Bill Text: MN SF2788 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education redundant, obsolete and superseded provisions removal; miscellaneous statutory corrections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Referred to Education [SF2788 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2788-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; removing redundant, obsolete, and superseded provisions;
1.3making miscellaneous corrections to statutes;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, sections 120A.22, subdivision 2; 120A.32; 121A.36; 122A.09, subdivision
1.57; 124D.141, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.6119A.04, subdivision 3; 119A.08; 120A.30; 120B.19; 120B.24; 121A.17,
1.7subdivision 9; 122A.52; 122A.53.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.11 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 121A.36, is amended to read:
1.12121A.36 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
1.13 Subdivision 1. Established; administration; rules. A motorcycle safety education
1.14program is established. The program shall be administered by the commissioners of
1.15public safetyand education. The program shall include but is not limited to training and
1.16coordination of motorcycle safety instructors, motorcycle safety promotion and public
1.17information, and reimbursement for the cost of approved courses offered by schools
1.18and organizations.
1.19 Subd. 2. Reimbursements. The commissioner ofeducation public safety, to the
1.20extent that funds are available, may reimburse schools and other approved organizations
1.21offering approved motorcycle safety education courses for up to 50 percent of the actual
1.22cost of the courses. If sufficient funds are not available, reimbursements shall be prorated.
1.23The commissioner may conduct audits and otherwise examine the records and accounts of
1.24schools and approved organizations offering the courses to insure the accuracy of the costs.
2.1 Subd. 3. Appropriation. (a) All funds in the motorcycle safety fund created by
2.2section171.06, subdivision 2a , are hereby annually appropriated to the commissioner of
2.3public safety to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.The commissioner of
2.4public safety may make grants from the fund to the commissioner of education at such
2.5times and in such amounts as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the purposes
2.6of subdivisions 1 and 2.
2.7(b) Of the money appropriated under paragraph (a):
2.8(1) not more than five percent shall be expended to defray the administrative costs
2.9of carrying out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2; and
2.10(2) not more than 65 percent shall be expended for the combined purpose of
2.11training and coordinating the activities of motorcycle safety instructors and making
2.12reimbursements to schools and other approved organizations.
2.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.141, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.14 Subd. 2. Additional duties. The following duties are added to those assigned
2.15to the council under federal law:
2.16 (1) make recommendations on the most efficient and effective way to leverage state
2.17and federal funding streams for early childhood and child care programs;
2.18(2) make recommendations on how to coordinate or colocate early childhood and
2.19child care programs in one state Office of Early Learning. The council shall establish a task
2.20force to develop these recommendations. The task force shall include two nonexecutive
2.21branch or nonlegislative branch representatives from the council; six representatives from
2.22the early childhood caucus; two representatives each from the Departments of Education,
2.23Human Services, and Health; one representative each from a local public health agency, a
2.24local county human services agency, and a school district; and two representatives from
2.25the private nonprofit organizations that support early childhood programs in Minnesota.
2.26In developing recommendations in coordination with existing efforts of the council, the
2.27task force shall consider how to:
2.28(i) consolidate and coordinate resources and public funding streams for early
2.29childhood education and child care, and ensure the accountability and coordinated
2.30development of all early childhood education and child care services to children from birth
2.31to kindergarten entrance;
2.32(ii) create a seamless transition from early childhood programs to kindergarten;
2.33(iii) encourage family choice by ensuring a mixed system of high-quality public and
2.34private programs, with local points of entry, staffed by well-qualified professionals;
3.1(iv) ensure parents a decisive role in the planning, operation, and evaluation of
3.2programs that aid families in the care of children;
3.3(v) provide consumer education and accessibility to early childhood education
3.4and child care resources;
3.5(vi) advance the quality of early childhood education and child care programs in order
3.6to support the healthy development of children and preparation for their success in school;
3.7(vii) develop a seamless service delivery system with local points of entry for early
3.8childhood education and child care programs administered by local, state, and federal
3.9agencies;
3.10(viii) ensure effective collaboration between state and local child welfare programs
3.11and early childhood mental health programs and the Office of Early Learning;
3.12(ix) develop and manage an effective data collection system to support the necessary
3.13functions of a coordinated system of early childhood education and child care in order to
3.14enable accurate evaluation of its impact;
3.15(x) respect and be sensitive to family values and cultural heritage; and
3.16(xi) establish the administrative framework for and promote the development of
3.17early childhood education and child care services in order to provide that these services,
3.18staffed by well-qualified professionals, are available in every community for all families
3.19that express a need for them.
3.20In addition, the task force must consider the following responsibilities for transfer
3.21to the Office of Early Learning:
3.22(A) responsibilities of the commissioner of education for early childhood education
3.23programs and financing under sections
119A.50 to
119A.535,
121A.16 to
121A.19, and
3.24124D.129 to
124D.2211;
3.25(B) responsibilities of the commissioner of human services for child care assistance,
3.26child care development, and early childhood learning and child protection facilities
3.27programs and financing under chapter 119B and section
256E.37; and
3.28(C) responsibilities of the commissioner of health for family home visiting programs
3.29and financing under section
145A.17.
