1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to higher education; increasing grant amounts for the dual training
1.3 competency grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 2024, section 136A.246, subdivision 8.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.246, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 8.Grant amounts.(a) The maximum grant for an application for the cost of
1.8training is $150,000 $300,000. The maximum grant for an application for trainee support
1.9is ten percent of the grant amount for the cost of training. The maximum total grant per
1.10application is $165,000 $330,000. A grant may not exceed $6,000 $12,000 per year for a
1.11maximum of $24,000 $48,000 per employee.
1.12 (b) An employee who is attending an eligible training provider that is an institution under
1.13section 136A.103 must apply for Pell and state grants as a condition of payment for training
1.14that employee under this section.
1.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; DUAL TRAINING COMPETENCY GRANTS.
1.16 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
1.17the general fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for transfer to the
1.18dual training competency grants account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota
1.19Statutes, section 136A.246, subdivision 10.
1Sec. 2.
REVISOR VH/DG 25-0379803/06/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2767
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Wolgamott and Allen03/24/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy