1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; funding advanced placement and
1.3 	international baccalaureate exam fees; appropriating
1.4 	money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL
1.7 	BACCALAUREATE EXAM FEES.
 1.8 	$2,227,500 in fiscal year 2006 and $2,227,500 in fiscal
1.9 	year 2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the
1.10 	Department of Education for fees for advanced placement and
1.11 	international baccalaureate exams for high school students under
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 120B.13.  The advanced
1.13 	placement program shall receive 75 percent of the appropriation
1.14 	each year and the international baccalaureate program shall
1.15 	receive 25 percent of the appropriation each year.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2005.