Bill Text: MN HF44 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees required to consider student performance on an Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery as a means to determine eligibility for admission, and career readiness assessment included in planning for students' successful transition to postsecondary education and employment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-10 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Higher Education Finance and Policy [HF44 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF44-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; requiring the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
1.3Board of Trustees to consider student performance on an Armed Services
1.4Vocational Aptitude Battery as a means to determine eligibility for admission;
1.5including career readiness assessment in planning for students' successful
1.6transition to postsecondary education and employment;amending Minnesota
1.7Statutes 2012, sections 120B.125; 136F.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.125, is amended to read:
1.10120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION
1.11TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; INVOLUNTARY
1.12CAREER TRACKING PROHIBITED.
1.13(a) Consistent with sections120B.128 ,
120B.13 ,
120B.131 ,
120B.132 ,
120B.14 ,
1.14120B.15
,
125A.08 , and other related sections, school districts are strongly encouraged to
1.15assist all students by no later than grade 9 to explore their college and career interests and
1.16aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary
1.17education or employment. All students' plans must be designed to:
1.18(1) provide a comprehensive academic plan for completing a college and
1.19career-ready curriculum premised on meeting state and local academic standards and
1.20developing 21st century skills such as team work, collaboration, and good work habits;
1.21(2) emphasize academic rigor and high expectations;
1.22(3) help students identify personal learning styles that may affect their postsecondary
1.23education and employment choices;
1.24(4) help students succeed at gaining access to postsecondary education and career
1.25options;
2.1(5) integrate strong academic content into career-focused courses and integrate
2.2relevant career-focused courses into strong academic content;
2.3(6) help students and families identify and gain access to appropriate counseling
2.4and other supports, tools related to career readiness assessment including the Armed
2.5Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Career Exploration Program, and assistance that
2.6enable students to complete required coursework, prepare for postsecondary education
2.7and careers, and obtain information about postsecondary education costs and eligibility
2.8for financial aid and scholarship;
2.9(7) help students and families identify collaborative partnerships of kindergarten
2.10through grade 12 schools, postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies,
2.11armed forces, and employers that support students' transition to postsecondary education
2.12and employment and provide students with experiential learning opportunities; and
2.13(8) be reviewed and revised at least annually by the student, the student's parent or
2.14guardian, and the school or district to ensure that the student's course-taking schedule
2.15keeps the student "on track" to meet state and local high school graduation requirements
2.16and with a reasonable chance to succeed with employment or postsecondary education
2.17without the need to first complete remedial course work.
2.18(b) A school district may develop grade-level curricula or provide instruction that
2.19introduces students to various careers, but must not require any curriculum, instruction,
2.20or employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or secondary student to
2.21involuntarily select a career, career interest, employment goals, or related job training.
2.22(c) School districts are encouraged to seek and use revenue and in-kind contributions
2.23from nonstate sources and to seek administrative cost savings through innovative local
2.24funding arrangements, such as the Collaboration Among Rochester Educators (CARE)
2.25model for funding postsecondary enrollment options, among other sources, for purposes
2.26of implementing this section.
2.27 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136F.06, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.28to read:
2.29 Subd. 6. Conditions for admission; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
2.30Battery. The board must consider using student performance on the Armed Services
2.31Vocational Aptitude Battery as a means to determine eligibility for admission.
1.3Board of Trustees to consider student performance on an Armed Services
1.4Vocational Aptitude Battery as a means to determine eligibility for admission;
1.5including career readiness assessment in planning for students' successful
1.6transition to postsecondary education and employment;amending Minnesota
1.7Statutes 2012, sections 120B.125; 136F.06, by adding a subdivision.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.125, is amended to read:
1.10120B.125 PLANNING FOR STUDENTS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION
1.11TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; INVOLUNTARY
1.12CAREER TRACKING PROHIBITED.
1.13(a) Consistent with sections
1.15assist all students by no later than grade 9 to explore their college and career interests and
1.16aspirations and develop a plan for a smooth and successful transition to postsecondary
1.17education or employment. All students' plans must be designed to:
1.18(1) provide a comprehensive academic plan for completing a college and
1.19career-ready curriculum premised on meeting state and local academic standards and
1.20developing 21st century skills such as team work, collaboration, and good work habits;
1.21(2) emphasize academic rigor and high expectations;
1.22(3) help students identify personal learning styles that may affect their postsecondary
1.23education and employment choices;
1.24(4) help students succeed at gaining access to postsecondary education and career
1.25options;
2.1(5) integrate strong academic content into career-focused courses and integrate
2.2relevant career-focused courses into strong academic content;
2.3(6) help students and families identify and gain access to appropriate counseling
2.4and other supports, tools related to career readiness assessment including the Armed
2.5Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Career Exploration Program, and assistance that
2.6enable students to complete required coursework, prepare for postsecondary education
2.7and careers, and obtain information about postsecondary education costs and eligibility
2.8for financial aid and scholarship;
2.9(7) help students and families identify collaborative partnerships of kindergarten
2.10through grade 12 schools, postsecondary institutions, economic development agencies,
2.11armed forces, and employers that support students' transition to postsecondary education
2.12and employment and provide students with experiential learning opportunities; and
2.13(8) be reviewed and revised at least annually by the student, the student's parent or
2.14guardian, and the school or district to ensure that the student's course-taking schedule
2.15keeps the student "on track" to meet state and local high school graduation requirements
2.16and with a reasonable chance to succeed with employment or postsecondary education
2.17without the need to first complete remedial course work.
2.18(b) A school district may develop grade-level curricula or provide instruction that
2.19introduces students to various careers, but must not require any curriculum, instruction,
2.20or employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or secondary student to
2.21involuntarily select a career, career interest, employment goals, or related job training.
2.22(c) School districts are encouraged to seek and use revenue and in-kind contributions
2.23from nonstate sources and to seek administrative cost savings through innovative local
2.24funding arrangements, such as the Collaboration Among Rochester Educators (CARE)
2.25model for funding postsecondary enrollment options, among other sources, for purposes
2.26of implementing this section.
2.27 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136F.06, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.28to read:
2.29 Subd. 6. Conditions for admission; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
2.30Battery. The board must consider using student performance on the Armed Services
2.31Vocational Aptitude Battery as a means to determine eligibility for admission.
