1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing funding for college
1.3 	in the schools; appropriating money; amending
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.101, subdivision
1.5 	4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.6 	chapter 124D.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [124D.091] COLLEGE IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
1.9 	AID.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. A district that offers a
1.11 	National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership certified
1.12 	course according to an agreement under section 124D.09,
1.13 	subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid to support the costs
1.14 	associated with providing postsecondary courses at the high
1.15 	school.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Aid. An eligible district shall receive $150
1.17 	per pupil enrolled in a National Alliance of Concurrent
1.18 	Enrollment Partnership certified course.  The money must be used
1.19 	to defray the cost of delivering the course at the high school.
1.20 	The commissioner shall establish application procedures and
1.21 	deadlines for receipt of aid payments.

1.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.101,
1.23 	subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.24 		Subd. 4.Eligible institution.  "Eligible institution"
1.25 	means a postsecondary educational institution located in this
1.26 	state or in a state with which the office has entered into a
2.1 	higher education reciprocity agreement on state student aid
2.2 	programs that either (1) is operated by this state, or (2) is
2.3 	operated publicly or privately and, as determined by the office,
2.4 	maintains academic standards substantially equivalent to those
2.5 	of comparable institutions operated in this state. The Board of
2.6 	Regents of the University of Minnesota and the Board of Trustees
2.7 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must accept the
2.8 	credits students who enroll at an institution in their system
2.9 	received for National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
2.10 	Partnership certified courses taken by the student while the
2.11 	student was in high school as a condition of eligibility.
2.12 	Private, nonprofit, and career schools are encouraged to accept
2.13 	credits students who enroll at their institutions received for
2.14 	National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnership certified
2.15 	courses taken by the student while the student was in high
2.16 	school.

2.17 	Sec. 3. COLLEGE IN THE SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
2.18 	PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
 2.19 		Subdivision 1.Grants. The commissioner of education
2.20 	shall award grants to partnerships between one or more
2.21 	postsecondary institutions and one or more school districts to
2.22 	expand mathematics and science courses offered in the high
2.23 	school and enhance staff development.  The courses must be
2.24 	offered at the high school under an agreement between the
2.25 	governing board of an eligible public postsecondary system or an
2.26 	eligible private institution and a public school board, as
2.27 	described in Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision
2.28 	10.  Each partnership must include at least one postsecondary
2.29 	institution and one school district.  The grants must be awarded
2.30 	to collaborative efforts that:
2.31 	(1) increase the number of postsecondary-level mathematics
2.32 	and science courses provided to high school students at the
2.33 	student's high school; and 
2.34 	(2) develop or enhance the staff training and ongoing
2.35 	support services provided by postsecondary faculty to high
2.36 	school teachers teaching college in the school's agreement
3.1 	courses in the high school.
3.2 		Subd. 2.Accreditation. To establish a uniform standard
3.3 	by which courses and professional development activities may be
3.4 	measured, postsecondary institutions applying for a grant under
3.5 	this section are encouraged to apply for accreditation by the
3.6 	National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.
3.7 		Subd. 3.Application process. The commissioner of
3.8 	education shall develop the process by which a partnership must
3.9 	apply for a grant.  The P-16 Education Partnership shall review
3.10 	and comment on the grant applications and make recommendations
3.11 	to the commissioner regarding the partnerships that should be
3.12 	funded.  In selecting projects for funding, the commissioner
3.13 	must ensure that there is a balance in the number of mathematics
3.14 	and science courses offered as part of this initiative.
3.15 		Subd. 4.Criteria. The application for grant money under
3.16 	this section must include, at a minimum, the following
3.17 	information:
3.18 	(1) specification of the goals to be achieved through the
3.19 	delivery of courses and faculty staff development and support
3.20 	activities;
3.21 	(2) a description of the courses to be offered at the high
3.22 	schools and the initial and ongoing training and support that
3.23 	will be provided to high school faculty teaching courses under
3.24 	this program;
3.25 	(3) a description of the eligibility requirements for
3.26 	students participating in the program and the number of students
3.27 	that will be served;
3.28 	(4) a description of the curriculum enhancements and
3.29 	efficiencies to be achieved in the delivery of instruction
3.30 	through the partnership;
3.31 	(5) a description of how the goals established for the
3.32 	course delivery and faculty staff development and support
3.33 	activities will be evaluated to determine if the goals of the
3.34 	partnership were met; and 
3.35 	(6) other information as identified by the commissioner.

3.36 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.
 4.1 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2006 and $...... in fiscal year
4.2 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
4.3 	of education for college in the schools program aid.
4.4 	(b) $....... in fiscal year 2006 is appropriated from the
4.5 	general fund to the commissioner of education for college in the
4.6 	schools mathematics and science partnership program grants.
4.7 	(c) $....... in fiscal year 2006 and $...... in fiscal year
4.8 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
4.9 	of education for transfer to the Board of Regents of the
4.10 	University of Minnesota for institutions receiving partnership
4.11 	grants to become provisional members of the National Alliance of
4.12 	Concurrent Enrollment Partnership.
4.13 	(d) $....... in fiscal year 2006 and $....... in fiscal
4.14 	year 2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the
4.15 	commissioner of education for transfer to the Board of Trustees
4.16 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for
4.17 	institutions receiving partnership grants to become provisional
4.18 	members of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment
4.19 	Partnership.