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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to education; modifying teacher licensure provisions; transferring grant | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 programs from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 Department of Education; requiring reports; appropriating money; amending | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 120B.117, subdivision 4; 120B.363, subdivisions | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6 1, 2; 122A.09, subdivision 9; 122A.092, subdivisions 2, 5; 122A.181, subdivision | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7 3; 122A.635; 122A.70, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 5a, 6; 136A.1276, subdivision 4. | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.117, subdivision 4, is amended to read: | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10 Subd. 4.Reporting.The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11Department of Education must collaborate with the Department of Education Professional | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office of Higher Education to publish a | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13summary report of each of the programs they administer and any other programs receiving | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14state appropriations that have or include an explicit purpose of increasing the racial and | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15ethnic diversity of the state's teacher workforce to more closely reflect the diversity of | |
| 16 | 16 | 1.16students. The report must include programs under sections 122A.59, 122A.63, 122A.635, | |
| 17 | 17 | 1.17122A.70, 122A.73, 124D.09, 124D.861, 136A.1274, 136A.1276, and 136A.1791, along | |
| 18 | 18 | 1.18with any other programs or initiatives that receive state appropriations to address the shortage | |
| 19 | 19 | 1.19of teachers of color and American Indian teachers. The board commissioner must, in | |
| 20 | 20 | 1.20coordination with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and the Office | |
| 21 | 21 | 1.21of Higher Education and Department of Education, provide policy and funding | |
| 22 | 22 | 1.22recommendations related to state-funded programs to increase the recruitment, preparation, | |
| 23 | 23 | 1.23licensing, hiring, and retention of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and the state's | |
| 24 | 24 | 1.24progress toward meeting or exceeding the goals of this section. The report must include | |
| 25 | 25 | 1.25recommendations for state policy and funding needed to achieve the goals of this section, | |
| 26 | 26 | 1Section 1. | |
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| 28 | 28 | SENATE | |
| 29 | 29 | STATE OF MINNESOTA | |
| 30 | 30 | S.F. No. 1462NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 31 | 31 | (SENATE AUTHORS: KUNESH) | |
| 32 | 32 | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE | |
| 33 | 33 | Introduction and first reading40502/17/2025 | |
| 34 | 34 | Referred to Education Policy | |
| 35 | - | Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government535a02/27/2025 | |
| 36 | - | Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Education Finance03/03/2025 2.1plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients, and opportunities among grant | |
| 35 | + | Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government02/27/2025 2.1plans for sharing the report and activities of grant recipients, and opportunities among grant | |
| 37 | 36 | 2.2recipients of various programs to share effective practices with each other. The initial report | |
| 38 | 37 | 2.3must also include a recommendation of whether a state advisory council should be established | |
| 39 | 38 | 2.4to address the shortage of racially and ethnically diverse teachers and what the composition | |
| 40 | 39 | 2.5and charge of such an advisory council would be if established. The board commissioner | |
| 41 | 40 | 2.6must consult with the Indian Affairs Council and other ethnic councils along with other | |
| 42 | 41 | 2.7community partners, including students of color and American Indian students, in developing | |
| 43 | 42 | 2.8the report. The board commissioner must submit the report to the chairs and ranking minority | |
| 44 | 43 | 2.9members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education and higher education | |
| 45 | 44 | 2.10policy and finance by November 3, 2025, for the initial report, and by November 3 each | |
| 46 | 45 | 2.11even-numbered year thereafter. The report must be available to the public on the board's | |
| 47 | 46 | 2.12commissioner's website. | |
| 48 | 47 | 2.13 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.363, subdivision 1, is amended to read: | |
| 49 | 48 | 2.14 Subdivision 1.Rulemaking.The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board | |
| 50 | 49 | 2.15commissioner must adopt rules to implement a statewide credential for education | |
| 51 | 50 | 2.16paraprofessionals who assist a licensed teacher in providing student instruction. Any | |
| 52 | 51 | 2.17paraprofessional holding this credential or working in a local school district after meeting | |
| 53 | 52 | 2.18a state-approved local assessment is considered to be highly qualified under federal law. | |
| 54 | 53 | 2.19Under this subdivision, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in | |
| 55 | 54 | 2.20consultation with the commissioner, must adopt qualitative criteria for approving local | |
| 56 | 55 | 2.21assessments that include an evaluation of a paraprofessional's knowledge of reading, writing, | |
| 57 | 56 | 2.22and math and the paraprofessional's ability to assist in the instruction of reading, writing, | |
| 58 | 57 | 2.23and math. The commissioner must approve or disapprove local assessments using these | |
| 59 | 58 | 2.24criteria. The commissioner must make the criteria available to the public. | |
| 60 | 59 | 2.25 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.363, subdivision 2, is amended to read: | |
| 61 | 60 | 2.26 Subd. 2.Training possibilities.In adopting rules under subdivision 1, the board | |
| 62 | 61 | 2.27commissioner must consider including provisions that provide training in: students' | |
| 63 | 62 | 2.28characteristics; teaching and learning environment; academic instruction skills; student | |
| 64 | 63 | 2.29behavior; and ethical practices. | |
| 65 | 64 | 2.30 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read: | |
| 66 | 65 | 2.31 Subd. 9.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules.(a) | |
| 67 | 66 | 2.32The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules subject to the | |
| 68 | 67 | 2.33provisions of chapter 14 to implement sections 120B.363, 122A.05 to 122A.09, 122A.092, | |
| 69 | 68 | 2Sec. 4. | |
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| 69 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 3.1122A.16, 122A.17, 122A.18, 122A.181, 122A.182, 122A.183, 122A.184, 122A.185, | |
| 71 | 70 | 3.2122A.187, 122A.188, 122A.19, 122A.20, 122A.21, 122A.23, 122A.26, 122A.28, 122A.29, | |
