1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing an aeronautics and commercial 
1.3 	over-the-road technical pilot program for Independent School District No. 482, 
1.4 	Little Falls; requiring a report; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PILOT 
1.7 	PROGRAM.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
1.10 	designated.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Career and technical program expansion; aeronautics pilot program. (a) 
1.12 	For Independent School District No. 482, Little Falls, for an aeronautics and commercial 
1.13 	over-the-road technical program:

1.14		$
	450,000
	.....
	2024
	
1.15 	(b) The funds must be used to help support the district's aeronautics and commercial 
1.16 	over-the-road technical pilot program. The funds may be used for equipment, staffing costs, 
1.17 	travel costs, and for contracted services.
1.18 	(c) By February 1, 2027, the district must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.19 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
1.20 	12 education on the activities funded by this appropriation. The report must include but is 
1.21 	not limited to information about program participation and demographic information about 
1.22 	the students served in the program, a description of the type of activities offered by each 
2.1 	program during the year, partnerships with higher education and private providers of 
2.2 	aeronautic and commercial over-the-road services, and recommendations for state actions 
2.3 	that could improve aeronautics and commercial over-the-road programming for all school 
2.4 	districts.
2.5 	(d) This appropriation is available until June 30, 2026. This is a onetime appropriation.