1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for master teacher training in economics and 
1.3 	personal finance; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MASTER TEACHER TRAINING IN ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL 
1.6 	FINANCE.
 1.7 	The commissioner of education must contract with the Minnesota Council on 
1.8 	Economic Education to allow 20 highly qualified economics and personal finance teachers 
1.9 	throughout the state to participate in a week-long summer training program that offers 
1.10 	content, skills for teaching adults, mentoring, and workshop planning and delivery. The 
1.11 	program must enable participants, as master teachers, to provide professional development 
1.12 	to other teachers interested in improving their teaching of economics and personal 
1.13 	finance. Successful master teachers may co-teach teacher workshops with members 
1.14 	of the statewide network of centers for economic education and provide professional 
1.15 	development workshops as part of school districts' professional development programs.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 	$200,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2008 to the 
1.19 	commissioner of education for the purpose of contracting with the Minnesota Council on 
1.20 	Economic Education to provide master teacher training in economics and personal finance 
1.21 	under section 1. This appropriation is available through June 30, 2009.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.