1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing additional school employees to participate 
1.3 	in Southwest Minnesota State University's special education teacher education 
1.4 	program; extending an appropriation;amending Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 
1.5 	25, section 62, subdivision 17.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 17, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 17.Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher education 
1.10 	program. (a) For the Southwest Minnesota State University special education teacher 
1.11 	education program to support Minnesota ~~resident~~ residents working toward licensure in an 
1.12 	online program, including persons currently employed as:
1.13 	(1)  special education paraprofessionals ~~working toward licensure in an online program~~;
1.14 	(2) teachers without a special education license working on a variance; or
1.15 	(3) individuals teaching with a community expert license:

1.171.16

$

~~385,000~~
132,000

.....

2017

1.18 | | $ | 253,000 | ..... | 2018
1.19 	~~The base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.~~ (b) The 2018 appropriation is available 
1.20 	until June 30, 2019.
1.21 	(c) $253,000 of the $385,000 appropriation in Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 
1.22 	62, subdivision 17, is canceled to the state general fund on June 30, 2017.

1.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively to July 1, 2016.