HF 2071

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:57am

A bill for an act
relating to youth training; providing for summer programming for American
Indian youth; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin INDIGENOUS EARTHKEEPERS PROGRAM.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Extended time revenue. new text end

new text begin On June 30, 2009, Special School District
No. 1, Minneapolis, must transfer $....... from its extended time revenue to NAWAYEE
Center School as fiscal agent for the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program for American
Indian youth environmental education and training. Funds must be used to provide
summer programming for up to 80 American Indian youth ages 14 to 19 for up to
eight weeks. The Indigenous Earthkeepers Program must use the environment, with
Native language as its primary core, to develop student academic skills and knowledge
at Center School and Healthy Nations Program of the Minneapolis American Indian
Center. At a minimum, the curriculum must include water studies, waterway cleanup,
plant identification, and indigenous language components.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Youthworks. new text end

new text begin Of the amount appropriated to the commissioner of
education in Laws 2009 for Youthworks under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.44,
$....... each year in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is for summer school programming for
American Indian youth under subdivision 1.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Youthbuild. new text end

new text begin Of the amount appropriated to the commissioner of
employment and economic development in Laws 2009 for Youthbuild under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 116L.361 to 116L.364, $....... each year in fiscal years 2010 and 2011
is to provide employment and training opportunities for American Indian youth in the
Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Minnesota Conservation Corps. new text end

new text begin Of the amount available to the
Minnesota Conservation Corps under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.991, through
agreement with the commissioner of natural resources under Laws 2009, $....... each year
in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is to provide employment opportunities for American Indian
youth in the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Indigenous youth. new text end

new text begin $....... each year for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
development to provide employment and training opportunities through the Minnesota
Conservation Corps under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.991, for American Indian youth
in the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.
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