1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for financing of prekindergarten through grade 
1.3 	12 education; raising academic achievement; establishing an alternative teacher 
1.4 	training program for qualified professionals; expanding alternative teacher 
1.5 	compensation program; expanding early childhood Part C services; providing 
1.6 	intensive English instruction for adult refugees; providing for Chinese language 
1.7 	programs; providing for a district and high school redesign pilot project; 
1.8 	authorizing Waseca to levy for health and safety revenue; appropriating money;
1.9 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 122A.18, subdivision 2; 124D.11, 
1.10 	subdivision 9; 125A.27, subdivisions 3, 7, 8, 15, 18; 127A.41, subdivision 2; 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 121A.19; 122A.415, subdivisions 
1.12 	1, 3; 125A.11, subdivision 1; 125A.79, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivisions 31, 
1.13 	34;  Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 47; proposing 
1.14 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 120B; 122A; repealing 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.24.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	Section 1. [120B.132] RAISED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADVANCED 
1.18 	PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.
1.19 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; eligibility.  A program is established to raise K-12 
1.20 	academic achievement through increased student participation in advanced placement 
1.21 	and international baccalaureate programs, consistent with section 120B.13.  Schools and 
1.22 	charter schools eligible to participate under this section must:
1.23 	(1) be authorized by the international baccalaureate organization to teach the 
1.24 	international baccalaureate curriculum; or
1.25 	(2) be a site approved by the college board to offer advanced placement courses 
1.26 	and exams or must participate in the college board-sponsored preadvanced placement 
1.27 	initiative; and
1.28 	(3) propose to further raise students' academic achievement by:
2.1 	(i) increasing the availability of and all students' access to advanced placement or 
2.2 	international baccalaureate courses or programs; 
2.3 	(ii) expanding the breadth of advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
2.4 	courses or programs that are available to students; 
2.5 	(iii) increasing the number and the diversity of the students who participate in 
2.6 	advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and succeed; 
2.7 	(iv) providing low-income and other disadvantaged students with increased access 
2.8 	to advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs; or 
2.9 	(v) increasing the number of high school students, including low-income and other 
2.10 	disadvantaged students, who receive college credit by successfully completing advanced 
2.11 	placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs and achieving satisfactory 
2.12 	scores on related exams. 
2.13 		Subd. 2. Application and review process; funding priority.  (a) Charter schools 
2.14 	and school districts in which eligible schools under subdivision 1 are located may apply to 
2.15 	the commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner determines, for competitive 
2.16 	funding to further raise students' academic achievement.  The application must detail the 
2.17 	specific efforts the applicant intends to undertake in further raising students' academic 
2.18 	achievement consistent with subdivision 1, and a proposed budget detailing the district or 
2.19 	charter school's current and proposed expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced 
2.20 	placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The proposed 
2.21 	budget must demonstrate that the applicant's efforts will supplement but not supplant 
2.22 	any expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced placement, and international 
2.23 	baccalaureate courses and programs the applicant currently makes available to students. 
2.24 	Expenditures for administration must not exceed five percent of the proposed budget. The 
2.25 	commissioner may require an applicant to provide additional information.
2.26 	(b) When reviewing applications, the commissioner must determine whether 
2.27 	the applicant satisfied all the requirements in this subdivision and subdivision 1. 
2.28 	The commissioner may give funding priority to an otherwise qualified applicant that 
2.29 	demonstrates:
2.30 	(1) a focus on developing or expanding advanced placement or international 
2.31 	baccalaureate courses or programs or increasing students' participation in, access to, or 
2.32 	success with the courses or programs, including the participation, access, or success of 
2.33 	low-income and other disadvantaged students; 
2.34 	(2) a compelling need for access to advanced placement or international 
2.35 	baccalaureate courses or programs; 
3.1 	(3) an effective ability to actively involve local business and community 
3.2 	organizations in student activities that are integral to advanced placement or international 
3.3 	baccalaureate courses or programs; 
3.4 	(4) access to additional public or nonpublic funds or in-kind contributions that are 
3.5 	available for advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs; or 
3.6 	(5) an intent to implement activities that target low-income and other disadvantaged 
3.7 	students. 
3.8 		Subd. 3. Funding; permissible funding uses.  (a) The commissioner shall award 
3.9 	grants to applicant school districts and charter schools that meet the requirements of 
3.10 	subdivisions 1 and 2. The commissioner must award grants on an equitable geographical 
3.11 	basis to the extent feasible and consistent with this section. Grant awards must not exceed 
3.12 	the lesser of: (1) $85 times the number of pupils enrolled at the participating sites on 
3.13 	October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or (2) the approved supplemental expenditures 
3.14 	based on the budget submitted under subdivision 2. For charter schools in their first 
3.15 	year of operation, the maximum grant award must be calculated using the number of 
3.16 	pupils enrolled on October 1 of the current fiscal year. The commissioner may adjust 
3.17 	the maximum grant award computed using prior year data for changes in enrollment 
3.18 	attributable to school closings, school openings, grade level reconfigurations, or school 
3.19 	district reorganizations between the prior fiscal year and the current fiscal year. 
3.20 	(b) School districts and charter schools that submit an application and receive 
3.21 	funding under this section must use the funding, consistent with the application,  to:
3.22 	(1) provide teacher training and instruction to more effectively serve students, 
3.23 	including low-income and other disadvantaged students, who participate in advanced 
3.24 	placement or international baccalaureate courses or programs; 
3.25 	(2) further develop advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses or 
3.26 	programs; 
3.27 	(3) improve the transition between grade levels to better prepare students, including 
3.28 	low-income and other disadvantaged students, for succeeding in advanced placement or 
3.29 	international baccalaureate courses or programs; 
3.30 	(4) purchase books and supplies; 
3.31 	(5) pay course or program application fees; 
3.32 	(6) increase students??a??a?? participation in and success with advanced placement or 
3.33 	international baccalaureate courses or programs; 
3.34 	(7) expand students' access to advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
3.35 	courses or programs through online learning; 
4.1 	(8) hire appropriately licensed personnel to teach additional advanced placement or 
4.2 	international baccalaureate courses or programs; or 
4.3 	(9) engage in other activity directly related to expanding students' access to, 
4.4 	participation in, and success with advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
4.5 	courses or programs, including low-income and other disadvantaged students.
4.6 		Subd. 4. Annual reports.  (a) Each school district and charter school that receives 
4.7 	a grant under this section annually must collect demographic and other student data to 
4.8 	demonstrate and measure the extent to which the district or charter school raised students' 
4.9 	academic achievement under this program and must report the data to the commissioner 
4.10 	in the form and manner the commissioner determines. The commissioner annually, by 
4.11 	February 15, must make summary data about this program available to the education 
4.12 	policy and finance committees of the legislature.
4.13 	(b) Each school district and charter school that receives a grant under this section 
4.14 	annually must report to the commissioner, consistent with the uniform financial accounting 
4.15 	and reporting standards, its actual expenditures for advanced placement, preadvanced 
4.16 	placement, and international baccalaureate courses and programs. The report must 
4.17 	demonstrate that the school district or charter school has maintained its effort from other 
4.18 	sources for advanced placement, preadvanced placement, and international baccalaureate 
4.19 	courses and programs compared with the previous fiscal year, and the district or charter 
4.20 	school has expended all grant funds, consistent with its approved budget. 

