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• Um, this is from the PELSB, the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
• Um this is from the PELSB, the Minnesota PELSB,<00:41:01.040> Professional<00:41:01.480> Educator
• <00:41:01.800> Licensing PELSB, Professional Educator Licensing PELSB, Professional Educator
• We have already met with the Department of Education here in Minnesota as well as Pelsbe.
• Um, we are Minnesota as well as Pelsbe.

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• Section 3 is the appropriations for PELSB.
• It requires PELSB to post on its website the rubric used to determine whether a program's reading instruction
• Section 22 requires PELSB to adopt rules requiring applicants for tier Three and four licenses in elementary

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• So, this is just making changes to PELSB and the Tier 2.
• And we were able to work with PELSB and MDE to come up with an agreement on this so that an application
• Uh and we were able to work with PELSB Uh and we were able to work with PELSB and<00:31:46.600> MDE
• It means licensure fields and economic development regions reported by PELSB as experiencing a teacher

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• The first is that the appropriation is transferred from PELSB to the Department of Education.
• As I described earlier, this program is moving from PELSB to MDE.
• As I described earlier, this program is moving from PELSB to MDE.
• As I described earlier, this program is moving from PELSB to MDE.
• As I mentioned, this program is being moved from PELSB to MDE and then it's being reduced by $2 million

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• down to line 121, you can see an equal reduction in each biennium to the appropriation listed under PELSB
• the line that I previously mentioned that moves the mentoring and retention incentive grants from PELSB
• and the governor's recommendation regarding the CUGMEC grants and transferring that authority from PELSB
• well as the governor's recommendation, and that is transferring the teacher mentorship grants from PELSB
• Section 18 begins the appropriations, with these appropriations to MDE as well as to PELSB.

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• Elaine Bailey, and I'm the executive director of PELSB.
• Like the members of the compensation work group, we at PELSB believe Minnesota teachers deserve better
• Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 122A.18, PELSB has authority to collect non-licensed staff data on behalf
• Like the members of the compensation work group, we at PELSB believe Minnesota teachers deserve better
• PELSB strongly supports this bill and thanks Representative Pinto for advocating for our teachers.

Bills: HF3119

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance, 1183, house

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• The revised language would allow PELSB to accept applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 on or before June
• from starting on time, which impacts their success and diminishes student opportunities by allowing PELSB
• The revised language would allow PELSB to accept applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 on or before June
• So, section 122A.06, subdivision 6, leaves the definition of the teacher shortage up to PELSB to define
• PELSB collects lots of data, so what are they counting to get to this number?

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• And so some of the actions and directions by PELSB relative to allowing more teachers of color to move
• And the reason I'm speaking of this today is because the PELSB board has acted very politically under
• The PELSB candidates that are before us today have no, in no way, no public indication that they have
• They have not indicated that PELSB will change the current course that it's on, and that should be a
• To the task of fixing the problems that PELSB has created.

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• We are now on year two of our PELSB grant.
• My name is Elena Bailey, and I'm the director of education policy at PELSB.
• Bailey: First of all, did PELSB or you or the executive director have influence on the new language in
• Yet while the law considers all four tiers to be equal, PELSB only considers tiers three and four as
• A qualified applicant may directly apply to PELSB for a tier 2 license.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Education Finance Committee met remotely on February 16, 2022, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the previous day by voice vote. Chair Dabney said the committee was spending the week on public school staffing shortages, especially efforts to increase and retain BIPOC teachers, and introduced testimony on the Collaborative Urban and Greater Minnesota Educators of Color Grant Program (CUGMEC) and the broader Increasing Teachers of Color Act. Testifiers from St. Thomas, Augsburg, and Hopkins described the history and impact of the legacy educator-of-color programs. Kathleen Campbell said the original Q program was created to address underrepresentation, remove financial barriers, and provide mentorship and culturally relevant support; she argued that when the grant became competitive in 2017 without additional funding, support was spread too thin and student capacity dropped. Audrey Lensmeyer described Augsburg’s East African Student-to-Teacher Program, rooted in community advocacy in Cedar-Riverside, and said it has produced strong completion and licensure outcomes. Keenan Jones shared his path from paraprofessional to teacher and district leader, emphasizing the importance of scholarships, mentorship, and outreach to high school students, including a statewide co-enrollment Intro to Teaching course. Representative Hassan then presented House File 3079, saying the bill aims to attract, prepare, complete, and retain more teachers of color and American Indian teachers through several grant and program changes, including Closing the Educational Opportunity Gap grants, Cook Mac funding, teacher mentorship and retention updates, and revisions to CUGMEC. He said the bill responds to a severe shortage of BIPOC teachers and that the requested investment is small relative to the state surplus. Student and educator testimony followed, including a third-grade student from Crookston and Ava Roots, both of whom described the importance of having teachers who reflect students’ cultures and experiences. Natalia Benjamin, the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, also testified about retention challenges for educators of color and racialized workplace treatment. The committee indicated it intended to lay over HF 3079 for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill, and Representative Richardson moved the bill to be laid over for further consideration.

