Bill Text: MN HF301 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Local education and employment transition systems objectives clarified.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy [HF301 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF301-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; clarifying the objectives of local education and employment
1.3transition systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.49,
1.4subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Local education and employment transitions systems. A local education
1.8and employment transitions partnership must assess the needs of employers, employees,
1.9and learners, and develop a plan for implementing and achieving the objectives of a local
1.10or regional education and employment transitions system. The plan must provide for a
1.11comprehensive local system for assisting learners and workers in making the transition
1.12from school to work or for retraining in a new vocational area. The objectives of a local
1.13education and employment transitions system include:
1.14(1) increasing the effectiveness of the educational programs and curriculum of
1.15elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools and the work site in preparing students
1.16in the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the workplace;
1.17(2) implementing learner outcomes for students in grades kindergarten through 12
1.18designed to introduce the world of work and to explore career opportunities, including
1.19nontraditional career opportunities;
1.20(3) eliminating barriers to providing effective integrated applied learning,
1.21service-learning, or work-based curriculum;
1.22(4) increasing opportunities to apply academic knowledge and skills, including
1.23skills needed in the workplace, in local settings which include the school, school-based
1.24enterprises, postsecondary institutions, the workplace, and the community;
2.1(5) increasing applied instruction in the attitudes and skills essential for success in
2.2the workplace, including cooperative working, leadership, problem-solving, and respect
2.3for diversity;
2.4(6) providing staff training for vocational guidance counselors, teachers, and other
2.5appropriate staff in the importance of preparing learners for the transition to work, and in
2.6methods of providing instruction that incorporate applied learning, work-based learning,
2.7and service-learning experiences;
2.8(7) identifying and enlisting local and regional employers who can effectively
2.9provide work-based or service-learning opportunities, including, but not limited to,
2.10apprenticeships, internships, and mentorships;
2.11(8) recruiting community and workplace mentors including peers, parents, employers
2.12and employed individuals from the community, and employers of high school students;
2.13(9) identifying current and emerging educational, training, and employment needs of
2.14the area or region, especially within industries with potential for job growth;
2.15(10) improving the coordination and effectiveness of local vocational and job training
2.16programs, including vocational education, adult basic education, tech prep, apprenticeship,
2.17service-learning, youth entrepreneur, youth training and employment programs
2.18administered by the commissioner of employment and economic development, and local
2.19job training programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220;
2.20(11) identifying and applying for federal, state, local, and private sources of funding
2.21for vocational or applied learning programs;
2.22(12) providing students with current information and counseling about career
2.23opportunities, potential employment, educational opportunities in postsecondary
2.24institutions, workplaces, and the community, and the skills and knowledge necessary to
2.25succeed, with emphasis on postsecondary educational programs that produce graduates
2.26with technical and vocational skills for which there is a high employer need within the
2.27state or region of the state;
2.28(13) providing educational technology, including interactive television networks
2.29and other distance learning methods, to ensure access to a broad variety of work-based
2.30learning opportunities;
2.31(14) including students with disabilities in a district's vocational or applied learning
2.32program and ways to serve at-risk learners through collaboration with area learning
2.33centers under sections123A.05 to
123A.09 , or other alternative programs; and
2.34(15) providing a warranty to employers, postsecondary education programs, and
2.35other postsecondary training programs, that learners successfully completing a high school
2.36work-based or applied learning program will be able to apply the knowledge and work
3.1skills included in the program outcomes or graduation requirements. The warranty shall
3.2require education and training programs to continue to work with those learners that need
3.3additional skill development until they can demonstrate achievement of the program
3.4outcomes or graduation requirements.
1.3transition systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.49,
1.4subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Local education and employment transitions systems. A local education
1.8and employment transitions partnership must assess the needs of employers, employees,
1.9and learners, and develop a plan for implementing and achieving the objectives of a local
1.10or regional education and employment transitions system. The plan must provide for a
1.11comprehensive local system for assisting learners and workers in making the transition
1.12from school to work or for retraining in a new vocational area. The objectives of a local
1.13education and employment transitions system include:
1.14(1) increasing the effectiveness of the educational programs and curriculum of
1.15elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools and the work site in preparing students
1.16in the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the workplace;
1.17(2) implementing learner outcomes for students in grades kindergarten through 12
1.18designed to introduce the world of work and to explore career opportunities, including
1.19nontraditional career opportunities;
1.20(3) eliminating barriers to providing effective integrated applied learning,
1.21service-learning, or work-based curriculum;
1.22(4) increasing opportunities to apply academic knowledge and skills, including
1.23skills needed in the workplace, in local settings which include the school, school-based
1.24enterprises, postsecondary institutions, the workplace, and the community;
2.1(5) increasing applied instruction in the attitudes and skills essential for success in
2.2the workplace, including cooperative working, leadership, problem-solving, and respect
2.3for diversity;
2.4(6) providing staff training for vocational guidance counselors, teachers, and other
2.5appropriate staff in the importance of preparing learners for the transition to work, and in
2.6methods of providing instruction that incorporate applied learning, work-based learning,
2.7and service-learning experiences;
2.8(7) identifying and enlisting local and regional employers who can effectively
2.9provide work-based or service-learning opportunities, including, but not limited to,
2.10apprenticeships, internships, and mentorships;
2.11(8) recruiting community and workplace mentors including peers, parents, employers
2.12and employed individuals from the community, and employers of high school students;
2.13(9) identifying current and emerging educational, training, and employment needs of
2.14the area or region, especially within industries with potential for job growth;
2.15(10) improving the coordination and effectiveness of local vocational and job training
2.16programs, including vocational education, adult basic education, tech prep, apprenticeship,
2.17service-learning, youth entrepreneur, youth training and employment programs
2.18administered by the commissioner of employment and economic development, and local
2.19job training programs under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220;
2.20(11) identifying and applying for federal, state, local, and private sources of funding
2.21for vocational or applied learning programs;
2.22(12) providing students with current information and counseling about career
2.23opportunities, potential employment, educational opportunities in postsecondary
2.24institutions, workplaces, and the community, and the skills and knowledge necessary to
2.25succeed, with emphasis on postsecondary educational programs that produce graduates
2.26with technical and vocational skills for which there is a high employer need within the
2.27state or region of the state;
2.28(13) providing educational technology, including interactive television networks
2.29and other distance learning methods, to ensure access to a broad variety of work-based
2.30learning opportunities;
2.31(14) including students with disabilities in a district's vocational or applied learning
2.32program and ways to serve at-risk learners through collaboration with area learning
2.33centers under sections
2.34(15) providing a warranty to employers, postsecondary education programs, and
2.35other postsecondary training programs, that learners successfully completing a high school
2.36work-based or applied learning program will be able to apply the knowledge and work
3.1skills included in the program outcomes or graduation requirements. The warranty shall
3.2require education and training programs to continue to work with those learners that need
3.3additional skill development until they can demonstrate achievement of the program
3.4outcomes or graduation requirements.
