1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; establishing a biennial budget for the Department of 
1.3 	Employment and Economic Development and Explore Minnesota; making various 
1.4 	policy changes; requiring reports; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2024, sections 116J.431, subdivision 2; 116J.659, subdivisions 4, 5; 
1.6 	116J.8733, subdivision 4; 116J.8752, subdivision 2; 116L.04, subdivisions 1, 1a; 
1.7 	116L.05, subdivision 5; 116L.98, subdivision 2; 116M.18, subdivision 3; 116U.05; 
1.8 	116U.06; 116U.15; 116U.30; 116U.35; 248.07, subdivisions 7, 8; 268.085, 
1.9 	subdivision 15; 268.184, subdivision 1; 469.54, subdivision 4; Laws 2023, chapter 
1.10 	53, article 15, section 33, subdivision 4, as amended; article 18, sections 2, 
1.11 	subdivisions 1, 4; 3, subdivisions 1, 4, 5; article 20, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
1.12 	amended; article 21, section 7, as amended; proposing coding for new law in 
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J; repealing Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, 
1.14 	section 13.
1.15 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.16 	ARTICLE 1
1.17 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.18	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.19 	(a) The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.20 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
1.21 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for 
1.22 	each purpose. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations 
1.23 	listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, 
1.24 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The 
1.25 	biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
1.26 	(b) If an appropriation in this article is enacted more than once in the 2025 regular or 
1.27 	special legislative session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.
2.1 	(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98, subdivision 14, the 
2.2 	commissioners of the agencies receiving grant appropriations in this article must not use 
2.3 	any amount of the grant appropriations for administration costs unless otherwise appropriated 
2.4 	or stated in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.035, subdivision 7.

2.5				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.6				Available for the Year
	
2.7				Ending June 30
	
2.8					2026
		2027

2.92.10
	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	159,277,000
	$
	149,835,000

2.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.13		2026
	2027
	
2.14	General
	113,113,000
	108,433,000
	
2.15	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
2.16
2.17	Workforce 
Development
	45,464,000
	40,702,000
	
2.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.20 	subdivisions.

2.21	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 		54,254,000
		49,104,000

2.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.23	General
	51,204,000
	46,054,000
	
2.24	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
2.25
2.26	Workforce 
Development
	2,350,000
	2,350,000
	
2.27 	(a) $2,287,000 each year is for the greater 
2.28 	Minnesota business development public 
2.29 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
2.30 	Statutes, section 116J.435. This appropriation 
2.31 	is available until June 30, 2029.
2.32 	(b) $350,000 each year is for the 
2.33 	administration of the Energy Transition Office 
2.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.5491.
3.1 	(c) $500,000 each year is for grants to small 
3.2 	business development centers under Minnesota 
3.3 	Statutes, section 116J.68. Money made 
3.4 	available under this paragraph may be used to 
3.5 	match funds under the federal Small Business 
3.6 	Development Center (SBDC) program under 
3.7 	United States Code, title 15, section 648, to 
3.8 	provide consulting and technical services or 
3.9 	to build additional SBDC network capacity to 
3.10 	serve entrepreneurs and small businesses.
3.11 	(d) $2,725,000 each year is for the small 
3.12 	business assistance partnerships program 
3.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.682. 
3.14 	All grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
3.15 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year. 
3.16 	The department may use up to five percent of 
3.17 	the appropriation for administrative purposes.
3.18 	(e) $1,772,000 each year is for contaminated 
3.19 	site cleanup and development grants under 
3.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
3.21 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
3.22 	expended.
3.23 	(f) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
3.24 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
3.25 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.26 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
3.27 	appropriation is available until expended.
3.28 	(g) $139,000 each year is for the Center for 
3.29 	Rural Policy and Development.
3.30 	(h) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
3.31 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
3.32 	Corporation under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.33 	sections 469.40 to 469.47.
4.1 	(i) $575,000 each year is for the host 
4.2 	community economic development program 
4.3 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.4 	116J.548. The base for this appropriation is 
4.5 	$375,000 in fiscal year 2028 and each year 
4.6 	thereafter.
4.7 	(j)(1) $1,500,000 each year is for grants to 
4.8 	local communities to increase the number of 
4.9 	quality child care providers to support 
4.10 	economic development. Fifty percent of grant 
4.11 	funds must go to communities located outside 
4.12 	the seven-county metropolitan area as defined 
4.13 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
4.14 	subdivision 2.
4.15 	(2) Grant recipients must obtain a 50 percent 
4.16 	nonstate match to grant funds in either cash 
4.17 	or in-kind contribution, unless the 
4.18 	commissioner waives the requirement. Grant 
4.19 	funds available under this paragraph must be 
4.20 	used to implement projects to reduce the child 
4.21 	care shortage in the state, including but not 
4.22 	limited to funding for child care business 
4.23 	start-ups or expansion, training, facility 
4.24 	modifications, direct subsidies or incentives 
4.25 	to retain employees, or improvements required 
4.26 	for licensing, and assistance with licensing 
4.27 	and other regulatory requirements. In awarding 
4.28 	grants, the commissioner must give priority 
4.29 	to communities that have demonstrated a 
4.30 	shortage of child care providers.
4.31 	(3) Within one year of receiving grant funds, 
4.32 	grant recipients must report to the 
4.33 	commissioner on the outcomes of the grant 
4.34 	program, including but not limited to the 
4.35 	number of new providers, the number of 
5.1 	additional child care provider jobs created, the 
5.2 	number of additional child care slots, and the 
5.3 	amount of cash and in-kind local funds 
5.4 	invested. Within one month of all grant 
5.5 	recipients reporting on program outcomes, the 
5.6 	commissioner must report the grant recipients' 
5.7 	outcomes to the chairs and ranking members 
5.8 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
5.9 	over early learning and child care and 
5.10 	economic development.
5.11 	(k) $500,000 each year is for the Office of 
5.12 	Child Care Community Partnerships. Of this 
5.13 	amount:
5.14 	(1) $450,000 each year is for administration 
5.15 	of the Office of Child Care Community 
5.16 	Partnerships; and
5.17 	(2) $50,000 each year is for the Labor Market 
5.18 	Information Office to conduct research and 
5.19 	analysis related to the child care industry.
5.20 	(l) $1,000,000 each year is for a grant to the 
5.21 	Minnesota Initiative Foundations. This 
5.22 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. 
5.23 	The Minnesota Initiative Foundations must 
5.24 	use grant funds under this section to:
5.25 	(1) facilitate planning processes for rural 
5.26 	communities resulting in a community solution 
5.27 	action plan that guides decision making to 
5.28 	sustain and increase the supply of quality child 
5.29 	care in the region to support economic 
5.30 	development;
5.31 	(2) engage the private sector to invest local 
5.32 	resources to support the community solution 
5.33 	action plan and ensure quality child care is a 
6.1 	vital component of additional regional 
6.2 	economic development planning processes;
6.3 	(3) provide locally based training and technical 
6.4 	assistance to rural child care business owners 
6.5 	individually or through a learning cohort. 
6.6 	Access to financial and business development 
6.7 	assistance must prepare child care businesses 
6.8 	for quality engagement and improvement by 
6.9 	stabilizing operations, leveraging funding from 
6.10 	other sources, and fostering business acumen 
6.11 	that allows child care businesses to plan for 
6.12 	and afford the cost of providing quality child 
6.13 	care; and
6.14 	(4) recruit child care programs to participate 
6.15 	in quality rating and improvement 
6.16 	measurement programs. The Minnesota 
6.17 	Initiative Foundations must work with local 
6.18 	partners to provide low-cost training, 
6.19 	professional development opportunities, and 
6.20 	continuing education curricula. The Minnesota 
6.21 	Initiative Foundations must fund, through local 
6.22 	partners, an enhanced level of coaching to 
6.23 	rural child care providers to obtain a quality 
6.24 	rating through measurement programs.
6.25 	(m) $8,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
6.26 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.27 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
6.28 	commissioner of employment and economic 
6.29 	development may use up to three percent for 
6.30 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
6.31 	is available until expended.
6.32 	(n) $12,370,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
6.33 	investment fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.34 	section 116J.8731. Of this amount, the 
6.35 	commissioner of employment and economic 
7.1 	development may use up to three percent for 
7.2 	administration and monitoring of the program. 
7.3 	This appropriation is available until expended. 
7.4 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.5 	116J.8731, money appropriated to the 
7.6 	commissioner for the Minnesota investment 
7.7 	fund may be used for the redevelopment 
7.8 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
7.9 	116J.575 and 116J.5761, at the discretion of 
7.10 	the commissioner. Grants under this paragraph 
7.11 	are not subject to the grant amount limitation 
7.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
7.13 	(o) $2,246,000 each year is for the 
7.14 	redevelopment program under Minnesota 
7.15 	Statutes, sections 116J.575 and 116J.5761.
7.16 	(p) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
7.17 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
7.18 	(q) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
7.19 	job skills partnership program under 
7.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
7.21 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
7.22 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
7.23 	year is available. This appropriation is 
7.24 	available until expended.
7.25 	(r) $1,350,000 each year from the workforce 
7.26 	development fund is for jobs training grants 
7.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.41.
7.28 	(s) $250,000 each year is for the publication, 
7.29 	dissemination, and use of labor market 
7.30 	information under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.31 	116J.401.
7.32 	(t) $1,000,000 each year is for the 
7.33 	CanNavigate program established under 
7.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.6595. Of this 
8.1 	amount, up to four percent may be used for 
8.2 	administrative purposes. Any unencumbered 
8.3 	balances remaining in the first year do not 
8.4 	cancel but are available for the second year.
8.5 	(u) $500,000 each year is for a grant to 
8.6 	MNSBIR, Inc., for support of the small 
8.7 	business research and development goals 
8.8 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.222. 
8.9 	This appropriation is onetime and is available 
8.10 	until June 30, 2027.
8.11 	The purpose of the grant is to support moving 
8.12 	scientific excellence and technological 
8.13 	innovation from the lab to the market for 
8.14 	startups and small businesses by securing 
8.15 	federal research and development funding to 
8.16 	build a strong innovation economy and 
8.17 	stimulate the creation of novel products, 
8.18 	services, and solutions; strengthening the role 
8.19 	of startups and small businesses in meeting 
8.20 	federal research and development needs; 
8.21 	increasing the commercial application of 
8.22 	federally supported research results; and 
8.23 	developing and increasing the Minnesota 
8.24 	workforce, especially by fostering and 
8.25 	encouraging participation by small businesses 
8.26 	owned by people who are Black, Indigenous, 
8.27 	People of Color, and women.
8.28 	MNSBIR, Inc. shall use grant money to 
8.29 	become the federal research and development 
8.30 	dedicated resource for Minnesota small 
8.31 	businesses to support research and 
8.32 	commercialization of novel ideas, concepts, 
8.33 	and projects to develop cutting-edge products 
8.34 	and services for worldwide economic impact. 
8.35 	Grant money shall be used to:
9.1 	(1) assist startups and small businesses in 
9.2 	securing federal research and development 
9.3 	funding including the small business 
9.4 	innovation research and small business 
9.5 	technology transfer programs;
9.6 	(2) support technology transfer and 
9.7 	commercialization from the University of 
9.8 	Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, and federal 
9.9 	laboratories;
9.10 	(3) collaborate with corporate venture groups 
9.11 	and large businesses nationally;
9.12 	(4) conduct statewide outreach, education, and 
9.13 	training on federal rules, regulations, and 
9.14 	requirements;
9.15 	(5) assist with scientific and technical writing;
9.16 	(6) help manage federal grants and contracts; 
9.17 	and
9.18 	(7) support cost accounting and federal 
9.19 	sole-source procurement opportunities.
9.20 	(v) $4,523,000 the first year is for the 
9.21 	PROMISE grant program. This is a onetime 
9.22 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
9.23 	2029. Of this amount:
9.24 	(1) $905,000 the first year is for grants in 
9.25 	equal amounts to each of the Minnesota 
9.26 	Initiative Foundations to serve businesses in 
9.27 	greater Minnesota. Of this amount, $72,000 
9.28 	is for grants to businesses with less than 
9.29 	$100,000 in revenue the prior year; and
9.30 	(2) $3,618,000 the first year is for grants to 
9.31 	the Neighborhood Development Center. Of 
9.32 	this amount, the following amounts are 
9.33 	designated for the following areas:
10.1 	(i) $905,000 the first year is for North 
10.2 	Minneapolis' West Broadway, Camden, and 
10.3 	other Northside neighborhoods. Of this 
10.4 	amount, $72,000 is for grants to businesses 
10.5 	with less than $100,000 in revenue in the prior 
10.6 	year;
10.7 	(ii) $905,000 the first year is for South 
10.8 	Minneapolis' Lake Street, 38th and Chicago, 
10.9 	Franklin, Nicollet, and Riverside corridors. 
10.10 	Of this amount, $72,000 is for grants to 
10.11 	businesses with less than $100,000 in revenue 
10.12 	in the prior year;
10.13 	(iii) $904,000 the first year is for St. Paul's 
10.14 	University Avenue, Midway, Eastside, or other 
10.15 	St. Paul neighborhoods. Of this amount, 
10.16 	$72,000 is for grants to businesses with less 
10.17 	than $100,000 in revenue in the prior year; 
10.18 	and
10.19 	(iv) $904,000 the first year is for grants to 
10.20 	businesses in the counties of Anoka, Carver, 
10.21 	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and 
10.22 	Washington, excluding the cities of 
10.23 	Minneapolis and St. Paul.
10.24 	(w) $500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
10.25 	Neighborhood Development Center (NDC) to 
10.26 	support small business programs, including 
10.27 	training, lending, business services, and real 
10.28 	estate initiatives. Money may be used to assist 
10.29 	organizations outside of the seven-county 
10.30 	metropolitan area with technical assistance 
10.31 	and grants to help implement elements of 
10.32 	NDC's small business support model; provide 
10.33 	one-on-one technical assistance for 
10.34 	entrepreneurs; and support the operations and 
10.35 	marketing of a cybersecurity center. This is a 
11.1 	onetime appropriation. Any unencumbered 
11.2 	balance remaining at the end of the first year 
11.3 	does not cancel and is available for use in the 
11.4 	second year.
11.5 	(x) $627,000 the first year is for a grant to 
11.6 	Community and Economic Development 
11.7 	Associates (CEDA) to provide funding for 
11.8 	economic development technical assistance 
11.9 	and economic development project grants to 
11.10 	small communities across rural Minnesota and 
11.11 	for CEDA to design, implement, market, and 
11.12 	administer specific types of basic community 
11.13 	and economic development programs tailored 
11.14 	to individual community needs. Technical 
11.15 	assistance grants shall be based on need and 
11.16 	given to communities that are otherwise 
11.17 	unable to afford these services. Of the amount 
11.18 	appropriated, up to $270,000 may be used for 
11.19 	economic development project implementation 
11.20 	in conjunction with the technical assistance 
11.21 	received. This is a onetime appropriation. Any 
11.22 	unencumbered balance remaining at the end 
11.23 	of the first year does not cancel but is available 
11.24 	the second year.
11.25 	(y) $250,000 each year is for a grant to 
11.26 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. to directly invest 
11.27 	in Minnesota manufacturers under the Made 
11.28 	in Minnesota program under Minnesota 
11.29 	Statutes, section 116O.115. This is a onetime 
11.30 	appropriation.
11.31 	(z) $250,000 each year is for a grant to 
11.32 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., to reach and 
11.33 	deliver talent, leadership, employee retention, 
11.34 	continuous improvement, strategy, quality 
11.35 	management systems, revenue growth, and 
12.1 	manufacturing peer-to-peer advisory services 
12.2 	to small manufacturing companies employing 
12.3 	250 or fewer full-time equivalent employees 
12.4 	and for operations of Enterprise Minnesota. 
12.5 	This is a onetime appropriation. No later than 
12.6 	February 1, 2026, and February 1, 2027, 
12.7 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. must provide a 
12.8 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
12.9 	members of the legislative committees with 
12.10 	jurisdiction over economic development that 
12.11 	includes:
12.12 	(1) the amount of money awarded during the 
12.13 	past 12 months;
12.14 	(2) the estimated financial impact of the 
12.15 	money awarded to each company receiving 
12.16 	service under the program;
12.17 	(3) the actual financial impact of the money 
12.18 	awarded during the past 24 months; and
12.19 	(4) the total amount of federal money 
12.20 	leveraged from the Manufacturing Extension 
12.21 	Partnership at the United States Department 
12.22 	of Commerce.
12.23 	(aa) $500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
12.24 	Coalition of Asian American Leaders to 
12.25 	support outreach, training, technical assistance, 
12.26 	peer network development, and direct financial 
12.27 	assistance for Asian Minnesotan women 
12.28 	entrepreneurs and Asian-owned businesses. 
12.29 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
12.30 	available until June 30, 2027.
12.31 	(bb) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
12.32 	development fund is for a grant to the Asian 
12.33 	Economic Development Association (AEDA), 
12.34 	in cooperation with and in support of the 
13.1 	coalition of Minnesota Asian Building Trades 
13.2 	Entrepreneurs (MABTE) and related firms to 
13.3 	grow their businesses through training, hiring, 
13.4 	and capacity building. This is a onetime 
13.5 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
13.6 	2029.
13.7 	(cc) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
13.8 	development fund is for a grant to 
13.9 	WomenVenture to:
13.10 	(1) support child care providers through 
13.11 	business training and shared services programs 
13.12 	and to create materials that may be used, at no 
13.13 	cost to child care providers, for start-up, 
13.14 	expansion, and operation of child care 
13.15 	businesses statewide, with the goal of helping 
13.16 	new and existing child care businesses in 
13.17 	underserved areas of the state become 
13.18 	profitable and sustainable; and
13.19 	(2) support business expansion for women 
13.20 	food entrepreneurs throughout Minnesota's 
13.21 	food supply chain to help stabilize and 
13.22 	strengthen their business operations, create 
13.23 	distribution networks, offer technical 
13.24 	assistance and support to women entrepreneurs 
13.25 	in agribusiness, develop business plans, 
13.26 	develop a workforce, research expansion 
13.27 	strategies, and for other related activities.
13.28 	Eligible uses of the money include but are not 
13.29 	limited to leasehold improvements; additions, 
13.30 	alterations, remodeling, or renovations to 
13.31 	rented space; emergency grant funding for 
13.32 	damage caused by natural disasters; inventory 
13.33 	or supplies; machinery or equipment 
13.34 	purchases; working capital; and debt 
13.35 	refinancing.
14.1 	Money distributed to entrepreneurs may be 
14.2 	loans, forgivable loans, and grants. Of this 
14.3 	amount, up to five percent may be used for 
14.4 	WomenVenture's technical assistance and 
14.5 	administrative costs. This is a onetime 
14.6 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
14.7 	2028.
14.8 	By December 15, 2028, WomenVenture must 
14.9 	submit a report to the chairs and ranking 
14.10 	minority members of the legislative 
14.11 	committees with jurisdiction over agriculture 
14.12 	and employment and economic development. 
14.13 	The report must include a summary of the uses 
14.14 	of the appropriation, including the amount of 
14.15 	the appropriation used for administration. The 
14.16 	report must also provide a breakdown of the 
14.17 	amount of funding used for loans, forgivable 
14.18 	loans, and grants; information about the terms 
14.19 	of the loans issued; a discussion of how money 
14.20 	from repaid loans will be used; the number of 
14.21 	entrepreneurs assisted; and a breakdown of 
14.22 	how many entrepreneurs received assistance 
14.23 	in each county.

