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Committee hears bill to streamline teacher licensing, fund heritage‑language pathway and shift grants to Education Dept.
Summary
Sen. Kunish presented SF 1462 on March 12 to provide operational support to PELSB, move certain grants to the Department of Education and fund alternative licensure pathways including a heritage‑language pathway.
Sen. Kunish presented Senate File 1462 to the Senate Education Finance Committee on March 12 to provide operations funding and statutory changes to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB). The bill would streamline several administrative requirements, move certain grant programs to the Minnesota Department of Education, provide staffing and IT support for the Board of School Administrators to issue administrator licenses, and fund alternative pathways to licensure including the portfolio route and a heritage language educator…
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