HF 292

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/19/2020 01:03pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for a grant to Girl Scouts River
Valleys for the ConnectZ program; requiring a report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin ConnectZ program. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to Girl Scouts River Valleys as fiscal agent
for Girl Scout councils serving Minnesota residents providing innovative, culturally
responsive programming to underrepresented, underresourced girls in kindergarten through
grade 12, including programming relating to healthy relationships; science, technology,
engineering, and math; financial literacy; college and career readiness; and leadership
development and service learning:
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	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,400,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2020 new text end
	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,400,000 new text end	new text begin ..... new text end	new text begin 2021 new text end

new text begin (b) By February 15 following each fiscal year of the grant, the grantee must submit a
report detailing expenditures and outcomes of the grant-supported programs to the
commissioner of education and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education policy
and finance. The report must, at least:
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new text begin (1) provide self-reported free and reduced-price lunch status and self-reported
demographic information for the girls participating in programs funded by this grant;
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new text begin (2) report participants' average program contacts in the areas of healthy relationships;
science, technology, engineering, and math; financial literacy; college and career readiness;
and leadership development and service learning;
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new text begin (3) identify the number and proportion of high school program participants who report
they are confident they will attend college;
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new text begin (4) report the number and proportion of grade 12 participants who apply to a
postsecondary institution; and
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new text begin (5) to the extent possible, verify the number and percentage of participants who actually
enroll in a postsecondary institution.
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