Minnesota Legislature
HF 4500
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/18/2024 03:56pm
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A bill for an act
relating to education; strengthening the Increase Teachers of Color Act; making
permanent a pilot scholarship program for aspiring teachers of color; establishing
a special revenue fund account; appropriating money; amending Laws 2021, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 2, section 45.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 2, section 45, is amended
to read:
Sec. 45. ASPIRING MINNESOTA TEACHERS OF COLOR SCHOLARSHIP
deleted text begin PILOTdeleted text end PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Scholarship deleted text begin pilotdeleted text end program established.
The commissioner must establish
a scholarship deleted text begin pilotdeleted text end program to support undergraduate and graduate students who are preparing
to become teachers, have demonstrated financial need, and belong to racial or ethnic groups
underrepresented in the state's teacher workforce.
Subd. 2.
Eligibility.
(a) To be eligible for a scholarship under this section, an applicant
must:
(1) new text begin either: (i) new text end be admitted and enrolled in a teacher preparation program approved by
the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board and be seeking initial licensuredeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end
or new text begin (ii) new text end be enrolled in an eligible institution under new text begin Minnesota Statutes, new text end section 136A.103new text begin ,new text end and
be completing deleted text begin a two-year program specifically designed to prepare early childhood educatorsdeleted text end new text begin
an associate's degree in early childhood education, education, or special educationnew text end ;
(2) affirm to the teacher preparation program or the Office of Higher Education that the
applicant is a person of color or American Indian;
(3) be meeting satisfactory academic progress as defined under new text begin Minnesota Statutes,
new text end section 136A.101, subdivision 10; and
(4) demonstrate financial need based on criteria developed by the commissioner.
(b) An eligible applicant may receive a scholarship award more than once, but may
receive a total of no more than deleted text begin $25,000deleted text end new text begin $30,000new text end in scholarship awards from the program.
new text begin
(c) An applicant may apply for both a scholarship under this section and an
underrepresented student teacher grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1274, but
may not receive an award from both programs during the same academic semester or term
unless there are sufficient funds appropriated to support all eligible applicants.
new text end
Subd. 3.
Scholarship award amount.
(a) The commissioner must establish a priority
application deadline and must give equal consideration to all eligible applicants regardless
of the new text begin applicant's attended institution or the new text end order the application was received before the
priority application deadline. If the funds available for the program are insufficient to make
full awards to all eligible applicants who apply on or before the deadline, the commissioner
must make awards based on the deleted text begin expected family contributiondeleted text end new text begin Student Aid Indexnew text end of an
applicant, prioritizing applicants with the lowest deleted text begin expected family contributionsdeleted text end new text begin Student Aid
Indexesnew text end . If there are multiple complete applications with identical deleted text begin expected family
contributionsdeleted text end new text begin Student Aid Indexesnew text end ,new text begin awards must be randomly selected starting withnew text end those
applications deleted text begin may be prioritized bydeleted text end new text begin received by the prioritynew text end application deleted text begin completion datedeleted text end new text begin
deadline established by the commissionernew text end .
(b) new text begin For eligible applicants enrolled in a teacher preparation program as part of a
baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree program, new text end the maximum award amount is $10,000
per year for full-time studynew text begin that may be used to defray a teacher candidate's overall cost of
attendance as determined by their attended institutionnew text end . new text begin For eligible applicants enrolled in
an associate's degree program, the maximum award amount is $6,000 per year for full-time
study. new text end For undergraduate students, full-time study means enrollment in a minimum of deleted text begin 15deleted text end new text begin
12new text end or more credits per term. For graduate students, full-time study means enrollment in a
minimum of six graduate credits or the equivalent.
(c) If an eligible applicant is enrolled new text begin full time new text end in a program for new text begin only new text end one term during
the academic year, the new text begin applicant may receive no more than half of the applicable new text end maximum
award amount deleted text begin is $5,000deleted text end . If an eligible applicant is enrolled deleted text begin partdeleted text end new text begin less than fullnew text end time, the award
amount must be prorated on a per-credit basis.
