1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, 
1.3 	including general education, education excellence, and state agencies; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 122A.40, 
1.5 	subdivision 8; 122A.72, by adding a subdivision; 124D.04, subdivisions 3, 6, 
1.6 	8, 9; 124D.05, by adding a subdivision; 125A.76, by adding a subdivision; 
1.7 	126C.10, subdivision 31, by adding a subdivision; 127A.45, subdivision 16; 
1.8 	Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 7, section 4; Laws 2007, First Special Session 
1.9 	chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; proposing coding for new 
1.10 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 122A; 124D; repealing Minnesota 
1.11 	Statutes 2006, section 127A.45, subdivision 7a; Laws 2007, First Special Session 
1.12 	chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 3, 4.
1.13 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.14 	ARTICLE 1
1.15 	GENERAL EDUCATION

1.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.40, subdivision 8, is amended to 
1.17 	read:
1.18 		Subd. 8.Peer Review for continuing contract teachers. (a) A school board and 
1.19 	an exclusive representative of the teachers in the district shall develop an annual review 
1.20 	process and evaluation for all continuing contract teachers through joint agreement. The 
1.21 	annual review process and evaluation must be aligned to best instructional practices in 
1.22 	teaching and learning. A school board and exclusive representatives of the teachers must 
1.23 	use section 122A.413, subdivision 2, as the review for continuing contract teachers if the 
1.24 	plan has been approved by the commissioner of education.
1.25 	(b) A school board and an exclusive representative of the teachers in the district shall 
1.26 	develop a peer review process for continuing contract teachers through joint agreement.
2.1 	Peer review for continuing contract teachers may be used to meet the requirements in 
2.2 	paragraph (a).

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.4 		Subd. 3.Pupils in adjoining states. Except as provided under an agreement with 
2.5 	an adjoining state under section 124D.041, a non-Minnesota pupil who resides in an 
2.6 	adjoining state in a district that borders Minnesota may enroll in a Minnesota district if 
2.7 	either the board of the district in which the pupil resides or state in which the pupil resides 
2.8 	pays tuition to the district in which the pupil is enrolled.

2.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.10 		Subd. 6.Tuition payments. (a) In each odd-numbered year, before March 1, the 
2.11 	commissioner must agree to rates of tuition for Minnesota elementary and secondary 
2.12 	pupils attending in other states for the next two fiscal years when the other state agrees to 
2.13 	negotiate tuition rates. The commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the 
2.14 	designated authority in each state for pupils who reside in an adjoining state and enroll in 
2.15 	a Minnesota district. The rates must be at least equal to the tuition specified in section 
2.16 	124D.05, subdivision 1. If the other state does not agree to negotiate a general tuition rate, 
2.17 	a Minnesota school district may negotiate a tuition rate with the school district in the other 
2.18 	state that sends a pupil to or receives a pupil from the Minnesota school district. The 
2.19 	tuition rate for a pupil with a disability must be equal to the actual cost of instruction and 
2.20 	services provided. The resident district of a Minnesota pupil attending in another state 
2.21 	under this section must pay the amount of tuition agreed upon in this section to the district 
2.22 	of attendance, prorated on the basis of the proportion of the school year attended. 
2.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) and subdivision 9, if an agreement is reached 
2.24 	between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section 124D.041, 
2.25 	the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment 
2.26 	transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of paragraph (a) 
2.27 	and subdivision 9 shall not apply.

2.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
2.29 		Subd. 8.Effective if reciprocal. This section is effective with respect to South 
2.30 	Dakota upon enactment of provisions by South Dakota that the commissioner determines 
2.31 	are essentially similar to the provisions for Minnesota pupils in this section. This section 
2.32 	is effective with respect to any other bordering state upon enactment of provisions by the 
3.1 	bordering state that the commissioner determines are essentially similar to the provisions 
3.2 	for Minnesota pupils in this section.

3.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.04, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
3.4 		Subd. 9.Appeal to the commissioner. If a Minnesota school district cannot agree 
3.5 	with an adjoining state on a tuition rate for a Minnesota student attending school in that 
3.6 	state and that state has met the requirements in subdivision 8, then the student's parent or 
3.7 	guardian may request that the commissioner agree on set a tuition rate for the student. The 
3.8 	Minnesota district must pay the amount of tuition the commissioner agrees upon sets.

