1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 121 State Administration; Interstate Compact
Section 121.703 Repealed, 1995 c 131 s 3 subd 3; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 31

121.703 Repealed, 1995 c 131 s 3 subd 3; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 4 s 31

* NOTE: Subdivision 3 was also amended by Laws 1997, First *Special Session chapter 4, article 3, section 10, to read as *follows:

* "Subd. 3. Duties. (a) The commission shall:

* (1) develop, with the assistance of the governor, the *commissioner of children, families, and learning, and affected *state agencies, a comprehensive state plan to provide services *under sections 121.701 to 121.710 and federal law;

* (2) actively pursue public and private funding sources for *services, including funding available under federal law;

* (3) coordinate volunteer service-learning programs within *the state;

* (4) develop, in cooperation with the workforce development *council and the commissioner of children, families, and *learning, volunteer service-learning programs, including *curriculum, materials, and methods of instruction;

* (5) work collaboratively with the workforce development *council, the commissioner of children, families, and learning, *schools, public and private agencies, for-profit and nonprofit *employers, and labor unions to identify mentoring and *service-learning opportunities, solicit and recruit participants *for these programs, and disseminate information on the programs;

* (6) administer the youth works grant program under sections *121.704 to 121.709, with assistance from the commissioner of *children, families, and learning and the executive director of *the higher education services office, including soliciting and *approving grant applications from eligible organizations, and *administering individual postservice benefits;

* (7) establish an evaluation plan for programs developed and *services provided under sections 121.701 to 121.710;

* (8) report to the governor, commissioner of children, *families, and learning, and legislature;

* (9) provide oversight and support for school, campus, and *community-based service programs; and

* (10) administer the federal AmeriCorps program.

* (b) Nothing in sections 121.701 to 121.710 precludes an *organization from independently seeking public or private *funding to accomplish purposes similar to those described in *paragraph (a).

* (c) The commissioner of children, families, and learning *shall consult with commission members before the commissioner *selects the executive director for the commission, who shall *serve in the unclassified service."