HF 1464

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 02/20/2017 01:37pm

A bill for an act
relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for civic education
grants.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; CIVIC EDUCATION.
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new text begin $200,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the
arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center
for grants to the Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: Minnesota Civic Youth, the Learning
Law and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in Government to conduct civics
education programs for the civic and cultural development of Minnesota youth. Civics
education is the study of constitutional principles and the democratic foundation of our
national, state, and local institutions and the study of political processes and structures of
government, grounded in the understanding of constitutional government under the rule of
law.
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