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126C.44 SAFE SCHOOLS REVENUE.
A school district's safe schools revenue equals its safe schools levy.
A school district's safe schools levy equals $36 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year.
A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include in its levy authority under this section the costs associated with safe schools activities authorized under this section for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed the product of $15 and the adjusted pupil units of the member districts. This authority is in addition to any other authority authorized under this section. Revenue raised under this subdivision must be transferred to the intermediate school district.
(a) Safe schools revenue must be reserved and used for directly funding the following purposes or for reimbursing the cities and counties who contract with the district for the following purposes:
(1) to pay the costs incurred for the salaries, benefits, and transportation costs of peace officers and sheriffs for liaison in services in the district's schools;
(2) to pay the costs for a drug abuse prevention program as defined in section 609.101, subdivision 3, paragraph (e), in the elementary schools;
(3) to pay the costs for a gang resistance education training curriculum in the district's schools;
(4) to pay the costs for security in the district's schools and on school property;
(5) to pay the costs for other crime prevention, drug abuse, student and staff safety, voluntary opt-in suicide prevention tools, and violence prevention measures taken by the school district;
(6) to pay costs for licensed school counselors, licensed school nurses, licensed school social workers, licensed school psychologists, and licensed alcohol and substance use disorder counselors to help provide early responses to problems;
(7) to pay for facility security enhancements including laminated glass, public announcement systems, emergency communications devices, and equipment and facility modifications related to violence prevention and facility security;
(8) to pay for costs associated with improving the school climate;
(9) to pay costs for colocating and collaborating with mental health professionals who are not district employees or contractors; or
(10) to pay for the costs of cybersecurity measures, including updating computer hardware and software, other systems upgrades, and cybersecurity insurance costs.
(b) For expenditures under paragraph (a), clause (1), the district must initially attempt to contract for services to be provided by peace officers or sheriffs with the police department of each city or the sheriff's department of the county within the district containing the school receiving the services. If a local police department or a county sheriff's department does not wish to provide the necessary services, the district may contract for these services with any other police or sheriff's department located entirely or partially within the school district's boundaries.
128C.10 EXPENSE LIMITS.
Employees of the league may be reimbursed only for expenses as authorized by the commissioner's plan for state employees adopted under section 43A.18, subdivision 2.
The league cannot have credit cards.
The executive director of the league may have a department head expense account. The account is subject to the same limits and guidelines as the same account for the commissioner of education. The executive director may spend money to entertain from this account only. The executive director may reimburse the expenses of guests of the league from this account only.
A member of an advisory committee may be paid for expenses only. The only way the expenses may be reimbursed is in the same way board members' expenses are reimbursed.
The board must have a policy on the use of automobiles by league staff. The board must show annually how the policy is the most cost-effective alternative available.
128B.04 RESIDENT PUPILS.
A pupil in kindergarten through 8th grade who resides within former Independent School District No. 25 is a resident pupil for the purposes of chapters 120A, 123B, 124D, 125A, and 125B. Pupils enrolled in the school may not be counted by Independent School District No. 309 for the purposes of receiving revenue according to chapters 120A to 129C.
128D.04 DISTRICT LIKE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT; EXCEPTION.
Such special independent school district shall have all the powers, privileges, duties, and obligations of independent school districts as provided by state laws except as follows or as otherwise provided by a special law or charter provision.
126C.445 TREE GROWTH REPLACEMENT REVENUE.
For taxes payable in 2003 and later, a school district may levy an amount not to exceed its miscellaneous revenue for tree growth revenue for taxes payable in 2001.
128C.12 AUDITS AND REPORTS BY STATE AUDITOR.
(a) The state auditor annually must examine the accounts of, and audit all money paid to, the State High School League by its members. The audit must include financial and compliance issues. The audit must also include all money derived from any event sponsored by the league.
(b) The administrative regions of the league may contract with the state auditor or with a private certified public accountant for the audit required by this section. If a private certified public accountant performs the audit, the state auditor may require additional information from the private certified public accountant as the state auditor deems in the public interest. The state auditor may accept the audit or make additional examinations as the state auditor deems to be in the public interest.
