Subdivision 1. Service-learning and work-based learning programs study. The governor's Workforce Development Board must assist the commissioner in studying how to combine community service activities and service-learning with work-based learning programs.
Subd. 2. Service-learning programs developed. The commissioner, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a service-learning program curriculum that includes a policy framework and strategies for youth community service and an infrastructure for mentoring youth. The commissioner shall include in the curriculum at least the following:
(1) youth community service strategies that enable young people to make significant contributions to the welfare of their community through such organizations as schools, colleges, government agencies, and community-based organizations or through individual efforts;
(2) mentoring strategies that enable young people to be matched with caring, responsible individuals who can encourage and guide the young people in their personal growth and development;
(3) guidelines, criteria, and procedures for community service programs that incorporate the results of the study in subdivision 1; and
(4) criteria for community service activities and service-learning.
Subd. 3. Structuring programs according to grade or education level. The service-learning curriculum must accommodate students' grade level or the last completed grade level of the participants not currently enrolled in school. Schools must provide at least the following:
(1) for students in grades 7 to 9, an opportunity to learn about service-learning activities and possible occupations;
(2) for students in grade 10, an opportunity to apply for service-learning under section 124D.19 subdivision 10, and youth apprenticeship programs; and
(3) for students in grades 11 and 12 and young people not currently enrolled in school, an opportunity to become involved in community service activities, participate in youth apprenticeship programs, and, depending upon the individual's demonstrated abilities, complete high school or pursue postsecondary coursework.
Subd. 4. Programs following youth community service. (a) The Minnesota Commission on National and Community Service in cooperation with the governor's Workforce Development Board, the commissioner and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, shall provide for those participants who successfully complete youth community service under sections 124D.39 to 124D.44, the following:
(1) for those who have a high school diploma or its equivalent, an opportunity to participate in a youth apprenticeship program at a community or technical college; and
(2) for those who are postsecondary students, an opportunity to participate in an educational program that supplements postsecondary courses leading to a degree or a statewide credential of academic and occupational proficiency.
(b) The governor's Workforce Development Board, in cooperation with the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, must establish a mechanism to transfer credit earned in a youth apprenticeship program between the technical colleges and other postsecondary institutions offering applied associate degrees.
1993 c 146 art 5 s 14; 1994 c 647 art 4 s 13-15; 1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 13,14,30; art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 3 s 51,52,103; art 11 s 3; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 43; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 108
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 124D — Education Programs
Section 124D.01 — Definitions.
Section 124D.02 — School Board Powers; Enrollment.
Section 124D.03 — Enrollment Options Program.
Section 124D.04 — Options For Enrolling In Adjoining States.
Section 124D.041 — Reciprocity With Adjoining States.
Section 124D.05 — Attending School In Another State; Severance Pay.
Section 124D.08 — School Boards' Approval To Enroll In Nonresident District; Exceptions.
Section 124D.085 — Experiential And Applied Learning Opportunities For Students.
Section 124D.09 — Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act.
Section 124D.091 — Concurrent Enrollment Program Aid.
Section 124D.093 — P-tech Schools.
Section 124D.095 — Online Learning Option.
Section 124D.096 — Online Learning Aid.
Section 124D.111 — School Meals Policies; Lunch Aid; Food Service Accounting.
Section 124D.1115 — Free And Reduced-price School Lunch Program Data Sharing.
Section 124D.114 — Lactose Reduced Milk.
Section 124D.1158 — School Breakfast Program.
Section 124D.117 — Districts To Offer School Breakfast Program.
Section 124D.118 — School Milk Program.
Section 124D.119 — Summer Food Service Replacement Aid.
Section 124D.1191 — Donations To Food Shelf Programs.
Section 124D.1195 — Commodity Donated Food Revolving Fund.
Section 124D.12 — Purpose Of Flexible Learning Year Programs.
Section 124D.121 — Definition Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.122 — Establishment Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.123 — Division Of Children Into Groups.
Section 124D.124 — Public Hearing Before Implementation.
Section 124D.125 — Assignment Of Teachers.
Section 124D.126 — Powers And Duties Of Commissioner; Flexible Learning Year Programs.
Section 124D.127 — Termination Of Flexible Learning Year Program.
Section 124D.128 — Learning Year Program To Provide Instruction Throughout Year.
Section 124D.129 — Educate Parents Partnership.
Section 124D.13 — Early Childhood Family Education (ecfe) Programs.
Section 124D.135 — Early Childhood Family Education (ecfe) Revenue.
Section 124D.141 — State Advisory Council On Early Childhood Education And Care.
Section 124D.142 — Quality Rating And Improvement System.
Section 124D.15 — School Readiness Programs.
Section 124D.151 — Voluntary Prekindergarten Program.
Section 124D.16 — School Readiness Aid.
