<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 140<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to education; restructuring Minnesota's teacher licensing system; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>establishing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; transferring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>all teacher licensing and support personnel licensing and credentialing authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>rulemaking; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>120B.363, subdivision 1; 122A.06; 122A.07; 122A.08; 122A.09, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>2, 3, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 9, 10; 122A.17; 122A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 7a, 7c, 8, by adding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>a subdivision; 122A.19; 122A.20; 122A.22; 122A.23, subdivision 3; 122A.245, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10; 122A.26, subdivision 2; 122A.28; 122A.29; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>122A.30; 124D.13, subdivision 11; 124D.454, subdivision 12; 124D.75, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivisions 1, 6; 125A.67, subdivision 2; 127A.05, subdivision 6; 136A.1791, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 1; 214.04, subdivisions 1, 3; 214.045; proposing coding for new law <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>122A.09, subdivisions 5, 8, 11; 122A.14, subdivision 5; 122A.162; 122A.163; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>122A.18, subdivisions 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 7b; 122A.21, subdivision 2; 122A.23,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.245, subdivisions 7, 8; 122A.25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>May 15, 2017<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 140 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 140 be further amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var><b>PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var><b>122A.06 DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> For the purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.09~~</statute_ref> 122A.093, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, unless another meaning
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>clearly indicated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Teacher.</b> "Teacher" means a classroom teacher or other similar professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>employee required to hold a license from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Board ~~of Teaching~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Board.</b> "Board" means the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Board ~~of Teaching~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction.</b> (a) "Comprehensive, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>scientifically based reading instruction" includes a program or collection of instructional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>practices that is based on valid, replicable evidence showing that when these programs
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>practices are used, students can be expected to achieve, at a minimum, satisfactory
         reading <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>progress. The program or collection of practices must include, at a minimum, effective,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>balanced instruction in all five areas of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>vocabulary development, and reading comprehension.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>Comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction also includes and integrates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>instructional strategies for continuously assessing, evaluating, and communicating
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>student's reading progress and needs in order to design and implement ongoing interventions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>so that students of all ages and proficiency levels can read and comprehend text,
         write, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>apply higher level thinking skills. For English learners developing literacy skills,
         districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>are encouraged to use strategies that teach reading and writing in the students' native
         language <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>and English at the same time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) "Fluency" is the ability of students to read text with speed, accuracy, and proper
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>expression.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) "Phonemic awareness" is the ability of students to notice, think about, and manipulate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>individual sounds in spoken syllables and words.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) "Phonics" is the understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>between written letters and spoken words. Phonics instruction is a way of teaching
         reading <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>that stresses learning how letters correspond to sounds and how to apply this knowledge
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>reading and spelling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) "Reading comprehension" is an active process that requires intentional thinking
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>during which meaning is constructed through interactions between text and reader.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>Comprehension skills are taught explicitly by demonstrating, explaining, modeling,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>implementing specific cognitive strategies to help beginning readers derive meaning
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>intentional, problem-solving thinking processes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) "Vocabulary development" is the process of teaching vocabulary both directly and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>indirectly, with repetition and multiple exposures to vocabulary items. Learning in
         rich <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>contexts, incidental learning, and use of computer technology enhance the acquiring
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>vocabulary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(g) Nothing in this subdivision limits the authority of a school district to select
         a school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>reading program or curriculum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Field.</b> A "field" or "subject area" means the content area in which a teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>may become licensed to teach.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Shortage area.</b> "Shortage area" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(1) licensure fields and economic development regions reported by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>of education or the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as experiencing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>a teacher shortage; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>(2) economic development regions where there is a shortage of licensed teachers who
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students in the region.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Teacher preparation program.</b> "Teacher preparation program" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>purpose of preparing individuals for a specific teacher licensure field in Minnesota.
         Teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>preparation programs include traditional programs delivered by postsecondary institutions,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>alternative teacher preparation programs, and nonconventional teacher preparation
         programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Teacher preparation program provider.</b> "Teacher preparation program <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>provider" or "unit" means an entity that has primary responsibility for overseeing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>delivering a teacher preparation program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.07, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var><b>122A.07 </b>~~<b>BOARD OF TEACHING</b>~~<b> PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var><b>AND STANDARDS BOARD</b><b> MEMBERSHIP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Appointment of members.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ consists of 11 members appointed by the governor, with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>advice and consent of the senate. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>of members, the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>are as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>214.07</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>214.09</statute_ref>. No member may be reappointed for more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>one additional term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility; board composition.</b> ~~Except for the representatives of higher~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>~~education and the public, to be eligible for appointment to the Board of Teaching~~
         ~~a person~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>~~must be a teacher currently teaching in a Minnesota school and fully licensed for~~
         ~~the position~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>~~held and have at least five years teaching experience in Minnesota, including the~~
         ~~two years~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>~~immediately preceding nomination and appointment.~~ Each nominee, other than a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>nominee, must be selected on the basis of professional experience and knowledge of
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>education, accreditation, and licensure. The board must be composed of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(1) six teachers who are currently teaching in a Minnesota school or who were teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>at the time of the appointment ~~and who do not qualify under clause (2) or (3), at least four~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>~~of whom must be teaching in a public school;~~, have at least five years of teaching experience, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>and were not serving in an administrative function at a school district or school
         when <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>appointed. The six teachers must include the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(i) one teacher in a charter school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>(ii) one teacher from the seven-county metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>subdivision 2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>(iii) one teacher from outside the seven-county metropolitan area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(iv) one teacher from a related service category licensed by the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>(v) one special education teacher; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(vi) one teacher from a teacher preparation program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(2) ~~one higher education representative, who must be a faculty member preparing teachers~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>one superintendent that alternates each term between a superintendent from the seven-county
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, and a superintendent
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>outside the metropolitan area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>(3) one school ~~administrator~~ district human resources director; ~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(4) ~~three members of the public, two of whom must be present or former members of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>~~school boards~~ one administrator of a cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>2, who oversees a special education program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(5) one principal that alternates each term between an elementary and a secondary
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>principal; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(6) one member of the public that may be a current or former school board member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>First appointments.</b> (a) The governor shall nominate all members to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The terms of the initial board
         members <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>must be as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>(1) two members must be appointed for terms that expire January 1, 2019;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>(2) three members must be appointed for terms that expire January 1, 2020;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>(3) three members must be appointed for terms that expire January 1, 2021; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(4) three members must be appointed for terms that expire January 1, 2022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(b) Members of the Board of Teaching as of January 1, 2017, are ineligible for first
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>appointments to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for four years
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>from the effective date of this section, except that two members of the Board of Teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>as of January 1, 2017, are eligible for appointment under paragraph (a), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Vacant position.</b> With the exception of a teacher who retires from teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>during the course of completing a board term, the position of a member who leaves
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>or whose employment status changes to a category different from that from which appointed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>is deemed vacant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. ~~<b>Administration,</b>~~<b> Terms, compensation; removal; vacancies.</b> The ~~provision~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>~~of staff, administrative services and office space; the~~ review and processing of complaints; <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>the setting of fees; the selection and duties of an executive ~~secretary~~ director to serve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>board; and other provisions relating to board operations not provided in this chapter are as <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>provided in chapter 214. Membership terms, except as provided in subdivision 2a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership vacancies,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>fiscal year and reporting requirements are as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>214.07</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>214.09</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4a. <b>Administration.</b> (a) The executive director of the board shall be the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>administrative officer for the board but shall not be a member of the board. The executive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>director shall maintain the records of the board, account for all fees received by
         the board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>supervise and direct employees servicing the board, and perform other services as
         directed <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>(b) The Department of Administration must provide administrative support in accordance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>with section 16B.371. The commissioner of administration must assess the board for
         services <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>it provides under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(c) The Department of Education must provide suitable offices and other space to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>board at reasonable cost until January 1, 2020. Thereafter, the board may contract
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>either the Department of Education or the Department of Administration for the provision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>of suitable offices and other space, joint conference and hearing facilities, and
         examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>rooms.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>District reimbursement for costs of substitute teachers.</b> The Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board may reimburse local school districts for the costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>of substitute teachers employed when regular teachers are providing professional assistance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>to the state by serving on the board or on a committee or task force appointed by
         the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>and charged to make recommendations concerning standards for teacher licensure in
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective September 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var><b>122A.08 MEETINGS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Meetings.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>~~Teaching~~ must meet regularly at the times and places as the board determines. Meetings <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>must be called by the chair or at the written request of any eight members.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Executive </b>~~<b>secretary</b>~~<b> director</b><b>.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must have an executive ~~secretary~~ director who is in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>unclassified civil service and who is not a member of the board. The executive director must <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>fulfill the duties provided in section 122A.09, subdivision 6. The board must review
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>performance of the executive director and set the salary of the executive director,
         not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>exceed the limit for a position listed in section 15A.0815, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Code of ethics.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>Board ~~of Teaching~~ must develop by rule a code of ethics covering standards of professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>teaching practices, including areas of ethical conduct and professional performance
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>methods of enforcement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Advise members of profession.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>Standards Board must act in an advisory capacity to members of the profession in matters <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>of interpretation of the code of ethics.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Election of chair and officers.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>Standards Board shall elect a chair and such other officers as it may deem necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. ~~<b>License and rules</b>~~<b> Licensing</b><b>.</b> ~~(a)~~ The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>Standards Board must ~~adopt rules to license public school teachers and interns subject to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>~~chapter 14.~~ license teachers, as defined in section 122A.15, subdivision 1, except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>supervisory personnel, as defined in section 122A.15, subdivision 2. The board must
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>delegate its authority to make all licensing decisions with respect to candidates
         for teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>licensure. The board must evaluate candidates for compliance with statutory or rule
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>requirements for licensure and develop licensure verification requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>~~(b) The board must require all candidates for teacher licensure to demonstrate a passing~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>~~score on a board-adopted skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics,~~
         ~~as a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>~~requirement for an initial professional five-year teaching license, except that the~~
         ~~board may~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>~~issue up to four initial professional one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>~~candidate who has not yet passed the board-adopted skills exam. The board must require~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>~~colleges and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation program to~~
         ~~provide~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>~~remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score on the board-adopted~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>~~skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language. The requirement~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>~~to pass a board-adopted reading, writing, and mathematics skills examination does~~
         ~~not apply~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>~~to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified Minnesota school district~~
         ~~personnel~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>~~or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting the content and pedagogy~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>~~requirements under this subdivision, apply for a teaching license to provide direct~~
         ~~instruction~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>~~in their native language or world language instruction under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~120B.022, subdivision~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>~~1~~
         </statute_ref>~~. The Board of Teaching and the entity administering the content, pedagogy, and skills~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>~~examinations must allow any individual who produces documentation of a disability~~
         ~~in the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>~~form of an evaluation, 504 plan, or individual education program (IEP) to receive~~
         ~~the same~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>~~testing accommodations on the content, pedagogy, and skills examinations that the~~
         ~~applicant~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>~~received during their secondary or postsecondary education.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>~~(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>~~upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>~~graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>~~person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>~~dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person~~
         ~~or the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>~~person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>~~chapter 14.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>~~(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>~~education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that~~
         ~~focuses~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>~~on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. Among other components, teacher~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>~~preparation programs may use the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities program~~
