Publish: "Special Education Teachers in Minnesota: 1840s to 2023..."
To hire qualified professionals to publish a book on the history of special education teachers in Minnesota.
$5,982,000 the first year and $7,000,000 the second year are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. Contact: grants@mnhs.org
The manuscript was graphically designed by a professional and carefully reviewed, amended, and approved by the author and sponsor as planned. Because the University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration chose to limit its royalties, the book was made economically available to all of those interested in addressing the issues of special education teacher training and shortages across the state.
Purchasing copies ($2,000) through the grant provided an opportunity to make multiple books available to relevant special education decision and policy makers. These included the State Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP), the Department of Education Special Education Section, the state Higher Education Advisory Committee (which includes a special education instructor from each higher education program), the State Teachers Licensing Board, the Special Education Leaders Foundation, the Minnesota Associations of Special Education Directors, Principals, and Superintendents, the Council on Exceptional Education Teachers Association, PACER Center for parents and families, etc. Copies are also made available through Hennepin County libraries, Minnesota History Center, the University library, and other libraries.
Special education teachers, administrators, policy makers, and parents and stakeholders will have access to a written succinct history of Minnesota's history of special education teachers into the future for their research, advocacy, and policy making.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org