Section 124D.162 — Kindergarten Readiness Assessment.
Section 124D.165 — Early Learning Scholarships.
Section 124D.166 — Limit On Screen Time For Children In Preschool And Kindergarten.
Section 124D.18 — Purpose Of Community Education Programs.
Section 124D.19 — Community Education Programs; Advisory Council.
Section 124D.20 — Community Education Revenue.
Section 124D.22 — School-age Care Revenue.
Section 124D.2211 — After-school Community Learning Programs.
Section 124D.23 — Family Services And Community-based Collaboratives.
Section 124D.231 — Full-service Community Schools.
Section 124D.34 — Minnesota Foundation For Student Organizations.
Section 124D.35 — Youth Entrepreneurship Education Program.
Section 124D.355 — Vocational Education Student Organizations.
Section 124D.36 — Citation; Serveminnesota Innovation Act.
Section 124D.37 — Purpose Of Serveminnesota Innovation Act.
Section 124D.38 — Definitions.
Section 124D.385 — Minnesota Commission On National And Community Service.
Section 124D.39 — Serveminnesota Innovation Program.
Section 124D.40 — Serveminnesota Innovation Grants.
Section 124D.42 — Reading And Math Corps.
Section 124D.44 — Match Requirements.
Section 124D.45 — Evaluation And Reporting Requirements.
Section 124D.452 — District Report; Career And Technical Education.
Section 124D.4531 — Career And Technical Revenue.
Section 124D.454 — Access To Minnesota's Transition System For Children With A Disability.
Section 124D.46 — Education And Employment Transitions System.
Section 124D.47 — Comprehensive Youth Apprenticeship Program.
Section 124D.49 — Education And Employment Transitions Partnerships.
Section 124D.50 — Service-learning And Work-based Learning Curriculum And Programs.
Section 124D.505 — Minnesota Career Information System.
Section 124D.51 — Evening Schools; Adult And Continuing Education.
Section 124D.518 — Adult Basic Education Aid Definitions.
Section 124D.52 — Adult Basic Education.
Section 124D.521 — Consortium Requirements.
Section 124D.522 — Adult Basic Education Supplemental Service Grants.
Section 124D.531 — Adult Basic Education Aid.
Section 124D.549 — Commissioner-selected High School Equivalency Test.
Section 124D.55 — Commissioner-selected High School Equivalency Test Fees.
Section 124D.56 — Community Education Program Revenue; Adults With Disabilities.
Section 124D.57 — Educational Support Services For People Who Are Deaf, Deafblind, Hard-of-hearing.
Section 124D.58 — Citation; Education For English Learners Act.
Section 124D.59 — Definitions.
Section 124D.60 — Rights Of Parents.
Section 124D.61 — General Requirements For Programs.
Section 124D.63 — Technical Assistance.
Section 124D.64 — Discrimination Prohibited.
Section 124D.645 — Multiracial Diversity.
Section 124D.65 — English Learner (el) Programs Aid.
Section 124D.66 — Assurance Of Mastery Programs.
Section 124D.68 — Graduation Incentives Program.
Section 124D.69 — Aid For Alternative Programs Provided Under Contract.
Section 124D.695 — Approved Recovery Program Funding.
Section 124D.71 — Citation; American Indian Education Act.
Section 124D.73 — Definitions.
Section 124D.74 — American Indian Education Programs.
Section 124D.75 — Licenses For American Indian Language And Culture Education Teachers; Exemptions.
Section 124D.76 — Community Coordinators, Indian Home/school Liaisons, Paraprofessionals.
Section 124D.77 — Recruiting And Retaining Indian Teachers.
Section 124D.78 — Parent And Community Participation.
Section 124D.79 — Community And Commissioner Participation In American Indian Education.
Section 124D.791 — Indian Education Director.
Section 124D.81 — American Indian Education Aid.
Section 124D.82 — Discrimination Prohibited.
Section 124D.83 — State Revenue For American Indian Tribal Contract Or Grant Schools.
Section 124D.855 — School Segregation Prohibited.
Section 124D.861 — Achievement And Integration For Minnesota.
Section 124D.862 — Achievement And Integration Revenue.
Section 124D.87 — Achievement And Integration Transportation Aid.
Section 124D.892 — Office Of Desegregation/integration.
Section 124D.895 — Parental Involvement Programs.
Section 124D.8955 — Parent And Family Involvement Policy.
Section 124D.8957 — Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Parental Rights Coded Elsewhere.
Section 124D.896 — Desegregation/integration And Inclusive Education Rules.
Section 124D.90 — School Enrichment Partnership Program.
Section 124D.955 — Healthy Kids Awards Program.
Section 124D.957 — Minnesota Youth Council Committee.
Section 124D.96 — Welfare And Correctional Institutions' Policies For Educational Programs.