4.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
4.22 	and applies to the 2006-2007 school year and later. 

4.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 121A.19, is amended to read:
4.24 	121A.19 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.
4.25 	Each school year, the state must pay a district ~~$50~~ for each ~~three-year-old child~~ 
4.26 	~~screened; $40 for each four-year-old child screened; and $30 for each five-year-old~~ child
4.27 	or student screened by the district ~~prior to kindergarten~~ according to the requirements of 
4.28 	section 121A.17. The amount of state aid for each child or student screened shall be: (1) 
4.29 	$50 for a child screened at age three; (2) $40 for a child screened at age four; (3) $30 
4.30 	for a child screened at age five or six prior to kindergarten; and (4) $30 for a student 
4.31 	screened within 30 days after first enrolling in a public school kindergarten if the student 
4.32 	has not previously been screened according to the requirements of section 121A.17. If this 
4.33 	amount of aid is insufficient, the district may permanently transfer from the general fund 
4.34 	an amount that, when added to the aid, is sufficient. Developmental screening aid shall not 
5.1 	be paid for any student who is screened more than 30 days after the first day of attendance 
5.2 	at a public school kindergarten, except if a student transfers to another public school 
5.3 	kindergarten within 30 days after first enrolling in a Minnesota public school kindergarten 
5.4 	program. In this case, if the student has not been screened, the district to which the student 
5.5 	transfers may receive developmental screening aid for screening that student when the 
5.6 	screening is performed within 30 days of the transfer date.

5.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.8 		Subd. 2.Teacher and support personnel qualifications. (a) The Board of 
5.9 	Teaching must issue licenses under its jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be 
5.10 	qualified and competent for their respective positions.
5.11 	(b) The board must require a person to successfully complete an examination of 
5.12 	skills in reading, writing, and mathematics before being granted an initial teaching license 
5.13 	to provide direct instruction to pupils in prekindergarten, elementary, secondary, or special 
5.14 	education programs. The board must require colleges and universities offering a board 
5.15 	approved teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance that includes a 
5.16 	formal diagnostic component to persons enrolled in their institution who did not achieve a 
5.17 	qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a second 
5.18 	language. The colleges and universities must provide assistance in the specific academic 
5.19 	areas of deficiency in which the person did not achieve a qualifying score. School 
5.20 	districts must provide similar, appropriate, and timely remedial assistance that includes a 
5.21 	formal diagnostic component and mentoring to those persons employed by the district 
5.22 	who completed their teacher education program outside the state of Minnesota, received 
5.23 	a one-year license to teach in Minnesota and did not achieve a qualifying score on the 
5.24 	skills examination, including those persons for whom English is a second language. The 
5.25 	Board of Teaching shall report annually to the education committees of the legislature 
5.26 	on the total number of teacher candidates during the most recent school year taking the 
5.27 	skills examination, the number who achieve a qualifying score on the examination, the 
5.28 	number who do not achieve a qualifying score on the examination, the distribution of all 
5.29 	candidates' scores, the number of candidates who have taken the examination at least once 
5.30 	before, and the number of candidates who have taken the examination at least once before 
5.31 	and achieve a qualifying score.
5.32 	(c) A person who has completed an approved teacher preparation program and 
5.33 	obtained a one-year license to teach, but has not successfully completed the skills 
5.34 	examination, may renew the one-year license for two additional one-year periods. Each 
5.35 	renewal of the one-year license is contingent upon the licensee:
6.1 	(1) providing evidence of participating in an approved remedial assistance program 
6.2 	provided by a school district or postsecondary institution that includes a formal diagnostic 
6.3 	component in the specific areas in which the licensee did not obtain qualifying scores; and
6.4 	(2) attempting to successfully complete the skills examination during the period 
6.5 	of each one-year license.
6.6 	(d) The Board of Teaching must grant continuing licenses only to those persons who 
6.7 	have met board criteria for granting a continuing license, which includes successfully 
6.8 	completing the skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics.
6.9 	(e) All colleges and universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare persons 
6.10 	for teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs a common core 
6.11 	of teaching knowledge and skills to be acquired by all persons recommended for teacher 
6.12 	licensure. This common core shall meet the standards developed by the interstate new 
6.13 	teacher assessment and support consortium in its 1992 "model standards for beginning 
6.14 	teacher licensing and development~~.~~," and must include technology and information 
6.15 	literacy standards that are consistent with recommendations from the department's 
6.16 	educator licensing and teacher quality division. The board must develop and implement a 
6.17 	system for reviewing on a seven-year cycle all standards of effective practice for teachers 
6.18 	beginning in the 2007-2008 school year. Amendments to standards adopted under this 
6.19 	paragraph are covered by chapter 14. The board of teaching shall report annually to 
6.20 	the education committees of the legislature on the performance of teacher candidates 
6.21 	on common core assessments of knowledge and skills under this paragraph during the 
6.22 	most recent school year.