14.24	Subd. 3.Workforce Development Services
 		47,560,000
		42,498,000

14.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.26	General
	12,371,000
	12,071,000
	
14.27
14.28	Workforce 
Development
	35,189,000
	30,427,000
	
14.29 	(a) $500,000 each year from the general fund 
14.30 	and $500,000 each year from the workforce 
14.31 	development fund are for rural career 
14.32 	counseling coordinators in the workforce 
14.33 	service areas and for the purposes specified 
14.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.667.
15.1 	(b) $750,000 each year is for the women and 
15.2 	high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs 
15.3 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.4 	section 116L.99. Of this amount, up to five 
15.5 	percent is for administration and monitoring 
15.6 	of the program.
15.7 	(c) $2,546,000 each year from the general fund 
15.8 	and $4,604,000 each year from the workforce 
15.9 	development fund are for the pathways to 
15.10 	prosperity competitive grant program. Of this 
15.11 	amount, up to five percent is for administration 
15.12 	and monitoring of the program.
15.13 	(d) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
15.14 	development fund for current Minnesota 
15.15 	affiliates of OIC of America, Inc. This 
15.16 	appropriation shall be divided equally among 
15.17 	the eligible centers.
15.18 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is for competitive 
15.19 	grants to organizations providing services to 
15.20 	relieve economic disparities in the Southeast 
15.21 	Asian community through workforce 
15.22 	recruitment, development, job creation, 
15.23 	assistance of smaller organizations to increase 
15.24 	capacity, and outreach. Of this amount, up to 
15.25 	five percent is for administration and 
15.26 	monitoring of the program.
15.27 	(f) $1,000,000 each year is for a competitive 
15.28 	grant program to provide grants to 
15.29 	organizations that provide support services for 
15.30 	individuals, such as job training, employment 
15.31 	preparation, internships, job assistance to 
15.32 	parents, financial literacy, academic and 
15.33 	behavioral interventions for low-performing 
15.34 	students, and youth intervention. Grants made 
15.35 	under this section must focus on low-income 
16.1 	communities, young adults from families with 
16.2 	a history of intergenerational poverty, and 
16.3 	communities of color. Of this amount, up to 
16.4 	five percent is for administration and 
16.5 	monitoring of the program.
16.6 	(g) $750,000 each year from the general fund 
16.7 	and $3,348,000 each year from the workforce 
16.8 	development fund are for the youth-at-work 
16.9 	competitive grant program under Minnesota 
16.10 	Statutes, section 116L.562. Of this amount, 
16.11 	up to five percent is for administration and 
16.12 	monitoring of the youth workforce 
16.13 	development competitive grant program. All 
16.14 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
16.15 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
16.16 	(h) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
16.17 	workforce development fund for the 
16.18 	youthbuild program under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.19 	sections 116L.361 to 116L.366.
16.20 	(i) $4,050,000 each year is from the workforce 
16.21 	development fund for the Minnesota youth 
16.22 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
16.23 	116L.56 and 116L.561.
16.24 	(j) $1,275,000 each year is for the targeted 
16.25 	populations workforce grants under Minnesota 
16.26 	Statutes, section 116L.43. The department 
16.27 	may use up to five percent of this 
16.28 	appropriation for administration, monitoring, 
16.29 	and oversight of the program.
16.30 	(k) $25,000 each year is for a grant to the 
16.31 	University of Minnesota Tourism Center for 
16.32 	ongoing system maintenance, management, 
16.33 	and content updates of an online hospitality 
16.34 	training program in partnership with Explore 
17.1 	Minnesota Tourism. This training program 
17.2 	must be made available at no cost to 
17.3 	Minnesota residents in an effort to address 
17.4 	critical workforce shortages in the hospitality 
17.5 	and tourism industries and assist in career 
17.6 	development. The grant provided under this 
17.7 	paragraph is not subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
17.8 	section 116L.98.
17.9 	(l) $150,000 each year is for prevailing wage 
17.10 	staff under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.11 	116J.871, subdivision 2.
17.12 	(m) $750,000 each year is for the Office of 
17.13 	New Americans under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.14 	section 116J.4231.
17.15 	(n) $2,000,000 each year is for the CanTrain 
17.16 	program established under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.17 	section 116L.90. Of this amount, up to four 
17.18 	percent may be used for administrative 
17.19 	purposes.
17.20 	(o) $375,000 each year is for a grant to 
17.21 	Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la 
17.22 	AcciÃ³n Latina (COPAL) for capacity building, 
17.23 	worker's center programming, youth 
17.24 	workforce programming, career planning, 
17.25 	GED attainment classes, educational resources 
17.26 	and materials, health resources, training 
17.27 	programs, and job navigation. This is a 
17.28 	onetime appropriation.
17.29 	(p) $450,000 each year is for grants to 
17.30 	Minnesota Diversified Industries to provide 
17.31 	inclusive employment opportunities and 
17.32 	services for people with disabilities. This is a 
17.33 	onetime appropriation.
18.1 	(q) $250,000 the first year from the workforce 
18.2 	development fund is for a grant to Minnesota 
18.3 	Diversified Industries to assist individuals with 
18.4 	disabilities through the unified work model 
18.5 	by offering virtual, online, and in-person 
18.6 	career skills classes augmented with virtual 
18.7 	reality tools. Minnesota Diversified Industries 
18.8 	shall submit a report on the number and 
18.9 	demographics of individuals served, hours of 
18.10 	career skills programming delivered, outreach 
18.11 	to employers, and recommendations for future 
18.12 	career skills delivery methods to the chairs 
18.13 	and ranking minority members of the 
18.14 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
18.15 	labor and workforce development policy and 
18.16 	finance by January 15, 2028. This is a onetime 
18.17 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
18.18 	2027.
18.19 	(r) $300,000 the first year is for a grant to All 
18.20 	Square of Minnesota. The grant must be used 
18.21 	to support the operations of All Square's 
18.22 	workforce development programs that operate 
18.23 	in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and 
18.24 	correctional facilities in the surrounding area 
18.25 	to assist Minnesotans who are incarcerated, 
18.26 	formerly incarcerated, or directly impacted by 
18.27 	the existence of a criminal record in 
18.28 	overcoming employment barriers that prevent 
18.29 	economic and emotional freedom. Grant 
18.30 	proceeds may be used for any or all of the 
18.31 	following All Square programs: (1) the 
18.32 	Restaurant and Food Truck Fellowship 
18.33 	program; (2) the Prison to Law Pipeline 
18.34 	program; or (3) the Legal Revolution Law 
18.35 	Firm. This is a onetime appropriation.
19.1 	(s) $500,000 each year is for a grant to Al 
19.2 	Maa'uun, previously known as the North at 
19.3 	Work program, for a strategic intervention 
19.4 	program designed to target and connect 
19.5 	program participants to meaningful and 
19.6 	sustainable living-wage employment. This is 
19.7 	a onetime appropriation.
19.8 	(t) $400,000 each year from the workforce 
19.9 	development fund is for a grant to Ujamaa 
19.10 	Place to provide workforce development 
19.11 	services targeted to the needs of African 
19.12 	American men, including job training, 
19.13 	employment preparation, internships, 
19.14 	education, and vocational housing, as well as 
19.15 	for organizational capacity building. This is a 
19.16 	onetime appropriation.
19.17 	(u) $400,000 each year from the workforce 
19.18 	development fund is for a grant to Hired to 
19.19 	support their workforce development 
19.20 	programming and services. Grant proceeds 
19.21 	may be used to expand their career pathway 
19.22 	job training and placement program that 
19.23 	connects lower-skilled job seekers to 
19.24 	entry-level and gateway jobs in high-growth 
19.25 	sectors. Grant proceeds may also be used to 
19.26 	create services for low-income Minnesotans 
19.27 	designed to increase job retention and create 
19.28 	a more stable workforce for employers by 
19.29 	offering a continuum of employment coaching, 
19.30 	navigation, and support services to 
19.31 	economically disadvantaged employees. This 
19.32 	is a onetime appropriation.
19.33 	(v) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
19.34 	development fund is for a grant to the 
19.35 	American Indian Opportunities and 
20.1 	Industrialization Center for workforce 
20.2 	development programming. This is a onetime 
20.3 	appropriation.
20.4 	(w) $1,000,000 each year from the workforce 
20.5 	development fund is for a grant to Goodwill 
20.6 	Easter Seals Minnesota and its partners. The 
20.7 	grant must be used to continue the FATHER 
20.8 	Project in Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Paul, 
20.9 	Minneapolis, and the surrounding areas to 
20.10 	assist fathers in overcoming barriers that 
20.11 	prevent fathers from supporting their children 
20.12 	economically and emotionally, including with 
20.13 	community reentry following confinement. 
20.14 	This is a onetime appropriation.
20.15 	(x) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
20.16 	development fund is for a grant to Big 
20.17 	Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities 
20.18 	to provide disadvantaged youth ages 12 to 21 
20.19 	with job-seeking skills, connections to job 
20.20 	training and education opportunities, and 
20.21 	mentorship while exploring careers. The grant 
20.22 	shall serve youth in the Big Brothers Big 
20.23 	Sisters chapters in the Twin Cities, central 
20.24 	Minnesota, and southern Minnesota. This is a 
20.25 	onetime appropriation.
20.26 	(y) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
20.27 	development fund is for grants to the 
20.28 	Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation 
20.29 	for Carts to Careers, a statewide initiative to 
20.30 	promote careers in the food industry, conduct 
20.31 	outreach, provide job skills training, and award 
20.32 	scholarships for students pursuing careers in 
20.33 	the food industry. The amount may also be 
20.34 	used for training and development costs; 
20.35 	certifications; hiring support  for employers 
21.1 	who hire workers with disabilities, a history 
21.2 	of chemical or substance abuse, a previous 
21.3 	criminal record, or other variables that cause 
21.4 	a potential employee to have an increased cost 
21.5 	to train or retain; and other activities aimed at 
21.6 	strengthening the workforce pipeline in the 
21.7 	food retail sector. This is a onetime 
21.8 	appropriation.
21.9 	(z) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
21.10 	development fund is for grants to the 
21.11 	Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation 
21.12 	for the ProStart hospitality and tourism 
21.13 	management program, a statewide initiative 
21.14 	in high schools to address the critical 
21.15 	workforce shortages in hospitality. Grant 
21.16 	money must be used by the recipient to 
21.17 	provide students culinary and management 
21.18 	education curriculum, tools, skills, 
21.19 	professional development opportunities within 
21.20 	the hospitality industry, and scholarships. This 
21.21 	is a onetime appropriation.
21.22 	(aa) $700,000 each year from the workforce 
21.23 	development fund is for a grant to 
21.24 	Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio 
21.25 	(CLUES) to address employment, economic, 
21.26 	and technology access disparities for 
21.27 	low-income unemployed or underemployed 
21.28 	individuals. Funds must support short-term 
21.29 	certifications and transferable skills in 
21.30 	high-demand fields, workforce readiness, 
21.31 	customized financial capability, and 
21.32 	employment supports. At least 50 percent of 
21.33 	this amount must be used for programming 
21.34 	targeted at greater Minnesota. These are 
21.35 	onetime appropriations.
22.1 	(bb) $700,000 each year from the workforce 
22.2 	development fund is for performance grants 
22.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
22.4 	to Twin Cities R!SE to provide training to 
22.5 	individuals facing barriers to employment. 
22.6 	This appropriation is onetime and available 
22.7 	until June 30, 2028.
22.8 	(cc) $275,000 each year from the workforce 
22.9 	development fund is for a grant to Workforce 
22.10 	Development, Inc., of the Southeast Minnesota 
22.11 	Workforce Development Area #8, to provide 
22.12 	career planning, career pathway training and 
22.13 	education, wraparound support services, and 
22.14 	job skills advancement in high-demand careers 
22.15 	to individuals with barriers to employment in 
22.16 	Steele County, helping families build secure 
22.17 	pathways out of poverty and addressing 
22.18 	worker shortages in the Owatonna and Steele 
22.19 	County area. Grant proceeds must support 
22.20 	employer outreach services by providing 
22.21 	solutions to workforce challenges and direct 
22.22 	connections to workforce programming. Grant 
22.23 	proceeds may be used for program expenses, 
22.24 	including but not limited to hiring instructors 
22.25 	and navigators; space rental; and supportive 
22.26 	services to help participants attend classes, 
22.27 	including assistance with course fees, child 
22.28 	care, incentive and training completion 
22.29 	payments, transportation, and safe and stable 
22.30 	housing. Up to five percent of grant money 
22.31 	may be used for Workforce Development, 
22.32 	Inc.'s administrative costs. This is a onetime 
22.33 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
22.34 	2027. Any unencumbered balance remaining 
22.35 	at the end of the first year does not cancel but 
22.36 	is available for the second year.
23.1 	By January 15 each year, the commissioner 
23.2 	of employment and economic development 
23.3 	must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
23.4 	members of the legislative committees with 
23.5 	jurisdiction over economic development and 
23.6 	workforce development regarding the uses of 
23.7 	this grant, including any amounts used for 
23.8 	administration of the grant. The report must 
23.9 	also be filed with the Legislative Reference 
23.10 	Library in compliance with Minnesota 
23.11 	Statutes, section 3.195. As a condition of 
23.12 	receiving the grant, Workforce Development, 
23.13 	Inc., of the Southeast Minnesota Workforce 
23.14 	Development Area #8, must agree to provide 
23.15 	the commissioner any information needed to 
23.16 	complete the report.
23.17 	(dd) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
23.18 	development fund is for a grant to Project for 
23.19 	Pride in Living for job training and workforce 
23.20 	development services focusing on individuals 
23.21 	who are unemployed or underemployed. This 
23.22 	is a onetime appropriation.
23.23 	(ee) $125,000 each year from the workforce 
23.24 	development fund is for a grant to Pillsbury 
23.25 	United Communities to provide job training 
23.26 	and workforce development services for 
23.27 	individuals who are unemployed or 
23.28 	underemployed. This is a onetime 
23.29 	appropriation.
23.30 	(ff) $550,000 each year from the workforce 
23.31 	development fund is for a grant to the 
23.32 	International Institute of Minnesota. Grant 
23.33 	funds must be used for workforce training for 
23.34 	New Americans in industries in need of a 
24.1 	trained workforce. This is a onetime 
24.2 	appropriation.
24.3 	(gg) $200,000 each year from the workforce 
24.4 	development fund is for the Minnesota Family 
24.5 	Resiliency Partnership under Minnesota 
24.6 	Statutes, section 116L.96. The commissioner, 
24.7 	through the adult career pathways program, 
24.8 	shall distribute the funds to existing nonprofit 
24.9 	and state displaced homemaker programs. This 
24.10 	is a onetime appropriation.
24.11 	(hh) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
24.12 	development fund is for a grant to Emerge 
24.13 	Community Development to support and 
24.14 	reinforce critical workforce at the Emerge 
24.15 	Career and Technical Center, Cedar Riverside 
24.16 	Opportunity Center, and Emerge Second 
24.17 	Chance programs in the city of Minneapolis. 
24.18 	This is a onetime appropriation.
24.19 	(ii) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
24.20 	development fund is for a grant to Workforce 
24.21 	Development, Inc., for their Bridges to 
24.22 	Healthcare program to provide career 
24.23 	education, wraparound support services, and 
24.24 	job skills training in high-demand health care 
24.25 	fields to low-income parents, nonnative 
24.26 	speakers of English, and other hard-to-train 
24.27 	individuals, helping families build secure 
24.28 	pathways out of poverty while also addressing 
24.29 	worker shortages in one of Minnesota's most 
24.30 	innovative industries. Grant proceeds may be 
24.31 	used for program expenses, including but not 
24.32 	limited to hiring instructors and navigators; 
24.33 	space rental; and supportive services to help 
24.34 	participants attend classes, including assistance 
24.35 	with course fees, child care, transportation, 
25.1 	and safe and stable housing. In addition, up to 
25.2 	five percent of grant proceeds may be used 
25.3 	for Workforce Development, Inc.'s (Bridges 
25.4 	to Healthcare) administrative costs. This is a 
25.5 	onetime appropriation.
25.6 	(jj) $1,000,000 each year from the workforce 
25.7 	development fund is for a grant to Propel 
25.8 	Nonprofits. Grant proceeds may be used for 
25.9 	purposes including but not limited to capacity 
25.10 	building, technical assistance and training, and 
25.11 	strategic consulting to community-based 
25.12 	organizations. Of this amount, up to five 
25.13 	percent may be used by Propel Nonprofits for 
25.14 	administrative costs. This is a onetime 
25.15 	appropriation.
25.16 	(kk) $750,000 each year from the workforce 
25.17 	development fund is for a grant to Summit 
25.18 	Academy OIC to expand student enrollment, 
25.19 	employment placement, and program access 
25.20 	in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota; 
25.21 	to expand GED preparation and administration 
25.22 	and STEM programming; and to start and 
25.23 	enroll students in a dental assistant program 
25.24 	and work with employers to place students 
25.25 	upon successful completion of the program. 
25.26 	This is a onetime appropriation.
25.27 	(ll) $300,000 each year from the workforce 
25.28 	development fund is for a grant to Better 
25.29 	Futures Minnesota to provide job skills 
25.30 	training to individuals who have been released 
25.31 	from incarceration for a felony-level offense 
25.32 	and are no more than 12 months from the date 
25.33 	of release. Better Futures Minnesota shall 
25.34 	annually report to the commissioner on how 
25.35 	the money was spent and what results were 
26.1 	achieved. The report must include, at a 
26.2 	minimum, information and data about the 
26.3 	number of participants; participant 
26.4 	homelessness, employment, recidivism, and 
26.5 	child support compliance; and job skills 
26.6 	training provided to program participants. This 
26.7 	is a onetime appropriation.
26.8 	(mm) $125,000 each year from the workforce 
26.9 	development fund is for a grant to 30,000 Feet, 
26.10 	a nonprofit organization, to fund youth 
26.11 	apprenticeship jobs, wraparound services, 
26.12 	after-school programming, and summer 
26.13 	learning loss prevention efforts targeted at 
26.14 	African American youth. This is a onetime 
26.15 	appropriation.
26.16 	(nn) $300,000 each year from the workforce 
26.17 	development fund is for a grant to the Hmong 
26.18 	American Partnership for job training, 
26.19 	employment services, technology, business 