3.9 	Sec. 6. [124D.041] RECIPROCITY WITH ADJOINING STATES.
3.10 		Subdivision 1.Agreements. (a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement 
3.11 	with the designated authority from an adjoining state to establish an enrollment options 
3.12 	program between Minnesota and the adjoining state. Any agreement entered into pursuant 
3.13 	to this section must specify the following:
3.14 	(1) for students who are not residents of Minnesota, the enrollment options program 
3.15 	applies only to a student whose resident school district borders Minnesota;
3.16 	(2) the commissioner must negotiate equal, reciprocal rates with the designated 
3.17 	authority from the adjoining state;
3.18 	(3) if the adjoining state sends more students to Minnesota than Minnesota sends to 
3.19 	the adjoining state, the adjoining state must pay the state of Minnesota the rate agreed 
3.20 	upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to Minnesota;
3.21 	(4) if Minnesota sends more students to the adjoining state than the adjoining state 
3.22 	sends to Minnesota, the state of Minnesota will pay the adjoining state the rate agreed 
3.23 	upon under clause (2) for the excess number of students sent to the adjoining state;
3.24 	(5) the application procedures for the enrollment options program between 
3.25 	Minnesota and the adjoining state;
3.26 	(6) the reasons for which an application for the enrollment options program between 
3.27 	Minnesota and the adjoining may be denied; and
3.28 	(7) that a Minnesota school district is not responsible for transportation for any 
3.29 	resident student attending school in an adjoining state under the provisions of this section. 
3.30 	A Minnesota school district may, at its discretion, provide transportation services for 
3.31 	such a student.
3.32 	(b) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may specify additional terms 
3.33 	relating to any student in need of special education and related services pursuant to chapter 
3.34 	125A.  Any additional terms must apply equally to both states.
4.1 		Subd. 2.Pupil accounting. (a) Any student from an adjoining state enrolled in 
4.2 	Minnesota pursuant to this section is included in the receiving school district's average 
4.3 	daily membership and pupil units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were 
4.4 	a resident of another Minnesota school district attending the receiving school district 
4.5 	under section 124D.03.
4.6 	(b) Any Minnesota resident student enrolled in an adjoining state pursuant to this 
4.7 	section is included in the resident school district's average daily membership and pupil 
4.8 	units according to section 126C.05 as if the student were a resident of the district attending 
4.9 	another Minnesota school district under section 124D.03.
4.10 		Subd. 3.Procedures. (a) The Department of Education must establish procedures 
4.11 	relating to the application process, the collection or payment of funds under the provisions 
4.12 	of any agreement established pursuant to this section, and the collection of data necessary 
4.13 	to implement any agreement established pursuant to this section.
4.14 	(b) Notwithstanding sections 124A.04 and 124A.05, if an agreement is established 
4.15 	between Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to this section, the provisions of this 
4.16 	section and the agreement shall apply to all enrollment transfers between Minnesota and 
4.17 	the adjoining state, and provisions of sections 124D.04 and 124D.05 to the contrary, 
4.18 	including provisions relating to tuition payments, shall not apply.
4.19 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), any payments to adjoining states under this 
4.20 	section shall be made according to section 127A.45, subdivision 16.
4.21 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), sections 124D.04, subdivision 6, paragraph (b), 
4.22 	and 124D.05, subdivision 2a, the provisions of this section and the agreement shall not 
4.23 	apply to enrollment transfers between Minnesota and a school district in an adjoining state 
4.24 	enrolling fewer than 150 pupils that is exempted from participation in the program under 
4.25 	the laws of the adjoining state.

4.26 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.05, is amended by adding a subdivision 
4.27 	to read:
4.28 		Subd. 2a.Exception. Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, if an agreement 
4.29 	is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to section 
4.30 	124D.041, the provisions of section 124D.041 and the agreement shall apply to all 
4.31 	enrollment transfers between Minnesota and the adjoining state, and provisions of 
4.32 	subdivisions 1 and 2 to the contrary, including provisions relating to tuition payments, 
4.33 	shall not apply.