| 72 | 71 | 3.3and 124D.72. | |
| 73 | 72 | 3.4 (b) The board must adopt rules relating to fields of licensure and grade levels that a | |
| 74 | 73 | 3.5licensed teacher may teach, including a process for granting permission to a licensed teacher | |
| 75 | 74 | 3.6to teach in a field that is different from the teacher's field of licensure without change to the | |
| 76 | 75 | 3.7teacher's license tier level. | |
| 77 | 76 | 3.8 (c) If a rule adopted by the board is in conflict with a session law or statute, the law or | |
| 78 | 77 | 3.9statute prevails. Terms adopted in rule must be clearly defined and must not be construed | |
| 79 | 78 | 3.10to conflict with terms adopted in statute or session law. | |
| 80 | 79 | 3.11 (d) The board must include a description of a proposed rule's probable effect on teacher | |
| 81 | 80 | 3.12supply and demand in the board's statement of need and reasonableness under section 14.131. | |
| 82 | 81 | 3.13 (e) The board must adopt rules only under the specific statutory authority. | |
| 83 | 82 | 3.14 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.092, subdivision 2, is amended to read: | |
| 84 | 83 | 3.15 Subd. 2.Requirements for board approval.Teacher preparation programs must | |
| 85 | 84 | 3.16demonstrate the following to obtain board approval: | |
| 86 | 85 | 3.17 (1) the program has implemented a research-based, results-oriented curriculum that | |
| 87 | 86 | 3.18focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective; | |
| 88 | 87 | 3.19 (2) the program provides a student teaching program; | |
| 89 | 88 | 3.20 (3) the program demonstrates effectiveness based on proficiency of graduates in | |
| 90 | 89 | 3.21demonstrating attainment of program outcomes; | |
| 91 | 90 | 3.22 (4) the program includes a common core of teaching knowledge and skills. This common | |
| 92 | 91 | 3.23core shall meet the standards developed by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and | |
| 93 | 92 | 3.24Support Consortium in its 1992 model standards for beginning teacher licensing and | |
| 94 | 93 | 3.25development. Amendments to standards adopted under this clause are subject to chapter | |
| 95 | 94 | 3.2614. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board shall report annually to the | |
| 96 | 95 | 3.27education committees of the legislature on the performance of teacher candidates on common | |
| 97 | 96 | 3.28core assessments of knowledge and skills under this clause during the most recent school | |
| 98 | 97 | 3.29year; | |
| 99 | 98 | 3.30 (5) the program includes instruction on the knowledge and skills needed to provide | |
| 100 | 99 | 3.31appropriate instruction to English learners to support and accelerate their academic literacy, | |
| 101 | 100 | 3Sec. 5. | |
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| 101 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 4.1including oral academic language and achievement in content areas in a regular classroom | |
| 103 | 102 | 4.2setting; and | |
| 104 | 103 | 4.3 (6) the program includes culturally competent training in instructional strategies consistent | |
| 105 | 104 | 4.4with section 120B.30, subdivision 8. | |
| 106 | 105 | 4.5 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.092, subdivision 5, is amended to read: | |
| 107 | 106 | 4.6 Subd. 5.Reading strategies.(a) A teacher preparation provider approved by the | |
| 108 | 107 | 4.7Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to prepare persons for classroom | |
| 109 | 108 | 4.8teacher licensure must include in its teacher preparation programs evidence-based best | |
| 110 | 109 | 4.9practices in reading, consistent with sections 120B.118 to 120B.124, including instruction | |
| 111 | 110 | 4.10on phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and reading | |
| 112 | 111 | 4.11comprehension. Instruction on reading must enable the licensure candidate to teach reading | |
| 113 | 112 | 4.12in the candidate's content areas. Teacher candidates must be instructed in using students' | |
| 114 | 113 | 4.13native languages as a resource in creating effective differentiated instructional strategies | |
| 115 | 114 | 4.14for English learners developing literacy skills. A teacher preparation provider also must | |
| 116 | 115 | 4.15prepare early childhood and elementary teacher candidates for Tier 3 and Tier 4 teaching | |
| 117 | 116 | 4.16licenses under sections 122A.183 and 122A.184, respectively. | |
| 118 | 117 | 4.17 (b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education | |
| 119 | 118 | 4.18must require instruction in applying evidence-based, structured literacy reading instruction | |
| 120 | 119 | 4.19programs that: | |
| 121 | 120 | 4.20 (1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies | |
| 122 | 121 | 4.21consistent with sections 120B.118 to 120B.124, with emphasis on mastery of foundational | |
| 123 | 122 | 4.22reading skills so that students achieve continuous progress in reading; and | |
| 124 | 123 | 4.23 (2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations | |
| 125 | 124 | 4.24that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels, including multilingual learners and | |
| 126 | 125 | 4.25students demonstrating characteristics of dyslexia, to become proficient readers. | |
| 127 | 126 | 4.26 (c) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary education, | |
| 128 | 127 | 4.27early childhood education, special education, and reading intervention must include | |
| 129 | 128 | 4.28instruction on dyslexia, as defined in section 125A.01, subdivision 2. Teacher preparation | |
| 130 | 129 | 4.29programs may consult with the Department of Education, including the dyslexia specialist | |
| 131 | 130 | 4.30under section 120B.122, to develop instruction under this paragraph. Instruction on dyslexia | |
| 132 | 131 | 4.31must be modeled on practice standards of the International Dyslexia Association, and must | |
| 133 | 132 | 4.32address: | |
| 134 | 133 | 4.33 (1) the nature and symptoms of dyslexia; | |
| 135 | 134 | 4Sec. 6. | |
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| 135 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 5.1 (2) resources available for students who show characteristics of dyslexia; | |
| 137 | 136 | 5.2 (3) evidence-based instructional strategies for students who show characteristics of | |
| 138 | 137 | 5.3dyslexia, including the structured literacy approach; and | |
| 139 | 138 | 5.4 (4) outcomes of intervention and lack of intervention for students who show | |
| 140 | 139 | 5.5characteristics of dyslexia. | |
| 141 | 140 | 5.6 (d) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's | |
| 142 | 141 | 5.7reading program or curriculum. | |
| 143 | 142 | 5.8 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read: | |
| 144 | 143 | 5.9 Subd. 3.Term of license and renewal.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 145 | 144 | 5.10Standards Board must issue an initial Tier 1 license for a term of one year. A Tier 1 license | |
| 146 | 145 | 5.11may be renewed subject to paragraphs (b) and (c). | |
