1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the Beacons School Success 
1.3 	program; requiring a report; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; BEACONS SCHOOL SUCCESS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Beacons School Success. (a) For a grant to the YMCA of the North for the 
1.10 	Beacons School Success program to provide high quality after-school and summer school 
1.11 	programming across the metropolitan area to children in kindergarten through grade 12:

1.12		$
	714,000
	.....
	2023
	
1.13 	(b) The Beacons School Success program must work with schools and youth to engage 
1.14 	young people as leaders and learners.
1.15 	(c) Prior to awarding the grant, the Beacons School Success program must submit to the 
1.16 	commissioner of education a description of the program's goals and strategies consistent 
1.17 	with the evidence-based grant requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.20. The 
1.18 	Beacons School Success program must issue a preliminary report on the program's status 
1.19 	on January 15, 2023, and submit a final report consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.20 	127A.20.
1.21 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2025.