Bill Text: MN HF1741 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: American Indian education committees reestablished.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-30 - Author added Johnson [HF1741 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1741-Introduced.html
1.2relating to state government; reestablishing the committees on American Indian
1.3education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4,
1.4as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, as amended by
1.7Laws 2011, chapter 5, section 1, 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 successfully complete a skills
1.11examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher
1.12licensure. Such rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved
1.13teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not
1.14achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is
1.15a second language.
1.16(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.17upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.18graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.19person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.20dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.21person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.22of chapter 14.
1.23(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
1.24education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
2.1focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
2.2systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
2.3on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
2.4preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
2.5122A.245
, among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved,
2.6performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
2.7for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
2.8student learning.
2.9(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to successfully
2.10complete an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of
2.11licensure-specific teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001.
2.12The rules under this paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach
2.13prekindergarten or elementary students to successfully complete, as part of the examination
2.14of licensure-specific teaching skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge,
2.15skill, and ability in comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section
2.16122A.06
, subdivision 4, and their knowledge and understanding of the foundations of
2.17reading development, the development of reading comprehension, and reading assessment
2.18and instruction, and their ability to integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.19(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.20elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.21periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.22(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses.
2.23(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
2.24candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.25necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.26(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
2.27by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.28(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
2.29established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections122A.20 and
2.30214.10
. The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.
2.31(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
2.32their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
2.33the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
2.34adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
2.35students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.1(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.2services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.3registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.4license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.5(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.6their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.7preparation, consistent with section122A.06, subdivision 4 . The rules do not take effect
3.8until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.9least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.10directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.11(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.12their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
3.13in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
3.14adolescents.
3.15(o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.16their continuing education license to include in their renewal requirements preparation
3.17designed to equip them to effectively teach to the standards, consistent with section
3.18120B.021, subdivision 1, which requires that contributions of Minnesota Indian Tribes
3.19and communities be included in the required academic standards.
3.20 Sec. 2. [124D.801] COMMITTEES ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
3.21PROGRAMS.
3.22 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of education shall create an
3.2318-member American Indian education committee. The commissioner must appoint
3.24members with the assistance of the Indian Affairs Council as provided under section 3.922,
3.25subdivision 6. Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community groups,
3.26parents of children eligible to be served by the programs, American Indian administrators
3.27and teachers, persons experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education
3.28programs, persons involved in programs for American Indian children in American
3.29Indian schools, and persons knowledgable in the field of American Indian education and
3.30closing the achievement gap. Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of
3.31significant segments of the population of American Indians, with membership consisting
3.32of representatives from the 11 reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of
3.33the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and the Urban Advisory Council.
3.34 Subd. 2. Committee to advise commissioner. The committee on American
3.35Indian education programs shall advise the commissioner in the administration of the
4.1commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the
4.2education of American Indian people, as determined by the commissioner.
4.3 Subd. 3. Expenses; expiration. The committee must be reimbursed for expenses
4.4according to section 15.059, subdivision 6. The commissioner must determine the
4.5membership terms. The committee shall not expire.
1.3education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4,
1.4as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, as amended by
1.7Laws 2011, chapter 5, section 1, 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 successfully complete a skills
1.11examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher
1.12licensure. Such rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved
1.13teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not
1.14achieve a qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is
1.15a second language.
1.16(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.17upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.18graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.19person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.20dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.21person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.22of chapter 14.
1.23(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
1.24education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
2.1focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
2.2systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
2.3on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
2.4preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
2.6performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
2.7for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
2.8student learning.
2.9(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to successfully
2.10complete an examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of
2.11licensure-specific teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001.
2.12The rules under this paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach
2.13prekindergarten or elementary students to successfully complete, as part of the examination
2.14of licensure-specific teaching skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge,
2.15skill, and ability in comprehensive, scientifically based reading instruction under section
2.17reading development, the development of reading comprehension, and reading assessment
2.18and instruction, and their ability to integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.19(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.20elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.21periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.22(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses.
2.23(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
2.24candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.25necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.26(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
2.27by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.28(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
2.29established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections
2.31(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
2.32their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
2.33the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
2.34adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
2.35students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.1(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.2services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.3registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.4license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.5(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.6their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.7preparation, consistent with section
3.8until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.9least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.10directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.11(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.12their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
3.13in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
3.14adolescents.
3.15(o) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.16their continuing education license to include in their renewal requirements preparation
3.17designed to equip them to effectively teach to the standards, consistent with section
3.18120B.021, subdivision 1, which requires that contributions of Minnesota Indian Tribes
3.19and communities be included in the required academic standards.
3.20 Sec. 2. [124D.801] COMMITTEES ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
3.21PROGRAMS.
3.22 Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of education shall create an
3.2318-member American Indian education committee. The commissioner must appoint
3.24members with the assistance of the Indian Affairs Council as provided under section 3.922,
3.25subdivision 6. Members must include representatives of tribal bodies, community groups,
3.26parents of children eligible to be served by the programs, American Indian administrators
3.27and teachers, persons experienced in the training of teachers for American Indian education
3.28programs, persons involved in programs for American Indian children in American
3.29Indian schools, and persons knowledgable in the field of American Indian education and
3.30closing the achievement gap. Members shall be appointed so as to be representative of
3.31significant segments of the population of American Indians, with membership consisting
3.32of representatives from the 11 reservations and the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the chair of
3.33the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and the Urban Advisory Council.
3.34 Subd. 2. Committee to advise commissioner. The committee on American
3.35Indian education programs shall advise the commissioner in the administration of the
4.1commissioner's duties under sections 124D.71 to 124D.82 and other programs for the
4.2education of American Indian people, as determined by the commissioner.
4.3 Subd. 3. Expenses; expiration. The committee must be reimbursed for expenses
4.4according to section 15.059, subdivision 6. The commissioner must determine the
4.5membership terms. The committee shall not expire.