5.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 125A.76, is amended by adding a subdivision 
5.2 	to read:
5.3 		Subd. 4a.Adjustments for tuition reciprocity with adjoining states. (a) If an 
5.4 	agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state pursuant to 
5.5 	section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from the state of 
5.6 	Minnesota to the adjoining state, the tuition payment shall be made from the special 
5.7 	education aid appropriation for that year, and the state total special education aid under 
5.8 	subdivision 4 shall be reduced by the amount of the payment.
5.9 	(b) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state 
5.10 	pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires a special education tuition payment from 
5.11 	an adjoining state to the state of Minnesota, the special education aid appropriation for 
5.12 	that year and the state total special education aid under subdivision 4  shall be increased 
5.13 	by the amount of the payment.
5.14 	(c) If an agreement is reached between the state of Minnesota and an adjoining state 
5.15 	pursuant to section 124D.041 that requires special education tuition payments to be made 
5.16 	between the two states and not between districts in the two states, the special education aid 
5.17 	for a Minnesota school district serving a student with a disability from the adjoining state 
5.18 	shall be calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, except that no reduction 
5.19 	shall be made in the special education aid paid to the resident district.

5.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 31, is amended to read:
5.21 		Subd. 31.Transition revenue. (a) A district's transition allowance equals the 
5.22 	greater of zero or the product of the ratio of the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil 
5.23 	units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002 
5.24 	to the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2004, times the difference 
5.25 	between: (1) the lesser of the district's general education revenue per adjusted marginal 
5.26 	cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2003 or the amount of general education revenue the district 
5.27 	would have received per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2004 according 
5.28 	to Minnesota Statutes 2002, and (2) the district's general education revenue for fiscal year 
5.29 	2004 excluding transition revenue divided by the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil 
5.30 	units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002.
5.31 	(b) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year years 2006 and later through 2009
5.32 	equals the sum of the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's 
5.33 	adjusted marginal cost pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue 
5.34 	under subdivision 31a.
6.1 	(c) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year 2010 and later equals the sum of 
6.2 	the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's adjusted marginal cost 
6.3 	pupil units plus the district's transition for prekindergarten revenue under subdivision 31a 
6.4 	plus the district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue under subdivision 31c.

6.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a 
6.6 	subdivision to read:
6.7 		Subd. 31c.Transition for tuition reciprocity revenue. For the first year that a 
6.8 	tuition reciprocity agreement with an adjoining state is in effect under section 124D.041 
6.9 	and later, a school district's transition for tuition reciprocity revenue equals the greater of 
6.10 	zero or the difference between the sum of the general education revenue and net tuition 
6.11 	revenue the district would have received for pupils enrolled under section 124D.041 for 
6.12 	the first year the agreement is in effect if the agreement had not been in effect, and the 
6.13 	sum of the district's general education revenue and net tuition revenue for the first year 
6.14 	the agreement is in effect.

6.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.45, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
6.16 		Subd. 16.Payments to third parties. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, the current 
6.17 	year aid payment percentage of the amounts under section 123A.26, subdivision 3 and 
6.18 	section 124D.041, shall be paid in equal installments on August 30, December 30, and 
6.19 	March 30, with a final adjustment payment on October 30 of the next fiscal year of the 
6.20 	remaining amount.

6.21 	Sec. 12. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision 
6.22 	1, is amended to read:

6.23	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 			$ 
	584,000 148,000
	
6.24 	The appropriations in this section are from 
6.25 	the general fund. The amounts that may be 
6.26 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
6.27 	following subdivisions. 

6.28 	Sec. 13. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision 
6.29 	2, is amended to read:

6.30
6.31	Subd. 2. Independent School District No. 239, 
Rushford-Peterson

7.1	(a) Flood Enrollment Impact Aid
 				89,000 
	
7.2 	The commissioner of education shall pay to 
7.3 	the school district flood enrollment impact 
7.4 	aid equal to $5,394 times the number of 
7.5 	pupils lost as a result of the floods of August 
7.6 	2007. The district must provide to the 
7.7 	commissioner of education documentation 
7.8 	of the number of pupils in average daily 
7.9 	membership lost as a result of the flood. 

7.10	(b) Disaster Relief Facilities Grant
 				250,000
	
7.11 	For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement 
7.12 	costs related to the floods of August 2007 not 
7.13 	covered by the district's insurance settlement 
7.14 	or through Federal Emergency Management 
7.15 	Agency payments. The commissioner of 
7.16 	education may request the school district 
7.17 	to provide necessary information before 
7.18 	awarding a grant. 

