Bill Text: MN HF1342 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Student achievement redefined through learning redesign, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy [HF1342 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1342-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; redefining student achievement through learning redesign;
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04;
1.4proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [123B.0399] PURPOSE; SCHOOLS REDESIGNING LEARNING.
1.7To develop the range of knowledge and skills that will permit the young people of
1.8Minnesota to succeed in an increasingly complex and competitive world, the legislature
1.9seeks to encourage districts to test alternatives to the givens of traditional school. The
1.10legislature hopes to empower and encourage districts to authorize "Learning Redesign
1.11Schools" in which students will master not only core academic and career content but will
1.12excel also in other academic areas and will develop the skills needed to think critically and
1.13solve complex problems, to work collaboratively, to communicate effectively, and to learn
1.14continuously. The legislature will require that Learning Redesign Schools demonstrate
1.15their success through multiple, meaningful measures of secondary and postsecondary
1.16accountability. The legislature wishes to spread, and will encourage districts to spread,
1.17such new models of school and approaches to learning where these prove successful, in
1.18the district in which they first appear and beyond.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04, is amended to read:
1.21123B.04 LEARNING REDESIGN SITEDECISION MAKING AGREEMENT;
1.22INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING AGREEMENT; OTHER AGREEMENTS.
2.1 Subdivision 1. Definition; redesign initiative. (a) "Education Learning redesign
2.2 site" means a separate facility. or a program, grade, or department within a facility or
2.3within a district is an education site if the school board recognizes it as a site.
2.4(b) A school board may seek an agreement with a learning redesign site or a learning
2.5redesign site may seek an agreement with its school board to redesign learning and
2.6redefine student achievement under this section.
2.7 Subd. 1a. Individualized learningand instruction; improved student
2.8achievement. Topromote redefine student achievement by promoting individualized
2.9learningand instruction and improve student achievement under subdivisions 4 and 4a, a
2.10participating school board under this section may consider how to:
2.11(1) assist aschool learning redesign site to adapt instruction learning programs to the
2.12needs and aptitudes of individual students, including non-English language speakers and
2.13students in poverty, among other students, and establish goals and standards for individual
2.14students in addition to the state academic standards applicable to all students;
2.15(2) coordinate the pace ofinstruction and learning with the needs and aptitudes of
2.16individual students at aschool learning redesign site;
2.17(3) provide useful data and assist with research in developing and improving
2.18innovative, cost-effective, research-based individualized learning, instruction, and
2.19assessment under this section and section124D.10 ;
2.20(4) demonstrate and help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based grade
2.21progression, including applied and project-based learning and adult basic education,
2.22among other alternatives;
2.23(5) more effectively motivate students and teachers by expanding teachers' roles and
2.24responsibilities, among other possibilities; and
2.25(6) expand use of learning technology to support individualized learning, instruction,
2.26assessment, and achievement.
2.27 Subd. 2. Agreement. (a) The school board and aschool learning redesign site
2.28may enter into an agreement under this sectionsolely to develop and implement an
2.29individualized learning and achievement contract under subdivision 4.
2.30(b) Upon the request of60 percent of the school board or licensed employees of at a
2.31learning redesign siteor a school site decision-making team, the school board shall and a
2.32learning redesign site team may enter intodiscussions to reach an agreement concerning
2.33the governance, management, education accountability, or control of at the school learning
2.34redesign site. Aschool site decision-making team may include the school principal,
2.35teachers in the school or their designee, other employees in the school, representatives
2.36and parents of pupils in the school,or and other members in the community at a learning
3.1redesign site are eligible to participate in this process as learning redesign site team
3.2members.A school site decision-making The team must include at least one parent of a
3.3pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a school site decision-making
3.4team may be a team of, teachers that is recognized by the board as a site. The school
3.5site decision-making team shall include who must be a majority of the team members,
3.6 the school principalor, and, where applicable, the other person having general most
3.7directly responsible for control and supervision of theschool. The site decision-making
3.8team learning redesign site. The team must reflect the diversity of the education learning
3.9redesign site or district.At least one-half of the members shall be employees of the
3.10district, unless an employee is the parent of a student enrolled in the school site, in which
3.11case the employee may elect to serve as a parent member of the site team.
3.12(c)School Learning redesign site decision-making agreements must may delegate
3.13powers, duties,and broad management or other responsibilities to site teams and involve
3.14staff members, students as appropriate, and parents in decision making.
3.15(d) An agreement shall include a statement of powers, duties, responsibilities, and
3.16authority to be delegated to and within the learning redesign site.
