Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For the purposes of this section and section 120B.10, the
following terms have the meanings given them.

(a) "Instruction" means methods of providing learning experiences that enable a student
to meet state and district academic standards and graduation requirements including applied
and experiential learning.

(b) "Curriculum" means district or school adopted programs and written plans for
providing students with learning experiences that lead to expected knowledge and skills
and career and college readiness.

(c) "World's best workforce" means striving to: meet school readiness goals; have all
third grade students achieve grade-level literacy; close the academic achievement gap among
all racial and ethnic groups of students and between students living in poverty and students
not living in poverty; have all students attain career and college readiness before graduating
from high school; and have all students graduate from high school.

(d) "Experiential learning" means learning for students that includes career exploration
through a specific class or course or through work-based experiences such as job shadowing,
mentoring, entrepreneurship, service learning, volunteering, internships, other cooperative
work experience, youth apprenticeship, or employment.

new text begin (e) "Ethnic studies curriculum" means the critical and interdisciplinary study of race,
ethnicity, and indigeneity with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of people of
color within and beyond the United States. The ethnic studies curriculum may be integrated
in existing curricular opportunities or provided through additional curricular offerings.
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new text begin (f) "Rigorous" means meeting state K-12 academic standards.
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new text begin (g) "Anti-racist" means the active process of identifying and eliminating racism by
changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, attitudes, and dispositions
so that power and resources are redistributed and shared equitably.
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new text begin (h) "Culturally sustaining" means integrating content and practices that infuse the culture
and language of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities who have been and
continue to be harmed and erased through schooling.
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new text begin (i) "Institutional racism" means policies and practices within and across institutions that
produce outcomes that chronically favor white people and predictably disadvantage those
who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
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Subd. 2.

Adopting plans and budgets.

A school board, at a public meeting, deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end
adopt a comprehensive, long-term strategic plan to support and improve teaching and
learning that is aligned with creating the world's best workforce and includes:

(1) clearly defined district and school site goals and benchmarks for instruction and
student achievement for all student subgroups identified in section 120B.35, subdivision 3,
paragraph (b), clause (2);

(2) a process to assess and evaluate each student's progress toward meeting state and
local academic standards, assess and identify students to participate in gifted and talented
programs and accelerate their instruction, and adopt early-admission procedures consistent
with section 120B.15, and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of instruction in pursuit
of student and school success and curriculum affecting students' progress and growth toward
career and college readiness and leading to the world's best workforce;

(3) a system to periodically review and evaluate the effectiveness of all instruction and
curriculum, taking into account strategies and best practices, student outcomes, school
principal evaluations under section 123B.147, subdivision 3, students' access to effective
teachers who are members of populations underrepresented among the licensed teachers in
the district or school and who reflect the diversity of enrolled students under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), and teacher evaluations under section 122A.40,
subdivision 8, or 122A.41, subdivision 5;

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new text begin (i)new text end the English and, where practicable, the native language development and the academic
achievement of English learners;new text begin and
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new text begin (ii) for all learners, access to ethnic studies curriculum using culturally responsive
methodologies;
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(5) a process to examine the equitable distribution of teachers and strategies to ensure
new text begin children from new text endlow-income deleted text beginand minority childrendeleted text endnew text begin families, families of color, and American
Indian familiesnew text end are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, ineffective,
or out-of-field teachers;

(6) education effectiveness practices thatnew text begin:
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new text begin (i)new text end integrate high-quality instruction, deleted text beginrigorous curriculum,deleted text end technology, and new text begincurriculum
that is rigorous, accurate, anti-racist, and culturally sustaining;
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new text begin (ii) ensure learning and work environments validate, affirm, embrace, and integrate
cultural and community strengths for all students, families, and employees; and
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new text begin (iii) provide new text enda collaborative professional culture that deleted text begindevelops and supportsdeleted text endnew text begin seeks to
retain qualified, racially and ethnically diverse staff effective at working with diverse students
while developing and supportingnew text end teacher quality, performance, and effectiveness; and

(7) an annual budget for continuing to implement the district plan.

Subd. 3.

District advisory committee.

Each school board deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end establish an advisory
committee to ensure active community participation in all phases of planning and improving
the instruction and curriculum affecting state and district academic standards, consistent
with subdivision 2. A district advisory committee, to the extent possible, deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end reflect
the diversity of the district and its school sites, include teachers, parents, support staff,
students, and other community residents, and provide translation to the extent appropriate
and practicable. The district advisory committee deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end pursue community support to
accelerate the academic and native literacy and achievement of English learners with varied
needs, from young children to adults, consistent with section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and
2a. The district may establish site teams as subcommittees of the district advisory committee
under subdivision 4. The district advisory committee deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end recommend to the school
boardnew text begin:new text end rigorous academic standardsdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end student achievement goals and measures consistent
with subdivision 1a and sections 120B.022, subdivisions 1a and 1b, and 120B.35deleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end district
assessmentsdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin;new text end means to improve students' equitable access to effective and more diverse
teachersdeleted text begin,deleted text endnew text begin; strategies to ensure the curriculum is rigorous, accurate, anti-racist, and culturally
sustaining; strategies to ensure that learning and work environments validate, affirm, embrace,
and integrate the cultural and community strengths of all racial and ethnic groups;new text end and
program evaluations. School sites may expand upon district evaluations of instruction,
curriculum, assessments, or programs. Whenever possible, parents and other community
residents deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end comprise at least two-thirds of advisory committee members.