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MN HF1095
Bill
Status
2/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Joe Mullery
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AI Summary
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Amends Minnesota Statutes section 124D.165 to establish a prioritization framework for early learning scholarship awards based on nine criteria including neighborhood transformation zones, family poverty severity, and racial/ethnic poverty concentration.
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Directs the commissioner of education to prioritize scholarships based on factors including teen pregnancy rates, achievement gaps, single-parent households, inmate incarceration levels, teenage mothers, and other risk factors as determined by the commissioner.
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Allows the commissioner to establish variable scholarship amounts based on the child's level of need and geographic location.
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Appropriates unspecified amounts from the general fund for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 to the commissioner of education for early learning scholarships, in addition to base budget funding.
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Makes the prioritization framework effective for scholarships awarded on or after July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Early learning scholarship program funding increased, early learning scholarship applications prioritized, and money appropriated.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Innovation Policy
2/19/2015