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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment Bill Text
COND ENGROSSMENT
Statewide health insurance purchasing pool created for school district
employees, and money appropriated.
Section 1: Service cooperative and school employee insurance board claims data
language modified.
Section 2: School employee insurance plan language provided.
Section 3: Initial meeting; Minnesota school employee insurance pool language
provided.
Section 4: Appropriation language provided.
Section 5: Effective date is July 1, 2008.
SNA 5/17/08
Latest Action: 05/18/2008 - Conference committee report# Bill Text
School boards required to seek information from prospective teachers and the
Board of Teaching about disciplinary actions against teachers.
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Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill Bill Text3E Relating to data practices; requiring the protection of certain data included in a state auditor report from unlawful disclosure; making technical changes to government data access and juvenile traffic investigation reports provisions; increasing government liability amounts; classifying certain metropolitan airport parking space customer data as nonpublic data; allowing educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; prohibiting the use of social security numbers on the face of mailings by government entities; classifying data on applicants to boards, task forces, commissions, committees, advisory groups and other public bodies as private; providing for data on use and storage of explosives; providing for the effect of background checks on individuals [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education finance; modifying certain duties of school
superintendents relating to reporting requirements for anticipated expenditures
and passage rates; modifying the annual report submittal date
(je)
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Repealing the teacher contract deadline and penalty provision
(me)
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations-Omnibus Bills, Disabilities and Access, Education and Education Department, Education-Early Childhood, Education-K-12, Education-Special, Food and Nutrition, Libraries, Native Americans, Popular Names, School Districts, Schools, Schools-Boards, Schools-Buildings and Grounds, Students, Taxation-Property, Teachers, Transportation and Transportation Department
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Governor's action Veto Line item vetoes - Page 20 lines 20.11-20.14; Bill TextTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition, learning year program calendar options, area learning center (ALC) service requirements, kindergarten pupil weight, basic revenue, gifted and talented revenue, equity revenue, basic alternative teacher compensation aid, general education aid; authorizing certain general education revenue for early education programs; adding proceeds from wind energy payments to the definition of county apportionment revenue; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; authorizing safe schools levy for intermediate school district member districts; establishing certain abatement and aid adjustments; requiring certain county auditor reports to the commissioner of education; limiting new alternative compensation school districts by the department of education; [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Conference committee report, delete everything Bill TextRelating to insurance; creating a statewide health insurance pool for school district employees; requiring the legislative auditor to audit the financial statements of the Minnesota school employee insurance board; providing for the disclosure of certain data to the Minnesota school employee insurance board; defining certain terms; creating the Minnesota school employee insurance board as a public corporation to create and administer the pool, specifying certain membership requirements and certain duties of the board relating to the design and nature of the plan, providing a contingent expiration date; requiring and providing for board membership in and assessments to the Minnesota comprehensive health association (MCHA); requiring the board to report to the legislature and commissioner of commerce by a certain date on the final design for the pool and on governance requirements for the board, specifying certain report content show full description
Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to ethics in government; creating a conflict of interest based on the
acceptance of certain large election campaign contributions by certain elected
officials on issues relating to the contributor, requiring certain disclosures
and actions under the conflict; imposing penalties for violation
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextEstablishing course preparation and continuing education requirements for school administrators and teachers working with gifted and talented students; specifying certain duties of the board of school administrators relating to expanding candidate licensure requirements to include graduate gifted and talented preparation, requiring opportunities for gifted and talented training for administrators seeking relicensure; requiring review and approval of traditional preparation programs for school administrators focusing on gifted and talented student programs and services; specifying college and university requirements for gifted and talented school administrators; requiring higher education systems approved by the board of teaching to include a certain amount of teacher instruction in teaching gifted and talented students; specifying certain relicensure requirements and certain preservice training for teacher candidates;[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Adding an inflationary adjustment for alternative teacher compensation revenue
(me)
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Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text
Extending rulemaking authority of the board of school administrators to reflect
changes in duties, responsibilities and roles of school administrators
(me)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring school alternative teacher professional pay system agreements to
include a staff development plan to provide licensed teachers with staff
development and continuing education opportunities related to the appropriate
academic subject area, specifying plan requirements
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
1E Requiring advisory staff development committee for teacher education and
training to add to and modify the goals included in their staff development plan
for improving student achievement; modifying staff development revenue
allocation to include higher education courses and programs in a teachers area
of licensure
(je)
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Providing a financial incentive for school districts to share superintendents
(rt)
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Authorizing and providing for supplementary staff development aid for school
districts not making sufficient progress or needing assistance in reaching the
levels of adequacy under the federal no child left behind act, requiring use for
staff development activities; appropriating money to the commissioner of
education for payment of the aid
(me)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to education finance; providing for school districts to levy for
retired employee health benefits
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Judiciary Bill Text
1E Requiring the commissioner of finance in consultation with certain other
state agencies to conduct a study related to the inclusion of school district
employees in the state employee group health insurance plan (SEGIP)
(me)
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Appropriating money to the department of education for the purpose of providing
grants to the Minnesota historical society for teacher professional development
to improve implementation of academic standards in state history and social
studies
(me)
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Bill TextCreating a statewide health insurance program for school district employees; creating the Minnesota school employee insurance board as a public corporation to create and administer the program, specifying certain membership requirements and certain duties of the board relating to the design and nature of the plan, providing a contingent expiration date; requiring the board to report to the legislature by a certain date on the final design for the health plan platforms and on governance requirements for the board, specifying certain report content requirements; requiring periodic reports by the board to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature summarizing and evaluating the performance of the program; requiring the legislative auditor to conduct a study by a certain date to determine the impact of the cash in lieu provisions on the public employees retirement system (PERA) and the teachers retirement association (TRA) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextEstablishing course preparation and continuing education requirements for school administrators and teachers working with gifted and talented students; specifying certain duties of the board of school administrators relating to expanding candidate licensure requirements to include graduate gifted and talented preparation, requiring opportunities for gifted and talented training for administrators seeking relicensure; requiring review and approval of traditional preparation programs for school administrators focusing on gifted and talented student programs and services; specifying college and university requirements for gifted and talented school administrators; requiring higher education systems approved by the board of teaching to include a certain amount of teacher instruction in teaching gifted and talented students; specifying certain relicensure requirements and certain preservice training for teacher candidates;[...] show full description
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