1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing the Board of Educator Licensing; transferring 
1.3 	the responsibilities and duties for licensure of teachers and supervisory and 
1.4 	support personnel to the Board of Educator Licensing; directing the revisor of 
1.5 	statutes to prepare a bill for the 2017 legislature;proposing coding for new law 
1.6 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [122A.03] BOARD OF EDUCATOR LICENSING.
1.9 	(a) To ensure professionalism, transparency, and consistency in educator licensing, 
1.10 	and consistent with sections 15.039 and 16B.37, the responsibilities of the Minnesota Board 
1.11 	of Teaching, the Minnesota Board of School Administrators, and the Educator Licensing 
1.12 	Division at the Minnesota Department of Education related to the licensure of teachers 
1.13 	and supervisory and support personnel defined under section 122A.15, excluding athletic 
1.14 	coaches, are transferred to a new Board of Educator Licensing established under this 
1.15 	section. The Board of Educator Licensing shall perform all the statutory duties and meet all 
1.16 	the statutory responsibilities of the Minnesota Board of Teaching, the Minnesota Board of 
1.17 	School Administrators, and the Educator Licensing Division at the Minnesota Department 
1.18 	of Education related to the licensure of teachers and supervisory and support personnel.
1.19 	(b) The Board of Educator Licensing shall consist of 12 members appointed by 
1.20 	the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, including five licensed teachers 
1.21 	currently teaching in a school, four licensed school administrators currently performing 
1.22 	administrative or supervisory duties in a school, and three other licensed professional 
1.23 	employees currently providing professional support services in a school. In making the 
1.24 	appointments, the governor shall solicit recommendations from groups of teachers and 
1.25 	supervisory and support personnel. Board operations are subject to chapter 214.
2.1 	(c) The Board of Educator Licensing may hire an executive secretary and other 
2.2 	staff to serve the board.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.4 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.5 	The revisor of statutes, in consultation with staff in House Research and Senate 
2.6 	Counsel, Research, and Fiscal Analysis, shall draft and submit a bill to the legislature by 
2.7 	February 1, 2017, making the changes necessary to conform current statutes to Minnesota 
2.8 	Statutes, section 122A.03.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.