Minnesota SF 2535: Teacher and school administrator cultural competency training requirement for renewal of professional license

Bill Text

01/15/13 REVISOR JFK/KS 13-0856 asintroduced
A bill for an act1.1
relating to education; requiring cultural competency training for teachers and1.2
school administrators seeking to renew their professional license; amending1.3
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.14, subdivision1.4
3.1.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.6
Section1. MinnesotaStatutes2012,section122A.09,subdivision4,isamendedtoread:1.7
Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school1.8
teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.1.9
(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a skills examination in1.10
reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher licensure. Such1.11
rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation1.12
program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score1.13
on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language.1.14
(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,1.15
upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed1.16
graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the1.17
person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the1.18
dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the1.19
person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application1.20
of chapter 14.1.21
(d)Theboardmustprovidetheleadershipandadoptrulesfortheredesignofteacher1.22
education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that1.23
focusesontheskillsteachersneedinordertobeeffective. Theboardshallimplementnew1.24
systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based1.25
Section 1. 1
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION S.F. No. 2535
(SENATE AUTHORS: HAYDEN and Dziedzic)
DATE D-PG OFFICIAL STATUS
03/10/2014 6081 Introduction and first reading
Referred to Education
03/12/2014 6174 Author added Dziedzic

01/15/13 REVISOR JFK/KS 13-0856 asintroduced
on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher2.1
preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section2.2
122A.245, among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved,2.3
performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning2.4
for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing2.5
student learning.2.6
(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an2.7
examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific2.8
teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this2.9
paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or2.10
elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching2.11
skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,2.12
scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, and their2.13
knowledgeandunderstandingofthefoundationsofreadingdevelopment,thedevelopment2.14
of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to2.15
integrate that knowledge and understanding.2.16
(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with2.17
elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain2.18
periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.2.19
(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses2.20
based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing2.21
system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a2.22
statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful2.23
experiencedteacherspremisedonacollaborativeprofessionalculturededicatedtomeeting2.24
students'diverselearningneedsinthe21stcenturyandformalizesmentoringandinduction2.25
for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.2.26
(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a2.27
candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities2.28
necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.2.29
(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established2.30
by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.2.31
(j)Theboardmustgrantlifelicensestothosewhoqualifyaccordingtorequirements2.32
establishedbytheboard,andsuspendorrevokelicensespursuanttosections122A.20and2