| 147 | 146 | 5.12 (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must renew a Tier 1 | |
| 148 | 147 | 5.13license if: | |
| 149 | 148 | 5.14 (1) the district or charter school requesting the renewal demonstrates that it has posted | |
| 150 | 149 | 5.15the teacher position but was unable to hire an acceptable teacher with a Tier 2, 3, or 4 license | |
| 151 | 150 | 5.16for the position; | |
| 152 | 151 | 5.17 (2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license took a content examination in accordance with | |
| 153 | 152 | 5.18section 122A.185 and submitted the examination results to the teacher's employing district | |
| 154 | 153 | 5.19or charter school within one year of the board approving the request for the initial Tier 1 | |
| 155 | 154 | 5.20license; | |
| 156 | 155 | 5.21 (3) (2) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license participated in cultural competency training | |
| 157 | 156 | 5.22consistent with section 120B.30, subdivision 8, within one year of the board approving the | |
| 158 | 157 | 5.23request for the initial Tier 1 license; and | |
| 159 | 158 | 5.24 (4) (3) the teacher holding the Tier 1 license met the mental illness training renewal | |
| 160 | 159 | 5.25requirement under section 122A.187, subdivision 6. | |
| 161 | 160 | 5.26The requirement in clause (2) does not apply to a teacher that teaches a class in a career and | |
| 162 | 161 | 5.27technical education or career pathways course of study. | |
| 163 | 162 | 5.28 (c) A Tier 1 license must not be renewed more than three times, unless the requesting | |
| 164 | 163 | 5.29district or charter school can show good cause for additional renewals. A Tier 1 license | |
| 165 | 164 | 5.30issued to teach (1) a class or course in a career and technical education or career pathway | |
| 166 | 165 | 5.31course of study, or (2) in a shortage area, as defined in section 122A.06, subdivision 6, may | |
| 167 | 166 | 5.32be renewed without limitation. | |
| 168 | 167 | 5Sec. 7. | |
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| 168 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 6.1 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.635, is amended to read: | |
| 170 | 169 | 6.2 122A.635 COLLABORATIVE URBAN AND GREATER MINNESOTA | |
| 171 | 170 | 6.3EDUCATORS OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM. | |
| 172 | 171 | 6.4 Subdivision 1.Establishment.The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards | |
| 173 | 172 | 6.5Board Department of Education must award competitive grants to increase the number of | |
| 174 | 173 | 6.6teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian, complete teacher preparation | |
| 175 | 174 | 6.7programs, and meet the requirements for a Tier 3 license under section 122A.183. Eligibility | |
| 176 | 175 | 6.8for a grant under this section is limited to public or private higher education institutions that | |
| 177 | 176 | 6.9offer a teacher preparation program approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 178 | 177 | 6.10Standards Board. | |
| 179 | 178 | 6.11 Subd. 2.Competitive grants.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards | |
| 180 | 179 | 6.12Board commissioner must award competitive grants to a variety of higher education | |
| 181 | 180 | 6.13institution types under this section. The board commissioner must require an applicant | |
| 182 | 181 | 6.14institution to submit a plan describing how it would use grant funds to increase the number | |
| 183 | 182 | 6.15of teachers who are of color or who are American Indian, and must award grants based on | |
| 184 | 183 | 6.16the following criteria, listed in descending order of priority. To the extent practicable, the | |
| 185 | 184 | 6.17commissioner must award grants based on the following criteria: | |
| 186 | 185 | 6.18 (1) program outcomes, including graduation or program completion rates and licensure | |
| 187 | 186 | 6.19recommendation rates for candidates who are of color or who are American Indian compared | |
| 188 | 187 | 6.20to all candidates enrolled in a teacher preparation program at the institution and, for each | |
| 189 | 188 | 6.21outcome measure, the number of teacher candidates who are of color or who are American | |
| 190 | 189 | 6.22Indian; | |
| 191 | 190 | 6.23 (2) the extent to which an institution's plan is clear in describing how the institution | |
| 192 | 191 | 6.24would use grant funds for implementing explicit research-based practices to provide | |
| 193 | 192 | 6.25programmatic support to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian. | |
| 194 | 193 | 6.26Plans for grant funds may include: | |
| 195 | 194 | 6.27 (i) recruiting more racially and ethnically diverse candidates for admission to teacher | |
| 196 | 195 | 6.28preparation programs; | |
| 197 | 196 | 6.29 (ii) providing differentiated advising, mentoring, or other supportive community-building | |
| 198 | 197 | 6.30activities in addition to what the institution provides to all candidates enrolled in the | |
| 199 | 198 | 6.31institution; | |
| 200 | 199 | 6.32 (iii) providing academic tutoring or support to help teacher candidates pass required | |
| 201 | 200 | 6.33assessments; and | |
| 202 | 201 | 6Sec. 8. | |
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| 202 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 7.1 (iv) providing for program staffing expenses; | |
| 204 | 203 | 7.2 (3) an institution's plan to provide direct financial assistance as scholarships or stipends | |
| 205 | 204 | 7.3within the allowable dollar range determined by the board under subdivision 3, paragraph | |
| 206 | 205 | 7.4(b), to teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian, not to exceed $5,000 | |
| 207 | 206 | 7.5per academic year for each candidate. The purpose of direct financial assistance is to provide | |
| 208 | 207 | 7.6cost of attendance financial assistance to candidates matriculating through the licensure | |
| 209 | 208 | 7.7program if they demonstrate financial need; | |
| 210 | 209 | 7.8 (4) whether the institution has previously received a competitive grant under this section | |
| 211 | 210 | 7.9and has demonstrated positive outcomes from the use of grant funds for efforts helping | |
| 212 | 211 | 7.10teacher candidates who are of color or who are American Indian to enroll in and successfully | |
| 213 | 212 | 7.11complete teacher preparation programs and be recommended for licensure; | |
| 214 | 213 | 7.12 (5) geographic diversity among the applicant institutions. In order to expand the number | |
| 215 | 214 | 7.13of grant recipients throughout the state, whenever there is at least a 20 percent increase in | |
| 216 | 215 | 7.14the base appropriation for this grant program, the board must prioritize awarding grants to | |
| 217 | 216 | 7.15institutions outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. If the board awards a grant based | |
| 218 | 217 | 7.16on the criteria in paragraph (a) to a program that has not previously received funding, the | |
| 219 | 218 | 7.17board must thereafter give priority to the program equivalent to other programs that have | |
