1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Asian Minnesotan 
1.3 	history.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; COALITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS 
1.6 	FOR ASIAN HISTORY.
 1.7 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund 
1.8 	to the governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society for a grant to the Coalition of 
1.9 	Asian American Leaders to document unheard stories of Asian Minnesotans to educate the 
1.10 	public about the history of Asian migration to Minnesota and experiences of Asian Americans 
1.11 	in Minnesota. The appropriation supports research, translation and interpretation, project 
1.12 	staffing, community outreach, production, and marketing. The Coalition of Asian American 
1.13 	Leaders may provide grant funding to project partners to support the documentation of 
1.14 	stories within ethnically specific Asian Minnesotan communities.