         ~~model~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>~~to provide a school-year-long student teaching program that combines clinical opportunities~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>~~with academic coursework and in-depth student teaching experiences to offer students~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>~~ongoing mentorship, coaching, and assessment, help to prepare a professional development~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>~~plan, and structured learning experiences. The board shall implement new systems of~~
         ~~teacher~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>~~preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based on proficiency~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>~~graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher preparation programs~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>~~including alternative teacher preparation programs under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.245~~</statute_ref>~~, among other~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>~~programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved, performance-based assessment~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>~~that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning for instruction and assessment;~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>~~engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing student learning. The board's~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>~~redesign rules must include creating flexible, specialized teaching licenses, credentials,~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>~~other endorsement forms to increase students' participation in language immersion~~
         ~~programs,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>~~world language instruction, career development opportunities, work-based learning,~~
         ~~early~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>~~college courses and careers, career and technical programs, Montessori schools, and~~
         ~~project~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>~~and place-based learning, among other career and college ready learning offerings.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>~~(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for professional five-year teaching~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>~~licenses to pass an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>~~licensure-specific teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001.~~
         ~~The~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>~~rules under this paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>~~prekindergarten or elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>~~licensure-specific teaching skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge,~~
         ~~skill, and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>~~ability in comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.06~~</statute_ref>~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>~~subdivision 4, and their knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>~~development, the development of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>~~instruction, and their ability to integrate that knowledge and understanding.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>~~(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>~~elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>~~periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>~~(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for professional five-year~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>~~teaching licenses based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned~~
         ~~with the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>~~board's licensing system and students' diverse learning needs. All teacher candidates~~
         ~~must~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>~~have preparation in English language development and content instruction for English~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>~~learners in order to be able to effectively instruct the English learners in their~~
         ~~classrooms.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>~~The board must include these licenses in a statewide differentiated licensing system~~
         ~~that~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>~~creates new leadership roles for successful experienced teachers premised on a collaborative~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>~~professional culture dedicated to meeting students' diverse learning needs in the~~
         ~~21st century,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>~~recognizes the importance of cultural and linguistic competencies, including the ability~~
         ~~to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>~~teach and communicate in culturally competent and aware ways, and formalizes mentoring~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>~~and induction for newly licensed teachers provided through a teacher support framework.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>~~(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>~~candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>~~necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>~~(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established by~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>~~the board for the renewal of teaching licenses. The board must require a licensed~~
         ~~teacher~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>~~who is renewing a professional five-year teaching license to include in the renewal~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>~~requirements further preparation in English language development and specially designed~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>~~content instruction in English for English learners.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>~~(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>~~established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.20~~</statute_ref> ~~and~~ <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>~~214.10~~
         </statute_ref>~~. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>~~(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing~~
         ~~their~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>~~professional five-year teaching licenses to include in their renewal requirements~~
         ~~further~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>~~preparation in the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>~~modifying, and adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet~~
         ~~the needs~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>~~of individual students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation~~
         ~~rule.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>~~(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related~~
         ~~services~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>~~for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or registration~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>~~requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who license~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>~~personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>~~(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing~~
         ~~their~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>~~professional five-year teaching licenses to include in their renewal requirements~~
         ~~further~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>~~reading preparation, consistent with section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.06, subdivision 4~~</statute_ref>~~. The rules do not take~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>~~effect until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>~~including, at least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social~~
         ~~workers,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>~~audiovisual directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this~~
         ~~section.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>~~(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing~~
         ~~their~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>~~professional five-year teaching licenses to include in their renewal requirements~~
         ~~at least~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>~~one hour of suicide prevention best practices in each licensure renewal period that~~
         ~~are based~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>~~on nationally recognized evidence-based programs and practices, among the continuing~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>~~education credits required to renew a license under this paragraph, and further preparation,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>~~first, in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>~~adolescents and then, during subsequent licensure renewal periods, preparation may~~
         ~~include~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>~~providing a more in-depth understanding of students' mental illness trauma, accommodations~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>~~for students' mental illness, parents' role in addressing students' mental illness,~~
         ~~Fetal Alcohol~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>~~Spectrum Disorders, autism, the requirements of section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~125A.0942~~ </statute_ref>~~governing restrictive~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>~~procedures, and de-escalation methods, among other similar topics.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>~~(o) The board must adopt rules by January 1, 2016, to license applicants under sections~~
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>~~122A.23~~
         </statute_ref> ~~and~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.245~~</statute_ref>~~. The rules must permit applicants to demonstrate their qualifications~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>~~through the board's recognition of a teaching license from another state in a similar~~
         ~~content~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>~~field, completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program, teaching experience~~
         ~~as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>~~the teacher of record in a similar licensure field, depth of content knowledge, depth~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>~~content methods or general pedagogy, subject-specific professional development and~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>~~contribution to the field, or classroom performance as determined by documented student~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>~~growth on normed assessments or documented effectiveness on evaluations. The rules~~
         ~~must~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>~~adopt criteria for determining a "similar content field" and "similar licensure area."~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4a. ~~<b>Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data; report</b>~~<b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var><b>Reports</b><b>.</b> ~~(a) The Board of Teaching and the Board of School Administrators, in cooperation~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>~~with the Minnesota Association of Colleges of Teacher Education and Minnesota colleges~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>~~and universities offering board-adopted teacher or administrator preparation programs,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>~~annually must collect and report summary data on teacher and administrator preparation~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>~~and performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision. The Board of Teaching~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>~~the Board of School Administrators annually by June 1 must update and post the reported~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>~~summary preparation and performance data on teachers and administrators from the preceding~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>~~school years on a Web site hosted jointly by the boards.~~ The Professional Educator Licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>and Standards Board must provide reports in accordance with section 122A.091.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>~~(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>~~student entrance requirements for each Board of Teaching-approved program, including~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>~~grade point average for enrolling students in the preceding year; the average board-adopted~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>~~skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students entering the program in the preceding~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>~~year; summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas~~
         ~~of faculty~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>~~undergraduate and graduate degrees and their years of experience either as kindergarten~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>~~through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators; the average time resident~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>~~and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the program;~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>~~the current number and percent of students by program who graduated, received a standard~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>~~Minnesota teaching license, and were hired to teach full time in their licensure field~~
         ~~in a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>~~Minnesota district or school in the preceding year; the number of content area credits~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>~~other credits by undergraduate program that students in the preceding school year~~
         ~~needed~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>~~to complete to graduate; students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required~~
         ~~for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>~~graduation in each program and licensure area in the preceding school year; survey~~
         ~~results~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>~~measuring student and graduate satisfaction with the program in the preceding school~~
         ~~year;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>~~a standard measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers~~
         ~~with the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>~~student teachers assigned to a school or supervising teacher; and information under~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>~~paragraphs (d) and (e). Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 11.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>~~(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved~~
         ~~by~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>~~the Board of School Administrators must include: summary data on faculty qualifications,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>~~including at least the content areas of faculty undergraduate and graduate degrees~~
         ~~and their~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>~~years of experience either as kindergarten through grade 12 classroom teachers or~~
         ~~school~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>~~administrators; the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to~~
         ~~complete~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>~~the program; the current number and percent of students who graduated, received a~~
         ~~standard~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>~~Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>~~school district or school in the preceding year; the number of credits by graduate~~
         ~~program~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>~~that students in the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate; survey~~
         ~~results~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>~~measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the program in the preceding~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>~~school year; and information under paragraphs (f) and (g). Program reporting must~~
         ~~be~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>~~consistent with section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.14, subdivision 10~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>~~(d) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching the~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>~~following information for all teachers who finished the probationary period and accepted~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>~~a continuing contract position with the district from September 1 of the previous~~
         ~~year through~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>~~August 31 of the current year: the effectiveness category or rating of the teacher~~
         ~~on the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>~~summative evaluation under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.40, subdivision 8~~</statute_ref>~~, or~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.41~~</statute_ref>~~, subdivision 5;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>~~the licensure area in which the teacher primarily taught during the three-year evaluation~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>~~cycle; and the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's~~
         ~~primary~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>~~areas of instruction and licensure.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>~~(e) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of Teaching the~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>~~following information for all probationary teachers in the district who were released~~
         ~~or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>~~whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous year through August~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>~~31 of the current year: the licensure areas in which the probationary teacher taught;~~
         ~~and the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>~~teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary areas of~~
         ~~instruction~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>~~and licensure.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>~~(f) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>~~Administrators the following information for all school principals and assistant principals~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>~~who finished the probationary period and accepted a continuing contract position with~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>~~district from September 1 of the previous year through August 31 of the current year:~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>~~effectiveness category or rating of the principal or assistant principal on the summative~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>~~evaluation under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~123B.147, subdivision 3~~</statute_ref>~~; and the principal preparation program~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>~~providing instruction to the principal or assistant principal.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>~~(g) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>~~Administrators all probationary school principals and assistant principals in the~~
         ~~district who~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>~~were released or whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous~~
         ~~year~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>~~through August 31 of the current year.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Register of persons licensed.</b> The executive ~~secretary~~ director of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching shall~~ must keep a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>of the proceedings of and a register of all persons licensed pursuant to the provisions
         of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>chapter. The register must show the name, address, license number and the renewal
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>license. The board must on July 1, of each year or as soon thereafter as is practicable,
         compile <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>a list of such duly licensed teachers ~~and transmit a copy of the list to the board~~. A copy of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>the register must be available during business hours at the office of the board to
         any interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. ~~<b>Commissioner's assistance;</b>~~<b> Professional Educator Licensing and Standards</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var><b>Board money.</b> ~~The commissioner shall provide all necessary materials and assistance for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>~~the transaction of the business of the Board of Teaching and~~ All moneys received by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ shall be paid into the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>state treasury as provided by law. The expenses of administering sections 120B.363, 
         <statute_ref>122A.01</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>122A.05
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>122A.09</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.16</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.17</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.18</statute_ref>, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>122A.184, 122A.185, 122A.186, 122A.187, 122A.188, 
         <statute_ref>122A.20</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.21</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.22</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>122A.23
         </statute_ref>, 122A.2451, 
         <statute_ref>122A.26</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.30</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.40</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.41</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.42</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.45</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.49</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>122A.54
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.55</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.56</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.57</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>122A.58</statute_ref> which are incurred by the Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ shall be paid for from appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>made to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards </b><b>Board </b>~~<b>may</b>~~<b> must</b><b> adopt </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var><b>rules.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching may~~ must <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>adopt rules subject to the provisions of chapter 14 to implement sections 120B.363, 
         <statute_ref>122A.05</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>to 
         <statute_ref>122A.09</statute_ref>, 122A.092, 
         <statute_ref>122A.16</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.17</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.18</statute_ref>, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>122A.184, 122A.185, 122A.186, 122A.187, 122A.188, 
         <statute_ref>122A.20</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.21</statute_ref>, ~~and~~ 
         <statute_ref>122A.23</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>122A.26, 122A.28, and 122A.29.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>(b) The board must adopt rules relating to fields of licensure, including a process
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>granting permission to a licensed teacher to teach in a field that is different from
         the teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>field of licensure without change to the teacher's license tier level.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>(c) The board must adopt rules relating to the grade levels that a licensed teacher
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>teach.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>(d) If a rule adopted by the board is in conflict with a session law or statute, the
