1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1257 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 5, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
1.6teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.7(b) The board must adopt rules requiring a person until September 1, 2014, to pass a
1.8skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher
1.9licensure, except that the board may issue a temporary, one-year teaching license to an
1.10otherwise qualified candidate who has not passed the skills exam at the time the candidate
1.11successfully completes an approved teacher preparation program. Such rules must require
1.12college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation program to provide
1.13remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score on the skills
1.14examination, including those for whom English is a second language.
1.15(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.16upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.17graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.18person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.19dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.20person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.21of chapter 14.
1.22(d) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of teacher
1.23education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum that
1.24focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement new
1.25systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness based
1.26on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes. Teacher
1.27preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs under section
2.1122A.245 , among other programs, must include a content-specific, board-approved,
2.2performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning
2.3for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing
2.4student learning.
2.5(e) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
2.6examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
2.7teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
2.8paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
2.9elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
2.10skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
2.11scientifically based reading instruction under section 122A.06, subdivision 4, and their
2.12knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
2.13of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
2.14integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.15(f) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.16elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.17periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.18(g) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
2.19based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
2.20system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a
2.21statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful
2.22experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture dedicated to meeting
2.23students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century and formalizes mentoring and induction
2.24for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.
2.25(h) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires a
2.26candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.27necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.28(i) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as established
2.29by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.30(j) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to requirements
2.31established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections 122A.20 and
2.32214.10 . The board must not establish any expiration date for application for life licenses.
2.33(k) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
2.34their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
2.35the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
3.1adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
3.2students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.3(l) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.4services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.5registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.6license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.7(m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.8their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.9preparation, consistent with section 122A.06, subdivision 4. The rules do not take effect
3.10until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.11least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.12directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.13(n) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.14their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation
3.15in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and
3.16adolescents.
3.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
3.18Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.19Amend the title accordingly