| 220 | 219 | 7.18received grants and demonstrated positive outcomes To the extent there are sufficient | |
| 221 | 220 | 7.19applications, and to the extent practicable, the commissioner must award an equal number | |
| 222 | 221 | 7.20of grants between applicants in greater Minnesota and those in the seven-county metropolitan | |
| 223 | 222 | 7.21area; and | |
| 224 | 223 | 7.22 (6) the percentage of racially and ethnically diverse teacher candidates enrolled in the | |
| 225 | 224 | 7.23institution teacher preparation program compared to: the aggregate percentage of students | |
| 226 | 225 | 7.24of color and American Indian students enrolled in the institution, regardless of major. | |
| 227 | 226 | 7.25 (i) the aggregate percentage of students of color and American Indian students enrolled | |
| 228 | 227 | 7.26in the institution, regardless of major; and | |
| 229 | 228 | 7.27 (ii) the percentage of underrepresented racially and ethnically diverse teachers in the | |
| 230 | 229 | 7.28economic development region of the state where the institution is located and where a | |
| 231 | 230 | 7.29shortage of diverse teachers exists, as reported under section 122A.091, subdivision 5. | |
| 232 | 231 | 7.30 (b) The board commissioner must not penalize an applicant institution in the grant review | |
| 233 | 232 | 7.31process for using grant funds only to provide direct financial support to teacher candidates | |
| 234 | 233 | 7.32if that is the institution's priority and the institution uses other resources to provide | |
| 235 | 234 | 7.33programmatic support to candidates. | |
| 236 | 235 | 7Sec. 8. | |
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| 236 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 8.1 (c) The board commissioner must determine award amounts for development, | |
| 238 | 237 | 8.2maintenance, or expansion of programs based only on the degree to which applicants meet | |
| 239 | 238 | 8.3the criteria in this subdivision, the number of candidates who are of color or who are | |
| 240 | 239 | 8.4American Indian supported by an applicant program, and funds available. | |
| 241 | 240 | 8.5 (d) The board must determine grant awards in part by multiplying the number of teacher | |
| 242 | 241 | 8.6candidates to be provided direct financial assistance by the average amount the institution | |
| 243 | 242 | 8.7proposes per candidate that is within the allowable dollar range. After assessing an | |
| 244 | 243 | 8.8institution's adherence to grant criteria and funds available, the board may grant an institution | |
| 245 | 244 | 8.9a lower average amount per candidate and the institution may decide to award less per | |
| 246 | 245 | 8.10candidate or provide financial assistance to fewer candidates within the allowable range. | |
| 247 | 246 | 8.11Additionally, an institution may use up to 25 percent of the awarded grant funds to provide | |
| 248 | 247 | 8.12programmatic support as described in paragraph (a), clause (3). If the board does not award | |
| 249 | 248 | 8.13an applicant institution's full request, the board must allow the institution to modify how it | |
| 250 | 249 | 8.14uses grant funds to maximize program outcomes consistent with the requirements of this | |
| 251 | 250 | 8.15section. The commissioner must allow an institution to use up to 25 percent of the awarded | |
| 252 | 251 | 8.16grant funds to provide programmatic support for the teacher candidates receiving financial | |
| 253 | 252 | 8.17support. | |
| 254 | 253 | 8.18 Subd. 3.Grant program administration.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 255 | 254 | 8.19Standards Board may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of Higher | |
| 256 | 255 | 8.20Education. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher Education | |
| 257 | 256 | 8.21to help establish and administer the competitive grant process. The board must award grants | |
| 258 | 257 | 8.22to institutions located in various economic development regions throughout the state, but | |
| 259 | 258 | 8.23The department must not predetermine the number of institutions to be awarded grants | |
| 260 | 259 | 8.24under this section or set a limit for the amount that any one institution may receive as part | |
| 261 | 260 | 8.25of the competitive grant application process. | |
| 262 | 261 | 8.26 (b) The board must establish a standard allowable dollar range for the amount of direct | |
| 263 | 262 | 8.27financial assistance an applicant institution may provide to each candidate. To determine | |
| 264 | 263 | 8.28the range, the board may collect de-identified data from institutions that received a grant | |
| 265 | 264 | 8.29during the previous grant period and calculate the average scholarship amount awarded to | |
| 266 | 265 | 8.30all candidates across all institutions using the most recent fiscal year data available. The | |
| 267 | 266 | 8.31calculation may be used to determine a scholarship range that is no more than 25 percent | |
| 268 | 267 | 8.32of this amount and no less than half the average of this amount. The purpose of direct | |
| 269 | 268 | 8.33financial assistance is to assist candidates matriculating through completing licensure | |
| 270 | 269 | 8.34programs if they demonstrate financial need after considering other grants and scholarships | |
| 271 | 270 | 8.35provided. | |
| 272 | 271 | 8Sec. 8. | |
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| 272 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 9.1 (c) (b) All grants must be awarded by August 15 of the fiscal year in which the grants | |
| 274 | 273 | 9.2are to be used. The deadline must be extended if changes to the grant program or | |
| 275 | 274 | 9.3appropriation impact the timeline for grant awards. An institution that receives a grant under | |
| 276 | 275 | 9.4this section may use the grant funds over a two- up to a four-year period to sustain support | |
| 277 | 276 | 9.5for teacher candidates at any stage from recruitment and program admission to graduation | |
| 278 | 277 | 9.6and licensure application. For grantees who receive multiple awards that overlap in the same | |
| 279 | 278 | 9.7academic years, the maximum combined total of direct financial assistance that an institution | |
| 280 | 279 | 9.8may provide to the same teacher candidate in the same academic year is $10,000. | |
| 281 | 280 | 9.9 Subd. 4.Report.(a) By August 15 of each year, an institution awarded a grant under | |
| 282 | 281 | 9.10this section must prepare for the board commissioner a detailed report regarding the | |
| 283 | 282 | 9.11expenditure of grant funds, including the amounts used to recruit, retain, and support teacher | |
| 284 | 283 | 9.12candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates to complete programs and be | |
| 285 | 284 | 9.13recommended for licensure. The report must include: | |
| 286 | 285 | 9.14 (1) the total number of teacher candidates of color and American Indian teacher candidates | |
| 287 | 286 | 9.15who: | |
| 288 | 287 | 9.16 (i) are enrolled in the institution; | |
| 289 | 288 | 9.17 (ii) are supported by grant funds with direct financial assistance during the academic | |