         law or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>statute prevails. Terms adopted in rule must be clearly defined and must not be construed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>to conflict with terms adopted in statute or session law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>(e) The board must include a description of a proposed rule's probable effect on teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>supply and demand in the board's statement of need and reasonableness under section
         14.131.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>(f) The board must adopt rules only under the specific statutory authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Permissions.</b> (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 9 and sections 
         <statute_ref>14.055</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>14.056
         </statute_ref>, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ may grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>waivers to its rules upon application by a school district or a charter school for
         purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>implementing experimental programs in learning or management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>(b) To enable a school district or a charter school to meet the needs of students
         enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>in an alternative education program and to enable licensed teachers instructing those
         students <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>to satisfy content area licensure requirements, the Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ annually may permit a licensed teacher teaching in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>alternative education program to instruct students in a content area for which the
         teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>not licensed, consistent with paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>(c) A special education license permission issued by the Professional Educator Licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ for a primary employer's low-incidence region is valid <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>in all low-incidence regions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>(d) ~~The Board of Teaching may issue a one-year professional license under paragraph~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>~~(a), which the board may renew two times, to allow a person holding a full credential~~
         ~~from~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>~~the American Montessori Society, a diploma from Association Montessori Internationale,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>~~or a certificate of completion from a program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>~~Council for Teacher Education to teach in a Montessori program operated by a school~~
         ~~district~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>~~or charter school.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>~~(e) The Board of Teaching may grant a one-year waiver, renewable two times, to allow~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>~~individuals who hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary institution,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>~~demonstrate occupational competency based on at least three years of full-time work~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>~~experience in business or industry, and enroll and make satisfactory progress in an~~
         ~~alternative~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>~~preparation program leading to certification as a career and technical education instructor~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>~~to teach career and technical education courses offered by a school district or charter~~
         ~~school.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>A candidate that has obtained career and technical education certification may apply
         for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>Tier 1 license under section 122A.181. Consistent with ~~this paragraph and~~ section 
         <statute_ref>136F.361</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must strongly <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>encourage approved college or university-based teacher preparation programs ~~and institutions~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>throughout Minnesota to develop alternative pathways for certifying and licensing
         high <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>school career and technical education instructors and teachers, allowing such candidates
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>meet certification and licensure standards that demonstrate their content knowledge,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>classroom experience, and pedagogical practices and their qualifications based on
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>combination of occupational testing, professional certification or licensure, and
         long-standing <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>work experience.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>[122A.091] REPORTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Teacher and administrator preparation and performance data; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><b>report.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>School Administrators, in cooperation with board-adopted teacher or administrator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>preparation programs, annually must collect and report summary data on teacher and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>administrator preparation and performance outcomes, consistent with this subdivision.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Board of School Administrators
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>annually by June 1 must update and post the reported summary preparation and performance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>data on teachers and administrators from the preceding school years on a Web site
         hosted <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>jointly by the boards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>(b) Publicly reported summary data on teacher preparation programs must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>(1) student entrance requirements for each Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>Board-approved program, including grade point average for enrolling students in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>preceding year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>(2) the average board-adopted skills examination or ACT or SAT scores of students
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>entering the program in the preceding year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>(3) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of
         faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>undergraduate and graduate degrees and their years of experience either as kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>(4) the average time resident and nonresident program graduates in the preceding year
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>needed to complete the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>(5) the current number and percentage of students by program who graduated, received
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>a standard Minnesota teaching license, and were hired to teach full time in their
         licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>field in a Minnesota district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race,
         except <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>when disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal
         personally <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>identifiable information about an individual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>(6) the number of content area credits and other credits by undergraduate program
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>students in the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>(7) students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for graduation
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>each program and licensure area in the preceding school year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>(8) survey results measuring student and graduate satisfaction with the program in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation would not
         yield <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable information
         about an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>individual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>(9) a standard measure of the satisfaction of school principals or supervising teachers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>with the student teachers assigned to a school or supervising teacher; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>(10) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) and (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>Program reporting must be consistent with subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>(c) Publicly reported summary data on administrator preparation programs approved
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>the Board of School Administrators must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(1) summary data on faculty qualifications, including at least the content areas of
         faculty <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>undergraduate and graduate degrees and the years of experience either as kindergarten
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>through grade 12 classroom teachers or school administrators;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>(2) the average time program graduates in the preceding year needed to complete the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>(3) the current number and percentage of students who graduated, received a standard
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>Minnesota administrator license, and were employed as an administrator in a Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>school district or school in the preceding year disaggregated by race, except when
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>disaggregation would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>identifiable information about an individual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>(4) the number of credits by graduate program that students in the preceding school
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>needed to complete to graduate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>(5) survey results measuring student, graduate, and employer satisfaction with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>program in the preceding school year disaggregated by race, except when disaggregation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>would not yield statistically reliable results or would reveal personally identifiable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>information about an individual; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>(6) information under subdivision 3, paragraphs (c) and (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>Program reporting must be consistent with section 122A.14, subdivision 10.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Teacher preparation program reporting.</b> (a) By December 31, 2018, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>annually thereafter, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>and publish on its Web site the cumulative summary results of at least three consecutive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>years of data reported to the board under subdivision 1, paragraph (b). Where the
         data are <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>sufficient to yield statistically reliable information and the results would not reveal
         personally <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>identifiable information about an individual teacher, the board shall report the data
         by teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>preparation program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must report annually to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>over kindergarten through grade 12 education, the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>(1) the total number of teacher candidates during the most recent school year taking
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>board-adopted skills examination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(2) the number who achieve a qualifying score on the examination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(3) the number who do not achieve a qualifying score on the examination; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(4) the candidates who have not passed a content or pedagogy exam.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>The information reported under this paragraph must be disaggregated by categories
         of race, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>ethnicity, and eligibility for financial aid. The report must be submitted in accordance
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>section 3.195.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School district reports.</b> (a) School districts annually by October 1 must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board the following information
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>all teachers who finished the probationary period and accepted a continuing contract
         position <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>with the district from September 1 of the previous year through August 31 of the current
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>(1) the effectiveness category or rating of the teacher on the summative evaluation
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>(2) the licensure area in which the teacher primarily taught during the three-year
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>evaluation cycle; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>(3) the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary
         areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>of instruction and licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>(b) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Professional Educator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>Licensing and Standards Board the following information for all probationary teachers
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>the district who were released or whose contracts were not renewed from September
         1 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>the previous year through August 31 of the current year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>(1) the licensure areas in which the probationary teacher taught; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>(2) the teacher preparation program preparing the teacher in the teacher's primary
         areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>of instruction and licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>(c) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>Administrators the following information for all school principals and assistant principals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>who finished the probationary period and accepted a continuing contract position with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>district from September 1 of the previous year through August 31 of the current year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>(1) the effectiveness category or rating of the principal or assistant principal on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>summative evaluation under section 123B.147, subdivision 3; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>(2) the principal preparation program providing instruction to the principal or assistant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>principal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>(d) School districts annually by October 1 must report to the Board of School <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Administrators all probationary school principals and assistant principals in the
         district who <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>were released or whose contracts were not renewed from September 1 of the previous
         year <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>through August 31 of the current year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>State reports.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>prepare reports in accordance with section 214.07.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Survey of districts.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>Board must survey the state's school districts and teacher preparation programs and
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>to the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 2019, and each odd-numbered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>year thereafter, on the status of teacher early retirement patterns, the access to
         effective and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>more diverse teachers who reflect the students under section 120B.35, subdivision
         3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>paragraph (b), clause (2), enrolled in a district or school, the teacher shortage,
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>substitute teacher shortage, including patterns and shortages in licensure field areas
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>economic development regions of the state.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(b) The report must also include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>(1) aggregate data on teachers' self-reported race and ethnicity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(2) data on how districts are making progress in hiring teachers and substitute teachers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>in the areas of shortage; and<br />
         		 <a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>(3) a five-year projection of teacher demand for each district, taking into account
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), expected
         to enroll <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>in the district during that five-year period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Implementation report.</b> By January 1, 2019, the Professional Educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>Licensing and Standards Board must prepare a report to the legislature on the implementation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>of the teacher licensure system established under sections 122A.18 to 122A.184. The
         report <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>must include the number of applicants for licensure in each tier, the number of applications
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>granted and denied, summary data on the reasons applications were denied, and the
         status <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>of the board's rulemaking process for all licensure related rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. <b>[122A.092] TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>programs, including alternative teacher preparation programs under section 122A.2451,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>nonconventional programs, and Montessori teacher training programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Requirements for board approval.</b> Teacher preparation programs must <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>demonstrate the following to obtain board approval:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>(1) the program has implemented a research-based, results-oriented curriculum that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>(2) the program provides a student teaching program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>(3) the program demonstrates effectiveness based on proficiency of graduates in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>demonstrating attainment of program outcomes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>(4) the program includes a common core of teaching knowledge and skills. This common
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>core shall meet the standards developed by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>Support Consortium in its 1992 model standards for beginning teacher licensing and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>development. Amendments to standards adopted under this clause are subject to chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>14. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall report annually
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>education committees of the legislature on the performance of teacher candidates on
         common <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>core assessments of knowledge and skills under this clause during the most recent
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(5) the program includes instruction on the knowledge and skills needed to provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>appropriate instruction to English learners to support and accelerate their academic
         literacy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>including oral academic language and achievement in content areas in a regular classroom
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>setting; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>(6) the program includes culturally competent training in instructional strategies
         consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q).<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Specialized credentials.</b> The board must adopt rules creating flexible, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>specialized teaching licenses, credentials, and other endorsement forms to increase
         students' <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>participation in language immersion programs, world language instruction, career <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>development opportunities, work-based learning, early college courses and careers,
         career <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>and technical programs, Montessori schools, and project- and place-based learning,
         among <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>other career and college readiness learning offerings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Teacher educators.</b> The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>to work directly with elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>schools to obtain periodic exposure to the elementary and secondary teaching environments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Reading strategies.</b> (a) All colleges and universities approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons for classroom
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs research-based
         best <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>practices in reading, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4, that enables
         the licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>candidate to teach reading in the candidate's content areas. Teacher candidates must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>instructed in using students' native languages as a resource in creating effective
         differentiated <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>instructional strategies for English learners developing literacy skills. These colleges
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>universities also must prepare early childhood and elementary teacher candidates for
         Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>3 and Tier 4 teaching licenses under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively,
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>portion of the examination under section 122A.185, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), covering
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>assessment of reading instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>must require instruction in applying comprehensive, scientifically based, and balanced
