Subdivision 1. Governance. The board of the Minnesota State Academies shall govern the State Academy for the Deaf and the State Academy for the Blind. The board must promote academic standards based on high expectation and an assessment system to measure academic performance toward the achievement of those standards. The board must focus on the academies' needs as a whole and not prefer one school over the other. The board of the Minnesota State Academies shall consist of nine persons. The members of the board shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member must be from the seven-county metropolitan area, one member must be from greater Minnesota, and one member may be appointed at-large. The board must be composed of:
(1) one present or former superintendent of an independent school district;
(2) one present or former special education director;
(3) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;
(4) one member of the blind community;
(5) one member of the deaf community;
(6) two members of the general public with business, administrative, or financial expertise;
(7) one nonvoting, unpaid ex officio member appointed by the site council for the State Academy for the Deaf; and
(8) one nonvoting, unpaid ex officio member appointed by the site council for the State Academy for the Blind.
Subd. 2. Terms; compensation; and other. The membership terms, compensation, removal of members, and filling of vacancies shall be as provided for in section 15.0575. Notwithstanding section 15.0575, a member may serve not more than two consecutive four-year terms.
Subd. 3. Meetings. All meetings of the board shall be as provided in chapter 13D and must be held in Faribault.
Subd. 4. Most beneficial, least restrictive. The board must do what is necessary to provide the most beneficial and least restrictive program of education for each pupil at the academies who is disabled by visual disability or deafness.
Subd. 5. Planning, evaluation, and reporting. To the extent required in school districts, the board must establish a process for the academies to include parent and community input in the planning, evaluation, and reporting of curriculum and pupil achievement.
Subd. 6. Site councils. The board must establish, and appoint members to, a site council at each academy. The site councils shall exercise power and authority granted by the board. The board must appoint to each site council the exclusive representative's employee designee from each exclusive representative at the academies. The site councils may make a recommendation to the governor regarding board appointments no more than 30 days after receiving the list of applicants from the governor.
Subd. 7. Trustee of academies' property. The board is the trustee of the academies' property. Securities and money, including income from the property, must be deposited in the state treasury according to section 16A.275. The deposits are subject to the order of the board.
Subd. 8. Grants and gifts. The board, through the chief administrators of the academies, may apply for all competitive grants administered by agencies of the state and other government or nongovernment sources. Application may not be made for grants over which the board has discretion. Any funds received under this subdivision are appropriated and dedicated for the purpose for which they are granted. The board must annually by February 1 report to the education policy and finance committees of the legislature the amount of money it received under this subdivision and the purpose for which it was granted.
1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 27; 1976 c 271 s 67; 1977 c 447 art 3 s 10,11; 1977 c 449 s 13; 1978 c 764 s 95,96; 1979 c 334 art 3 s 17; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1982 c 560 s 46; 1985 c 240 s 3; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 55; art 2 s 1; 1987 c 398 art 3 s 28,29; 1989 c 220 s 2; 1991 c 265 art 11 s 11; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 11 s 5-8; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 10 s 1; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 14-21; 1999 c 241 art 2 s 20; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2006 c 263 art 7 s 4; 2009 c 96 art 7 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 125A — Special Education And Special Programs
Section 125A.01 — Definitions.
Section 125A.02 — Child With A Disability Defined.
Section 125A.023 — State Agency Coordination Responsibilities.
Section 125A.027 — Local Agency Coordination Responsibilities.
Section 125A.03 — Special Instruction For Children With A Disability.
Section 125A.04 — High School Diploma.
Section 125A.06 — Blind Persons' Literacy Rights.
Section 125A.08 — Individualized Education Programs.
Section 125A.083 — Student Information Systems; Transferring Records.
Section 125A.091 — Alternative Dispute Resolution And Due Process Hearings.
Section 125A.094 — Restrictive Procedures For Children With Disabilities.
Section 125A.0941 — Definitions.
Section 125A.0942 — Standards For Restrictive Procedures.
