Subpart 1.
Notice to district of plan including voluntary measures.
A. If a racially identifiable school reviewed
under part
3535.0130 is not the result of
segregation, the district shall be notified that it must develop and submit a
plan to the commissioner for review that provides options to help integrate the
racially identifiable school. The format of the plan shall be determined by the
commissioner.
B. A racially
identifiable school is not required to develop and submit a plan if the school
is racially identifiable only as a result of:
(1) a concentration of enrolled American
Indian students that exists as a result of attempting to meet the unique
academic and culturally related educational needs of enrolled American Indian
students through programs developed pursuant to the federal government's trust
relationship with American Indian tribes or through an agreement with an
American Indian tribal government; and
(2) the concentration exists as the result of
voluntary choices made by American Indian parents, enrolled American Indian
students, or both.
A racially identifiable school with a concentration of
enrolled American Indian students is required to develop and submit a plan if
the school is also racially identifiable as a result of the enrollment of other
protected students excluding the enrollment of American Indian students.
Subp. 2.
Community collaboration council.
The district shall establish and use a community
collaboration council to assist in developing the district's plan under this
part. The council shall be reasonably representative of the diversity of the
district. In communities with ten or more American Indian students,
representation from the American Indian parent committee under Minnesota
Statutes, section
124D.78
is required on the community collaboration council. If a district has an
existing committee whose composition reasonably reflects the diversity of the
district, for example, school site councils or district curriculum advisory
councils, that committee may be used to provide the planning required by this
part. The community collaboration council shall identify ways of creating
increased opportunities for interracial contact, and establish goals for
meeting this objective. After identifying these opportunities and goals, the
council shall develop a plan for integration at each school that may include,
for example, options under subpart
3.
Subp. 3.
District plan.
A. After receiving the plan required under
subpart
2 from its community
collaboration council, the district shall provide a plan to the commissioner
that describes how the goal of increased opportunities for interracial contact
between students will be met, and the integration efforts the district plans to
implement at each racially identifiable school. The plan shall be written and
adopted by the end of the academic year in which the district received notice
under subpart
1, or six months later,
whichever is longer. The plan shall include:
(1) the extent of community outreach that
preceded the plan;
(2) integration
issues identified;
(3) action goals
of the integration effort;
(4) how
the action goals will be or are being accomplished.
B. All plans under this part must be
educationally justifiable and contain options for intradistrict integration
that may include, for example:
(1)
duplicating programs that have demonstrated success in improving student
learning at schools that are racially identifiable;
(2) providing incentives to help balance
racially identifiable schools, for example, providing:
(a) incentives to low-income students to
transfer to schools that are not racially identifiable;
(b) transportation; and
(c) interdistrict opportunities and
collaborative efforts with other districts;
(3) providing incentives to teachers to
improve the distribution of teachers of all races at schools across the
district, including:
(a) staff development
opportunities;
(b) strategies for
attracting and retaining staff who serve as role models; and
(c) strategies for attracting and retaining
staff who have a record of success in teaching protected students, low-income
students, or both;
(4)
greater promotion of programs provided at racially identifiable schools
designed to attract a wide range of students;
(5) providing smaller class sizes, greater
counseling and support services, and more extracurricular opportunities and
other resources at racially identifiable schools as compared to schools that
are not racially identifiable or at schools with a higher concentration of
low-income students; and
(6)
providing programs promoting instruction about different cultures, including
options uniquely relevant to American Indian students, including, for example,
American Indian language and culture programs under Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.74.
The format of the integration plan shall be consistent with,
and if possible included into, a district's comprehensive plan.
Subp. 4.
Commissioner's duties.
A. The
commissioner shall:
(1) evaluate any plans
developed under this part at the end of each academic year after which a plan
is implemented to determine whether the collaboration plan was implemented and
whether the goals have been substantially met;
(2) each academic year after a plan is
implemented, report to the house and senate education committees any reduction
in the percentage of protected students at racially identifiable schools;
and
(3) each academic year after a
plan is implemented, report to the house and senate education committees if the
enrollment of protected students remains constant or increases at racially
identifiable schools.
B.
The commissioner may recommend financial incentives that are aimed at
compensating or rewarding districts for programs or activities that have been
successful.
C. The commissioner may
recommend legislative action to address the condition of racially identifiable
schools within the district.
Subp.
5.
Timeline.
Each integration plan shall remain in place for three years
from the date of review by the commissioner, unless earlier modified by the
district and reviewed by the commissioner. Schools that are newly identified as
racially identifiable or that were included in a plan under this part but
remain racially identifiable after three years from the date of review by the
commissioner shall be subject to the procedures outlined in parts
3535.0130 to
3535.0160.
Subp. 6.
Schools that did not meet
earlier goals.
Schools that were included in a plan under this part but
remain racially identifiable after three years from the date of review by the
commissioner shall work in consultation with the commissioner to develop a new
plan that shall include an analysis of why the previous plan did not achieve
its goals, a list and explanation of new or continuing barriers to achieving
the plan's goals, and a new plan and rationale for achieving the goals of the
plan.
Notes
Minn. R. agency 129, ch. 3535, SCHOOL DESEGREGATION/INTEGRATION, pt. 3535.0160
24 SR
77
Statutory Authority: MS s
124D.896
