1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding for education partnership pilot 
1.3 	grants; increasing base level funding for the Northside Achievement Zone and 
1.4 	the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood; appropriating money;amending Laws 2015, 
1.5 	First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 26; article 10, 
1.6 	section 3, subdivisions 6, 7.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 2, section 70, subdivision 
1.9 	26, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 26.Education partnership pilots. (a) For education partnership pilot grants:

1.11		$
	501,000
	.....
	2016
	
1.12
1.13		$
	501,000 
876,000
	.....
	2017
	
1.14 	(b) Of this amount, $167,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $292,000 in each fiscal year 
1.15 	2017 is for the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for a pilot site in Northfield; 
1.16 	$167,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $292,000 in each fiscal year 2017 is for the Jones Family 
1.17 	Foundation for a pilot site in Red Wing; and $167,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $292,000 in 
1.18 	each fiscal year 2017 is for Independent School District No. 742, St. Cloud, for a pilot 
1.19 	site in St. Cloud. Each partnership pilot program shall support community collaborations 
1.20 	focused on academic achievement and youth development, use a comprehensive and 
1.21 	data-driven approach to increase student success, and measure outcomes, such as 
1.22 	kindergarten readiness, reading proficiency at third grade, high school graduation, and 
1.23 	college and career readiness. By February 15, 2016, and by February 15 of every 
1.24 	subsequent even-numbered year, each partnership pilot grant recipient shall submit to 
1.25 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary 
2.1 	jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education a report describing the activities 
2.2 	funded by the grant, changes in outcome measures attributable to the grant-funded 
2.3 	activities, and the recipient's program plan for the following year.
2.4 	This is a onetime appropriation.
2.5 	(c) The base for this program is $876,000 for fiscal year 2018 and later. Annual 
2.6 	grants of $292,000 shall be awarded to each grant recipient named in paragraph (b).
2.7 	(d) Any balance from the first year may carry forward into the second year.

2.8 	Sec. 2. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, subdivision 6, 
2.9 	is amended to read:
2.10 		Subd. 6.Northside Achievement Zone. For a grant to the Northside Achievement 
2.11 	Zone:

2.12		$
	1,200,000
	.....
	2016
	
2.13
2.14		$
	1,200,000
2,050,000
	.....
	2017
	
2.15 	Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the 
2.16 	educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, 
2.17 	and may be used for Northside Achievement Zone programming and services consistent 
2.18 	with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
2.19 	The base for this program is $2,050,000 for fiscal year 2018 and later.

2.20 	Sec. 3. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 3, article 10, section 3, subdivision 7, 
2.21 	is amended to read:
2.22 		Subd. 7.St. Paul Promise Neighborhood. For a grant to the St. Paul Promise 
2.23 	Neighborhood:

2.24		$
	1,200,000
	.....
	2016
	
2.25
2.26		$
	1,200,000
2,050,000
	.....
	2017
	
2.27 	Funds appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the 
2.28 	educational achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, 
2.29 	and may be used for St. Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent 
2.30 	with federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
2.31 	The base for this program is $2,050,000 for fiscal year 2018 and later.