3.17(e) An agreement may include:
3.18(1) an achievement contract according to subdivision 4;
3.19(2) where applicable, a mechanism to allow principals, or a learning redesign site
3.20leadership team, or other persons having general control and supervision of the school, to
3.21make decisionsregarding about how financial and personnel resources are best allocated
3.22at the learning redesign site and from whom goods or services are purchased;
3.23(3) a mechanism to implement parental involvement programs under section
3.24124D.895
and to provide for effective parental communication and feedback on this
3.25involvement at the learning redesign site level;
3.26(4) a provision that would allow the team todetermine advise the school board about
3.27 who is hired into licensed and nonlicensed positions at the learning redesign site;
3.28(5) where applicable, a provision that would allow teachers to choose the principal
3.29or other person having general control at the learning redesign site;
3.30(6)an amount of any revenue allocated to the learning redesign site under
3.31subdivision 3; and
3.32(7) any other powers and duties determined appropriate by the board and the
3.33learning redesign site team.
3.34The school board of the district remains the legal employer under clauses (4) and (5).
4.1(f) Any powers or duties not delegated to theschool learning redesign site
4.2management team in the school site management learning redesign site agreement shall
4.3remain with the school board.
4.4(g) Approved agreements shall be filed with the commissioner. If aschool board
4.5denies a request or the school learning redesign site and school board fail to reach an
4.6agreementto enter into a school site management agreement, the school board and the
4.7learning redesign site team shall each providea copy of the request and the reasons for its
4.8denial failing to agree to the commissioner.
4.9 Subd. 2a. Grant program established.(h) (a) A learning redesign site
4.10decision-making grant program is established, consistent with this subdivision section, to
4.11allow learning redesign sites to implement an agreement that at least:
4.12(1) notwithstanding subdivision 3, allocates to the learning redesign siteall a grant
4.13award or revenuethat is attributable to the students at that site;
4.14(2) includes a provision, consistent with current law and the collective bargaining
4.15agreement in effect, that allows the learning redesign site team todecide advise the school
4.16board about who is selected from within the district for licensed and nonlicensed positions
4.17at the learning redesign site and tomake advise about faculty and staff assignments in
4.18 at the learning redesign site; and
4.19(3) includes a completed performance agreement under subdivision 4.
4.20(b) Consistent with subdivision 5, the commissioner shall establish the form and
4.21manner of the application for a grant and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, report to
4.22the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over education
4.23on the progress of the program.
4.24 Subd. 3. Revenue and cost allocation. Where applicable, revenue for a fiscal year
4.25received or receivable by the district shall be allocated toeducation learning redesign
4.26 sites based on the agreement between the school board and the learning redesign site
4.27decision-making team. Revenue shall remain allocated to each the learning redesign
4.28site until used by the site. The site teams and the board may enter an agreement that
4.29permits the district to provide services and retain the revenue required to pay for the
4.30services provided. The district remains responsible for legally entering into contracts
4.31and expending funds. For the purposes of this subdivision, "allocation" means that the
4.32determination of the use of the revenue shall be under the control of the site. The district
4.33may charge the accounts of must enter into an agreement with each site establishing the
4.34actual costs of goods and services from the general or capital funds attributable to the site.
5.1 Subd. 4. Achievement contract. A school board may enter a written
5.2education learning redesign site achievement contract with each learning redesign site
5.3decision-making team for:
5.4(1) setting individualized learning and achievement measures and short- and
5.5long-term educational goals for each student at that site;
5.6(2) recognizing each student's educational needs and aptitudes and levels of
5.7academic attainment, whether on grade level or above or below grade level, so as to
5.8improve student performance through such means as a cost-effective, research-based
5.9formative assessment system designed to promote individualized learning and assessment;
5.10(3) using student performance data to diagnose a student's academic strengths and
5.11weaknesses and indicate to the student's teachers the specific skills and concepts that
5.12need to be introduced to the student and developed through academic instruction or
5.13applied learning, organized by strands within subject areas and linked to state and local
5.14academic standards during the next year, consistent with the student's short- and long-term
5.15educational goals;and
5.16(4) assisting theeducation learning redesign site if progress in achieving student or
5.17contract goals or other performance expectations or measures agreed to by the board and
5.18the learning redesign sitedecision-making team are not realized or implemented; and
5.19(5) defining broader objectives to be used by the site and the measures used to assess
5.20the site's achievement of those objectives.
5.21 Subd. 4a. Additional site agreements premised on successful achievement
5.22contracts. A school board that enters into a written education achievement contract
5.23with aschool learning redesign site under subdivision 4 where the student performance
5.24data at the site demonstrate at least three consecutive school years of improved student
5.25achievement consistent with the terms of the achievement contractmay must seek to
5.26establish a similar achievement contractwith at other school sites in the district sites.
