1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing conditions for the continued implementation of 
1.3 	No Child Left Behind;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.095, 
1.4 	subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.095, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.No Child Left Behind review. (a) The legislature intends to require 
1.9 	the Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive review of the consolidated 
1.10 	state plan the state submitted to the federal Department of Education to implement the 
1.11 	No Child Left Behind Act. The Minnesota Department of Education shall seek waivers 
1.12 	under paragraph (b). If the Department of Education is unable to obtain waivers under 
1.13 	paragraph (b), it should recommend in its report under paragraph (b) whether the state 
1.14 	should opt out of the No Child Left Behind Act.
1.15 	(b) The commissioner, by January 15, 2007 2008, shall report to the house of 
1.16 	representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
1.17 	12 education policy and finance whether the department has received approval from 
1.18 	the federal Department of Education to:
1.19 	(1) allow the state to develop a plan for determining adequate yearly progress that 
1.20 	uses multiple measures of student achievement that include value-added measurement of 
1.21 	student achievement in addition to standardized test results to evaluate school and student 
1.22 	performance participate in the growth model pilot program;
2.1 	(2) exclude from sanctions a school that is classified as not having made adequate 
2.2 	yearly progress due solely to different subgroups testing below proficient levels for at 
2.3 	least two consecutive years;
2.4 	(3) allow the state to average three years of data for the purposes of identifying a 
2.5 	school for improvement;
2.6 	(4) allow the state to use No Child Left Behind Act money to provide supplemental 
2.7 	education services only in the academic subject area that causes a school to miss adequate 
2.8 	yearly progress;
2.9 	(5) exclude from sanctions schools that have not made adequate yearly progress due 
2.10 	solely to a subgroup of students with disabilities not testing at a proficient level;
2.11 	(6)(3) identify a school as not making adequate yearly progress only after the school 
2.12 	has missed the adequate yearly progress targets in the same subject and subgroup for two 
2.13 	consecutive years;
2.14 	(7) limit the score of a student within multiple subgroups to the smallest subgroup in 
2.15 	which that student is included when calculating adequate yearly progress;
2.16 	(8)(4) determine when to hold schools accountable for including a student with 
2.17 	limited English proficiency in adequate yearly progress calculations; and
2.18 	(9) use a fully computer-adaptive test for purposes of compliance with the No Child 
2.19 	Left Behind Act
2.20 	(5) allow a district not making adequate yearly progress to offer supplemental 
2.21 	educational services as an option before offering school choice;
2.22 	(6) allow a district not making adequate yearly progress to also be the supplemental 
2.23 	educational services provider; and
2.24 	(7) allow the state to increase subgroup size to 40 for the purposes of calculating 
2.25 	adequate yearly progress for subgroups of students with limited English proficiency and 
2.26 	subgroups of students with disabilities.