All Education-K-12 Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing education levy authority for ice arenas (rt) Comment on Bill 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 (je) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 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 show full description SF1247 - School class size reduction measurement and reporting requirements; school performance report cards provision modification
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 (je) SF1526 - School counselors supervision requirements for nonlicensed individuals advising students on educational opportunities and academic planning
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 (je) 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 (je) SF1772 - Interdisciplinary teaching and learning program authorization and teaching license
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 (rt) SF2420 - High school earth and space, life and physical sciences assessment requirement
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 (ra) 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 (je) SF0222 - Legislative commission on high school reform establishment
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 (me) SF1831 - Alternative teacher professional pay plan additional staff development opportunities availability
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) SF1832 - Teacher training and staff development goals and revenue allocation clarification
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) SF2196 - Charter school students extracurricular activities participation
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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) SF3872 - Contract alternative schools funding opportunities extension and appropriation
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; extending funding opportunities for contract alternative schools; appropriating money to the commissioner of education for payment of contract alternative referendum aid and contract alternative lease aid (ra) SF0263 - School district superintendents sharing option incentive
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing a financial incentive for school districts to share superintendents (rt) SF2678 - Independent school district #356, Lancaster; transition revenue adjustment
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; adjusting transition revenue for independent school district #356, Lancaster (rt) SF3631 - Omnibus supplemental E-12 education provisions and funding modifications
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Stumpf Bill Text 2E Providing for the financing of prekindergarten through grade 12 and early childhood and family education programs and services ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying annual reporting requirements of district anticipated expenditures and passage rates for GRAD purposes by school superintendents; authorizing the commissioner of education to enter into interstate agreements with adjoining states to establish an enrollment options program, specifying agreement specifications, conditions, and pupil accounting (pupil unit); requiring the commissioner of education to establish procedures relating to the application process, funds payment or collection and data collection; providing for an exclusion from procedure requirements for certain smaller enrollment transfers; providing a tuition exemption for enrollment transfers under terms of agreement; modifying general education revenue calculation for 2010 and [...] show full description SF3871 - Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, and sefl-sufficiency and lifelong learning.
Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided including general education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies, and sefl-sufficiency and lifelong learning. Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing funding for optional voluntary full day kindergarten; providing for a phase in of full funding; increasing kindergarten pupil units and learning year pupil units; modifying a certain provision for reallocating general education revenue (me) SF1555 - Teacher center for professional development in science and mathematics program
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring teacher centers to provide professional development programs to train interested and qualified elementary, middle and secondary school teachers selected by the district to assist other district teachers with mathematics and science curriculum, standards and instruction; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (rt) Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing small school revenue as a component of general education revenue; determining the formula used to calculate small schools revenue (me) Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the number of schools eligible for elementary sparsity revenue by lowering the minimum mileage requirement under general education revenue funding (rt) Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing a school calendar pilot program to examine the impact of school calendar arrangements on student learning; requiring commissioner of education to structure the program; specifying eligibility and application procedures; providing for grant awards; requiring the commissioner to provide an evaluation of the impact on student learning to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner for the pilot program (me) SF2029 - School districts nonpublic school student health services
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing school districts to enter into agreements with nonpublic schools to provide health services for nonpublic school students (me) SF3859 - Minnesota council for quality K-12 education improvements and appropriation
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing grants to school districts for participation in the organizational assessment and performance improvement process of the Minnesota council for quality; authorizing school districts to apply to the commissioner of education for diligence grants, specifying a limit; authorizing role model grants for districts in receipt of achievement or excellence level recognition by the council; specifying grant use, amount limit and various grant use recommendations; appropriating money to the commissioner of education for grant making, specifying a budget base (rt) Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; providing for international baccalaureate (IB) pilot program across all grades of a school district; defining certain terms, specifying the purpose; requiring filing of a pilot project plan, specifying reporting requirements; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (me) SF0498 - School districts debt service equalization aid program equalizing factors indexing
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; indexing school finance equalizing factors at a certain percentage of the state average tax base per pupil (me) SF1496 - Voluntary full day kindergarten funding authorization and first grade preparedness program repeal
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing funding for voluntary full day kindergarten; modifying pupil (student) counts and units; repealing the first grade preparedness program (rt) SF2127 - State high school league rules subject to administrative procedure act
