1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; creating and sustaining P/K-16 reform by aligning K-12 
1.3 	academic standards with a seamless entry to Minnesota's postsecondary 
1.4 	institutions and reforming teacher preparation programs and professional 
1.5 	development for P/K-16 faculty; establishing a state P/K-16 council; providing 
1.6 	grants to form regional P/K-16 councils that promote educational accountability 
1.7 	and continuous P/K-16 improvement; appropriating money.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. STATE P/K-16 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
 1.10 	(a) A P/K-16 state leadership council is established to consider state actions to 
1.11 	examine and strengthen:
1.12 	(1) P/K-16 educational requirements and interrelationships, professional 
1.13 	development, and community engagement;
1.14 	(2) K-12 teaching, educational administration, academic standards, the alignment of 
1.15 	academic standards and curriculum, and assessments, with a strong emphasis on reading 
1.16 	and math in grades 4 through 12; 
1.17 	(3) postsecondary preparation of teachers and administrators; and
1.18 	(4) integration of technology into the K-16 curriculum.
1.19 	The state leadership council also may award grants to cooperating entities interested 
1.20 	in forming regional P/K-16 councils to promote educational accountability and continuous 
1.21 	P/K-16 improvement.
1.22 	(b) The state leadership council shall be composed of a representative from 
1.23 	each of the following entities: the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; the 
1.24 	University of Minnesota; the Council on Public Engagement; the Minnesota School 
1.25 	Boards Association; the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce; the Minnesota Business 
2.1 	Partnership; the Commissioner of Education; Minnesota Department of Education staff 
2.2 	experienced with limited English proficiency programs, special education programs, and 
2.3 	elementary and secondary reading and math programs; the Minnesota Private Colleges 
2.4 	Council; the Minnesota Higher Education Services Organization; the Minnesota Career 
2.5 	College Association; Education Minnesota; the Minnesota Parent Teacher Association; 
2.6 	the Minnesota Reading Association; the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership; 
2.7 	the Minnesota Association of Elementary School Principals; the Minnesota Association 
2.8 	of Secondary School Principals; the Minnesota Association of School Administrators; 
2.9 	the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development; the Minnesota 
2.10 	Council of Teachers of Mathematics; and other entities recommended by council members. 
2.11 	Council members' terms and other council matters are subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
2.12 	section 15.059.  The council must annually submit, by February 1 to the Education Policy 
2.13 	and Finance committees of the legislature, a written report that includes recommendations 
2.14 	on Minnesota P/K-16 initiatives, consistent with paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4).
2.15 	(c) Cooperating entities interested in forming a regional P/K-16 council to promote 
2.16 	educational accountability and continuous P/K-16 improvement must submit an 
2.17 	application to the commissioner of education in the form and manner the commissioner 
2.18 	prescribes.  The application must describe the applicant??a??a??s goals and objectives in forming 
2.19 	a regional P/K-16 council and explain how the applicant proposes to supplement state 
2.20 	actions under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4).  The commissioner may require additional 
2.21 	information.  The state leadership council may award grants to form regional P/K-16 
2.22 	councils, if there are available funds and qualified applicants.  Grant recipients must be 
2.23 	located throughout the state to the extent feasible.
2.24 	(d) Upon request, the commissioner of education must provide the state leadership 
2.25 	council with technical, fiscal, and other support services.
2.26 	(e) The council expires June 1, 2014.

2.27 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.28 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education in 
2.29 	fiscal year 2007 for the state leadership council grants under section 1.