HF 801

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/25/2023 12:45pm

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for a Girls in Action
programming grant.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal year
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Girls in Action grant. new text end

new text begin (a) For a grant to the Girls in Action program to enable
Girls in Action to continue to provide and expand Twin Cities metropolitan area school and
community-based programs that encourage and support low-income girls of color:
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new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 1,500,000 new text end

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new text begin 2024 new text end

new text begin (b) Of the appropriated funds, $1,000,000 must be used to sustain 16 current Girls in
Action program sites, and to expand to reach an additional four sites in inner ring suburban
communities with growing ethnic diversity among students.
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new text begin (c) Of the appropriated funds, $500,000 must be used to sustain three community-based
Girls in Action programs for Asian, East African, and Latina girls in Hennepin, Ramsey,
and Dakota Counties, and to expand an additional two community-based programs in these
counties to reach Native American and African American girls.
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new text begin (d) Girls in Action programs supported by these funds must include programs focused
on:
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new text begin (1) increasing academic performance, high school graduation rates, and enrollment in
postsecondary education for girls faced with social, demographic, racial, and economic
barriers and challenges;
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new text begin (2) increasing mentoring opportunities, literacy, career development, positive community
engagement, and the number of qualified female employees of color in the workforce
pipeline, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields;
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new text begin (3) providing coaching, mentoring, health and wellness counseling, resources to girls
whose experience with sexual assault has negatively impacted their academics and behavior,
and culturally sensitive therapy resources and counseling services to sexual assault victims;
and
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new text begin (4) increasing financial literacy and knowledge of options for financing college or
postsecondary education.
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new text begin (e) This is a onetime appropriation. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
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