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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)
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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Governor's action Veto Line item vetoes - Page 20 lines 20.11-20.14; Bill TextHF 2245 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus E-12 education finance bill. ARTICLE 1: GENERAL EDUCATION Section 1: Additional revenues; priority language modified. Section 2: Program established language modified. Section 3: Commissioner designation language modified. Section 4: Student planning language modified. Section 5: Pupil unit language modified. Section 6: Basic revenue language modified. Section 7: Gifted and talented revenue language modified. Section 8: Equity revenue language modified. Section 9: Basic alternative teacher compensation aid language modified. Section 10: Reallocating general education revenue for all-day kindergarten and prekindergarten language modified. Section 11: General education aid language modified. Section 12: County apportionment deduction language modified. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Conference committee report, delete everything Bill Text HF 464 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT School employee statewide health insurance plan established, and money appropriated. Section 1: Financial audits language modified. Section 2: Service cooperative and school employee insurance board claims data language modified. Section 3: School employee insurance plan language provided. Section 4: Contributing member language modified. Section 5: Creation; tax exemption language modified. Section 6: Allocation of losses language modified. Section 7: Health maintenance organizations, nonprofit health service plan corporations, community integrated service networks, and the Minnesota School Employee Insurance Board language modified. Section 8: Initial meeting language provided. Section 9: Appropriation language provided. Section 10: Effective date JAJ 5/22/7
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
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Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/15/08 Bill Text Data classified and data sharing authorized, technical changes made, and business screening service practices regulated.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Adding an inflationary adjustment for alternative teacher compensation revenue (me)
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; repealing a school district pension subtraction (me)
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)
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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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