1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for teacher-complaint data sharing;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.20, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Mandatory reporting. A school board must report to the Board 
1.7 	of Teaching, the Board of School Administrators, or the Board of Trustees of the 
1.8 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, whichever has jurisdiction over the teacher's 
1.9 	or administrator's license, when its teacher or administrator is discharged or resigns 
1.10 	from employment after a charge is filed with the school board under section 122A.41, 
1.11 	subdivisions 6, clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7, or after charges are filed that are grounds for 
1.12 	discharge under section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), or when 
1.13 	a teacher or administrator is suspended or resigns while an investigation is pending under 
1.14 	section 122A.40, subdivision 13, paragraph (a) clauses (1) to (5); 122A.41, subdivisions 6, 
1.15 	clauses (1), (2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556, or when a teacher or administrator is suspended 
1.16 	without an investigation under section 122A.41, subdivisions 6, paragraph (a), clauses (1), 
1.17 	(2), and (3), and 7; or 626.556. The report must be made to the appropriate licensing board 
1.18 	within ten days after the discharge, suspension, or resignation has occurred. The licensing 
1.19 	board to which the report is made must investigate the report for violation of subdivision 
1.20 	1 and the reporting board must cooperate in the investigation. Notwithstanding any 
1.21 	provision in chapter 13 or any law to the contrary, upon written request from the licensing 
1.22 	board having jurisdiction over the license, a board or school superintendent shall provide 
1.23 	the licensing board with information about the teacher or administrator from the district's 
1.24 	files, any termination or disciplinary proceeding, any settlement or compromise, or any 
2.1 	investigative file. Upon written request from the appropriate licensing board, a board or 
2.2 	school superintendent may, at the discretion of the board or school superintendent, solicit 
2.3 	the written consent of a student and the student's parent to provide the licensing board with 
2.4 	information that may aid the licensing board in its investigation and license proceedings. 
2.5 	The licensing board's request need not identify a student or parent by name. The consent 
2.6 	of the student and the student's parent must meet the requirements of chapter 13 and Code 
2.7 	of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.30. The licensing board may provide a consent 
2.8 	form to the district. Any data transmitted to any board under this section is private data 
2.9 	under section 13.02, subdivision 12, notwithstanding any other classification of the data 
2.10 	when it was in the possession of any other agency.
2.11 	The licensing board to which a report is made must transmit to the Attorney 
2.12 	General's Office any record or data it receives under this subdivision for the sole purpose 
2.13 	of having the Attorney General's Office assist that board in its investigation. When the 
2.14 	Attorney General's Office has informed an employee of the appropriate licensing board in 
2.15 	writing that grounds exist to suspend or revoke a teacher's license to teach, that licensing 
2.16 	board must consider suspending or revoking or decline to suspend or revoke the teacher's 
2.17 	or administrator's license within 45 days of receiving a stipulation executed by the teacher 
2.18 	or administrator under investigation or a recommendation from an administrative law 
2.19 	judge that disciplinary action be taken.
2.20 	Notwithstanding any provision in chapter 13 or any law to the contrary, upon 
2.21 	a written request by a hiring school board, the licensing board must share with the 
2.22 	requesting school board the details of a report made to the licensing board concerning a 
2.23 	teacher or administrator.