1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; appropriating money for a program grant to Network 
1.3 	for the Development of Children of African Descent.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sum indicated in this section is 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Network for the Development of Children of African Descent. (a) For a 
1.10 	grant to the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) to 
1.11 	expand culturally based programming to support literacy-based education and family 
1.12 	stabilization.

1.13		$
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1.14 	(b) Program and expansion activities must include:
1.15 	(1) providing complimentary programming for parents, caregivers, and children in 
1.16 	prekindergarten through grade 8 in the seven-county metropolitan area, using a 
1.17 	two-generation or whole-family approach to support healthy child development through 
1.18 	programming that is culturally responsive and focused on building foundational literacy 
1.19 	and cultural skills; and
1.20 	(2) scaling or replicating the organization's proven model in two geographic areas of the 
1.21 	state outside of the seven-county metropolitan area by providing training and consulting 
2.1 	services to education and human services providers such as Minnesota Family Investment 
2.2 	Programs or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, schools, or early education programs.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2020.