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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing award amounts of innovative
service-learning grants; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55,
article 2, section 59.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 59, is amended to read:
Sec. 59. INNOVATIVE INCUBATOR SERVICE-LEARNING GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
(b) "Eligible school" means a school district or school site operated by a school district,
charter school, or Tribal contract or grant school eligible for state aid under Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.83, or cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 123A.24,
subdivision 2.
(c) "Eligible service-learning partnership" means a partnership that includes an eligible
school and at least one community-based organization, community education program, state
or federal agency, or political subdivision. An eligible service-learning partnership may
include other individuals or entities, such as a postsecondary faculty member or institution,
parent, other community member, local business or business organization, or local media
representative. A school district member in an eligible service-learning partnership may
participate in the partnership through a community education program established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.19.
Subd. 2.
Establishment; eligibility criteria; application requirements.
(a) A technical
assistance and grant program is established to initiate or expand and strengthen innovative
service-learning opportunities for students in kindergarten through grade 12; increase student
engagement and academic achievement; help close the academic achievement gap and the
community, college, and career opportunity gaps; and create a positive school climate and
safer schools and communities.
(b) At least one teacher, administrator, or program staff member and at least one
service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, curriculum specialist, or other
qualified employee employed by an eligible school and designated to develop and share
expertise in implementing service-learning best practices must work with students to form
a student-adult partnership. Before developing and submitting a grant application to the
department, a participating student must work with at least one adult who is part of the
initial partnership to identify a need or opportunity to pursue through a service-learning
partnership and invite at least one partner to collaborate in developing and submitting a
grant application. The fiscal agent for the grant to an eligible service-learning partnership
is an eligible school that is a member of the partnership or has a program that is a member
of the partnership.
(c) An eligible service-learning partnership receiving an innovation service-learning
grant must:
(1) include at least two or more enrolled students; two or more school employees of an
eligible school in accordance with paragraph (b); and an eligible community-based
organization, community education program, state or federal agency, or political subdivision;
and
(2) assist students to:
(i) actively participate in service-learning experiences that meet identified student and
community needs or opportunities;
(ii) operate collaboratively with service-learning partnership members;
(iii) align service-learning experiences with at least one state or local academic standard,
which may include a local career and technical education standard;
(iv) apply students' knowledge and skills in their community and help solve community
problems or address community opportunities;
(v) foster students' civic engagement; and
(vi) explore or pursue career pathways and support career and college readiness.
(d) An eligible service-learning partnership interested in receiving a grant must apply
to the commissioner of education in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.
The partnership must work with an eligible school. Consistent with this subdivision, the
application must describe the eligible service-learning partnership plan to:
(1) incorporate student-designed and student-led service-learning into the school
curriculum or specific courses or across subject areas;
(2) provide students with instruction and experiences using service-learning best practices
during the regular school day with an option to supplement their service-learning experiences
outside of the school day;
(3) align service-learning experiences with at least one state or local academic standard,
which may include a local career or technical education standard, and at least one goal of
deleted text begin the world's best workforcedeleted text end new text begin comprehensive achievement and civic readinessnew text end in accordance
with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11, or the state plan submitted and approved under
the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;
(4) make implementing service-learning best practices an educational priority;
(5) provide student-designed, student-led service-learning experiences that help meet
community needs or develop or advance community opportunities; and
(6) identify at least one eligible school teacher, administrator, or program staff member
and at least one service-learning specialist, service-learning coordinator, curriculum specialist,
or other qualified eligible school employee designated to develop and share expertise in
implementing service-learning best practices to work with students to form a student-adult
partnership that includes at least one community-based organization, community education
program, state or federal agency, or political subdivision.
Subd. 3.
Innovation grants.
The commissioner of education must award deleted text begin up to 32deleted text end grants
of up to deleted text begin $50,000deleted text end new text begin $75,000new text end each to allow eligible partnerships to provide student-designed,
student-led service-learning opportunities consistent with this section. Grant awards must
be equitably distributed throughout Minnesota by congressional district. The commissioner
may designate start-up or leader grant categories with differentiated maximum grant dollar
amounts up to deleted text begin $50,000deleted text end new text begin $75,000new text end . A grantee designated as a leader grantee may be required
to meet additional leader grant requirements as established by the commissioner in the grant
application criteria developed by the commissioner. In order to receive a grant, a partnership
must provide a 50 percent match in funds or in-kind contributions unless the commissioner
waives the match requirement for an applicant serving a high number of students whose
families meet federal poverty guidelines. A partnership grantee must allocate the grant
amount according to its grant application. The partnership must convey 50 percent of the
actual grant amount to at least one community-based organization, community education
program, state or federal agency, or political subdivision to help implement or defray the
direct costs of carrying out the service-learning strategies and activities described in the
partnership's grant application.new text begin A grantee may use grant money awarded for new
service-learning initiatives or to maintain or expand service-learning initiatives.
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Subd. 4.
Report.
A grantee must report to the commissioner on the educational and
developmental outcomes of participating students and the eligible school's progress toward
meeting at least one goal of the deleted text begin world's best workforcedeleted text end new text begin comprehensive achievement and
academic readinessnew text end goals in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.11, or the
state plan submitted and approved under the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act. A grantee must report on the community outcomes achieved
through student service-learning experiences and the corresponding student service activities.
The commissioner must submit a report on participating student and community outcomes
under this section to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through
grade 12 education by February 15deleted text begin , 2025deleted text end new text begin in each odd-numbered yearnew text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; SERVICE LEARNING GRANTS.
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The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Innovative service-learning grants. new text end
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(a) For innovative service-learning grants
under Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 59:
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(b) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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