Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 435-S.F.No. 2136 
           An act relating to education; changing the duration 
          and membership of the task force on education 
          organization; amending Laws 1988, chapter 718, article 
          6, section 23, subdivisions 1, 2, and 7. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Laws 1988, chapter 718, article 6, section 23, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHED.] There is established a task 
force on education organization that is composed of 24 28 
members.  It shall be an advisory task force to the legislative 
commission on public education. 
    Sec. 2.  Laws 1988, chapter 718, article 6, section 23, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] (a) The legislative commission on 
public education shall appoint 18 22 members who represent 
various sizes of school districts and geographical areas of the 
state.  Each member shall be a person who has knowledge of: 
    (1) the group selecting the person; 
    (2) the day-to-day operations of schools; and 
    (3) the items to be considered by the task force. 
    A person selected by a group is not required to be a member 
of the group. 
    By June 1, 1988, Each group shall submit to the chair of 
the legislative commission the names of two people and the 
commission shall select, at random, one name of the two people 
one person to serve as the designated representative on the task 
force.  Each of the following groups shall be represented on the 
task force: 
    (1) state board of education; 
    (2) state curriculum advisory committee; 
    (3) Minnesota school boards association; 
    (4) association of stable or growing school districts; 
    (5) association of metropolitan school districts; 
    (6) Minnesota rural education association; 
    (7) Minnesota community education association; 
    (8) Minnesota association of school administrators; 
    (9) Minnesota association of secondary vocational 
administrators; 
    (10) Minnesota administrators of special education; 
    (11) Minnesota association of secondary school principals; 
    (12) Minnesota elementary school principals' association; 
    (13) Minnesota education association; 
    (14) Minnesota federation of teachers; 
    (15) Minnesota congress of parents, teachers, and students; 
    (16) independent school district Nos. 11 and 625 and 
special school district No. 1; 
    (17) the business community; and 
    (18) associations representing nonpublic education; 
    (19) Spanish Speaking Affairs Council; 
    (20) Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans; 
    (21) Council on Black Minnesotans; and 
    (22) Indian Affairs Council. 
    (b) In addition, six members of the legislature shall be 
appointed to the task force.  The subcommittee on committees of 
the committee on rules and administration of the senate shall 
appoint three members of the senate.  The speaker of the house 
of representatives shall appoint three members of the house. 
    (c) The commissioner of education, or a designee, shall be 
an ex officio nonvoting member of the task force. 
    (d) The chair of the legislative commission shall convene 
the first meeting of the task force by July 1, 1988.  The task 
force members shall elect the chair of the task force. 
    Sec. 3.  Laws 1988, chapter 718, article 6, section 23, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [FINDINGS; TERMINATION.] The task force shall 
report its findings to the legislative commission by December 1, 
1988 February 1, 1991, and go out of existence June 30, 1991. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 1, 1990. 
    Presented to the governor April 12, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 16, 1990, 4:15 p.m.