1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for the Girls in Action program.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner of education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.6 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year 
1.7 	designated.
1.8 		Subd. 2.Girls in Action. (a) For a grant to the Girls in Action program to enable Girls 
1.9 	in Action to continue to provide and to expand Twin Cities metropolitan area school and 
1.10 	community-based programs that encourage and support low-income girls, including 
1.11 	low-income girls of color, to graduate from high school on time, complete a postsecondary 
1.12 	preparation program, become community leaders, and participate in service learning 
1.13 	opportunities in their communities:

1.14		$
	2,500,000
	.....
	2019
	
1.15 	(b) By January 15, 2019, Girls in Action must submit a report detailing expenditures 
1.16 	and activities funded under this subdivision to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
1.17 	the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 
1.18 	education policy and finance.