| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; extending the short-call substitute teacher pilot program; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.441. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.441, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 122A.441 SHORT-CALL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER PILOT PROGRAM. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) A school district or charter school and applicant may jointly request the Professional |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8Educator Licensing and Standards Board approve an application for a short-call substitute |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9teaching license. The application information must sufficiently demonstrate the following: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) the applicant: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (i) holds a minimum of an associate's degree or equivalent and has or will receive |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12substitute training from the school district or charter school; or |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (ii) holds a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent and has been employed as |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14an education support personnel or paraprofessional within the district or charter school for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15at least one academic year; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) the school district or charter school has obtained the results of a background check |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17completed in accordance with section 123B.03. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board may issue a temporary |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19teaching license under this section pending a background check under section 122A.18, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20subdivision 8, and may immediately suspend or revoke the license upon receiving background |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21check information. An applicant submitting an application for a short-call substitute teaching |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 30 | | - | Authored by Mueller, Scott, Zeleznikar, Bakeberg, Huot and others02/13/2025 |
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| 31 | | - | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy |
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| 32 | | - | Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Education Finance03/13/2025 2.1license in accordance with section 122A.18, subdivision 7a, paragraph (a), must not be |
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| 30 | + | Authored by Mueller02/13/2025 |
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| 31 | + | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1license in accordance with section 122A.18, subdivision 7a, paragraph (a), must not be |
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| 33 | 32 | | 2.2required to complete a joint application with a district and must not be issued a license |
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| 34 | 33 | | 2.3pending a background check under section 122A.18, subdivision 8. |
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| 35 | 34 | | 2.4 (c) The board may prioritize short-call substitute teaching license applications to expedite |
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| 36 | 35 | | 2.5the review process. |
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| 37 | 36 | | 2.6 (d) A school district or charter school must provide a substitute teacher who receives a |
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| 38 | 37 | | 2.7substitute teaching license through the pilot program with substitute teacher training. The |
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| 39 | 38 | | 2.8board may remove a school district or charter school from the pilot program for failure to |
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| 40 | 39 | | 2.9provide the required training. |
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| 41 | 40 | | 2.10 (e) A school district or charter school must not require an employee to apply for a |
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| 42 | 41 | | 2.11substitute teaching license, or retaliate against an employee that does not apply for a substitute |
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| 43 | 42 | | 2.12teaching license under the pilot program. |
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| 44 | 43 | | 2.13 (f) A school district or charter school must compensate an employee working as a |
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| 45 | 44 | | 2.14short-call substitute teacher under the pilot program with the greater of $200 per day or the |
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| 46 | | - | 2.15employee's regular rate of pay. either the same rate of pay as other short-call substitute |
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| 47 | | - | 2.16teachers in the school district or charter school or the employee's existing rate of pay, |
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| 48 | | - | 2.17whichever is greater. |
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| 49 | | - | 2.18 (g) This section expires on June 30, 2025. |
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| 50 | | - | 2.19 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 45 | + | 2.15employee's regular rate of pay. |
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| 46 | + | 2.16 (g) This section expires on June 30, 2025 2027. |
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| 47 | + | 2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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