1997 Minnesota Statutes

     124.311 Assurance of mastery revenue. 

    Subdivision 1.    Instruction.  A school district may 
 receive assurance of mastery revenue to provide direct 
 instructional services to eligible pupils.  

    Subd. 2.    Eligible districts.  To be eligible to 
 receive assurance of mastery revenue, a district must have a 
 local process to review curriculum and instruction.  

    Subd. 3.    Eligible pupils.  A pupil is eligible to 
 receive services provided with assurance of mastery revenue if 
 the pupil has not demonstrated progress toward mastering the 
 required graduation standards, after receiving instruction that 
 was designed to enable the pupil to make progress toward 
 mastering the required graduation standards in a regular 
 classroom setting.  To determine pupil eligibility, a district 
 must use a process adopted by the school board to review 
 curriculum and instruction, for the subjects and at the grade 
 level at which the district uses the revenue. 

    Subd. 4.    Eligible services.  Assurance of mastery 
 revenue must be used to provide direct instructional services to 
 an eligible pupil, or group of eligible pupils, under the 
 following conditions:  

    (a) Instruction may be provided at one or more grade levels 
 from kindergarten through grade 8.  If an assessment of pupils' 
 needs within a district demonstrates that the eligible pupils in 
 grades kindergarten through 8 are being appropriately served, a 
 district may serve eligible pupils in grades 9 through 12. 

    (b) Instruction must be provided under the supervision of 
 the eligible pupil's regular classroom teacher.  Instruction may 
 be provided by the eligible pupil's classroom teacher, by 
 another teacher, by a team of teachers, or by an education 
 assistant or aide.  A special education teacher may provide 
 instruction, but instruction that is provided under this section 
 is not eligible for aid under section 124.32.  

    (c) The instruction that is provided must differ from the 
 initial instruction the pupil received in the regular classroom 
 setting.  The instruction may differ by presenting different 
 curriculum than was initially presented in the regular 
 classroom, or by presenting the same curriculum:  

    (1) at a different rate or in a different sequence than it 
 was initially presented; 

    (2) using different teaching methods or techniques than 
 were used initially; or 

    (3) using different instructional materials than were used 
 initially. 

    Subd. 5.    Revenue amount.  Assurance of mastery 
 revenue is the sum of state and district money.  The sum may 
 equal up to $45 for fiscal year 1991 and thereafter times the 
 number of fund balance pupil units in kindergarten through grade 
 8 in the district.  The district shall determine the amount of 
 money it will provide and the state shall provide an equal 
 amount of money. 

    Subd. 6.    Uses of revenue.  Assurance of mastery 
 revenue may be used only to provide eligible services to 
 eligible pupils. 

    Subd. 7.    District report.  A district that receives 
 assurance of mastery revenue shall include the following in a 
 report:  

    (1) a summary of initial assessment results used to 
 determine pupil eligibility to receive instructional services; 

    (2) a description of the services provided to eligible 
 pupils; and 

    (3) a summary of assessment results for eligible pupils 
 obtained after providing the services. 

    HIST: 1989 c 329 art 3 s 6; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 6; 1996 c 412 
 art 3 s 15-17; art 7 s 9-11