1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education finance; appropriating money for grants to museums and
1.3 education centers.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
1.6 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sums indicated in this section are
1.7appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
1.8designated.
1.9 Subd. 2.Museums and education centers.(a) For grants to museums and education
1.10centers:
2026.....1,090,0001.11 $
2027.....1,090,0001.12 $
1.13 (b) $125,000 each year is for The Works, Bloomington.
1.14 (c) $82,500 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
1.15 (d) $82,500 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
1.16 (e) $75,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
1.17 (f) $75,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
1.18 (g) $75,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
1.19 (h) $125,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
1.20 (i) $125,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
1Section 1.
25-02483 as introduced01/23/25 REVISOR CR/EN
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1301NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: PUTNAM)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
Referred to Education Finance 2.1 (j) $75,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
2.2 (k) $75,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
2.3 (l) $100,000 each year is for the SPARK Children's Museum, Rochester.
2.4 (m) $75,000 each year is for the Mini Sota Ag Museum, Benson.
2.5 (n) The base for fiscal year 2028 and later is $1,090,000.
2.6 (o) Any balance remaining in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
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