(d) Subject to the funds available for the program, and subject to the limitation in
paragraph (e), the minimum award amount established under this section for full-time study
must be no less than $1,000 per year.
(e) An eligible applicant's individual award amount must not exceed the applicant's cost
of attendance after deducting: (1) the student's deleted text begin expected family contributiondeleted text end new text begin Student Aid
Indexnew text end ; (2) the sum of all state or federal grants and gift aid received, including a Pell Grant
and state deleted text begin grantdeleted text end new text begin grantsnew text end ; (3) the sum of all institutional grants, scholarships, tuition waivers,
and tuition remission amounts; and (4) the amount of any private grants or scholarships.
(f) Awards are made until available funds are expended. Eligible applicants who
completed their applications on or before the priority application deadline but who did not
receive an award due to insufficient funds, and eligible applicants who completed their
applications after the priority application deadline, shall be placed on an award waiting list
by order of application completion date.
Subd. 4.
Administration.
(a) The commissioner must establish an application process
for individual students and institutions on behalf of all eligible students at the institution
and other guidelines for implementing the scholarship program.
(b) A scholarship award must be paid to the eligible applicant's teacher preparation
institution on behalf of the eligible applicant. Awards may be paid only when the institution
has confirmed to the commissioner the applicant's name, racial or ethnic identity, gender,
licensure area sought, and enrollment status.
new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end
new text begin Account established. new text end
new text begin
An aspiring Minnesota teachers of color scholarship
program account is created in the special revenue fund for depositing money appropriated
to or received by the commissioner for the program. Money deposited in the account is
appropriated to the commissioner, does not cancel, and is continuously available for
scholarship awards under this section.
new text end
Subd. 5.
Service expectation.
An applicant who receives a scholarship under this section
is expected to serve as a full-time teacher in Minnesota after completing the program for
which the scholarship was awarded.
Subd. 6.
Report.
By December 15 of each year, the commissioner must submit a full
report on the details of the scholarship program for the previous fiscal year to the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over E-12 and higher education finance and policy. The reports
must also be made available on the Office of Higher Education's website. The reports must
include the following information:
(1) the number of applicants and the number of award recipients, each broken down by
postsecondary institution with ten or more recipients;
(2) the total number of awards, the total dollar amount of all awards, and the average
award amount;
(3) summary data on the racial or ethnic identity, gender, licensure area sought, and
enrollment status of all applicants and award recipients; and
(4) other summary data identified by the commissioner as outcome indicators.
Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND
STANDARDS BOARD.
new text end
new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end
new text begin Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. new text end
new text begin
The sums
indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator
Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal year designated.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 2. new text end
new text begin Collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color grants. new text end
new text begin
(a)
For collaborative urban and greater Minnesota educators of color competitive grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.635, in addition to the amount appropriated in 2023:
new text end
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$ new text end |
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1,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2025 new text end |
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(b) The board may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and
administer the grant program.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal year.
new text end
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin
Mentoring, induction, and retention incentive program grants for teachers
of color.
new text end
new text begin
(a) To develop and expand mentoring, induction, and retention programs designed
for teachers of color or American Indian teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.70,
in addition to the amount appropriated in 2023:
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$ new text end |
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5,000,000 new text end |
new text begin
..... new text end |
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2025 new text end |
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(b) The board may retain up to five percent of the appropriation amount to monitor and
administer the grant program.
new text end
new text begin
(c) Any balance does not cancel but is available in the following fiscal year.
new text end
Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
new text end
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(a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund for transfer to
the aspiring Minnesota teachers of color scholarship program account in the special revenue
fund under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 2, section 45, as amended
by this act. The commissioner of the Office of Higher Education and the commissioner of
management and budget shall transfer to the program's special revenue fund account any
remaining balance of the amount appropriated for the program in Laws 2021, First Special
Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 38.
new text end
new text begin
(b) The commissioner may use no more than $200,000 of this appropriation to administer
the program.
new text end
Sec. 4. new text begin REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
new text end
new text begin
The revisor of statutes shall codify Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article
2, section 45, as amended by this act, as a new section in Minnesota Statutes numbered
section 136A.1273.
new text end