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>reading instruction programs that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4, so that all students achieve continuous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>progress in reading; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels to become proficient readers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a
         school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>reading program or curriculum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Technology strategies.</b> All colleges and universities approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons for classroom
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs the knowledge
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>skills teacher candidates need to engage students with technology and deliver digital
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>blended learning and curriculum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Student teaching program.</b> A teacher preparation program may provide a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>year-long student teaching program that combines clinical opportunities with academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>coursework and in-depth student teaching experiences to offer students:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>(1) ongoing mentorship;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>(2) coaching;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(3) assessment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>(4) help to prepare a professional development plan; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>(5) structured learning experiences.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Existing programs.</b> The approval of teacher preparation programs approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>by the Board of Teaching before the effective date of this section must remain in
         effect <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>unless and until the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board denies approval
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>or reapproves the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. <b>[122A.093] FRAUD; GROSS MISDEMEANOR.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>A person who claims to be a licensed teacher without a valid existing license issued
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>the board or any person who employs fraud or deception in applying for or securing
         a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.22, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var><b>122A.22 DISTRICT VERIFICATION OF TEACHER LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>No person shall be accounted a qualified teacher until the school district or charter
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>contracting with the person for teaching services verifies through the Minnesota education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>licensing system available on the ~~department~~ Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>Board Web site that the person is a qualified teacher, consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>122A.16</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>122A.44, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.05, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Survey of districts.</b> The commissioner of education shall survey the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>school districts and teacher preparation programs and report to the education committees
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>of the legislature by February 1 of each odd-numbered year until 2018 on the status of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>teacher early retirement patterns, the access to effective and more diverse teachers
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>reflect the students under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2), enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>in a district or school, the teacher shortage, and the substitute teacher shortage,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>patterns and shortages in subject areas and the economic development regions of the
         state. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>The report must also include: aggregate data on teachers' self-reported race and ethnicity;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>data on how districts are making progress in hiring teachers and substitutes in the
         areas of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>shortage; and a five-year projection of teacher demand for each district, taking into
         account <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>the students under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.35, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), clause (2), expected to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>enroll in the district during that five-year period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 214.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Services provided.</b>  The commissioner ~~of education with respect to the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>~~Board of Teaching; the commissioner~~ of public safety with respect to the Board of Private <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>Detective and Protective Agent Services; the Board of Peace Officer Standards and
         Training; <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>and the commissioner of revenue with respect to the Board of Assessors, shall provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>suitable offices and other space, joint conference and hearing facilities, examination
         rooms, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>and the following administrative support services: purchasing service, accounting
         service, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>advisory personnel services, consulting services relating to evaluation procedures
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>techniques, data processing, duplicating, mailing services, automated printing of
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>renewals, and such other similar services of a housekeeping nature as are generally
         available <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>to other agencies of state government. Investigative services shall be provided the
         boards <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>by employees of the Office of Attorney General. The commissioner of health with respect
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>to the health-related licensing boards shall provide mailing and office supply services
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>may provide other facilities and services listed in this subdivision at a central
         location upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>request of the health-related licensing boards. The commissioner of commerce with
         respect <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>to the remaining non-health-related licensing boards shall provide the above facilities
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>services at a central location for the remaining non-health-related licensing boards.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>legal and investigative services for the boards shall be provided by employees of
         the attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>general assigned to the departments servicing the boards. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>the attorney general shall not be precluded by this section from assigning other attorneys
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>to service a board if necessary in order to insure competent and consistent legal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>representation. Persons providing legal and investigative services shall to the extent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>practicable provide the services on a regular basis to the same board or boards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 214.045, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var><b>214.045 COORDINATION WITH </b><b>PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var><b>AND STANDARDS </b><b>BOARD </b>~~<b>OF TEACHING</b>~~<b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>The commissioner of health and the health-related licensing boards must coordinate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ when modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>licensure requirements for regulated persons in order to have consistent regulatory
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>requirements for personnel who perform services in schools.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. <b>TRANSFER OF POWERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>(a) The creation of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>considered a transfer by law of the responsibilities of the Board of Teaching and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>Minnesota Department of Education with respect to licensure and credentialing of teachers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>and school personnel to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039. All classified and unclassified positions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>associated with the responsibilities being transferred to the Professional Educator
         Licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>and Standards Board are transferred with their incumbents to the new agency pursuant
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>Statutes, section 122A.07.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>(b) The responsibilities of the Minnesota Department of Education with respect to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>licensure of school administrators are transferred by law to the Board of School <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>Administrators for purposes of section 15.039.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(c) The responsibilities of the Minnesota Department of Education with respect to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>survey of districts under section 127A.05, subdivision 6, and the staff automated
         reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>(STAR) system, are transferred by law to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>Board for purposes of section 15.039.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(d) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must review all rules
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>adopted by the Board of Teaching and amend or repeal rules not consistent with statute.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must review all teacher preparation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>programs approved by the Board of Teaching to determine whether the approved programs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>meet the needs of schools in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. <b>FIRST APPOINTMENTS TO THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var><b>LICENSING AND STANDARDS BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>(a) The governor shall make appointments to the Professional Educator Licensing and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>Standards Board by September 1, 2017, for terms that begin January 1, 2018. The governor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>shall designate one member of the board to convene the first meeting by February 1,
         2018, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>and to act as chair until the board elects a chair at its first meeting. The first
         superintendent <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>appointed under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.07, subdivision 2, clause (2), must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>from outside the metropolitan area. The governor is encouraged to consider eligible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>candidates that have previously served on the Board of Teaching for appointment to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>(b) The terms of the first members appointed to the board do not count towards the
         term <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>limit under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.07, subdivision 1, if the term expires
         before <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>2022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>(c) Beginning October 2, 2017, the board members appointed by the governor under <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>paragraph (a) may informally organize and prepare for their terms. The appointee representing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>the superintendent member must convene the first transition meeting. At the first
         meeting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>the appointees must select a chairperson to lead the transition meetings. Between
         October <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>2, 2017, and January 1, 2018, the board members must begin the selection process for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>executive director under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.08, subdivision 2. The board
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>members' transition meetings are subject to the Open Meeting Law under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>chapter 13D.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. <b>REVISOR INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>term "Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board" for "Board of Teaching"
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>wherever the term refers to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Board
         of Teaching. <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>The revisor shall also make grammatical changes related to the change in terms.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, subdivisions 5, 8, and 11, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var><b>LICENSURE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.17, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var><b>122A.17 VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATES OR LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>(a) A rule adopted by the Board of Teaching or the Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>Standards Board must not affect the validity of certificates or licenses to teach in effect on <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>July 1, 1974, or the rights and privileges of the holders thereof, except that any
         such <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>certificate or license may be suspended or revoked for any of the causes and by the
         procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>specified by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>(b) All teacher licenses in effect on January 1, 2018, shall remain valid for one
         additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>year after the date the license is scheduled to expire.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority to license.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must ~~license teachers, as defined in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.15,~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>~~subdivision 1~~
         </statute_ref>~~, except for supervisory personnel, as defined in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.15, subdivision~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>~~2~~
         </statute_ref>~~.~~ issue the following teacher licenses to candidates who meet the qualifications prescribed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>by this chapter:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>(1) Tier 1 license under section 122A.181;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>(2) Tier 2 license under section 122A.182;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>(3) Tier 3 license under section 122A.183; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>(4) Tier 4 license under section 122A.184.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>(b) The Board of School Administrators must license supervisory personnel as defined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>122A.15, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, except for athletic coaches.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>~~(c) Licenses under the jurisdiction of the Board of Teaching, the Board of School~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>~~Administrators, and the commissioner of education must be issued through the licensing~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>~~section of the department.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>~~(d)~~ (c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>Department of Education must enter into a data sharing agreement to share:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>(1) educational data at the E-12 level for the limited purpose of program approval and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>improvement for teacher education programs. The program approval process must include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>targeted redesign of teacher preparation programs to address identified E-12 student
         areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>of concern; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>(2) data in the staff automated reporting system for the limited purpose of managing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>processing funding to school districts and other entities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>~~(e)~~ (d) The Board of School Administrators and the Department of Education must enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>into a data sharing agreement to share educational data at the E-12 level for the
         limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>purpose of program approval and improvement for education administration programs.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>program approval process must include targeted redesign of education administration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>preparation programs to address identified E-12 student areas of concern.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>~~(f)~~ (e) For purposes of the data sharing agreements under paragraphs ~~(d)~~ (c) and ~~(e)~~ (d), <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~, Board of School <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>Administrators, and Department of Education may share private data, as defined in
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>13.02, subdivision 12
         </statute_ref>, on teachers and school administrators. The data sharing agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>must not include educational data, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.32, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, but may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>summary data, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 19</statute_ref>, derived from educational data.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. ~~<b>Teacher and</b>~~<b> Support personnel qualifications.</b> ~~(a)~~ The Professional Educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must issue licenses and credentials under its <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be qualified and competent for ~~their respective~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>~~positions, including those meeting the standards adopted under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.09, subdivision~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>~~4~~
         </statute_ref>~~, paragraph (n)~~ support personnel positions in accordance with section 120B.36.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>~~(b) The board must require a candidate for teacher licensure to demonstrate a passing~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>~~score on a board-adopted examination of skills in reading, writing, and mathematics,~~
         ~~before~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>~~being granted a professional five-year teaching license to provide direct instruction~~
         ~~to pupils~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>~~in prekindergarten, elementary, secondary, or special education programs, except that~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>~~board may issue up to four temporary, one-year teaching licenses to an otherwise qualified~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>~~candidate who has not yet passed a board-adopted skills exam. At the request of the~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>~~employing school district or charter school, the Board of Teaching may issue an initial~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>~~professional one-year teaching license to an otherwise qualified teacher not passing~~
         ~~or~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>~~demonstrating a passing score on a board-adopted skills examination in reading, writing,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>~~and mathematics. For purposes of this section, the initial professional one-year teaching~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>~~license issued by the board is limited to the current subject or content matter the~~
         ~~teacher is~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>~~employed to teach and limited to the district or charter school requesting the initial~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>~~professional one-year teaching license. If the board denies the request, it must provide~~
         ~~a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>~~detailed response to the school administrator as to the reasons for the denial. The~~
         ~~board~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>~~must require colleges and universities offering a board approved teacher preparation~~
         ~~program~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>~~to make available upon request remedial assistance that includes a formal diagnostic~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>~~component to persons enrolled in their institution who did not achieve a qualifying~~
         ~~score~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>~~on a board-adopted skills examination, including those for whom English is a second~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>~~language. The colleges and universities must make available assistance in the specific~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>~~academic areas of candidates' deficiency. School districts may make available upon~~
         ~~request~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>~~similar, appropriate, and timely remedial assistance that includes a formal diagnostic~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>~~component to those persons employed by the district who completed their teacher education~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>~~program, who did not achieve a qualifying score on a board-adopted skills examination,~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>~~and who received an initial professional one-year teaching license to teach in Minnesota.~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>~~The Board of Teaching shall report annually to the education committees of the legislature~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>~~on the total number of teacher candidates during the most recent school year taking~~
         ~~a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>~~board-adopted skills examination, the number who achieve a qualifying score on the~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>~~examination, the number who do not achieve a qualifying score on the examination,~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>~~the candidates who have not passed a content or pedagogy exam, disaggregated by categories~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>~~of race, ethnicity, and eligibility for financial aid.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>~~(c) The Board of Teaching must grant professional five-year teaching licenses only~~
