1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for teacher licensure application 
1.3 	fees and background checks.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR LICENSING AND 
1.6 	STANDARDS BOARD.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. The sums 
1.8 	indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Professional Educator 
1.9 	Licensing and Standards Board for the fiscal years designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Returning teachers licensure application. (a) For education licensure 
1.11 	application processing fees under Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.21, subdivision 1:

1.12		$
	.......
	.....
	2024
	
1.13		$
	.......
	.....
	2025
	
1.14 	(b) To receive an application processing fee waiver under this section, a teacher must 
1.15 	have left the teaching workforce for at least six months and returned to the teaching 
1.16 	workforce.
1.17 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.
1.18 		Subd. 3.Returning teachers background check. (a) For education background checks 
1.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.03, subdivision 1, initiated by the Bureau of Criminal 
1.20 	Apprehension or the school hiring authority:

2.1		$
	.......
	.....
	2024
	
2.2		$
	.......
	.....
	2025
	
2.3 	(b) To receive an education background check waiver under this section, a teacher must 
2.4 	have left the teaching workforce for at least six months and returned to the teaching 
2.5 	workforce.
2.6 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel and is available in the second year.