as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/07/2022 04:19pm
A bill for an act
relating to higher education; strengthening the Increase Teachers of Color Act;
providing supplemental financing for grants to underrepresented student teachers
and the aspiring teachers of color scholarship pilot program; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) $1,500,000 in fiscal
year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of the Office of Higher
Education for grants to underrepresented student teachers under Minnesota Statutes, section
136A.1274. This appropriation is in addition to the amount appropriated in Laws 2021, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 26.
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(b) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of this appropriation to
administer the program.
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(c) Notwithstanding Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2,
subdivision 26, the base appropriation for the program is $2,625,000 in fiscal year 2024
and later.
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(a) $8,500,000 in
fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of the Office of
Higher Education for the aspiring teachers of color scholarship pilot program under Laws
2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 2, section 45. This appropriation is in addition
to the amount appropriated in Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section
2, subdivision 38.
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(b) The commissioner may use no more than three percent of this appropriation to
administer the program.
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(c) This is a onetime appropriation. The base for this appropriation is $0 in fiscal year
2024 and later. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, unencumbered balances
under this subdivision do not cancel until July 1, 2025.
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