26.20 	development, lending and financial services, 
26.21 	capacity building, wealth management, and 
26.22 	empowerment services. This is a onetime 
26.23 	appropriation. Any unencumbered balance 
26.24 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
26.25 	cancel but is available the second year.
26.26 	(oo) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
26.27 	development fund is for a grant to Bolder 
26.28 	Options Youth Mentoring Program to provide 
26.29 	disadvantaged youth ages 12 through 22 with 
26.30 	intensive one-to-one wellness, goal setting, 
26.31 	and academic-focused mentorship; 
26.32 	programming that teaches life and job-seeking 
26.33 	skills; career and college achievement coaches; 
26.34 	and connections to employment, job training, 
26.35 	and education opportunities. The grant must 
27.1 	serve youth in the Bolder Options program in 
27.2 	the Twin Cities and Rochester. This is a 
27.3 	onetime appropriation.
27.4 	(pp) $1,000,000 the first year from the 
27.5 	workforce development fund is for a grant to 
27.6 	Change Starts With Community for a violence 
27.7 	prevention jobs program. Grant money must 
27.8 	be used to establish and deliver a 
27.9 	comprehensive workforce development 
27.10 	initiative, specifically tailored for youth and 
27.11 	adults who are Black, Indigenous, and People 
27.12 	of Color and at-risk, located on site at Shiloh 
27.13 	Cares Food Shelf - Northside Community 
27.14 	Safety Resource Center in the city of 
27.15 	Minneapolis. This is a onetime appropriation 
27.16 	and is available until June 30, 2027.
27.17 	(qq) $100,000 each year from the workforce 
27.18 	development fund is for a grant to InspireMSP 
27.19 	to develop and execute programming to assist 
27.20 	middle and high school aged children in 
27.21 	Minneapolis and St. Paul to develop an interest 
27.22 	in and connect with the creative industry in 
27.23 	Minnesota. Money must be used for program 
27.24 	development and career exploration in the 
27.25 	creative industry for historically excluded 
27.26 	youth by providing access to essential 
27.27 	resources, networks, and hands-on experience. 
27.28 	This is a onetime appropriation.
27.29 	(rr) $125,000 each year from the workforce 
27.30 	development fund is for a grant to Jobs 
27.31 	Foundation to support the Repowered 
27.32 	workforce readiness program. Money may be 
27.33 	used for direct training, support services, 
27.34 	safety enhancements, and economic support 
27.35 	for formerly incarcerated individuals 
28.1 	experiencing barriers to employment. This is 
28.2 	a onetime appropriation.
28.3 	(ss) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
28.4 	development fund is for a grant to the city of 
28.5 	Brooklyn Park for the city to expand the 
28.6 	workforce development programming of 
28.7 	Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center through 
28.8 	workforce development programs serving 
28.9 	primarily underrepresented populations, 
28.10 	including such programs as Brooklynk, Career 
28.11 	Pathways, Youth Entrepreneurship, and 
28.12 	Community Partnership. This is a onetime 
28.13 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
28.14 	2028.
28.15 	(tt) $170,000 the first year from the workforce 
28.16 	development fund is for a grant to Equitable 
28.17 	Development Action to enhance the training 
28.18 	and support provided to direct support 
28.19 	professionals (DSPs) who work with residents 
28.20 	24 hours per day, seven days per week, 
28.21 	provide DSPs with the necessary skills and 
28.22 	resources to meet the evolving needs of the 
28.23 	residents, and ensure compliance with the 
28.24 	latest regulations. This is a onetime 
28.25 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
28.26 	2027. Equitable Development Action must 
28.27 	use the money appropriated to:
28.28 	(1) implement a training program for DSPs 
28.29 	with a focus on best practices, safety protocols, 
28.30 	emergency response, and effective 
28.31 	communication skills and offer specialized 
28.32 	training modules to address specific needs of 
28.33 	residents, including residents with disabilities, 
28.34 	mental health issues, and chronic illnesses;
29.1 	(2) provide ongoing support and development 
29.2 	by establishing a support network for DSPs, 
29.3 	including access to mental health resources, 
29.4 	peer support groups, and professional 
29.5 	counseling services;
29.6 	(3) create opportunities for continuing 
29.7 	education and professional development to 
29.8 	ensure DSPs stay updated with the latest 
29.9 	industry standards and practices; and
29.10 	(4) reduce the cost burden to the state by 
29.11 	training DSPs to de-escalate issues with 
29.12 	residents resulting in fewer 911 calls and 
29.13 	emergency interventions. The expected 
29.14 	program outcomes include improved safety 
29.15 	and quality of care for residents; increased 
29.16 	career stability and job satisfaction for DSPs; 
29.17 	enhanced compliance with state and federal 
29.18 	regulations; reduced turnover rates and 
29.19 	recruitment challenges in the DSP industry; 
29.20 	and enhanced delivery services by minority 
29.21 	service providers.
29.22 	(uu) $200,000 each year from the workforce 
29.23 	development fund is for a grant to YMCA of 
29.24 	the North to provide career exploration, job 
29.25 	training, a workforce development partnership 
29.26 	with the Beacons program at Minneapolis 
29.27 	Community and Technical College, and 
29.28 	workforce development services for 
29.29 	underserved youth and young adults. This is 
29.30 	a onetime appropriation.
29.31 	(vv) $200,000 each year from the workforce 
29.32 	development fund is for a grant to Urban 
29.33 	League Twin Cities for support and expansion 
29.34 	of its workforce solutions and wealth building 
29.35 	programs. This is a onetime appropriation.
30.1 	(ww) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
30.2 	development fund is for a grant to Abijah's on 
30.3 	the Backside to provide equine-experiential 
30.4 	mental health therapy to first responders 
30.5 	suffering from job-related trauma and 
30.6 	post-traumatic stress disorder. The grant 
30.7 	provided under this paragraph is not subject 
30.8 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.98. This 
30.9 	is a onetime appropriation. Any unencumbered 
30.10 	balance remaining at the end of the first year 
30.11 	does not cancel but is available the second 
30.12 	year.
30.13 	For purposes of this paragraph, a "first 
30.14 	responder" is an active or retired:
30.15 	(1) peace officer as defined in Minnesota 
30.16 	Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1, 
30.17 	paragraph (c);
30.18 	(2) full-time firefighter as defined in 
30.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299N.03, 
30.20 	subdivision 5;
30.21 	(3) volunteer firefighter as defined in 
30.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 299N.03, 
30.23 	subdivision 7;
30.24 	(4) ambulance service personnel as defined in 
30.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 144E.001, 
30.26 	subdivision 3a;
30.27 	(5) 911 telecommunicator as defined in 
30.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 403.02, 
30.29 	subdivision 17c; or
30.30 	(6) correctional officer as defined in 
30.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 241.026, 
30.32 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
31.1 	Abijah's on the Backside must report to the 
31.2 	commissioner of employment and economic 
31.3 	development and the chairs and ranking 
31.4 	minority members of the legislative 
31.5 	committees with jurisdiction over employment 
31.6 	and economic development policy and finance 
31.7 	on the equine-experiential mental health 
31.8 	therapy provided to first responders under this 
31.9 	paragraph. The report must include an 
31.10 	overview of the program's budget, a detailed 
31.11 	explanation of program expenditures, the 
31.12 	number of first responders served by the 
31.13 	program, and a list and explanation of the 
31.14 	services provided to and benefits received by 
31.15 	program participants. An initial report is due 
31.16 	by January 15, 2026, and a final report is due 
31.17 	by January 15, 2028.
31.18 	(xx) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
31.19 	development fund is for a grant to the Latino 
31.20 	Economic Development Center (LEDC). Grant 
31.21 	proceeds may be used to assist, support, 
31.22 	finance, and launch microentrepreneurs by 
31.23 	delivering training, workshops, and 
31.24 	one-on-one consultations to businesses as well 
31.25 	as capacity building and general operations. 
31.26 	Proceeds may also be used to assist 
31.27 	prospective entrepreneurs in the start-up 
31.28 	process by introducing prospective 
31.29 	entrepreneurs to key business concepts, 
31.30 	including business start-up readiness and 
31.31 	innovating career pathways into trades, green 
31.32 	lending, technology, coding, STEM careers, 
31.33 	translation services, and manufacturing. This 
31.34 	is a onetime appropriation.
32.1 	(yy) $250,000 the first year from the 
32.2 	workforce development fund is for a grant to 
32.3 	Northside Boxing Club to provide business 
32.4 	and life skills to youth through mentorships 
32.5 	and training in the craft of barbering. 
32.6 	Northside Boxing shall select barbers to act 
32.7 	as positive role models for youth, instilling 
32.8 	Northside Boxing's core values of discipline, 
32.9 	respect, and hard work. Programming for 
32.10 	youth participants shall include development 
32.11 	of essential and transferable skills such as 
32.12 	customer service, communication, money 
32.13 	management, and professionalism. Northside 
32.14 	Boxing may use funds to provide wraparound 
32.15 	services, including but not limited to meals, 
32.16 	nutrition education, homework help, and 
32.17 	tutoring to help participants start and stay in 
32.18 	the program. This is a onetime appropriation 
32.19 	and is available until June 30, 2027.
32.20 	(zz) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
32.21 	development fund is for a grant to the Black 
32.22 	Women's Wealth Alliance to provide 
32.23 	individuals with job skills training, career 
32.24 	counseling, and career placement assistance. 
32.25 	This is a onetime appropriation.
32.26 	(aaa) $42,000 the first year from the workforce 
32.27 	development fund is for a grant to Aspirus 
32.28 	Lake View Hospital, a nonprofit organization, 
32.29 	to provide workforce training to create a 
32.30 	minimum of 12 new certified nursing 
32.31 	assistants for local employers. Grant money 
32.32 	may be used for training and curriculum costs, 
32.33 	certification testing, and a retention bonus for 
32.34 	trainees. This is a onetime appropriation and 
32.35 	is available until June 30, 2027.
33.1 	(bbb) $125,000 each year from the workforce 
33.2 	development fund is for a grant to West 
33.3 	Broadway Business and Area Coalition to 
33.4 	support their Youth Jobs program to provide 
33.5 	soft skills, marketing, and advertising training 
33.6 	for youth in North Minneapolis. This is a 
33.7 	onetime appropriation.
33.8 	(ccc) $750,000 each year from the workforce 
33.9 	development fund is for a grant to the Sanneh 
33.10 	Foundation, a nonprofit organization, to fund 
33.11 	out-of-school and summer programs focused 
33.12 	on mentoring and behavioral, social, and 
33.13 	emotional learning interventions and 
33.14 	enrichment activities directed toward 
33.15 	low-income students of color. This 
33.16 	appropriation is onetime and available until 
33.17 	June 30, 2029.
33.18 	(ddd) $750,000 each year from the workforce 
33.19 	development fund is for a grant to the 
33.20 	Minnesota Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs 
33.21 	to administer a statewide project of youth job 
33.22 	skills and career development. This project, 
33.23 	which may have career guidance components 
33.24 	including health and life skills, must be 
33.25 	designed to encourage, train, and assist youth 
33.26 	in early access to education and job-seeking 
33.27 	skills, work-based learning experience, 
33.28 	including career pathways in STEM learning, 
33.29 	career exploration and matching, and first job 
33.30 	placement through local community 
33.31 	partnerships and on-site job opportunities. This 
33.32 	grant requires a 25 percent match from 
33.33 	nonstate resources. This is a onetime 
33.34 	appropriation.
34.1 	(eee) $750,000 each year from the workforce 
34.2 	development fund is for a grant to Mind the 
34.3 	G.A.P.P. (Gaining Assistance to Prosperity 
34.4 	Program) to improve the quality of life of 
34.5 	unemployed and underemployed individuals 
34.6 	by improving their employment outcomes and 
34.7 	developing individual earnings potential. This 
34.8 	is a onetime appropriation. Any unencumbered 
34.9 	balance remaining at the end of the first year 
34.10 	does not cancel but is available in the second 
34.11 	year.
34.12 	(fff) $500,000 each year from the workforce 
34.13 	development fund is for a grant to Minnesota 
34.14 	Independence College and Community 
34.15 	(MICC) to provide employment preparation, 
34.16 	job placement, job retention, and service 
34.17 	coordination services to adults with autism 
34.18 	and learning differences. This is a onetime 
34.19 	appropriation. Any unencumbered balance 
34.20 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
34.21 	cancel but is available the second year.
34.22 	(ggg) $250,000 each year from the workforce 
34.23 	development fund is for a grant to the city of 
34.24 	St. Paul to expand the city's Right Track youth 
34.25 	internship program. The Right Track program 
34.26 	connects young people from cost-burdened 
34.27 	households to internships that develop work 
34.28 	readiness skills and provides opportunities for 
34.29 	mentorship and exploring career pathways. 
34.30 	This is a onetime appropriation.
34.31 	(hhh) $3,000,000 the first year from the 
34.32 	workforce development fund is for competitive 
34.33 	grants to support high school robotics teams 
34.34 	and prepare youth for careers in STEM fields. 
34.35 	Of this amount, $2,000,000 is for creating 
35.1 	internships for high school students to work 
35.2 	at private companies in STEM fields, 
35.3 	including the payment of student stipends. 
35.4 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
35.5 	available until June 30, 2029.
35.6 	(iii) $350,000 each year from the workforce 
35.7 	development fund is for a grant to the 
35.8 	Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers to 
35.9 	be used for a program supporting Black 
35.10 	undergraduate students pursuing admission to 
35.11 	law school. This is a onetime appropriation.
35.12 	The program must:
35.13 	(1) enroll Black Minnesota resident students 
35.14 	attending a baccalaureate degree-granting 
35.15 	postsecondary institution in Minnesota 
35.16 	full-time;
35.17 	(2) support each of the program's students with 
35.18 	an academic scholarship in the amount of 
35.19 	$4,000 per academic year;
35.20 	(3) organize events and programming, 
35.21 	including but not limited to one-on-one 
35.22 	mentoring, to familiarize enrolled students 
35.23 	with law school and legal careers; and
35.24 	(4) provide the program's students free test 
35.25 	preparation materials, academic support, and 
35.26 	registration for the Law School Admission 
35.27 	Test (LSAT) examination.
35.28 	The Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers 
35.29 	may use grant money under this paragraph for 
35.30 	costs related to student scholarships; academic 
35.31 	events and programming, including food and 
35.32 	transportation costs for students; LSAT 
35.33 	preparation materials, courses, and 
35.34 	registrations; and hiring staff for the program.
36.1 	By January 30, 2026, and again by January 
36.2 	30, 2027, the Minnesota Association of Black 
36.3 	Lawyers must submit a report to the 
36.4 	commissioner of employment and economic 
36.5 	development and to the chairs and ranking 
36.6 	minority members of the legislative 
36.7 	committees with jurisdiction over workforce 
36.8 	development and policy. The report must 
36.9 	include an accurate and detailed account of 
36.10 	the program, the program's outcomes, and the 
36.11 	program's revenues and expenses, including 
36.12 	the use of all state money appropriated in this 
36.13 	paragraph.
36.14 	(jjj) $100,000 each year from the workforce 
36.15 	development fund is for a grant to 
36.16 	OneCommunity Alliance to assist individuals 
36.17 	seeking careers with local businesses in 
36.18 	Central Minnesota within the manufacturing, 
36.19 	food production, agriculture, and health care 
36.20 	sectors. OneCommunity Alliance, through the 
36.21 	nonprofit's employment and economy action 
36.22 	committee, must launch a program in 2025 to 
36.23 	equip job seekers in central Minnesota with 
36.24 	the knowledge and skills they need to 
36.25 	successfully secure employment. 
36.26 	OneCommunity Alliance shall provide the 
36.27 	following services with the money 
36.28 	appropriated: workforce training, career 
36.29 	readiness training, job placement assistance, 
36.30 	and ongoing support. OneCommunity Alliance 
36.31 	must focus program participation on primarily 
36.32 	unemployed and underemployed people, 
36.33 	recent graduates struggling to find work, and 
36.34 	those looking to transition into new career 
36.35 	fields. This is a onetime appropriation.
37.1 	(kkk) $150,000 each year from the workforce 
37.2 	development fund is for grants to 
37.3 	Ambassadors of Culture, Hooyo Hour, and 
37.4 	United Way of Central Minnesota to work 
37.5 	collaboratively in providing workforce 
37.6 	development services for diverse communities, 
37.7 	particularly young adults, mothers from 
37.8 	immigrant backgrounds, and youth from East 
37.9 	African communities. The services must focus 
37.10 	on enhancing skills, education, and 
37.11 	employment opportunities through job 
37.12 	training, job coaching, employer engagement, 
37.13 	and career coaching. This is a onetime 
37.14 	appropriation. Of this amount:
37.15 	(1) $50,000 each year is for a grant to 
37.16 	Ambassadors of Culture;
37.17 	(2) $50,000 each year is for a grant to Hooyo 
37.18 	Hour; and
37.19 	(3) $50,000 each year is for a grant to United 
37.20 	Way of Central Minnesota.
37.21 	(lll) $300,000 each year from the workforce 
37.22 	development fund is for a grant to the Rural 
37.23 	Cancer Institute for a pilot program to expand 
37.24 	the clinical workforce specific to oncology 
37.25 	care in rural districts. This program must 
37.26 	increase the number of cancer care clinicians 
37.27 	in rural districts and provide health care 
37.28 	students with skills critical to the challenges 
37.29 	of providing cancer care in a rural setting 
37.30 	using a community-based model. The 
37.31 	community-based model must grow the 
37.32 	oncology clinical workforce in rural districts 
37.33 	and directly address the cancer care workforce 
37.34 	shortage in rural districts. This is a onetime 
37.35 	appropriation.
38.1 	(mmm) $50,000 the first year from the 
38.2 	workforce development fund is for a grant to 
38.3 	the Somali American Youth Enrichment Club 
38.4 	(SAYEC) to support the youth sports program 
38.5 	and parent education program. Money may be 
38.6 	used for direct training, support services, and 
38.7 	economic support for individuals experiencing 
38.8 	barriers to employment. This is a onetime 
38.9 	appropriation.
38.10 	(nnn) $200,000 each year from the workforce 
38.11 	development fund is for a grant to MAD 
38.12 	DADS of Minneapolis to implement a youth 
38.13 	workforce development program for youth 
38.14 	ages 16 to 24 with a focus on underserved 
38.15 	communities. This earn-to-learn initiative must 
38.16 	provide career exploration opportunities, 
38.17 	hands-on job training, mentorships, and 
38.18 	certification pathways in high-demand 
38.19 	industries. The program must include training 
38.20 	in fields including but not limited to HVAC, 
38.21 	energy efficiency, and solar panel installation. 
38.22 	This is a onetime appropriation.
38.23 	(ooo) $250,000 the first year from the 
38.24 	workforce development fund is for the test 
38.25 	preparation pilot program under Minnesota 
38.26 	Statutes, section 116J.9927.

