1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; making permanent funding for the Sanneh Foundation 
1.3 	programs; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SANNEH FOUNDATION GRANT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Sanneh Foundation. (a) For grants to the Sanneh Foundation for purposes of 
1.10 	subdivision 3:

1.11		$
	.......
	.....
	2021
	
1.12 	(b) The base for this program is $....... for fiscal year 2022 and each year thereafter.
1.13 		Subd. 3.Grant uses. The grants to the Sanneh Foundation must be directed toward 
1.14 	programs for low-performing and chronically absent students with a focus on low-income 
1.15 	students and students of color. The goals of the grants include decreasing absenteeism, 
1.16 	encouraging school engagement, improving grades, and improving graduation rates. The 
1.17 	grants may be used to:
1.18 	(1) provide all-day, in-school academic and behavioral interventions and social and 
1.19 	emotional learning throughout the school year;
1.20 	(2) provide year-round, out-of-school behavioral, social, and emotional learning 
1.21 	interventions and enrichment activities;
2.1 	(3) enhance career exploration opportunities, including exposure to businesses and 
2.2 	business activities; and
2.3 	(4) develop pathways in cooperation with business higher education partners for 
2.4 	participants to pursue careers in education and youth development.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.