HF 3411

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a grant program to promote professional
teaching standards; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [122A.73] GRANT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL
TEACHING STANDARDS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin A grant program to promote professional teaching
standards through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is established to
provide teachers with the opportunity to receive National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards certification and to reward teachers who have already received this certification.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Eligibility. new text end

new text begin An applicant for a grant must:
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new text begin (1) be a licensed teacher employed in a Minnesota public school;
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new text begin (2) have a minimum of five school years' classroom teaching experience; and
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new text begin (3) demonstrate acceptance by the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards as a candidate for board certification or as a recipient of board certification.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Application process. new text end

new text begin To obtain a grant to participate in the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards certification process or to receive a reward for already
completing the board certification process, a teacher must submit an application to the
commissioner of education in the form and manner established by the commissioner. The
commissioner shall consult with the Board of Teaching when reviewing the applications.
The commissioner shall also provide program support to assist applicants during the
national board certification process.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Grant awards. new text end

new text begin The commissioner, in consultation with teachers who have
received National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification and school
administrators, shall develop criteria and a process to award grants and determine the
amount of each award and how recipients may use the awards.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin The following sum is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
education in the fiscal year designated for the grant program to promote professional
teaching standards under section 1:
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new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 750,000 new text end

new text begin ..... new text end

new text begin 2007 new text end

new text begin This appropriation must be used for the grant awards to eligible teachers. The
commissioner of education may use this appropriation to pay facilitators for assistance
and support and other program costs.
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