[Repealed, 1991 c 265 art 11 s 26]
The board must file copies of the audit report with the commissioner of education and the director of the Legislative Reference Library.
[Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 85]
The league must pay for the audit.
128D.05 BOARD: NUMBER, TERM, PAY, VACANCIES.
(a) The board of education of such district shall consist of seven directors. The term of office of each director shall be four years or until a successor is elected and qualified. The directors shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board of education.
(b) The governing body of Special School District No. 1 may provide for election of four of its directors in 1994 and subsequent years for four-year terms, and election of three of its directors in 1996 and subsequent years for four-year terms. To accomplish this change, the governing body may provide that the terms of office for directors elected in 1991 will expire January 1, 1995, and that the terms of office for directors to be elected in 1993 will expire January 1, 1997.
A proposed change in election years adopted under subdivision 1 is effective 240 days after passage and publication or at a later date fixed in the proposal. Within 180 days after passage and publication of the proposal, a petition requesting a referendum on the proposal may be filed with the school district clerk. The petition must be signed by eligible voters equal in number to five percent of the total number of votes cast in the city of Minneapolis at the most recent state general election. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the proposal does not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general or special election held on a date authorized by section 205A.05, subdivision 1a. If the petition is filed, the governing body may reconsider its action in adopting the proposal.
In case any vacancy occurs in the office of school director because of death, resignation, or cessation of residence in the district, or any other cause, so that after the next general school election following such vacancy there shall be remaining at least two years of the unexpired term, a school director shall be elected at the next general school election to fill the place of such director, but until such election, or if no election is to be had under the foregoing provisions or because of the lack of time to comply with the election requirements when an election is pending, the remaining directors shall fill such vacancy. The director so appointed shall hold office until the first business day in January following the election of a successor, or until that successor qualifies.
128B.05 EMPLOYEES; APPROPRIATE UNIT; INDIAN INSTRUCTORS.
The council must employ necessary teachers according to section 122A.40 and may employ other necessary personnel.
Teachers employed by the council are employees of the council and are an "appropriate unit" or a "unit" under chapter 179A, notwithstanding section 179A.03, subdivision 2.
Teachers employed by the school board of Independent School District No. 309 who are assigned by the board to the school remain employees of the board.
The council may employ instructors in Indian culture. The instructors need not be licensed by the state board. For all other purposes, the instructors are "teachers" as defined by section 122A.15, subdivision 1.
127A.40 MANNER OF PAYMENT OF STATE AIDS.
It shall be the duty of the commissioner to deliver to the commissioner of management and budget a certificate for each district entitled to receive state aid under the provisions of this chapter. Upon the receipt of such certificate, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of management and budget to issue a payment to the district for the amount shown by each certificate to be due to the district. The commissioner of management and budget shall transmit such payments to the district together with a copy of the certificate prepared by the commissioner.
128B.06 THIS CHAPTER PREVAILS OVER CODE OR DISTRICT LAW.
The management of the school by the council is governed by the Education Code and other law affecting school districts.
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the council must operate according to statutes governing independent school districts.
If there is a conflict between the code or other law and this chapter, this chapter prevails.
126C.45 ICE ARENA LEVY.
(a) Each year, an independent school district operating and maintaining an ice arena, may levy for the net operational costs of the ice arena. The levy may not exceed the net actual costs of operation of the arena for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as operating costs less any operating revenues.
(b) Any district operating and maintaining an ice arena must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Office of Monitoring in the department that the district will offer equal sports opportunities for male and female students to use its ice arena, particularly in areas of access to prime practice time, team support, and providing junior varsity and younger level teams for girls' ice sports and ice sports offerings.
126C.455 SWIMMING POOL LEVY.
Each year, a school district with its home office located in a county that has (i) a population density of ten or fewer persons per square mile according to the 2000 census of population; (ii) an international border; and (iii) more than one school district within its boundaries, may levy for the net operational costs of a swimming pool. The levy may not exceed the net actual costs of operation of the swimming pool for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as operating costs less any operating revenues and less any payments from other local governmental units.
128C.15 EMPLOYMENT.
