1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to teachers; limiting placement of practice or student teachers;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.69.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.69, is amended to read:
1.6 	122A.69 PRACTICE OR STUDENT TEACHERS.
1.7 	The board may, by agreements with teacher preparing institutions, arrange for 
1.8 	classroom experience in the district for practice or student teachers who have completed 
1.9 	not less than two years of an approved teacher education program. Such practice teachers 
1.10 	must be provided with appropriate supervision by a fully qualified teacher under rules 
1.11 	promulgated by the board. A practice or student teacher must not be placed with a 
1.12 	cooperating teacher who received the lowest evaluation rating under the most recent 
1.13 	teacher evaluation conducted according to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or 122A.41, 
1.14 	subdivision 5. Practice teachers are deemed employees of the school district in which 
1.15 	they are rendering services for purposes of workers' compensation; liability insurance, 
1.16 	if provided for other district employees in accordance with section 123B.23; and legal 
1.17 	counsel in accordance with the provisions of section 123B.25.