Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 124D — Education Programs
Section 124D.861 — Achievement And Integration For Minnesota.

Subdivision 1. Program to close the academic achievement and opportunity gap; revenue uses. (a) The "Achievement and Integration for Minnesota" program is established to pursue racial and economic integration and increase student academic achievement, create equitable educational opportunities, and reduce academic disparities based on students' diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in Minnesota public schools.
(b) For purposes of this section and section 124D.862, "eligible district" means a district required to submit a plan to the commissioner under Minnesota Rules governing school desegregation and integration, or be a member of a multidistrict integration collaborative that files a plan with the commissioner.
(c) Eligible districts must use the revenue under section 124D.862 to pursue academic achievement and racial and economic integration through:
(1) integrated learning environments that give students improved and equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers, prepare all students to be effective citizens, and enhance social cohesion;
(2) policies and curricula and trained instructors, administrators, school counselors, and other advocates to support and enhance integrated learning environments under this section, including through magnet schools, innovative, research-based instruction, differentiated instruction, improved and equitable access to effective and diverse teachers, and targeted interventions to improve achievement; and
(3) rigorous career and college readiness programs and effective and more diverse instructors for underserved student populations, consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 1; integrated learning environments to increase student academic achievement; cultural fluency, competency, and interaction; graduation and educational attainment rates; and parent involvement.
(d) Consistent with paragraph (c), eligible districts may adopt policies to increase the diversity of district teachers and administrators using the revenue under section 124D.862 for recruitment, retention, and hiring incentives or additional compensation.
Subd. 2. Plan implementation; components. (a) The school board of each eligible district must formally develop and implement a long-term plan under this section. The plan must be incorporated into the district's comprehensive strategic plan under section 120B.11. Plan components may include: innovative and integrated prekindergarten through grade 12 learning environments that offer students school enrollment choices; family engagement initiatives that involve families in their students' academic life and success; professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators focused on improving the academic achievement of all students, including teachers and administrators who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers or administrators in the district or school and who reflect the diversity of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), who are enrolled in the district or school; increased programmatic opportunities and effective and more diverse instructors focused on rigor and college and career readiness for underserved students, including students enrolled in alternative learning centers under section 123A.05, public alternative programs under section 126C.05, subdivision 15, and contract alternative programs under section 124D.69, among other underserved students; or recruitment and retention of teachers and administrators with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. The plan must contain goals for:
(1) reducing the disparities in academic achievement and in equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers among all students and specific categories of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), excluding the student categories of gender, disability, and English learners; and
(2) increasing racial and economic diversity and integration in schools and districts.
(b) Among other requirements, an eligible district must implement effective, research-based interventions that include formative assessment practices to reduce the disparities in student academic performance among the specific categories of students as measured by student progress and growth on state reading and math assessments and as aligned with section 120B.11.
(c) Eligible districts must create efficiencies and eliminate duplicative programs and services under this section, which may include forming collaborations or a single, seven-county metropolitan areawide partnership of eligible districts for this purpose.
Subd. 3. Public engagement; progress report and budget process. (a) To receive revenue under section 124D.862, the school board of an eligible district must incorporate school and district plan components under section 120B.11 into the district's comprehensive integration plan.
(b) A school board must hold at least one formal annual hearing to publicly report its progress in realizing the goals identified in its plan. At the hearing, the board must provide the public with longitudinal data demonstrating district and school progress in reducing the disparities in student academic performance among the specified categories of students, in improving students' equitable access to effective and more diverse teachers, and in realizing racial and economic diversity and integration, consistent with the district plan and the measures in paragraph (a). At least 30 days before the formal hearing under this paragraph, the board must post its plan, its preliminary analysis, relevant student performance data, and other longitudinal data on the district's website. A district must hold one hearing to meet the hearing requirements of both this section and section 120B.11.
(c) The district must submit a detailed budget to the commissioner by March 15 in the year before it implements its plan. The commissioner must review, and approve or disapprove the district's budget by June 1 of that year.
(d) The longitudinal data required under paragraph (b) must be based on student growth and progress in reading and mathematics, as defined under section 120B.30, subdivision 1, and student performance data and achievement reports from fully adaptive reading and mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 7 beginning in the 2015-2016 school year under section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, and either (i) school enrollment choices, (ii) the number of world language proficiency or high achievement certificates awarded under section 120B.022, subdivision 1a, or the number of state bilingual and multilingual seals issued under section 120B.022, subdivision 1b, or (iii) school safety and students' engagement and connection at school under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d). Additional longitudinal data may be based on: students' progress toward career and college readiness under section 120B.30, subdivision 1; or rigorous coursework completed under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), clause (2).
Subd. 4. Timeline and implementation. A board must approve its plan and submit it to the department by March 15. If a district that is part of a multidistrict council applies for revenue for a plan, the individual district shall not receive revenue unless it ratifies the plan adopted by the multidistrict council. Each plan has a term of three years. For the 2014-2015 school year, an eligible district under this section must submit its plan to the commissioner for review by March 15, 2014. For the 2013-2014 school year only, an eligible district may continue to implement its current plan until the commissioner approves a new plan under this section.
Subd. 5. Evaluation. The commissioner must evaluate the efficacy of district plans in reducing the disparities in student academic performance among the specified categories of students within the district, improving students' equitable access to effective and diverse teachers, and in realizing racial and economic diversity and integration. The commissioner shall report evaluation results to the kindergarten through grade 12 education committees of the legislature by February 1 of every odd-numbered year.
2013 c 116 art 3 s 29; 2014 c 272 art 1 s 38; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 20; 2016 c 189 art 24 s 19

Structure Minnesota Statutes

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.4535 — Innovative Delivery Of Career And Technical Education Programs; Sharing Of District Resources.

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.48 — General Application Of Workplace Health And Safety Laws; Displacement Of Workers Prohibited.

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.72 — Policy.

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.

Section 124D.98 — Literacy Incentive Aid.

Section 124D.99 — Education Partnerships Coalition Fund.