1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2580 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [120B.361] EMPOWERING PARENTS TO REQUEST SCHOOL
1.4INTERVENTIONS.
1.5(a) This section applies to those public schools including charter schools identified
1.6by the department as one of the state's persistently lowest performing schools under the
1.7federal School Improvement Grant Program or the federal Elementary and Secondary
1.8Education Act that continue to not make adequate yearly progress under sections
1.9120B.299, subdivision 5, and 120B.35.
1.10(b) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, if parents representing at least 51
1.11percent of students attending one of the state's persistently lowest performing schools
1.12under paragraph (a), or parents who combined represent at least 51 percent of students
1.13attending that school and students attending the elementary or middle schools that
1.14normally matriculate into that school, sign a petition requesting that the school board of
1.15the school district in which the school is located or the charter school board of directors
1.16implements one of four intervention models or other alternative governance arrangement
1.17under section 1116(b)(8)(B)(v) of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act
1.18(United States Code, title 20, section 6301, et seq.), then the school board must implement
1.19the parent- requested intervention model or other governance arrangement. The four
1.20intervention models include:
1.21(1) a turnaround model requiring the district in which the school is located or the
1.22charter school board of directors to replace the school principal, allow the newly placed
1.23principal to determine who is hired into licensed positions notwithstanding other law to
1.24the contrary, adopt a new school governance structure, and implement a new or revised
1.25instructional program;
1.26(2) a restart model requiring the district in which the school is located or the charter
1.27school board of directors to close the school and restart or reopen it under the management
2.1of a charter school operator, a charter management organization, or an educational
2.2management organization that manages a currently operating charter school that met or
2.3exceeded state proficiency and growth standards on state reading and math assessments in
2.4at least the preceding three school years;
2.5(3) a school closure model requiring the district in which the school is located to
2.6close the school and transfer the students enrolled in the school to an other high-achieving
2.7school in the district; and
2.8(4) a transformational model requiring the district in which the school is located to
2.9transform the school by (i) developing and improving teacher and principal effectiveness
2.10and replacing the principal who led the school before implementing this model, (ii)
2.11implementing comprehensive instructional reform strategies, (iii) extending learning
2.12and teacher planning time and creating community-oriented schools, and (iv) providing
2.13operating flexibility and sustained support.
2.14If on the date a school board receives a petition, the school that is the subject of the
2.15petition is identified as one of the state's persistently lowest performing schools, then that
2.16school is subject to this section. This section does not apply to a public school already
2.17subject to closure.
2.18(c) The petition shall read as follows:
2.19Petition to request Independent School District No. _____, _____
2.20intervene in the _______ school, designated a persistently low-performing
2.21school by the Minnesota Department of Education, by implementing the
2.22following intervention at the school: _______.

2.23	SIGNER'S OATH
2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27	"I swear (or affirm) that I know the contents and purpose of this petition and that I signed the petition only once on behalf of my child who attends the school that is the subject of this petition or attends a school that normally matriculates into the school that is the subject of this petition and of my own free will."
2.28	ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PETITION IS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC INSPECTION
2.29 2.30	ALL INFORMATION MUST BE FILLED IN BY PERSON(S) SIGNING THIS PETITION UNLESS DISABILITY PREVENTS THE PERSON(S) FROM DOING SO.

2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37		DATE	SIGNATURE	PRINT FIRST, MIDDLE, AND LAST NAME	RESIDENCE ADDRESS (number and street or route and box number) (Not a P.O. Box)	SCHOOL DISTRICT	SCHOOL
2.38	1.
2.39	2.
2.40	3.
2.41	4.
3.1	5.
3.2	6.
3.3	7.
3.4	8.
3.5	9.
3.6	10.

3.7Each eligible student must be represented by only one parent on the petition.
3.8Signature gatherers must not offer incentives or make threats to parents to sign a petition.
3.9No person shall be harassed, threatened, or intimidated for circulating or signing a petition.
3.10Signature gatherers must disclose if they are being paid to gather signatures. All persons
3.11involved in signature gathering are subject to local administrative policies governing
3.12access to school facilities. School officials must not use school resources to support or
3.13oppose the gathering of signatures by parents or others. Petitioners may submit a petition
3.14that complies with this section to the affected school board and must designate up to five
3.15individuals who sign the petition as "lead petitioners" to help facilitate communication
3.16between the school board and parents who sign the petition. Upon receiving a petition,
3.17a school board may use simple random sampling to verify the signatures on the petition
3.18can be counted under this section and must review and verify the signatures as legitimate
3.19within 45 days. The school board may contact parents only to verify their signatures on
3.20the petition. If the school board finds errors with petition signatures, it must immediately
3.21notify the lead petitioners and allow them to resubmit the petition within 30 calendar days
3.22of notice if no substantive changes are made to the petition. The school board shall then
3.23have 15 calendar days to determine whether the errors were corrected and verify the
3.24signatures. A resubmitted petition with substantive changes is deemed a new petition and
3.25must be recirculated. The commissioner must post a sample petition on the department
3.26Web site and each school district in which one of the state's persistently lowest performing
3.27schools is located and each charter school identified as one of the state's persistently
3.28lowest performing schools must post a sample petition on its Web site.
3.29(d) A school board that receives a petition or a corrected resubmitted petition
3.30must provide public notice and hold a public meeting to hear public comment on the
3.31substance of the petition within 30 calendar days of finally verifying the signatures.
3.32Within 45 calendar days after hearing public comments, the board must identify the
3.33parent-requested intervention or other governance arrangement it will implement. The
3.34board must implement the intervention or other governance arrangement in the proximate
3.35school year unless the board finally verifies petition signatures after March 1 and then the
3.36board must implement the intervention or other governance arrangement no later than the
3.37school year following the proximate school year.
4.1(e) If eligible parents petition to reopen or restart a school as a charter school, the
4.2school board must implement this option by converting the school to a charter school at
4.3the beginning of the proximate academic year, consistent with section 124D.10. The
4.4reopened or restarted school must admit any former student seeking enrollment, consistent
4.5with the grades served by the reopened or restarted school.
4.6(f) A school board that receives a petition must notify the commissioner in writing
4.7of its receipt of the petition and the final disposition of that petition.
4.8(g) A school board is not required to implement the intervention or other governance
4.9arrangement requested by parents in a petition if the request is inconsistent with this
4.10section.
4.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
4.12Amend the title accordingly