1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for career education and 
1.3 	job skills training; requiring reports.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$750,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development 
1.8 	for a grant to Latino Communities United in Service (CLUES) to expand culturally tailored 
1.9 	programs that address employment and education skill gaps for working parents and 
1.10 	underserved youth by providing new job skills training to stimulate higher wages for 
1.11 	low-income people, family support systems designed to reduce intergenerational poverty, 
1.12 	and youth programming to promote educational advancement and career pathways. At least 
1.13 	50 percent of this amount must be used for programming targeted at greater Minnesota. 
1.14 	CLUES shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.15 	committees and divisions of the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction 
1.16 	over jobs with findings of program outcomes by March 1, 2019, and a second such report 
1.17 	by March 1, 2020. These reports must include the type, duration, and attendance of each 
1.18 	program and quantifiable measures of success. This appropriation is available until June 
1.19 	30, 2020.