38.27	Subd. 4.General Support Services
 		6,605,000
		7,375,000

38.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
38.29	General Fund
	6,510,000
	7,280,000
	
38.30
38.31	Workforce 
Development
	95,000
	95,000
	
38.32 	$1,269,000 each year from the general fund 
38.33 	is for transfer to the Minnesota Housing 
38.34 	Finance Agency for operating the Olmstead 
38.35 	Compliance Office.

39.1	Subd. 5.Minnesota Trade Office
 		2,242,000
		2,242,000
	
39.2 	(a) $300,000 each year is for the STEP grants 
39.3 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.979.
39.4 	(b) $180,000 each year is for the Invest 
39.5 	Minnesota marketing initiative in Minnesota 
39.6 	Statutes, section 116J.9781.
39.7 	(c) $270,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
39.8 	Trade Offices under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.9 	section 116J.978.

39.10	Subd. 6.Vocational Rehabilitation
 		40,191,000
		40,191,000

39.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
39.12	General
	32,361,000
	32,361,000
	
39.13
39.14	Workforce 
Development
	7,830,000
	7,830,000
	
39.15 	(a) $15,300,000 each year is for the state's 
39.16 	vocational rehabilitation program under 
39.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268A.
39.18 	(b) $11,495,000 each year from the general 
39.19 	fund and $6,830,000 each year from the 
39.20 	workforce development fund are for extended 
39.21 	employment services for persons with severe 
39.22 	disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.23 	268A.15. Of the amounts appropriated from 
39.24 	the general fund, $4,500,000 each year is for 
39.25 	maintaining prior rate increases to providers 
39.26 	of extended employment services for persons 
39.27 	with severe disabilities under Minnesota 
39.28 	Statutes, section 268A.15.
39.29 	(c) $2,555,000 each year is for grants to 
39.30 	programs that provide employment support 
39.31 	services to persons with mental illness under 
39.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 
39.33 	268A.14.
40.1 	(d) $3,011,000 each year is for grants to 
40.2 	centers for independent living under 
40.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11.
40.4 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
40.5 	development fund for grants under Minnesota 
40.6 	Statutes, section 268A.16, for employment 
40.7 	services for persons, including transition-age 
40.8 	youth, who are deaf, deafblind, or 
40.9 	hard-of-hearing. If the amount in the first year 
40.10 	is insufficient, the amount in the second year 
40.11 	is available in the first year.

40.12	Subd. 7.Services for the Blind
 		8,425,000
		8,425,000
	
40.13 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for 
40.14 	senior citizens who are becoming blind. At 
40.15 	least one-half of the funds for this purpose 
40.16 	must be used to provide training services for 
40.17 	seniors who are becoming blind. Training 
40.18 	services must provide independent living skills 
40.19 	to seniors who are becoming blind to allow 
40.20 	them to continue to live independently in their 
40.21 	homes.

40.22	Sec. 3. EXPLORE MINNESOTA
 	$
	24,481,000
	$
	18,108,000
	
40.23 	(a) $500,000 each year must be matched from 
40.24 	nonstate sources to develop maximum private 
40.25 	sector involvement in tourism. Each $1 of state 
40.26 	incentive must be matched with $6 of private 
40.27 	sector money. "Matched" means revenue to 
40.28 	the state or documented in-kind, soft match, 
40.29 	or cash expenditures directly expended to 
40.30 	support Explore Minnesota under Minnesota 
40.31 	Statutes, section 116U.05. The incentive in 
40.32 	fiscal year 2026 is based on fiscal year 2025 
40.33 	private sector contributions. The incentive in 
40.34 	fiscal year 2027 is based on fiscal year 2026 
41.1 	private sector contribution. This incentive is 
41.2 	ongoing.
41.3 	(b) $825,000 each year is for Explore 
41.4 	Minnesota Film under Minnesota Statutes, 
41.5 	section 116U.255.
41.6 	(c) $1,500,000 the first year is for a grant to 
41.7 	the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. This 
41.8 	is a onetime appropriation.
41.9 	(d) $5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
41.10 	Minnesota Sports and Events for costs related 
41.11 	to the World Junior Hockey Championships, 
41.12 	which will occur in Minnesota in December 
41.13 	of 2025 and January of 2026. This 
41.14 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

41.15 	Sec. 4. GRANTEE EVALUATIONS; REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
 41.16 	(a) This section applies to any grant funded under this act where the recipient of the 
41.17 	grant is individually specified in this act. The commissioner of employment and economic 
41.18 	development must ensure compliance with the requirements of this section, and all applicable 
41.19 	requirements under existing law, including applicable grants management policies and 
41.20 	procedures established by the Office of Grants Management.
41.21 	(b) In addition to meeting any reporting requirements included in the grant agreement, 
41.22 	each grant recipient subject to this section must provide the following information to the 
41.23 	commissioner of employment and economic development:
41.24 	(1) a summary of the purpose of the grant;
41.25 	(2) the amount of the grant awarded to the grantee;
41.26 	(3) the amount of previous grants issued by the commissioner of employment and 
41.27 	economic development to the grantee;
41.28 	(4) the amount of other state and federal grants awarded to the grantee in the most recent 
41.29 	fiscal year;
41.30 	(5) the number of Minnesotans served by the organization and, if applicable, completing 
41.31 	the organization's job training program;
42.1 	(6) the number of Minnesotans successfully placed in a living wage job by the 
42.2 	organization;
42.3 	(7) the placement effectiveness, calculated by dividing the number of Minnesotans 
42.4 	calculated in clause (6) by the number in clause (5);
42.5 	(8) the cost effectiveness, calculated by dividing the sum of clauses (2) and (4) by the 
42.6 	number of Minnesotans calculated in clause (6); and
42.7 	(9) the organization's charitable giving ratio.
42.8 	(c) As a condition of receiving a grant from the Department of Employment and 
42.9 	Economic Development, a grantee must agree to provide the commissioner any information 
42.10 	necessary to complete the report required by this section.
42.11 	(d) If a grantee uses grant money to provide services to persons who reside outside of 
42.12 	Minnesota, the grantee must list the states where non-Minnesotan participants reside and 
42.13 	an explanation of why grant money was used to provide services to non-Minnesota residents.
42.14 	(e) The commissioner is not required to provide information in response to paragraph 
42.15 	(b), clauses (5) to (8), for a grantee that does not offer programming that requires completion 
42.16 	or that cannot be measured by objective standards.
42.17 	(f) Beginning January 15, 2026, the commissioner of employment and economic 
42.18 	development must submit a report containing the information provided by grant recipients 
42.19 	as required in paragraph (b) to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
42.20 	committees with jurisdiction over workforce development. The report submitted under this 
42.21 	section must also include an analysis of the grant recipients' success in meeting the purpose 
42.22 	and any goals or measurable outcomes specified for the grant. An updated version of this 
42.23 	report must be submitted on January 15 of each succeeding year until January 15 in the year 
42.24 	following the date when all of the grant funds have been spent.

42.25 	Sec. 5. CARRYFORWARD; EXTENSIONS.
 42.26 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the availability of the appropriations for 
42.27 	the following projects is extended to June 30, 2029:
42.28 	(1) Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (nn);
42.29 	(2) Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (ccc); and
42.30 	(3) Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (yyy).

43.1 	Sec. 6. TRANSFERS.
 43.2 	(a) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are transferred 
43.3 	from the general fund to the emerging entrepreneur program special revenue fund account 
43.4 	created under Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.18. The commissioner of employment and 
43.5 	economic development may use up to four percent of this transfer for administration and 
43.6 	monitoring of the program. For fiscal years 2028 to 2031, the commissioner of management 
43.7 	and budget must include a transfer of $1,000,000 each year from the general fund to the 
43.8 	emerging entrepreneur program special revenue fund account when preparing each forecast 
43.9 	through the February 2027 forecast, under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.103.
43.10 	(b) $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 are transferred 
43.11 	from the general fund to the CanStartup revolving loan account established under Minnesota 
43.12 	Statutes, section 116J.659, subdivision 3. The commissioner of employment and economic 
43.13 	development may use up to four percent of this transfer for administrative purposes. For 
43.14 	fiscal years 2028 to 2031, the commissioner of management and budget must include a 
43.15 	transfer of $3,000,000 each year from the general fund to the CanStartup revolving loan 
43.16 	account when preparing each forecast through the February 2027 forecast, under Minnesota 
43.17 	Statutes, section 16A.103.
43.18 	(c) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is transferred from the Minnesota 21st century fund 
43.19 	account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.423, to the 
43.20 	general fund. This is a onetime transfer.
43.21 	(d) $9,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is transferred from the Minnesota 21st century fund 
43.22 	account in the special revenue fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.423, to the 
43.23 	general fund. This is a onetime transfer.

43.24 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATION CANCELLATION; JOB CREATION FUND.
 43.25 	$3,000,000 of the appropriation in fiscal year 2025 from the general fund as appropriated 
43.26 	under Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (q), is canceled 
43.27 	to the general fund. This is a onetime cancellation.

43.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

43.29 	Sec. 8. REPEALER.
 43.30 	Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 13, is repealed retroactively from July 1, 2024.

44.1 	ARTICLE 2
44.2 	EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY

44.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.431, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.4 		Subd. 2.Eligible projects. (a) An economic development project for which a county or 
44.5 	city may be eligible to receive a grant under this section includes:
44.6 	(1) manufacturing;
44.7 	(2) technology;
44.8 	(3) warehousing and distribution;
44.9 	(4) research and development;
44.10 	(5) agricultural processing, defined as transforming, packaging, sorting, or grading 
44.11 	livestock or livestock products or plants and plant-based products into goods that are used 
44.12 	for intermediate or final consumption, including goods for nonfood use; or
44.13 	(6) industrial park development that would be used by any other business listed in this 
44.14 	subdivision even if no business has committed to locate in the industrial park at the time 
44.15 	the grant application is made.
44.16 	(b) Up to 15 percent of the development of a project may be for a purpose that is not 
44.17 	included under this subdivision as an eligible project. A city or county must provide notice 
44.18 	to the commissioner for the commissioner's approval of the proposed project.

44.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2027.

44.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.8733, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
44.21 		Subd. 4.Revolving loan fund Minnesota expanding opportunity account. (a) The 
44.22 	commissioner shall establish a revolving loan fund to make loans to nonprofit corporations, 
44.23 	Tribal economic development entities, and community development financial institutions 
44.24 	for the purpose of increasing nonprofit corporation, Tribal economic development entity, 
44.25 	and community development financial institution capital and lending activities with 
44.26 	Minnesota small businesses. A Minnesota expanding opportunity account is created in the 
44.27 	special revenue fund in the state treasury. Money in the account is appropriated to the 
44.28 	commissioner for revolving loans to nonprofit corporations for the purpose of increasing 
44.29 	nonprofit corporation capital and lending activities with Minnesota small businesses.
44.30 	(b) Nonprofit corporations, Tribal economic development entities, and community 
44.31 	development financial institutions that receive loans from the commissioner under the 
45.1 	program must establish appropriate accounting practices for the purpose of tracking eligible 
45.2 	loans.
45.3 	(c) All loan repayments must be paid into the Minnesota expanding opportunity account 
45.4 	created in this section to fund additional loans.

45.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023.

45.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.8752, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
45.7 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The Minnesota forward fund account is created to increase the state's 
45.8 	competitiveness by providing the state the authority and flexibility to facilitate private 
45.9 	investment. The fund serves as a closing fund to allow the authority and flexibility to 
45.10 	negotiate incentives to better compete with other states for business retention, expansion 
45.11 	and attraction of projects in existing and new industries, and develop properties for business 
45.12 	use, and leverage to meet matching requirements of federal funding for resiliency in economic 
45.13 	security and economic enhancement opportunities that provide the public high-quality 
45.14 	employment opportunities.

45.15 	Sec. 4. [116J.9927] PREPARE MINNESOTA.
45.16 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner must establish and administer a 
45.17 	comprehensive test and professional licensure pilot program that must be provided at no 
45.18 	cost to students at one University of Minnesota system campus, students at one Minnesota 
45.19 	State Colleges and Universities system campus, and dislocated workers as defined in section 
45.20 	116L.17.
45.21 	(b) The pilot program must, at a minimum, offer students and dislocated workers test 
45.22 	preparation services for the Medical College Admission Test, Law School Admission Test, 
45.23 	Graduate Record Examination, Graduate Management Admission Test, and other preparation 
45.24 	programs for professional exams, including but not limited to the areas of nursing, teaching, 
45.25 	real estate, securities, and law. The pilot program must, at a minimum, also provide 
45.26 	preparation for the Securities Industry Essentials exam, a Financial Paraplanner Qualified 
45.27 	Professional exam, and a Wealth Management Specialist exam.
45.28 		Subd. 2.Vendors. The commissioner must procure and contract with a vendor to provide 
45.29 	comprehensive test and professional licensure preparation services.
45.30 		Subd. 3.Priority of recipients. If money is insufficient to provide comprehensive test 
45.31 	and professional licensure preparation to all students or dislocated workers seeking to 
46.1 	participate in the program, the commissioner may prioritize offering the services to recipients 
46.2 	of a state grant under section 136A.121.
46.3 		Subd. 4.Reporting. (a) By February 15 of each year, the commissioner must submit a 
46.4 	report on the details of the pilot program under this section to the legislative committees 
46.5 	with jurisdiction over workforce development and higher education finance and policy. The 
46.6 	report must include the following information:
46.7 	(1) research and analysis on the effectiveness and impact of the program that considers 
46.8 	the following:
46.9 	(i) recruitment and retention of students at eligible institutions;
46.10 	(ii) the number of students who remain in Minnesota after graduating; and
46.11 	(iii) the long-term value the program offers to students;
46.12 	(2) the number of students who participated in the program in the prior academic year, 
46.13 	including identifying the number of each exam type for which preparation was provided; 
46.14 	and
46.15 	(3) updated spending projections for the program.
46.16 	(b) Institutions with students participating in the program must provide information to 
46.17 	the commissioner annually to facilitate reporting.

46.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.19 		Subdivision 1.Partnership program. (a) The partnership program may provide 
46.20 	grants-in-aid to educational or other nonprofit educational institutions using the following 
46.21 	guidelines:
46.22 	(1) the educational or other nonprofit educational institution is a provider of training 
46.23 	within the state in either the public or private sector;
46.24 	(2) the program involves skills training that is an area of employment need; and
46.25 	(3) preference will be given to educational or other nonprofit training institutions which 
46.26 	serve economically disadvantaged people, minorities, or those who are victims of economic 
46.27 	dislocation and to businesses located in rural areas.
46.28 	(b) A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000 $500,000. A portion 
46.29 	of a grant may be used for preemployment training.
46.30 	(c) Each institution must provide for the dissemination of summary results of a 
46.31 	grant-funded project, including, but not limited to, information about curriculum and all 
47.1 	supporting materials developed in conjunction with the grant. Results of projects developed 
47.2 	by any Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system institution must be disseminated 
47.3 	throughout the system.
47.4 	(d) At the discretion of the board, higher education institutions may charge up to a 
47.5 	30-percent increase on the direct project costs, not including equipment costs.

