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Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added McFarlane Bill Text
Children under seven enrolled in public school first grade compelled to remain
enrolled.
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Author added Dettmer Bill Text
K-12 education state grants authorized to leverage quality improvements and
money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Referred by Chair to K-12 Finance Division Bill Text
Prekindergarten through grade 12 education funding provided including general
education, education excellence, and state agencies, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Author stricken Bigham Bill Text
Comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction definition clarified,
prekindergarten through grade 6 teacher requirements made, and money
appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education Bill Text
Compulsory attendance age increased from 16 to 18.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education Bill Text
Prekindergarten through grade 3 program grants provided, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to E-12 Education Bill Text
Office of Early Learning established, school readiness assessments created,
basic sliding fee waiting list reduced, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended Bill Text
HF 3624
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Public education mission expanded to include a framework to guide future
education policy decisions.
Section 1: Mission and vision language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Mission statement.
Subdivision 2. World-class schools vision statement.
SNA 3/18/08
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - Referred by Chair to K-12 Finance Division Bill Text
School districts with low fund balances authorized to hold a referendum election
at a time other than November.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Author added Lillie Bill Text
General education, special education, and early education programs funding
increased; individual income tax rates modified; revenues deposited in K-12
education account, and money appropriated.
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Increasing education levy authority for ice arenas
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Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Establishing a pilot program to explore the development of a regional center for
visual arts in the twin cities metropolitan area to offer secondary school
students interested in a visual arts career access to a regional center;
specifying certain duties of the commissioner of education relating to
application review and grant award; procedures; requiring the commissioner to
provide for an evaluation and report to the legislature by a certain date;
appropriating money to the commissioner of education
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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text1E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 education programs and services ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition; modifying general education levy aid; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; allowing referendum market value to determine district state aid adjustment abatement; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the specific enrollment options in nonresident districts ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Requiring charter and nonpublic schools to transfer student records to student school of residence, requiring inclusion of form disciplinary actions in records transfer; requiring school district to adopt gifted and talented students acceleration policies and procedures; modifying secondary students state show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education; requiring school performance report cards to indicate
student to teacher ratios; defining classroom teacher; providing for class size
reduction measurement and reporting; requiring the commissioner of education to
establish target class size ratios, specifying certain class size ratios under
certain conditions; requiring the commissioner to collect district by district
class size information to determine districts class size ratios and compare the
ratios to the target class size ratios and post the results on the department
Web site; requiring the commissioner to submit an annual report to the
legislature by a certain date
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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text
Relating to education; requiring licensed school counselors specialized in the
fields of academic and postsecondary advising to supervise nonlicensed
individuals advising students on educational opportunities and academic planning
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Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
1E Relating to charter schools; prohibiting a church or house of worship from
sponsoring schools, specifying a maximum number of schools operated by nonprofit
corporations or cooperatives, eliminating certain school board charter school
application voting requirements, making charter school boards permanent and
regulating membership, requiring charter school board election procedures
publication, specifying nonvoting membership, modifying commissioner of
education duties with regard to charter school training, financial management
and recordkeeping, prohibiting certain management and financial services sales,
modifying contract requirements, requiring charter schools to develop and
publish a lottery process, modifying annual public reporting requirements,
clarifying teacher leave to teach in a charter school
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Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Authorizing school district boards and charter schools to designate a school or
program within middle or secondary (high school) schools as interdisciplinary
for academic preparation, defining interdisciplinary program components,
requring interdisciplinary teacher licensure and specifying licensure
requirements, specifying interdisciplinary institutional requirements, requiring
board of teaching rule adoption
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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
1E Relating to education; requiring the commissioner of education to provide for
an earth and space, life and physical sciences assessment in grades 10 through
12
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing a pilot program to explore the development of a regional center for
visual arts in the metropolitan area to be offered to secondary school students;
specifying certain eligibility, application and grant award requirements;
requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to
the commissioner of education
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Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Establishing the legislative commission on high school reform; specifying
membership and duties; requiring a report to the legislature and governor by a
certain date; sunset provision
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