Minnesota 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education; integrating service-learning into Minnesota's education
3	3	1.3 system; establishing an evidence-based service-learning technical assistance and
4	4	1.4 grant program; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
5	5	1.5 Statutes 2022, section 124D.50, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for
6	6	1.6 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
7	7	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
8	8	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision
9	9	1.9to read:
10	10	1.10 Subd. 2a.Service-learning specialist; service-learning work.(a) The commissioner
11	11	1.11must create a service-learning specialist position in the department to expand evidence-based
12	12	1.12service-learning; coordinate service-learning grants under section 124D.501; and provide
13	13	1.13technical assistance to eligible schools and their community-based partners, including
14	14	1.14nonprofit organizations, community education programs, state or federal agencies, and
15	15	1.15political subdivisions.
16	16	1.16 (b) The commissioner may provide or may contract for specialized expertise in school-
17	17	1.17and community-based service-learning best practices, professional development or training,
18	18	1.18service-learning research or evaluation, or development of service-learning communities.
19	19	1.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023.
20	20	1.20 Sec. 2. [124D.501] INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR SERVICE-LEARNING GRANTS.
21	21	1.21 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
22	22	1.22the meanings given.
23	23	1Sec. 2.
24	24	REVISOR CM/AD 23-0135901/04/23
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 160
30	30	NINETY-THIRD SESSION
31	31	Authored by Freiberg01/09/2023
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (b) "Eligible school" means a school district or school site operated by a school district,
33	33	2.2charter school, or Tribal contract or grant school eligible for state aid under section 124D.83,
34	34	2.3or cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2.
35	35	2.4 (c) "Eligible service-learning partnership" means a partnership that includes an eligible
36	36	2.5school and at least one community-based organization, community education program, state
37	37	2.6or federal agency, or political subdivision. An eligible service-learning partnership may
38	38	2.7include other individuals or entities, such as a postsecondary faculty member or institution,
39	39	2.8parent, other community member, local business or business organization, or local media
40	40	2.9representative. A school district member in an eligible service-learning partnership may
41	41	2.10participate in the partnership through a community education program established under
42	42	2.11section 124D.19.
43	43	2.12 Subd. 2.Establishment; eligibility criteria; application requirements.(a) A five-year
44	44	2.13technical assistance and grant program is established to initiate or expand and strengthen
45	45	2.14innovative service-learning opportunities for students in kindergarten through grade 12;
46	46	2.15increase student engagement and academic achievement; help close the academic
47	47	2.16achievement gap and the community, college, and career opportunity gaps; and create a
48	48	2.17positive school climate and safer schools and communities.
49	49	2.18 (b) At least one teacher, administrator, or program staff member and at least one
50	50	2.19service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, curriculum specialist, or other
51	51	2.20qualified employee employed by an eligible school and designated to develop and share
52	52	2.21expertise in implementing service-learning best practices must work with students to form
53	53	2.22a student-adult partnership. Before developing and submitting a grant application to the
54	54	2.23department, a participating student must work with at least one adult who is part of the
55	55	2.24initial partnership to identify a need or opportunity to pursue through a service-learning
56	56	2.25partnership and invite at least one partner to collaborate in developing and submitting a
57	57	2.26grant application. The fiscal agent for the grant to an eligible service-learning partnership
58	58	2.27is an eligible school that is a member of the partnership or has a program that is a member
59	59	2.28of the partnership.
60	60	2.29 (c) An eligible service-learning partnership receiving an innovation service-learning
61	61	2.30grant must:
62	62	2.31 (1) include at least two or more enrolled students; two or more school employees of an
63	63	2.32eligible school in accordance with paragraph (b); and an eligible community-based
64	64	2.33organization, community education program, state or federal agency, or political subdivision;
65	65	2.34and
66	66	2Sec. 2.
67	67	REVISOR CM/AD 23-0135901/04/23 3.1 (2) assist students to:
68	68	3.2 (i) actively participate in service-learning experiences that meet identified student and
69	69	3.3community needs or opportunities;
70	70	3.4 (ii) operate collaboratively with service-learning partnership members;
71	71	3.5 (iii) align service-learning experiences with at least one state or local academic standard,
72	72	3.6which may include a local career and technical education standard;
73	73	3.7 (iv) apply students' knowledge and skills in their community and help solve community
74	74	3.8problems or address community opportunities;
75	75	3.9 (v) foster students' civic engagement; and
76	76	3.10 (vi) explore or pursue career pathways and support career and college readiness.
77	77	3.11 (d) An eligible service-learning partnership interested in receiving a grant must apply
78	78	3.12to the commissioner of education in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.
