Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF1753

Relating to education, modifying, expanding and repealing certain provisions of
the K-12 education code ARTICLE 1- EDUCATION CODE; COMPULSORY ATTENDANCEDefining
charter school and public school and clarifying parental responsibility for the
education of a child for compulsory attendance purposes; applying truancy laws
to students required by school boards to attend summer school; repealing the
requirement for school boards to include a certain number of additional days of
student instruction per school year ARTICLE 2 - CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT
Eliminating the stated purpose of violence prevention curriculum and the
authority of the department of children, families and learning to provide
assistance at neutral sites to nonpublic schools participating in the programs;
repealing the instruction and curriculum advisory committee, the authority of
schools to establish building teams to develop and implement education
effectiveness plans, the requirement for school districts to evaluate
constituency satisfaction for inclusion in the annual report and the endowed
chair program ARTICLE 3 - STUDENT RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND
BEHAVIOREliminating certain content requirements for school zone dangerous
weapon incidents reports and the requirement for the commissioner of children,
families and learning to develop an alternative reporting format and reducing
the frequency requirement for the reports; eliminating certain specific
schoolAmerican flag display requirements; clarifying certain school children
immunization requirements, requiring immunization statements to include the day
of receipt of each additional immunization and eliminating certain requirements
suspension authority of the commissioner of health; requiring school districts
to adopt a process for addressing chemical abuse problem reports and eliminating
certain specific requirements of school chemical abuse preassessment and school
and community advisory teams; modifying the requirement to wear industrial
quality eye protective devices; clarifying a certain provision providing for
school safety patrols, eliminating the option for patrol members to wear
fluorescent reflective vests; eliminating the requirement for the commissioner
to encourage and assist school districts to cooperatively establish alternative
educational services for pupils dismissed from school for dangerous, disruptive
or violent behavior; eliminating certain school board hazing policy
requirements; repealing the requirements for school boards to submit copies of
harassment or violence policies to the commissioner and to provide flags and
staffs for each district school building and the purpose statement for early
childhood health and developmental screening ARTICLE 4 - TEACHERS AND OTHER
EDUCATORSEliminating certain mandates relating to the register of licensed
persons kept by the board of teaching; eliminating athletic coaches from the
definition of supervisory personnel; eliminating certain teacher hiring
restrictions relating to relatives, the prohibition on requiring teachers to
reside within the employing school district and the requirement for teachers to
pay for requested copies of evaluations and files; enumerating certain teacher
contract negotiation requirements; requiring the scheduling of teacher duty free
lunch periods by negotiated agreement; modifying a certain provision providing
for the termination of coaches; eliminating the limit on the number of eligible
teachers allowed to be employed as teacher residents; changing the term practice
teachers to student teachers; eliminating the requirement for the board to
consult with the teacher mentoring task force on approval or disapproval of
teacher mentorship program applications; changing the designated state official
from the commissioner of children, families and learning to the executive
secretary of the board of teaching under the interstate agreement on
qualifications of educational personnel and requiring records of contracts under
the agreement to be kept on file in the office of the board of teaching instead
of the office of the commissioner of children, families and learning; specifying
certain renumbering and cross reference change instructions to the revisor of
statutes; repealing certain rulemaking authority of the commissioner, a certain
provision allowing the licensing of general teachers as teachers of English as a
second language (ESL) courses, certain qualification requirements for assessment
professionals, the license and degree exemption for head varsity coaches, a
certain requirement for school boards and exclusive representatives of teachers
to jointly develop a probationary teacher peer review process, certain
provisions providing for general control of schools, short term limited and
summer school contracts and sabbatical leave for teachers, teacher or staff
exchange programs, teacher centers and the administrators academy and
prohibiting the payment of wages to teachers delinquent in making certain
reports and the purpose for research on program effectiveness ARTICLE 5 - SCHOOL
DISTRICTS; FORMS FOR ORGANIZING Modifying the program focus for area learning
centers; repealing the requirements for the centers to serve as resource centers
to provide certain hours of instruction, the purpose statement relating to the
establishment of education districts and certain school district cooperation and
combination provisions ARTICLE 6 - SCHOOL DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIESClarifying
the general authority of school district boards and eliminating the separate
requirement for school boards to provide free textbooks to pupils; eliminating
certain school site decision making team membership and agreement content
requirements, requiring school districts to provide certain notice to parents
relating to the teams and eliminating certain duties of the commissioner of
children, families and learning; eliminating the authority of school boards to
enter into agreements with post-secondary institutions for secondary or
post-secondary nonsectarian courses and certain duties of superintendents;
clarifying certain duties and authority of school principals;clarifying the