Section 125A.11 — Special Instructions For Nonresident Children.
Section 125A.12 — Attendance In Another District.
Section 125A.125 — Report On Homeless Children Served.
Section 125A.13 — School Of Parents' Choice.
Section 125A.14 — Extended School Year.
Section 125A.15 — Placement In Another District; Responsibility.
Section 125A.155 — Special Education Reciprocity; Commissioner Duties.
Section 125A.17 — Legal Residence Of A Child With A Disability Placed In A Foster Facility.
Section 125A.18 — Special Instruction; Nonpublic Schools.
Section 125A.19 — Nonresident Education; Billing.
Section 125A.20 — Transportation Aid Agreements.
Section 125A.21 — Third-party Payment.
Section 125A.22 — Community Transition Interagency Committee.
Section 125A.23 — Agency Access To Nonpublic Data.
Section 125A.24 — Parent Advisory Councils.
Section 125A.25 — Legislative Commitment To Conciliation.
Section 125A.259 — Citation; Interagency Early Childhood Intervention System.
Section 125A.27 — Definitions.
Section 125A.28 — State Interagency Coordinating Council.
Section 125A.29 — Responsibilities Of County Boards And School Boards.
Section 125A.30 — Interagency Early Intervention Committees.
Section 125A.31 — Local Primary Agency.
Section 125A.32 — Individualized Family Service Plan (ifsp).
Section 125A.33 — Service Coordination.
Section 125A.34 — Early Intervention Respite Services.
Section 125A.35 — Early Intervention Service Dollars.
Section 125A.36 — Payment For Services.
Section 125A.37 — Payor Of Last Resort.
Section 125A.38 — Maintenance Of Effort.
Section 125A.39 — Local Interagency Agreements.
Section 125A.40 — Third-party Payment.
Section 125A.41 — Coordinating Health Insurance Benefits.
Section 125A.42 — Procedural Safeguards; Parent And Child Rights.
Section 125A.43 — Mediation Procedure.
Section 125A.44 — Complaint Procedure.
Section 125A.45 — Interagency Dispute Procedure.
Section 125A.46 — Due Process Hearings.
Section 125A.48 — State Interagency Agreement.
Section 125A.50 — Alternative Delivery Of Specialized Instructional Services.
Section 125A.51 — Placement Of Children Without Disabilities; Education And Transportation.
Section 125A.515 — Placement Of Students; Approval Of Education Program.
Section 125A.53 — Director Of A Special Education Cooperative.
Section 125A.55 — Accommodating Students With Disabilities.
Section 125A.56 — Alternate Instruction Required Before Assessment Referral.
Section 125A.58 — Purchasing Guidelines.
Section 125A.59 — Interagency Agreement To Purchase Used Assistive Technology Devices.
Section 125A.60 — Purchase Agreement; Price Formula.
Section 125A.61 — Location And Status.
Section 125A.62 — Duties Of The Board Of The Minnesota State Academies.
Section 125A.63 — Resources; Deaf Or Hard-of-hearing And Blind Or Visually Impaired.
Section 125A.64 — Powers Of Board Of The Minnesota State Academies.
Section 125A.65 — Attendance At Academies For The Deaf And Blind.
Section 125A.66 — Obligations Of The Academies.
Section 125A.67 — Staff Of The Academies.
Section 125A.68 — State Adopted Procedures.
Section 125A.69 — Admission Standards.
Section 125A.70 — Expense Of Pupils.
Section 125A.71 — Deposit And Appropriation Of Rents And Fees Of Academies.
Section 125A.72 — Student Activities Account.
Section 125A.73 — Duties Of State Departments.
Section 125A.74 — Medical Assistance Payments To School Districts.
Section 125A.744 — Statewide Data Management System To Maximize Medical Assistance Reimbursement.
Section 125A.75 — Special Education Programs; Approval; Aid Payments; Travel Aid; Litigation Costs.
Section 125A.76 — Special Education Aid.