1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for family literacy services and a 
1.3 	high school community action program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN OF 
1.6 	AFRICAN DESCENT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.8 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.9 	designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. For a 
1.11 	grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent:

1.12		$
	440,000
	.....
	2016
	
1.13 	This amount must be used for family literacy services and the high school 
1.14 	community action research program that helps students earn high school and college credit 
1.15 	while learning community action research skills. A progress report on the activities and 
1.16 	outcomes associated with this grant must be submitted to the commissioner of education 
1.17 	by September 15, 2016, and a final report must be submitted on September 15, 2017.
1.18 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.