47.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
47.7 		Subd. 1a.Pathways program. (a) The pathways program may provide grants-in-aid 
47.8 	for developing programs which assist in the transition of persons from welfare to work and 
47.9 	assist individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program 
47.10 	is to be operated by the board. The board shall consult and coordinate with program 
47.11 	administrators at the Department of Employment and Economic Development to design 
47.12 	and provide services for temporary assistance for needy families recipients.
47.13 	(b) Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or other nonprofit training 
47.14 	institutions or to workforce development intermediaries for education and training programs 
47.15 	and services supporting education and training programs that serve eligible recipients.
47.16 	Preference shall be given to projects that:
47.17 	(1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees;
47.18 	(2) provide employment where there are defined career paths for trainees;
47.19 	(3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that can be used on a continuing 
47.20 	basis for transitioning persons from welfare to work; and
47.21 	(4) demonstrate the active participation of Department of Employment and Economic 
47.22 	Development workforce centers, Minnesota State College and University institutions and 
47.23 	other educational institutions, and local welfare agencies.
47.24 	(c) Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement and financial commitment 
47.25 	of a participating business. Pathways projects must be matched with cash or in-kind 
47.26 	contributions on at least a one-half-to-one ratio by a participating business.
47.27 	(d) A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000$500,000. A portion 
47.28 	of a grant may be used for preemployment training.
47.29 	(e) At the discretion of the board, higher education institutions may charge up to a 
47.30 	30-percent increase on the direct project costs, not including equipment costs.

48.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.98, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.2 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
48.3 	subdivision have the meanings given.
48.4 	(b) "Credential" means postsecondary degrees, diplomas, licenses, and certificates 
48.5 	awarded in recognition of an individual's attainment of measurable technical or occupational 
48.6 	skills necessary to obtain employment or advance with an occupation. This definition does 
48.7 	not include certificates awarded by workforce investment boards or work-readiness 
48.8 	certificates.
48.9 	(c) "Exit" means to have not received service under a workforce program for 90 
48.10 	consecutive calendar days. The exit date is the last date of service.
48.11 	(d) "Net impact" means the use of matched control groups and regression analysis to 
48.12 	estimate the impacts attributable to program participation net of other factors, including 
48.13 	observable personal characteristics and economic conditions.
48.14 	(e) "Pre-enrollment" means the period of time before an individual was enrolled in a 
48.15 	workforce program.

48.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116M.18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
48.17 		Subd. 3.Revolving loan fund Minnesota emerging entrepreneur program account. (a) 
48.18 	The department shall establish a revolving loan fund A Minnesota emerging entrepreneur 
48.19 	program account is created in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. Money in the 
48.20 	account is appropriated to the commissioner for revolving loans to make grants to nonprofit 
48.21 	corporations, Tribal economic development entities, and community development financial 
48.22 	institutions for the purpose of making loans to businesses owned by minority or low-income 
48.23 	persons, women, veterans, or people with disabilities, and to support minority business 
48.24 	enterprises and job creation for minority and low-income persons.
48.25 	(b) Nonprofit corporations, Tribal economic development entities, and community 
48.26 	development financial institutions that receive grants from the department under the program 
48.27 	must establish a commissioner-certified revolving loan fund for the purpose of making 
48.28 	eligible loans.
48.29 	(c) Eligible business enterprises include, but are not limited to, technologically innovative 
48.30 	industries, value-added manufacturing, and information industries.
48.31 	(d) Loan applications given preliminary approval by the nonprofit corporation, Tribal 
48.32 	economic development entity, or community development financial institution must be 
49.1 	forwarded to the department. Nonprofit corporations, Tribal economic development entities, 
49.2 	and community development financial institutions designated as preferred partners do not 
49.3 	need final approval by the commissioner. All other loans must be approved by the 
49.4 	commissioner and the commissioner must make approval decisions within 20 days of 
49.5 	receiving a loan application unless the application contains insufficient information to make 
49.6 	an approval decision. The amount of the state funds contributed to any loan may not exceed 
49.7 	50 percent of each loan. The commissioner must develop the criteria necessary to receive 
49.8 	loan forgiveness.

49.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 469.54, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
49.10 		Subd. 4.Credit for parking revenue. (a) By March 1 of the year following the year in 
49.11 	which the parking facilities or structures are constructed within the district, the city must 
49.12 	certify to the commissioner:
49.13 	(1) the total amount of revenue generated by the parking facilities and structures in the 
49.14 	preceding year; and
49.15 	(2) the total amount necessary for operational and maintenance expenses of the facilities 
49.16 	or structures in the current preceding year.
49.17 	(b) By July 1 of each year thereafter, for a period of 25 years, the commissioner must 
49.18 	confirm or revise the amounts as reported. An amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of 
49.19 	revenue received by the city by the parking structures and facilities in the previous preceding
49.20 	year that is greater than the amount necessary for operational and maintenance expenses of 
49.21 	the facilities or structures in the current preceding year must be paid by the city to the 
49.22 	commissioner of employment and economic development by September 1 for deposit into 
49.23 	the general fund.

49.24 	Sec. 10. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 15, section 33, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
49.25 	2024, chapter 120, article 9, section 5, is amended to read:
49.26 		Subd. 4.Loans to community businesses. (a) A partner organization that receives a 
49.27 	grant under subdivision 3 shall establish a plan for making low-interest loans to community 
49.28 	businesses. The plan requires approval by the commissioner.
49.29 	(b) Under the plan:
49.30 	(1) the state contribution to each loan shall be no less than $50,000 $10,000 and no more 
49.31 	than $500,000;
50.1 	(2) loans shall be made for projects that are unlikely to be undertaken unless a loan is 
50.2 	received under the program;
50.3 	(3) priority shall be given to loans to businesses in the lowest income areas;
50.4 	(4) the fee or interest rate on a loan shall not be higher than the Wall Street Journal prime 
50.5 	rate plus two percent, with a maximum of ten percent;
50.6 	(5) 50 percent of all repayments of principal on a loan under the program shall be used 
50.7 	to fund additional related lending. The partner organization may retain the remainder of 
50.8 	loan repayments to service loans and provide further technical assistance;
50.9 	(6) the partner organization may charge a loan origination fee of no more than one 
50.10 	percent of the loan value and may retain that origination fee;
50.11 	(7) a partner organization may not make a loan to a project in which it has an ownership 
50.12 	interest; and
50.13 	(8) up to 15 percent of a loan's principal amount may be forgiven by the partner 
50.14 	organization if the borrower has met all lending criteria developed by the partner organization 
50.15 	and the commissioner, including creating or retaining jobs and being current with all loan 
50.16 	payments, for at least two years.

50.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

50.18 	Sec. 11. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
50.19 	2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 6, is amended to read:

50.20	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 		195,061,000
		139,104,000

50.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
50.22	General
	193,011,000
	137,054,000
	
50.23	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
50.24
50.25	Workforce 
Development
	1,350,000
	1,350,000
	
