Minnesota HF 3564: Girl Scouts community engagement programs grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant for Girl Scouts​
1.3 community engagement programs; requiring a report.​
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.​
1.6 Subdivision 1.Department of Education.The sum indicated in this section is​
1.7 appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year​
1.8 designated.​
1.9 Subd. 2.Girl Scouts.(a) For a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys as fiscal agent for Girl​
1.10 Scouts councils' community engagement programs:​
2025​.....​1,000,000​1.11 $​
1.12 (b) Grant funds must be used for community engagement programs for underserved​
1.13 communities and girls facing systemic barriers in education through innovative, culturally​
1.14 responsive programming for underrepresented, underresourced girls in kindergarten through​
1.15 grade 12, including programming relating to healthy relationships; science, technology,​
1.16 engineering, and math; financial literacy; college and career readiness; and leadership​
1.17 development and service learning.​
1.18 (c) By February 1, 2026, the grantee must submit a report detailing expenditures and​
1.19 outcomes of the grant-supported programs to the commissioner of education and the chairs​
1.20 and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over​
1.21 kindergarten through grade 12 education policy and finance. The report must include:​
1​Section 1.​
REVISOR CR/VJ 24-06419​01/30/24 ​
State of Minnesota​
This Document can be made available​
in alternative formats upon request​
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No. 3564​
NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
Authored by Hollins, Sencer-Mura, Pursell, Pérez-Vega, Vang and others​02/12/2024​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance​

2.1 (1) self-reported demographic information for the participants in programs funded by​
2.2 the grant;​
2.3 (2) the number and percentage of participants who self-report positive social and​
2.4 emotional health benefits as a result of participating in the program; and​
2.5 (3) self-reported data on the number of participants who believe they will graduate from​
2.6 high school and enroll in postsecondary education or career training.​
2.7 (d) This is a onetime appropriation.​
2​Section 1.​
REVISOR CR/VJ 24-06419​01/30/24 ​