| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; appropriating money for P-TECH implementation |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 grants. |
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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. APPROPRIATIONS; P-TECH IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. |
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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 for the fiscal years |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8designated. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 2.P-TECH implementation grants.(a) For P-TECH implementation grants |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.093, subdivision 5: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2026.....791,0001.11 $ |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2027.....1,628,0001.12 $ |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (b) Of the amount in paragraph (a), $500,000 in each year is for a grant to a public-private |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14partnership that includes Independent School District No. 535, Rochester. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the department |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16may retain money from this appropriation for administrative costs under Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17section 124D.093, subdivision 5. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (d) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (e) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $2,625,000, of which at least $500,000 per |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20year is for a support grant to a public-private partnership that includes Independent School |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21District No. 535, Rochester. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/ES 25-0305701/31/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 658 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Hicks and Smith02/13/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance |
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