50.26 	(a) $2,287,000 each year is for the greater 
50.27 	Minnesota business development public 
50.28 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
50.29 	Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation 
50.30 	is available until June 30, 2027.
50.31 	(b) $500,000 each year is for grants to small 
50.32 	business development centers under Minnesota 
51.1 	Statutes, section 116J.68. Money made 
51.2 	available under this paragraph may be used to 
51.3 	match funds under the federal Small Business 
51.4 	Development Center (SBDC) program under 
51.5 	United States Code, title 15, section 648, to 
51.6 	provide consulting and technical services or 
51.7 	to build additional SBDC network capacity to 
51.8 	serve entrepreneurs and small businesses.
51.9 	(c) $2,500,000 the first year is for Launch 
51.10 	Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation. 
51.11 	Of this amount:
51.12 	(1) $1,500,000 is for innovation grants to 
51.13 	eligible Minnesota entrepreneurs or start-up 
51.14 	businesses to assist with their operating needs;
51.15 	(2) $500,000 is for administration of Launch 
51.16 	Minnesota; and
51.17 	(3) $500,000 is for grantee activities at Launch 
51.18 	Minnesota.
51.19 	(d)(1) $500,000 each year is for grants to 
51.20 	MNSBIR, Inc., to support moving scientific 
51.21 	excellence and technological innovation from 
51.22 	the lab to the market for start-ups and small 
51.23 	businesses by securing federal research and 
51.24 	development funding. The purpose of the grant 
51.25 	is to build a strong Minnesota economy and 
51.26 	stimulate the creation of novel products, 
51.27 	services, and solutions in the private sector; 
51.28 	strengthen the role of small business in 
51.29 	meeting federal research and development 
51.30 	needs; increase the commercial application of 
51.31 	federally supported research results; and 
51.32 	develop and increase the Minnesota 
51.33 	workforce, especially by fostering and 
51.34 	encouraging participation by small businesses 
52.1 	owned by women and people who are Black, 
52.2 	Indigenous, or people of color. This is a 
52.3 	onetime appropriation.
52.4 	(2) MNSBIR, Inc., shall use the grant money 
52.5 	to be the dedicated resource for federal 
52.6 	research and development for small businesses 
52.7 	of up to 500 employees statewide to support 
52.8 	research and commercialization of novel ideas, 
52.9 	concepts, and projects into cutting-edge 
52.10 	products and services for worldwide economic 
52.11 	impact. MNSBIR, Inc., shall use grant money 
52.12 	to:
52.13 	(i) assist small businesses in securing federal 
52.14 	research and development funding, including 
52.15 	the Small Business Innovation Research and 
52.16 	Small Business Technology Transfer programs 
52.17 	and other federal research and development 
52.18 	funding opportunities;
52.19 	(ii) support technology transfer and 
52.20 	commercialization from the University of 
52.21 	Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, and federal 
52.22 	laboratories;
52.23 	(iii) partner with large businesses;
52.24 	(iv) conduct statewide outreach, education, 
52.25 	and training on federal rules, regulations, and 
52.26 	requirements;
52.27 	(v) assist with scientific and technical writing;
52.28 	(vi) help manage federal grants and contracts; 
52.29 	and
52.30 	(vii) support cost accounting and sole-source 
52.31 	procurement opportunities.
52.32 	(e) $10,000,000 the first year is for transferred 
52.33 	from the general fund to the Minnesota 
53.1 	Expanding Opportunity Fund Program special 
53.2 	revenue account under Minnesota Statutes, 
53.3 	section 116J.8733. This is a onetime 
53.4 	appropriation transfer and is available until 
53.5 	June 30, 2025.
53.6 	(f) $6,425,000 each year is for the small 
53.7 	business assistance partnerships program 
53.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.682. 
53.9 	All grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
53.10 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year. 
53.11 	The department may use up to five percent of 
53.12 	the appropriation for administrative purposes. 
53.13 	The base for this appropriation is $2,725,000 
53.14 	in fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter.
53.15 	(g) $350,000 each year is for administration 
53.16 	of the community energy transition office.
53.17 	(h) $5,000,000 each year is transferred from 
53.18 	the general fund to the community energy 
53.19 	transition account for grants under Minnesota 
53.20 	Statutes, section 116J.55. This is a onetime 
53.21 	transfer.
53.22 	(i) $1,772,000 each year is for contaminated 
53.23 	site cleanup and development grants under 
53.24 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
53.25 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
53.26 	expended.
53.27 	(j) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
53.28 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
53.29 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
53.30 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
53.31 	appropriation is available until expended.
53.32 	(k) $389,000 each year is for the Center for 
53.33 	Rural Policy and Development. The base for 
54.1 	this appropriation is $139,000 in fiscal year 
54.2 	2026 and each year thereafter.
54.3 	(l) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
54.4 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
54.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.40 to 
54.6 	469.47.
54.7 	(m) $875,000 each year is for the host 
54.8 	community economic development program 
54.9 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.10 	116J.548.
54.11 	(n) $6,500,000 each year is for grants to local 
54.12 	communities to increase the number of quality 
54.13 	child care providers to support economic 
54.14 	development. Fifty percent of grant money 
54.15 	must go to communities located outside the 
54.16 	seven-county metropolitan area as defined in 
54.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
54.18 	subdivision 2. The base for this appropriation 
54.19 	is $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and each year 
54.20 	thereafter.
54.21 	Grant recipients must obtain a 50 percent 
54.22 	nonstate match to grant money in either cash 
54.23 	or in-kind contribution, unless the 
54.24 	commissioner waives the requirement. Grant 
54.25 	money available under this subdivision must 
54.26 	be used to implement projects to reduce the 
54.27 	child care shortage in the state, including but 
54.28 	not limited to funding for child care business 
54.29 	start-ups or expansion, training, facility 
54.30 	modifications, direct subsidies or incentives 
54.31 	to retain employees, or improvements required 
54.32 	for licensing, and assistance with licensing 
54.33 	and other regulatory requirements. In awarding 
54.34 	grants, the commissioner must give priority 
55.1 	to communities that have demonstrated a 
55.2 	shortage of child care providers.
55.3 	Within one year of receiving grant money, 
55.4 	grant recipients must report to the 
55.5 	commissioner on the outcomes of the grant 
55.6 	program, including but not limited to the 
55.7 	number of new providers, the number of 
55.8 	additional child care provider jobs created, the 
55.9 	number of additional child care openings, and 
55.10 	the amount of cash and in-kind local money 
55.11 	invested. Within one month of all grant 
55.12 	recipients reporting on program outcomes, the 
55.13 	commissioner must report the grant recipients' 
55.14 	outcomes to the chairs and ranking members 
55.15 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
55.16 	over early learning and child care and 
55.17 	economic development.
55.18 	(o) $500,000 each year is for the Office of 
55.19 	Child Care Community Partnerships. Of this 
55.20 	amount:
55.21 	(1) $450,000 each year is for administration 
55.22 	of the Office of Child Care Community 
55.23 	Partnerships; and
55.24 	(2) $50,000 each year is for the Labor Market 
55.25 	Information Office to conduct research and 
55.26 	analysis related to the child care industry.
55.27 	(p) $3,500,000 each year is for grants in equal 
55.28 	amounts to each of the Minnesota Initiative 
55.29 	Foundations. This appropriation is available 
55.30 	until June 30, 2027. The base for this 
55.31 	appropriation is $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 
55.32 	and each year thereafter. The Minnesota 
55.33 	Initiative Foundations must use grant money 
55.34 	under this section to:
56.1 	(1) facilitate planning processes for rural 
56.2 	communities resulting in a community solution 
56.3 	action plan that guides decision making to 
56.4 	sustain and increase the supply of quality child 
56.5 	care in the region to support economic 
56.6 	development;
56.7 	(2) engage the private sector to invest local 
56.8 	resources to support the community solution 
56.9 	action plan and ensure quality child care is a 
56.10 	vital component of additional regional 
56.11 	economic development planning processes;
56.12 	(3) provide locally based training and technical 
56.13 	assistance to rural business owners 
56.14 	individually or through a learning cohort. 
56.15 	Access to financial and business development 
56.16 	assistance must prepare child care businesses 
56.17 	for quality engagement and improvement by 
56.18 	stabilizing operations, leveraging funding from 
56.19 	other sources, and fostering business acumen 
56.20 	that allows child care businesses to plan for 
56.21 	and afford the cost of providing quality child 
56.22 	care; and
56.23 	(4) recruit child care programs to participate 
56.24 	in quality rating and improvement 
56.25 	measurement programs. The Minnesota 
56.26 	Initiative Foundations must work with local 
56.27 	partners to provide low-cost training, 
56.28 	professional development opportunities, and 
56.29 	continuing education curricula. The Minnesota 
56.30 	Initiative Foundations must fund, through local 
56.31 	partners, an enhanced level of coaching to 
56.32 	rural child care providers to obtain a quality 
56.33 	rating through measurement programs.
56.34 	(q) $8,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
56.35 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
57.1 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
57.2 	commissioner of employment and economic 
57.3 	development may use up to three percent for 
57.4 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
57.5 	is available until expended. Notwithstanding 
57.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8748, money 
57.7 	appropriated for the job creation fund may be 
57.8 	used for redevelopment under Minnesota 
57.9 	Statutes, sections 116J.575 and 116J.5761, at 
57.10 	the discretion of the commissioner.
57.11 	(r) $12,370,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
57.12 	investment fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
57.13 	section 116J.8731. Of this amount, the 
57.14 	commissioner of employment and economic 
57.15 	development may use up to three percent for 
57.16 	administration and monitoring of the program. 
57.17 	This appropriation is available until expended. 
57.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
57.19 	116J.8731, money appropriated to the 
57.20 	commissioner for the Minnesota investment 
57.21 	fund may be used for the redevelopment 
57.22 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
57.23 	116J.575 and 116J.5761, at the discretion of 
57.24 	the commissioner. Grants under this paragraph 
57.25 	are not subject to the grant amount limitation 
57.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
57.27 	(s) $4,246,000 each year is for the 
57.28 	redevelopment program under Minnesota 
57.29 	Statutes, sections 116J.575 and 116J.5761. 
57.30 	The base for this appropriation is $2,246,000 
57.31 	in fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter. 
57.32 	This appropriation is available until expended.
57.33 	(t) $1,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
57.34 	emerging entrepreneur loan program under 
57.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.18. Money 
58.1 	available under this paragraph is for transfer 
58.2 	into the emerging entrepreneur program 
58.3 	special revenue fund account created under 
58.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116M, and are 
58.5 	available until expended. Of this amount, up 
58.6 	to four percent is for administration and 
58.7 	monitoring of the program.
58.8 	(u) $325,000 the first year is for the Minnesota 
58.9 	Film and TV Board. The appropriation is 
58.10 	available only upon receipt by the board of $1 
58.11 	in matching contributions of money or in-kind 
58.12 	contributions from nonstate sources for every 
58.13 	$3 provided by this appropriation, except that 
58.14 	up to $50,000 is available on July 1 even if 
58.15 	the required matching contribution has not 
58.16 	been received by that date. This is a onetime 
58.17 	appropriation.
58.18 	(v) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
58.19 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
58.20 	(w) $500,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
58.21 	Minnesota Film and TV Board for the film 
58.22 	production jobs program under Minnesota 
58.23 	Statutes, section 116U.26. This appropriation 
58.24 	is available until June 30, 2027. This is a 
58.25 	onetime appropriation.
58.26 	(x) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
58.27 	job skills partnership program under 
58.28 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
58.29 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
58.30 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
58.31 	year is available. This appropriation is 
58.32 	available until expended.
59.1 	(y) $1,350,000 each year from the workforce 
59.2 	development fund is for jobs training grants 
59.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.41.
59.4 	(z) $47,475,000 the first year and $50,475,000 
59.5 	the second year are for the PROMISE grant 
59.6 	program. This is a onetime appropriation and 
59.7 	is available until June 30, 2027. Any 
59.8 	unencumbered balance remaining at the end 
59.9 	of the first year does not cancel but is available 
59.10 	the second year. Of this amount:
59.11 	(1) $475,000 each year is for administration 
59.12 	of the PROMISE grant program;
59.13 	(2) $7,500,000 each year is for grants in equal 
59.14 	amounts to each of the Minnesota Initiative 
59.15 	Foundations to serve businesses in greater 
59.16 	Minnesota. Of this amount, $600,000 each 
59.17 	year is for grants to businesses with less than 
59.18 	$100,000 in revenue in the prior year; and
59.19 	(3) $39,500,000 the first year and $42,500,000 
59.20 	the second year are for grants to the 
59.21 	Neighborhood Development Center. Of this 
59.22 	amount, the following amounts are designated 
59.23 	for the following areas:
59.24 	(i) $16,000,000 each year is for North 
59.25 	Minneapolis' West Broadway, Camden, or and
59.26 	other Northside neighborhoods. Of this 
59.27 	amount, $1,000,000 each year is for grants to 
59.28 	businesses with less than $100,000 in revenue 
59.29 	in the prior year;
59.30 	(ii) $13,500,000 each year is $12,500,000 the 
59.31 	first year and $13,500,000 the second year are
59.32 	for South Minneapolis' Lake Street, 38th and 
59.33 	Chicago, Franklin, Nicollet, and Riverside 
59.34 	corridors. Of this amount, $750,000 each year 
60.1 	is for grants to businesses with less than 
60.2 	$100,000 in revenue in the prior year;
60.3 	(iii) $10,000,000 each year is for St. Paul's 
60.4 	University Avenue, Midway, Eastside, or other 
60.5 	St. Paul neighborhoods. Of this amount, 
60.6 	$750,000 each year is for grants to businesses 
60.7 	with less than $100,000 in revenue in the prior 
60.8 	year;
60.9 	(iv) $1,000,000 the first year is for South 
60.10 	Minneapolis' Hennepin Avenue Commercial 
60.11 	corridor, South Hennepin Community 
60.12 	corridor, and Uptown Special Service District; 
60.13 	and
60.14 	(v) $3,000,000 the second year is for grants 
60.15 	to businesses in the counties of Anoka, Carver, 
60.16 	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and 
60.17 	Washington, excluding the cities of 
60.18 	Minneapolis and St. Paul.
60.19 	(aa) $15,150,000 each year is for the 
60.20 	PROMISE loan program. This is a onetime 
60.21 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
60.22 	2027. Of this amount:
60.23 	(1) $150,000 each year is for administration 
60.24 	of the PROMISE loan program;
60.25 	(2) $3,000,000 each year is for grants in equal 
60.26 	amounts to each of the Minnesota Initiative 
60.27 	Foundations to serve businesses in greater 
60.28 	Minnesota; and
60.29 	(3) $12,000,000 each year is for grants to the 
60.30 	Metropolitan Economic Development 
60.31 	Association (MEDA). Of this amount, the 
60.32 	following amounts are designated for the 
60.33 	following areas:
61.1 	(i) $4,500,000 each year is for North 
61.2 	Minneapolis' West Broadway, Camden, or and
61.3 	other Northside neighborhoods;
61.4 	(ii) $4,500,000 each year is for South 
61.5 	Minneapolis' Lake Street, 38th and Chicago, 
61.6 	Franklin, Nicollet, and Riverside corridors; 
61.7 	and
61.8 	(iii) $3,000,000 each year is for St. Paul's 
61.9 	University Avenue, Midway, Eastside, or other 
61.10 	St. Paul neighborhoods.
61.11 	(bb) $1,500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
61.12 	Metropolitan Consortium of Community 
61.13 	Developers for the community wealth-building 
61.14 	grant program pilot project. Of this amount, 
61.15 	up to two percent is for administration and 
61.16 	monitoring of the community wealth-building 
61.17 	grant program pilot project. This is a onetime 
61.18 	appropriation.
61.19 	(cc) $250,000 each year is for the publication, 
61.20 	dissemination, and use of labor market 
61.21 	information under Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.22 	116J.401.
61.23 	(dd) $5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
61.24 	the Bloomington Port Authority to provide 
61.25 	funding for the Expo 2027 host organization. 
61.26 	The Bloomington Port Authority must enter 
61.27 	into an agreement with the host organization 
61.28 	over the use of money, which may be used for 
61.29 	activities, including but not limited to 
61.30 	finalizing the community dossier and staffing 
61.31 	the host organization and for infrastructure 
61.32 	design and planning, financial modeling, 
61.33 	development planning and coordination of 
61.34 	both real estate and public private partnerships, 
62.1 	and reimbursement of costs the Bloomington 
62.2 	Port Authority incurred. In selecting vendors 
62.3 	and exhibitors for Expo 2027, the host 
62.4 	organization shall prioritize outreach to, 
62.5 	collaboration with, and inclusion of businesses 
62.6 	that are majority owned by people of color, 
62.7 	women, and people with disabilities. The host 
62.8 	organization and Bloomington Port Authority 
62.9 	may be reimbursed for expenses 90 days prior 
62.10 	to encumbrance. This appropriation is 
62.11 	contingent on approval of the project by the 
62.12 	Bureau International des Expositions. If the 
62.13 	project is not approved by the Bureau 
62.14 	International des Expositions, the money shall 
62.15 	transfer to the Minnesota investment fund 
62.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731. 
62.17 	Any unencumbered balance remaining at the 
62.18 	end of the first year does not cancel but is 
62.19 	available for the second year.
62.20 	(ee) $5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
62.21 	the Neighborhood Development Center for 
62.22 	small business programs, including training, 
62.23 	lending, business services, and real estate 
62.24 	programming; small business incubator 
62.25 	development in the Twin Cities and outside 
62.26 	the seven-county metropolitan area; and 
62.27 	technical assistance activities for partners 
62.28 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area; 
62.29 	and for high-risk, character-based loan capital 
62.30 	for nonrecourse loans. This is a onetime 
62.31 	appropriation. Any unencumbered balance 
62.32 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
62.33 	cancel but is available for the second year.
62.34 	(ff) $5,000,000 the first year is for transfer to 
62.35 	the emerging developer fund account in the 
63.1 	special revenue fund. Of this amount, up to 
63.2 	five percent is for administration and 
63.3 	monitoring of the emerging developer fund 
63.4 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
63.5 	116J.9926, and the remainder is for a grant to 
63.6 	the Local Initiatives Support Corporation - 
63.7 	Twin Cities to serve as a partner organization 
63.8 	under the program. This is a onetime 
63.9 	appropriation.
63.10 	(gg) $5,000,000 the first year is for the 
63.11 	Canadian border counties economic relief 
63.12 	program under article 5. Of this amount, up 
63.13 	to $1,000,000 is for Tribal economic 
63.14 	development and $2,100,000 is for a grant to 
63.15 	Lake of the Woods County for the forgivable 
63.16 	loan program for remote recreational 
63.17 	businesses. This is a onetime appropriation 
63.18 	and is available until June 30, 2026.
63.19 	(hh) $1,000,000 each year is for a grant to 
63.20 	African Economic Development Solutions. 
63.21 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
63.22 	available until June 30, 2026. Of this amount:
63.23 	(1) $500,000 each year is for a loan fund that 
63.24 	must address pervasive economic inequities 
63.25 	by supporting business ventures of 
63.26 	entrepreneurs in the African immigrant 
63.27 	community; and
63.28 	(2) $250,000 each year is for workforce 
63.29 	development and technical assistance, 
63.30 	including but not limited to business 
63.31 	development, entrepreneur training, business 
63.32 	technical assistance, loan packing, and 
63.33 	community development services.
64.1 	(ii) $1,500,000 each year is for a grant to the 
64.2 	Latino Economic Development Center. This 
64.3 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
64.4 	until June 30, 2025. Of this amount:
64.5 	(1) $750,000 each year is to assist, support, 
64.6 	finance, and launch microentrepreneurs by 
64.7 	delivering training, workshops, and 
64.8 	one-on-one consultations to businesses; and
64.9 	(2) $750,000 each year is to guide prospective 
64.10 	entrepreneurs in their start-up process by 
64.11 	introducing them to key business concepts, 
64.12 	including business start-up readiness. Grant 
64.13 	proceeds must be used to offer workshops on 
64.14 	a variety of topics throughout the year, 
64.15 	including finance, customer service, 
64.16 	food-handler training, and food-safety 
64.17 	certification. Grant proceeds may also be used 
64.18 	to provide lending to business startups.
64.19 	(jj) $627,000 the first year is for a grant to 
64.20 	Community and Economic Development 
64.21 	Associates (CEDA) to provide funding for 
64.22 	economic development technical assistance 
64.23 	and economic development project grants to 
64.24 	small communities across rural Minnesota and 
64.25 	for CEDA to design, implement, market, and 
64.26 	administer specific types of basic community 
64.27 	and economic development programs tailored 
64.28 	to individual community needs. Technical 
64.29 	assistance grants shall be based on need and 
64.30 	given to communities that are otherwise 
64.31 	unable to afford these services. Of the amount 
64.32 	appropriated, up to $270,000 may be used for 
64.33 	economic development project implementation 
64.34 	in conjunction with the technical assistance 
64.35 	received. This is a onetime appropriation. Any 
65.1 	unencumbered balance remaining at the end 
65.2 	of the first year does not cancel but is available 
65.3 	the second year.
65.4 	(kk) $2,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
65.5 	WomenVenture to:
65.6 	(1) support child care providers through 
65.7 	business training and shared services programs 
65.8 	and to create materials that could be used, free 
65.9 	of charge, for start-up, expansion, and 
65.10 	operation of child care businesses statewide, 
65.11 	with the goal of helping new and existing child 
65.12 	care businesses in underserved areas of the 
65.13 	state become profitable and sustainable; and
65.14 	(2) support business expansion for women 
65.15 	food entrepreneurs throughout Minnesota's 
65.16 	food supply chain to help stabilize and 
65.17 	strengthen their business operations, create 
65.18 	distribution networks, offer technical 
65.19 	assistance and support to beginning women 
65.20 	food entrepreneurs, develop business plans, 
65.21 	develop a workforce, research expansion 
65.22 	strategies, and for other related activities.
65.23 	Eligible uses of the money include but are not 
65.24 	limited to:
65.25 	(i) leasehold improvements;
65.26 	(ii) additions, alterations, remodeling, or 
65.27 	renovations to rented space;
65.28 	(iii) inventory or supplies;
65.29 	(iv) machinery or equipment purchases;
65.30 	(v) working capital; and
65.31 	(vi) debt refinancing.
66.1 	Money distributed to entrepreneurs may be 
66.2 	loans, forgivable loans, and grants. Of this 
66.3 	amount, up to five percent may be used for 
66.4 	the WomenVenture's technical assistance and 
66.5 	administrative costs. This is a onetime 
66.6 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
66.7 	2026.
66.8 	By December 15, 2026, WomenVenture must 
66.9 	submit a report to the chairs and ranking 
66.10 	minority members of the legislative 
66.11 	committees with jurisdiction over agriculture 
66.12 	and employment and economic development. 
66.13 	The report must include a summary of the uses 
66.14 	of the appropriation, including the amount of 
66.15 	the appropriation used for administration. The 
66.16 	report must also provide a breakdown of the 
66.17 	amount of funding used for loans, forgivable 
66.18 	loans, and grants; information about the terms 
66.19 	of the loans issued; a discussion of how money 
66.20 	from repaid loans will be used; the number of 
66.21 	entrepreneurs assisted; and a breakdown of 
66.22 	how many entrepreneurs received assistance 
66.23 	in each county.
66.24 	(ll) $2,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
66.25 	African Career, Education, and Resource, Inc., 
66.26 	for operational infrastructure and technical 
66.27 	assistance to small businesses. This 
66.28 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2025.
66.29 	(mm) $5,000,000 the first year is for a grant 
66.30 	to the African Development Center to provide 
66.31 	loans to purchase commercial real estate and 
66.32 	to expand organizational infrastructure. This 
66.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2025. 
66.34 	Of this amount:
67.1 	(1) $2,800,000 is for loans to purchase 
67.2 	commercial real estate targeted at African 
67.3 	immigrant small business owners;
67.4 	(2) $364,000 is for loan loss reserves to 
67.5 	support loan volume growth and attract 
67.6 	additional capital;
67.7 	(3) $836,000 is for increasing organizational 
67.8 	capacity;
67.9 	(4) $300,000 is for the safe 2 eat project of 
67.10 	inclusive assistance with required restaurant 
67.11 	licensing examinations; and
67.12 	(5) $700,000 is for a center for community 
67.13 	resources for language and technology 
67.14 	assistance for small businesses.
67.15 	(nn) $7,000,000 the first year is for grants to 
67.16 	the Minnesota Initiative Foundations to 
67.17 	capitalize their revolving loan funds, which 
67.18 	address unmet financing needs of for-profit 
67.19 	business start-ups, expansions, and ownership 
67.20 	transitions; nonprofit organizations; and 
67.21 	developers of housing to support the 
67.22 	construction, rehabilitation, and conversion 
67.23 	of housing units. Of the amount appropriated:
67.24 	(1) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Southwest 
67.25 	Initiative Foundation;
67.26 	(2) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the West 
67.27 	Central Initiative Foundation;
67.28 	(3) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Southern 
67.29 	Minnesota Initiative Foundation;
67.30 	(4) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Northwest 
67.31 	Minnesota Foundation;
67.32 	(5) $2,000,000 is for a grant to the Initiative 
67.33 	Foundation of which $1,000,000 is for 
68.1 	redevelopment of the St. Cloud Youth and 
68.2 	Family Center; and
68.3 	(6) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Northland 
68.4 	Foundation.
68.5 	(oo) $500,000 each year is for a grant to 
68.6 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., to reach and 
68.7 	deliver talent, leadership, employee retention, 
68.8 	continuous improvement, strategy, quality 
68.9 	management systems, revenue growth, and 
68.10 	manufacturing peer-to-peer advisory services 
68.11 	to small manufacturing companies employing 
68.12 	35 or fewer full-time equivalent employees. 
68.13 	This is a onetime appropriation. No later than 
68.14 	February 1, 2025, and February 1, 2026, 
68.15 	Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., must provide a 
68.16 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
68.17 	members of the legislative committees with 
68.18 	jurisdiction over economic development that 
68.19 	includes:
68.20 	(1) the grants awarded during the past 12 
68.21 	months;
68.22 	(2) the estimated financial impact of the grants 
68.23 	awarded to each company receiving services 
68.24 	under the program;
68.25 	(3) the actual financial impact of grants 
68.26 	awarded during the past 24 months; and
68.27 	(4) the total amount of federal funds leveraged 
68.28 	from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
68.29 	at the United States Department of Commerce.
68.30 	(pp) $375,000 each year is for a grant to 
68.31 	PFund Foundation to provide grants to 
68.32 	LGBTQ+-owned small businesses and 
68.33 	entrepreneurs. Of this amount, up to five 
68.34 	percent may be used for PFund Foundation's 
69.1 	technical assistance and administrative costs. 
69.2 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
69.3 	available until June 30, 2026. To the extent 
69.4 	practicable, money must be distributed by 
69.5 	PFund Foundation as follows:
69.6 	(1) at least 33.3 percent to businesses owned 
69.7 	by members of racial minority communities; 
69.8 	and
69.9 	(2) at least 33.3 percent to businesses outside 
69.10 	of the seven-county metropolitan area as 
69.11 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
69.12 	473.121, subdivision 2.
69.13 	(qq) $125,000 each year is for a grant to 
69.14 	Quorum to provide business support, training, 
69.15 	development, technical assistance, and related 
69.16 	activities for LGBTQ+-owned small 
69.17 	businesses that are recipients of a PFund 
69.18 	Foundation grant. Of this amount, up to five 
69.19 	percent may be used for Quorum's technical 
69.20 	assistance and administrative costs. This is a 
69.21 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
69.22 	June 30, 2026.
69.23 	(rr) $5,000,000 the first year is for a grant to 
69.24 	the Metropolitan Economic Development 
69.25 	Association (MEDA) for statewide business 
69.26 	development and assistance services to 
69.27 	minority-owned businesses. This is a onetime 
69.28 	appropriation. Any unencumbered balance 
69.29 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
69.30 	cancel but is available the second year. Of this 
69.31 	amount:
69.32 	(1) $3,000,000 is for a revolving loan fund to 
69.33 	provide additional minority-owned businesses 
69.34 	with access to capital; and
70.1 	(2) $2,000,000 is for operating support 
70.2 	activities related to business development and 
70.3 	assistance services for minority business 
70.4 	enterprises.
70.5 	By February 1, 2025, MEDA shall report to 
70.6 	the commissioner and the chairs and ranking 
70.7 	minority members of the legislative 
70.8 	committees with jurisdiction over economic 
70.9 	development policy and finance on the loans 
70.10 	and operating support activities, including 
70.11 	outcomes and expenditures, supported by the 
70.12 	appropriation under this paragraph.
70.13 	(ss) $2,500,000 each year is for a grant to a 
70.14 	Minnesota-based automotive component 
70.15 	manufacturer and distributor specializing in 
70.16 	electric vehicles and sensor technology that 
70.17 	manufactures all of their parts onshore to 
70.18 	expand their manufacturing. The grant 
70.19 	recipient under this paragraph shall submit 
70.20 	reports on the uses of the money appropriated, 
70.21 	the number of jobs created due to the 
70.22 	appropriation, wage information, and the city 
70.23 	and state in which the additional 
70.24 	manufacturing activity was located to the 
70.25 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
70.26 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
70.27 	economic development. An initial report shall 
70.28 	be submitted by December 15, 2023, and a 
70.29 	final report is due by December 15, 2025. This 
70.30 	is a onetime appropriation.
70.31 	(tt)(1) $125,000 each year is for grants to the 
70.32 	Latino Chamber of Commerce Minnesota to 
70.33 	support the growth and expansion of small 
70.34 	businesses statewide. Funds may be used for 
71.1 	the cost of programming, outreach, staffing, 
71.2 	and supplies. This is a onetime appropriation.
71.3 	(2) By January 15, 2026, the Latino Chamber 
71.4 	of Commerce Minnesota must submit a report 
71.5 	to the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
71.6 	over economic development that details the 
71.7 	use of grant funds and the grant's economic 
71.8 	impact.
71.9 	(uu) $175,000 the first year is for a grant to 
71.10 	the city of South St. Paul to study options for 
71.11 	repurposing the 1927 American Legion 
71.12 	Memorial Library after the property is no 
71.13 	longer used as a library. This appropriation is 
71.14 	available until the project is completed or 
71.15 	abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
71.16 	section 16A.642.
71.17 	(vv) $250,000 the first year is for a grant to 
71.18 	LatinoLEAD for organizational 
71.19 	capacity-building.
71.20 	(ww) $80,000 the first year is for a grant to 
71.21 	the Neighborhood Development Center for 
71.22 	small business competitive grants to software 
71.23 	companies working to improve employee 
71.24 	engagement and workplace culture and to 
71.25 	reduce turnover.
71.26 	(xx)(1) $3,000,000 in the first year is for a 
71.27 	grant to the Center for Economic Inclusion for 
71.28 	strategic, data-informed investments in job 
71.29 	creation strategies that respond to the needs 
71.30 	of underserved populations statewide. This 
71.31 	may include forgivable loans, revenue-based 
71.32 	financing, and equity investments for 
71.33 	entrepreneurs with barriers to growth. Of this 
71.34 	amount, up to five percent may be used for 
72.1 	the center's technical assistance and 
72.2 	administrative costs. This appropriation is 
72.3 	available until June 30, 2025.
72.4 	(2) By January 15, 2026, the Center for 
72.5 	Economic Inclusion shall submit a report on 
72.6 	the use of grant funds, including any loans 
72.7 	made, to the legislative committees with 
72.8 	jurisdiction over economic development.
72.9 	(yy) $500,000 the first year is for a grant to 
72.10 	the Asian Economic Development Association 
72.11 	for asset building and financial empowerment 
72.12 	for entrepreneurs and small business owners, 
72.13 	small business development and technical 
72.14 	assistance, and cultural placemaking. This is 
72.15 	a onetime appropriation.
72.16 	(zz) $500,000 each year is for a grant to 
72.17 	Isuroon to support primarily African 
72.18 	immigrant women with entrepreneurial 
72.19 	training to start, manage, and grow 
72.20 	self-sustaining microbusinesses, develop 
72.21 	incubator space for these businesses, and 
72.22 	provide support with financial and language 
72.23 	literacy, systems navigation to eliminate 
72.24 	capital access disparities, marketing, and other 
72.25 	technical assistance. This is a onetime 
72.26 	appropriation.

