Bill Text: MN HF147 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Teacher and school administrator cultural competency training required for renewal of professional license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - Author added Isaacson [HF147 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF147-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; requiring cultural competency training for teachers and
1.3school administrators seeking to renew their professional license;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.14, subdivision
1.53.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
1.9teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.10(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a skills examination in
1.11reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher licensure. Such
1.12rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation
1.13program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score
1.14on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language.
1.15(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.16upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.17graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.18person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.19dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.20person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.21of chapter 14.
1.22(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
1.23education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
1.24focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
1.25systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
2.1on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
2.2preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
2.3122A.245
, among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved,
2.4performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
2.5for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
2.6student learning.
2.7(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
2.8examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
2.9teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
2.10paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
2.11elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
2.12skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
2.13scientifically based reading instruction under section122A.06 , subdivision 4, and their
2.14knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
2.15of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
2.16integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.17(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.18elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.19periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.20(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
2.21based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
2.22system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a
2.23statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful
2.24experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture dedicated to meeting
2.25students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century and formalizes mentoring and induction
2.26for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.
2.27(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
2.28candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.29necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.30(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
2.31by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.32(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
2.33established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections122A.20 and
2.34214.10
. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.
2.35(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
2.36their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.1the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
3.2adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
3.3students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.4(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.5services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.6registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.7license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.8(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.9their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.10preparation, consistent with section122A.06, subdivision 4 . The rules do not take effect
3.11until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.12least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.13directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.14(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.15their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
3.16in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
3.17adolescents.
3.18(o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.19their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.20cultural competency that helps teachers develop behaviors, attitudes, and policies for
3.21understanding and working effectively with people of different cultures.
3.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2014, and applies to
3.23licensed teachers seeking to renew their continuing teaching license after that date.
3.24 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.25 Subd. 3. Rules for continuing education requirements. The board shall
3.26adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements that promote continuous
3.27improvement and acquisition of new and relevant skills by school administrators. A retired
3.28school principal who serves as a substitute principal or assistant principal for the same
3.29person on a day-to-day basis for no more than 15 consecutive school days is not subject to
3.30continuing education requirements as a condition of serving as a substitute principal or
3.31assistant principal. The continuing education requirements must include preparation in
3.32cultural competency that helps school administrators develop behaviors, attitudes, and
3.33policies for understanding and working effectively with people of different cultures.
4.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2014, and applies to
4.2licensed school administrators seeking to renew their professional license after that date.
1.3school administrators seeking to renew their professional license;amending
1.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.14, subdivision
1.53.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
1.9teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.10(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a skills examination in
1.11reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher licensure. Such
1.12rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation
1.13program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score
1.14on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language.
1.15(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.16upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.17graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.18person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.19dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.20person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.21of chapter 14.
1.22(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
1.23education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
1.24focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
1.25systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
2.1on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
2.2preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
2.4performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
2.5for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
2.6student learning.
2.7(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
2.8examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
2.9teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
2.10paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
2.11elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
2.12skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
2.13scientifically based reading instruction under section
2.14knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
2.15of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
2.16integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.17(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.18elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.19periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.20(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
2.21based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
2.22system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a
2.23statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful
2.24experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture dedicated to meeting
2.25students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century and formalizes mentoring and induction
2.26for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.
2.27(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
2.28candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.29necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.30(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
2.31by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.32(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
2.33established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections
2.35(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
2.36their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.1the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
3.2adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
3.3students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.4(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.5services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.6registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.7license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.8(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.9their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.10preparation, consistent with section
3.11until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.12least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.13directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.14(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.15their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
3.16in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
3.17adolescents.
3.18(o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.19their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.20cultural competency that helps teachers develop behaviors, attitudes, and policies for
3.21understanding and working effectively with people of different cultures.
3.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2014, and applies to
3.23licensed teachers seeking to renew their continuing teaching license after that date.
3.24 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.25 Subd. 3. Rules for continuing education requirements. The board shall
3.26adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements that promote continuous
3.27improvement and acquisition of new and relevant skills by school administrators. A retired
3.28school principal who serves as a substitute principal or assistant principal for the same
3.29person on a day-to-day basis for no more than 15 consecutive school days is not subject to
3.30continuing education requirements as a condition of serving as a substitute principal or
3.31assistant principal. The continuing education requirements must include preparation in
3.32cultural competency that helps school administrators develop behaviors, attitudes, and
3.33policies for understanding and working effectively with people of different cultures.
4.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective September 1, 2014, and applies to
4.2licensed school administrators seeking to renew their professional license after that date.
