1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; making grants to the Minnesota Youth Council; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.957, 
1.4 	subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.957, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and membership. The Minnesota Youth Council 
1.8 	Committee is established within and under the auspices of the Minnesota Alliance With 
1.9 	Youth. The committee consists of four members from each congressional district in 
1.10 	Minnesota and four members selected at-large. Members must be selected through an 
1.11 	application and interview process conducted by the Minnesota Alliance With Youth. In 
1.12 	making its appointments, the Minnesota Alliance With Youth should strive to ensure gender 
1.13 	and ethnic diversity in the committee's membership. Members must be between the ages of 
1.14 	13 and 19 in grades 8 through 12 and serve two-year terms, except that one-half of the initial 
1.15 	members must serve a one-year term. Members may serve a maximum of two terms.

1.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 124D.957, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.17 	to read:
1.18 		Subd. 5.Funding. The Minnesota Alliance With Youth may receive annual state 
1.19 	appropriations to fund the operations for the Minnesota Youth Council.

2.1 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS; MINNESOTA YOUTH COUNCIL.
 2.2 	$360,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $360,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the 
2.3 	general fund to the commissioner of education for grants to the Minnesota Alliance With 
2.4 	Youth for the activities of the Minnesota Youth Council.