SF 3275

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; allowing, instead of requiring, 
  1.3             a district to reserve revenue for staff development 
  1.4             purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, 
  1.5             section 122A.61, subdivision 1.  
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  1.8   122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [STAFF DEVELOPMENT REVENUE.] A district is 
  1.10  required to may reserve an amount equal to at least two percent 
  1.11  of the basic revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for 
  1.12  in-service education for programs under section 120B.22, 
  1.13  subdivision 2, for staff development plans, including plans for 
  1.14  challenging instructional activities and experiences under 
  1.15  section 122A.60, and for curriculum development and programs, 
  1.16  other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher 
  1.17  conferences, the cost of substitute teachers staff development 
  1.18  purposes, preservice and in-service education for special 
  1.19  education professionals and paraprofessionals, and other related 
  1.20  costs for staff development efforts.  A district may annually 
  1.21  waive the requirement to reserve their basic revenue under this 
  1.22  section if a majority vote of the licensed teachers in the 
  1.23  district and a majority vote of the school board agree to a 
  1.24  resolution to waive the requirement.  A district in statutory 
  1.25  operating debt is exempt from reserving basic revenue according 
  2.1   to this section.  Districts may expend an additional amount of 
  2.2   unreserved revenue for staff development based on their needs.  
  2.3   With the exception of amounts reserved for staff development 
  2.4   from revenues allocated directly to school sites, The board must 
  2.5   initially may allocate 50 percent of the reserved revenue to 
  2.6   each school site in the district on a per teacher basis, which 
  2.7   must be retained by the school site until used.  The board may 
  2.8   retain 25 percent to be used or may use the revenue for district 
  2.9   wide staff development efforts.  The remaining 25 percent of the 
  2.10  revenue must be used or to make grants to school sites for best 
  2.11  practices methods.  A grant may be used for any purpose 
  2.12  authorized under section 120B.22, subdivision 2, 122A.60, or for 
  2.13  the costs of curriculum development and programs, other 
  2.14  in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, 
  2.15  substitute teachers for staff development purposes, and other 
  2.16  staff development efforts, and determined by the site 
  2.17  professional development team.  The site professional 
  2.18  development team must demonstrate to the school board the extent 
  2.19  to which staff at the site have met the outcomes of the 
  2.20  program.  The board may withhold a portion of initial allocation 
  2.21  of revenue if the staff development outcomes are not being met. 
  2.22     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for the 
  2.23  2002-2003 school year and later.