7.19	(c)Pupil Transportation Aid
 				40,000 
	
7.20 	For increased costs associated with 
7.21 	transporting students as a result of the floods 
7.22 	of August 2007. 

7.23 	Sec. 14. Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivision 
7.24 	6, is amended to read:

7.25
7.26	Subd. 6. Disaster Relief Facilities Grants to 
Other Districts
 				90,00014,000
	
7.27 	For facilities cleanup, repair, and replacement 
7.28 	costs related to the floods of August 2007 not 
7.29 	covered by the district's insurance settlement 
7.30 	or through Federal Emergency Management 
7.31 	Agency payments. The commissioner of 
7.32 	education may request the school district 
7.33 	to provide necessary information before 
8.1 	awarding a grant. School districts not 
8.2 	included in subdivisions 2 to 5 must be given 
8.3 	priority in the allocation of this appropriation.

8.4 	Sec. 15. APPROPRIATIONS.
 8.5 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
8.6 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
8.7 	designated.
8.8 		Subd. 2.Independent School District No. 239, Rushford-Peterson. For school 
8.9 	district flood enrollment impact aid and aid for increased costs of transporting students 
8.10 	equal to $7,152 times the number of pupils lost as a result of the floods of August 2007.

8.11		$
	158,000
	.....
	2009
	
8.12 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 is $158,000. The base appropriation for 
8.13 	later years is zero.
8.14 	The district must provide to the commissioner of education documentation of the 
8.15 	number of pupils in average daily membership lost as a result of the flood.
8.16 	Up to $40,000 is for increased costs associated with transporting students as a result 
8.17 	of the floods of August 2007.

8.18 	Sec. 16.  REPEALER.
 8.19 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.45, subdivision 7a, and Laws 2007, First 
8.20 	Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 11, subdivisions 3, and 4, are repealed.

8.21 	ARTICLE 2
8.22 	EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

8.23 	Section 1. [120B.17] MINNESOTA VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
8.24 		Subdivision 1.Program. A state of Minnesota virtual education program is 
8.25 	established for teachers and students to improve and enhance teacher instruction and 
8.26 	student learning through integration of technology and online learning. The commissioner 
8.27 	of education shall establish the program and develop a selection of online courses for 
8.28 	students and lesson plans for teachers. The online student courses shall be established 
8.29 	for grades 6 through 12.
8.30 		Subd. 2.Scope and requirements. (a) The student courses and teacher lesson plans 
8.31 	shall be developed by department staff, content experts, licensed Minnesota teachers, 
8.32 	licensed administrators, and business representatives. The courses must be aligned to 
9.1 	the Minnesota academic standards established in Minnesota Rules, chapter 3501. The 
9.2 	commissioner of education, in working with qualified individuals, must establish at 
9.3 	least ten student courses and teacher lesson plans that will be available to students and 
9.4 	teachers no later than the 2009-2010 school year. The commissioner must give priority 
9.5 	in the development of courses and lesson plans to science, technology, engineering, 
9.6 	mathematics, and advanced courses. The courses available to students must be monitored 
9.7 	and delivered by licensed Minnesota teachers under section 122A.16
9.8 	(b) School districts and charter schools participating in the program must:
9.9 	(1) submit a letter of intent to the commissioner of education;
9.10 	(2) allow students to participate in the program;
9.11 	(3) train teachers to monitor and deliver courses;
9.12 	(4) allow students to receive graduation credit, if appropriate, for successful 
9.13 	completion of the courses;
9.14 	(5) issue grades to students enrolled in the online courses; and
9.15 	(6) report progress to the department on student participation and completion rates.
9.16 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner of education must submit a report to the chairs 
9.17 	of the house of representatives and senate education committees by October 1, 2010, 
9.18 	assessing the progress and development of the program.