3.30Any costs incurred by the council in making these recommendations must be paid
3.31from private funds. If no private funds are received, the council must not proceed in
3.32making these recommendations. The council must report its recommendations to the
3.33governor and the legislature by January 15, 2011;
3.34(3) (2) review program evaluations regarding high-quality early childhood programs;
3.35 and
4.1(4) (3) make recommendations to the governor and legislature, including proposed
4.2legislation on how to most effectively create a high-quality early childhood system in
4.3Minnesota in order to improve the educational outcomes of children so that all children
4.4are school-ready by 2020;.
4.5(5) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature by March 1, 2011, on
4.6the creation and implementation of a statewide school readiness report card to monitor
4.7progress toward the goal of having all children ready for kindergarten by the year 2020.
4.8The recommendations shall include what should be measured including both children and
4.9system indicators, what benchmarks should be established to measure state progress
4.10toward the goal, and how frequently the report card should be published. In making their
4.11recommendations, the council shall consider the indicators and strategies for Minnesota's
4.12early childhood system report, the Minnesota school readiness study, developmental
4.13assessment at kindergarten entrance, and the work of the council's accountability
4.14committee. Any costs incurred by the council in making these recommendations must be
4.15paid from private funds. If no private funds are received, the council must not proceed in
4.16making these recommendations; and
4.17(6) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature on how to screen
4.18earlier and comprehensively assess children for school readiness in order to provide
4.19increased early interventions and increase the number of children ready for kindergarten.
4.20In formulating their recommendations, the council shall consider (i) ways to interface
4.21with parents of children who are not participating in early childhood education or care
4.22programs, (ii) ways to interface with family child care providers, child care centers, and
4.23school-based early childhood and Head Start programs, (iii) if there are age-appropriate
4.24and culturally sensitive screening and assessment tools for three-, four-, and five-year-olds,
4.25(iv) the role of the medical community in screening, (v) incentives for parents to have
4.26children screened at an earlier age, (vi) incentives for early education and care providers
4.27to comprehensively assess children in order to improve instructional practice, (vii) how to
4.28phase in increases in screening and assessment over time, (viii) how the screening and
4.29assessment data will be collected and used and who will have access to the data, (ix)
4.30how to monitor progress toward the goal of having 50 percent of three-year-old children
4.31screened and 50 percent of entering kindergarteners assessed for school readiness by 2015
4.32and 100 percent of three-year-old children screened and entering kindergarteners assessed
4.33for school readiness by 2020, and (x) costs to meet these benchmarks. The council shall
4.34consider the screening instruments and comprehensive assessment tools used in Minnesota
4.35early childhood education and care programs and kindergarten. The council may survey
4.36early childhood education and care programs in the state to determine the screening and
5.1assessment tools being used or rely on previously collected survey data, if available. For
5.2purposes of this subdivision, "school readiness" is defined as the child's skills, knowledge,
5.3and behaviors at kindergarten entrance in these areas of child development: social;
5.4self-regulation; cognitive, including language, literacy, and mathematical thinking; and
5.5physical. For purposes of this subdivision, "screening" is defined as the activities used to
5.6identify a child who may need further evaluation to determine delay in development or
5.7disability. For purposes of this subdivision, "assessment" is defined as the activities used
5.8to determine a child's level of performance in order to promote the child's learning and
5.9development. Work on this duty will begin in fiscal year 2012. Any costs incurred by the
5.10council in making these recommendations must be paid from private funds. If no private
5.11funds are received, the council must not proceed in making these recommendations. The
5.12council must report its recommendations to the governor and legislature by January 15,
5.132013, with an interim report on February 15, 2011.
5.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.141, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 3. Administration.An amount up to $12,500 from federal child care and
5.16development fund administrative funds and up to $12,500 from prekindergarten exploratory
5.17project funds appropriated under Laws 2007, chapter 147, article 19, section 3, may be
5.18used to reimburse the parents on the council and for technical assistance and administrative
5.19support of the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. This
5.20funding stream is for fiscal year 2009. The council may pursue additional funds from state,
5.21federal, and private sources.If additional operational funds are received, the council must
5.22reduce the amount of prekindergarten exploratory project funds used in an equal amount.
5.23 Sec. 4. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
5.24The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.36, as
5.25section 171.335. The revisor of statutes shall also make cross-reference changes in
5.26Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.
5.27 Sec. 5. REPEALER.
5.28Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119A.04, subdivision 3; 119A.08; 120A.30;
5.29120B.19; 120B.24; 121A.17, subdivision 9; 122A.52; and 122A.53, are repealed.
5.32 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.1 Subd. 2. Applicability. This section and sections120A.24 ;
120A.26 ; 120A.30;
6.2120A.32 ; and
120A.34 apply only to a child required to receive instruction according to
6.3subdivision 5 and to instruction that is intended to fulfill that requirement.