         ~~to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>~~those persons who have met board criteria for that license, which includes passing~~
         ~~a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>~~board-adopted skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics, and the exceptions~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>~~in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.09, subdivision 4~~</statute_ref>~~, paragraph (b), that are consistent with this paragraph.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>~~The requirement to pass a board-adopted reading, writing, and mathematics skills~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>~~examination, does not apply to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified~~
         ~~Minnesota~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>~~school district personnel or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>~~content and pedagogy requirements under this subdivision, apply for a professional~~
         ~~five-year~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>~~teaching license to provide direct instruction in their native language or world language~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>~~instruction under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~120B.022, subdivision 1~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>~~(d) All colleges and universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare persons~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>~~for teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs a common~~
         ~~core of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>~~teaching knowledge and skills to be acquired by all persons recommended for teacher~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>~~licensure. Among other requirements, teacher candidates must demonstrate the knowledge~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>~~and skills needed to provide appropriate instruction to English learners to support~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>~~accelerate their academic literacy, including oral academic language, and achievement~~
         ~~in~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>~~content areas in a regular classroom setting. This common core shall meet the standards~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>~~developed by the interstate new teacher assessment and support consortium in its 1992~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>~~"model standards for beginning teacher licensing and development." Amendments to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>~~standards adopted under this paragraph are covered by chapter 14. The board of teaching~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>~~shall report annually to the education committees of the legislature on the performance~~
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>~~teacher candidates on common core assessments of knowledge and skills under this paragraph~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>~~during the most recent school year.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Reading specialist.</b> ~~Not later than July 1, 2002,~~ The Professional Educator <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must adopt rules providing for reading teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 7a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7a. <b>Permission to substitute teach.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ may allow a person who otherwise qualifies for a Tier 1 license <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>in accordance with section 122A.181, subdivision 2, or is enrolled in and making satisfactory <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>progress in a board-approved teacher program and who has successfully completed student
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>teaching to be employed as a short-call substitute teacher.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ may issue a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>lifetime qualified short-call or long-call substitute teaching license to a person who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>(1) was a qualified teacher under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.16</statute_ref> while holding a ~~professional five-year~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>Tier 3 or Tier 4 teaching license issued by the board, under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>respectively, and receives a retirement annuity from the Teachers Retirement Association <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>or the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>(2) holds an out-of-state teaching license and receives a retirement annuity as a
         result <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>of the person's teaching experience; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>(3) held a ~~professional five-year~~ Tier 3 or Tier 4 teaching license issued by the board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, taught at least three school years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>an accredited nonpublic school in Minnesota, and receives a retirement annuity as
         a result <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>of the person's teaching experience.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>A person holding a lifetime qualified short-call or long-call substitute teaching license is <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>not required to complete continuing education clock hours. A person holding this license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>may reapply to the board for either:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) a ~~professional five-year~~ Tier 3 or Tier 4 teaching license under sections 122A.183 <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>and 122A.184, respectively, and must again complete continuing education clock hours one <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>school year after receiving the ~~professional five-year~~ Tier 3 or Tier 4 teaching license; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) a Tier 1 license under section 122A.181, provided that the candidate has a bachelor's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>degree, an associate's degree, or an appropriate professional credential in the content
         area <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>the candidate will teach, in accordance with section 122A.181, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 7c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7c. <b>Temporary military license.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ shall establish a temporary license in accordance with section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>197.4552
         </statute_ref> for teaching. The fee for a temporary license under this subdivision shall be $87.90
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>for an online application or $86.40 for a paper application. The board must provide candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>for a license under this subdivision with information regarding the tiered licensure
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>provided in sections 122A.18 to 122A.184.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Background checks.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>Board ~~of Teaching~~ and ~~the commissioner of education~~ the Board of School Administrators <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>must request a criminal history background check from the superintendent of the Bureau
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>of Criminal Apprehension on all first-time teaching applicants for licenses under
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>jurisdiction. Applicants must include with their licensure applications:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>(1) an executed criminal history consent form, including fingerprints; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>(2) a money order or cashier's check payable to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>for the fee for conducting the criminal history background check.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(b) The superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall perform the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>background check required under paragraph (a) by retrieving criminal history data
         as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>13.87 </statute_ref>and shall also conduct a search of the national criminal records repository. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>The superintendent is authorized to exchange fingerprints with the Federal Bureau
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>Investigation for purposes of the criminal history check. The superintendent shall
         recover <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>the cost to the bureau of a background check through the fee charged to the applicant
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>~~commissioner of education~~ Board of School Administrators may issue a license pending <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>completion of a background check under this subdivision, but must notify the individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>and the school district or charter school employing the individual that the individual's license <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>may be revoked based on the result of the background check.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Licensure via portfolio.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>Board must adopt rules establishing a process for an eligible candidate to obtain
         any teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>license under subdivision 1, or to add a licensure field, via portfolio. The portfolio
         licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>application process must be consistent with the requirements in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(b) A candidate for a license must submit to the board one portfolio demonstrating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>pedagogical competence and one portfolio demonstrating content competence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>(c) A candidate seeking to add a licensure field must submit to the board one portfolio
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>demonstrating content competence for each licensure field the candidate seeks to add.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>(d) The board must notify a candidate who submits a portfolio under paragraph (b)
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(c) within 90 calendar days after the portfolio is received whether or not the portfolio
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>approved. If the portfolio is not approved, the board must immediately inform the
         candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>how to revise the portfolio to successfully demonstrate the requisite competence.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>candidate may resubmit a revised portfolio at any time and the board must approve
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>disapprove the revised portfolio within 60 calendar days of receiving it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>(e) A candidate must pay to the board a $300 fee for the first portfolio submitted
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>review and a $200 fee for any portfolio submitted subsequently. The revenue generated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>from the fee must be deposited in an education licensure portfolio account in the
         special <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>revenue fund. The fees are nonrefundable for applicants not qualifying for a license.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>board may waive or reduce fees for candidates based on financial need.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>[122A.181] TIER 1 LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Application requirements.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>Standards Board must approve a request from a district or charter school to issue
         a Tier 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>license in a specified content area to a candidate if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>(1) the candidate meets the professional requirement in subdivision 2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>(2) the district or charter school affirms that the candidate has the necessary skills
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>knowledge to teach in the specified content area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>(3) the district or charter school demonstrates that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>(i) a criminal background check has been completed on the candidate; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>(ii) the district or charter school has posted the teacher position but was unable
         to hire <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3, or 4 license for the position.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Professional requirements.</b> (a) A candidate for a Tier 1 license must have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>bachelor's degree to teach a class or course outside a career and technical education
         or career <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>pathways course of study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>(b) A candidate for a Tier 1 license must have one of the following credentials in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>relevant content area to teach a class in a career and technical education or career
         pathways <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>course of study:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>(1) an associate's degree;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>(2) a professional certification; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>(3) five years of relevant work experience.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Term of license and renewal.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 1 license for a term of one year. A Tier
         1 license <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>may be renewed subject to paragraphs (b) and (c). The board may submit written comments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>to the district or charter school that requested the renewal regarding the candidate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must renew a Tier 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>license if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>(1) the district or charter school requesting the renewal demonstrates that it has
         posted <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>the teacher position but was unable to hire an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3,
         or 4 license <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>for the position; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>(2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license took a content examination in accordance
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>section 122A.185 and submitted the examination results to the teacher's employing
         district <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>or charter school within one year of the board approving the request for the initial
         Tier 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>The requirement in clause (2) does not apply to a teacher that teaches a class in
         a career and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>technical education or career pathways course of study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>(c) A Tier 1 license must not be renewed more than three times, unless the requesting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>district or charter school can show good cause for additional renewals. A Tier 1 license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>issued to teach (1) a class or course in a career and technical education or career
         pathway <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>course of study or (2) in a shortage area, as defined in section 122A.06, subdivision
         6, may <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>be renewed without limitation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Application.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>accept applications for a Tier 1 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 1 teaching license
         within 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>days of receiving the completed application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Limitations on license.</b> (a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, paragraph
         (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>clause (2), and limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial
         Tier 1 license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>(c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>section 179A.03, subdivision 18.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Mentorship and evaluation.</b> (a) A teacher holding a Tier 1 license must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>participate in the employing district or charter school's mentorship program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>(b) A teacher holding a Tier 1 license must participate in an evaluation aligned,
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>extent practicable, with the evaluation under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>[122A.182] TIER 2 LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>Board must approve a request from a district or charter school to issue a Tier 2 license
         in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>specified content area to a candidate if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>(1) the candidate meets the educational or professional requirements in paragraph
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>or (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>(2) the candidate:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>(i) has completed the coursework required under subdivision 2;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>(ii) is enrolled in a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>(iii) has a master's degree in the specified content area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>(3) the district or charter school demonstrates that a criminal background check has
         been <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>completed on the candidate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>(b) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have a bachelor's degree to teach a class
         outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>a career and technical education or career pathways course of study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>(c) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must have one of the following credentials in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>relevant content area to teach a class or course in a career and technical education
         or career <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>pathways course of study:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>(1) an associate's degree;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>(2) a professional certification; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>(3) five years of relevant work experience.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Coursework.</b> (a) A candidate for a Tier 2 license must meet the coursework <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>requirement by demonstrating completion of two of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>(1) at least eight upper division or graduate-level credits in the relevant content
         area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>(2) field-specific methods of training, including coursework;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>(3) at least two years of teaching experience in a similar content area in any state,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>determined by the board;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>(4) a passing score on the pedagogy and content exams under section 122A.185; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>(5) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "upper division" means classes normally taken at
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>junior or senior level of college which require substantial knowledge and skill in
         the field. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>Candidates must identify the upper division credits that fulfill the requirement in
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>(a), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Term of license.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>must issue an initial Tier 2 license for a term of two years. A Tier 2 license may
         be renewed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>three times. The board must issue rules setting forth the conditions for additional
         renewals <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>after the initial license has been renewed three times.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Application.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>accept applications for a Tier 2 teaching license beginning July 1 of the school year
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>which the license is requested and must issue or deny the Tier 2 teaching license
         within 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>days of receiving the completed application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Limitations on license.</b> (a) A Tier 2 license is limited to the content matter <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>indicated on the application for the initial Tier 2 license under subdivision 1, paragraph
         (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>and limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 2 license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>(b) A Tier 2 license shall not be construed to bring an individual within the definition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>of a teacher for purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>clause (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Application toward probationary period.</b> (a) The time that a teacher works <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>under a Tier 2 license must be credited towards the teacher's three-year probationary
         period <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>under section 122A.40, subdivision 5, or 122A.41, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>(b) The time credited towards the probationary period under paragraph (a) must not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>exceed two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>(c) The three years of the probationary period, including any time credited under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>subdivision, must run consecutively, consistent with section 122A.40, subdivision
         5, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>section 122A.41, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Mentorship and evaluation.</b> (a) A teacher holding a Tier 2 license must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>participate in the employing district or charter school's mentorship and evaluation
         program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>including an individual growth and development plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>(b) A teacher holding a Tier 2 license must participate in an evaluation aligned,
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>extent practicable, with the evaluation under section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>122A.41, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>[122A.183] TIER 3 LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>Board must issue a Tier 3 license to a candidate who provides information sufficient
