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MN SF1489

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2017

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Torres Ray

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Origin

Senate

90th Legislature 2017-2018

AI Summary

  • Modifies eligibility criteria for Minnesota's graduation incentives program by amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.68, subdivision 2
  • Expands eligible participants to include pupils who speak English as a second language or are English learners (criterion 10) and those who have withdrawn from school or been chronically truant (criterion 11)
  • Adds eligibility for pupils being treated in hospitals in the seven-county metropolitan area for cancer or other life-threatening illness, or siblings of such pupils residing at least 60 miles beyond the metropolitan area boundary (criterion 12)
  • Removes the "2016-2017 school year only" limitation on eligibility for 21-22 year-old English learners with interrupted formal education who were in early middle college programs, making this eligibility permanent
  • Maintains existing eligibility criteria including academic performance below peers, credit deficiency, pregnancy or parenthood, chemical dependency, exclusion/expulsion, abuse victimization, mental health problems, and homelessness within six months prior to program transfer request

Legislative Description

Graduation incentives program eligibility modification

Last Action

Referred to E-12 Policy

2/27/2017

Committee Referrals

E-12 Policy2/27/2017

Full Bill Text

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