72.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023, except 
72.28 	that the amendment in paragraph (z), clause (3), item (ii), is effective retroactively from 
72.29 	July 1, 2024.

73.1 	Sec. 12. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 21, section 7, as amended by Laws 2024, chapter 
73.2 	120, article 1, section 12; and Laws 2024, chapter 125, article 8, section 9, is amended to 
73.3 	read:
73.4 	Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS.
 73.5 	(a) $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the Minnesota forward fund 
73.6 	account to the commissioner of employment and economic development for providing 
73.7 	businesses with matching funds required by federal programs. Money awarded under this 
73.8 	program is made retroactive to February 1, 2023, for applications and projects. The 
73.9 	commissioner may use up to two percent of this appropriation for administration. This is a 
73.10 	onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027 2030. Any funds that remain 
73.11 	unspent are canceled to the general fund.
73.12 	(b) $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the Minnesota forward fund 
73.13 	account to the commissioner of employment and economic development to match existing 
73.14 	federal funds made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 117-328. 
73.15 	This appropriation must be used to (1) construct and operate a bioindustrial manufacturing 
73.16 	pilot innovation facility, biorefinery, or commercial campus utilizing agricultural feedstocks 
73.17 	or (2) for a Minnesota aerospace center for research, development, and testing, or both (1) 
73.18 	and (2). This appropriation is not subject to the grant limit requirements of Minnesota 
73.19 	Statutes, section 116J.8752, subdivisions 4, paragraph (b), and 5. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
73.20 	Statutes, section 116J.8752, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), this appropriation may include 
73.21 	land acquisition as an eligible use to construct a bioindustrial manufacturing pilot innovation 
73.22 	facility, a biorefinery, and an aerospace center for research, development, and testing. The 
73.23 	commissioner may use up to two percent of this appropriation for administration. This is a 
73.24 	onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2027 2030. Any funds that remain 
73.25 	unspent are canceled to the general fund.
73.26 	(c) $240,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the Minnesota forward fund 
73.27 	account to the commissioner of employment and economic development to match federal 
73.28 	funds made available in the Chips and Science Act, Public Law 117-167. Money awarded 
73.29 	under this program is made retroactive to February 1, 2023, for applications and projects. 
73.30 	This appropriation is not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8752, subdivision 5. 
73.31 	The commissioner may use up two percent for administration. This is a onetime appropriation 
73.32 	and is available until June 30, 2027 2030. Any funds that remain unspent are canceled to 
73.33 	the general fund.
74.1 	(d) The commissioner may use the appropriation under paragraph (c) to allocate up to 
74.2 	15 percent of the total project cost with a maximum of $75,000,000 per project for the 
74.3 	purpose of constructing, modernizing, or expanding commercial facilities on the front- and 
74.4 	back-end fabrication of leading-edge, current-generation, and mature-node semiconductors; 
74.5 	funding semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment facilities; and for research 
74.6 	and development facilities.
74.7 	(e) The commissioner may use the appropriation under paragraph (c) to award:
74.8 	(1) grants to institutions of higher education for developing and deploying training 
74.9 	programs and to build pipelines to serve the needs of industry; and
74.10 	(2) grants to increase the capacity of institutions of higher education to serve industrial 
74.11 	requirements for research and development that coincide with current and future requirements 
74.12 	of projects eligible under this section. Grant money may be used to construct and equip 
74.13 	facilities that serve the purpose of the industry. The maximum grant award per institution 
74.14 	of higher education under this section is $5,000,000 and may not represent more than 50 
74.15 	percent of the total project funding from other sources. Use of this funding must be supported 
74.16 	by businesses receiving funds under clause (1).
74.17 	(f) Money appropriated in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) may be transferred between 
74.18 	appropriations within the Minnesota forward fund account by the commissioner of 
74.19 	employment and economic development with approval of the commissioner of management 
74.20 	and budget. The commissioner must notify the Legislative Advisory Commission at least 
74.21 	15 days prior to changing appropriations under this paragraph.

74.22 	Sec. 13. CHANGE STARTS WITH COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION 
74.23 	PROGRAM.
 74.24 		Subdivision 1.Objectives. Change Starts With Community must:
74.25 	(1) develop and implement year-round job training programs for at-risk youth and adults 
74.26 	and provide trusted adult mentorship for at-risk Black, Indigenous, and People of Color 
74.27 	youth, providing them with the skills needed for gainful employment and career opportunities; 
74.28 	and
74.29 	(2) create on-site job opportunities at Shiloh Cares Food Shelf - Northside Community 
74.30 	Safety Resource Center, promoting community engagement and economic development.
74.31 		Subd. 2.Partnership. Change Starts With Community shall partner with the Cargill 
74.32 	Foundation to support at-risk youth educational career exposure field trips and exposing 
75.1 	participants to the Change Starts With Community Agrihood garden and preventing further 
75.2 	trauma through field trips for youth.
75.3 		Subd. 3.At-risk youth and adult job program positions. Change Starts With 
75.4 	Community must use grant proceeds to add positions to the program's complement, including 
75.5 	but not limited to adult food service workers, youth food service workers, an executive 
75.6 	director, operations director, program coordinator, and food shelf manager.
75.7 		Subd. 4.Report. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, Change Starts With Community shall 
75.8 	report to the commissioner of employment and economic development outlining the use of 
75.9 	grant money, program outcomes, and the impact on the targeted population. The report must 
75.10 	be submitted no later than six months after the end of each fiscal year.

75.11 	Sec. 14. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO APPROPRIATION.
 75.12 	The appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 20, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph 
75.13 	(ee), is not subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.98.

75.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2023.

75.15 	Sec. 15. RELOCATION GRANTS.
 75.16 	The commissioner of employment and economic development must reissue a request 
75.17 	for proposal for relocation grants under Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 2, 
75.18 	paragraph (i). The commissioner must make best efforts to conduct outreach and provide 
75.19 	technical assistance to businesses eligible for the grants. The appropriation under Laws 
75.20 	2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 2, paragraph (i), is available until June 30, 2026.

75.21 	Sec. 16. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 75.22 	The revisor of statutes shall change the term "small business growth acceleration program" 
75.23 	to "Made in Minnesota program" wherever it appears in Minnesota Statutes, section 
75.24 	116O.115.

75.25 	ARTICLE 3
75.26 	EXPLORE MINNESOTA

75.27 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.05, is amended to read:
75.28 	116U.05 EXPLORE MINNESOTA; ESTABLISHMENT.
75.29 	Explore Minnesota is an office in the executive branch with a director appointed by the 
75.30 	governor. The director is under the supervision of the commissioner of employment and 
76.1 	economic development and oversees Explore Minnesota Tourism and, Explore Minnesota 
76.2 	for Business, and Explore Minnesota Film divisions. The director serves in the unclassified 
76.3 	service and must be qualified by experience and training in related fields.

76.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.06, is amended to read:
76.5 	116U.06 EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM.
76.6 	Explore Minnesota Tourism is a division of Explore Minnesota and exists to support 
76.7 	Minnesota's economy through promotion and facilitation of travel to and within the state 
76.8 	of Minnesota.

76.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.15, is amended to read:
76.10 	116U.15 MISSION.
76.11 	(a) The mission of Explore Minnesota is to promote and facilitate increased travel to 
76.12 	and within the state of Minnesota, promote overall livability, and promote workforce and 
76.13 	economic opportunity in Minnesota support the growth of Minnesota's economy through 
76.14 	the management of the state's tourism, livability and economic opportunity, outdoor 
76.15 	recreation, film, and other statewide promotion efforts as directed. To further the mission 
76.16 	of Explore Minnesota, the office is advised by various advisory councils focused on tourism 
76.17 	and talent attraction and business marketing. Its goals are to:
76.18 	(1) expand public and private partnerships through increased interagency efforts and 
76.19 	increased tourism and business industry participation;
76.20 	(2) increase productivity through enhanced flexibility and options; and
76.21 	(3) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's resources 
76.22 	and operate the office as efficiently as possible.
76.23 	(b) The director shall report to the legislature on the performance of the office's operations 
76.24 	and the accomplishment of its goals in the office's biennial budget according to section 
76.25 	16A.10, subdivision 1.

76.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.30, is amended to read:
76.27 	116U.30 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
76.28 	(a) The director shall:
76.29 	(1) publish, disseminate, and distribute informational and promotional materials;
77.1 	(2) promote and encourage the coordination of Explore Minnesota travel, tourism, overall 
77.2 	livability, and workforce and economic opportunity promotion efforts with other state 
77.3 	agencies and develop multiagency marketing strategies when appropriate;
77.4 	(3) promote and encourage the expansion and development of international tourism, 
77.5 	trade, and Minnesota livability marketing programs that support the mission of the office;
77.6 	(4) advertise and disseminate information about Minnesota travel, tourism, and workforce 
77.7 	and economic development opportunities Explore Minnesota and its activities that support 
77.8 	the mission of the office;
77.9 	(5) aid various provide local communities a reasonable level of support to improve their 
77.10 	travel, tourism, and overall livability marketing programs as they relate to the mission of 
77.11 	the office;
77.12 	(6) coordinate and implement comprehensive state travel, tourism, workforce and 
77.13 	economic development, and overall livability mission-driven marketing programs that take 
77.14 	into consideration public and private businesses and attractions;
77.15 	(7) contract, in accordance with section 16C.08, for professional services if the work or 
77.16 	services cannot be satisfactorily performed by employees of the agency or by any other 
77.17 	state agency;
77.18 	(8) provide local, regional, and statewide organizations with information, technical 
77.19 	assistance educational opportunities, training, and advice on using state tourism and livability 
77.20 	information and promotional programs related to the office's mission; and
77.21 	(9) generally gather, compile, and make available statistical information relating to 
77.22 	Minnesota travel, tourism, workforce and economic development, overall livability, and 
77.23 	related areas in this state the office's mission. The director has the authority to call upon 
77.24 	other state agencies for statistical data and results obtained by them and to arrange and 
77.25 	compile that statistical information.
77.26 	(b) The director may:
77.27 	(1) apply for, receive, and spend money for travel, tourism, workforce and economic 
77.28 	development, and overall livability development and marketing, as it relates to the mission 
77.29 	of the office, from other agencies, organizations, and businesses;
77.30 	(2) apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids for tourism development and 
77.31 	marketing from the federal government and other sources;
78.1 	(3) enter into joint powers or cooperative agreements with agencies of the federal 
78.2 	government, local governmental units, regional development commissions, other state 
78.3 	agencies, the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions, other states, 
78.4 	Canadian provinces, and local, statewide, and regional organizations as necessary to perform 
78.5 	the director's duties;
78.6 	(4) enter into interagency agreements and agree to share net revenues with the contributing 
78.7 	agencies;
78.8 	(5) make grants;
78.9 	(6) conduct market research and analysis to improve marketing techniques in the area 
78.10 	of travel, tourism, workforce and economic development, and overall livability;
78.11 	(7) monitor and study trends in the related industries and provide resources and training 
78.12 	to address change;
78.13 	(8) annually convene conferences of Minnesota providers for the purposes of exchanging 
78.14 	information on tourism development, coordinating marketing activities, and formulating 
78.15 	tourism, overall livability, and workforce and economic opportunity mission-related
78.16 	promotion development strategies; and
78.17 	(9) enter into promotion contracts or other agreements with private persons and public 
78.18 	entities, including agreements to establish and maintain offices and other types of 
78.19 	representation in foreign countries to promote international travel and to implement this 
78.20 	chapter.
78.21 	(c) Contracts for goods and nonprofessional services and professional technical services 
78.22 	made under paragraph (b), clauses (3) and (9), are not subject to the provisions of sections 
78.23 	16C.03, subdivision 3, and 16C.06 concerning competitive bidding and section 16C.055
78.24 	concerning barter arrangements. Professional technical service contracts that promote 
78.25 	Minnesota as a tourism travel destination or a talent attraction may be negotiated and are 
78.26 	not subject to the provisions of chapter 16C relating to competitive bidding.

78.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116U.35, is amended to read:
78.28 	116U.35 PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
78.29 	To promote travel, tourism, workforce and economic development, and overall livability 
78.30 	of the state programs that align with Explore Minnesota's mission, the director may expend 
78.31 	money appropriated by the legislature for these purposes in the same manner as private 
78.32 	persons, firms, corporations, and associations make expenditures for these purposes. Policies 
79.1 	on promotional expenses must be approved by the commissioner of administration. A policy 
79.2 	for expenditures on food, lodging, and travel must be approved by the commissioner of 
79.3 	management and budget. No money may be expended for the appearance in radio or 
79.4 	television broadcasts by an elected public official.

79.5 	ARTICLE 4
79.6 	DEED CANNABIS PROGRAMS

79.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.659, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
79.8 		Subd. 4.Loans to businesses. (a) The criteria in this subdivision apply to loans made 
79.9 	by nonprofit corporations under the program.
79.10 	(b) Loans must be used to support a new cannabis microbusiness in the legal cannabis 
79.11 	industry. Priority must be given to loans to businesses owned by individuals who are eligible 
79.12 	to be social equity applicants and businesses located in communities where long-term 
79.13 	residents are eligible to be social equity applicants.
79.14 	(c) Loans must be made to cannabis microbusinesses that are not likely to undertake the 
79.15 	project for which loans are sought without assistance from the program.
79.16 	(d) The minimum state contribution to a loan is $2,500 and the maximum is either:
79.17 	(1) $50,000 $75,000; or
79.18 	(2) $150,000 $200,000, if state contributions are matched by an equal or greater amount
79.19 	at least 25 percent of new private investment.
79.20 	(e) Loan applications given preliminary approval by the nonprofit corporation must be 
79.21 	forwarded to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner must give final approval 
79.22 	for each loan made by the nonprofit corporation under the program make approval decisions 
79.23 	within 30 days of receiving a loan application. If the application contains insufficient 
79.24 	information to make an approval decision, the nonprofit corporation must be notified within 
79.25 	14 days with all information that needs to be provided.
79.26 	(f) A cannabis microbusiness that receives a loan may apply to renew thefor a subsequent
79.27 	loan. Renewal applications must be made on an annual basis and A cannabis microbusiness 
79.28 	may receive loans for up to six consecutive years have a maximum of two program loans. 
79.29 	A nonprofit corporation may reneworiginate a loan to a cannabis microbusiness that is no 
79.30 	longer a new business provided the business would otherwise qualify for an initial loan and 
79.31 	is in good standing with the nonprofit corporation and the commissioner. A nonprofit 
79.32 	corporation may adjust the amount of a renewed loan, or not renew a loan,decline to originate 
80.1 	a subsequent loan if the nonprofit corporation determines that the cannabis microbusiness 
80.2 	is financially stable and is substantially likely to continue the project for which the loan 
80.3 	renewal is sought. Refinancing of existing debt is prohibited.
80.4 	(g) If a borrower has met lender criteria, including being current with all payments for 
80.5 	a minimum of three years, the commissioner may approve either full or partial forgiveness 
80.6 	of interest or principal amounts.

