1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; waiving the per-credit cost of tuition for student 
1.3 	teachers; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136A.1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [136A.1655] TUITION WAIVER FOR STUDENT TEACHERS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Waiver. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.8 	Universities shall, and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is requested to, 
1.9 	waive the per-credit cost of tuition for any credit hours that an undergraduate student is 
1.10 	student teaching in a public school classroom according to section 122A.69.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Report. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
1.12 	and the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall annually report by July 1, 
1.13 	beginning on July 1, 2025, to the Office of Higher Education and the Department of 
1.14 	Education the number of student teachers who received tuition waivers in the previous 
1.15 	academic year.

1.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.17 	(a) $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
1.18 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to pay for the cost of waiving 
1.19 	the per-credit cost of tuition for any credit hours that an undergraduate student is student 
1.20 	teaching in a public school classroom according to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.69, 
1.21 	and for reporting costs for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1655.
2.1 	(b) $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
2.2 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to pay for the cost of waiving the per-credit cost of 
2.3 	tuition for any credit hours that an undergraduate student is student teaching in a public 
2.4 	school classroom according to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.69, and for reporting costs 
2.5 	for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.1655.