1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1179, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 5, delete section 7
1.3Page 11, delete lines 15 to 35
1.4Page 12, delete lines 1 and 2 and insert:
1.5    "(a) A school district must use five percent of the increased basic revenue it
1.6receives each year to implement evidence-based innovation premised on research-based
1.7curriculum and instruction and other education programs and practices, including best
1.8teaching practices, that are known to improve academic performance for diverse groups of
1.9students. A school district must submit a plan to the commissioner that describes how the
1.10district proposes to use its innovation revenue to supplement state reading requirements
1.11under section 120B.12, subdivision 1, and state math and science requirements under
1.12section 120B.023, subdivision 2, paragraphs (b) and (d), and improve student outcomes.
1.13The plan must:
1.14    (1) identify specific education goals, consistent with this section, and the indicators
1.15to demonstrate progress toward achieving those goals, which may include a value-added
1.16assessment model under sections 120B.35 and 120B.362;
1.17    (2) supplement current district initiatives that may transform district programs and
1.18practices sufficient to significantly improve student outcomes; and
1.19    (3) demonstrate how innovation revenue helps narrow and eliminate differences in
1.20student academic achievement in reading, math, and science based on student measures of
1.21mobility, attendance, race and ethnicity, gender, English language learner status, eligibility
1.22for free or reduced price lunch, and special education, among other outcomes.
1.23    (b) After transmitting its plan to the commissioner, a district must spend its
1.24innovation revenue effectively and efficiently, consistent with its plan. A school district
1.25that receives innovation revenue under this section must report annually by June 30
1.26to the commissioner and post on the district's official Web site reliable and accessible
1.27information and supporting longitudinal data showing the amount of progress the district
2.1made in the immediately preceding school year and previous school years in realizing its
2.2innovation revenue goals. The commissioner must analyze the data from the annual
2.3district reports and post the analysis on the department's official Web site."
2.4Page 16, delete lines 17 to 19 and insert:
2.5    "(3) fully participate in at least two retests of the GRAD in each subject they failed
2.6or until they pass the subject they previously failed, whichever"
2.7Page 16, line 22, after the second "the" insert "reading and"
2.8Page 19, delete lines 7 to 9 and insert "weighting criteria the commissioner uses to
2.9evaluate contract proposals must give preference to vendors prepared to provide statewide
2.10computer-adaptive assessments and options for locally selected, locally financed, and
2.11locally implemented assessments that are independently aligned to state standards and
2.12used to inform curriculum and instruction."
2.13Page 20, delete lines 1 to 7 and insert:
2.14    "(h) For each procurement cycle for computer-adaptive assessments, the
2.15commissioner must report to the K-12 education policy and finance committees of the
2.16legislature on the costs of implementing computer-adaptive assessments and demonstrate
2.17that these assessments both represent the greatest value to the state and local school
2.18districts and minimize the need for redundant assessments."
2.19
2.20Page 20, line 27, after the second "the" insert "reading and"
2.21Page 20, line 29, after the second "the" insert "reading and"
2.22Page 20, delete line 31 and insert "Requirements for using computer-adaptive
2.23mathematics assessments for grades 3 through 8 apply in the 2010-2011 school year and
2.24later and requirements for using computer-adaptive reading assessments for grades 3
2.25through 8 apply in the 2012-2013 school year and later."
2.26Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.27Amend the title accordingly