125A.61 LOCATION AND STATUS. Subdivision 1. State schools at Faribault. The Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf and the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind are residential schools in Faribault. They are public schools under sections 122A.15 and 122A.16 and state educational institutions. Subd. 2. Resource center. The state academies are a resource center for […]
125A.62 DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF THE MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES. Subdivision 1. Governance. The board of the Minnesota State Academies shall govern the State Academy for the Deaf and the State Academy for the Blind. The board must promote academic standards based on high expectation and an assessment system to measure academic performance toward the […]
125A.63 RESOURCES; DEAF OR HARD-OF-HEARING AND BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 3 art 5 s 31] Subd. 2. Programs. (a) The department must offer summer institutes or other training programs throughout the state for deaf or hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired, and multiply disabled pupils. The department must also offer workshops […]
125A.64 POWERS OF BOARD OF THE MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES. Subdivision 1. Personnel. The board of the Minnesota State Academies may employ central administrative staff members and other personnel necessary to provide and support programs and services at each academy. Subd. 2. Department assistance. The board of the Minnesota State Academies may require the Department of […]
125A.65 ATTENDANCE AT ACADEMIES FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND. Subdivision 1. Responsibility allocated. Responsibility for special instruction and services for a blind/visually impaired or deaf/hard-of-hearing child attending the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf or the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind must be determined in subdivisions 2 to 10. Subd. 2. Child’s legal residence. […]
125A.66 OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACADEMIES. Subdivision 1. Various levels of service. The academies must provide their pupils with the levels of service defined in rules of the state board. Subd. 2. Pupils’ developmental needs. The academies must deal with the developmental needs of their pupils. Subd. 3. Education with pupils without a disability. The academies […]
125A.67 STAFF OF THE ACADEMIES. Subdivision 1. Academies’ administrator. The position of the chief administrator at each academy is in the unclassified service. Subd. 2. Teacher standards. A teacher at the academies is subject to the licensure standards of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. An administrator at the academies is subject to the […]
125A.68 STATE ADOPTED PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Subjects. The board of the Minnesota State Academies must establish procedures for: (1) admission, including short-term admission, to the academies; (2) discharge from the academies; (3) decisions on a pupil’s program at the academies; and (4) evaluation of a pupil’s progress at the academies. Subd. 2. Minimum content. The […]
125A.69 ADMISSION STANDARDS. Subdivision 1. Admissions. Admission to the Minnesota State Academies is described in this section. (a) A pupil who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind, may be admitted to the Academy for the Deaf. A pupil who is blind or visually impaired, deafblind, or multiply disabled may be admitted to the Academy for the […]
125A.70 EXPENSE OF PUPILS. Subdivision 1. Person liable for pupil’s support pays expenses. The person who is liable for the support of a pupil attending a state academy must provide the pupil with enough money for proper clothing, postage, and necessary incidental expenses. Subd. 2. Local social services agency. If the person liable for support […]
125A.71 DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION OF RENTS AND FEES OF ACADEMIES. Subdivision 1. Rental income; appropriation. Rental income, excluding rent for land and living residences, must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a revolving fund of the academies. Money in the revolving fund for rental income is annually appropriated to the academies for […]
125A.72 STUDENT ACTIVITIES ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Student activities; receipts; appropriation. All receipts of any kind generated to operate student activities, including student fees, donations and contributions, and gate receipts must be deposited in the state treasury. The receipts are appropriated annually to the Minnesota State Academies for student activities purposes. They are not subject to […]
125A.73 DUTIES OF STATE DEPARTMENTS. Subdivision 1. Department of Education. The Department of Education must assist the board of the Minnesota State Academies in preparing reports on the academies. Subd. 2. Department of Management and Budget. The Department of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the board of the Minnesota State Academies, must develop a […]
