1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants for emergency medical 
1.3 	services courses.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Emergency medical training. (a) For grants to offer high school students 
1.10 	courses in emergency medical services:

1.11		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2022
	
1.12		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2023
	
1.13 	(b) A school district, charter school, or cooperative unit under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	123A.24, subdivision 2, may apply for a grant under this section to offer enrolled students 
1.15 	emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services 
1.16 	Regulatory Board to prepare students to take the emergency medical technician certification 
1.17 	test, including an emergency medical services course that is a prerequisite to an emergency 
1.18 	medical technician course.
1.19 	(c) A grant recipient may use grant funds to partner with a district, charter school, 
1.20 	cooperative unit, postsecondary institution, political subdivision, or entity with expertise in 
1.21 	emergency medical services, including health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and 
1.22 	health care providers to offer an emergency medical services course.
2.1 	(d) Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs, 
2.2 	emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.
2.3 	(e) To the extent practicable, the commissioner must award half of the grant funds to 
2.4 	applicants outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, and 30 percent of the grant funds 
2.5 	to applicants with high concentrations of students who are of color.
2.6 	(f) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
2.7 	(g) The base for fiscal year 2024 is $1,000,000.

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.