| 290 | 289 | 9.18reporting year; | |
| 291 | 290 | 9.19 (iii) are supported with other programmatic supports; | |
| 292 | 291 | 9.20 (iv) are recruited and newly admitted to a licensure program; | |
| 293 | 292 | 9.21 (v) are enrolled in a licensure program; | |
| 294 | 293 | 9.22 (vi) have completed a licensure program; and | |
| 295 | 294 | 9.23 (vii) were recommended for licensure in the field for which they were prepared; | |
| 296 | 295 | 9.24 (2) the total number of teacher candidates of color or American Indian teacher candidates | |
| 297 | 296 | 9.25at each stage from program admission to licensure recommendation as a percentage of all | |
| 298 | 297 | 9.26candidates seeking the same licensure at the institution; and | |
| 299 | 298 | 9.27 (3) a brief narrative describing the successes and challenges of efforts proposed in the | |
| 300 | 299 | 9.28grant application to support candidates with grant funds, and lessons learned for future | |
| 301 | 300 | 9.29efforts. | |
| 302 | 301 | 9.30 (b) By November 1 of each year, the board commissioner must post a report on its | |
| 303 | 302 | 9.31website summarizing the activities and outcomes of grant recipients and results that promote | |
| 304 | 303 | 9.32sharing of effective practices and lessons learned among grant recipients. | |
| 305 | 304 | 9Sec. 8. | |
| 306 | - | S1462- | |
| 305 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 10.1 Subd. 5.Positions transferred.All classified and unclassified positions associated with | |
| 307 | 306 | 10.2the administration of grant programs being transferred to the Department of Education under | |
| 308 | 307 | 10.3this section are transferred with their incumbents in accordance with section 15.039, | |
| 309 | 308 | 10.4subdivision 7, except as otherwise provided in section 122A.07. | |
| 310 | 309 | 10.5 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read: | |
| 311 | 310 | 10.6 Subd. 2.Board Grants.(a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board | |
| 312 | 311 | 10.7Department of Education must make grant application forms available to sites interested in | |
| 313 | 312 | 10.8developing, sustaining, or expanding a mentorship program. | |
| 314 | 313 | 10.9 (b) The following applicants are eligible for a program grant: | |
| 315 | 314 | 10.10 (1) a school district, charter school, or cooperative unit, on behalf of its participating | |
| 316 | 315 | 10.11school sites; | |
| 317 | 316 | 10.12 (2) a Tribal contract school; | |
| 318 | 317 | 10.13 (3) a coalition of teachers; and | |
| 319 | 318 | 10.14 (4) a higher education institution; | |
| 320 | 319 | 10.15 (5) a nonprofit organization; | |
| 321 | 320 | 10.16 (6) a professional organization; and | |
| 322 | 321 | 10.17 (4) (7) a coalition of two or more applicants that are individually eligible for a grant. | |
| 323 | 322 | 10.18A higher education institution, professional organization, or nonprofit organization may | |
| 324 | 323 | 10.19must partner with an eligible grant applicant but is not eligible as a sole applicant for grant | |
| 325 | 324 | 10.20funds a school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Tribal contract school, or coalition | |
| 326 | 325 | 10.21of teachers to apply for a grant. | |
| 327 | 326 | 10.22 (c) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, in consultation with the | |
| 328 | 327 | 10.23teacher mentoring task force, commissioner of education must approve or disapprove the | |
| 329 | 328 | 10.24applications. To the extent possible, the approved applications must reflect effective | |
| 330 | 329 | 10.25mentoring, professional development, and retention components, and be geographically | |
| 331 | 330 | 10.26distributed throughout the state. The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board | |
| 332 | 331 | 10.27must encourage the selected sites to consider the use of its assessment procedures. | |
| 333 | 332 | 10.28Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read: | |
| 334 | 333 | 10.29 Subd. 3.Criteria for selection.(a) At a minimum, Applicants for grants under | |
| 335 | 334 | 10.30subdivision 2 must express commitment to: | |
| 336 | 335 | 10Sec. 10. | |
| 337 | - | S1462- | |
| 336 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 11.1 (1) allow staff participation; | |
| 338 | 337 | 11.2 (2) assess skills of both beginning and mentor teachers; | |
| 339 | 338 | 11.3 (3) provide appropriate in-service to needs identified in the assessment; | |
| 340 | 339 | 11.4 (4) provide leadership to the effort; | |
| 341 | 340 | 11.5 (5) cooperate with higher education institutions or teacher educators; | |
| 342 | 341 | 11.6 (6) provide facilities and other resources; | |
| 343 | 342 | 11.7 (7) share findings, materials, and techniques with other school districts; and | |
| 344 | 343 | 11.8 (8) retain teachers of color and teachers who are American Indian. | |
| 345 | 344 | 11.9 (b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board commissioner must give | |
| 346 | 345 | 11.10priority to applications to fund programs to induct, mentor, and retain Tier 2 or Tier 3 | |
| 347 | 346 | 11.11teachers who are of color or who are American Indian, and Tier 2 or Tier 3 teachers in | |
| 348 | 347 | 11.12licensure shortage areas within the applicant's economic development region. | |
| 349 | 348 | 11.13Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5, is amended to read: | |
| 350 | 349 | 11.14 Subd. 5.Program implementation.A grant recipient may use grant funds on | |
| 351 | 350 | 11.15implementing activities over a period of time up to 24 months. New and expanding | |
| 352 | 351 | 11.16mentorship sites that receive a board grant under subdivision 2 to design, develop, implement, | |
| 353 | 352 | 11.17and evaluate their program must participate in activities that support program development | |
| 354 | 353 | 11.18and implementation. | |
| 355 | 354 | 11.19Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 5a, is amended to read: | |
| 356 | 355 | 11.20 Subd. 5a.Grant program administration.The Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 357 | 356 | 11.21Standards Board commissioner may enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of | |
| 358 | 357 | 11.22Higher Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 359 | 358 | 11.23Standards Board. The agreement may include a transfer of funds to the Office of Higher | |
| 360 | 359 | 11.24Education or the Department of Education Professional Educator Licensing and Standards | |
| 361 | 360 | 11.25Board to help administer the competitive grant process. | |
| 362 | 361 | 11.26Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 122A.70, subdivision 6, is amended to read: | |
| 363 | 362 | 11.27 Subd. 6.Report.By September 30 of each year after receiving a grant, recipients must | |
| 364 | 363 | 11.28submit a report to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board on program | |
| 365 | 364 | 11.29efforts that describes mentoring and induction activities and assesses the impact of these | |
| 366 | 365 | 11.30programs on teacher effectiveness and retention. The board commissioner must publish a | |
