1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota 
1.3 	Youth Council; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
1.4 	124D.957, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and membership. The Minnesota Youth Council 
1.8 	Committee is established within and under the auspices of the Minnesota Alliance With 
1.9 	Youth. The committee consists of four members from each congressional district in 
1.10 	Minnesota and four members selected at-large. Members must be selected through an 
1.11 	application and interview process conducted by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. In 
1.12 	making its appointments, the Minnesota Alliance With Youth should strive to ensure gender 
1.13 	and ethnic diversity in the committee's membership. Members must be between the ages of 
1.14 	13 and 19 in grades 8 through 12 and serve two-year terms, except that one-half of the initial 
1.15 	members must serve a one-year term. Members may serve a maximum of two terms.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.957, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.17 	to read:
1.18 		Subd. 5.Funding. The Minnesota Alliance With Youth may receive annual state 
1.19 	appropriations to fund the operations for the Minnesota Youth Council.

2.1 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; MINNESOTA YOUTH COUNCIL.
 2.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
2.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal year 
2.4 	designated.
2.5 		Subd. 2.Minnesota Youth Council. (a) For a grant to the Minnesota Alliance With 
2.6 	Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council:

2.7		$
	375,000
	.....
	2025
	
2.8 	(b) The budget base for this program for fiscal year 2026 and later is $375,000.