1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money to help the Center for Applied 
1.3 	Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota initiate 
1.4 	research, evaluation, and assessment services on behalf of policy makers and 
1.5 	state and local education entities and stakeholders.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CAREI.
 1.8 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the University 
1.9 	of Minnesota Board of Regents for the Center for Applied Research and Educational 
1.10 	Improvement (CAREI) for personnel and technology costs to allow CAREI to begin to 
1.11 	establish high quality collaboration and communication among state and local policy 
1.12 	makers, educators, researchers, evaluators, psychometricians, education agencies and 
1.13 	organizations, and other education stakeholders interested in working together, in learning 
1.14 	what is effective, in developing or modifying programs and services where required, and 
1.15 	in improving student outcomes through shared results and information.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017.