FY26 Pathway Preparation Grant Reviewers Needed

Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board sent this bulletin at 11/04/2025 10:30 AM CST
Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board

Fiscal Year 2026 PELSB Seeks Reviewers for Pathway Preparation Grant (PPG)

Legislation for a Pathway Preparation Grant was created and $400,000.00 dollars in funding was appropriated by the Minnesota legislature for state fiscal year 2026. The purpose of the grant is to support Tier 1 and Tier 2 teachers seeking a Tier 3 or 4 license through completion of a teacher preparation program or the licensure via portfolio process. Grant funding is available to school districts, charter schools, education service cooperatives, and partnerships between one or more teacher preparation providers and school districts or charter schools.

PELSB is currently seeking reviewers for grant applications, which are due November 20, 2025. Reviewers must be able to complete the duties listed below,
receiving a $200.00 stipend to off-set the time and expense involved with attending a training session, reviewing and scoring approximately 5-10 proposals, and participating in a grant review meeting.

Minimum Qualifications for PPG Review Task Force members:

  • MN residents [with a SWIFT vendor I.D. number, or the ability to acquire a
    SWIFT vendor number by mid-November, if receiving the stipend to off-set the time involved with this volunteer public service is desired] familiar with teacher preparation and supporting the needs of teachers.
  • Willingness to disclose any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of
    interest that may exist during the grant review process. This includes but is
    not limited to reviewers or their immediate family being employed by a grant applicant.
  • Ability to commit the time to complete the duties of the role from November
    through December involving:
    • Signing and returning a reviewer stipend contract agreement and a
      conflict of interest form and answering email messages by the deadline
    • Attending a one hour (virtual) mid-November grant review training session
    • 5-8 hours of independent reviewing time (depending largely on the
      number of reviewers we are able to recruit) late November-early December
    • 2-3 hours to attend one (virtual) grant review meeting December

If you are interested in being a reviewer, please complete this interest form by Wednesday, November 12.

Please contact Melissa Miller at grants.pelsb@state.mn.us with any questions.