1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing a grant for the activities of the Minnesota 
1.3 	Alliance With Youth Promise Fellow program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; PROMISE FELLOW PROGRAM.
 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.Minnesota Alliance With Youth. (a) For grants to the Minnesota Alliance 
1.10 	With Youth to improve student attendance and academic engagement through the Promise 
1.11 	Fellow program:

1.12		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2026
	
1.13		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2027
	
1.14 	(b) The Promise Fellow program must form partnerships with AmeriCorps members, 
1.15 	individual schools, school districts, charter schools, and community organizations to provide 
1.16 	attendance and academic engagement intervention services. Services may include family 
1.17 	and caregiver outreach and engagement, academic support, connection to out-of-school 
1.18 	activities and resources, and individual and small group mentoring designed to help students 
1.19 	return to and maintain consistent school attendance.
1.20 	(c) The Minnesota Alliance With Youth must promote Promise Fellow program 
1.21 	opportunities throughout the state.