1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; appropriating money for 
  1.3             advanced placement and international baccalaureate 
  1.4             programs. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL 
  1.7   BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.] 
  1.8      For the state advanced placement and international 
  1.9   baccalaureate programs: 
  1.10       $.......     .....     2000 
  1.11       $.......     .....     2001 
  1.12     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, 
  1.13  subdivisions 1 and 2, $....... each year is for teachers to 
  1.14  attend subject matter summer training programs and follow-up 
  1.15  support workshops approved by the advanced placement or 
  1.16  international baccalaureate programs.  The amount of the subsidy 
  1.17  for each teacher attending an advanced placement or 
  1.18  international baccalaureate summer training program or workshop 
  1.19  shall be the same.  The commissioner shall determine the payment 
  1.20  process and the amount of the subsidy. 
  1.21     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.13, 
  1.22  subdivision 3, in each year to the extent of available 
  1.23  appropriations, the commissioner shall pay all examination fees 
  1.24  for all students sitting for an advanced placement examination, 
  1.25  international baccalaureate examination, or both.  If this 
  2.1   amount is not adequate, the commissioner may pay less than the 
  2.2   full examination fee. 
  2.3      $....... each year is for teacher stipends.  A teacher who 
  2.4   teaches an advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
  2.5   course shall receive a stipend for each student in that 
  2.6   teacher's course who receives a three or better on the advanced 
  2.7   placement or a four or better on the international baccalaureate 
  2.8   examination that covers the subject matter of the course.  The 
  2.9   commissioner shall determine the payment process and the amount 
  2.10  of the teacher stipend ranging from $25 to $50 for each student 
  2.11  receiving a qualifying score. 
  2.12     A stipend awarded to a teacher under this subdivision shall 
  2.13  not be a mandatory subject of bargaining under Minnesota 
  2.14  Statutes, chapter 179A, or any other law and shall not be a term 
  2.15  or condition of employment.  The amount of any award shall be 
  2.16  final and shall not be subject to review by an arbitrator 
  2.17  through any grievance or other process or by a court through any 
  2.18  appeal process. 
  2.19     Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
  2.20  available in the second year.