5.27 Subd. 5. Commissioner's role; grant awards and evaluation. (a) The
5.28commissioner must encourage districts to enter into a learning redesign site agreement
5.29under this section and may award grants to applicants that have entered into such
5.30an agreement. Grant amounts may not exceed $....... per resident pupil unit in the
5.31learning redesign site in the prior school year. The commissioner shall award grants on
5.32a first-come-first-served basis to eligible applicants the commissioner determines have
5.33met grant program requirements.
5.34(b) The commissionerof education, in consultation with appropriate educational
5.35organizations, shall:
6.1(1) upon request, provide technical support for districts and learning redesign sites
6.2with agreements under this section;
6.3(2) conduct and compile research on and evaluate the effectiveness ofsite decision
6.4making learning redesign site agreements; and
6.5(3)periodically annually report to the education committees of the legislature on
6.6and evaluate the effectiveness of the site management agreements and how to apply the
6.7positive outcomes of learning redesign on a statewide basis.
6.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2014 and later.
6.9 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS; LEARNING REDESIGN SITE GRANTS.
6.10 $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the
6.11general fund to the commissioner of education for learning redesign site grants under
6.12Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.04. Any unexpended funds in the first year do not
6.13cancel but are available in the second year.
6.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04;
1.4proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [123B.0399] PURPOSE; SCHOOLS REDESIGNING LEARNING.
1.7To develop the range of knowledge and skills that will permit the young people of
1.8Minnesota to succeed in an increasingly complex and competitive world, the legislature
1.9seeks to encourage districts to test alternatives to the givens of traditional school. The
1.10legislature hopes to empower and encourage districts to authorize "Learning Redesign
1.11Schools" in which students will master not only core academic and career content but will
1.12excel also in other academic areas and will develop the skills needed to think critically and
1.13solve complex problems, to work collaboratively, to communicate effectively, and to learn
1.14continuously. The legislature will require that Learning Redesign Schools demonstrate
1.15their success through multiple, meaningful measures of secondary and postsecondary
1.16accountability. The legislature wishes to spread, and will encourage districts to spread,
1.17such new models of school and approaches to learning where these prove successful, in
1.18the district in which they first appear and beyond.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123B.04, is amended to read:
1.21123B.04 LEARNING REDESIGN SITE
1.22INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING AGREEMENT; OTHER AGREEMENTS.
2.1 Subdivision 1. Definition; redesign initiative. (a) "
2.2 site" means a separate facility
2.3
2.4(b) A school board may seek an agreement with a learning redesign site or a learning
2.5redesign site may seek an agreement with its school board to redesign learning and
2.6redefine student achievement under this section.
2.7 Subd. 1a. Individualized learning
2.8achievement. To
2.9learning
2.10
2.11(1) assist a
2.12needs and aptitudes of individual students, including non-English language speakers and
2.13students in poverty, among other students, and establish goals and standards for individual
2.14students in addition to the state academic standards applicable to all students;
2.15(2) coordinate the pace of
2.16individual students at a
2.17(3) provide useful data and assist with research in developing and improving
2.18innovative, cost-effective, research-based individualized learning, instruction, and
2.19assessment under this section and section
2.20(4) demonstrate and help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based grade
2.21progression, including applied and project-based learning and adult basic education,
2.22among other alternatives;
2.23(5) more effectively motivate students and teachers by expanding teachers' roles and
2.24responsibilities, among other possibilities; and
2.25(6) expand use of learning technology to support individualized learning, instruction,
2.26assessment, and achievement.
2.27 Subd. 2. Agreement. (a) The school board and a
2.28may enter into an agreement under this section
2.29individualized learning and achievement contract under subdivision 4.
2.30(b) Upon the request of
2.31learning redesign site
2.32learning redesign site team may enter into
2.33
2.34redesign site. A
2.35teachers in the school or their designee, other employees in the school, representatives
2.36and parents of pupils in the school,
3.1redesign site are eligible to participate in this process as learning redesign site team
3.2members.
3.3pupil in the school
3.4
3.5
3.6 the school principal
3.7directly responsible for control and supervision of the
3.8
3.9redesign site or district.
3.10
3.11
3.12(c)
3.13powers, duties,
3.14staff members, students as appropriate, and parents in decision making.
3.15(d) An agreement shall include a statement of powers, duties, responsibilities, and
3.16authority to be delegated to and within the learning redesign site.
