1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to St. Paul Public 
1.3 	Schools.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; FIRST LANGUAGE RESOURCES.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.First language resources. (a) For a grant to Independent School District No. 
1.10 	625, St. Paul Public Schools, for professional development and culturally relevant 
1.11 	instructional materials at East African Magnet School:

1.12		$
	170,000
	.....
	2026
	
1.13		$
	144,000
	.....
	2027
	
1.14 	(b) The professional development must include instruction for teachers on how to navigate 
1.15 	free open source repositories containing literacy resources, selecting and translating culturally 
1.16 	relevant materials, incorporating first language resources into literacy instruction, and 
1.17 	adapting stories for diverse learners. St. Paul Public Schools may use grant money to pay 
1.18 	for salaries and benefits of staff or may contract with a third party to provide the professional 
1.19 	development. The district must share the literacy and professional development resources 
1.20 	developed as a result of receiving the grant through a Creative Commons license that requires 
1.21 	attribution, noncommercial usage, and distribution of modified materials under the same 
2.1 	license as the original. The resources must be available under an appropriate license and at 
2.2 	no cost to schools throughout Minnesota.
2.3 	(c) Any balance in fiscal year 2026 is available in fiscal year 2027.
2.4 	(d) This is a onetime appropriation.