The State High School League must adopt an affirmative action policy. The reason for the policy is to ensure that jobs within the league are equally accessible to all qualified persons. The policy is also needed to eliminate underemployment by the league of the protected groups that are defined in section 43A.02, subdivision 33.
The league must actively and publicly recruit qualified people to become its employees. The league must give special emphasis to recruiting members of protected groups. The league must advertise available positions in newspapers of general circulation. The advertisement must contain a deadline for submitting applications that is at least 14 days after the date of the last advertisement. The league must keep each application for at least six months and must notify an applicant when a position, for which the applicant is qualified, becomes available.
The league is a political subdivision under sections 471.992 to 471.999. A cause of action against the league does not arise before August 1, 1989, for failure to comply with sections 471.992 to 471.999.
128D.06 BOARD'S ANNUAL REPORT AND BUDGETS.
The board of education shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, cause to be printed, published, and distributed a report of the condition of the public school program under its charge, and of all the property under its control, with full and accurate account of all receipts and of all expenditures of the school district during the preceding year including operating and maintenance expenses as well as all expenses for capital outlay and building site improvement.
The report shall also include a full listing of the salary schedules for all school personnel, certificated and noncertificated in effect during the preceding year.
Not later than the 15th day of the last month of each fiscal year the board shall adopt and cause to be published two separate budgets, an operating budget and a capital budget for the subsequent fiscal year.
The board shall adopt and publish standards governing the content of its budgets and of its annual report.
128D.07 COMPREHENSIVE LONG-RANGE BUILDING PLAN.
The school district shall develop a comprehensive long-range building plan to project forward school needs at any given time for at least the next five years, such plan to include the needs of the district in connection with school sites, new schools and additions to existing buildings, retiring of obsolete facilities, and rehabilitating, remodeling, and equipping existing school buildings.
The plan shall be reviewed and updated by the school staff and the board yearly.
The plan shall be submitted by the board to the city planning commission for its review and recommendations.
128D.055 BOARD ELECTION DISTRICTS AND AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
Notwithstanding contrary provisions in section 205A.12 or other law, the board of Special School District No. 1 shall consist of six members elected by district and three members elected at-large.
The school board shall designate each election district by number. Three districts must have odd numbers and three districts must have even numbers. The board may provide for election districts that correspond to the Minneapolis Park Board election districts or may designate different district boundaries for the school election districts, except that each school election district must be as equal in population as practicable and composed of compact, contiguous territory. When districts are redrawn following a census, members continue to serve until the expiration of the term to which they were elected.
A candidate for school board must file an affidavit of candidacy to be elected as a school board member for the election district where the candidate resides or for one of the at-large seats. A candidate must indicate on the affidavit the number of the district from which the candidate seeks election, or if applicable, that the candidate seeks one of the offices elected at-large.
[Repealed, 2017 c 40 art 1 s 122]
128B.08 REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE.
Before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the council must submit a report to the legislature on the school established by this chapter. The report must document the success or failure of the school.
128C.17 LEAGUE IS SUBJECT TO DATA PRACTICES ACT.
The collection, creation, receipt, maintenance, dissemination, or use of information by the State High School League is subject to chapter 13. The league must make data relating to its eligibility determinations available to the public in the form of summary data, with all personal identifiers removed.
127A.43 DISTRICT EMPLOYMENT OF UNLICENSED TEACHERS; AID REDUCTION.
When a district employs one or more teachers who do not hold a valid teaching license, state aid shall be reduced in the proportion that the number of such teachers is to the total number of teachers employed by the district, multiplied by 60 percent of the basic revenue, as defined in section 126C.10, subdivision 2, of the district for the year in which the employment occurred.
128B.09 TRANSFER TO DISTRICT 309.
The school may be closed by unanimous vote of the tribal council effective June 30 of any year. The school board of Independent School District No. 309 shall assume responsibility for the pupils in the school on July 1.
126C.46 ABATEMENT LEVY.