| 367 | 366 | 11Sec. 13. | |
| 368 | - | S1462- | |
| 367 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 12.1summary report for the public and submit the report to the committees of the legislature | |
| 369 | 368 | 12.2with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance in | |
| 370 | 369 | 12.3accordance with section 3.302 by November 30 of each even year. | |
| 371 | 370 | 12.4 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 136A.1276, subdivision 4, is amended to read: | |
| 372 | 371 | 12.5 Subd. 4.Report.An alternative teacher preparation program receiving a grant under | |
| 373 | 372 | 12.6this section must submit a report to the commissioner and the Professional Educator Licensing | |
| 374 | 373 | 12.7and Standards Board on the grantee's ability to fill teacher shortage areas and positively | |
| 375 | 374 | 12.8impact student achievement where data are available and do not identify individual teachers. | |
| 376 | 375 | 12.9A grant recipient must submit the report required under this subdivision by January 31, | |
| 377 | 376 | 12.102018, and each even-numbered subsequent year thereafter this particular grant receives | |
| 378 | 377 | 12.11allocated funding. The report must include disaggregated data regarding: | |
| 379 | 378 | 12.12 (1) the racial and ethnic diversity of teachers and teacher candidates licensed through | |
| 380 | 379 | 12.13the program; and | |
| 381 | 380 | 12.14 (2) program participant placement. | |
| 382 | 381 | 12.15Sec. 15. TRANSFER OF GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF. | |
| 383 | 382 | 12.16 Subdivision 1.Transfer of contracts, obligations, and unexpended funds.All contracts, | |
| 384 | 383 | 12.17obligations, and unexpended funds associated with the administration of grant programs | |
| 385 | 384 | 12.18under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, are transferred from the | |
| 386 | 385 | 12.19Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to the Department of Education | |
| 387 | 386 | 12.20pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, subdivisions 5, 5a, and 6. | |
| 388 | - | 12.21 Subd. 2.Transfer of staff; protections; applicability of collective bargaining | |
| 389 | - | 12.22agreements.(a) Personnel relating to the administration of grant programs under Minnesota | |
| 390 | - | 12.23Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, with the Professional Educator Licensing and | |
| 391 | - | 12.24Standards Board are transferred to the Department of Education beginning August 1, 2025, | |
| 392 | - | 12.25with 30 days notice from the commissioner of management and budget and after approval | |
| 393 | - | 12.26by the commissioner. | |
| 394 | - | 12.27 (b) The following protections apply to employees who are transferred to the department | |
| 395 | - | 12.28from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to administer grant programs | |
| 396 | - | 12.29under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70: | |
| 397 | - | 12.30 (1) no transferred employee shall have their employment status and job classification | |
| 398 | - | 12.31altered as a result of the transfer; | |
| 399 | - | 12Sec. 15. | |
| 400 | - | S1462-2 2nd EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 13.1 (2) transferred employees who were represented by an exclusive representative prior to | |
| 401 | - | 13.2the transfer shall continue to be represented by the same exclusive representative after the | |
| 402 | - | 13.3transfer; | |
| 403 | - | 13.4 (3) any applicable collective bargaining agreements with exclusive representatives shall | |
| 404 | - | 13.5continue in full force and effect for transferred employees after the transfer; | |
| 405 | - | 13.6 (4) when an employee in a temporary unclassified position is transferred to the | |
| 406 | - | 13.7department, the total length of time that the employee has served in the appointment shall | |
| 407 | - | 13.8include all time served in the appointment at the transferring agency and the time served in | |
| 408 | - | 13.9the appointment at the department. An employee in a temporary unclassified position who | |
| 409 | - | 13.10was hired by a transferring agency through an open competitive selection process in | |
| 410 | - | 13.11accordance with a policy enacted by the commissioner of management and budget is | |
| 411 | - | 13.12considered to have been hired through that selection process after the transfer; and | |
| 412 | - | 13.13 (5) the state must meet and negotiate with the exclusive representatives of the transferred | |
| 413 | - | 13.14employees about any proposed changes affecting or relating to the transferred employees' | |
| 414 | - | 13.15terms and conditions of employment to the extent that the proposed changes are not addressed | |
| 415 | - | 13.16in the applicable collective bargaining agreement. | |
| 416 | - | 13.17 Subd. 3.Future transfer.(a) If the state transfers ownership or control of any facilities, | |
| 417 | - | 13.18services, or operations of the department related to the administration of grant programs | |
| 418 | - | 13.19under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, to another private or public | |
| 419 | - | 13.20entity by subcontract, sale, assignment, lease, or other transfer, the state must require as a | |
| 420 | - | 13.21written condition of the transfer of ownership or control the following: | |
| 421 | - | 13.22 (1) employees who perform work in the facilities, services, or operations related to the | |
| 422 | - | 13.23administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70, | |
| 423 | - | 13.24must be offered employment with the entity acquiring ownership or control before the entity | |
| 424 | - | 13.25offers employment to any individual who was not employed by the transferring agency at | |
| 425 | - | 13.26the time of the transfer; and | |
| 426 | - | 13.27 (2) the wage and benefit standards of the transferred employees must not be reduced by | |
| 427 | - | 13.28the entity acquiring ownership or control through the expiration of the collective bargaining | |
| 428 | - | 13.29agreement in effect at the time of the transfer or for a period of two years after the transfer, | |
| 429 | - | 13.30whichever is longer. | |
| 430 | - | 13.31 (b) There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action arises against, the state of | |
| 431 | - | 13.32Minnesota or its officers or agents for any action or inaction of any entity acquiring ownership | |
| 432 | - | 13.33or control of any facilities, services, or operations of the department related to the | |
| 433 | - | 13.34administration of grant programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections 122A.635 and 122A.70. | |
| 434 | - | 13Sec. 15. | |
| 435 | - | S1462-2 2nd EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 14.1 Sec. 16. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. | |
| 436 | - | 14.2 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are | |
| 437 | - | 14.3appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years | |
| 438 | - | 14.4designated. | |
| 439 | - | 14.5 Subd. 2.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants.(a) | |
