1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing a student support
1.3 	services advisory committee; requiring school
1.4 	districts to adopt a student support services plan;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, by
1.6 	adding a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 122A.15, is
1.9 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.10 		Subd. 3.Student support services advisory committee;
1.11 	district plan. (a) A student support services advisory
1.12 	committee composed of eight members selected by the commissioner
1.13 	is established under section 15.059.  The commissioner must
1.14 	select one committee member from each of the following
1.15 	organizations:
1.16 	(1) the Minnesota Department of Education;
1.17 	(2) the Minnesota School Boards Association;
1.18 	(3) the Board of School Administrators;
1.19 	(4) the Minnesota School Social Work Association;
1.20 	(5) the School Nurse Organization of Minnesota;
1.21 	(6) the Minnesota School Psychologists Association;
1.22 	(7) the Minnesota School Counselors Association; and 
1.23 	(8) the Minnesota Association of Resources for Recovery and
1.24 	Chemical Health.
1.25 	(b) The committee must:
1.26 	(1) identify alternatives for integrating student support
2.1 	services into public schools;
2.2 	(2) recommend support staff to student ratios and best
2.3 	practices for providing student support services premised on
2.4 	valid, widely recognized research;
2.5 	(3) identify the substance and extent of the work that
2.6 	student support services staff provide and the characteristics
2.7 	of the student populations they serve;
2.8 	(4) recommend how school districts can most appropriately
2.9 	integrate student support services into the education program;
2.10 	and 
2.11 	(5) recommend public and nonpublic revenue sources that
2.12 	school districts can use to fund student support services
2.13 	including, among other sources, medical assistance
2.14 	reimbursements, local collaborative time study funds, federal
2.15 	funds, public health funds, and specifically designated funds
2.16 	such as school safety levies and district general funds, among
2.17 	other funds.
2.18 	(c) The committee must consider the oral and written
2.19 	testimony of school district personnel and parents and students
2.20 	in complying with paragraph (b).  The committee must submit
2.21 	periodic recommendations about student support services to the
2.22 	commissioner and to the committees of the legislature having
2.23 	jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy
2.24 	and budget issues.  The commissioner must consider the
2.25 	committee's recommendations in developing and maintaining a
2.26 	model district plan for student support services, which the
2.27 	commissioner must transmit to school districts.
2.28 	(d) School districts must adopt and maintain a plan for
2.29 	providing student support services and must submit the plan to
2.30 	the commissioner by October 1 in each even-numbered year.
2.31 	(e) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the
2.32 	committee expires on June 30, 2016.
2.33 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.34 	following final enactment and applies to the 2006-2007 school
2.35 	year and later.