1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; authorizing the Minnesota 
  1.3             commission on national and community service to create 
  1.4             and delegate duties to a private, nonprofit 
  1.5             corporation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.6             124D.385, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.385, 
  1.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] (a) The commission shall: 
  1.11     (1) develop, with the assistance of the governor, the 
  1.12  commissioner of children, families, and learning, and affected 
  1.13  state agencies, a comprehensive state plan to provide services 
  1.14  under sections 124D.37 to 124D.45 and federal law; 
  1.15     (2) actively pursue public and private funding sources for 
  1.16  services, including funding available under federal law; 
  1.17     (3) ~~coordinate volunteer service-learning programs within~~ 
  1.18  ~~the state;~~ 
  1.19     ~~(4) develop, in cooperation with the workforce development~~ 
  1.20  ~~council and the commissioner of children, families, and~~ 
  1.21  ~~learning, volunteer service-learning programs, including~~ 
  1.22  ~~curriculum, materials, and methods of instruction;~~ 
  1.23     ~~(5) work collaboratively with the workforce development~~ 
  1.24  ~~council, the commissioner of children, families, and learning,~~ 
  1.25  ~~schools, public and private agencies, for-profit and nonprofit~~ 
  1.26  ~~employers, and labor unions to identify mentoring and~~ 
  2.1   ~~service-learning opportunities, solicit and recruit participants~~ 
  2.2   ~~for these programs, and disseminate information on the programs;~~ 
  2.3      ~~(6)~~ administer the youth works grant program under sections 
  2.4   124D.39 to 124D.44, ~~with assistance from the commissioner of~~ 
  2.5   ~~children, families, and learning and the executive director of~~ 
  2.6   ~~the higher education services office,~~ including soliciting and 
  2.7   approving grant applications from eligible organizations, and 
  2.8   administering individual postservice benefits; 
  2.9      ~~(7)~~ (4) establish an evaluation plan for programs developed 
  2.10  and services provided under sections 124D.37 to 124D.45; 
  2.11     ~~(8)~~ (5) report to the governor, commissioner of children, 
  2.12  families, and learning, and legislature; and 
  2.13     ~~(9) provide oversight and support for school, campus, and~~ 
  2.14  ~~community-based service programs; and~~ 
  2.15     ~~(10)~~ (6) administer the federal AmeriCorps program. 
  2.16     (b) Nothing in sections 124D.37 to 124D.45 precludes an 
  2.17  organization from independently seeking public or private 
  2.18  funding to accomplish purposes similar to those described in 
  2.19  paragraph (a). 
  2.20     ~~(c) The commissioner of children, families, and learning~~ 
  2.21  ~~shall consult with commission members before the commissioner~~ 
  2.22  ~~selects the executive director for the commission, who shall~~ 
  2.23  ~~serve in the unclassified service.~~ 
  2.24     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section, including the termination 
  2.25  of the employment of the executive director in the state 
  2.26  unclassified service, is effective on the effective date of 
  2.27  section 3. 
  2.28     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 124D.385, is 
  2.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.30     Subd. 4.  [DELEGATION TO NONPROFIT.] The commission may 
  2.31  create a private nonprofit corporation that is exempt from 
  2.32  taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue 
  2.33  Code of 1986.  If the commission creates a private nonprofit 
  2.34  corporation, the commission must serve as the corporation's 
  2.35  board of directors.  The private nonprofit corporation is not 
  2.36  subject to laws governing state agencies or political 
  3.1   subdivisions.  The commission may delegate any or all of its 
  3.2   powers and duties under federal law or under sections 124D.37 to 
  3.3   124D.45 to the corporation if the nonprofit corporation is 
  3.4   approved under federal law to administer the National and 
  3.5   Community Service Trust Act.  The commission may revoke a 
  3.6   delegation of powers and duties at any time, and must revoke the 
  3.7   delegation if the corporation is no longer approved under 
  3.8   federal law as the administrator in the state of Minnesota for 
  3.9   the National and Community Service Trust Act. 
  3.10     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  3.11  following final enactment. 
  3.12     Sec. 3.  [TRANSITION.] 
  3.13     On the day after the commission certifies to the 
  3.14  commissioner of finance that it has created a nonprofit 
  3.15  corporation under section 2, that the corporation has been 
  3.16  approved by the Corporation for National and Community Service 
  3.17  to carry out the National and Community Service Trust Act, and 
  3.18  that the commission has delegated duties to administer sections 
  3.19  124D.37 to 124D.45 to the corporation, all powers and duties of 
  3.20  the commissioner of children, families, and learning relating to 
  3.21  the commission cease, except for the duty to serve on the 
  3.22  commission as prescribed in section 124D.385, subdivision 2, the 
  3.23  assistance described in section 124D.385, subdivision 3, clause 
  3.24  (1), and the duty to provide pass-through grant funds that are 
  3.25  appropriated by law for the benefit of the commission or the 
  3.26  nonprofit corporation. 
  3.27     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  3.28  following final enactment.