as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to education; providing for substitute 1.3 teacher state-paid medical benefits; appropriating 1.4 money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 1.5 Statutes, chapter 122A. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [122A.441] [SUBSTITUTE TEACHER STATE-PAID 1.8 MEDICAL BENEFITS.] 1.9 Notwithstanding section 43A.24, a substitute teacher that 1.10 teaches at least 120 days during the previous school year is 1.11 eligible for state-paid medical benefits beginning the July 1 1.12 following the end of the school year. A substitute teacher must 1.13 retain state-paid medical benefits as long as the teacher 1.14 continues to teach for at least 120 days each following school 1.15 year. 1.16 Sec. 2. [APPROPRIATION.] 1.17 $....... in fiscal year 2000 and $....... in fiscal year 1.18 2001 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of 1.19 children, families, and learning for substitute teacher 1.20 state-paid medical benefits. 1.21 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 1.22 Section 1 is effective beginning July 1, 1999, for 1.23 substitute teachers teaching during the 1998-1999 school year 1.24 and thereafter.