authority of school boards to charge part time student fees; requiring senate
confirmation of members appointed to the nonpublic education council;
eliminating certain inventory requirements for instructional materials loaned to
nonpublic schools and certain school board authority over extracurricular
activities; modifying school building fire safety inspection requirements;
modifying certain school bus safety training requirements for students,
eliminating certain competency demonstration requirements and a certain
provision encouraging districts to use the model policy; repealing certain
school board powers relating to the removal of unauthorized vehicles, the
acceptance of gifts, library facilities, summer school classes, services for
Indians, school lunches, payment of medical insurance premiums for early
retirees, education site achievement contracts, imprest cash funds and
agricultural education, certain authority and duties of school principals, the
policy relating to aid to nonpublic students, certain provisions imposing
certain penalties for school district employee or county auditor failure to
perform certain duties, providing for cocurricular activities, the use of school
buildings, advertising on school buses and requiring school boards to visit
schools and certain transportation provisions ARTICLE 7 - EDUCATION
PROGRAMSClarifying and modifying the requirement for school boards to provide
kindergarten instruction; modifying the enrollment options (open enrollment)
program application process; eliminating the counseling services, advanced
student notice and certain credit requirements under the post-secondary
enrollment options (PSEO) program; changing charter school purposes to expected
outcomes and eliminating certain mandates for department of children, families
and learning review and comment on performance evaluations and dissemination of
certain information; modifying certain provisions relating to the school
breakfast and milk programs; modifying the mandatory components of the family
connections program, requiring the negotiation of certain issues relating to
career teachers and commissioner of children, families and learning approval of
school district plans and applications for family connections aid; modifying
certain stated options of the Minnesota school to work student organization
foundation; modifying the purpose of the youth entrepreneurship education
program and of the Minnesota youth works act and certain youth works grant
provisions and training and education requirements; modifying certain provisions
relating to the education and employment transitions system and the
comprehensive youth apprenticeship program and clarifying certain provisions
relating to service learning programs; expanding the authorized sites for the
provision of limited English proficiency (LEP) programs to nonpublic students,
location to be a school district decision; eliminating the specified program
options under American Indian language and culture education programs;
eliminating the office of desegregation integration in the department and
transferring related duties to the commissioner; eliminating the requirement for
state multicultural education advisory committee participation in cross cultural
initiatives grants criteria determination and award; eliminating the stated
purpose of the Minnesota academic excellence foundation and modifying certain
program requirements; specifying certain renumbering and cross reference change
instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing certain school board
authority relating to secondary school programs, certain enrollment options,
flexible learning year, service and work based learning, limited English
proficiency and parental involvement programs provisions, the length of school
year requirement for charter schools, certain powers and duties of the school to
work student organization, a certain youth works grant priority requirement,
certain responsibilities of the governor's workforce development council under
the education and employment transitions system, the purposes of the first grade
preparedness, school breakfast and graduation incentives programs and
metropolitan magnet school grants, the policy statement under the American
Indian education act, a certain exception to Indian education grant
requirements, the authority of charter schools to participate in the school
enrichment partnership program and the Minnesota local partnership act ARTICLE 8
- EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGYEliminating certain references to computerized under
the state information system and certain provisions relating to
telecommunication access grants to school districts; repealing the state goals
for technological advances in education, the requirements for the department of
children, families and learning to maintain a current annual data acquisition
calendar and to develop and operate a computerized data system, the authority of
the department to provide by delegation of powers and duties for implementation
and technical support of a computerized information reporting system and the
grant program for regional clearinghouses for improving education technology
ARTICLE 9 - EDUCATION FUNDING Clarifying the pupil unit count for school
districts relating to certain adult students; eliminating certain alternative
referendum date provisions; modifying the state policy on education funding
ARTICLE 10 - STATE ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION Eliminating the authority of the
commissioner of children, families and learning to appoint deputy commissioners
and clarifying the general authority of the commissioner; eliminating certain
recommendations and audit reporting requirements of the commissioner; modifying
the authority of the commissioner to reduce aid to school districts for
violations of law ARTICLE 11 - PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION Modifying
certain powers and duties of the board of the Perpich center for arts education
ARTICLE 12 - REPEAL OF RULESRepealing certain rules relating to a certain
community based education option, certain transportation and financial reporting
requirements, determination of the school aid formula training and experience
index and public library construction grants (ra)