MN HF3476

Applicants may obtain a short-call substitute teaching license by holding either an associate's degree with substitute training or a high school diploma with at least one year of education support personnel experience in the district or charter school.

Applicants submitting applications under section 122A.18, subdivision 7a, paragraph (a) are exempt from joint application requirements with a district and cannot be issued a license pending background check completion.

School districts and charter schools must provide substitute teacher training to licensed short-call substitute teachers and may be removed from the pilot program for failure to provide required training.

Districts and charter schools are prohibited from requiring employees to apply for a substitute teaching license or retaliating against employees who decline to apply.

Short-call substitute teachers must be compensated at either the same rate as other short-call substitutes in the district or the greater of $200 per day or the employee's regular rate of pay.

The pilot program expires on June 30, 2025.