Bill > HF2266

This bill modifies the teacher candidate grant program and the teacher shortage loan forgiveness program in Minnesota. The key provisions include: 1. Expanding the teacher candidate grant program to provide grants to student teachers who belong to a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in the teacher workforce, intend to teach in a rural school district, or intend to work in a license shortage area (such as special education, English as a second language, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and middle-level science). 2. Prioritizing grant awards based on financial need, intent to teach in both a rural school district and a license shortage area, and ensuring equitable distribution of funds. 3. Renaming the "teacher shortage loan forgiveness program" to the "teacher shortage loan repayment program" and making changes to the eligibility criteria, focusing on teachers from underrepresented racial or ethnic groups, those teaching in rural school districts, or in license shortage areas. 4. Requiring annual reporting on the program's outcomes, including the number of participants, their race and ethnicity, the licensure areas and school districts they taught in, and other data. The bill aims to address teacher shortages, particularly in certain subject areas and geographic regions, as well as increase the diversity of the teacher workforce in Minnesota.

Education

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2266&ssn=0&y=2021