1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; establishing a Grow Your Own teacher residency pilot 
1.3 	program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER RESIDENCY PILOT PROGRAM.
 1.6 	(a) A nonconventional teacher residency pilot program under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.7 	section 122A.09, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), is established in fiscal year 2017 
1.8 	to provide tuition scholarships to enable education or teaching assistants or other 
1.9 	nonlicensed employees of a first class city school district who hold a bachelor's degree 
1.10 	from an accredited college or university and who seek an elementary education license to 
1.11 	participate in a Board of Teaching-approved nonconventional teacher residency program 
1.12 	under this section.
1.13 	(b) The commissioner of education and the commissioner of the Office of Higher 
1.14 	Education must evaluate the outcomes and efficacy of the program and, by February 1, 
1.15 	2017, submit written program recommendations to the committees of the legislature with 
1.16 	jurisdiction over K-12 and higher education, including whether to continue or expand the 
1.17 	program.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 	$375,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.20 	commissioner of education for a first class city school district to provide tuition 
1.21 	scholarships to eligible employees under section 1.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017.