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SF 4343

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/29/2024 04:18pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to education finance; increasing state funding for the Minnesota Academy
of Science; appropriating money; amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2,
section 64, subdivision 30.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 30, is amended to
read:


Subd. 30.

Museums and education centers.

(a) For grants to museums and education
centers:

$
1,241,000
.....
2024
$
deleted text begin 1,241,000 deleted text end new text begin
1,325,000
new text end
.....
2025

(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.

(c) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.

(d) $41,000 deleted text begin each year isdeleted text end new text begin in fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 arenew text end for the
Minnesota Academy of Science.

(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.

(f) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.

(g) $50,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.

(h) $50,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.

(i) $50,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.

(j) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.

(k) $50,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.

(l) $50,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.

(m) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.

(n) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.

(o) $50,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.

(p) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.

(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and
increase access for historically underserved communities.

(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.

(s) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

(t) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is deleted text begin $1,791,000deleted text end new text begin $1,875,000new text end . Of this amount,
deleted text begin $691,000deleted text end new text begin $775,000new text end is for the museums and amounts indicatednew text begin for fiscal year 2025new text end in
paragraphs (b) to (e), $60,000 is for the museum in paragraph (f), $600,000 is for the
museums in paragraphs (g) to (l) in the amount of $100,000 per museum, and $440,000 is
for the museums in paragraphs (m) to (p) in the amount of $110,000 per museum.