SF 2198

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/06/2018 09:23am

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; creating a grant program for online access to music
education for children and students in rural Minnesota; appropriating money;
requiring a report.

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

Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Commissioner of education.

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

Subd. 2.

Online access to music education.

(a) For a grant to the MacPhail Center for
Music to broaden access to music education in rural Minnesota:

	$	125,000	.....	2018
	$	125,000	.....	2019

(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, and 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 grants may be used by the MacPhail Center for employee costs and for any related
travel costs.

(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.

(d) By January 15 of each year, the MacPhail Center shall 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 2019 and
later, a detailed list of expenditures for the previous year.