1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to early childhood education; creating an early childhood family 
1.3 	education collaboration incentive; appropriating money;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Collaboration incentives. Early childhood family education programs 
1.9 	that can demonstrate to the commissioner that they are successfully reaching out to at-risk 
1.10 	children and collaborating with other early childhood programs and organizations to serve 
1.11 	at-risk children shall receive a collaboration incentive equal to five percent of their early 
1.12 	childhood family education program revenue under this section.

1.13 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION.
 1.14 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2009 to the commissioner 
1.15 	of education for the early childhood family education collaboration incentive under 
1.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135, subdivision 10. This appropriation is in addition 
1.17 	to the appropriation under Laws 2007, chapter 146, article 9, section 17, subdivision 2, 
1.18 	and is added to the base.