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Making the state high school league rules subject to the administrative procedure act (APA); subjecting the league to rule readoption requirements under certain conditions; exempting rules of competition (je) SF3204 - School districts integration revenue modification; statutory operating debt levy authority
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; increasing the formula for integration revenue; authorizing a statutory operating debt levy for school districts with a certain net negative unreserved general fund balance (je) SF0389 - School districts debt service levies calculation tax base modification
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Taxes Bill Text Relating to education; modifying the tax base used to calculate school district debt service levies; defining debt service net tax capacity, requiring use to compute debt service levy limits and aid; requiring the commissioner of revenue to recompute debt service net tax capacity amounts using an alterative sales ratio comparing the sale price to the estimated market value of the property (rt) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Author stricken Olson, G. Bill Text Relating to education; authorizing the commissioner of education to make reimbursement payments to charter schools for qualifying unreimbursed costs of serving students with disabilities; appropriating money to the department of education for supplemental special education aid payments (rt) Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; requiring public school student in grades 1 through 4 to attend language immersion summer school; appropriating money to the commissioner of education for implementation (me) SF1116 - Technical and vocational revenue program for collaborative high school and postsecondary vocational programs
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing a technical and vocational revenue program for school districts offering technical and vocational programs in collaboration with postsecondary institutions; providing revenue for eligible school districts; authorizing school districts to levy up to a certain amount for funding technical and vocational programs; providing for technical and vocational aid (me) SF2088 - School districts isolated schools declining enrollment revenue
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; providing for isolated schools declining enrollment revenue; adding isolated schools declining enrollment revenue to general education revenue (je) Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing education levy authority for ice arenas (rt) Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring schools (K-12) to have a licensed library media specialist, specifying requirements (rt) Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Judiciary Bill Text 1E Relating to education; expanding student policy guidelines to include an expectation that students cooperate with and provide educators with information on school disciplinary, classroom and other education and school matters under certain conditions (me) Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for school of social work to expand learning dreams program to enable more parents to participate in the education of their children through highly effective parent and community involvement to improve outcomes for at risk children; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date (me) SF2815 - Education referendum renewal ballot language modification
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text 1E Relating to education finance; modifying the referendum ballot language in cases of renewal of referendum authority (me) SF1792 - Teachers professional development Minnesota historical society grant
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) SF2011 - School performance report cards summary information reporting requirements
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring the commissioner of education to make data available on students failing to pass graduation required assessement for diploma (GRAD) tests (ra) SF1827 - Marginal cost pupil units and equalized debt service levy provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education funding; modifying the determination of the equalized debt service levy by using the adjusted marginal cost pupil unit; modifying the determintion of adjusted pupil units and residential pupil units (rt) SF2608 - Independent school district #2134, United South Central; cooperative facilities grant application, bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing independent school district #2134, United South Central to submit a cooperative facilities grant application to the commissioner of education and appropriating money to the commissioner and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to United South Central under condition of application approval (rt) SF2992 - Kindergarten students K-12 school milk program reimbursement increase
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the K-12 school milk reimbursement to schools by the commissioner of education (rt) Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing and providing for the academic competitiveness highlighting individual excellence and valuing education (ACHIEVE) grant program and providing a grant for the purpose of providing free tuition at public postsecondary institutions, specifying eligibility and grant amounts (rt) Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Author added Sieben Bill Text Relating to education finance; creating a school counselors revenue component of the general education revenue formula to pay for school counselors (rt) Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; expanding the required academic standards to include a world language; requiring school districts to implement world language graduation requirements for students graduating in the 2014-2015 school year or later; modifying elective standards; modifying benchmarks and graduation requirements; requiring the board of teaching to review and approve qualified alternative preparation programs leading to licensure as a world language teacher; establishing an advisory task force on developing students world language proficiency to consider and recommend to the legislature a process for designing and implementing a comprehensive statewide program to ensure a high level of world language proficiency, sunset; establishing a pilot program to develop and implement Mandarin Chinese programs and to enhance existing successful Mandarin Chinese programs for school districts, specifying certain application requirements,[...] show full description SF3349 - Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program modifications
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Comm rpt: Adopt previous comm report Bill Text 1E Expanding the sexually transmitted infections and diseases program for students to include pregnancy prevention, requiring materials to be medically accurate and age appropriate, requiring curriculum to promote healthy relationships, communication skills and individual responsibility (rt) SF0503 - School districts career and technical education programs course credits recognition authorization
