1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Minnesota Alliance of Boys 
1.8 	and Girls Clubs to administer a statewide project of youth job skills and career development. 
1.9 	This project, which may have career guidance components including health and life skills, 
1.10 	must be designed to encourage, train, and assist youth in early access to education and 
1.11 	job-seeking skills, work-based learning experience including career pathways in STEM 
1.12 	learning, career exploration and matching, and first job placement through local community 
1.13 	partnerships and on-site job opportunities. This grant requires a 25 percent match from 
1.14 	nonstate sources.