1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing funding for Ojibwe and Dakota 
1.3 	immersion programs; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner. The sums indicated in this section are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years designated.
1.8 		Subd. 2.Dakota and Ojibwe immersion programs. For a grant to the Niigaane 
1.9 	Ojibwe Immersion School and the Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project:

1.10 | | $ | ....... | ..... | 2010
1.11 | | $ | ....... | ..... | 2011
1.12 	Of this amount, $....... each year is available for Niigaane Ojibwe Immersion School and 
1.13 	$....... each year is available for Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project to: 
1.14 	(1) develop and expand E-12 curriculum; 
1.15 	(2) provide fluent speakers in the classroom; 
1.16 	(3) develop appropriate testing and evaluation procedures; and 
1.17 	(4) develop community-based training and engagement.
1.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.