2006 Minnesota Statutes

125A.67 STAFF OF THE ACADEMIES.
    Subdivision 1. Academies' administrator. The position of the chief administrator at each
academy is in the unclassified service.
    Subd. 2. Teacher standards. A teacher or administrator at the academies is subject to the
licensure standards of the Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education.
    Subd. 3. Instructional supervisors. An instructional supervisor at the Academy for the
Deaf or the Academy for the Blind must have appropriate postsecondary credits from a teacher
education program for teachers of the deaf or teachers of the blind, respectively. An instructional
supervisor must have experience working with pupils with a disability.
    Subd. 4. Signing skills. A staff member at the Academy for the Deaf must have the sign
language communication skills appropriate for the staff member's job.
    Subd. 5. Braille skills. A staff member at the Academy for the Blind must be knowledgeable
in Braille communication as appropriate for the staff member's job.
    Subd. 6. Permanent employees must sign or know Braille. An employee hired after
August 1, 1985, cannot get permanent status until the employee is proficient in sign language if
employed at the Academy for the Deaf or knowledgeable in Braille if employed at the Academy
for the Blind.
    Subd. 7. Workers' compensation for trainees. Student teachers and student trainees are
employees of the academies for workers' compensation coverage.
History: 1989 c 220 s 2; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 11 s 13,14; 1998 c 398
art 5 s 55; 2003 c 130 s 12