MN HF2031

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the general fund to the Department of Education in fiscal year 2023 for grants to offer high school emergency medical services courses.

School districts, charter schools, and cooperative units may apply for grants to offer courses approved by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board that prepare students for emergency medical technician certification.

Grant recipients may partner with postsecondary institutions, health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and other emergency medical services entities to deliver courses.

Eligible uses of grant funds include teacher salaries, transportation, equipment costs, emergency medical technician certification test fees, and student background checks.

Commissioner must award at least 50 percent of grant funds to applicants outside the seven-county metropolitan area and 30 percent to applicants serving high concentrations of students of color; establishes $1,000,000 as the base funding level for fiscal year 2024.