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>demonstrate all of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>(1) the candidate meets the educational or professional requirements in paragraphs
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>and (c);<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>(2) the candidate has obtained a passing score on the required licensure exams under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>section 122A.185; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>(3) the candidate has completed the coursework required under subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>(b) A candidate for a Tier 3 license must have a bachelor's degree to teach a class
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>course outside a career and technical education or career pathways course of study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>(c) A candidate for a Tier 3 license must have one of the following credentials in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>relevant content area to teach a class or course in a career and technical education
         or career <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>pathways course of study:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>(1) an associate's degree;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>(2) a professional certification; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>(3) five years of relevant work experience.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>In consultation with the Governor's Workforce Development Council established under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>section 116L.665, the board must establish a list of qualifying certifications, and
         may add <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>additional professional certifications in consultation with school administrators,
         teachers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>and other stakeholders.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Coursework.</b> A candidate for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>requirement by demonstrating one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>candidate that has two years of teaching experience;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>(3) submission of a content-specific licensure portfolio;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the candidate's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>license is in good standing, and two years of teaching experience;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license, and evidence of summative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher
         on an <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section 122A.41,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>subdivision 5; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>(6) a passing score on all licensure examinations under section 122A.185 and five
         years <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>of teaching experience as the teacher of record in any state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Term of license.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>must issue an initial Tier 3 license for a term of three years. A Tier 3 license may
         be renewed <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>every three years without limitation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Mentorship and evaluation.</b> A teacher holding a Tier 3 license must participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>in the employing district or charter school's mentorship and evaluation program, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>an individual growth and development plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. <b>[122A.184] TIER 4 LICENSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>Board must issue a Tier 4 license to a candidate who provides information sufficient
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>demonstrate all of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>(1) the candidate meets all requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>and has met the coursework requirements under section 122A.183, subdivision 2, clause
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>(1) or (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>(2) the candidate has at least three years of teaching experience in Minnesota;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>(3) the candidate has obtained a passing score on all required licensure exams under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>section 122A.185; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>(4) the candidate's most recent summative teacher evaluation did not result in placing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>or otherwise keeping the teacher in an improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Term of license.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>must issue an initial Tier 4 license for a term of five years. A Tier 4 license may
         be renewed <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>every five years without limitation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Mentorship and evaluation.</b> A teacher holding a Tier 4 license must participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>in the employing district or charter school's mentorship and evaluation program, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>an individual growth and development plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Five-year license.</b> A five-year license issued by the commissioner of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>before the effective date of this section must be treated as a Tier 4 license established
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>this section and section 122A.18. An expired five-year license issued by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>of education before the effective date of this section fulfills the requirements of
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>1 for purposes of future licensure by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. <b>[122A.185] TEACHER LICENSURE ASSESSMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Tests.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>must adopt rules requiring a candidate to demonstrate a passing score on a board-adopted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>examination of skills in reading, writing, and mathematics before being granted a
         Tier 4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>teaching license under section 122A.184 to provide direct instruction to pupils in
         elementary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>secondary, or special education programs. Candidates may obtain a Tier 1, Tier 2,
         or Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>3 license to provide direct instruction to pupils in elementary, secondary, or special
         education <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>programs if candidates meet the other requirements in section 122A.181, 122A.182,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>122A.183, respectively.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(b) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>pass an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure
         field <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>specific content. The content examination requirement does not apply if no relevant
         content <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>exam exists.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>(c) Candidates for initial Tier 3 and Tier 4 licenses to teach elementary students
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>pass test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, knowledge
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>and understanding of the foundations of reading development, development of reading
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>comprehension and reading assessment and instruction, and the ability to integrate
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>knowledge and understanding into instruction strategies under section 122A.06, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(d) The requirement to pass a board-adopted reading, writing, and mathematics skills
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>examination does not apply to nonnative English speakers, as verified by qualified
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>school district personnel or Minnesota higher education faculty, who, after meeting
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>content and pedagogy requirements under this subdivision, apply for a teaching license
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>provide direct instruction in their native language or world language instruction
         under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>120B.022, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Passing scores.</b> The board must establish passing scores in all examinations <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>required for licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Testing accommodations.</b> The board and the entity administering the content, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>pedagogy, and skills examinations must allow any individual who produces documentation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>of a disability in the form of an evaluation, 504 plan, or individual education program
         (IEP) <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>to receive the same testing accommodations on the content, pedagogy, and skills examinations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>that the applicant received during the applicant's secondary or postsecondary education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Remedial assistance.</b> (a) A board-approved teacher preparation program must <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>make available upon request remedial assistance that includes a formal diagnostic
         component <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>to persons enrolled in their institution who did not achieve a qualifying score on
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>board-adopted skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>The teacher preparation programs must make available assistance in the specific academic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>areas of candidates' deficiency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>(b) School districts may make available upon request similar, appropriate, and timely
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>remedial assistance that includes a formal diagnostic component to those persons employed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>by the district who completed their teacher education program, who did not achieve
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>qualifying score on a board-adopted skills examination, and who received a Tier 1,
         Tier 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>or Tier 3 license under sections 122A.181, 122A.182, or 122A.183, respectively, to
         teach <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. <b>[122A.187] EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>License form requirements.</b> Each license issued under this chapter must <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>bear the date of issue and the name of the state-approved teacher training provider
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>alternative teaching program, as applicable. Licenses must expire and be renewed according
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>to rules adopted by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board or the
         Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>of School Administrators. The rules adopted by the Professional Educator Licensing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>Standards Board for renewing a Tier 3 or Tier 4 license under sections 122A.183 and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>122A.184, respectively, must include showing satisfactory evidence of successful teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>or administrative experience for at least one school year during the period covered
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>license in grades or subjects for which the license is valid or completing such additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>preparation as required under this section, or as the Professional Educator Licensing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>Standards Board prescribes. The Board of School Administrators shall establish requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>for renewing the licenses of supervisory personnel except athletic coaches. The Professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall establish requirements for renewing the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>licenses of athletic coaches.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Local committees.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>must receive recommendations from local committees as established by the board for
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>renewal of teaching licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Professional growth.</b> (a) Applicants for license renewal for a Tier 3 or Tier 4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, who have been employed
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>a teacher during the renewal period of the expiring license, as a condition of license
         renewal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>must present to their local continuing education and relicensure committee or other
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>relicensure committee evidence of work that demonstrates professional reflection and
         growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>in best teaching practices, including among other things, cultural competence in accordance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>with section 120B.30, subdivision 1, paragraph (q), and practices in meeting the varied
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>needs of English learners, from young children to adults under section 124D.59, subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>2 and 2a. A teacher may satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by submitting the
         teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>most recent summative evaluation or improvement plan under section 122A.40, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must ensure that its teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>relicensing requirements include paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Behavior interventions.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>Board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing a Tier
         3 or Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>4 teaching license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, to include
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>renewal requirements further preparation in the areas of using positive behavior interventions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>and in accommodating, modifying, and adapting curricula, materials, and strategies
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>appropriately meet the needs of individual students and ensure adequate progress toward
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>the state's graduation rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Reading preparation.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>Board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing a Tier
         3 or Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>4 teaching license under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, to include
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>renewal requirements further reading preparation, consistent with section 122A.06,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect until they are approved by law. Teachers
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>do not provide direct instruction including, at least, counselors, school psychologists,
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>nurses, school social workers, audiovisual directors and coordinators, and recreation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>personnel are exempt from this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Mental illness.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>adopt rules that require all licensed teachers renewing a Tier 3 or Tier 4 teaching
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively, to include in the renewal requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>at least one hour of suicide prevention best practices in each licensure renewal period
         based <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>on nationally recognized evidence-based programs and practices, among the continuing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>education credits required to renew a license under this subdivision, and further
         preparation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>first, in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>adolescents and then, during subsequent licensure renewal periods, preparation may
         include <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>providing a more in-depth understanding of students' mental illness trauma, accommodations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>for students' mental illness, parents' roles in addressing students' mental illness,
         Fetal Alcohol <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>Spectrum Disorders, autism, the requirements of section 125A.0942 governing restrictive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>procedures, and de-escalation methods, among other similar topics.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. <b>[122A.188] LICENSURE DENIAL; APPEAL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Denial letter.</b> (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>Board must inform a candidate within 30 days of receiving a completed application
         whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>the candidate's application for an initial teaching license or renewal of license
         has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>approved or denied. A completed application must include all supporting information
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>the results of the background check or conduct determination by the board. When an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>application is denied, the notification letter must inform the candidate of the process
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>seeking review of the denial and of the appeals process provided in this section,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>all deadlines for seeking review of the denial decision and filing an appeal. The
         notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>letter must identify each licensure requirement the candidate failed to meet.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>(b) For purposes of this section, "denial" means denial of an initial license or a
         denial <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>of a renewal license. Denial of an initial license includes a grant of a license that
         is a lower <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>tier than the candidate applied for and denial of application for an additional field
         of licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Review of denial.</b> A candidate whose license application is denied may seek <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>review of the denial by submitting a letter to the Professional Educator Licensing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>Standards Board within 30 calendar days of receipt of the denial letter. The candidate
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>include any documentation necessary to demonstrate that the candidate meets the licensure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>requirements. The board must review the denial within 60 calendar days of receipt
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>letter seeking review. If the board affirms the denial, the board must send the candidate
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>letter identifying each licensure requirement the candidate failed to meet and informing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>candidate of the appeal process provided under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Appeal.</b> A candidate whose application for license or license renewal has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>denied under subdivisions 1 and 2 may appeal the decision by filing a written request
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board within 30 days of notice that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>board has affirmed the denial of license. The board must then initiate a contested
         case under <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>the Administrative Procedure Act, sections 14.001 to 14.69.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var><b>122A.19 BILINGUAL AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHERS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var><b>LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Bilingual and English as a second language licenses.</b> The Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~, hereinafter the board, must grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>teaching licenses in bilingual education and English as a second language to persons
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>present satisfactory evidence that they:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>~~(a)~~ (1) possess competence and communicative skills in English and in another language;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>~~(b)~~ (2) possess a bachelor's degree or other academic degree approved by the board, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>meet such requirements as to course of study and training as the board may prescribe,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>consistent with subdivision 4; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>(3) meet all other requirements for a teaching license provided in sections 122A.18
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>122A.184.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Persons holding </b>~~<b>general</b>~~<b> teaching licenses.</b> The board may license a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>who holds a ~~general~~ teaching license in any tier under sections 122A.181 to 122A.184, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>respectively, and who presents the board with satisfactory evidence of competence and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>communicative skills in a language other than English under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Teacher preparation programs.</b> (a) For the purpose of licensing bilingual <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>and English as a second language teachers, the board may approve programs at colleges
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>universities designed for their training. ~~These~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>(b) Programs that prepare English as a second language teachers must provide instruction <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>in implementing research-based practices designed specifically for English learners.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>programs must focus on developing English learners' academic language proficiency
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>English, including oral academic language, giving English learners meaningful access
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>the full school curriculum, developing culturally relevant teaching practices appropriate
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>immigrant students, and providing more intensive instruction and resources to English
