| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; providing for a grant for literacy interventions; requiring a |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 report; appropriating money. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; DYSLEXIA. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8designated. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 2.Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota.(a) For a grant to the Dyslexia Institute of |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10Minnesota to provide free evidence-based literacy interventions to students who are reading |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11below grade level and are enrolled in public schools where a majority of students are eligible |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12for free or reduced-price meals: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2026.....450,0001.13 $ |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2027.....450,0001.14 $ |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) Grant funds must be used to support tutor training and compensation, curricular |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16materials, program delivery, and program administration. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) The Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota must provide a detailed report to the chairs and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19through grade 12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year until 2028 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20describing how grant funds were used, and progress made toward improving the literacy |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21proficiency of participating students. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR CR/CH 25-0169612/30/24 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 1543 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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