1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing a targeted all-day, everyday kindergarten 
1.3 	program for Independent School District No. 138, North Branch; appropriating 
1.4 	money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TARGETED ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN; NORTH BRANCH.
 1.7 	A targeted all-day kindergarten pilot project is established in Independent School 
1.8 	District No. 138, North Branch. The purpose of the pilot project is to establish that an 
1.9 	all-day, everyday kindergarten program for targeted, underperforming students will result 
1.10 	in measurable improvements in student achievement. The district shall assess incoming 
1.11 	kindergartners prior to the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years and provide all-day, 
1.12 	everyday kindergarten during those school years to the lowest performing 25 percent of 
1.13 	students on the incoming assessment. The district shall develop a targeted intervention 
1.14 	program for underperforming students in kindergarten that continues through first grade. 
1.15 	The district shall measure the performance of students from kindergarten through first 
1.16 	grade and report its findings to the education committees of the legislature by January 
1.17 	15, 2010.

1.18 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.19 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.20 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.21 	designated.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Targeted all-day kindergarten, North Branch. For a grant to 
2.2 	Independent School District No. 138, North Branch, for the targeted all-day, everyday 
2.3 	kindergarten pilot project:

2.4		$
	430,000
	.....
	2008
	
2.5		$
	430,000
	.....
	2009
	
2.6 	Any balance remaining in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second 
2.7 	year. The fiscal year 2010 base for this program is $0.