1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for a collaborative summer intensive 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COLLABORATIVE SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM.
 1.6 	An intensive summer school program for students in grades 5 through 8 is established 
1.7 	in six school districts. The school districts of Ely, Independent School District No. 696; St. 
1.8 	Louis County, Independent School District No. 2142; Mesabi East, Independent School 
1.9 	District No. 2711; Mountain Iron-Buhl, Independent School District No. 712; Chisholm, 
1.10 	Independent School District No. 695; and Hibbing, Independent School District No. 701; 
1.11 	must collaborate to provide a summer school program that includes vocational, academic, 
1.12 	fine arts, and recreational programming in each of the school districts over a three-week 
1.13 	period spread throughout the summer.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.15 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.16 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.17 	of education for the collaborative summer intensive program. The six collaborating school 
1.18 	districts must provide matching funds equal to the grant amount. The matching funds may 
1.19 	be in cash or in-kind contributions. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2021.