| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; appropriating money for Read Act training. |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sum indicated in this section is |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7designated. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2.Teacher compensation for Read Act training.(a) For payment of state aid |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9to school districts, charter schools, and cooperative units providing direct instructional |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10services: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2026............1.11 $ |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) The state aid for each school district, charter school, and cooperative unit providing |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13direct instruction equals the greater of $2,000, or $40 times the number of students served |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14by the school district, charter school, or cooperative unit as determined by the fall 2024 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15enrollment count of students. The Department of Education must send payments to school |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16districts, charter schools, and cooperative units providing direct instructional services by |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17October 15, 2025. This aid is 100 percent payable in fiscal year 2026. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) A district, charter school, or cooperative unit must use funding under this subdivision |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19to compensate eligible teachers in accordance with Laws 2024, chapter 115, article 3, section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.207, or in accordance with a memorandum of understanding with the exclusive representative |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21of teachers in the district that provides how eligible teachers must be compensated for time |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22spent completing training required under the Read Act. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR CR/VJ 25-0485503/11/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 2430 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 31 | 31 | | Authored by Clardy, Mueller, Virnig, Pérez-Vega, Youakim and others03/17/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance |
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