1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing a report card for colleges and universities that 
1.3 	offer teacher preparation programs approved by the state Board of Teaching; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.18, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.18, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2c.Teacher preparation program data; report. The Board of Teaching, in 
1.9 	cooperation with colleges and universities that offer board-approved teacher preparation 
1.10 	programs and the Office of Higher Education under section 136A.01, annually must 
1.11 	collect valid, reliable, and timely data for comparing the efficacy of the state's teacher 
1.12 	preparation programs. Each year, by June 1, summary data must be published on 
1.13 	programs' efficacy in an understandable, useful, and readily accessible electronic format. 
1.14 	The reported summary data at least must include:
1.15 	(1) the student entrance and placement requirements for each board-approved 
1.16 	program;
1.17 	(2) the average SAT and ACT scores of students entering each program in the 
1.18 	preceding school year;
1.19 	(3) the grade point average by year for students enrolled in each program in the 
1.20 	preceding school year;
1.21 	(4) the results of performance-based assessments by year for students enrolled in 
1.22 	each program in the preceding school year;
1.23 	(5) the rates of faculty and student retention for each program;
2.1 	(6) the number, rate, and completion time in term periods of students graduating 
2.2 	from each program in the preceding school year;
2.3 	(7) the number and percent of graduates by program in the school year preceding the 
2.4 	last school year who were hired to teach full time in a Minnesota school in the preceding 
2.5 	school year; 
2.6 	(8) the number and percent of graduates by year of graduation for each program who 
2.7 	taught full time in a Minnesota school in the preceding school year;
2.8 	(9) the number of required content area and other credits by program that students in 
2.9 	the preceding school year needed to complete to graduate;
2.10 	(10) students' pass rates on skills and subject matter exams required for graduation 
2.11 	in each program and licensure area in the preceding school year;
2.12 	(11) survey results measuring student and graduate satisfaction with each program in 
2.13 	the preceding school year; 
2.14 	(12) faculty qualifications by program; and 
2.15 	(13) a standard measure of the satisfaction of the school principal or supervising 
2.16 	teacher with the student teachers assigned to the school or that supervising teacher.

2.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
2.18 	and applies to reports published beginning June 1, 2007.