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Author added Olson, G. Bill Text 1E Authorizing school districts to grant required course credits to career and technical education courses to fulfill science, mathematics or arts credits requirements (me) Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing nonpublic schools to participate in the limited English proficiency (LEP) program; requiring the commissioner of education to count LEP participant nonpublic students (rt) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring secondary (high school) students to complete a year of dual credit secondary and postsecondary academic or career and technical courses or programs as a high school graduation condition to ensure academic rigor; requiring dual credit course availability from public high schools; providing for 3R high school aid, specifying expectations and opportunities for 3R high schools and aid formula; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (ra) Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Higher Education Bill Text 2E Establishing a P-20 (P20) education partnership to create a seamless system of education to maximize student achievements from early childhood through postsecondary (post secondary) education, specifying membership to include the commissioner of education, the university of Minnesota, the Minnesota state college and university (MnSCU) system, certain legislators and certain local association, council, foundation and partnership members; establishing a deadline for appointments and designations; sunset provision (rt) Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the general education equity levy for certain school districts (me) Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing successful schools aid for schools earning a minimum score in reading or mathematics on the school performance report card for the previous school year or schools with certain enrollment conditions; specifying allowance amount, aid and uses; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (rt) Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of education for the educational planning and assessment (EPAS) program (rt) Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the K-12 education statewide testing and reporting system, modifying scoring and achievement levels for reading, mathematics and writing; requiring the commissioner of education to establish rules for the proper implementation, administration and public review of the state graduation tests; removing a commissioner of education school district exemption reporting requirement; removing certain report qualifiers; requiring certain accommodations, assessments and federally consistent exemptions for testing (rt) SF0437 - School district special education tuition billing delay authorization
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to delay special education tuition billing implementation for a certain amount of time (rt) SF0715 - School districts career and technical programming funding increase
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing funding for school districts for career and technical programming by adding an aid component (ra) SF0829 - Independent school district #138, North Branch; all day kindergarten program appropriation
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing an all day kindergarten pilot project in independent school district #138, North Branch for underperforming students, requiring school district targeted intervention program development and student assessment; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (rt) SF3382 - School districts and charter schools internet2 connections and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of education to contract with Internet2 to provide school districts and charter schools with access to the Internet2 network for advanced research and education application; appropriating money to the commissioner of education (je) SF3289 - Sexual relations between school employees in positions of authority and students prohibition
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to crimes; prohibiting sexual relations between school employees in positions of authority and students; defining secondary schools; providing for criminal sexual conduct in the third or fourth degree for certain sexual conduct offenses (je) SF3614 - Student service learning hours high school graduation requirement
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring public school students to complete service learning hours as a condition of graduating from high school; specifying the amount of required student service credit hours and qualifying activities (me) SF0465 - School year length increase; school year start before Labor Day prohibition repeal
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Increasing the length of the school year; repealing the school year start before Labor Day prohibition (me) SF0448 - Special school district #6, South St. Paul; elementary and middle school years education international baccalaureate pilot program
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Providing for an elementary and middle school years education international baccalaureate (IB) pilot program in special school district #6, South St. Paul; requiring the filing of a pilot project plan with the commissioner of education for approval, specifying certain plan content requirements and providing for funding; requiring annual reports to the commissioner and a final assessment report to the legislature upon completion of the pilot program; appropriating money to the commissioner of education for the pilot program (me) SF0921 - School districts debt service equalization revenue and aid, equalized debt service, health and safety, deferred maintenance and operating capital levies increase; state debt service equalizing factor
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Author added Rummel Bill Text Relating to education; providing property tax relief; increasing and indexing debt service equalization revenue; defining state debt service equalizing factor; increasing and indexing equalization of the health and safety, deferred maintenance and operating capital levies (je) SF0922 - School districts equalization of equity, transition and referendum equalization levies increase; state first and second tier referendum equalizing factors
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; providing property tax relief; increasing and indexing equalization of the equity, transition and referendum equalization levies; defining state first and second tier referendum equalizating factors (je) SF2392 - School endowment fund technology use; permanent school fund subtraction elimination
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to education finance; authorizing endowment fund revenue use for technology purposes; repealing the permanent school fund subtraction for general education aid (me) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text 1E Creating the council on indigenous language, providing for membership appointment from the native American tribes and Indian communities, specifying organization, duties and meeting schedule, requiring the council to collaborate with the departments of education and human services and the office of higher education to develop a multitiered system for native speaker board of teaching certification for teaching purposes, requiring the council to work for an indigenous language institute development for curriculum standards, permitting the council to contract, regulating appropriations to the council, requiring the initial meeting to be convened by a facilitator designated by the Minnesota Dakota/Ojibwe language revitalization alliance (DOLRA), appropriating money to the council, office of higher education and the commissioners of human services and education (rt) |
