Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF1766 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to education finance; providing for a grant for economic and financial
3	3	1.3 literacy education and teacher professional development activities; appropriating
4	4	1.4 money.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION;
7	7	1.7PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Purpose.The Minnesota Council on Economic Education may provide
9	9	1.9professional development activities to Minnesota's teachers.
10	10	1.10 Subd. 2.Grant uses.Grant money received by the Minnesota Council on Economic
11	11	1.11Education must be used to:
12	12	1.12 (1) provide professional development to and curate and develop curricular resources
13	13	1.13for:
14	14	1.14 (i) Minnesota's kindergarten through grade 12 teachers implementing state graduation
15	15	1.15standards in learning areas related to economic and financial education; and
16	16	1.16 (ii) Minnesota's grade 9 through 12 teachers providing personal finance and consumer
17	17	1.17protection instruction to students;
18	18	1.18 (2) support the direct-to-student ancillary economic and personal finance programs that
19	19	1.19Minnesota teachers supervise and coach or that the Minnesota Council on Economic
20	20	1.20Education delivers directly to students;
21	21	1.21 (3) support research on the effectiveness of economic and financial literacy education
22	22	1.22in kindergarten through grade 12 to ensure that the intent of the economics graduation
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR CR/NS 25-0317802/12/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 1766
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Clardy, Bakeberg, Hill, Carroll, Norris and others03/03/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance 2.1standards and the high school personal finance course requirement is being met, and to
33	33	2.2identify avenues for improving economic and financial literacy education; and
34	34	2.3 (4) support geographically diverse affiliated higher education faculty and higher
35	35	2.4education-based centers for economic and financial literacy education, including those based
36	36	2.5at Minnesota State University, Mankato; St. Cloud State University; and St. Catherine
37	37	2.6University, for activities related to clauses (1) to (3).
38	38	2.7 Subd. 3.Reporting.(a) By February 15 of each year following the receipt of grant
39	39	2.8money, the Minnesota Council on Economic Education must provide a midyear report to
40	40	2.9the commissioner of education. By August 15 of each year following receipt of grant money,
41	41	2.10the Minnesota Council on Economic Education must prepare a year-end report containing
42	42	2.11at least the information required in paragraph (b) to the commissioner of education in the
43	43	2.12form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may request additional
44	44	2.13information as necessary.
45	45	2.14 (b) The report must include:
46	46	2.15 (1) the number and type of in-person and online teacher professional development
47	47	2.16opportunities provided by the Minnesota Council on Economic Education or its affiliated
48	48	2.17state centers;
49	49	2.18 (2) a description of the content, length, and location of the programs;
50	50	2.19 (3) the number of preservice and licensed teachers receiving professional development
51	51	2.20through each of these opportunities;
52	52	2.21 (4) summaries of evaluations of teacher professional opportunities;
53	53	2.22 (5) a list of the number, types, and summary evaluations of the direct-to-student ancillary
54	54	2.23personal finance programs that are supported by grant money; and
55	55	2.24 (6) a description and the status of all economic and financial literacy education research
56	56	2.25and results of the research supported by grant money.
57	57	2.26 (c) The reports required under this subdivision must be prepared and filed according to
58	58	2.27section 3.195.
59	59	2.28 Subd. 4.Grant payment schedule.The Department of Education must pay one-half of
60	60	2.29the amount of any grant money awarded to the Minnesota Council on Economic Education
61	61	2.30by August 15 of each fiscal year for which the money is appropriated and the other half
62	62	2.31must be paid by February 15 of that same fiscal year. The Minnesota Council on Economic
63	63	2Section 1.
64	64	REVISOR CR/NS 25-0317802/12/25 3.1Education must submit its fiscal reporting in the form and manner specified by the
65	65	3.2commissioner. The commissioner may request additional financial information as necessary.
66	66	3.3 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC
67	67	3.4EDUCATION.
68	68	3.5 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
69	69	3.6appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
70	70	3.7designated.
71	71	3.8 Subd. 2.Minnesota Council on Economic Education.For a grant to the Minnesota
72	72	3.9Council on Economic Education for providing personal finance programs, economic
73	73	3.10education, and professional development to teachers:
74	74	2026.....800,0003.11 $
75	75	2027.....800,0003.12 $
76	76	3Sec. 2.
77	77	REVISOR CR/NS 25-0317802/12/25