
 11.25  writing before June 1 of the termination of such employment.  In 
 11.26  event of such notice the employment shall terminate at the close 
 11.27  of the school sessions of the current school year. 
 11.28     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.17, is 
 11.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 11.30     Subd. 3c.  [CONTRACTING FOR IMPROVEMENT GOALS.] A school 
 11.31  board and the exclusive representative of the teachers in the 
 11.32  district, in consultation with affected school principals, shall 
 11.33  develop and maintain a process for evaluating teacher 
 11.34  effectiveness in each school using student test scores, among 
 11.35  other criteria.  Fifty percent of any annual salary increase for 
 11.36  district teachers must reflect the results of the school 
 12.1   evaluation so that teacher's salary increase at the school is 
 12.2   proportionate to students' improved performance under sections 
 12.3   121.1112 and 121.1113.  The process must establish goals for 
 12.4   students' growth in schools throughout the district, including 
 12.5   assuring mastery of basic reading, writing, and math skills, 
 12.6   improving classroom attendance, and meeting goals for academic 
 12.7   growth.  
 12.8      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 125.18, 
 12.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 12.10     Subdivision 1.  A teacher who holds a license, according to 
 12.11  this chapter, and a contract for employment by a school district 
 12.12  or other organization providing public education may be granted 
 12.13  a sabbatical leave by the board employing the teacher under 
 12.14  rules promulgated by the board.  The board shall include in 
 12.15  these rules a provision to accommodate the requirements of a 
 12.16  distinguished educators program under section 121.1112, 
 12.17  subdivision 4. 
 12.18     Sec. 11.  [STUDY; SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS; SCHOOLS AT RISK.] 
 12.19     Consistent with this act the department of children, 
 12.20  families, and learning shall undertake a one-year design and 
 12.21  feasibility study to describe an educational accountability 
 12.22  system that defines criteria for identifying both successful 
 12.23  schools and appropriate awards, and schools at risk and 
 12.24  appropriate improvement strategies.  The study must recommend 
 12.25  appropriate measures, evaluation criteria, a range of targeted 
 12.26  improvement strategies, a plan for strengthening partnerships 
 12.27  involving the prekindergarten through grade 12 and higher 
 12.28  education systems, and a statewide implementation and budget 
 12.29  plan.  The study process must involve other government units, 
 12.30  school and citizen leaders, and members of higher education 
 12.31  concerned with the education and development of children and 
 12.32  youth.  It must consider ways to access the research and 
 12.33  development capacity of institutions of higher education in 
 12.34  Minnesota.  It also must determine the extent to which the 
 12.35  requirements under sections 121.1112 and 121.1113 are consistent 
 12.36  with the study recommendations.  The commissioner shall report 
 13.1   the results of this study to the education committees of the 
 13.2   legislature and the state board of education by February 1, 1999.
 13.3      Sec. 12.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
 13.4      Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND 
 13.5   LEARNING.] The sum indicated in this section is appropriated 
 13.6   from the general fund to the commissioner of children, families, 
 13.7   and learning for the fiscal year designated. 
 13.8      Subd. 2.  [STUDY.] To undertake a design and feasibility 
 13.9   study under section 11: 
 13.10       $  100,000     .....     1999 
 13.11     Sec. 13.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 13.12     Sections 1 to 10 are effective for the 1999-2000 school 
 13.13  year.  Sections 11 and 12 are effective July 1, 1998.