1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to the Saint Paul Promise 
1.3 	Neighborhood (SPPN).
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SAINT PAUL PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD.
 1.6 	(a) $1,132,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of education for a grant to the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood. Funds 
1.8 	appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the educational 
1.9 	achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, and may be 
1.10 	used for Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent with 
1.11 	federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
1.12 	(b) The Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood initiative shall submit data annually 
1.13 	to the commissioner of education in the form and manner consistent with the federal 
1.14 	Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements. The Saint Paul Promise 
1.15 	Neighborhood must submit a report of progress to the chairs of the legislative committees 
1.16 	with jurisdiction over early childhood through grade 12 education policy and finance. This 
1.17 	report must be submitted within three months of the close of each legislative biennium the 
1.18 	initiative receives funding.
1.19 	(c) The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 is $1,132,000 for each year.