(a) Each year, a school district may levy an amount to replace the net revenue lost to abatements that have occurred under chapter 278, section 270C.86, 375.192, or otherwise. The maximum abatement levy is the sum of:
(1) the amount of the net revenue loss determined under section 127A.49, subdivision 2, that is not paid in state aid including any aid amounts not paid due to proration;
(2) the difference of (i) the amount of any abatements that have been reported by the county auditor for the first six months of the calendar year during which the abatement levy is certified that the district chooses to levy, (ii) less any amount actually levied under this clause that was certified in the previous calendar year for the first six months of the previous calendar year; and
(3) an amount equal to any interest paid on abatement refunds.
(b) A district may spread this levy over a period not to exceed two years. With the approval of the commissioner, a district may spread this levy over a period not to exceed three years.
By July 15, the county auditor shall separately report the abatements that have occurred during the first six calendar months of that year to the commissioner and each district located within the county.
128D.08 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
All primary and general school elections of the school district shall be held at the same time and place as the Minneapolis municipal or state primary and general elections. All candidates for school director shall file for office in the manner provided for municipal officers in the city of Minneapolis and a number of candidates equal to twice the number of board vacancies shall be nominated at the school primary election.
[Repealed, 1997 c 144 s 2]
All school elections shall be canvassed by the board of education.
The school district is authorized and empowered to contract with the city of Minneapolis for the payment of its proportionate share of the cost of holding all school district elections.
127A.441 AID REDUCTION; LEVY REVENUE RECOGNITION CHANGE.
(a) Each year, the state aids payable to any school district for that fiscal year that are recognized as revenue in the school district's general and community service funds shall be adjusted by an amount equal to (1) the amount the district recognized as revenue for the prior fiscal year pursuant to section 123B.75, subdivision 5, paragraph (a) or (b), minus (2) the amount the district recognized as revenue for the current fiscal year pursuant to section 123B.75, subdivision 5, paragraph (a) or (b). For purposes of making the aid adjustments under this section, the amount the district recognizes as revenue for either the prior fiscal year or the current fiscal year pursuant to section 123B.75, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), shall not include any amount levied pursuant to section 126C.41, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, paragraphs (b), (c), and (d); 126C.43, subdivision 2; and 126C.48, subdivision 6. Payment from the permanent school fund shall not be adjusted pursuant to this section.
(b) The commissioner shall schedule the timing of the adjustments under paragraph (a) as close to the end of the fiscal year as possible.
The school district shall be notified of the amount of the adjustment made to each payment pursuant to this section.
128C.20 COMMISSIONER REVIEW OF LEAGUE.
Each year the commissioner of education shall obtain and review the following information about the league:
(1) an accurate and concise summary of the annual financial and compliance audit prepared by the state auditor that includes information about the compensation of and the expenditures by the executive director of the league and league staff;
(2) a list of all complaints filed with the league and all lawsuits filed against the league and the disposition of those complaints and lawsuits;
(3) an explanation of the executive director's performance review;
(4) information about the extent to which the league has implemented its affirmative action policy, its comparable worth plan, and its sexual harassment and violence policy and rules; and
(5) an evaluation of any proposed changes in league policy.
The commissioner may examine any league activities or league-related issues when the commissioner believes this review is warranted.
The commissioner may recommend to the legislature whether any legislation is made necessary by league activities.
126C.50 TAX AND AID ANTICIPATION BORROWING; DEFINITIONS.
School district as used in sections 126C.50 to 126C.56 means any common, independent, and special school district in the state of Minnesota, however organized and wherever located.
128B.10 CONTINUATION OF CHAPTER.
This chapter remains in effect until otherwise provided by law.
[Repealed, 1992 c 592 s 21]
[Repealed, 1991 c 265 art 11 s 26]
128C.22 LEAGUE MUST HAVE OPEN MEETINGS.
For the purposes of chapter 13D, the State High School League is considered a state agency required by law to transact business in meetings open to the public.
128D.09 PACTS WITH CITY FOR SOME FACILITIES, SERVICES.
The school district shall contract with the city of Minneapolis for facilities and services as are furnished by the civil service commission.
Unless the board of education and city governing body each adopts a resolution declaring that a particular function would be most efficiently and effectively handled separately, the board shall contract on a pro rata cost basis for facilities and services provided by the purchasing department and city planning commission.
The school district may also contract with the city for other services supplied by such city.