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• is the teacher education specialist for the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or PELSB
• is the teacher education specialist for the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or PELSB
• I am a teacher education specialist at the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, or PELSB
• This audit was done of SYI, and the PELSB audit requires more information than what you would typically
• Something that I mentioned is that what PELSB expects from SYI is beyond what would be a typical syllabus

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• Bailey is the head of PELSB, not the Department of Education. So, it's its own agency.
• direct the question to, but I want to make sure, because the standards we place upon our teachers, like PELSB
• Bailey is the head of PELSB, not the Department of Education. So, it's its own agency.
• direct the question to, but I want to make sure, because the standards we place upon our teachers, like PELSB
• direct the question to, but I want to make sure, because the standards we place upon our teachers, like PELSB

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• and I am the chair of the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, otherwise known as PELSB
• SF 1462 provides vital funding to implement this vision, ensuring PELSB remains fully staffed and can
• It is also the core of all the supportive work that PELSB does to support the needs of all Minnesota
• this powerful potential in our youth by establishing the Heritage language licensure pathway with PELSB
• Finally, PELSB just opened applications for the second cohort and received 64 applicants.

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• And then, of course, we want to always support PELSB in the best way possible.
• This one is for the PELSB, or the licensing board's information technology costs.
• These are accounts for the licensing board, PELSB.
• And finally, I described the context of the one-time fund transfer at line 34, the PELSB fund transfer

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• This bill, Senate File 1842, would require PELSB to adopt rules that would require all licensed teachers
• As a former PELSB special education licensure reciprocity group member, I've seen PELSB's commitment
• I trust that PELSB and collaboration with dyslexia specialists will make this training both meaningful
• As a former PELSB special education licensure reciprocity group member, I've seen PELSB's commitment
• I trust that PELSB and collaboration with dyslexia specialists will make this training both meaningful

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• Uh, so this bill would require PELSB to adopt rules that would impact their reading. I'm sorry.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In the other eight areas of statute, the definition of teacher shortage is left up to either PELSB, the
• three things: it expands the definition of shortage areas to include unfilled positions; requires PELSB
• We strongly agree with what PELSB wrote about unfilled positions on page 43 of the 2023 supply and demand

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• Um, this is the PELSB, Professional Education Licensing and Standards Board bill, and I do have the A5
• I'm the executive director of PELSB, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board.
• I'm the executive director of<00:58:29.000> PELSB,<00:58:29.520> the<00:58:29.640> Professional
• <00:58:30.160> Educator of PELSB, the Professional Educator of PELSB, the Professional Educator

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• Uh, so this bill would require PELSB to adopt rules that would impact their reading training, uh, teachers

Bills: HF60, HF3067, HF3730, HF3638, HF3401

Keywords: interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• House, and as executive director of the Minnesota Board of Teaching, that was its former name, now PELSB
• House, and as executive director of the Minnesota Board of Teaching, that was its former name, now PELSB
• House, and as executive director of the Minnesota Board of Teaching, that was its former name, now PELSB

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Summary: The Education Finance Committee met on February 5, 2025, to hear testimony from representatives of Minnesota’s Catholic and other nonpublic schools, focused on state nonpublic pupil aid, transportation, counseling, nursing, and related support programs. Meg Forette of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis argued that Catholic schools serve more than 30,000 students across many districts, educate a diverse population, and achieve strong academic results while operating at far lower per-student costs than public schools. She urged lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to nonpublic funding, saying they would be inequitable and harmful to lower-income families, and also raised concerns about state teacher-licensing requirements conflicting with Catholic values. Trisha Menshu, principal of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Northeast Minneapolis, described a student body with high levels of poverty, learning needs, and academic gaps, and said state-funded nurse and guidance-counseling services are essential to keeping students safe, healthy, and on track for high school. She said the school absorbs many costs itself, including medical supplies and significant staff time, and credited the support programs with helping students make strong academic growth and graduate on time. In response to a senator’s question, she clarified that the school uses the nursing aid for limited nurse time and pays other medical-related costs from operating funds, with no billing back to public school districts. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the relationship between teacher licensing and Catholic values, and about how medical needs for nonpublic students are funded. Forette said the concern was not with welcoming all students but with how DEI-related trainings and language are presented in ways that conflict with Catholic teaching. The committee then moved on to the next testifier, Andrew Hiliker of Stella Maris Academy in Duluth, who began by describing his school’s growth and the state’s role in supporting all students, regardless of school choice.

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• Section 11 removes a requirement that PELSB, which is the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards

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