2004 Minnesota Statutes

     125A.64 Powers of board of the Minnesota State Academies.

    Subdivision 1.    Personnel.  The board of the Minnesota 
 State Academies may employ central administrative staff members 
 and other personnel necessary to provide and support programs 
 and services at each academy.  

    Subd. 2.    Get help from department.  The board of the 
 Minnesota State Academies may require the Department of 
 Education to provide program leadership, program monitoring, and 
 technical assistance at the academies.  

    Subd. 3.    Unclassified positions.  The board of the 
 Minnesota State Academies may place any position other than 
 residential academies administrator in the unclassified 
 service.  The position must meet the criteria in section 43A.08, 
 subdivision 1a.  

    Subd. 4.    Residential and building maintenance services. 
  The board of the Minnesota State Academies may enter into 
 agreements with public or private agencies or institutions to 
 provide residential and building maintenance services.  The 
 board of the Minnesota State Academies must first decide that 
 contracting for the services is more efficient and less 
 expensive than not contracting for them.  

    Subd. 5.    Student teachers and professional trainees.  
 (a) The board of the Minnesota State Academies may enter into 
 agreements with teacher preparation institutions for student 
 teachers to get practical experience at the academies.  A 
 licensed teacher must provide appropriate supervision of each 
 student teacher.  

    (b) The board of the Minnesota State Academies may enter 
 into agreements with accredited higher education institutions 
 for certain student trainees to get practical experience at the 
 academies.  The students must be preparing themselves in a 
 professional field that provides special services to children 
 with a disability in school programs.  To be a student trainee 
 in a field, a person must have completed at least two years of 
 an approved program in the field.  A person who is licensed or 
 registered in the field must provide appropriate supervision of 
 each student trainee.  

    Subd. 6.    Exemption to September 1 school start 
 restriction.  Notwithstanding section 120A.40, subdivision 1, 
 the board of the Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and 
 Blind may begin the school year any day prior to September 1. 

    HIST: 1989 c 220 s 2; 1991 c 265 art 3 s 38; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 
 11 s 10,11; art 16 s 13; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 22; 1999 c 241 art 2 
 s 21; art 10 s 1; 2003 c 130 s 12