1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; modifying provisions for full-service community schools;
1.3 appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 124D.231, is amended to read:
1.6 124D.231 FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Definitions.For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
1.8the meanings given them.
1.9 (a) "Community organization" means a community center, university, nonprofit
1.10organization that has, or other community-based organization focused on providing service
1.11to a specific geographic area. The partnering organization must have been in existence for
1.12three years or more and serves serve persons within the community surrounding the covered
1.13school site on education and other issues.
1.14 (b) "Community school consortium" means a group of schools and community
1.15organizations a partnership between at least one school and at least one community
1.16organization that propose to work together to plan and implement community school
1.17programming.
1.18 (c) "Community school programming" means services, activities, and opportunities
1.19described under subdivision 2, paragraph (f) 2c.
1.20 (d) "Community-wide full-service community school leadership team" means a
1.21district-level team that is responsible for guiding the vision, policy, resource alignment,
1.22implementation, oversight, and goal setting for community school programs within the
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2007NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN and Kunesh)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/27/2025
Referred to Education Finance 2.1district. This team shall may include representatives from the district, including teachers,
2.2school leaders, students, and family members from the eligible schools; community members;
2.3system-level partners that include representatives from government agencies, relevant
2.4unions, and nonprofit and other community-based partners; and, if applicable, the full-service
2.5community school initiative director.
2.6 (e) "Full-service community school initiative director" means a director responsible for
2.7coordinating districtwide administrative and leadership assistance to community school
2.8sites and site coordinators, including serving as chairperson for the district's community-wide
2.9full-service community school leadership team; site coordinator support; data gathering and
2.10evaluation; administration of partnership and data agreements, contracts, and procurement;
2.11and grant administration.
2.12 (f) "High-quality child care or early childhood education programming" means
2.13educational programming for preschool-aged children that is grounded in research, consistent
2.14with best practices in the field, and provided by licensed teachers.
2.15 (g) "School site" means a school site at which an applicant has proposed or has been
2.16funded to provide provided community school programming.
2.17 (h) "Site coordinator" means a full-time staff member serving one eligible school who
2.18is responsible for the identification, implementation, and coordination of programming to
2.19address the needs of the school community identified in the baseline analysis.
2.20 Subd. 2.Full-service community school program.(a) The commissioner shall provide
2.21funding to districts and charter schools with eligible school sites to plan, implement, and
2.22improve full-service community schools. Eligible school sites must meet one of the following
2.23criteria:
2.24 (1) the school is on a development plan for continuous improvement under section
2.25120B.35, subdivision 2; or
2.26 (2) the school is in a district that has an achievement and integration plan approved by
2.27the commissioner of education under sections 124D.861 and 124D.862.
2.28 (b) Districts and charter schools may receive up to:
2.29 (1) $100,000 for each eligible school available for up to one year to fund planning
2.30activities, including convening a full-service community school leadership team, facilitating
2.31family and community stakeholder engagement, conducting a baseline analysis, and creating
2.32a full-service community school plan. At the end of this period, the school must submit a
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 3.1full-service community school plan pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) subdivisions 2a and
3.22b; and
3.3 (2) $200,000 annually for each eligible school for up to three years of implementation
3.4of a full-service community school plan, pursuant to paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c.
3.5School sites receiving funding under this section shall hire or contract with a partner agency
3.6to hire a site coordinator to coordinate services at each covered school site. Districts or
3.7charter schools receiving funding under this section for three or more schools shall provide
3.8or contract with a partner agency to provide a full-service community school initiative
3.9director.
3.10 (c) The commissioner shall consider additional school factors when dispensing funds
3.11including: schools with significant populations of students receiving eligible for free or
3.12reduced-price meals; significant homeless and highly mobile rates; equity among urban,
3.13suburban, and greater Minnesota schools; and demonstrated success implementing full-service
3.14community school programming. In prioritizing and dispensing funds, the commissioner
3.15must not prioritize existing full-service community school sites based upon previous funding
3.16sources. The commissioner must prioritize school sites based upon their ability to execute
3.17the full-service community model and the school review process under subdivision 3.
3.18 Subd. 2a.School leadership team.(d) (a) A school site must establish a full-service
3.19community school leadership team responsible for developing school-specific programming
3.20goals, assessing program needs, and overseeing the process of implementing expanded
3.21programming. The school leadership team shall must have at least 12 members and shall
3.22meet, including but not limited to the following requirements representatives:
3.23 (1) at least 30 percent of the two members who are parents, guardians, family members,
3.24or students and 30 percent of the at the school site;
3.25 (2) at least two members who are teachers or school leaders at the school site and must
3.26include;
3.27 (3) the school principal; and
3.28 (4) representatives from partner agencies; and or the community.
3.29 (2) (b) The full-service community school leadership team must be responsible for
3.30overseeing the baseline analyses under paragraph (e) subdivision 2b and the creation of a
3.31full-service community school plan under paragraphs (f) and (g) subdivision 2c. A full-service
3.32community school leadership team must meet at least quarterly and have ongoing
3.33responsibility for monitoring the development and implementation of full-service community
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 4.1school operations and programming at the school site and shall must issue recommendations
4.2to schools on a regular basis and summarized in an annual report. These reports shall also
4.3must be made available to the public at the school site and on school and district websites.
