| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to higher education; increasing grant amounts for the dual training |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 competency grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 2024, section 136A.246, subdivision 8. |
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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 136A.246, subdivision 8, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 8.Grant amounts.(a) The maximum grant for an application for the cost of |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8training is $150,000 $300,000. The maximum grant for an application for trainee support |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9is ten percent of the grant amount for the cost of training. The maximum total grant per |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10application is $165,000 $330,000. A grant may not exceed $6,000 $12,000 per year for a |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11maximum of $24,000 $48,000 per employee. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) An employee who is attending an eligible training provider that is an institution under |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13section 136A.103 must apply for Pell and state grants as a condition of payment for training |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14that employee under this section. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; DUAL TRAINING COMPETENCY GRANTS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17the general fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education for transfer to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18dual training competency grants account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19Statutes, section 136A.246, subdivision 10. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 21 | 21 | | REVISOR VH/DG 25-0379803/06/25 |
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| 22 | 22 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 24 | 24 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 25 | 25 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 26 | 26 | | H. F. No. 2767 |
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| 27 | 27 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | Authored by Wolgamott and Allen03/24/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy |
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