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

6.24 	Sec. 4. [122A.245] TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED 
6.25 	PROFESSIONALS.
6.26 		Subdivision 1.Scope and requirements. (a) As an alternative to postsecondary 
6.27 	teacher preparation programs, a teacher training program is established for qualified 
6.28 	professionals to acquire an entrance license.  Program providers, approved by the Board of 
6.29 	Teaching under subdivision 3, may offer the program in the instructional fields of science, 
6.30 	mathematics, world languages, English as a second language, and special education. 
6.31 	(b) To participate in the teacher training program, the teacher applicant must: 
6.32 	(1) have, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year 
6.33 	postsecondary institution; 
6.34 	(2) have an undergraduate major or postbaccalaureate degree in the subject to be 
6.35 	taught or in an equivalent or related subject area in which the applicant is seeking licensure; 
7.1 	(3) pass a skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics required under 
7.2 	section 122A.18; 
7.3 	(4) pass the Praxis II subject assessment for each subject area to be taught; 
7.4 	(5) have a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or higher on a 4.0 scale for a 
7.5 	bachelor's degree; 
7.6 	(6) show employment related to the subject to be taught; and 
7.7 	(7) show a district offer for employment as a teacher contingent on participating in 
7.8 	an approved program described in subdivision 2. 
7.9 		Subd. 2.Program. A teacher training program under this section is one year in 
7.10 	duration and must include: 
7.11 	(1) a nine-credit summer or preinduction preparation program that includes 
7.12 	classroom management techniques and on-site classroom observation that are completed 
7.13 	before the candidate is employed in the classroom; 
7.14 	(2) 200 clock hours of instruction in standards of effective practice and essential 
7.15 	skills that include curriculum, instructional strategies, and classroom management 
7.16 	presented after school or on Saturdays throughout the year leading to a teaching license 
7.17 	and up to 15 graduate credits toward a master's degree in education; 
7.18 	(3) on-the-job mentoring, supervision, and evaluation arranged by the employing 
7.19 	district that includes mentoring provided by an experienced teacher licensed in the subject 
7.20 	taught by the applicant, and three evaluations by an evaluation team composed of the 
7.21 	mentor, the principal, and a training program member that include at least three classroom 
7.22 	observations where the third evaluation contains the team's recommendation for licensure 
7.23 	and where a written report of each evaluation is prepared; and 
7.24 	(4) a one-week intensive workshop that includes analysis and reflection of the first 
7.25 	year of teaching after completing the school year, which may be counted as part of 200 
7.26 	clock hours required in clause (2). 
7.27 		Subd. 3.Program approval. An interested Minnesota public or private 
7.28 	postsecondary institution must submit program proposals to the Board of Teaching for 
7.29 	approval. 
7.30 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of Teaching must develop 
7.31 	criteria for approving teacher training programs under this section after considering the 
7.32 	recommendations of an advisory group appointed by the Board of Teaching composed of, 
7.33 	at a minimum, the commissioner of education or designee, and representatives of school 
7.34 	superintendents, principals, teachers, and postsecondary institutions, including those 
7.35 	offering degrees in teaching preparation. 
8.1 		Subd. 4.Eligibility license. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of 
8.2 	Teaching must issue to an applicant who successfully meets the criteria under subdivision 
8.3 	1, paragraph (b), a one-year eligibility license to teach at the employing district under 
8.4 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (7).  During the one-year eligibility period, the 
8.5 	employing district must assign a mentor under subdivision 2, clause (3). The applicant 
8.6 	teacher and teacher mentor must meet at least weekly throughout the school year on 
8.7 	classroom and instructional issues. 
8.8 	The hiring district may deduct from the participant's salary the cost of providing the 
8.9 	mentor for the participant during the training year. 
8.10 		Subd. 5.Standard entrance license. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
8.11 	Board of Teaching must issue a standard entrance license to a training program licensee 
8.12 	who successfully completes the program under subdivision 2, successfully teaches in 
8.13 	a classroom for one complete school year, successfully passes the Praxis II principles 
8.14 	of learning and teaching, and receives a positive recommendation from the applicant's 
8.15 	evaluation team. 
8.16 		Subd. 6.Qualified teacher. A person with a valid eligibility license under 
8.17 	subdivision 5 is a qualified teacher under section 122A.16. 

8.18 	Sec. 5. [122A.246] TEACH FOR MINNESOTA.
8.19 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; requirements. The teach for Minnesota program is 
8.20 	a teacher training program established to encourage college graduates to acquire a license 
8.21 	to teach in high-needs schools and hard-to-staff schools. To participate in the program, 
8.22 	an applicant must:
8.23 	(1) have received a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year postsecondary 
8.24 	institution received within one year prior to the date of the application;
8.25 	(2) have an undergraduate major in the subject to be taught or in an equivalent or 
8.26 	related subject area in which the applicant is seeking licensure;
8.27 	(3) pass a skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics required under 
8.28 	section 122A.18;
8.29 	(4) pass the Praxis II subject assessment for each subject area to be taught;
8.30 	(5) have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale; and
8.31 	(6) show a district offer for employment in a high-needs or hard-to-staff school 
8.32 	contingent on participating in the program under this section.
8.33 		Subd. 2.Program. A teacher training program must include the requirements 
8.34 	under section 122A.245, subdivision 2. A teacher preparation program provider must be 
8.35 	approved by the Board of Teaching and may offer the program in the instructional fields of 
9.1 	science, mathematics, English as a second language, and special education. A Minnesota 
9.2 	public or private postsecondary institution must submit program proposals to the Board of 
9.3 	Teaching for approval. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of Teaching, in 
9.4 	consultation with the commissioner of education, postsecondary institutions, and school 
9.5 	district administrators and teachers in districts with high-needs and hard-to-staff schools, 
9.6 	must develop criteria for approving teacher training programs under this section. 
9.7 		Subd. 3.License. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Board of Teaching 
9.8 	must issue a standard entrance license to an applicant who successfully completes 
9.9 	a training program under this section and successfully passes the Praxis II principles 
9.10 	of learning and teaching.

9.11 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 122A.415, subdivision 1, is 
9.12 	amended to read:
9.13 		Subdivision 1.Revenue amount. (a) A school district, intermediate school district, 
9.14 	school site, or charter school that meets the conditions of section 122A.414 and submits an 
9.15 	application approved by the commissioner is eligible for alternative teacher compensation 
9.16 	revenue.
9.17 	(b) For school district and intermediate school district applications, the commissioner 
9.18 	must consider only those applications to participate that are submitted jointly by a 
9.19 	district and the exclusive representative of the teachers. The application must contain an 
9.20 	alternative teacher professional pay system agreement that:
9.21 	(1) implements an alternative teacher professional pay system consistent with 
9.22 	section 122A.414; and
9.23 	(2) is negotiated and adopted according to the Public Employment Labor Relations 
9.24 	Act under chapter 179A, except that notwithstanding section 179A.20, subdivision 3, a 
9.25 	district may enter into a contract for a term of two or four years.
9.26 	Alternative teacher compensation revenue for a qualifying school district or site in 
9.27 	which the school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers agree to place 
9.28 	teachers in the district or at the site on the alternative teacher professional pay system 
9.29 	equals $260 times the ratio of the formula allowance for the current fiscal year to the 
9.30 	formula allowance for fiscal year 2007 times the number of pupils enrolled at the district 
9.31 	or site on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. Alternative teacher compensation revenue 
9.32 	for a qualifying intermediate school district must be calculated under section 126C.10, 
9.33 	subdivision 34, paragraphs (a) and (b).
9.34 	(c) For a newly combined or consolidated district, the revenue shall be computed 
9.35 	using the sum of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the previous year in the districts entering 
10.1 	into the combination or consolidation. The commissioner may adjust the revenue 
10.2 	computed for a site using prior year data to reflect changes attributable to school closings, 
10.3 	school openings, or grade level reconfigurations between the prior year and the current 
10.4 	year.
10.5 	(d) The revenue is available only to school districts, intermediate school districts, 
10.6 	school sites, and charter schools that fully implement an alternative teacher professional 
10.7 	pay system by October 1 of the current school year.

10.8 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 122A.415, subdivision 3, is 
10.9 	amended to read:
10.10 		Subd. 3.Revenue timing. (a) Districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, 
10.11 	or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative compensation 
10.12 	revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, school site, 
10.13 	or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional pay system under this 
10.14 	subdivision and section 122A.414. For fiscal year 2007 and later, a qualifying district, 
10.15 	intermediate school district, school site, or charter school that received alternative teacher 
10.16 	compensation aid for the previous fiscal year must receive at least an amount of alternative 
10.17 	teacher compensation revenue equal to the lesser of the amount it received for the previous 
10.18 	fiscal year or the amount it qualifies for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if 
10.19 	the district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school submits a timely 
10.20 	application and the commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, 
10.21 	school site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional 
10.22 	pay system, consistent with its application under this section.
10.23 	(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, 
10.24 	and section 122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b), and 2a, if the applicant is a charter 
10.25 	school, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that qualify for this 
10.26 	program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter 
10.27 	schools about the program, develop and disseminate application materials, and carry out 
10.28 	other activities needed to implement this section.
10.29 	(c) For applications approved under this section before August 1 of the fiscal year for 
10.30 	which the aid is paid, the portion of the state total basic alternative teacher compensation 
10.31 	aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed $522,000 for fiscal year 
10.32 	2006 and $3,374,000 for fiscal year 2007. For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of 
10.33 	the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter 
10.34 	schools must not exceed the product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter 
10.35 	school enrollment for the previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment 
11.1 	for ~~the second previous year~~ fiscal year 2006 times the ratio of the formula allowance for 
11.2 	the current fiscal year to the formula allowance for fiscal year 2007. Additional basic 
11.3 	alternative teacher compensation aid may be approved for charter schools after August 1, 
11.4 	not to exceed the charter school limit for the following fiscal year, if the basic alternative 
11.5 	teacher compensation aid entitlement for school districts based on applications approved 
11.6 	by August 1 does not expend the remaining amount under the limit.

11.7 	Sec. 8. [122A.416] ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE 
11.8 	FOR PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION AND MULTIDISTRICT 
11.9 	INTEGRATION COLLABORATIVES.
11.10 	Notwithstanding sections 122A.413, 122A.414, 122A.415, and 126C.10, 
11.11 	multidistrict integration collaboratives and the Perpich Center for Arts Education are 
11.12 	eligible to receive alternative teacher compensation revenue as if they were intermediate 
11.13 	school districts. To qualify for alternative teacher compensation revenue, a multidistrict 
11.14 	integration collaborative or the Perpich Center for Arts Education must meet all of the 
11.15 	requirements of sections 122A.413, 122A.414, and 122A.415 that apply to intermediate 
11.16 	school districts, must report its enrollment as of October 1 of each year to the department, 
11.17 	and must annually report its expenditures for the alternative teacher professional pay 
11.18 	system consistent with the uniform financial accounting and reporting standards to the 
11.19 	department by November 30 of each year.

11.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2007.

11.21 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 124D.11, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
11.22 		Subd. 9.Payment of aids to charter schools. (a) Notwithstanding section  127A.45, 
11.23 	subdivision 3, aid payments for the current fiscal year to a charter school not in its first 
11.24 	year of operation shall be of an equal amount on each of the 23 payment dates. A charter 
11.25 	school in its first year of operation shall receive, on its first payment date, ten percent of its 
11.26 	cumulative amount guaranteed for the year and 22 payments of an equal amount thereafter 
11.27 	the sum of which shall ~~be 90 percent of~~ equal the current year aid payment percentage 
11.28 	multiplied by  the cumulative amount guaranteed. 
11.29 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for a charter school ceasing operation prior to the 
11.30 	end of a school year, ~~80 percent of~~ the current year aid payment percentage multiplied by 
11.31 	 the amount due for the school year may be paid to the school after audit of prior fiscal year 
11.32 	and current fiscal year pupil counts. For a charter school ceasing operations prior to, or 
11.33 	at the end of a school year, notwithstanding section 127A.45, subdivision 3, preliminary 
11.34 	final payments may be made after audit of pupil counts, monitoring of special education 
12.1 	expenditures, and documentation of lease expenditures for the final year of operation. 
12.2 	Final payment may be made upon receipt of audited financial statements under section 
12.3 	123B.77, subdivision 3.
12.4 	(c) Notwithstanding section  127A.45, subdivision 3, and paragraph (a), 80 percent 
12.5 	of the start-up cost aid under subdivision 8 shall be paid within 45 days after the first day 
12.6 	of student attendance for that school year. 
12.7 	(d) In order to receive state aid payments under this subdivision, a charter school in 
12.8 	its first three years of operation must submit a school calendar in the form and manner 
12.9 	requested by the department and a quarterly report to the Department of Education. The 
12.10 	report must list each student by grade, show the student's start and end dates, if any, 
12.11 	with the charter school, and for any student participating in a learning year program, 
12.12 	the report must list the hours and times of learning year activities. The report must be 
12.13 	submitted not more than two weeks after the end of the calendar quarter to the department. 
12.14 	The department must develop a Web-based reporting form for charter schools to use 
12.15 	when submitting enrollment reports. A charter school in its fourth and subsequent year of 
12.16 	operation must submit a school calendar and enrollment information to the department in 
12.17 	the form and manner requested by the department.
12.18 	(e) Notwithstanding sections 317A.701 to 317A.791, upon closure of a charter 
12.19 	school and satisfaction of creditors, cash and investment balances remaining shall be 
12.20 	returned to the state.

