| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; modifying teacher preparation program grant eligibility; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 122A.2451, by adding a subdivision; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 122A.73, subdivision 2. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.2451, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 10.Eligibility for grant funds.(a) Teacher preparation programs approved by |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board are eligible to receive grant |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10funding under all current and future state programs designed to support teacher preparation, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11licensure, or recruitment, including but not limited to: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) Grow Your Own programs under section 122A.73; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) the collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grant program under |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14section 122A.635; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (3) the student teaching stipend pilot program under Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 5, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16section 20; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (4) grants for underrepresented student teachers under section 136A.1274; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (5) grants for student teachers in shortage areas under section 136A.1275; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (6) the aspiring teachers of color scholarship program under Laws 2021, First Special |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20Session chapter 2, article 2, section 45; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (7) teacher mentorship and induction programs under section 122A.70; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/ES 25-0197102/26/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 1959 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Mueller03/06/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (8) the teacher shortage loan repayment program under section 136A.1791. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 (b) The commissioner of education must include all teacher preparation programs |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board in all requests for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4proposals, notices of grant opportunities, and eligibility determinations under this section. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to grant awards |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6issued on or after that date. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.73, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 Subd. 2.Grow Your Own district programs.(a) A school district, charter school, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit under section 123A.24, subdivision 2, and all |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10teacher preparation programs approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11Board may apply for a grant for a teacher preparation program that meets the requirements |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12of paragraph (c) to establish a Grow Your Own pathway for adults to obtain their first |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13professional teaching license. The grant recipient must use at least 80 percent of grant funds |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14to provide tuition scholarships or stipends to enable grant recipient employees or community |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15members affiliated with a grant recipient, who are of color or American Indian and who |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16seek a teaching license, to participate in the teacher preparation program. Grant funds may |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17also be used to pay for teacher licensure exams and licensure fees. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18 (b) A district using grant funds under this subdivision to provide financial support to |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19teacher candidates may require a commitment as determined by the district to teach in the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20school district, charter school, Tribal contract school, or cooperative unit for a reasonable |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21amount of time that does not exceed five years. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22 (c) A grantee must partner with: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 (1) a Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board-approved teacher preparation |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24program; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25 (2) a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation-accredited teacher preparation |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26program from a private, not for profit, institution of higher education; or |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27 (3) an institution that has an articulated transfer pathway with a board-approved teacher |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28preparation program. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29 (d) Teacher preparation programs approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30Standards Board are deemed eligible for all grant funds available under this section. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to grant |
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| 62 | 62 | | 2.32opportunities issued on or after that date. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 64 | 64 | | REVISOR CR/ES 25-0197102/26/25 |
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