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Senate committee extends short‑call substitute pilot, adopts lower pay floor to expand district participation
Summary
The Education Policy Committee voted to extend the short‑call substitute pilot for two years and adopted an amendment lowering the daily pay floor to encourage wider district participation. Districts and unions offered contrasting views on pay, training and program design.
The Minnesota Senate Education Policy Committee voted Feb. 29 to extend the state’s short‑call substitute teacher pilot for two additional school years and adopted an amendment lowering the program’s minimum daily pay floor to increase district participation.
Senator Aric Rasmussen, sponsor, said the bill renews a 2023 pilot that allows a short‑call substitute to teach up to 20 consecutive days in the same classroom under specific conditions, including a joint application between the individual and the public school, school training, a criminal background check and minimum experience or education requirements.
Why it matters: Districts told the committee the pilot provides needed flexibility but that the statutory $200 per‑day floor made participation…
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