12.21 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 125A.11, subdivision 1, is 
12.22 	amended to read:
12.23 		Subdivision 1.Nonresident tuition rate; other costs. (a) For fiscal year 2006, 
12.24 	when a school district provides instruction and services outside the district of residence, 
12.25 	board and lodging, and any tuition to be paid, shall be paid by the district of residence. The 
12.26 	tuition rate to be charged for any child with a disability, excluding a pupil for whom tuition 
12.27 	is calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (d), must be the sum 
12.28 	of (1) the actual cost of providing special instruction and services to the child including 
12.29 	a proportionate amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building lease and 
12.30 	debt service costs for facilities used primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount 
12.31 	of general education revenue and referendum aid attributable to the pupil, minus (3) the 
12.32 	amount of special education aid for children with a disability received on behalf of that 
12.33 	child, minus (4) if the pupil receives special instruction and services outside the regular 
12.34 	classroom for more than 60 percent of the school day, the amount of general education 
12.35 	revenue and referendum aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school 
13.1 	administration, district support services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, 
13.2 	and pupil transportation, attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives 
13.3 	special instruction ~~in~~ and services outside of  the regular classroom. If the boards involved 
13.4 	do not agree upon the tuition rate, either board may apply to the commissioner to fix the 
13.5 	rate. Notwithstanding chapter 14, the commissioner must then set a date for a hearing or 
13.6 	request a written statement from each board, giving each board at least ten days' notice, 
13.7 	and after the hearing or review of the written statements the commissioner must make an 
13.8 	order fixing the tuition rate, which is binding on both school districts. General education 
13.9 	revenue and referendum aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident 
13.10 	district's average general education and referendum revenue per adjusted pupil unit.
13.11 	(b) For fiscal year 2007 and later, when a school district provides special instruction 
13.12 	and services for a pupil with a disability as defined in section 125A.02 outside the district 
13.13 	of residence, excluding a pupil for whom an adjustment to special education aid is 
13.14 	calculated according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraph (e), special education 
13.15 	aid paid to the resident district must be reduced by an amount equal to (1) the actual 
13.16 	cost of providing special instruction and services to the pupil, including a proportionate 
13.17 	amount for special transportation and unreimbursed building lease and debt service costs 
13.18 	for facilities used primarily for special education, plus (2) the amount of general education 
13.19 	revenue and referendum aid attributable to that pupil, minus (3) the amount of special 
13.20 	education aid for children with a disability received on behalf of that child, minus (4) if the 
13.21 	pupil receives special instruction and services outside the regular classroom for more than 
13.22 	60 percent of the school day, the amount of general education revenue and referendum 
13.23 	aid, excluding portions attributable to district and school administration, district support 
13.24 	services, operations and maintenance, capital expenditures, and pupil transportation, 
13.25 	attributable to that pupil for the portion of time the pupil receives special instruction ~~in~~
13.26 	and services outside of  the regular classroom. General education revenue and referendum 
13.27 	aid attributable to a pupil must be calculated using the resident district's average general 
13.28 	education revenue and referendum aid per adjusted pupil unit. Special education aid 
13.29 	paid to the district or cooperative providing special instruction and services for the pupil 
13.30 	must be increased by the amount of the reduction in the aid paid to the resident district. 
13.31 	Amounts paid to cooperatives under this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 
13.32 	7, shall be recognized and reported as revenues and expenditures on the resident school 
13.33 	district's books of account under sections 123B.75 and 123B.76. If the resident district's 
13.34 	special education aid is insufficient to make the full adjustment, the remaining adjustment 
13.35 	shall be made to other state aid due to the district.
14.1 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, 
14.2 	paragraphs (d) and (e), a charter school where more than 30 percent of enrolled students 
14.3 	receive special education and related services, an intermediate district, or a special 
14.4 	education cooperative may apply to the commissioner for authority to charge the resident 
14.5 	district an additional amount to recover any remaining unreimbursed costs of serving 
14.6 	pupils with a disability. The application must include a description of the costs and the 
14.7 	calculations used to determine the unreimbursed portion to be charged to the resident 
14.8 	district. Amounts approved by the commissioner under this paragraph must be included 
14.9 	in the tuition billings or aid adjustments under paragraph (a) or (b), or section 127A.47, 
14.10 	subdivision 7, paragraph (d) or (e), as applicable.
14.11 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision and section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
14.12 	(d) and (e), "general education revenue and referendum aid" means the sum of the general 
14.13 	education revenue according to section 126C.10, subdivision 1, excluding alternative 
14.14 	teacher compensation revenue, plus the referendum aid according to section 126C.17, 
14.15 	subdivision 7, as adjusted according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), 
14.16 	(b), and (c).

14.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2006.

14.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
14.19 		Subd. 3.Core early intervention services. "Core early intervention services" 
14.20 	means services that are available at no cost to children and families. These services 
14.21 	include:
14.22 	(1) identification and referral;
14.23 	(2) screening;
14.24 	(3) evaluation;
14.25 	(4) assessment;
14.26 	(5) service coordination;
14.27 	(6) special education and related services ~~provided under section  125A.08, and~~ 
14.28 	~~United States Code, title 20, section 1401~~ for children who qualify for these services 
14.29 	under Minnesota Rules; and 
14.30 	(7) protection of parent and child rights by means of procedural safeguards.

