SF 822

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/11/2019 02:34pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for the collaborative urban
educator program; requiring a report.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; COLLABORATIVE URBAN EDUCATOR
PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Commissioner of education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Collaborative urban educator. new text end

new text begin For the collaborative urban educator grant
program:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,000,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2020 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,000,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2021 new text end

new text begin Grants are awarded in equal amounts: $250,000 each year to the Southeast Asian Teacher
program at Concordia University, St. Paul; $250,000 each year to the Collaborative Urban
Educator program at the University of St. Thomas; $250,000 each year to the Center for
Excellence in Urban Teaching at Hamline University; and $250,000 each year to the East
Africa Student to Teacher program at Augsburg College.
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new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
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new text begin Each institution must prepare for the legislature by January 15 of each year a detailed
report of the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers produced as well
as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.
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