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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to higher education; establishing a plant-based foods production training | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 pilot program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 Statutes, chapter 136A. | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6 Section 1. [136A.247] PLANT-BASED FOODS PRODUCTION TRAINING PILOT | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7PROGRAM. | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8 The commissioner of higher education shall establish and administer a plant-based foods | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9production training pilot program to award grants to secondary career and technical education | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10programs and institutions of higher education for the purpose of offering instruction in | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11plant-based food production. The commissioner must give priority to institutions that | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12coordinate with local producers of plant-based foods. Grants may be used for costs, including | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13but not limited to: | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14 (1) equipment required to produce plant-based foods; | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15 (2) facility renovations to accommodate plant-based food production; and | |
| 16 | 16 | 1.16 (3) training faculty to teach the fundamentals of plant-based food production. | |
| 17 | 17 | 1.17Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. | |
| 18 | 18 | 1.18 $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner | |
| 19 | 19 | 1.19of higher education for the plant-based foods production training pilot program under | |
| 20 | 20 | 1.20Minnesota Statutes, section 136A.247. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until | |
| 21 | 21 | 1.21June 30, 2027. | |
| 22 | 22 | 1Sec. 2. | |
| 23 | 23 | 25-02988 as introduced02/24/25 REVISOR VH/ES | |
| 24 | 24 | SENATE | |
| 25 | 25 | STATE OF MINNESOTA | |
| 26 | 26 | S.F. No. 3005NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 27 | 27 | (SENATE AUTHORS: CLARK) | |
| 28 | 28 | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE | |
| 29 | 29 | Introduction and first reading03/27/2025 | |
| 30 | 30 | Referred to Higher Education |