3.17(e) An agreement may include:
3.18(1) an achievement contract according to subdivision 4;
3.19(2) where applicable, a mechanism to allow principals
3.20
3.21make decisions
3.22at the learning redesign site and from whom goods or services are purchased;
3.23(3) a mechanism to implement parental involvement programs under section
3.25involvement at the learning redesign site level;
3.26(4) a provision that would allow the team to
3.27 who is hired into licensed and nonlicensed positions at the learning redesign site;
3.28(5) where applicable, a provision that would allow teachers to choose the principal
3.29or other person having general control at the learning redesign site;
3.30(6)
3.31subdivision 3; and
3.32(7) any other powers and duties determined appropriate by the board and the
3.33learning redesign site team.
3.34The school board of the district remains the legal employer under clauses (4) and (5).
4.1(f) Any powers or duties not delegated to the
4.2
4.3remain with the school board.
4.4(g) Approved agreements shall be filed with the commissioner. If a
4.5
4.6agreement
4.7learning redesign site team shall each provide
4.8
4.9 Subd. 2a. Grant program established.
4.10
4.11allow learning redesign sites to implement an agreement that at least:
4.12(1) notwithstanding subdivision 3, allocates to the learning redesign site
4.13award or revenue
4.14(2) includes a provision, consistent with current law and the collective bargaining
4.15agreement in effect, that allows the learning redesign site team to
4.16board about who is selected from within the district for licensed and nonlicensed positions
4.17at the learning redesign site and to
4.18 at the learning redesign site; and
4.19(3) includes a completed performance agreement under subdivision 4.
4.20(b) Consistent with subdivision 5, the commissioner shall establish the form and
4.21manner of the application for a grant and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, report to
4.22the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over education
4.23on the progress of the program.
4.24 Subd. 3. Revenue and cost allocation. Where applicable, revenue for a fiscal year
4.25received or receivable by the district shall be allocated to
4.26 sites based on the agreement between the school board and the learning redesign site
4.27
4.28site until used by the site. The site teams and the board may enter an agreement that
4.29permits the district to provide services and retain the revenue required to pay for the
4.30services provided. The district remains responsible for legally entering into contracts
4.31and expending funds. For the purposes of this subdivision, "allocation" means that the
4.32determination of the use of the revenue shall be under the control of the site. The district
4.33
4.34actual costs of goods and services from the general or capital funds attributable to the site.
5.1 Subd. 4. Achievement contract. A school board may enter a written
5.2
5.3
5.4(1) setting individualized learning and achievement measures and short- and
5.5long-term educational goals for each student at that site;
5.6(2) recognizing each student's educational needs and aptitudes and levels of
5.7academic attainment, whether on grade level or above or below grade level, so as to
5.8improve student performance through such means as a cost-effective, research-based
5.9formative assessment system designed to promote individualized learning and assessment;
5.10(3) using student performance data to diagnose a student's academic strengths and
5.11weaknesses and indicate to the student's teachers the specific skills and concepts that
5.12need to be introduced to the student and developed through academic instruction or
5.13applied learning, organized by strands within subject areas and linked to state and local
5.14academic standards during the next year, consistent with the student's short- and long-term
5.15educational goals;
5.16(4) assisting the
5.17contract goals or other performance expectations or measures agreed to by the board and
5.18the learning redesign site
5.19(5) defining broader objectives to be used by the site and the measures used to assess
5.20the site's achievement of those objectives.
5.21 Subd. 4a. Additional site agreements premised on successful achievement
5.22contracts. A school board that enters into a written education achievement contract
5.23with a
5.24data at the site demonstrate at least three consecutive school years of improved student
5.25achievement consistent with the terms of the achievement contract
5.26establish a similar achievement contract
5.27 Subd. 5. Commissioner's role; grant awards and evaluation. (a) The
5.28commissioner must encourage districts to enter into a learning redesign site agreement
5.29under this section and may award grants to applicants that have entered into such
5.30an agreement. Grant amounts may not exceed $....... per resident pupil unit in the
5.31learning redesign site in the prior school year. The commissioner shall award grants on
5.32a first-come-first-served basis to eligible applicants the commissioner determines have
5.33met grant program requirements.
5.34(b) The commissioner
5.35organizations, shall:
6.1(1) upon request, provide technical support for districts and learning redesign sites
6.2with agreements under this section;
6.3(2) conduct and compile research on and evaluate the effectiveness of
6.4
6.5(3)
6.6
6.7positive outcomes of learning redesign on a statewide basis.
6.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for fiscal year 2014 and later.
6.9 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS; LEARNING REDESIGN SITE GRANTS.
6.10 $....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the
6.11general fund to the commissioner of education for learning redesign site grants under
6.12Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.04. Any unexpended funds in the first year do not
6.13cancel but are available in the second year.
6.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2013.
