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MN SF471
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
Michael Kreun
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 from the general fund to the Department of Education for emergency medical services course grants.
- School districts, charter schools, and cooperative units may apply for grants to offer high school students emergency medical services courses approved by the Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board.
- Courses must prepare students to take the emergency medical technician certification test and may include prerequisite emergency medical services courses.
- Grant funds may be used for teacher salaries, transportation, equipment, certification test fees, student background checks, and partnerships with health systems, hospitals, ambulance services, and other healthcare entities.
- 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; unused first-year funds carry over to the second year with a $1,000,000 base for fiscal year 2026.
Legislative Description
Emergency medical training services and courses grants appropriation
Last Action
Author added Nelson
3/16/2023
Committee Referrals
Education Finance1/19/2023
Full Bill Text
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