128C.24 LEAGUE FUNDS TRANSFER.
Beginning July 1, 2007, the Minnesota State High School League shall annually determine the sales tax savings attributable to section 297A.70, subdivision 11a, and annually transfer that amount to a nonprofit charitable foundation created for the purpose of promoting high school extracurricular activities. The funds must be used by the foundation to make grants to fund, assist, recognize, or promote high school students' participation in extracurricular activities. The first priority for funding will be grants for scholarships to individuals to offset athletic fees. The foundation must equitably award grants based on considerations of gender balance, school size, and geographic location, to the extent feasible.
128D.10 CONTINUITY ON TENURE, PENSIONS, AND RETIREMENT.
(a) The tenure, pension, and retirement provisions of any law applicable to employees of the special school district of Minneapolis before April 24, 1959, shall continue to be applicable in the same manner and to the same extent to employees of the special independent school district after April 24, 1959, except as otherwise provided in law.
(b) The provisions of any general law or laws which are applicable only to independent school districts wholly or partially within cities of the first class shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis.
128D.13 LAW TO PUBLISH PROCEEDINGS DOES NOT APPLY.
The provisions of any statute requiring the publication of official proceedings of the board of an independent school district shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis established under the provisions of this chapter.
128D.12 LIABILITY FOR EARLIER BONDED DEBT.
The special independent school district of Minneapolis shall be liable for all of the outstanding bonded indebtedness and interest thereon which is attributed to and connected with the acquisition of sites, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and operation of schools of the city of Minneapolis including any school bonds that have been refunded, which prior hereto have been issued by the city council or the Board of Estimate and Taxation of the city of Minneapolis.
128D.14 BOARD MEMBER REMOVAL LAW DOES NOT APPLY.
The provisions of section 123B.09, subdivision 9, concerning the removal of a board member or officer of an independent school district, shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis, established under the provisions of this chapter.
128D.15 PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Upon this section becoming effective, the special independent school district of Minneapolis shall become vested with title to all property and property rights, real, personal, or otherwise, owned by or in which the predecessor special school district has any right, title, or interest.
127A.82 MILITARY INTERSTATE CHILDREN'S COMPACT STATE COUNCIL.
(a) A Military Interstate Children's Compact State Council is established to provide for the coordination among state agencies, local education agencies, and military installations concerning the state's participation in, and compliance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children established in section 127A.85, otherwise known as the Military Interstate Children's Compact, and Interstate Commission activities.
(b) Council membership must include at least:
(1) the commissioner;
(2) a superintendent, appointed by the commissioner, of a school district or charter school with a high concentration of military children;
(3) a representative from a military installation appointed by the adjutant general;
(4) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;
(5) one member of the senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and
(6) other offices and stakeholder groups the council deems appropriate.
If the commissioner determines there is not a school district deemed to contain a high concentration of military children, the commissioner may appoint a superintendent from another school district to represent local education agencies on the council.
(c) The council must appoint or designate a military family education liaison to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of section 127A.85.
(d) The compact commissioner responsible for the administration and management of the state's participation in the compact must be appointed by the commissioner.
(e) The compact commissioner and the military family education liaison designated herein shall be ex officio members of the council, unless either is already a full voting member of the council.
(a) The council may develop recommendations to the governor and the legislature designed to facilitate successful educational transitions for children of military families under the compact.
(b) The commissioner must schedule and hold a meeting of the council no less than once per state fiscal year.
(c) The council must produce meeting agendas that are made publicly available before each meeting and maintain meeting minutes that are made publicly available once they are approved by the council.
(d) By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the council shall submit a report to the governor and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance and military affairs that summarizes the council's progress in meeting its goals and identifies the need for any draft legislation to facilitate successful educational transitions for children of military families.
127A.83 INTRASTATE STUDENT TRANSFERS FOR CHILDREN OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS.
(a) Notwithstanding section 127A.85, article III, and for the purposes of intrastate student transfers between Minnesota local education agencies, the provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in section 127A.85 apply to minor dependent children of members of the active and activated reserve components of the uniformed services, including but not limited to members of the Minnesota Army National Guard and the Minnesota Air National Guard.