79	79	3.13The partnership must work with an eligible school. Consistent with this subdivision, the
80	80	3.14application must describe the eligible service-learning partnership plan to:
81	81	3.15 (1) incorporate student-designed and student-led service-learning into the school
82	82	3.16curriculum or specific courses or across subject areas;
83	83	3.17 (2) provide students with instruction and experiences using service-learning best practices
84	84	3.18during the regular school day with an option to supplement their service-learning experiences
85	85	3.19outside of the school day;
86	86	3.20 (3) align service-learning experiences with at least one state or local academic standard,
87	87	3.21which may include a local career or technical education standard, and at least one goal of
88	88	3.22the world's best workforce in accordance with section 120B.11 or the state plan submitted
89	89	3.23and approved under the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
90	90	3.24Education Act;
91	91	3.25 (4) make implementing service-learning best practices an educational priority;
92	92	3.26 (5) provide student-designed, student-led service-learning experiences that help meet
93	93	3.27community needs or develop or advance community opportunities; and
94	94	3.28 (6) identify at least one eligible school teacher, administrator, or program staff member
95	95	3.29and at least one service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, curriculum specialist,
96	96	3.30or other qualified eligible school employee designated to develop and share expertise in
97	97	3.31implementing service-learning best practices to work with students to form a student-adult
98	98	3Sec. 2.
99	99	REVISOR CM/AD 23-0135901/04/23 4.1partnership that includes at least one community-based organization, community education
100	100	4.2program, state or federal agency, or political subdivision.
101	101	4.3 Subd. 3.Innovation grants.The commissioner of education must annually award up
102	102	4.4to 32 grants of up to $50,000 each to allow eligible partnerships to provide student-designed,
103	103	4.5student-led service-learning opportunities consistent with this section. Grant awards must
104	104	4.6be equitably distributed throughout Minnesota by congressional district. The commissioner
105	105	4.7may designate start-up or leader grant categories with differentiated maximum grant dollar
106	106	4.8amounts up to $50,000. A grantee designated as leader grantee may be required to meet
107	107	4.9additional leader grant requirements as established by the commissioner in the grant
108	108	4.10application criteria developed by the commissioner. The commissioner may renew a grant
109	109	4.11annually as appropriated funds are available and consistent with the grant criteria established
110	110	4.12in this section and other criteria the commissioner may establish for grant eligibility or for
111	111	4.13renewing a grant. In order to receive a grant, a partnership must provide a 50 percent match
112	112	4.14in funds or in-kind contributions unless the commissioner waives the match requirement
113	113	4.15for an applicant serving a high number of students whose families meet federal poverty
114	114	4.16guidelines. A partnership grantee must allocate the grant amount according to its grant
115	115	4.17application. The partnership must convey 50 percent of the actual grant amount to at least
116	116	4.18one community-based organization, community education program, state or federal agency,
117	117	4.19or political subdivision to help implement or defray the direct costs of carrying out the
118	118	4.20service-learning strategies and activities described in the partnership's grant application.
119	119	4.21 Subd. 4.Evaluation.The commissioner of education must evaluate innovative, incubator,
120	120	4.22service-learning awarded grants based on the educational and developmental outcomes of
121	121	4.23participating students and the eligible school's progress toward meeting at least one goal of
122	122	4.24the world's best workforce goals in accordance with section 120B.11 or the state plan
123	123	4.25submitted and approved under the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and
124	124	4.26Secondary Education Act. The commissioner must evaluate the success of service-learning
125	125	4.27grants based on the community outcomes achieved through student service-learning
126	126	4.28experiences and the corresponding student service activities. The commissioner must submit
127	127	4.29a report on participating student and community outcomes under this section to the legislative
128	128	4.30committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education by February 15,
129	129	4.312030.
130	130	4.32 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2023.
131	131	4Sec. 2.
132	132	REVISOR CM/AD 23-0135901/04/23 5.1 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
133	133	5.2 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
134	134	5.3appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
135	135	5.4designated.
136	136	5.5 Subd. 2.Service-learning specialist; service-learning work.(a) For the service-learning
137	137	5.6specialist position at the Department of Education under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.50,
138	138	5.7subdivision 2a, and for related service-learning work under Minnesota Statutes, section
139	139	5.8124D.501:
140	140	2024.....300,0005.9 $
141	141	2025.....300,0005.10 $
142	142	5.11 (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
143	143	5.12 (c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $300,000.
144	144	5.13 Subd. 3.Innovative service-learning grants.(a) For innovative service-learning grants
145	145	5.14under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.501:
146	146	2024.....1,000,0005.15 $
147	147	2025.....1,000,0005.16 $
148	148	5.17 (b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
149	149	5.18 (c) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $1,000,000.
150	150	5Sec. 3.
151	151	REVISOR CM/AD 23-0135901/04/23