Subdivision 1. Rulemaking. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruction. Any paraprofessional holding this credential or working in a local school district after meeting a state-approved local assessment is considered to be highly qualified under federal law. Under this subdivision, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the commissioner, must adopt qualitative criteria for approving local assessments that include an evaluation of a paraprofessional's knowledge of reading, writing, and math and the paraprofessional's ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, and math. The commissioner must approve or disapprove local assessments using these criteria. The commissioner must make the criteria available to the public.
Subd. 2. Training possibilities. In adopting rules under subdivision 1, the board must consider including provisions that provide training in: students' characteristics; teaching and learning environment; academic instruction skills; student behavior; and ethical practices.
Subd. 3. Initial training. Within the first 60 days of supervising or working with students, a district must provide each paraprofessional with initial training in emergency procedures, confidentiality, vulnerability, reporting obligations, discipline policies, roles and responsibilities, and a building orientation.
2003 c 129 art 1 s 10; 1Sp2017 c 5 art 3 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 120B — Curriculum And Assessment
Section 120B.01 — Definitions.
Section 120B.018 — Definitions.
Section 120B.02 — Educational Expectations And Graduation Requirements For Minnesota's Students.
Section 120B.021 — Required Academic Standards.
Section 120B.022 — Elective Standards.
Section 120B.023 — Benchmarks.
Section 120B.026 — Physical Education; Exclusion From Class; Recess.
Section 120B.07 — Early Graduation.
Section 120B.10 — Findings; Improving Instruction And Curriculum.
Section 120B.115 — Regional Centers Of Excellence.
Section 120B.12 — Reading Proficiently No Later Than The End Of Grade 3.
Section 120B.122 — Dyslexia Specialist.
Section 120B.126 — Construction And Skilled Trades Counseling.
Section 120B.13 — Advanced Placement And International Baccalaureate Programs.
Section 120B.131 — College-level Examination Program (clep).
Section 120B.14 — Advanced Academic Credit.
Section 120B.15 — Gifted And Talented Students Programs.
Section 120B.16 — Secondary Credit For Students.
Section 120B.18 — American Sign Language.
Section 120B.20 — Parental Curriculum Review.
Section 120B.21 — Mental Health Education.
Section 120B.22 — Violence Prevention Education.
Section 120B.23 — Violence Prevention Education Grants.
Section 120B.232 — Character Development Education.
Section 120B.234 — Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education.
Section 120B.235 — American Heritage Education.
Section 120B.236 — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation And Automatic External Defibrillator Instruction.
Section 120B.238 — Vaping Awareness And Prevention.
Section 120B.30 — Statewide Testing And Reporting System.
Section 120B.301 — Limits On Local Testing.
Section 120B.304 — School District Assessment Committee.
Section 120B.31 — System Accountability And Statistical Adjustments.
Section 120B.35 — Student Academic Achievement And Growth.
Section 120B.36 — School Accountability.
Section 120B.363 — Credential For Education Paraprofessionals.