80.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116J.659, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
80.8 		Subd. 5.Revolving loan account administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish 
80.9 	a minimum interest rate for loans or guarantees to ensure that necessary loan administration 
80.10 	costs are covered. The interest rate or fee equivalent charged by a nonprofit corporation for 
80.11 	a loan under this section must not exceed the Wall Street Journal prime rate. For a loan 
80.12 	under this section, the nonprofit corporation may charge a loan origination fee equal to or 
80.13 	less than one percent of the loan value. The nonprofit corporation may retain the amount 
80.14 	of the origination fee.
80.15 	(b) Loan repayment of principal must be paid to the commissioner for deposit in the 
80.16 	CanStartup revolving loan account. Loan interest payments must be deposited in a revolving 
80.17 	loan account created by the nonprofit corporation originating the loan being repaid for 
80.18 	further distribution or use, consistent with the criteria of this section may be retained by the 
80.19 	nonprofit corporation originating the loan to help cover expenses for loan servicing and 
80.20 	origination.
80.21 	(c) Administrative expenses of the nonprofit corporations with whom the commissioner 
80.22 	enters into agreements, including expenses incurred by a nonprofit corporation in providing 
80.23 	technology, insurance, legal, audit and accounting, reporting, financial, technical, managerial, 
80.24 	and marketing assistance to a business receiving a loan under this section, are eligible 
80.25 	program expenses the commissioner may agree to pay under the grant agreement.
80.26 	(d) Average interest rates charged by the nonprofit corporations must be reported 
80.27 	biannually and publicly published by both the agency and the nonprofit corporation.

80.28 	ARTICLE 5
80.29 	PROMISE ACT MODIFICATIONS

80.30 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 18, section 2, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
80.31 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
80.32 	the meanings given.
81.1 	(b) "Business" means both for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations that earn 
81.2 	revenue in ways similar to businesses.
81.3 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
81.4 	(d) "Partner organization" or "partner" means the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and 
81.5 	nonprofit corporations receiving grants to provide grants to businesses under this section.
81.6 	(e) "Prior taxable year" means the most recently completed tax year to the calendar year 
81.7 	that an application is submitted.
81.8 	(f) "Program" means the PROMISE grant program under this section.
81.9 	(g) "Taxpayer" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, subdivision 
81.10 	6.

81.11 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 18, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
81.12 		Subd. 4.Grants to businesses. (a) Partners shall make grants to businesses using criteria, 
81.13 	forms, applications, and reporting requirements developed by the partner organization and 
81.14 	approved by the commissioner.
81.15 	(b) To be eligible for a grant under this subdivision, a business must:
81.16 	(1) have primary business operations located in the state of Minnesota;
81.17 	(2) be located in a community that has been adversely affected by structural racial 
81.18 	discrimination, civil unrest, lack of access to capital, a loss of population or an aging 
81.19 	population, or a lack of regional economic diversification; and
81.20 	(3) have a gross annual revenue of $750,000 or less based on 2021 taxes the prior taxable 
81.21 	year.
81.22 	(c) In addition to the requirements under paragraph (a), if a taxpayer's business meets 
81.23 	requirements of paragraph (b), clause (2), and the business location is the taxpayer's 
81.24 	residence, the taxpayer must have been eligible for the deduction allowed under section 
81.25 	280A(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, in the prior taxable year.
81.26 	(c) (d) Preference shall be given to businesses that did not receive previous assistance 
81.27 	of more than $10,000 cumulatively from the state under:
81.28 	(1) the governor's Executive Order No. 20-15;
81.29 	(2) Laws 2020, First Special Session chapter 1, section 4;
81.30 	(3) Laws 2020, Seventh Special Session chapter 2, article 4 or 5; or
82.1 	(4) Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10, article 2, section 22.
82.2 	(d) (e) Preference shall be given to businesses that are able to demonstrate financial 
82.3 	hardship.
82.4 	(e)(f) Preference shall be given to businesses that were in operation in 2021 and had 
82.5 	revenue of $750,000 or less based on the prior year tax documentation submitted under 
82.6 	paragraph (b), clause (3).
82.7 	(g) Grants under this subdivision must not exceed:
82.8 	(1) $10,000 for businesses with a gross revenue in the prior year of $100,000 or less;
82.9 	(2) $25,000 for businesses with a gross revenue in the prior year of more than $100,000 
82.10 	but no more than $350,000; and
82.11 	(3) $50,000 for businesses with a gross revenue in the prior year of more than $350,000 
82.12 	but no more than $750,000.
82.13 	(f) (h) No business or individual may receive more than one grant under this section.
82.14 	(g) (i) Grant money may be used for working capital to support payroll expenses, rent 
82.15 	or mortgage payments, utility bills, equipment, and other similar expenses that occur in the 
82.16 	regular course of business.

82.17 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 18, section 3, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.18 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
82.19 	the meanings given.
82.20 	(b) "Borrower" means an eligible recipient receiving a loan under this section.
82.21 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
82.22 	(d) "Eligible project" means the development, redevelopment, demolition, site preparation, 
82.23 	predesign, design, engineering, repair, land acquisition, relocation, or renovation of real 
82.24 	property or capital improvements. Eligible project includes but is not limited to construction 
82.25 	of buildings, equipment purchases, infrastructure, related site amenities, landscaping, and 
82.26 	street-scaping.
82.27 	(e) "Eligible recipient" means a:
82.28 	(1) business;
82.29 	(2) nonprofit organization; or
83.1 	(3) developer that is seeking funding to complete an eligible project. Eligible recipient 
83.2 	does not include a partner organization or a local unit of government.
83.3 	Eligible recipients must: (i) have primary operations located in the state of Minnesota; (ii) 
83.4 	have gross annual revenue of less than $1,000,000 $1,500,000 based on 2021 taxes the prior 
83.5 	taxable year; and (iii) be located in a community that has been adversely affected by structural 
83.6 	racial discrimination, civil unrest, lack of access to capital, a loss of population or an aging 
83.7 	population, or a lack of regional economic diversification.
83.8 	(f) "Partner organization" or "Partner" means the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and 
83.9 	nonprofit corporations receiving grants to provide loans under this section.
83.10 	(g) "Program" means the PROMISE loan program under this section.
83.11 	(h) "Redevelopment" means the acquisition of real property; site preparation; predesign, 
83.12 	design, engineering, repair, or renovation of facilities facade improvements, and construction 
83.13 	of buildings, infrastructure, and related site amenities; landscaping; street-scaping; 
83.14 	land-banking for future development or redevelopment; or financing any of these activities 
83.15 	taken on by a private party pursuant to an agreement with the city. Redevelopment does not 
83.16 	include project costs that have received compensation or assistance available through 
83.17 	insurance policies or from other organizations or government agencies.

83.18 	Sec. 4. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 18, section 3, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
83.19 		Subd. 4.Loans to eligible recipients. (a) A partner organization may make loans to 
83.20 	eligible recipients for eligible projects. A loan to an eligible recipient for an eligible project 
83.21 	must:
83.22 	(1) be for no more than $1,000,000 $1,500,000;
83.23 	(2) be for a term of no more than ten 20 years; and
83.24 	(3) not charge an interest rate of more than three percent.
83.25 	(b) Loans must not be used for working capital or inventory; consolidating, or repaying, 
83.26 	or refinancing debt; or speculation or investment in rental real estate.
83.27 	(c) All payments of interest on a loan under this section are the property of the partner 
83.28 	organization and shall be used for its administrative and operating expenses under the 
83.29 	program.
83.30 	(d) A partner organization may:
83.31 	(1) charge a loan origination fee of no more than one percent per loan; and
84.1 	(2) charge a monthly fee in lieu of interest.

84.2 	Sec. 5. Laws 2023, chapter 53, article 18, section 3, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
84.3 		Subd. 5.Revolving loan fund. Partner organizations that receive grants from the 
84.4 	commissioner under the program must establish a commissioner-certified revolving loan 
84.5 	fund for the purpose of making eligible loans. All loan payments shall be deposited in the 
84.6 	partner organization's revolving loan fund. Funds repaid to the partner organization are not 
84.7 	limited in their uses by the language in this section, except that funds repaid may not be 
84.8 	used for loans for speculation or investment in rental real estate.

84.9 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 84.10 	Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final enactment.

84.11 	ARTICLE 6
84.12 	EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MISCELLANEOUS

84.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116L.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
84.14 		Subd. 5.Use of workforce development funds. After March 1 of any fiscal year, the 
84.15 	board may use workforce development funds for the purposes outlined in sections 116L.02 
84.16 	and 116L.04, or to provide incumbent worker training services under section 116L.18 if 
84.17 	the following conditions have been met:
84.18 	(1) the board examines relevant economic indicators, including the projected number 
84.19 	of layoffs for the remainder of the fiscal year and the next fiscal year, evidence of declining 
84.20 	and expanding industries, the number of initial applications for and the number of exhaustions 
84.21 	of unemployment benefits, job vacancy data, county labor force participation rates, and any 
84.22 	additional relevant information brought to the board's attention;
84.23 	(2) the board accounts for all allocations made in section 116L.17, subdivision 2;
84.24 	(3) based on the past expenditures and projected revenue, the board estimates future 
84.25 	funding needs for services under section 116L.17 for the remainder of the current fiscal 
84.26 	year and the next fiscal year;
84.27 	(4) the board determines there will be unspent funds after meeting the needs of dislocated 
84.28 	workers in the current fiscal year and there will be sufficient revenue to meet the needs of 
84.29 	dislocated workers in the next fiscal year; and
85.1 	(5) the board reports its findings in clauses (1) to (4) to the chairs of legislative 
85.2 	committees with jurisdiction over the workforce development fund, to the commissioners 
85.3 	of revenue and management and budget, and to the public.

85.4 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 248.07, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
85.5 		Subd. 7.Blind, vending stands and machines facilities on governmental property; 
85.6 	liability limited. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the rehabilitation of blind persons 
85.7 	the commissioner shall have exclusive authority to establish and to operate vending stands 
85.8 	and vending machines facilities in all buildings and properties owned or rented exclusively 
85.9 	by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities at a state university, a community college, 
85.10 	a consolidated community technical college, or a technical college served by the 
85.11 	commissioner before January 1, 1996, or by any department or agency of the state of 
85.12 	Minnesota except the Department of Natural Resources properties operated directly by the 
85.13 	Division of State Parks and not subject to private leasing. Vending stands and machines
85.14 	facilities authorized under this subdivision may dispense nonalcoholic beverages, food, 
85.15 	candies, tobacco, souvenirs, notions, and related items and must be operated on the same 
85.16 	basis as other vending stands facilities for the blind established and supervised by the 
85.17 	commissioner under federal law. The commissioner shall waive this authority to displace 
85.18 	any present private individual concessionaire in any state-owned or rented building or 
85.19 	property who is operating under a contract with a specific renewal or termination date, until 
85.20 	the renewal or termination date. With the consent of the governing body of a governmental 
85.21 	subdivision of the state, the commissioner may establish and supervise vending stands and 
85.22 	vending machines facilities for the blind in any building or property exclusively owned or 
85.23 	rented by the governmental subdivision.
85.24 	(b) The Department of Employment and Economic Development is not liable under 
85.25 	chapter 176 for any injury sustained by a blind vendor's employee or agent. The Department 
85.26 	of Employment and Economic Development, its officers, and its agents are not liable for 
85.27 	the acts or omissions of a blind vendor or of a blind vendor's employee or agent that may 
85.28 	result in the blind vendor's liability to third parties. The Department of Employment and 
85.29 	Economic Development, its officers, and its agents are not liable for negligence based on 
85.30 	any theory of liability for claims arising from the relationship created under this subdivision 
85.31 	with the blind vendor.

86.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 248.07, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
86.2 		Subd. 8.Use of revolving fund, licenses for operation of vending stands facilities. (a) 
86.3 	The revolving fund created by Laws 1947, chapter 535, section 5, is continued as provided 
86.4 	in this subdivision and shall be known as the revolving fund for vocational rehabilitation 
86.5 	of the blind. It shall be used for the purchase of equipment and supplies for establishing and 
86.6 	operating of vending stands facilities by blind persons. All income, receipts, earnings, and 
86.7 	federal vending machine facility income due to the operation of vending stands facilities
86.8 	operated under this subdivision shall also be paid into the fund. All interest earned on money 
86.9 	accrued in the fund must be credited to the fund by the commissioner of management and 
86.10 	budget. All equipment, supplies, and expenses for setting up these stands facilities shall be 
86.11 	paid for from the fund.
86.12 	(b) The commissioner is authorized to use the money available in the revolving fund 
86.13 	that originated as operational charges to individuals licensed under this subdivision for the 
86.14 	establishment, operation, and supervision of vending stands facilities by blind persons for 
86.15 	the following purposes:
86.16 	(1) purchase, upkeep and replacement of equipment;
86.17 	(2) expenses incidental to the setting up of new stands facilities and improvement of old 
86.18 	stands facilities;
86.19 	(3) reimbursement under section 15.059 to individual blind vending operators for 
86.20 	reasonable expenses incurred in attending supervisory meetings as called by the commissioner 
86.21 	and other expenditures for management services consistent with federal law; and
86.22 	(4) purchase of fringe benefits for blind vending operators and their employees such as 
86.23 	group health insurance, retirement program, vacation or sick leave assistance provided that 
86.24 	the purchase of any fringe benefit is approved by a majority vote of blind vending operators 
86.25 	licensed pursuant to this subdivision after the commissioner provides to each blind vending 
86.26 	operator information on all matters relevant to the fringe benefits. "Majority vote" means 
86.27 	a majority of blind vending operators voting. Fringe benefits shall be paid only from 
86.28 	assessments of operators for specific benefits, gifts to the fund for fringe benefit purposes, 
86.29 	and vending income which is not assignable to an individual stand facility.
86.30 	(c) Money originally deposited as merchandise and supplies repayments by individuals 
86.31 	licensed under this subdivision may be expended for initial and replacement stocks of 
86.32 	supplies and merchandise. Money originally deposited from vending income on federal 
86.33 	property must be spent consistent with federal law.
87.1 	(d) All other deposits may be used for the purchase of general liability insurance or any 
87.2 	other expense related to the operation and supervision of vending stands facilities.
87.3 	(e) The commissioner shall issue each license for the operation of a vending stand facility
87.4 	or vending machine for an indefinite period but may terminate any license in the manner 
87.5 	provided. In granting licenses for new or vacated stands facilities preference on the basis 
87.6 	of seniority of experience in operating stands facilities under the control of the commissioner 
87.7 	shall be given to capable operators who are deemed competent to handle the enterprise 
87.8 	under consideration. Application of this preference shall not prohibit the commissioner from 
87.9 	selecting an operator from the community in which the stand facility is located.

87.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
87.11 		Subd. 15.Available for suitable employment defined. (a) "Available for suitable 
87.12 	employment" means an applicant is ready, willing, and able to accept suitable employment. 
87.13 	The attachment to the work force must be genuine. An applicant may restrict availability 
87.14 	to suitable employment, but there must be no other restrictions, either self-imposed or created 
87.15 	by circumstances, temporary or permanent, that prevent accepting suitable employment.
87.16 	(b) Unless the applicant is in reemployment assistance training, to be "available for 
87.17 	suitable employment," a student who has regularly scheduled classes must be willing to 
87.18 	discontinue classes to accept suitable employment when:
87.19 	(1) class attendance restricts the applicant from accepting suitable employment; and
87.20 	(2) the applicant is unable to change the scheduled class or make other arrangements 
87.21 	that excuse the applicant from attending class.
87.22 	(c) Except for an active search that may be done remotely, an applicant who is absent 
87.23 	from the labor market area for personal reasons, other than to search for work, is not 
87.24 	"available for suitable employment." An applicant who is conducting an active work search 
87.25 	remotely  must be able to be physically present for an in-person interview, if scheduled, to 
87.26 	be considered "available for suitable employment" under this paragraph.
87.27 	(d) An applicant who has restrictions on the hours of the day or days of the week that 
87.28 	the applicant can or will work, that are not normal for the applicant's usual occupation or 
87.29 	other suitable employment, is not "available for suitable employment." An applicant must 
87.30 	be available for daytime employment, if suitable employment is performed during the 
87.31 	daytime, even though the applicant previously worked the night shift.

88.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.184, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
88.2 		Subdivision 1.Misrepresentation; administrative penalties. (a) The commissioner 
88.3 	must penalize an employer if that employer or any employee, officer, or agent of that 
88.4 	employer made a false statement or representation without a good faith belief as to correctness 
88.5 	of the statement or representation or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact in order 
88.6 	to:
88.7 	(1) assist an applicant to receive unemployment benefits to which the applicant is not 
88.8 	entitled;
88.9 	(2) prevent or reduce the payment of unemployment benefits to an applicant; or
88.10 	(3) avoid or reduce any payment required from an employer under this chapter or section 
88.11 	116L.20.
88.12 	The penalty is the greater of $500 or 50 100 percent of the following resulting from the 
88.13 	employer's action:
88.14 	(i) the amount of any overpaid unemployment benefits to an applicant;
88.15 	(ii) the amount of unemployment benefits not paid to an applicant that would otherwise 
88.16 	have been paid; or
88.17 	(iii) the amount of any payment required from the employer under this chapter or section 
88.18 	116L.20 that was not paid.
88.19 	(b) The commissioner must penalize an employer if that employer failed or refused to 
88.20 	honor a subpoena issued under section 268.188. The penalty is $500 and any costs of 
88.21 	enforcing the subpoena, including attorney fees.
88.22 	(c) Penalties under this subdivision and under section 268.047, subdivision 4, paragraph 
88.23 	(b), are in addition to any other penalties and subject to the same collection procedures that 
88.24 	apply to past due taxes. Penalties must be paid within 30 calendar days of issuance of the 
88.25 	determination of penalty and credited to the trust fund.
88.26 	(d) The determination of penalty is final unless the employer files an appeal within 45 
88.27 	calendar days after the sending of the determination of penalty to the employer by mail or 
88.28 	electronic transmission. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 
88.29 	268.105.

	ARTICLE 1	APPROPRIATIONS........	Page.Ln 1.16	
	ARTICLE 2	EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY........	Page.Ln 44.1	
	ARTICLE 3	EXPLORE MINNESOTA........	Page.Ln 75.25	
	ARTICLE 4	DEED CANNABIS PROGRAMS........	Page.Ln 79.5	
	ARTICLE 5	PROMISE ACT MODIFICATIONS........	Page.Ln 80.28	
	ARTICLE 6	EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MISCELLANEOUS........	Page.Ln 84.11	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Session Laws: S1832-1 

Laws 2024, chapter 120, article 1, section 13
Sec. 13. JOB CREATION FUND; TRANSFER OUT. 
$3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is transferred from the job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8748, to the general fund. This is a onetime transfer.