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>learners with lower levels of academic English proficiency and varied needs, consistent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>124D.59, subdivisions 2</statute_ref> and 2a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Persons eligible for employment.</b> Any person licensed under this section is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>eligible for employment by a school board as a teacher in a bilingual education or
         English <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>as a second language program in which the language for which the person is licensed
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>taught or used as a medium of instruction. A board may prescribe only those additional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>qualifications for teachers licensed under this section that are approved by the board
         ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>~~teaching~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Affirmative efforts in hiring.</b> In hiring for all bilingual education program <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>positions, districts must give preference to and make affirmative efforts to seek,
         recruit, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>employ persons who (1) are native speakers of the language which is the medium of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>instruction in the bilingual education program or share a native language with the
         majority <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>of their students, and (2) share the culture of the English learners enrolled in the
         program. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>The district shall provide procedures for involving the parent advisory committees
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>designing the procedures for recruiting, screening, and selecting applicants. This
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>must not be construed to limit the school board's authority to hire and discharge
         personnel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var><b>122A.20 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial.</b> (a) The Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ or Board of School Administrators, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, may, on the written complaint
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>school board employing a teacher, a teacher organization, or any other interested
         person, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a teacher's license to teach
         for any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>the following causes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) immoral character or conduct;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) failure, without justifiable cause, to teach for the term of the teacher's contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) gross inefficiency or willful neglect of duty;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) failure to meet licensure requirements; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ or Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>School Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, shall
         refuse <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>to issue, refuse to renew, or automatically revoke a teacher's license to teach without
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>right to a hearing upon receiving a certified copy of a conviction showing that the
         teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>has been convicted of child abuse, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>609.185</statute_ref>, sex trafficking in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>degree under section 
         <statute_ref>609.322, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, sex trafficking in the second degree under <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>609.322</statute_ref>, subdivision 1a, engaging in hiring, or agreeing to hire a minor to engage <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>in prostitution under section 
         <statute_ref>609.324, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, sexual abuse under section 
         <statute_ref>609.342</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>609.343
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.344</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.345</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>609.3451, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>617.23, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, solicitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>of children to engage in sexual conduct or communication of sexually explicit materials
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>children under section 
         <statute_ref>609.352</statute_ref>, interference with privacy under section 
         <statute_ref>609.746</statute_ref> or stalking <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>609.749</statute_ref> and the victim was a minor, using minors in a sexual performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>617.246</statute_ref>, possessing pornographic works involving a minor under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>617.247
         </statute_ref>, or any other offense not listed in this paragraph that requires the person to register
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>as a predatory offender under section 
         <statute_ref>243.166</statute_ref>, or a crime under a similar law of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>state or the United States. The board shall send notice of this licensing action to
         the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>in which the teacher is currently employed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) A person whose license to teach has been revoked, not issued, or not renewed under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>paragraph (b), may petition the board to reconsider the licensing action if the person's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse is reversed by a final decision of the
         Court of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>Appeals or the Supreme Court or if the person has received a pardon for the offense.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>petitioner shall attach a certified copy of the appellate court's final decision or
         the pardon <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>to the petition. Upon receiving the petition and its attachment, the board shall schedule
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>hold a disciplinary hearing on the matter under section 
         <statute_ref>214.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>petitioner waives the right to a hearing. If the board finds that, notwithstanding
         the reversal <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>of the petitioner's criminal conviction or the issuance of a pardon, the petitioner
         is disqualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), the board shall affirm its previous
         licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>action. If the board finds that the petitioner is not disqualified from teaching under
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>(a), clause (1), it shall reverse its previous licensing action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) For purposes of this subdivision, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>Board ~~of Teaching~~ is delegated the authority to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Mandatory reporting.</b> (a) A school board must report to the Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~, the Board of School Administrators, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, whichever
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>jurisdiction over the teacher's or administrator's license, when its teacher or administrator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>is discharged or resigns from employment after a charge is filed with the school board
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivisions 6, clauses (1)</statute_ref>, (2), and (3), and 7, or after charges are filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>that are grounds for discharge under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>(1) to (5), or when a teacher or administrator is suspended or resigns while an investigation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>is pending under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, paragraph (a) clauses (1) to (5); 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, <br />
            		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>subdivisions 6, clauses (1)
         </statute_ref>, (2), and (3), and 7; or 
         <statute_ref>626.556</statute_ref>, or when a teacher or administrator <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>is suspended without an investigation under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivisions 6, paragraph (a)</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7; or 
         <statute_ref>626.556</statute_ref>. The report must be made to the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>licensing board within ten days after the discharge, suspension, or resignation has
         occurred. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>The licensing board to which the report is made must investigate the report for violation
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>subdivision 1 and the reporting board must cooperate in the investigation. Notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>any provision in chapter 13 or any law to the contrary, upon written request from
         the licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>board having jurisdiction over the license, a board or school superintendent shall
         provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>the licensing board with information about the teacher or administrator from the district's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>files, any termination or disciplinary proceeding, any settlement or compromise, or
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>investigative file. Upon written request from the appropriate licensing board, a board
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>school superintendent may, at the discretion of the board or school superintendent,
         solicit <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>the written consent of a student and the student's parent to provide the licensing
         board with <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>information that may aid the licensing board in its investigation and license proceedings.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>The licensing board's request need not identify a student or parent by name. The consent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>of the student and the student's parent must meet the requirements of chapter 13 and
         Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.30. The licensing board may provide a
         consent <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>form to the district. Any data transmitted to any board under this section is private
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, notwithstanding any other classification of the data <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>when it was in the possession of any other agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>(b) The licensing board to which a report is made must transmit to the Attorney General's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>Office any record or data it receives under this subdivision for the sole purpose
         of having <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>the Attorney General's Office assist that board in its investigation. When the Attorney
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>General's Office has informed an employee of the appropriate licensing board in writing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>that grounds exist to suspend or revoke a teacher's license to teach, that licensing
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>must consider suspending or revoking or decline to suspend or revoke the teacher's
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>administrator's license within 45 days of receiving a stipulation executed by the
         teacher or <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>administrator under investigation or a recommendation from an administrative law judge
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>that disciplinary action be taken.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>(c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and Board of School <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>Administrators must report to the appropriate law enforcement authorities a revocation,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>suspension, or agreement involving a loss of license, relating to a teacher or administrator's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>inappropriate sexual conduct with a minor. For purposes of this section, "law enforcement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>authority" means a police department, county sheriff, or tribal police department.
         A report <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to appropriate law enforcement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>authorities does not diminish, modify, or otherwise affect the responsibilities of
         a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>board or any person mandated to report abuse under section 626.556.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Immunity from liability.</b> A school board, its members in their official capacity, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>and employees of the district run by the board are immune from civil or criminal liability
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>for reporting or cooperating as required under subdivision 2, if their actions required
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>subdivision 2 are done in good faith and with due care.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Teacher licensure agreements with adjoining states.</b> (a) Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>any other law to the contrary, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>~~Teaching~~ must enter into a National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>and Certification (NASDTEC) interstate agreement and other interstate agreements for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>teacher licensure to allow fully certified teachers from adjoining states to transfer
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>certification to Minnesota. The board must enter into these interstate agreements
         only after <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>determining that the rigor of the teacher licensure or certification requirements
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>adjoining state is commensurate with the rigor of Minnesota's teacher licensure requirements.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>The board may limit an interstate agreement to particular content fields or grade
         levels based <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>on established priorities or identified shortages. This subdivision does not apply
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>out-of-state applicants holding only a provisional teaching license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must work <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>with designated authorities in adjoining states to establish interstate teacher licensure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>agreements under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. <b>[122A.2451] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PREPARATION PROVIDERS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var><b>AND PROGRAMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) "Provider" or "unit" means an eligible entity that seeks <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>or has obtained approval for an alternative teacher preparation program consistent
         with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>section.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>(b) "Program" means content provided by a provider that leads toward licensure in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>specific content area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Purpose.</b> To provide alternative pathways towards Minnesota teacher licensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>outside of the traditional means, improve ethnic and cultural diversity in the classroom,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>to close the achievement gap, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>must approve qualified teacher preparation providers and programs under this section
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>are a means to acquire a Tier 2 license under section 122A.181 and prepare for acquiring
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>Tier 3 license under section 122A.181.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Eligibility.</b> A school district, charter school, or nonprofit corporation organized <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>under chapter 317A for an education-related purpose is eligible to participate under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>section. An eligible entity may apply for provider and program approval simultaneously.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Provider approval.</b> An eligible entity must be approved as a provider before <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>being approved to provide programs towards licensure. The Professional Educator Licensing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>and Standards Board must approve eligible entities under subdivision 3 that meet the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>following requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>(1) has evidence and history of fiscal solvency, capacity, and operation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>(2) has evidence of necessary infrastructure to provide accurate, timely, and secure
         data <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>for the purposes of admission, candidate monitoring, testing, background checks, and
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>recommendations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>(3) has policies and procedures in place ensuring the security of candidate records
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>(4) has the instructional capacity or ability to obtain the instructional capacity
         to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>an adequate instructional phase under subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Program approval.</b> The board must approve programs offered by approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>providers based on nontraditional criteria. An approved program must have the following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>characteristics:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>(1) an instructional phase that provides intensive preparation and classroom experience
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>that is commensurate with the scope of licensure standards defined under rule, before
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>teacher candidate assumes classroom responsibilities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>(2) a research-based and results-oriented approach focused on best teaching practices
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>to increase student proficiency and growth measured against state academic standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>(3) a strategy to combine pedagogy and best teaching practices to better inform teacher
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>candidates' classroom instruction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>(4) provide assessment, supervision, and evaluation of teacher candidates to determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>their specific needs throughout the program, and to support efforts to successfully
         complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>(5) provide intensive and ongoing professional learning opportunities that accelerate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>teacher candidates' professional growth, support student learning, and provide a workplace
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>orientation, professional staff development, mentoring and peer review, focused on
         standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>of professional practice and continuous professional growth; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>(6) a process to review a candidate's final proficiency of required licensure content
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>standards that leads to potential candidate recommendation by the provider to the
         board for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>a Tier 3 teaching license under subdivision 8.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Nontraditional means; program instructors.</b> (a) The board must permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>alternative teacher preparation providers and teacher candidates to demonstrate pedagogy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>and content standard proficiency in school-based programs and through other nontraditional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>means. Nontraditional means may include previous work experiences, teaching experiences,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>educator evaluations, industry-recognized certifications, and other essentially equivalent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>demonstrations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>(b) The board must use nontraditional criteria to determine qualifications of program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>instructors, including permitting instructors to hold a baccalaureate degree only.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Program disapproval, suspension.</b> If the board determines that a teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>preparation provider or licensure program fails to meet or is deficient in any of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>requirements of subdivision 5, it may suspend or revoke the approval of the provider
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>program after it notifies the provider of the deficiencies and gives the provider
         an opportunity <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>to remedy the deficiencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Candidate program completion; teacher licensure.</b> (a) A candidate that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>completes an approved program must apply for a license under the tiered licensure
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>according to section 122A.181.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(b) A person who successfully completes another state's alternative teacher preparation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>licensure program may apply to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>for a Tier 3 license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Reports.</b> (a) An approved alternative teacher preparation provider must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board on items that are defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>statute regarding program candidates, completion, and effectiveness or other items
         that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>required under section 122A.09.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must submit a biennial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>report on the alternative teacher preparation program and providers to legislative
         committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>January 15 of each odd-numbered year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.26, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Exceptions.</b> A person who teaches in a community education program which <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>qualifies for aid pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52</statute_ref> shall continue to meet licensure requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>as a teacher. A person who teaches in an early childhood and family education program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>which is offered through a community education program and which qualifies for community
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>education aid pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.20</statute_ref> or early childhood and family education aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>124D.135</statute_ref> shall continue to meet licensure requirements as a teacher. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>person who teaches in a community education course which is offered for credit for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>graduation to persons under 18 years of age shall continue to meet licensure requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>as a teacher. A person who teaches a driver training course which is offered through
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>community education program to persons under 18 years of age shall be licensed by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ or be subject to section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>171.35
         </statute_ref>. A license which is required for an instructor in a community education program <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>pursuant to this subdivision shall not be construed to bring an individual within
         the definition <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>of a teacher for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>122A.40, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>122A.41, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>clause (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var><b>122A.28 TEACHERS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING STUDENTS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var><b>LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>K-12 license to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students; relicensure.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ must review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>determine appropriate licensure requirements for a candidate for a license or an applicant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>for a continuing license to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students in prekindergarten
         through <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>grade 12. In addition to other requirements, a candidate must demonstrate the minimum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>level of proficiency in American sign language as determined by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>(b) Among other relicensure requirements, each teacher under this section must complete
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>30 continuing education clock hours on hearing loss topics, including American Sign
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>Language, American Sign Language linguistics, or deaf culture, in each licensure renewal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Licensure for teaching oral/aural deaf education programs.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~ shall adopt a separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>licensure rule for a candidate for a license or an applicant for a continuing license
         to teach <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>in oral/aural deaf education programs or to provide services, including itinerant
         oral/aural <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>deaf education services, to deaf and hard-of-hearing students in prekindergarten through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>grade 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>(b) The board shall design rule requirements for teaching oral/aural deaf education
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>collaboration with representatives of parents and educators of deaf and hard-of-hearing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>students, postsecondary programs preparing teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>and the Department of Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>(c) Rule requirements for teaching oral/aural deaf education shall reflect best practice
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>research in oral/aural deaf education. Advanced competencies in teaching deaf and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>hard-of-hearing students through oral/aural modes shall be included.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>(d) Licensure requirements for teachers of oral/aural deaf education must include
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>minimum competency in American sign language, but are not subject to the guidelines
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>established in Laws 1993, chapter 224, article 3, section 32, as amended by Laws 1998,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>chapter 398, article 2, section 47. The signed communication proficiency interview
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>not be required for teachers licensed to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students through
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>oral/aural deaf education methods.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>(e) Requirements for teachers or oral/aural deaf education shall include appropriate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>continuing education requirements for renewing this licensure.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.29, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var><b>122A.29 TEACHERS OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var><b>LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>Teachers licensed in the education of blind and visually impaired students must <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>demonstrate competence in reading and writing Braille. The Professional Educator Licensing <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~, at such time as a valid and reliable test is available, shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>adopt a rule to assess these competencies that is consistent with the standards of
         the National <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.30, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var><b>122A.30 EXEMPTION FOR </b><b>CAREER AND </b><b>TECHNICAL EDUCATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var><b>INSTRUCTORS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>(a) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>122A.15, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and upon approval of the local <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>employer school board, a person who teaches in a part-time vocational or career and
         technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>education program is exempt from a license requirement. Nothing in this section shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>exclude licensed career and technical educators from the definition of "teacher" in
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>122A.40
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>122A.41</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>179A.03</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>(b) This section expires June 30, 2020. After this section expires, persons who teach in <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>a part-time vocational or career and technical education program may apply for a teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>license provided in sections 122A.18 to 122A.184.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.13, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Teachers.</b> A school board must employ necessary licensed teachers for its <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>early childhood family education programs. ~~The Board of Teaching, at its discretion, may~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>~~grant an applicant a variance under this subdivision, consistent with sections~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.09,~~ <br />
            		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>~~subdivision 10~~
         </statute_ref>~~, and~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~122A.25~~</statute_ref>~~, and Board of Teaching rules.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.454, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Compliance with rules.</b> Aid must be paid under this section only for services <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>rendered or for costs incurred in career and technical education programs approved
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>commissioner and operated in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>This aid shall be paid only for services rendered and for costs incurred by essential,
         licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>personnel who meet the requirements for licensure pursuant to the rules of the ~~Minnesota~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~. Licensed personnel <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>means persons holding a valid career and technical license issued by the ~~commissioner~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board under section 122A.30. If an average <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>of five or fewer secondary full-time equivalent students are enrolled per teacher
         in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>approved postsecondary program at Intermediate District No. 287, 916, or 917, licensed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>personnel means persons holding a valid vocational license issued by the commissioner
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>127A.42</statute_ref>, the commissioner may modify or withdraw the program or aid approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>and withhold aid under this section without proceeding under section 
         <statute_ref>127A.42</statute_ref> at any time. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>To do so, the commissioner must determine that the program does not comply with rules
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>of the Department of Education or that any facts concerning the program or its budget
         differ <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>from the facts in the district's approved application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>American Indian language and culture education licenses.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>Tribal Nations Education Committee, must grant initial and continuing teaching licenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>in American Indian language and culture education that bear the same duration as other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>initial and continuing licenses. The board must grant licenses to persons who present
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>satisfactory evidence that they:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>(1) possess competence in an American Indian language or possess unique qualifications
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>relative to or knowledge and understanding of American Indian history and culture;
         or<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>(2) possess a bachelor's degree or other academic degree approved by the board or
         meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>such requirements as to course of study and training as the board may prescribe, or
         possess <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>such relevant experience as the board may prescribe.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>This evidence may be presented by affidavits, tribal resolutions, or by such other
         methods <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>as the board may prescribe. Individuals may present applications for licensure on
         their own <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>behalf or these applications may be submitted by the superintendent or other authorized
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>official of a school district, participating school, or an American Indian school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.75, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Persons eligible for employment; exemptions.</b> Any person licensed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>this section shall be eligible for employment by a school board or a participating
         school as <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>a teacher in an American Indian education program in which the American Indian language
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>or culture in which the person is licensed is taught. A school district or participating
         school <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>may prescribe only those additional qualifications for teachers licensed under this
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>as are approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of Teaching~~. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>Any school board or participating school upon request may be exempted from the licensure
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>requirements of this section in the hiring of one or more American Indian language
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>culture education teachers for any school year in which compliance would, in the opinion
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>of the ~~commissioner~~ Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, create a hardship <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>in the securing of the teachers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 125A.67, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Teacher standards.</b> A teacher ~~or administrator~~ at the academies is subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>the licensure standards of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>~~Teaching or the commissioner of education~~. An administrator at the academies is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>to the licensure standards of the Board of School Administrators.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136A.1791, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>them in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>(b) "Qualified educational loan" means a government, commercial, or foundation loan
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>for actual costs paid for tuition and reasonable educational and living expenses related
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>teacher's preparation or further education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>(c) "School district" means an independent school district, special school district,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>intermediate district, education district, special education cooperative, service
         cooperative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>a cooperative center for vocational education, or a charter school located in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(d) "Teacher" means an individual holding a teaching license issued by the ~~licensing~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>~~division in the Department of Education on behalf of the Board of Teaching~~ Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board who is employed by a school district to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>classroom instruction in a teacher shortage area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>(e) "Teacher shortage area" means the licensure fields and economic development regions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>reported by the commissioner of education as experiencing a teacher shortage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>(f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education unless
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>indicated otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 30. <b>TEACHER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LICENSE REVIEW.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must conduct a review of all
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>the available teacher of special education licenses and determine the options for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>cross-categorical licenses for teachers of special education. The board must report
         its findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>and draft legislation, if needed, to the legislative committees having jurisdiction
         over <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>kindergarten through grade 12 education by December 14, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 31. <b>RULE CHANGE; ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIST </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var><b>LICENSURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>No later than September 1, 2017, the Board of Teaching must amend Minnesota Rules,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>part 8710.5050, subpart 4, so that academic and behavioral strategist continuing licenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>under that part may be issued and renewed according to rules of the Board of Teaching
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>governing continuing licenses and without requiring the candidate to hold or be recommended
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>for licensure in any other licensure field. The board shall use the good cause exemption
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>this section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 32. <b>LICENSES UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF TEACHING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>One-year license.</b> A one-year license issued by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>education before the effective date of this section must be treated as a Tier 1 license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>established under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.18 and 122A.181.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Two-year license.</b> A two-year license issued by the commissioner of education <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>before the effective date of this section must be treated as a Tier 2 license established
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.18 and 122A.182.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Five-year license.</b> A five-year license must be treated in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.184, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 33. <b>PERMISSIONS, WAIVERS, EXCEPTIONS, AND VARIANCES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may grant an extension of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>up to one year for a permission, waiver, variance, or temporary limited license in
         effect on <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 34. <b>TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>(a) Notwithstanding the teacher's field of licensure, a teacher may provide content
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>instruction in a district or charter school until the end of the 2018-2019 school
         year if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>teacher:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>(1) held a kindergarten through grade 12 English as a second language (ESL) license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>during the 2016-2017 school year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>(2) provided content instruction as a highly qualified teacher under the No Child
         Left <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>Behind Act to English language learners, as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>124D.59; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>(3) taught in a classroom where both state content standards and English language
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>development standards were satisfied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>(b) For the 2019-2020 school year and later, a teacher with an ESL license must meet
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>all applicable licensing requirements in chapter 122A and rules adopted by the Professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>Educator Licensing and Standards Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 35. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 122A.14, subdivision 5; 122A.162; 122A.163; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>122A.18, subdivisions 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 6, 7, and 7b; 122A.21, subdivision 2; 122A.23,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>subdivisions 1 and 2; 122A.245; and 122A.25, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var><b>NONTEACHER CREDENTIALING</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 120B.363, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Rulemaking.</b> The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>~~of Teaching~~ must adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruction.
         Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>paraprofessional holding this credential or working in a local school district after
         meeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>a state-approved local assessment is considered to be highly qualified under federal
         law. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>Under this subdivision, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board ~~of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>~~Teaching~~, in consultation with the commissioner, must adopt qualitative criteria for approving
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>local assessments that include an evaluation of a paraprofessional's knowledge of
         reading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>writing, and math and the paraprofessional's ability to assist in the instruction
         of reading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>writing, and math. The commissioner must approve or disapprove local assessments using
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>these criteria. The commissioner must make the criteria available to the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2018."<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>relating to education; restructuring Minnesota's teacher licensing system; <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>establishing the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; transferring
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>all teacher licensing and support personnel licensing and credentialing authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>rulemaking; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>120B.363, subdivision 1; 122A.06; 122A.07; 122A.08; 122A.09, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>2, 3, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 9, 10; 122A.17; 122A.18, subdivisions 1, 2, 2b, 7a, 7c, 8, by adding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>a subdivision; 122A.19; 122A.20; 122A.22; 122A.23, subdivision 3; 122A.26, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>subdivision 2; 122A.28; 122A.29; 122A.30; 124D.13, subdivision 11; 124D.454, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>subdivision 12; 124D.75, subdivisions 1, 6; 125A.67, subdivision 2; 127A.05, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>subdivision 6; 136A.1791, subdivision 1; 214.04, subdivision 1; 214.045; proposing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A; repealing Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>Statutes 2016, sections 122A.09, subdivisions 5, 8, 11; 122A.14, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>122A.162; 122A.163; 122A.18, subdivisions 2a, 3, 3a, 4, 4a, 6, 7, 7b; 122A.21, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>subdivision 2; 122A.23, subdivisions 1, 2; 122A.245; 122A.25."<br />
         		
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