1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for equity in 
1.3 	telecommunications access.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Equity in telecommunications access. For equity in telecommunications 
1.10 	access under Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26:

1.11		$
	6,000,000
	.....
	2016
	
1.12		$
	6,000,000
	.....
	2017
	
1.13 	If the appropriation amount is insufficient, the commissioner shall reduce the 
1.14 	reimbursement rate in Minnesota Statutes, section 125B.26, subdivisions 4 and 5, and the 
1.15 	revenue for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 shall be prorated.
1.16 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.