as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/06/2020 08:39am
A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for a program grant to Network
for the Development of Children of African Descent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year
designated.
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(a) For a
grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) to
expand culturally based programming to support literacy-based education and family
stabilization.
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(b) Program and expansion activities must include:
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(1) providing complimentary programming for parents, caregivers, and children in
prekindergarten through grade 8 in the seven-county metropolitan area, using a
two-generation or whole-family approach to support healthy child development through
programming that is culturally responsive and focused on building foundational literacy
and cultural skills; and
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(2) scaling or replicating the organization's proven model in two geographic areas of the
state outside of the seven-county metropolitan area by providing training and consulting
services to education and human services providers such as Minnesota Family Investment
Programs or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, schools, or early education programs.
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This section is effective July 1, 2020.
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