Bill Text: MN HF2506 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: School district reserved staff development revenue allocation requirement stricken.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-24 - Secretary of State Chapter 206 04/23/12 [HF2506 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2506-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 206--H.F.No. 2506
An act
relating to education; clarifying CPR training and instruction requirements; striking the requirement to allocate portions of reserved staff
development revenue for particular purposes;amending Minnesota Statutes
2010, sections 120B.236; 122A.61, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.236, is amended to read:
120B.236 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATIC
EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION.
(a) School districts
resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator instruction as part of their grade 7 to 12
curriculum for all students in that grade beginning in the 2014-2015 school year and later.
Training and instruction provided under this section need not result in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation certification.
automatic external defibrillator instruction must
(1) by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross and incorporate
psychomotor skills to support the instruction; or
(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and incorporates psychomotor skills to support the instruction.
"Psychomotor skills" under this paragraph means hands-on practice to support
cognitive learning; it does not mean cognitive-only instruction and training.
(b) School districts may use community members such as emergency medical
technicians, paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and representatives of the Minnesota
Resuscitation Consortium, the American Heart Association, or the American Red
Cross, among others, to provide instruction and training under this section. Community
members are encouraged to provide needed training and instructional resources such as
cardiopulmonary resuscitation kits and other materials at no cost to the school districts. A
school administrator may waive this curriculum requirement for a high school transfer
student regardless of whether or not the student previously received instruction under this
section, an enrolled student absent on the day the instruction occurred under this section,
or an eligible student who has a disability. If a school district requests resources, the
Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium must provide them to the district for instruction and
training provided to students under this section.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all students entering grades 7 to 12 in the 2014-2015 school year and later.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. Staff development revenue. A district is required to reserve
an amount equal to at least two percent of the basic revenue under section
subdivision 2
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and experiences under section
other in-service education, teachers' workshops, teacher conferences, the cost of
substitute teachers staff development purposes, preservice and in-service education for
special education professionals and paraprofessionals, and other related costs for staff
development efforts. A district may annually waive the requirement to reserve their basic
revenue under this section if a majority vote of the licensed teachers in the district and
a majority vote of the school board agree to a resolution to waive the requirement. A
district in statutory operating debt is exempt from reserving basic revenue according to
this section. Districts may expend an additional amount of unreserved revenue for staff
development based on their needs.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2012.