1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to the Minnesota 
1.3 	Science Teachers Association.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $611,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of education for a grant to the Minnesota Science Teachers Association to provide 
1.8 	professional development for up to 1,150 teachers to implement the 2019 revised science 
1.9 	standards. The funding must be used for current high school teachers to prepare to take the 
1.10 	content test for additional licensure in earth science, and to provide pedagogical and content 
1.11 	professional development to 6th grade and high school teachers to be effective teachers of 
1.12 	earth and space science. Professional development must be offered at multiple locations 
1.13 	across the state including outside the seven-county metropolitan area as well as online.
1.14 	(b) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2023. Up to five percent of this 
1.15 	appropriation may be used for administrative costs incurred by the Department of Education.