6.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.32, is amended to read:
6.5120A.32 OFFICERS, TEACHERS; NEGLECT OF DUTY; PENALTY.
6.6Any school officer, truant officer, public or nonpublic school teacher, principal,
6.7district superintendent, or person providing instruction other than a parent refusing,
6.8willfully failing, or neglecting to perform any duty imposed by sections120A.22 to
6.9120A.30 120A.26,
120A.35 ,
120A.41 , and
123B.03 is guilty of a misdemeanor. All
6.10persons found guilty shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $10 or
6.11by imprisonment for not more than ten days. All fines, when collected, shall be paid into
6.12the county treasury for the benefit of the school district in which the offense is committed.
6.13 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
6.14 Subd. 7. Commissioner's assistance; board money. The commissioner shall
6.15provide all necessary materials and assistance for the transaction of the business of the
6.16Board of Teaching and all moneys received by the Board of Teaching shall be paid into
6.17the state treasury as provided by law. The expenses of administering sections122A.01 ,
6.18122A.05
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122A.15 ,
122A.16 ,
122A.17 ,
122A.18 ,
122A.20 ,
122A.21 ,
122A.22 ,
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122A.30 ,
122A.40 ,
122A.41 ,
122A.42 ,
122A.45 ,
122A.49 , 122A.52,
6.20122A.53,
122A.54 ,
122A.55 ,
122A.56 ,
122A.57 , and
122A.58 which are incurred by the
6.21Board of Teaching shall be paid for from appropriations made to the Board of Teaching.
1.3making miscellaneous corrections to statutes;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42012, sections 120A.22, subdivision 2; 120A.32; 121A.36; 122A.09, subdivision
1.57; 124D.141, subdivisions 2, 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.6119A.04, subdivision 3; 119A.08; 120A.30; 120B.19; 120B.24; 121A.17,
1.7subdivision 9; 122A.52; 122A.53.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.11 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 121A.36, is amended to read:
1.12121A.36 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
1.13 Subdivision 1. Established; administration; rules. A motorcycle safety education
1.14program is established. The program shall be administered by the commissioners of
1.15public safety
1.16coordination of motorcycle safety instructors, motorcycle safety promotion and public
1.17information, and reimbursement for the cost of approved courses offered by schools
1.18and organizations.
1.19 Subd. 2. Reimbursements. The commissioner of
1.20extent that funds are available, may reimburse schools and other approved organizations
1.21offering approved motorcycle safety education courses for up to 50 percent of the actual
1.22cost of the courses. If sufficient funds are not available, reimbursements shall be prorated.
1.23The commissioner may conduct audits and otherwise examine the records and accounts of
1.24schools and approved organizations offering the courses to insure the accuracy of the costs.
2.1 Subd. 3. Appropriation. (a) All funds in the motorcycle safety fund created by
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2.3public safety to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.
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2.8(1) not more than five percent shall be expended to defray the administrative costs
2.9of carrying out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2; and
2.10(2) not more than 65 percent shall be expended for the combined purpose of
2.11training and coordinating the activities of motorcycle safety instructors and making
2.12reimbursements to schools and other approved organizations.
2.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.141, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.14 Subd. 2. Additional duties. The following duties are added to those assigned
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2.16 (1) make recommendations on the most efficient and effective way to leverage state
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5.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.141, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 3. Administration.
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5.23 Sec. 4. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
5.24The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 121A.36, as
5.25section 171.335. The revisor of statutes shall also make cross-reference changes in
5.26Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.
5.27 Sec. 5. REPEALER.
5.28Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119A.04, subdivision 3; 119A.08; 120A.30;
5.29120B.19; 120B.24; 121A.17, subdivision 9; 122A.52; and 122A.53, are repealed.
5.32 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.1 Subd. 2. Applicability. This section and sections
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6.3subdivision 5 and to instruction that is intended to fulfill that requirement.
6.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120A.32, is amended to read:
6.5120A.32 OFFICERS, TEACHERS; NEGLECT OF DUTY; PENALTY.
6.6Any school officer, truant officer, public or nonpublic school teacher, principal,
6.7district superintendent, or person providing instruction other than a parent refusing,
6.8willfully failing, or neglecting to perform any duty imposed by sections
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6.10persons found guilty shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $10 or
6.11by imprisonment for not more than ten days. All fines, when collected, shall be paid into
6.12the county treasury for the benefit of the school district in which the offense is committed.
6.13 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
6.14 Subd. 7. Commissioner's assistance; board money. The commissioner shall
6.15provide all necessary materials and assistance for the transaction of the business of the
6.16Board of Teaching and all moneys received by the Board of Teaching shall be paid into
6.17the state treasury as provided by law. The expenses of administering sections
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6.21Board of Teaching shall be paid for from appropriations made to the Board of Teaching.
