1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing a matching grant to the Education 
1.3 	Innovation Partners Cooperative for professional development.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Education Innovation Partners Cooperative Center. For a matching 
1.10 	grant to Education Innovation Partners Cooperative Center, No. 6091-50, to provide 
1.11 	research-based professional development services, on-site training, and leadership 
1.12 	coaching to teachers and other school staff:

1.13		$
	500,000
	.....
	2017
	
1.14 	A grant under this subdivision must be matched with money or in-kind contributions 
1.15 	from nonstate sources. This is a onetime appropriation.