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SF 3965

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/16/2024 09:20am

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to education finance; increasing and indexing English learner program
revenue; supporting innovative English learner programs; creating a statewide
English learner parent and community advisory council; encouraging local advisory
councils; establishing microcredentials for teachers and administrators of English
learners; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, sections 122A.14, by adding a subdivision; 122A.187, by adding
a subdivision; 122A.19, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, sections 122A.187, subdivision 3; 124D.65, subdivision 5; Laws
2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.14, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin English learner microcredential. new text end

new text begin The board may adopt rules establishing a
voluntary administrative microcredential for English learner and emerging multilingual
learner directors and coordinators.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 122A.187, subdivision 3, is amended
to read:


Subd. 3.

Professional growth.

(a) Applicants for license renewal for a Tier 3 or Tier 4
license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, who have been employed as
a teacher during the renewal period of the expiring license, as a condition of license renewal,
must present to their local continuing education and relicensure committee or other local
relicensure committee evidence of work that demonstrates professional reflection and growth
in best teaching practices, including among other things, cultural competence in accordance
with section 120B.30, subdivision 8deleted text begin , and practices in meeting the varied needs of English
learners, from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2adeleted text end . A
teacher may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by submitting the teacher's most
recent summative evaluation or improvement plan under section 122A.40, subdivision 8,
or 122A.41, subdivision 5.

(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must ensure that its teacher
relicensing requirements include paragraph (a).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for licenses renewed on or after the day
that the rules adopted under section 3 become effective.
 new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.187, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin English learners. new text end

new text begin The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers renewing a Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, or Tier
4 teaching license under sections 122A.181 to 122A.184, respectively, to include in their
renewal requirements further preparation in best practices in meeting the varied needs of
English learners, from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and
2a. The rules must:
 new text end

new text begin (1) require at least three hours of professional development training in content and
pedagogy associated with, at a minimum, the benefits of multilingualism and
multiculturalism;
 new text end

new text begin (2) establish qualifications for a person conducting the training; and
 new text end

new text begin (3) require that the training include culturally validating diversity, equity, and inclusion
training.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 122A.19, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Microcredentials. new text end

new text begin (a) The board must adopt rules establishing best practices
for teaching English learners in specific content areas. The board must adopt rules
establishing a voluntary microcredential in communication arts and literature, math, science,
and social studies for teachers holding a license in bilingual or bicultural education or English
as a second language. To earn a microcredential, a teacher must demonstrate mastery of the
best practices established in rule for teaching English learners in a specific content area.
 new text end

new text begin (b) The board must adopt rules to establish a voluntary microcredential in bilingual or
bicultural education or English as a second language for teachers holding a license in
communication arts and literature, math, science, or social studies. To earn the
microcredential, a teacher must demonstrate mastery of the best practices established in
rule for teaching English learners in the content area in which the teacher is licensed.
 new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 124D.65, subdivision 5, is amended
to read:


Subd. 5.

School district EL revenue.

(a) new text begin A school district's English learner revenue
equals the sum of its English learner programs revenue and its English learner enhanced
implementation revenue.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end For fiscal year 2024 through fiscal year 2026, a district's English learner programs
revenue equals the sum of:

(1) the product of (i) $1,228, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily
membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal
year; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(2) $436 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17deleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
and
new text end

new text begin (3) for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, English learner revenue for students with limited or
interrupted formal education equals the product of:
 new text end

new text begin (i) $1,228;
 new text end

new text begin (ii) the number of English learners with limited or interrupted formal education under
section 124D.59, subdivision 2a; and
 new text end

new text begin (iii) the ratio of the number of English learners with limited or interrupted formal
education for the previous year to the total number of English learners in the district for the
previous year.
 new text end

new text begin Revenue under this clause must be used to support the unique needs of students with limited
or interrupted formal education.
 new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin (c)new text end For fiscal year 2027 and later, a district's English learner programs revenue equals
the sum of:

