HF 3816

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/28/2022 02:12pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for a program grant to Network
for the Development of Children of African Descent.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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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 sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. new text end

new text begin (a) For a
grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) to
expand the organization's holistic, evidence-based programming that has been proven to
address disparate, literacy, education, and family stabilization outcomes for African American
children and their families, breaking generational cycles of poverty.
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new text begin 2023 new text end

new text begin (b) Program and expansion activities must include:
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new text begin (1) providing holistic programming for parents, caregivers, and children in
prekindergarten through grade 8 using a two-generation or whole-family approach to support
healthy child development through programming that is culturally responsive and focused
on building foundational literacy, self-determination, and self-reliance;
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new text begin (2) expanding the organization's family-centered home learning curricula and materials
that support learning at home and school;
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new text begin (3) providing training and consulting services to education and human service providers
on improving culturally responsive services to children and families who are experiencing
disparate outcomes; and
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new text begin (4) scaling or replicating the organization's proven models in the seven-county
metropolitan area and in other regions of Minnesota outside of the seven-county metropolitan
area.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2022.
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