1998 Minnesota Statutes

     120B.03 Implementing the profile of learning. 

    Subdivision 1.    District implementation of the profile 
 of learning.  (a) A school district shall implement the 
 profile of learning of the graduation rule under paragraph (b), 
 (c), or (d). 

    A district may implement the profile of learning under 
 paragraph (c) or (d) only after the commissioner approves the 
 district's request for a waiver and approves the local plan for 
 full implementation. 

    (b) A school district shall implement the profile of 
 learning for the 1998-1999 school year and later.  

    (c) A school district shall implement the profile of 
 learning as follows: 

    (1) for the 1998-1999 school year and later, the district 
 shall implement all required standards in learning areas at the 
 preparatory level and implement for ninth grade students a 
 minimum of six learning areas under the profile of learning with 
 three from the areas of read, listen, and view; write and speak; 
 mathematical applications; scientific applications; and people 
 and cultures; and three from the areas of literature and the 
 arts; inquiry; decision making; resource management; and world 
 language; 

    (2) for the 1999-2000 school year and later, the district 
 shall implement for ninth and tenth grade students two learning 
 areas in addition to those implemented under clause (1).  The 
 district shall complete the four learning areas of read, listen, 
 and view; write and speak; mathematical applications; scientific 
 applications; and people and cultures if the four areas were not 
 completed in clause (1); and the remainder from the areas of 
 literature and the arts; inquiry; decision making; resource 
 management; and world language; and 

    (3) for the 2000-2001 school year and later, the district 
 shall implement for ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students 
 the two learning areas in the profile of learning that were not 
 implemented under clauses (1) and (2). 

    (d) A district shall develop a local plan to implement the 
 profile of learning and have all ten learning areas fully 
 implemented by the 2001-2002 school year.  

    (e) A district shall notify the commissioner by July 1, 
 1998, as to whether the district will implement the profile of 
 learning under paragraph (b), (c), or (d). 

    (f) An advisory committee of 11 members is established to 
 advise the governor and commissioner on the implementation of 
 the graduation rule under this section.  The commissioner shall 
 appoint 11 members with representatives from education 
 organizations, business, higher education, parents, and 
 organizations representing communities of color. 

    The committee shall review the implementation of the basic 
 requirements and the profile of learning standards. 

    The commissioner shall provide technical and other 
 assistance to the advisory committee.  The committee expires on 
 December 1, 1998. 

    Subd. 2.    Performance packages.  Teachers are not 
 required to use a state model performance package.  Teachers are 
 encouraged to develop and use a performance package that equals 
 or exceeds the difficulty of the state model performance package.

    Subd. 3.    Waiver.  In order to receive a waiver, a 
 district must document why the waiver is necessary, how the 
 local plan improves student achievement, and how the profile of 
 learning will be fully implemented for the 2001-2002 school year.

    HIST: 1998 c 397 art 4 s 51; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 9