14.31 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
14.32 		Subd. 7.Early intervention system. "Early intervention system" means the total 
14.33 	effort in the state to meet the needs of eligible children and their families~~, including,~~ 
14.34 	~~but not limited to:~~
15.1 	~~(1) any public agency in the state that receives funds under the Individuals with~~ 
15.2 	~~Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20, sections 1471 to 1485 (Part~~ 
15.3 	~~C, Public Law 102-119);~~
15.4 	~~(2) other state and local agencies administering programs involved in the provision~~ 
15.5 	~~of early intervention services, including, but not limited to:~~
15.6 	~~(i) the Maternal and Child Health program under title V of the Social Security Act,~~ 
15.7 	~~United States Code, title 42, sections 701 to 709;~~
15.8 	~~(ii) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, title 20,~~ 
15.9 	~~sections 1411 to 1420 (Part B);~~
15.10 	~~(iii) medical assistance under the Social Security Act, United States Code, title~~ 
15.11 	~~42, section 1396 et seq.;~~
15.12 	~~(iv) the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, United States~~ 
15.13 	~~Code, title 42, sections 6021 to 6030 (Part B); and~~
15.14 	~~(v) the Head Start Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 9831 to 9852; and~~
15.15 	~~(3) services provided by private groups or third-party payers in conformity with an~~ 
15.16 	~~individualized family service plan~~.

15.17 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
15.18 		Subd. 8.Eligibility for Part C. "Eligibility for Part C" means eligibility for early 
15.19 	childhood special education under section  125A.02 and Minnesota Rules~~, part 3525.2335,~~ 
15.20 	~~subpart 1, items A and B~~. 

15.21 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
15.22 		Subd. 15.Part C state plan. "Part C state plan" means the annual state plan 
15.23 	application approved by the federal government ~~under the Individuals with Disabilities~~ 
15.24 	~~Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, Public Law~~ 
15.25 	~~105-117)~~.

15.26 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 125A.27, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
15.27 		Subd. 18.State lead agency. "State lead agency" means the state agency receiving 
15.28 	federal funds ~~under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code,~~ 
15.29 	~~title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part H, Public Law 102-119)~~ for the purposes of providing 
15.30 	early intervention services.

15.31 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 125A.79, subdivision 1, is 
15.32 	amended to read:
16.1 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the definitions in this 
16.2 	subdivision apply.
16.3 	(a) "Unreimbursed special education cost" means the sum of the following:
16.4 	(1) expenditures for teachers' salaries, contracted services, supplies, equipment, and 
16.5 	transportation services eligible for revenue under section 125A.76; plus
16.6 	(2) expenditures for tuition bills received under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 
16.7 	125A.65 for services eligible for revenue under section 125A.76, subdivision 2; minus
16.8 	(3) revenue for teachers' salaries, contracted services, supplies, and equipment under 
16.9 	section 125A.76; minus
16.10 	(4) tuition receipts under sections 125A.03 to 125A.24 and 125A.65 for services 
16.11 	eligible for revenue under section 125A.76, subdivision 2.
16.12 	(b) "General revenue" means the sum of the general education revenue according to 
16.13 	section 126C.10, subdivision 1, ~~as adjusted according to section 127A.47, subdivisions~~ 
16.14 	~~7 and 8~~excluding alternative teacher compensation revenue, plus the total qualifying 
16.15 	referendum revenue specified in paragraph (e) minus transportation sparsity revenue 
16.16 	minus total operating capital revenue.
16.17 	(c) "Average daily membership" has the meaning given it in section 126C.05.
16.18 	(d) "Program growth factor" means 1.02 for fiscal year 2003, and 1.0 for fiscal 
16.19 	year 2004 and later.
16.20 	(e) "Total qualifying referendum revenue" means two-thirds of the district's total 
16.21 	referendum revenue as adjusted according to section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs 
16.22 	(a), (b), and (c), for fiscal year 2006, one-third of the district's total referendum revenue 
16.23 	for fiscal year 2007, and none of the district's total referendum revenue for fiscal year 
16.24 	2008 and later.

16.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2006.

16.26 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 31, 
16.27 	is amended to read:
16.28 		Subd. 31.Transition revenue. (a) A district's transition allowance equals the 
16.29 	greater of zero or the product of the ratio of the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil 
16.30 	units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002 
16.31 	to the district's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2004, times the difference 
16.32 	between: (1) the lesser of the district's general education revenue per adjusted marginal 
16.33 	cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2003 or the amount of general education revenue the district 
16.34 	would have received per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit for fiscal year 2004 according 
16.35 	to Minnesota Statutes 2002, and (2) the district's general education revenue for fiscal year 
17.1 	2004 excluding transition revenue divided by the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil 
17.2 	units the district would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002.
17.3 	(b) A district's transition revenue for fiscal year 2006 and later equals the sum of (1) 
17.4 	the product of the district's transition allowance times the district's adjusted marginal cost 
17.5 	pupil units plus (2) the amount of referendum revenue under section 126C.17 and general 
17.6 	education revenue, excluding transition revenue, for fiscal year 2004 attributable to pupils 
17.7 	four or five years of age on September 1, 2003, enrolled in a prekindergarten program 
17.8 	implemented by the district before July 1, 2003, and reported as kindergarten pupils under 
17.9 	section 126C.05, subdivision 1, for fiscal year 2004, plus (3) the amount of compensatory 
17.10 	education revenue under subdivision 3 for fiscal year 2005 attributable to pupils four years 
17.11 	of age on September 1, 2003, enrolled in a prekindergarten program implemented by the 
17.12 	district before July 1, 2003, and reported as kindergarten pupils under section 126C.05, 
17.13 	subdivision 1, for fiscal year 2004 ~~multiplied by .04~~.

17.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2006.

