Minnesota Legislature
SF 1056
as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/17/2017 09:01am
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; encouraging school districts to notify high school
students of advanced placement and international baccalaureate program offerings
in science, technology, engineering, and math; authorizing grants; appropriating
money for advanced placement and international baccalaureate programming;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.132.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.132, is amended to read:
120B.132 RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED PLACEMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment; eligibility.
A program is established to raise kindergarten
through grade 12 academic achievement through increased student participation in
preadvanced placement, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate programs,
consistent with section 120B.13. Schools and charter schools eligible to participate under
this section:
(1) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to establish a new
international baccalaureate program leading to international baccalaureate authorization,
expand an existing program that leads to international baccalaureate authorization, or expand
an existing authorized international baccalaureate program; or
(2) must have a three-year plan approved by the local school board to create a new or
expand an existing program to implement the college board advanced placement courses
and exams or preadvanced placement initiative; and
(3) must propose to further raise students' academic achievement by:
(i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to advanced placement or
international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(ii) expanding the breadth of advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses
or programs that are available to students;
(iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in advanced
placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and succeed;
(iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access to
advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses and programs; or
(v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other
disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing advanced
placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and achieving satisfactory
scores on related exams.
Subd. 2.
Application and review process; funding priority.
(a) Charter schools and
school districts in which eligible schools under subdivision 1 are located may apply to the
commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner determines, for competitive funding
to further raise students' academic achievement. The application must detail the specific
efforts the applicant intends to undertake in further raising students' academic achievement,
consistent with subdivision 1, and a proposed budget detailing the district or charter school's
current and proposed expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced placement, and
international baccalaureate courses and programs. The proposed budget must demonstrate
that the applicant's efforts will support implementation of advanced placement, preadvanced
placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. Expenditures for
administration must not exceed five percent of the proposed budget. The commissioner may
require an applicant to provide additional information.
(b) When reviewing applications, the commissioner must determine whether the applicant
satisfied all the requirements in this subdivision and subdivision 1. The commissioner may
give funding priority to an otherwise qualified applicant that demonstrates:
(1) a focus on developing or expanding preadvanced placement, advanced placement,
or international baccalaureate courses or programs or increasing students' participation in,
access to, or success with the courses or programs, including the participation, access, or
success of low-income and other disadvantaged students;
(2) a compelling need for access to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or
international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(3) an effective ability to actively involve local business and community organizations
in student activities that are integral to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or
international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(4) access to additional public or nonpublic funds or in-kind contributions that are
available for preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate
courses or programs; deleted text begin or
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(5) an intent to implement activities that target low-income and other disadvantaged
studentsdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
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(6) an intent to increase the advanced placement and international baccalaureate course
offerings in science, technology, engineering, and math to low-income and other
disadvantaged students.
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Subd. 3.
Funding; permissible funding uses.
(a) The commissioner shall award grants
to applicant school districts and charter schools that meet the requirements of subdivisions
1 and 2. The commissioner must award grants on an equitable geographical basis to the
extent feasible and consistent with this section. Grant awards must not exceed the lesser of:
(1) $85 times the number of pupils enrolled at the participating sites on October 1 of the
previous fiscal yearnew text begin , with a maximum award of $150,000 per districtnew text end ; or
(2) the approved supplemental expenditures based on the budget submitted under
subdivision 2. For charter schools in their first year of operation, the maximum funding
award must be calculated using the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the current
fiscal year. The commissioner may adjust the maximum funding award computed using
prior year data for changes in enrollment attributable to school closings, school openings,
grade level reconfigurations, or school district reorganizations between the prior fiscal year
and the current fiscal year.
(b) School districts and charter schools that submit an application and receive funding
under this section must use the funding, consistent with the application, to:
(1) provide teacher training and instruction to more effectively serve students, including
low-income and other disadvantaged students, who participate in preadvanced placement,
advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(2) further develop preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or international
baccalaureate courses or programs;
(3) improve the transition between grade levels to better prepare students, including
low-income and other disadvantaged students, for succeeding in preadvanced placement,
advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(4) purchase books and supplies;
(5) pay course or program fees;
(6) increase students' participation in and success with preadvanced placement, advanced
placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programs;
(7) expand students' access to preadvanced placement, advanced placement, or
international baccalaureate courses or programs through online learning;
(8) hire appropriately licensed personnel to teach additional advanced placement or
international baccalaureate courses or programs; or
(9) engage in other deleted text begin activity directly relateddeleted text end new text begin activitiesnew text end to deleted text begin expandingdeleted text end new text begin expand low-income
or disadvantagednew text end students' access to, participation in, and success with preadvanced
placement, advanced placement, or international baccalaureate courses or programsdeleted text begin ,
includingdeleted text end new text begin . Other activities may include but are not limited to preparing and disseminating
promotional materials tonew text end low-income and other disadvantaged studentsnew text begin and their familiesnew text end .
Subd. 4.
new text begin Grants; new text end annual reports.
(a) Each school district and charter school that receives
a grant under this section annually must collect demographic and other student data to
demonstrate and measure the extent to which the district or charter school raised students'
academic achievement under this program and must report the data to the commissioner in
the form and manner the commissioner determines. The commissioner annually by February
15 must make summary data about this program available to the education policy and finance
committees of the legislature.
(b) Each school district and charter school that receives a grant under this section annually
must report to the commissioner, consistent with the Uniform Financial Accounting and
Reporting Standards, its actual expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced placement,
and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The report must demonstrate that
the school district or charter school has maintained its effort from other sources for advanced
placement, preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs
compared with the previous fiscal year, and the district or charter school has expended all
grant funds, consistent with its approved budget.
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(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a grant received under this section is
available for the full three years from the date granted if yearly benchmarks of the grant
application are met.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Department. new text end
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The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from
the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Examination fees; teacher training and support programs. new text end
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(a) For students'
advanced placement and international baccalaureate examination fees under Minnesota
Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and the training and related costs for teachers and
other interested educators under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1:
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(b) The advanced placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation each
year and the international baccalaureate program shall receive 25 percent of the appropriation
each year. The department, in consultation with representatives of the advanced placement
and international baccalaureate programs selected by the Advanced Placement Advisory
Council and IBMN, respectively, shall determine the amounts of the expenditures each year
for examination fees and training and support programs for each program.
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(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, at least $500,000
each year is for teachers to attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up
support workshops approved by the advanced placement or international baccalaureate
programs. The amount of the subsidy for each teacher attending an advanced placement or
international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop shall be the same. The
commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount of the subsidy.
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(d) The commissioner shall pay all examination fees for all students of low-income
families under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, subdivision 3, and to the extent of
available appropriations, shall also pay examination fees for students sitting for an advanced
placement examination, international baccalaureate examination, or both.
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Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
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Grants to increase science, technology, engineering, and math course
offerings.
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For grants to schools to encourage low-income and other underserved students
to participate in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:
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750,000 new text end |
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Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
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