General Information
The Minnesota Board of Teaching's proposed rules governing the Credentialing of Paraprofessionals (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 8710) have been assigned to Judge Lipman. Judge Lipman will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in May. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, a hearing was held in St. Paul on March 10, 2010. During that hearing, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in that rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 2010.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted during the initial comment period. New matters may not be introduced or raised during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on April 6, 2010.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Lipman concerning the proposed rules. His address is as follows:
Honorable Eric L. Lipman
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
For a copy of the Dual Notice and Proposed Rules, visit the website of the Board of Teaching at: http://cfl.state.mn.us/mdeprod/groups/boardteach/documents/announcement/016167.pdf.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends at 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 2010. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on April 6, 2010. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - March 30, 2010