SF 1245

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/03/2015 08:37am

A bill for an act
relating to education; establishing a video resource grant program; appropriating
money.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.

Subdivision 1.

Department of Education.

The sums indicated in this section are
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years
designated.

Subd. 2.

Video resource grants.

For a grant to the Minnesota Public Television
Association for professional development initiatives to provide prekindergarten through
grade 12 teachers with the necessary skills to effectively incorporate public television
video resources into classroom curriculum and instruction and to integrate regional arts,
culture, and history videos across the curriculum in order to increase student achievement:

	$	500,000	.....	2016
	$	500,000	.....	2017

Public television stations eligible to receive grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
129D.12, subdivision 2, shall select teachers throughout the state to participate in training
sessions and to develop model lessons for identifying and integrating videos on regional
arts, culture, and history into prekindergarten through grade 12 curriculum and lesson plans.

Any balance in the first year does not cancel, but is available in the second year.