1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for culturally specific 
1.3 	emergency medical services training.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRAINING; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
1.7 	general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for grants to 
1.8 	provide culturally specific, minority-based emergency medical services academies that 
1.9 	focus on career development and placement of workers across the state. Of this amount, 
1.10 	$250,000 each year is for a grant to the Minneapolis Fire Department and $250,000 each 
1.11 	year is for a grant to the St. Paul Fire Department.