9.19 	Sec. 2. [122A.245] MINNESOTA TEACH PROGRAM.
9.20 		Subdivision 1.Scope and requirements. (a) As an alternative to postsecondary 
9.21 	teacher preparation programs, a teacher training program is established for qualified 
9.22 	professionals to acquire an entrance license. Program providers, approved by the Board 
9.23 	of Teaching under subdivision 3, may offer the program in the instructional fields of 
9.24 	science, mathematics, world languages, English as a second language, special education, 
9.25 	and other teacher shortage areas.
9.26 	(b) To participate in the teacher training program, the teacher applicant must:
9.27 	(1) have, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year 
9.28 	postsecondary institution;
9.29 	(2) have an undergraduate major or postbaccalaureate degree in the subject to be 
9.30 	taught or in an equivalent or related subject area in which the applicant is seeking licensure;
9.31 	(3) pass a skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics required under 
9.32 	section 122A.18; 
9.33 	(4) pass the Praxis II subject assessment for each subject area to be taught;
9.34 	(5) have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for a 
9.35 	bachelor's degree;
10.1 	(6) show experience related to the subject to be taught; and
10.2 	(7) show a district offer for employment as a teacher contingent on participating in 
10.3 	an approved program described in subdivision 2.
10.4 		Subd. 2.Program. A teacher training program under this section is one year in 
10.5 	duration and must include:
10.6 	(1) a preinduction preparation program that includes classroom management 
10.7 	techniques and on-site classroom observation that is completed before the candidate is 
10.8 	employed in the classroom;
10.9 	(2) rigorous training that includes instruction in standards of effective practice 
10.10 	and essential skills that include curriculum, instructional strategies, and classroom 
10.11 	management presented after school or on Saturdays throughout the year leading to a 
10.12 	teaching license and up to 15 graduate credits toward a master's degree in education;
10.13 	(3) on-the-job mentoring, supervision, and evaluation arranged by the employing 
10.14 	district that includes mentoring or a teacher induction program provided by both an 
10.15 	experienced teacher licensed in the subject to be taught by the applicant and a supervisor 
10.16 	affiliated with the postsecondary institution that provides training to the teacher applicant;
10.17 	(4) three evaluations by an evaluation team composed of the mentor, the supervisor, 
10.18 	the principal, and a training program member that include at least three classroom 
10.19 	observations where the third evaluation contains the team's recommendation for licensure 
10.20 	and where a written report of each evaluation is prepared; and
10.21 	(5) a one-week intensive workshop that includes analysis and reflection of the first 
10.22 	year of teaching after completing the school year.
10.23 		Subd. 3.Program approval. An interested Minnesota public or private 
10.24 	postsecondary institution must submit program proposals to the Board of Teaching for 
10.25 	approval. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of Teaching must develop 
10.26 	criteria for approving teacher training programs under this section after considering the 
10.27 	recommendations of an advisory group appointed by the Board of Teaching composed of, 
10.28 	at a minimum, the commissioner of education or designee and representatives of school 
10.29 	superintendents, principals, teachers, and postsecondary institutions, including those 
10.30 	offering degrees in teaching preparation. School districts are eligible to hire professionals 
10.31 	under this training program if they participate in the teacher selection process for entrance 
10.32 	into the program. Applicants must directly apply to the approved program. The Minnesota 
10.33 	Department of Education is responsible for implementing the program with approved 
10.34 	program providers after approval from the Board of Teaching is granted. 
10.35 		Subd. 4.Eligibility license. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of 
10.36 	Teaching must issue to an applicant who successfully meets the criteria under subdivision 
11.1 	1, paragraph (b), a one-year eligibility license to teach at the employing district under 
11.2 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (7). During the one-year eligibility period, the 
11.3 	employing district must assign a mentor under subdivision 2, clause (3). The applicant 
11.4 	teacher and teacher mentor must meet at least weekly throughout the school year on 
11.5 	classroom and instructional issues.
11.6 		Subd. 5.Standard entrance license. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
11.7 	Board of Teaching must issue a standard entrance license to a training program licensee 
11.8 	who successfully completes the program under subdivision 2, successfully teaches in a 
11.9 	classroom for one complete school year, successfully passes the Praxis II principles  of 
11.10 	learning and teaching, receives a positive recommendation from the applicant's evaluation 
11.11 	team, and who applies to the Board of Teaching for such license.
11.12 		Subd. 6.Qualified teacher. A person with a valid eligibility license under 
11.13 	subdivision 5 is a qualified teacher under section 122A.16.

