SF 1415

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/28/2017 08:44am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing funding for the paraprofessional pathway
to teacher licensure; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Department of Education.

The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.

Subd. 2.

Paraprofessional pathway to teacher licensure.

(a) For grants to school
districts for Grow Your Own new teacher programs:

	$	3,000,000	.....	2018
	$	3,000,000	.....	2019

(b) The grants are for a school district with more than 40 percent minority students to
provide tuition scholarships or stipends to eligible employees for a nonconventional teacher
residency pilot program established under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.09, subdivision
10, paragraph (a). The program shall provide tuition scholarships or stipends to enable
education or teaching assistants or other nonlicensed employees of a school district with
more than 40 percent minority students who hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university and who seek an education license to participate in a Board of
Teaching-approved nonconventional teacher residency program under Minnesota Statutes,
section 122A.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (a). Any funds not awarded by June 1, 2019,
may be reallocated among the remaining districts if the total cost of the program exceeds
the original allocation.