(b) This section does not apply to interstate transfers between Minnesota local education agencies and public or private schools in other states.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the words defined in section 127A.85, article II, have the same meanings.
128D.17 INVESTMENTS.
The school board may invest any funds not currently needed by the district in bonds of the state of Minnesota, or in bonds of any county, city, home rule charter or statutory city, or school district in Minnesota, or in bonds of the United States, or in United States Treasury bills, certificates of indebtedness, or Treasury notes, all of which must mature within one year from the date of purchase.
127A.851 PREVAILING LAW.
Notwithstanding article VII of the compact under section 127A.85, other compact provisions, or other law to the contrary, where Minnesota statute or rule governing the awarding of academic credits or a high school diploma or an equivalent degree or credential conflicts with the compact, Minnesota law supersedes the provisions of the compact to the extent of the conflict.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the compact under section 127A.85, or other law to the contrary, where Minnesota statute or rule governing access to student data or other education-related data conflicts with the compact, Minnesota law, including chapter 13, supersedes the provisions of the compact to the extent of the conflict.
127A.852 MILITARY-CONNECTED YOUTH IDENTIFIER.
(a) When a school district updates its enrollment forms in the ordinary course of business, the district must include a box on the enrollment form to allow students to self-identify as a military-connected youth. For purposes of this section, a "military-connected youth" means having an immediate family member, including a parent or sibling, who is currently in the armed forces either as a reservist or on active duty or has recently retired from the armed forces.
(b) Data collected under this section is private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but summary data may be published by the Department of Education.
127A.86 PURPLE STAR SCHOOL DESIGNATION.
For purposes of this section, "military-connected student" means a student who has an immediate family member, including a parent or sibling, who: (1) is currently a member of the armed forces serving as either a reservist or on active duty in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; (2) is currently serving in the National Guard; (3) has recently retired from the armed forces; or (4) is the dependent of a member of the armed forces who was killed in the line of duty.
(a) The commissioner of education may designate a school as a Purple Star School if the school:
(1) has a designated staff member serving as a military liaison whose duties include:
(i) identifying military-connected students enrolled at the school;
(ii) serving as the point of contact between the school and military-connected students and families;
(iii) determining appropriate school services available to military-connected students; and
(iv) assisting in coordinating school programs relevant to military-connected students;
(2) maintains easily accessible information on the school website that includes resources for military-connected students and families, including information regarding:
(i) student relocation, student enrollment, student registration, and transfer of school records;
(ii) academic planning, course offerings, and advanced classes available at the school;
(iii) counseling and other support services available for military-connected students enrolled at the school; and
(iv) the designated military liaison under clause (1);
(3) offers a transition program led by students, where appropriate, that assists military-connected students in transitioning into the school;
(4) offers professional development opportunities for staff members on issues related to military-connected students; and
(5) offers at least one of the following:
(i) a resolution showing support for military-connected students and families;
(ii) recognition of the Month of the Military Child or Military Family Month with relevant events hosted by the school; or
(iii) a partnership with a local military installation that provides opportunities for active duty military members to volunteer at the school, speak at an assembly, or host a field trip.
(b) The commissioner must establish a process for schools to seek Purple Star School designation by July 1, 2026. The commissioner may award Purple Star School designations starting in the 2026-2027 school year, and on an ongoing basis as schools meet qualifications for the designation.
268A.04 DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS; PRIVILEGED INFORMATION.
No communication or statement furnished by a physician or other professional person to the department or any other agency of the state for use in connection with an agreement or contractual relationship as contemplated in section 268A.03, clause (4), shall be made the subject of any slander, libel or defamation action.
268A.05 REPORTS, DISCLOSURE.
The employees of the department specifically authorized by the commissioner shall have the right to receive from any public records the names, addresses and information pertinent to their vocational rehabilitation of persons injured or otherwise disabled. Except as provided in subdivision 2, no information obtained from these reports, nor any copy of the same, nor any of the contents thereof, nor other confidential information as defined by the commissioner shall be open to the public, nor shall be disclosed in any manner by any official or clerk or other employee of the state having access thereto, but the same may be used, except as provided in subdivision 2, solely to enable the department to offer the benefits of vocational rehabilitation to the persons injured or otherwise disabled.