| 440 | - | 14.6For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under | |
| 441 | - | 14.7Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635: | |
| 442 | - | 2026.....5,440,00014.8 $ | |
| 443 | - | 2027.....5,440,00014.9 $ | |
| 444 | - | 14.10 (b) The commissioner may retain up to $100,000 of the appropriation in each year to | |
| 445 | - | 14.11monitor and administer the grant program. | |
| 446 | - | 14.12 (c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 447 | - | 14.13 Subd. 3.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers | |
| 448 | - | 14.14of color.(a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed | |
| 449 | - | 14.15for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70: | |
| 450 | - | 2026.....4,500,00014.16 $ | |
| 451 | - | 2027.....4,500,00014.17 $ | |
| 452 | - | 14.18 (b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), at least $3,500,000 each fiscal year is for grants to | |
| 453 | - | 14.19develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed for teachers of | |
| 454 | - | 14.20color or American Indian teachers. | |
| 455 | - | 14.21 (c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 456 | - | 14.22 (d) The commissioner may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to | |
| 457 | - | 14.23monitor and administer the grant program. | |
| 458 | - | 14.24 Subd. 4.Teacher recruitment marketing campaign.(a) To develop two contracts to | |
| 459 | - | 14.25develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign under this subdivision: | |
| 460 | - | 2026.....500,00014.26 $ | |
| 461 | - | 2027.....500,00014.27 $ | |
| 462 | - | 14.28 (b) The commissioner must issue a request for proposals to develop and implement an | |
| 463 | - | 14.29outreach and marketing campaign to elevate the profession and recruit teachers, especially | |
| 464 | - | 14.30teachers of color and American Indian teachers. Outreach efforts should include and support | |
| 465 | - | 14.31current and former Teacher of the Year finalists interested in being recruitment fellows to | |
| 466 | - | 14.32encourage prospective educators throughout the state. The commissioner may renew a grant | |
| 467 | - | 14Sec. 16. | |
| 468 | - | S1462-2 2nd EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 15.1contract with a prior recipient if it determines sufficient deliverables were achieved and the | |
| 469 | - | 15.2plans of the firm or organization are more promising than proposals from other entities. | |
| 470 | - | 15.3 (c) The outreach and marketing campaign must focus on increasing interest in teaching | |
| 471 | - | 15.4in Minnesota public schools for the following individuals: | |
| 472 | - | 15.5 (1) high school and college students of color or American Indian students who have not | |
| 473 | - | 15.6chosen a career path; or | |
| 474 | - | 15.7 (2) adults from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the teacher workforce who | |
| 475 | - | 15.8may be seeking to change careers. | |
| 476 | - | 15.9 (d) The commissioner must award two $250,000 grants each year to firms or organizations | |
| 477 | - | 15.10that demonstrate capacity to reach wide and varied audiences of prospective teachers based | |
| 478 | - | 15.11on a work plan with quarterly deliverables. Preferences should be given to firms or | |
| 479 | - | 15.12organizations that are led by people of color and that have people of color working on the | |
| 480 | - | 15.13campaign with a proven record of success. The grant recipients must recognize current | |
| 481 | - | 15.14pathways or programs to become a teacher and must partner with educators, schools, | |
| 482 | - | 15.15institutions, and racially diverse communities. The grant recipients are encouraged to provide | |
| 483 | - | 15.16in-kind contributions or seek funds from nonstate sources to supplement the grant award. | |
| 484 | - | 15.17 (e) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of the appropriation amount | |
| 485 | - | 15.18to administer the program under this subdivision, and may have an interagency agreement | |
| 486 | - | 15.19with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board including transfer of funds | |
| 487 | - | 15.20to help administer the program. | |
| 488 | - | 15.21 (f) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 does not cancel but is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 489 | - | 15.22 Subd. 5.License applications.For the Board of School Administrators to undertake | |
| 490 | - | 15.23the review and processing of administrative license applications: | |
| 491 | - | 2026.....289,00015.24 $ | |
| 492 | - | 2027.....189,00015.25 $ | |
| 493 | - | 15.26Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND | |
| 494 | - | 15.27STANDARDS BOARD. | |
| 495 | - | 15.28 Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.(a) The sums | |
| 496 | - | 15.29indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator | |
| 497 | - | 15.30Licensing and Standards Board in the fiscal years designated: | |
| 498 | - | 2026.....3,933,00015.31 $ | |
| 499 | - | 2027.....4,033,00015.32 $ | |
| 387 | + | 12.21 Subd. 2.Transfer of staff.The staff position associated with the administration of grant | |
| 388 | + | 12.22programs is transferred from the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board to | |
| 389 | + | 12.23the Department of Education pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, subdivision | |
| 390 | + | 12.247. In addition to any other protection, no employee shall suffer job loss, have a salary | |
| 391 | + | 12.25reduced, or have employment benefits reduced as a result of the transfer of authority. | |
| 392 | + | 12.26Sec. 16. APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. | |
| 393 | + | 12.27 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are | |
| 394 | + | 12.28appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years | |
| 395 | + | 12.29designated. | |
| 396 | + | 12Sec. 16. | |
| 397 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 13.1 Subd. 2.Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants.(a) | |
| 398 | + | 13.2For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under | |
| 399 | + | 13.3Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635: | |
| 400 | + | 2026.....5,440,00013.4 $ | |
| 401 | + | 2027.....5,440,00013.5 $ | |
| 402 | + | 13.6 (b) The commissioner may retain up to $100,000 of the appropriation in each year to | |
| 403 | + | 13.7monitor and administer the grant program. | |
| 404 | + | 13.8 (c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 405 | + | 13.9 Subd. 3.Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers | |
| 406 | + | 13.10of color.(a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed | |
| 407 | + | 13.11for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70: | |
| 408 | + | 2026.....4,500,00013.12 $ | |
| 409 | + | 2027.....4,500,00013.13 $ | |
| 410 | + | 13.14 (b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), at least $3,500,000 each fiscal year is for grants to | |
| 411 | + | 13.15develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed for teachers of | |
