1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for the Minnesota Early 
1.3 	Learning Foundation.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING 
1.6 	FOUNDATION.
 1.7 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2008 to the 
1.8 	commissioner of education for the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation under Minnesota 
1.9 	Statutes, section 124D.175, paragraph (b). The appropriation must be used to award 
1.10 	grants to early childhood development program providers for the purposes described in 
1.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.175, paragraph (a).