1997 Minnesota Statutes

   121.703 Repealed, 1995 c 131 s 3 subd 3; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 
  s 31 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 3 was also amended by Laws 1997, First 
*Special Session chapter 4, article 3, section 10, to read as 
*follows: 

*   "Subd. 3.    Duties.  (a) The commission shall: 

*   (1) develop, with the assistance of the governor, the 
*commissioner of children, families, and learning, and affected 
*state agencies, a comprehensive state plan to provide services 
*under sections 121.701 to 121.710 and federal law; 

*   (2) actively pursue public and private funding sources for 
*services, including funding available under federal law; 

*   (3) coordinate volunteer service-learning programs within 
*the state; 

*   (4) develop, in cooperation with the workforce development 
*council and the commissioner of children, families, and 
*learning, volunteer service-learning programs, including 
*curriculum, materials, and methods of instruction; 

*   (5) work collaboratively with the workforce development 
*council, the commissioner of children, families, and learning, 
*schools, public and private agencies, for-profit and nonprofit 
*employers, and labor unions to identify mentoring and 
*service-learning opportunities, solicit and recruit participants 
*for these programs, and disseminate information on the programs; 

*   (6) administer the youth works grant program under sections 
*121.704 to 121.709, with assistance from the commissioner of 
*children, families, and learning and the executive director of 
*the higher education services office, including soliciting and 
*approving grant applications from eligible organizations, and 
*administering individual postservice benefits; 

*   (7) establish an evaluation plan for programs developed and 
*services provided under sections 121.701 to 121.710; 

*   (8) report to the governor, commissioner of children, 
*families, and learning, and legislature; 

*   (9) provide oversight and support for school, campus, and 
*community-based service programs; and 

*   (10) administer the federal AmeriCorps program. 

*   (b) Nothing in sections 121.701 to 121.710 precludes an 
*organization from independently seeking public or private 
*funding to accomplish purposes similar to those described in 
*paragraph (a). 

*   (c) The commissioner of children, families, and learning 
*shall consult with commission members before the commissioner 
*selects the executive director for the commission, who shall 
*serve in the unclassified service."