11.14 	Sec. 3. [122A.635] U TEACH PROGRAM.
11.15 		Subdivision 1.Scope and requirements. A grant program is established to 
11.16 	recruit, encourage, and provide courses for highly qualified undergraduate students 
11.17 	enrolled in mathematics or science departments that have an interest in entering the 
11.18 	teaching profession. Participating postsecondary institutions must use grant funds to 
11.19 	recruit students enrolled in mathematics or science departments and offer these students 
11.20 	courses in the college of education program. Postsecondary institutions may offer up to 
11.21 	six courses tuition-free to participating students.
11.22 		Subd. 2.Program approval. An interested Minnesota public or private 
11.23 	postsecondary institution must submit a proposal in the form and manner prescribed by 
11.24 	the commissioner to the Department of Education for approval. Applications must be 
11.25 	approved no later than October 1, 2008.

11.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.72, is amended by adding a subdivision 
11.27 	to read:
11.28 		Subd. 6.Teacher institute functions. A teacher institute shall perform functions 
11.29 	according to this subdivision. The teacher institute shall assist teachers in providing 
11.30 	advanced training during the summer months to licensed mathematics and science 
11.31 	teachers in the areas of content knowledge and effective instruction practices. The teacher 
11.32 	may be eligible for graduate-level credits upon successful completion of the institute. The 
11.33 	application process and criteria for admission to the teacher institute shall be established 
11.34 	by the commissioner of education.

12.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2008-2009 school year and 
12.2 	later.

12.3 	Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION.
 12.4 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
12.5 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
12.6 	designated.
12.7 		Subd. 2.Minnesota virtual education program. To develop and administer the 
12.8 	Minnesota virtual education program under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.17:

12.9		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2009
	
12.10 	The base appropriation for 2010 and later is $1,000,000.
12.11 		Subd. 3.Minnesota Teach. To develop and administer the Minnesota Teach 
12.12 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.245:

12.13		$
	250,000
	.....
	2009
	
12.14 	The fiscal year 2009 amount is for the department to develop the program.
12.15 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $1,750,000. Of this amount, 
12.16 	$250,000 is to administer the program.
12.17 		Subd. 4.U Teach program. To provide grant funds for the U Teach program 
12.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635:

12.19		$
	250,000
	.....
	2009
	
12.20 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $250,000.
12.21 		Subd. 5.Principal's leadership institute. For the principal's leadership institute 
12.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.74:

12.23		$
	400,000
	.....
	2009
	
12.24 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $400,000.
12.25 		Subd. 6.Mathematics and science teacher centers and institutes. For 
12.26 	mathematics and science teacher centers and institutes:

12.27		$
	2,700,000
	.....
	2009
	
12.28 	$250,000 is for the Department of Education to administer the program.
12.29 	The base appropriation for fiscal year 2010 and later is $2,700,000. Of this amount 
12.30 	$250,000 is for the Department of Education to administer the program.

13.1 	ARTICLE 3
13.2 	STATE AGENCIES

13.3 	Section 1. Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 7, section 4, is amended to read:
13.4 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
 13.5 		Subdivision 1. Department of Education. Unless otherwise indicated, the sums 
13.6 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of 
13.7 	Education for the fiscal years designated. 
13.8 		Subd. 2. Department. (a) For the Department of Education: 

13.9		$ 
	22,169,000
	..... 
	2008 
	
13.10
13.11		$ 
	22,653,000
21,761,000
	..... 
	2009 
	
13.12 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. 
13.13 	(b) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for GRAD test rulemaking. 
13.14 	(c) $7,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for rulemaking under section 3. 
13.15 	(d) $40,000 each year is for an early hearing loss intervention coordinator under 
13.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.63, subdivision 5. If the department expends federal 
13.17 	funds to employ a hearing loss coordinator under Minnesota Statutes, section 125.63, 
13.18 	subdivision 5, then the appropriation under this paragraph is reallocated for purposes of 
13.19 	employing a world languages coordinator. 
13.20 	(e) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. 
13.21 	(f) $41,000 each year is for the Minnesota Academy of Science. 
13.22 	(g) $619,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $632,000 $607,000 in fiscal year 2009 are 
13.23 	for the Board of Teaching. 
13.24 	(h) $163,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $171,000 $164,000 in fiscal year 2009 are 
13.25 	for the Board of School Administrators. 
13.26 	(i) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. 
13.27 	(j) The expenditures of federal grants and aids as shown in the biennial budget 
13.28 	document and its supplements are approved and appropriated and shall be spent as 
13.29 	indicated. 
13.30 	(k) None of the amounts appropriated under this subdivision may be used for 
13.31 	Minnesota's Washington, D.C., office.