17.15 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 126C.10, subdivision 34, 
17.16 	is amended to read:
17.17 		Subd. 34.Basic alternative teacher compensation aid. (a) For fiscal year 2006, 
17.18 	the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a school district or an intermediate 
17.19 	school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals the 
17.20 	alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, subdivision 1. The 
17.21 	basic alternative teacher compensation aid for a charter school with an approved plan 
17.22 	under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled 
17.23 	in the school on October 1 of the previous school year, or on October 1 of the current 
17.24 	fiscal year for a charter school in the first year of operation.
17.25 	(b) For fiscal year 2007 ~~and later~~, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid 
17.26 	for a school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals 
17.27 	73.1 percent of the alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, 
17.28 	subdivision 1. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate school 
17.29 	district or charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 2a 
17.30 	and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times the number of pupils enrolled 
17.31 	in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on October 1 of the current fiscal 
17.32 	year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times the ratio of the sum of the 
17.33 	alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher compensation levy for all 
17.34 	participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher compensation revenue 
17.35 	for those districts under section 122A.415, subdivision 1.
18.1 	(c) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the basic alternative teacher compensation aid for 
18.2 	a school district with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivision 2b, equals the 
18.3 	alternative teacher compensation revenue under section 122A.415, subdivision 1, minus 
18.4 	$69.94 times the number of pupils enrolled at participating sites on October 1 of the 
18.5 	previous fiscal year. The basic alternative teacher compensation aid for an intermediate 
18.6 	school district or charter school with a plan approved under section 122A.414, subdivisions 
18.7 	2a and 2b, if the recipient is a charter school, equals $260 times the ratio of the formula 
18.8 	allowance for the current fiscal year to the formula allowance for fiscal year 2007 times 
18.9 	the number of pupils enrolled in the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year, or on 
18.10 	October 1 of the current fiscal year for a charter school in the first year of operation, times 
18.11 	the ratio of the sum of the alternative teacher compensation aid and alternative teacher 
18.12 	compensation levy for all participating school districts to the maximum alternative teacher 
18.13 	compensation revenue for those districts under section 122A.415, subdivision 1.
18.14 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) ~~and~~, (b), and (c) and section 122A.415, 
18.15 	subdivision 1, the state total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement must 
18.16 	not exceed $19,329,000 for fiscal year 2006 ~~and~~, $75,636,000 for fiscal year 2007, and 
18.17 	$75,636,000 times the ratio of the formula allowance for the current fiscal year to the 
18.18 	formula allowance for fiscal year 2008 and later. The commissioner must limit the amount 
18.19 	of alternative teacher compensation aid approved under ~~section~~ sections 122A.415 and 
18.20 	122A.416 so as not to exceed these limits.

18.21 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 127A.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.22 		Subd. 2.Errors in distribution. On determining that the amount of state aid 
18.23 	distributed to a school district is in error, the commissioner is authorized to adjust the 
18.24 	amount of aid consistent with this subdivision. On determining that the amount of aid is 
18.25 	in excess of the school district's entitlement, the commissioner is authorized to recover 
18.26 	the amount of the excess by any appropriate means. Notwithstanding the fiscal years 
18.27 	designated by the appropriation, the excess may be recovered by reducing future aid 
18.28 	payments to the district. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the aid reduced is not 
18.29 	of the same type as that overpaid, the district must adjust all necessary financial accounts 
18.30 	to properly reflect all revenues earned in accordance with the uniform financial accounting 
18.31 	and reporting standards pursuant to sections  123B.75 to  123B.83. Notwithstanding the 
18.32 	fiscal years designated by the appropriation, on determining that the amount of an aid paid 
18.33 	is less than the school district's entitlement, the commissioner is authorized to increase 
18.34 	such aid from the current appropriation. If the aid program has been discontinued and has 
18.35 	no appropriation, the appropriation for general education shall be used for recovery or 
19.1 	payment of the aid decrease or increase. Any excess of aid recovery over aid payment 
19.2 	shall be cancelled to the state general fund.

19.3 	Sec. 20. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 47, is amended 
19.4 	to read:
19.5 	Sec. 47.  ALTERNATIVE TEACHER COMPENSATION REVENUE  
19.6 	GUARANTEE.
19.7 	
19.8 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.415,  subdivision 1, and 
19.9 	126C.10, subdivision 34, paragraphs (a) and  (b), a school district that received alternative 
19.10 	teacher  compensation aid for fiscal year 2005, but does not qualify for  alternative 
19.11 	teacher compensation revenue for all sites in the  district for fiscal year 2006 ~~or~~, 2007, 
19.12 	2008, or 2009, shall receive additional  basic alternative teacher compensation aid for 
19.13 	that fiscal year  equal to the lesser of the amount of alternative teacher  compensation 
19.14 	aid it received for fiscal year 2005 or the amount  it would have received for that fiscal 
19.15 	year under Minnesota  Statutes 2004, section 122A.415, subdivision 1, for teachers at  
19.16 	sites not qualifying for alternative teacher compensation  revenue for that fiscal year, if 
19.17 	the district submits a timely  application and the commissioner determines that the district  
19.18 	continues to implement an alternative teacher compensation  system, consistent with its 
19.19 	application under Minnesota Statutes  2004, section 122A.415, for fiscal year 2005.  The 
19.20 	additional  basic alternative teacher compensation aid under this section  must not be used 
19.21 	in calculating the alternative teacher  compensation levy under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.22 	126C.10,  subdivision 35.  This section applies only to fiscal years 2006  ~~and 2007~~ through 
19.23 	2009 and does not apply to later fiscal years.  

19.24 	Sec. 21. GRANTS FOR INTENSIVE ENGLISH INSTRUCTION FOR ADULT 
19.25 	REFUGEES.
 19.26 	The commissioner of education shall establish a reimbursement grant program 
19.27 	to fund intensive English as a second language (ESL) programs for adult refugees. 
19.28 	Intensive ESL programming must provide intensive instruction for adult refugees who 
19.29 	are making inadequate literacy progress as measured by a standard assessment test. The 
19.30 	intensive instruction must be focused on participants gaining sufficient literacy to achieve 
19.31 	self-sufficiency through employment. Organizations eligible for grants under this section 
19.32 	include adult basic education programs, school districts, postsecondary institutions, 
19.33 	and nonprofit or community-based organizations or other private organizations with 
19.34 	experience in providing English language instruction to non-English speaking immigrants 
20.1 	and refugees. Grant applications must be in the form and manner determined by the 
20.2 	commissioner. At a minimum, the application must document experience in literacy 
20.3 	programs serving immigrants and refugees, describe fiscal accounting systems and 
20.4 	reporting capacity, ensure that administrative expenses are limited to five percent of grant 
20.5 	funds, and provide a description of the proposed instructional services and training plans. 
20.6 	Funds must be paid to programs on a reimbursement basis.

