1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying the qualifications of the board of the Perpich 
1.3 	Center for Arts Education; modifying the qualifications of certain employees; 
1.4 	requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129C.10, 
1.5 	subdivisions 1, 3b, 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Governance. (a) The board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education 
1.9 	shall consist of 15 persons, one of whom must have served as a school administrator or as 
1.10 	an elected school board member, one of whom is a locally or regionally recognized 
1.11 	professional artist, one of whom is a secondary or postsecondary arts educator, and one of 
1.12 	whom has experience administering a statewide outreach program. The members of the 
1.13 	board shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. At least 
1.14 	one member must be appointed from each congressional district.
1.15 	(b) All board members must complete board training requirements consistent with section 
1.16 	127A.19.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.18 	applies to board member appointments made after that date. The governor shall determine 
1.19 	which board member terms end on the effective date of this section to appoint four qualified 
1.20 	board members.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129C.10, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 3b.Appeal. A parent who disagrees with a board action that adversely affects the 
2.3 	academic program of an enrolled pupil may appeal the board's action to the commissioner 
2.4 	of education within 30 60 days of the board's action. The decision of the commissioner shall 
2.5 	be binding on the board. The board must inform each pupil and parent at the time of enrolling 
2.6 	of a parent's right to appeal a board action affecting the pupil's academic program.

2.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129C.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 4.Employees. (a)(1) The board must appoint a director of the Center for Arts 
2.9 	Education who shall serve in the unclassified service. The director must be a licensed school 
2.10 	superintendent.
2.11 	(2) The board must employ, upon recommendation of the director, a coordinator of 
2.12 	resource programs who shall serve in the unclassified service.
2.13 	(3) The board must employ, upon recommendation of the director, up to six department 
2.14 	chairs and at least one licensed secondary school principal who shall serve in the unclassified 
2.15 	service. The chairs shall be licensed teachers unless no licensure exists for the subject area 
2.16 	or discipline for which the chair is hired.
2.17 	(4) The board may employ other necessary employees, upon recommendation of the 
2.18 	director.
2.19 	(5) The board must employ, upon recommendation of the director, an executive secretary 
2.20 	for the director, who shall serve in the unclassified service.
2.21 	(b) The employees hired under this subdivision and other necessary employees hired by 
2.22 	the board shall be state employees in the executive branch.

2.23 	Sec. 4. REPORT; PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
 2.24 	The director of the Perpich Center for Arts Education must report annually for the next 
2.25 	five years to the chairs and the ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
2.26 	having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on the center's progress 
2.27 	in addressing the findings in the Office of the Legislative Auditor's "Perpich Center for Arts 
2.28 	Education Internal Controls and Compliance Audit" report, dated January 19, 2017, and 
2.29 	the 2017 evaluation report. The first report must be submitted by December 15, 2017. 
2.30 	Subsequent reports must be submitted each year on December 15 with the final report due 
2.31 	on December 17, 2022.