SF 504

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 01/29/2025 09:38 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; authorizing grants to improve students' digital
technology skills and support digital learning; requiring reports; appropriating
money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education in the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Digital technology skills. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to a nonprofit organization to expand
opportunities for high school students to develop digital technology skills:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 250,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2026 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 250,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2027 new text end

new text begin (b) The grant recipient must use grant money to encourage student participation in a
digital technology skills program, create student fellowships, provide hands-on opportunities,
and develop a digital technology curriculum for its programming that can be shared and
replicated by other programs. Programming may be offered after regular school hours, on
weekends, and during the summer.
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new text begin (c) The grant recipient must submit to the commissioner of education an application
including a description of the program's goals and strategies consistent with the
evidence-based grant requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.20. The grant
recipient must submit a preliminary report on the program's status on January 15, 2026, and
submit a final report consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.20.
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new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2028 is $0.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Digital learning and homework support. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to a nonprofit
organization to provide support for digital learning and homework support:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 250,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2026 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 250,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2027 new text end

new text begin (b) The grant recipient must use grant money to provide students with group activities,
hands-on experience to build social-emotional learning skills, adult mentoring, and to create
opportunities for students to explore career and vocational options through internships and
mentorships. Programming may be offered after regular school hours, on weekends, and
during the summer.
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new text begin (c) The grant recipient must submit to the commissioner of education an application
including a description of the program's goals and strategies consistent with the
evidence-based grant requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.20. The grant
recipient must submit a preliminary report on the program's status on January 15, 2026, and
submit a final report consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.20.
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new text begin (d) The base for fiscal year 2028 is $0.
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