20.7 	Sec. 22. CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS; CURRICULUM 
20.8 	DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
 20.9 		Subdivision 1.Project parameters. (a) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, 
20.10 	the commissioner of education may contract with the Board of Regents of the University 
20.11 	of Minnesota, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) or 
20.12 	other entity the commissioner determines is qualified to undertake the development of an 
20.13 	articulated K-12 Chinese curriculum for Minnesota schools that involves:
20.14 	(1) creating a network of Chinese teachers and educators able to develop new and 
20.15 	modify or expand existing world languages K-12 curricula, materials, assessments, and 
20.16 	best practices needed to provide Chinese language instruction to students; and
20.17 	(2) coordinating statewide efforts to develop and expand Chinese language 
20.18 	instruction so that it is uniformly available to students throughout the state, and making 
20.19 	innovative use of media and technology, including television, distance learning, and online 
20.20 	courses to broaden students' access to the instruction.
20.21 	(b) The entity with which the commissioner contracts under paragraph (a) must have 
20.22 	sufficient knowledge and expertise to ensure the professional development of appropriate, 
20.23 	high quality curricula, supplementary materials, aligned assessments, and best practices 
20.24 	that accommodate different levels of student ability and types of programs.
20.25 	(c) Project participants must:
20.26 	(1) work throughout the project to develop curriculum, supplementary materials, 
20.27 	aligned assessments, and best practices; and
20.28 	(2) make curriculum, supplementary materials, aligned assessments, and best 
20.29 	practices equitably available to Minnesota schools and students.
20.30 		Subd. 2.Project participants. The entity with which the commissioner contracts 
20.31 	must work with the network of Chinese teachers and educators to:
20.32 	(1) conduct an inventory of Chinese language curricula, supplementary materials, 
20.33 	and professional development initiatives currently used in Minnesota or other states;
20.34 	(2) develop Chinese language curricula and benchmarks aligned to local world 
20.35 	language standards and classroom-based assessments; and
21.1 	(3) review and recommend to the commissioner how best to build an educational 
21.2 	infrastructure to provide more students with Chinese language instruction, including 
21.3 	how to develop and provide: an adequate supply of Chinese language teachers; an 
21.4 	adequate number of high quality school programs; appropriate curriculum, instructional 
21.5 	materials, and aligned assessments that include technology-based delivery systems; 
21.6 	teacher preparation programs to train Chinese language teachers; expedited licensing of 
21.7 	Chinese language teachers; best practices in existing educational programs that can be 
21.8 	used to establish K-12 Chinese language programs; and technical assistance resources.

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

21.10 	Sec. 23. DISTRICT AND HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN PILOT PROJECT.
 21.11 	(a) The commissioner of education shall establish a pilot project to provide grants 
21.12 	to school districts to examine ways to redesign school districts and high schools to 
21.13 	increase student academic achievement and promote innovation to more effectively serve 
21.14 	students. A school district shall apply for a grant in the form and manner determined by 
21.15 	the commissioner. 
21.16 	(b) The commissioner shall award at least five grants to school districts to develop 
21.17 	redesign models to accomplish systemic changes and promote innovation in education 
21.18 	that may include:
21.19 	(1) redesigning mathematics and science courses and curriculum;
21.20 	(2) increasing the availability of and student access to rigorous curriculum and 
21.21 	courses;
21.22 	(3) redesigning instruction including the use of best practices, district and school 
21.23 	curriculum, and achievement for all students;
21.24 	(4) redesigning teacher training and professional development in the science, 
21.25 	technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines;
21.26 	(5) redesigning the delivery of instruction for career and technical education 
21.27 	programs;
21.28 	(6) providing innovative year-round school attendance options; 
21.29 	(7) providing a variety of online learning and technologically enhanced learning 
21.30 	opportunities; and
21.31 	(8) other innovative ways to redesign how services are organized and provided in 
21.32 	school districts and high schools to maximize student academic achievement.
21.33 	(c) To the extent practicable, the commissioner shall use geographic balance 
21.34 	to award grants. At least two grant recipients must be from school districts in the 
22.1 	seven-county metropolitan area, including one urban and one suburban district, and three 
22.2 	grants from outside the metropolitan area.
22.3 	(d) A grant recipient must submit a model redesign plan to the commissioner in a 
22.4 	manner determined by the commissioner.

22.5 	Sec. 24. WASECA LEVY; APPROPRIATION.
 22.6 	Independent School District No. 829, Waseca, may levy up to $343,550 beginning 
22.7 	in 2006 over five years for health and safety revenue lost due to miscalculation. $316,000 
22.8 	is appropriated to the commissioner of education for payment of the aid portion of lost 
22.9 	revenue. If the district does not levy the full amount authorized within the five year period, 
22.10 	other state aid due to the district shall be reduced proportionately.

22.11 	Sec. 25. APPROPRIATIONS.
 22.12 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
22.13 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
22.14 	designated.
22.15 		Subd. 2.AP and IB increased student participation. For the increased 
22.16 	participation of students in advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs 
22.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.132:

22.18 | | $ | 7,319,000 | ..... | 2007
22.19 		Subd. 3.District and high school redesign pilot project. For the district and high 
22.20 	school redesign pilot project under section 23:

22.21 | | $ | 5,000,000 | ..... | 2007
22.22 		Subd. 4.Teach for Minnesota and alternative teacher training. For the teach for 
22.23 	Minnesota program under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.246, and alternative teacher 
22.24 	training program for qualified professionals under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.245:

22.25 | | $ | 500,000 | ..... | 2007
22.26 		Subd. 5.Intensive English instruction for refugees. For a grant program for 
22.27 	intensive English instruction for adult refugees under section 21:

22.28 | | $ | 1,000,000 | ..... | 2007
23.1 	This appropriation does not cancel but is available to June 30, 2009. The base for 
23.2 	this program in fiscal year 2009 and later is $0.
23.3 		Subd. 6.Chinese language. For the Chinese language curriculum project under 
23.4 	section 22:

23.5 | | $ | 250,000 | ..... | 2007
23.6 		Subd. 7.Early childhood Part C. For the expansion of early childhood Part C 
23.7 	services:

23.8 | | $ | 1,049,000 | ..... | 2007
23.9 		Subd. 8.Early childhood screening. For aid to districts screening kindergarten 
23.10 	children:

23.11 | | $ | 89,000 | ..... | 2006
23.12 | | $ | 54,000 | ..... | 2007
23.13 	This appropriation is to provide aid to school districts for children screened after 
23.14 	entering kindergarten under Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.17, subdivision 2.
23.15 		Subd. 9.Prekindergarten program transition revenue. For transition revenue for 
23.16 	modifications to prekindergarten programs:

23.17 | | $ | $968,000 | ..... | 2006
23.18 | | $ | 851,000 | ..... | 2007

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

23.20 	Sec. 26.  REPEALER.
 23.21 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.24, is repealed.