1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 6, the second committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 36, line 23, after the period insert "The office of educational accountability
1.4under section 120B.31, subdivision 3, in collaboration with the Minnesota State Colleges
1.5and Universities, must determine and the commissioner must set a passing score for the
1.6statewide eleventh grade mathematics test that represents readiness for college so that a
1.7student who achieves a passing score on this test, upon graduation, is immediately ready
1.8to take college courses for college credit in a two-year or a four-year institution, consistent
1.9with section 135A.104."
1.10Page 37, line 6, after the period insert "The office of educational accountability
1.11under section 120B.31, subdivision 3, in collaboration with the Minnesota State Colleges
1.12and Universities, must determine and the commissioner must set a passing score for
1.13the statewide tenth grade reading and language arts test that represents readiness for
1.14college so that a student who achieves a passing score on this test, upon graduation, is
1.15immediately ready to take college courses for college credit in a two-year or a four-year
1.16institution, consistent with section 135A.104."
1.17Page 38, after line 17, insert:
1.18    "(c) The commissioner, in collaboration with the Minnesota State Colleges and
1.19Universities, must develop and implement a statewide plan to communicate with all
1.20Minnesota high school students no later than the beginning of ninth grade the state's
1.21expectations for college readiness, consistent with section 120B.023, subdivision 2,
1.22paragraphs (b) and (e), and section 135A.104."
1.23Page 73, after line 9, insert:

1.24    "Sec. 42. [135A.104] COLLEGE READINESS.
1.25    (a) The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must collaborate with the office
1.26of educational accountability under section 120B.31, subdivision 3, in determining
1.27passing scores on the Minnesota comprehensive assessments in reading and language arts
2.1for grade 10 and in mathematics for grade 11 under section 120B.30 so that "passing
2.2score" performances on those two assessments represent a student's college readiness. For
2.3purposes of this section and chapter 120B, "college readiness" means that a student who
2.4graduates from a public high school is immediately ready to take college courses for
2.5college credit in a two-year or a four-year institution within the Minnesota State Colleges
2.6and Universities system. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities also must
2.7collaborate with the commissioner of education to develop and implement a statewide
2.8plan to communicate the state's expectations for college readiness to all Minnesota high
2.9school students no later than the beginning of ninth grade.
2.10    (b) The entrance and admission materials that the Minnesota State Colleges and
2.11Universities provide to prospective students must clearly indicate the level of academic
2.12preparation that students must have in order to be ready to immediately take college
2.13courses for college credit in two-year and four-year institutions."