| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; providing for programs to support teacher candidates |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 performing student teaching; appropriating money. |
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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. APPROPRIATION; STUDENT TEACHERS. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 (a) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7commissioner of education to create programs to support teacher candidates performing |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8student teaching. The Department of Education must award a grant to a nonprofit organization |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9to disburse stipends to all teacher candidates performing at least 12 weeks of student teaching |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10at all teacher preparatory programs approved by the Professional Educator Licensing and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Standards Board. Stipends must be awarded per student, per licensure program. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) Eligible grantees must have experience in handling sensitive and personally |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13identifiable information. Consideration must be given to the length of student teaching and, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14to the extent practicable, grants awarded to students must provide compensation of $15 per |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15hour or higher. The stipend must be paid directly to the student from the grantee and must |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16not affect the student's financial aid package. Stipends must be awarded per student, per |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17licensure program. Up to five percent of the grant is available for the awardee to use for |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18grant administration. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (c) Of the amount in paragraph (a), up to five percent is available to the department for |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20grant administration. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (d) This is a onetime appropriation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-05304 as introduced03/28/25 REVISOR CR/VJ |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 3333NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: GUSTAFSON) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading04/07/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Education Finance |
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