| 412 | + | 13.16color or American Indian teachers. | |
| 413 | + | 13.17 (c) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 414 | + | 13.18 (d) The commissioner may retain up to three percent of the appropriation amount to | |
| 415 | + | 13.19monitor and administer the grant program. | |
| 416 | + | 13.20 Subd. 4.Teacher recruitment marketing campaign.(a) To develop two contracts to | |
| 417 | + | 13.21develop and implement an outreach and marketing campaign under this subdivision: | |
| 418 | + | 2026.....500,00013.22 $ | |
| 419 | + | 2027.....500,00013.23 $ | |
| 420 | + | 13.24 (b) The commissioner must issue a request for proposals to develop and implement an | |
| 421 | + | 13.25outreach and marketing campaign to elevate the profession and recruit teachers, especially | |
| 422 | + | 13.26teachers of color and American Indian teachers. Outreach efforts should include and support | |
| 423 | + | 13.27current and former Teacher of the Year finalists interested in being recruitment fellows to | |
| 424 | + | 13.28encourage prospective educators throughout the state. The commissioner may renew a grant | |
| 425 | + | 13.29contract with a prior recipient if it determines sufficient deliverables were achieved and the | |
| 426 | + | 13.30plans of the firm or organization are more promising than proposals from other entities. | |
| 427 | + | 13.31 (c) The outreach and marketing campaign must focus on increasing interest in teaching | |
| 428 | + | 13.32in Minnesota public schools for the following individuals: | |
| 429 | + | 13Sec. 16. | |
| 430 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 14.1 (1) high school and college students of color or American Indian students who have not | |
| 431 | + | 14.2chosen a career path; or | |
| 432 | + | 14.3 (2) adults from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the teacher workforce who | |
| 433 | + | 14.4may be seeking to change careers. | |
| 434 | + | 14.5 (d) The commissioner must award two $250,000 grants each year to firms or organizations | |
| 435 | + | 14.6that demonstrate capacity to reach wide and varied audiences of prospective teachers based | |
| 436 | + | 14.7on a work plan with quarterly deliverables. Preferences should be given to firms or | |
| 437 | + | 14.8organizations that are led by people of color and that have people of color working on the | |
| 438 | + | 14.9campaign with a proven record of success. The grant recipients must recognize current | |
| 439 | + | 14.10pathways or programs to become a teacher and must partner with educators, schools, | |
| 440 | + | 14.11institutions, and racially diverse communities. The grant recipients are encouraged to provide | |
| 441 | + | 14.12in-kind contributions or seek funds from nonstate sources to supplement the grant award. | |
| 442 | + | 14.13 (e) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of the appropriation amount | |
| 443 | + | 14.14to administer the program under this subdivision, and may have an interagency agreement | |
| 444 | + | 14.15with the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board including transfer of funds | |
| 445 | + | 14.16to help administer the program. | |
| 446 | + | 14.17 (f) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 does not cancel but is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 447 | + | 14.18 Subd. 5.License applications.For the Board of School Administrators to undertake | |
| 448 | + | 14.19the review and processing of administrative license applications: | |
| 449 | + | 2026.....289,00014.20 $ | |
| 450 | + | 2027.....189,00014.21 $ | |
| 451 | + | 14.22Sec. 17. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND | |
| 452 | + | 14.23STANDARDS BOARD. | |
| 453 | + | 14.24 Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.(a) The sums | |
| 454 | + | 14.25indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator | |
| 455 | + | 14.26Licensing and Standards Board in the fiscal years designated: | |
| 456 | + | 2026.....3,933,00014.27 $ | |
| 457 | + | 2027.....4,033,00014.28 $ | |
| 458 | + | 14.29 (b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 459 | + | 14.30 Subd. 2.Alternative pathways support position.To fund a position at the Professional | |
| 460 | + | 14.31Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through alternative pathway | |
| 461 | + | 14Sec. 17. | |
| 462 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 15.1programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support districts, charter | |
| 463 | + | 15.2schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation providers: | |
| 464 | + | 2026.....205,00015.3 $ | |
| 465 | + | 2027.....208,00015.4 $ | |
| 466 | + | 15.5 Subd. 3.Heritage language and culture teachers.To support the licensure pathway | |
| 467 | + | 15.6program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section | |
| 468 | + | 15.7122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers on | |
| 469 | + | 15.8meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program | |
| 470 | + | 15.9participants: | |
| 471 | + | 2026.....319,00015.10 $ | |
| 472 | + | 2027.....322,00015.11 $ | |
| 473 | + | 15.12 Subd. 4.Licensure via portfolio online platform.To complete the licensure via portfolio | |
| 474 | + | 15.13online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process: | |
| 475 | + | 2026.....471,00015.14 $ | |
| 476 | + | 2027.....321,00015.15 $ | |
| 500 | 477 | 15Sec. 17. | |
| 501 | - | S1462-2 2nd EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR 16.1 (b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. | |
| 502 | - | 16.2 Subd. 2.Alternative pathways support position.To fund a position at the Professional | |
| 503 | - | 16.3Educator Licensing and Standards Board to support candidates through alternative pathway | |
| 504 | - | 16.4programs, including the licensure via portfolio process, and to support districts, charter | |
| 505 | - | 16.5schools, and educational cooperatives to become alternative preparation providers: | |
| 506 | - | 2026.....205,00016.6 $ | |
| 507 | - | 2027.....208,00016.7 $ | |
| 508 | - | 16.8 Subd. 3.Heritage language and culture teachers.To support the licensure pathway | |
| 509 | - | 16.9program for heritage language and culture teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section | |
| 510 | - | 16.10122A.631, including funding for a portfolio liaison and funding for substitute teachers on | |
| 511 | - | 16.11meeting days, portfolio fees, licensure fees, and licensure exam fees for 50 program | |
| 512 | - | 16.12participants: | |
| 513 | - | 2026.....319,00016.13 $ | |
| 514 | - | 2027.....322,00016.14 $ | |
| 515 | - | 16.15 Subd. 4.Licensure via portfolio online platform.To complete the licensure via portfolio | |
| 516 | - | 16.16online platform to streamline the portfolio submission and review process: | |
| 517 | - | 2026.....471,00016.17 $ | |
| 518 | - | 2027.....321,00016.18 $ | |
| 519 | - | 16Sec. 17. | |
| 520 | - | S1462-2 2nd EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR | |
| 478 | + | S1462-1 1st EngrossmentSF1462 REVISOR CR |