(1) the product of (i) $1,775, and (ii) the greater of 20 or the adjusted average daily
membership of eligible English learners enrolled in the district during the current fiscal
year;

(2) $630 times the English learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17;
deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(3) the district's English learner cross subsidy aid. A district's English learner cross
subsidy aid under paragraph (c) equals 25 percent of the district's English learner cross
subsidy for fiscal year 2027 and laterdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (4) for fiscal year 2027 and later, English learner revenue for students with limited or
interrupted formal education equals the product of:
 new text end

new text begin (i) $1,775;
 new text end

new text begin (ii) the number of English learners with limited or interrupted formal education under
section 124D.59, subdivision 2a; and
 new text end

new text begin (iii) the ratio of the number of English learners with limited or interrupted formal
education for the previous year to the total number of English learners in the district for the
previous year.
 new text end

new text begin Revenue under this clause must be used to support the unique needs of students with limited
or interrupted formal education.
 new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text end new text begin (d)new text end A district's English learner cross subsidy aid equals the greater of zero or the
difference between the district's expenditures for qualifying English learner services for the
second previous year and the district's English learner revenue for the second previous year.

new text begin (e) For fiscal years 2025 and 2026, a school district's English learner enhanced
implementation revenue equals the revenue in paragraph (b), clause (1), times:
 new text end

new text begin (1) the ratio of the general education basic formula allowance for the current year to the
general education basic formula allowance for fiscal year 2024; minus
 new text end

new text begin (2) one.
 new text end

new text begin (f) For fiscal year 2027 and later, a school district's English learner enhanced
implementation revenue equals the revenue in paragraph (c), clause (1), times:
 new text end

new text begin (1) the ratio of the general education basic formula allowance for the current year to the
general education basic formula allowance for fiscal year 2026; minus
 new text end

new text begin (2) one.
 new text end

new text begin (g) English learner enhanced implementation revenue must be distributed and used as
follows:
 new text end

new text begin (1) ....... percent of the revenue must be retained by school districts and used for parental
and community involvement;
 new text end

new text begin (2) ....... percent of the revenue must be retained by school districts and used for
innovative English learner programming;
 new text end

new text begin (3) ....... percent of the revenue must be retained by the Department of Education to
provide for increased LEAPS Act-specific support and accountability for English learner
staff and programs;
 new text end

new text begin (4) ....... percent of the revenue must be retained by the Department of Education to
create and maintain a statewide English learner parent and community advisory council to
provide counsel and feedback to the Department of Education on English learner programs,
funding levels, and statewide administrative oversight of the English learner revenue program;
and
 new text end

new text begin (5) ....... percent of the revenue must be retained by the Department of Education for
community-based grants to support innovative programming for English learners.
 new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end A pupil ceases to generate state English learner aid in the school year following
the school year in which the pupil attains the state cutoff score on a commissioner-provided
assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2025 and later.
 new text end

Sec. 6.

Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 1, section 36, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

General education aid.

(a) For general education aid under Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.13, subdivision 4:

$
 8,093,493,000
 .....
 2024
$
 deleted text begin 8,229,982,000
 deleted text end new text begin .......
 new text end 		.....
 2025

(b) The 2024 appropriation includes $707,254,000 for 2023 and $7,386,239,000 for
2024.

(c) The 2025 appropriation includes $771,521,000 for 2024 and deleted text begin $7,458,461,000deleted text end new text begin $.......new text end
for 2025.

Sec. 7. new text begin APPROPRIATION; BOARD OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
RULEMAKING.
new text end

new text begin $30,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of School
Administrators to support the rulemaking process required under Minnesota Statutes, section
122A.14, subdivision 3a. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30,
2025.
 new text end

Sec. 8. new text begin APPROPRIATION; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND
STANDARDS BOARD RULEMAKING.
new text end

new text begin $100,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the Professional
Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support the rulemaking process required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.19, subdivision 7. This is a onetime appropriation and is
available until June 30, 2025.
 new text end