[Repealed, 1991 c 292 art 10 s 4]
129C.105 BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS.
(a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01 and if complying with section 13D.02 is impractical, the Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means when:
(1) all members of the board participating in the meeting, wherever the members' physical locations, can hear one another and all discussion and testimony;
(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the board can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the board;
(3) at least one member of the board is physically present at the regular meeting location; and
(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.
(b) Each member of the board participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.
(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the board, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The board may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the board incurs as a result of the additional connection.
(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the board shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.
(e) The board must publish minutes of all meetings on the center's website.
268A.06 COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROVIDERS.
Any city, town, county, nonprofit corporation, or any combination thereof, may apply to the commissioner for assistance in establishing or operating an extended employment program. Application for assistance must be on forms prescribed by the commissioner.
In order to provide the necessary funds for extended employment programs offered by a community rehabilitation provider, the governing body of any city, town, or county may expend money which may be available for such purposes in the general fund, and may levy a tax on the taxable property in the city, town, or county. Any city, town, county, or nonprofit corporation may accept gifts or grants from any source for the extended employment program. Any money appropriated, taxed, or received as a gift or grant may be used to match funds available on a matching basis.
[Repealed, 2001 c 77 s 4]
129C.15 RESOURCE, MAGNET, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.
The center must offer resource and outreach programs and services statewide aimed at the enhancement of arts education opportunities for pupils in elementary and secondary school. The programs and services must include:
(1) developing and demonstrating exemplary curriculum, instructional practices, and assessment;
(2) disseminating information; and
(3) providing programs for pupils and teachers that develop technical and creative skills in art forms that are underrepresented and in geographic regions that are underserved.
The center must identify at least one school district in each congressional district with interest and the potential to offer magnet arts programs using the curriculum developed by the Perpich Center for Arts Education.
The center must:
(1) provide information and technical services to arts teachers, professional arts organizations, school districts, and the Department of Education;
(2) gather and conduct research in arts education;
(3) design and promote arts education opportunities for all Minnesota pupils in elementary and secondary schools; and
(4) serve as liaison for the Department of Education to national organizations for arts education.
129C.27 ANNUAL DIRECTOR REPORT.
The director must report the following to the education committees of the legislature by January 15 of each year in accordance with section 3.195:
(1) outreach activities, including the number of districts, teachers, and administrators that have participated in outreach programs;
(2) the impact of the center's outreach activities;
(3) enrollment trends, including the number of students from each congressional district admitted to the Perpich Arts High School and efforts to increase enrollment by 20 percent by 2019; and
(4) students' academic achievement, including performance on standard assessments, graduation rates, and the number of students enrolled in postsecondary education.
268A.07 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION.
A community rehabilitation provider must, as a condition for receiving program certification, provide employees in noncompetitive employment with personnel benefits prescribed in rules adopted by the commissioner of employment and economic development.
A community rehabilitation provider must, as a condition for receiving program certification, provide to employees in noncompetitive employment subprograms, a grievance procedure which has as its final step provisions for final and binding arbitration.
268A.10 EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
Any additional federal funds which become available to the state of Minnesota for vocational rehabilitation or independent living purposes as a result of a reallocation of funds returned by other states or release of additional funds may be carried over and expended in the next fiscal year.
129D.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions given them:
(a) "arts" means activities resulting in the artistic creation or artistic performance of works of the imagination. Artistic activities include but are not limited to the following forms: music, dance, drama, folk art, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, activities related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of the art forms, and the study of the arts and their application to the human environment;
(b) "board" means the Board of the Arts;
(c) "director" means the executive director of the board;
(d) "sponsoring organization" means an association, corporation or other group of persons (1) providing an opportunity for citizens of the state to participate in the creation, performance or appreciation of the arts and (2) qualifying as a tax-exempt organization within the meaning of section 290.05, subdivision 2; and
(e) "regional arts council" means an autonomous grassroots organization designated by the board to make final decisions on the use of appropriations for local or regional arts development.
