HF 3801 Summary

• Creates support grants program allowing the commissioner of the Office of Higher Education to provide funding to school districts for advice and assistance to high school teachers, staff, students, and employers regarding industry occupational pathways and regional employment opportunities.

• Establishes a dual training account in the special revenue fund to receive and manage appropriations for dual training purposes, with money available until expended.

• Authorizes the commissioner to expend up to five percent of dual training appropriations for administrative costs.

• Requires the commissioner to issue a request for proposal by July 1, 2016, and select a provider by October 1, 2016, for a web-based job and intern-matching software tool connecting Minnesota employers with high school seniors and postsecondary students.

• Appropriates unspecified amounts from the general fund in fiscal year 2017 for dual training grants and the student-employer connection information system.