Bill Text: MN SF2597 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: English learners with interrupted formal education requirements establishment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Comm report: To pass and re-referred to Finance [SF2597 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2597-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; providing for English learners with interrupted formal
1.3education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, by adding a
1.4subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 2a. English learner with interrupted formal education. (a) "English
1.9learner with interrupted formal education" means an English learner who meets the
1.10following requirements:
1.11(1) the pupil comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than
1.12English or usually speaks a language other than English;
1.13(2) the pupil enters school in the United States after grade 6;
1.14(3) the pupil has at least two years less schooling than peers;
1.15(4) the pupil functions at least two years below expected grade level in reading
1.16and mathematics; and
1.17(5) the pupil may be preliterate in the pupil's native language.
1.18(b) Notwithstanding section 120A.20, subdivision 1, a pupil who meets the
1.19requirements of paragraph (a) must be counted as an English learner in calculating English
1.20learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17, and shall generate state English
1.21learner aid under section 124D.65, subdivision 5, until the end of the school year when
1.22the student becomes 23 years old.
1.3education;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, by adding a
1.4subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.59, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 2a. English learner with interrupted formal education. (a) "English
1.9learner with interrupted formal education" means an English learner who meets the
1.10following requirements:
1.11(1) the pupil comes from a home where the language usually spoken is other than
1.12English or usually speaks a language other than English;
1.13(2) the pupil enters school in the United States after grade 6;
1.14(3) the pupil has at least two years less schooling than peers;
1.15(4) the pupil functions at least two years below expected grade level in reading
1.16and mathematics; and
1.17(5) the pupil may be preliterate in the pupil's native language.
1.18(b) Notwithstanding section 120A.20, subdivision 1, a pupil who meets the
1.19requirements of paragraph (a) must be counted as an English learner in calculating English
1.20learner pupil units under section 126C.05, subdivision 17, and shall generate state English
1.21learner aid under section 124D.65, subdivision 5, until the end of the school year when
1.22the student becomes 23 years old.
