as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 01/24/2019 02:26pm
A bill for an act
relating to education; creating a grant program to broaden access to music education
in rural Minnesota; requiring a report; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years
designated.
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(a) For a grant to the MacPhail Center for
Music to broaden access to music education in rural Minnesota:
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(b) The MacPhail Center must use the grants received under paragraph (a) to broaden
access to music education in rural Minnesota. The program must supplement and enhance
an existing program and may provide individual instruction, sectional ensembles, other
group activities, workshops, and early childhood music activities. The MacPhail Center
must design its program in consultation with music educators who teach in rural Minnesota.
The grant may be used by the MacPhail Center for costs related to delivering online access
to music education including employee costs, program evaluation, and technology expenses.
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(c) Upon request from a school's music educator, the MacPhail Center may enter into
an agreement with the school to provide a program according to paragraph (b). In an early
childhood setting, the MacPhail Center may provide a program upon a request initiated by
an early childhood educator.
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(d) By January 15 of each year, the MacPhail Center must prepare and submit a report
to the legislature describing the online programs offered, program outcomes, the students
served, an estimate of the unmet need for music education, and for calendar years 2020 and
later, a detailed list of expenditures for the previous year.
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