SF2513 - Teacher Shortage Act Summary

• Reduces alternative teacher compensation revenue per pupil from $260 to $91 and establishes teacher development and evaluation aid of $169 per pupil for school districts, charter schools, and cooperatives implementing approved plans.

• Creates a new grant program for student teachers enrolled in Minnesota teacher preparation programs who complete student-teacher requirements in designated teacher shortage areas, with stipend amounts based on available funding.

• Establishes a statewide electronic job board through the Board of Teaching to allow school districts to post prekindergarten through grade 12 teaching and administrative positions.

• Directs the commissioner of education to establish a grant program enabling school districts to create paraprofessional pathways to teacher licensure or "grow your own" programs for current paraprofessionals seeking teaching licenses.

• Requires the Board of Teaching to use expedited rulemaking to allow experienced grade 9-12 science teachers to obtain general science licenses for grades 5-8 by passing a content-area examination; appropriates $79,000 in fiscal year 2017 for the statewide job board.