Bill Text: MN HF860 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: English language learning aid for students not yet proficient in the English language extended from five to seven years.
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Author added Kahn [HF860 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF860-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education finance; extending English language learning aid for
1.3students not yet proficient in the English language from five to seven years;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. English learner. (a) "English learner" means a pupil in kindergarten
1.8through grade 12 who meets the following requirements:
1.9(1) the pupil, as declared by a parent or guardian first learned a language other than
1.10English, comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English, or
1.11usually speaks a language other than English; and
1.12(2) the pupil is determined by developmentally appropriate measures, which might
1.13include observations, teacher judgment, parent recommendations, or developmentally
1.14appropriate assessment instruments, to lack the necessary English skills to participate
1.15fully in classes taught in English.
1.16(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a pupil in grades 4 through 12 who was enrolled
1.17in a Minnesota public school on the dates during the previous school year when a
1.18commissioner provided assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English
1.19was administered, shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner
1.20pupil units under section126C.05, subdivision 17 , and shall not generate state English
1.21learner aid under section124D.65, subdivision 5 , unless the pupil scored below the state
1.22cutoff score or is otherwise counted as a nonproficient participant on an assessment
1.23measuring emerging academic English provided by the commissioner during the previous
1.24school year.
2.1(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a pupil in kindergarten through grade
2.212 shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner pupil units
2.3under section126C.05, subdivision 17 , and shall not generate state English learner aid
2.4under section124D.65, subdivision 5 , if:
2.5(1) the pupil is not enrolled during the current fiscal year in an educational program
2.6for English learners in accordance with sections124D.58 to
124D.64 ; or
2.7(2) the pupil has generatedfive seven or more years of average daily membership in
2.8Minnesota public schools since July 1, 1996.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014
2.10and later.
1.3students not yet proficient in the English language from five to seven years;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. English learner. (a) "English learner" means a pupil in kindergarten
1.8through grade 12 who meets the following requirements:
1.9(1) the pupil, as declared by a parent or guardian first learned a language other than
1.10English, comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than English, or
1.11usually speaks a language other than English; and
1.12(2) the pupil is determined by developmentally appropriate measures, which might
1.13include observations, teacher judgment, parent recommendations, or developmentally
1.14appropriate assessment instruments, to lack the necessary English skills to participate
1.15fully in classes taught in English.
1.16(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a pupil in grades 4 through 12 who was enrolled
1.17in a Minnesota public school on the dates during the previous school year when a
1.18commissioner provided assessment that measures the pupil's emerging academic English
1.19was administered, shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner
1.20pupil units under section
1.21learner aid under section
1.22cutoff score or is otherwise counted as a nonproficient participant on an assessment
1.23measuring emerging academic English provided by the commissioner during the previous
1.24school year.
2.1(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a pupil in kindergarten through grade
2.212 shall not be counted as an English learner in calculating English learner pupil units
2.3under section
2.4under section
2.5(1) the pupil is not enrolled during the current fiscal year in an educational program
2.6for English learners in accordance with sections
2.7(2) the pupil has generated
2.8Minnesota public schools since July 1, 1996.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014
2.10and later.