4.4 Subd. 2b.Baseline analysis.(e) School sites must complete a baseline analysis prior to
4.5the creation of a full-service community school plan. The analysis shall must include:
4.6 (1) a baseline analysis of needs at the school site, led by the school leadership team,
4.7including the following elements:
4.8 (i) identification of challenges facing the school;
4.9 (ii) analysis of the student body, including:
4.10 (A) number and percentage of students with disabilities and needs of these students;
4.11 (B) number and percentage of students who are English learners and the needs of these
4.12students;
4.13 (C) number of students who are homeless or highly mobile;
4.14 (D) number and percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price meals and the
4.15needs of these students; and
4.16 (E) number and percentage of students by race and ethnicity;
4.17 (iii) analysis of enrollment and retention rates for students with disabilities, English
4.18learners, homeless and highly mobile students, and students receiving free or reduced-price
4.19meals;
4.20 (iv) analysis of suspension and expulsion data, including the justification for such
4.21disciplinary actions and the degree to which particular populations, including but not limited
4.22to American Indian students and students of color, students with disabilities, students who
4.23are English learners, and students receiving free or reduced-price meals are represented
4.24among students subject to such actions;
4.25 (v) analysis of school achievement data disaggregated by major demographic categories,
4.26including but not limited to race, ethnicity, English learner status, disability status, and free
4.27or reduced-price meals status;
4.28 (vi) analysis of current parent engagement strategies and their success; and
4.29 (vii) evaluation of the need for and availability of full-service community school activities,
4.30including, but not limited to:
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 5.1 (A) integrated student supports that address out-of-school barriers to learning through
5.2partnerships with social and health service agencies and providers, and may include medical,
5.3dental, vision care, and mental health services or counselors to assist with housing,
5.4transportation, nutrition, immigration, or criminal justice issues;
5.5 (B) expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, including before-school,
5.6after-school, weekend, and summer programs that provide additional academic instruction,
5.7individualized academic support, enrichment activities, and learning opportunities that
5.8emphasize real-world learning and community problem solving and may include art, music,
5.9drama, creative writing, hands-on experience with engineering or science, tutoring and
5.10homework help, or recreational programs that enhance and are consistent with the school's
5.11curriculum;
5.12 (C) active family and community engagement that brings students' families and the
5.13community into the school as partners in education and makes the school a neighborhood
5.14hub, providing adults with educational opportunities that may include adult English as a
5.15second language classes, computer skills, art, or other programs that bring community
5.16members into the school for meetings or events; and
5.17 (D) collaborative leadership and practices that build a culture of professional learning,
5.18collective trust, and shared responsibility and include a school-based full-service community
5.19school leadership team, a full-service community school site coordinator, a full-service
5.20community school initiative director, a community-wide leadership team, other leadership
5.21or governance teams, teacher learning communities, or other staff to manage the joint work
5.22of school and community organizations;
5.23 (2) a baseline analysis of community assets, including documentation of individuals in
5.24the community, faith-based organizations, community and neighborhood associations,
5.25colleges, hospitals, libraries, businesses, and social service agencies that may be able to
5.26provide support and resources; and
5.27 (3) a baseline analysis of needs in the community surrounding the school, led by the
5.28school leadership team, including:
5.29 (i) the need for high-quality, full-day child care and early childhood education programs;
5.30 (ii) the need for physical and mental health care services for children and adults; and
5.31 (iii) the need for job training and other adult education programming.
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 6.1 Subd. 2c.School plan.(f) (a) Each school site receiving funding under this section must
6.2develop a full-service community school plan that utilizes and aligns district and community
6.3assets and establishes services in at least two of the following types of programming:
6.4 (1) early childhood:
6.5 (i) early childhood education; and
6.6 (ii) child care services;
6.7 (2) academic:
6.8 (i) academic support and enrichment activities, including expanded learning time;
6.9 (ii) summer or after-school enrichment and learning experiences;
6.10 (iii) job training, internship opportunities, and career counseling services;
6.11 (iv) programs that provide assistance to students who have been chronically absent,
6.12truant, suspended, or expelled; and
6.13 (v) specialized instructional support services;
6.14 (3) parental involvement:
6.15 (i) programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy;
6.16 (ii) parent leadership development activities that empower and strengthen families and
6.17communities, provide volunteer opportunities, or promote inclusion in school-based
6.18leadership teams; and
6.19 (iii) parenting education activities;
6.20 (4) mental and physical health:
6.21 (i) mentoring and other youth development programs, including peer mentoring and
6.22conflict mediation;
6.23 (ii) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation programs;
6.24 (iii) home visitation services by teachers and other professionals;
6.25 (iv) developmentally appropriate physical education;
6.26 (v) nutrition services;
6.27 (vi) primary health and dental care; and
6.28 (vii) mental health counseling services;
6.29 (5) community involvement:
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 7.1 (i) service and service-learning opportunities;
7.2 (ii) adult education, including instruction in English as a second language; and
7.3 (iii) homeless prevention services;
7.4 (6) positive discipline practices; and
7.5 (7) other programming designed to meet school and community needs identified in the
7.6baseline analysis and reflected in the full-service community school plan.