268A.11 INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES.
The purposes of independent living services and the services that are to be provided are those that are consistent with Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 1329.
This section shall be administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development through the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program. The department may employ staff as reasonably required to administer this section and may accept and receive funds from nonstate sources for the purpose of effectuating this section.
No applicant Center for Independent Living may receive funding under this section unless it has received certification from the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program shall review the programs of Centers for Independent Living receiving funds under this section to determine compliance with the standards defined in section 725(b) and assurances in section 725(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and, if fulfilled, shall issue appropriate certifications.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program shall require Centers for Independent Living to complete application forms, expenditure reports, and proposed plans and budgets. These reports must be in the manner and on the form prescribed by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program. When applying, the Center for Independent Living shall agree to provide reports and records and make available records for audit as may be required by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program.
The applicant Center for Independent Living shall be notified in writing by the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program concerning the approval of budgets and plans.
129D.03 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF.
The director shall be selected by a majority of the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The director shall be knowledgeable in the arts, and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the administration of programs relating to the arts. The director may upon designation and instruction by the board serve as the state agent to apply for, receive and disburse federal funds made available to the state in furtherance of the arts. The director is the chief administrative officer of the board and is responsible for performing the executive duties of the board as provided in this chapter. The director shall not be a member of the board. All other employees of the board shall be in the classified civil service of the state. No employee of the board or its advisory committees may be an applicant for or recipient of board assistance, nor may an employee be an officer, director or employee of a recipient sponsoring organization.
129D.045 REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS.
A portion of each appropriation to the board shall be used for statewide distribution through the regional arts council system. These organizations shall work together to determine a formula for distributing the funds to the regions. The board serves as fiscal agent for distribution of the funds to each regional arts council.
129D.05 PUBLICATIONS; LEGEND.
(a) Every publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by the board or prepared for use by any other organization in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota state legislature."
(b) Each publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by an individual artist in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "(artist's name) is a (fiscal year) recipient of a (program) grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board from funds appropriated by the Minnesota legislature."
134.001 DEFINITIONS.
The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section.
"Public library" means any library that provides free access to all residents of a city or county without discrimination, receives at least half of its financial support from public funds and is organized under the provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in section 134.195, it does not include libraries such as law, medical, school and academic libraries organized to serve a special group of persons, or libraries organized as a combination of a public library and another type of library.
"Public library services" means services provided by or on behalf of a public library. Except as provided in section 134.195, it does not include services for elementary schools, secondary schools or postsecondary educational institutions.
"Regional public library system" means a multicounty public library service agency that provides free access to all residents of the region without discrimination, and is organized under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 317A, or section 471.59.
"Basic system services" means services offered by all regional public library systems either directly or by contract. These services shall include, but are not limited to, communication among participants, resource sharing, delivery of materials, reciprocal borrowing, and cooperative reference service.
"Multicounty, multitype library system" means a cooperative network composed of any combination of public libraries, regional public library systems, public school libraries, public or private college or university libraries and any other libraries which share services and resources within a multicounty area.
"City" or "cities" means home rule and statutory cities unless specifically provided otherwise.
"Regional public library district" means a governmental unit formed according to this chapter to operate multicounty public library services.
129D.11 PUBLIC TELEVISION GRANTS; PURPOSE.
The purpose of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 is to facilitate the use of public television as a community resource for the public by providing financial assistance to public television stations serving Minnesota citizens, and to provide for cooperation between public television station officials and the Department of Administration.
134A.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY LAW LIBRARY.
Any county may establish a county law library wherever sessions of court are required to be held by law upon the filing of an order by a district court judge of the judicial district in which the county is situated with the court administrator of the county.
129D.12 DEFINITIONS.
As used in sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings here given them.
"Public station" means a station holding a license or operating under a program test authority from the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational television broadcast station within this state or a station outside the state which received funds under section 129D.13 in 1976.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of administration.
134A.02 WHO MAY USE.
Under proper regulations of the board of trustees the use of the library shall be free to the judges of the state, state officials, judges of the district, municipal, county, and conciliation courts of the county, city and county officials, members of the bar, and inhabitants of the county.