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Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; modifying the safe schools levy
(me)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Eliminating the requirement for a majority of the members of the board of
directors for a charter school to be teachers
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Providing for all school districts to be eligible to participate in the
alternative facilities bonding and levy program and the deferred maintenance
revenue program
(me)

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Creating a location equity index for school districts, modifying the general
education revenue formula; providing for the determination of location equity
revenue
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; providing funding for voluntary all day kindergarten,
increasing kindergarten pupil units
(je)

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Establishing procedures and standards for contracting for private student
transportation services; defining certain terms; specifying certain requirements
of participating school districts; prescribing district duties before entering
into a privatization contract; determining status of certain privatization
contract data
(me)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Repealing the teacher contract deadline and penalty provision
(me)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; modifying the calculation of adjusted marginal cost pupil
units and residential pupil units
(rt)





Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education finance; authorizing intermediate school district boards
to borrow money in anticipation of the receipt of federal and state aids and
membership fees and tuition payments from member school districts, specifying
borrowing limitations; requiring enabling resolutions and certain notification
requirements; specifying certain aid reduction for repayment limitations and
certain repayment conditions for school districts and intermediate school
districts
(je)

Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the adjutant general to reimburse school districts that
pay salary differential for certain members of the military
(ra)

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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Increasing education levy authority for ice arenas
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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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
(je)

Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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1E 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

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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance

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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
(je)

Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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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
(je)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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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
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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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
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Repealing the requirement for school districts to provide information to
students on the availability of health care coverage through Minnesota health
care programs outreach
(je)

Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to education; authorizing and providing for full participation in
extracurricular activities by charter school students residing in the district
under certain conditions; specifying certain advance notice requirements of the
students relating to intent to participate and certain information transmission
duties of the charter schools; authorizing school boards to charge the charter
schools for certain extracurricular activities and transportation costs and to
charge certain student fees
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the adjutant general to reimburse school districts that
pay salary differential for certain members of the military
(rt)