SF 2929

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/18/2016 11:26am

A bill for an act
relating to education; directing collaborative urban educator grant recipients
to offer teacher preparation candidates African American history, culture, and
heritage instruction; amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3,
article 2, section 70, subdivision 12.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision
12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Collaborative urban educator.

new text begin (a) new text end For the collaborative urban educator
grant program:

	$	780,000	.....	2016
	$	deleted text begin 780,000 deleted text end new text begin 880,000 new text end	.....	2017

new text begin (b) new text end Grants shall be awarded in equal amounts: deleted text begin $195,000 deleted text end new text begin $220,000 new text end each year is
for the Southeast Asian teacher program at Concordia University, St. Paul; deleted text begin $195,000
deleted text end new text begin $220,000 new text end each year is for the collaborative urban educator program at the University of St.
Thomas; deleted text begin $195,000 deleted text end new text begin $220,000 new text end each year is for the Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching
at Hamline University; and deleted text begin $195,00 deleted text end new text begin $220,000 new text end each year is for the East Africa Student
to Teacher program at Augsburg College. new text begin Each grant recipient must expend $25,000
annually to comply with paragraph (e) and must report by March 1 to the commissioner
the number and percent of graduates in the three immediately preceding school years who
are currently teaching full-time in a Minnesota school district or charter school.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

new text begin (d) new text end Each institution shall prepare for the legislature, by January 15 of each year, a
detailed report regarding the funds used. The report must include the number of teachers
prepared as well as the diversity for each cohort of teachers produced.

new text begin (e) To be eligible to receive a collaborative urban educator program grant, a grant
recipient must include instruction on African American history, culture, and heritage in
the content and methods courses and student teaching practicum that are part of the grant
recipient's teacher preparation program. A grant recipient must use a program developed
by a recognized teachers' forum to provide the instruction, related coursework, and
professional development required under this paragraph.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end