7.7 (g) (b) The full-service community school leadership team at each school site must
7.8develop a full-service community school plan detailing the steps the school leadership team
7.9will take, including:
7.10 (1) timely establishment and consistent operation of the school leadership team;
7.11 (2) maintenance of attendance records in all programming components;
7.12 (3) maintenance of measurable data showing annual participation and the impact of
7.13programming on the participating children and adults;
7.14 (4) documentation of meaningful and sustained collaboration between the school and
7.15community stakeholders, including local governmental units, civic engagement organizations,
7.16businesses, and social service providers;
7.17 (5) establishment and maintenance of partnerships with institutions, such as universities,
7.18hospitals, museums, or not-for-profit community organizations to further the development
7.19and implementation of community school programming;
7.20 (6) ensuring compliance with the district nondiscrimination policy; and
7.21 (7) plan for school leadership team development.
7.22 Subd. 3.Full-service community school review.(a) A full-service community school
7.23site must submit to the commissioner, and make available at the school site and online, a
7.24report describing efforts to integrate community school programming at each covered school
7.25site and the effect of the transition to a full-service community school on participating
7.26children and adults. This report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
7.27 (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the school site in development or implementing
7.28the community school plan;
7.29 (2) problems encountered in the design and execution of the community school plan,
7.30including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation impeding program
7.31implementation;
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 8.1 (3) the operation of the school leadership team and its contribution to successful execution
8.2of the community school plan;
8.3 (4) recommendations for improving delivery of community school programming to
8.4students and families;
8.5 (5) the number and percentage of students receiving community school programming
8.6who had not previously been served;
8.7 (6) the number and percentage of nonstudent community members receiving community
8.8school programming who had not previously been served;
8.9 (7) improvement in retention among students who receive community school
8.10programming;
8.11 (8) improvement in academic achievement among students who receive community
8.12school programming;
8.13 (9) changes in student's readiness to enter school, active involvement in learning and in
8.14their community, physical, social and emotional health, and student's relationship with the
8.15school and community environment;
8.16 (10) an accounting of anticipated local budget savings, if any, resulting from the
8.17implementation of the program;
8.18 (11) improvements to the frequency or depth of families' involvement with their children's
8.19education;
8.20 (12) assessment of community stakeholder satisfaction;
8.21 (13) assessment of institutional partner satisfaction;
8.22 (14) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to
8.23provide services in the absence of future funding under this section;
8.24 (15) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
8.25 (16) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
8.26partners.
8.27 (b) Reports submitted under this section shall be evaluated by the commissioner with
8.28respect to the following criteria:
8.29 (1) the effectiveness of the school or the community school consortium in implementing
8.30the full-service community school plan, including the degree to which the school site
8.31navigated difficulties encountered in the design and operation of the full-service community
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 9.1school plan, including identification of any federal, state, or local statute or regulation
9.2impeding program implementation;
9.3 (2) the extent to which the project has produced lessons about ways to improve delivery
9.4of community school programming to students;
9.5 (3) the degree to which there has been an increase in the number or percentage of students
9.6and nonstudents receiving community school programming;
9.7 (4) the degree to which there has been an improvement in retention of students and
9.8improvement in academic achievement among students receiving community school
9.9programming;
9.10 (5) local budget savings, if any, resulting from the implementation of the program;
9.11 (6) the degree of community stakeholder and institutional partner engagement;
9.12 (7) the ability, or anticipated ability, of the school site and partners to continue to provide
9.13services in the absence of future funding under this section;
9.14 (8) increases in access to services for students and their families; and
9.15 (9) the degree of increased collaboration among participating agencies and private
9.16partners.
9.17 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
9.18 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
9.19appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
9.20designated.
9.21 Subd. 2.Full-service community schools.(a) For grants to plan or expand the
9.22full-service community schools program under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231:
2026.....19,000,0009.23 $
2027.....19,000,0009.24 $
9.25 (b) Of this amount, priority must be given to programs in the following order:
9.26 (1) existing full-service community school sites with demonstrated readiness to execute
9.27the full-service community school model, including an established consortium partner, at
9.28least one full-time site coordinator, established family engagement processes, extended day
9.29and enrichment activities, and ability to comply with the school review process under
9.30Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.231, subdivision 3;
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25-04170 as introduced02/20/25 REVISOR CR/CH 10.1 (2) schools identified as low-performing under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act;
10.2and
10.3 (3) any other applicants.
10.4 (c) Up to two percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
10.5 (d) Up to two percent of the appropriation may be reserved for a professional network
10.6development fund for coordination and collaboration efforts among the full-service
10.7community schools network.
10.8 (e) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $19,000,000.
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