1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; directing the Board of Teaching to adopt standards for an 
1.3 	endorsement enabling licensed high school teachers to provide dual enrollment 
1.4 	instruction at a high school;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, 
1.5 	by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 122A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 12.Endorsement; dual enrollment instruction. The Board of Teaching must 
1.10 	issue an endorsement for dual enrollment instruction to a high school teacher licensed in a 
1.11 	content-specific field who successfully completes a one-year district preparation program 
1.12 	in providing dual enrollment instruction in the teacher's licensure field, consistent with 
1.13 	board-adopted standards. The board must adopt standards for this endorsement in consultation 
1.14 	with eligible public postsecondary institutions participating in course agreements under 
1.15 	section 124D.09, subdivision 10. The endorsement means a change in the teacher's license 
1.16 	that allows the teacher to teach postsecondary college in the schools dual credit courses 
1.17 	under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, at a high school without need for additional 
1.18 	preparation or supervision.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.