1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Groves Learning 
1.3 	Organization to increase literacy proficiency; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GROVES LEARNING ORGANIZATION.
 1.6 	(a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of education for a grant to Groves Learning Organization to provide summer 
1.8 	literacy interventions through a six-week summer program. Grant funds must support 
1.9 	curricular materials, teacher training and coaching, and program evaluation for public school 
1.10 	students in kindergarten through grade 4.
1.11 	(b) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2025.
1.12 	(c) The grant recipient must provide a detailed report to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.13 	members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
1.14 	12 education and higher education by January 15 of each year until 2026 describing how 
1.15 	the grant funds were used. The report must describe the progress made toward the goal of 
1.16 	increasing the instructional knowledge and skills of teachers, based on proven literacy 
1.17 	strategies, as well as improved literacy proficiency of participating students in kindergarten 
1.18 	through grade 4.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2022.