Minnesota Session Laws - 1997, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 3-H.F.No. 121 
                  An act relating to youth initiative grants; adding the 
                  Harrison neighborhood to the Sumner-Glenwood 
                  neighborhood for purposes of eligibility for certain 
                  enrichment grants; amending Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
                  section 4, subdivision 2. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 4, subdivision 
        2, is amended to read: 
        Subd. 2.  Youth Initiative Grants                    16,000,000 
        For grants to local government units to 
        design, furnish, equip, repair, 
        replace, or construct parks and 
        recreation buildings and school 
        buildings to provide youth, with 
        preference for youth in grades four 
        through eight, with regular enrichment 
        activities during nonschool hours, 
        including after school, evenings, 
        weekends, and school vacation periods, 
        and that will provide equal access and 
        programming for girls.  The buildings 
        may be leased to nonprofit community 
        organizations, subject to Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 16A.695, for the same 
        purposes.  Enrichment programs include 
        academic enrichment, homework 
        assistance, computer and technology 
        use, arts and cultural activities, 
        clubs, school-to-work and work force 
        development, athletic, and recreational 
        activities.  Grants must be used to 
        expand the number of children 
        participating in enrichment programs or 
        improve the quality or range of program 
        offerings.  The facilities must be 
        fully available for programming 
        sponsored by youth-serving nonprofit 
        and community groups, or school, 
        county, or city programs, for maximum 
        hours after school, evenings, weekends, 
        summers, and other school vacation 
        periods.  Priority must be given to 
        proposals that demonstrate 
        collaboration among private, nonprofit, 
        and public agencies, including regional 
        entities dealing with at-risk youth, 
        and community and parent organizations 
        in arranging for programming, staffing, 
        transportation, and equipment.  All 
        proposals must include an inventory of 
        existing facilities and an assessment 
        of programming needs in the community. 
        (a) Enrichment grants within the
        city of Minneapolis                                   5,000,000
        Of this amount, at least $2,500,000 
        must be used in the neighborhoods of 
        the Near North Side, Hawthorne, Sumner- 
        Glenwood-Harrison, Powderhorn, Central, 
        Whittier, and Phillips. 
        (b) Enrichment grants within the 
        city of St. Paul                                      5,000,000
        Of this amount, at least $2,500,000 
        must be used in the neighborhoods of 
        Summit-University, Thomas-Dale, North 
        End, Payne-Phalen, Daytons Bluff, and 
        the West Side. 
        The remaining $2,500,000 is available 
        citywide, with priority for some of the 
        remaining amount given to proposals by 
        public/private partnerships currently 
        offering after-school enrichment 
        programs in low-income areas in 
        conjunction with a neighborhood-based 
        organization. Up to $100,000 of the 
        remaining $2,500,000 may be used to 
        develop urban sports facilities for 
        at-risk inner city youth, including 
        those older than eighth grade. 
        (c) Enrichment grants outside 
        of the cities of Minneapolis 
        and St. Paul                                         6,000,000
        Priority must be given to school 
        attendance areas with high 
        concentrations of children eligible for 
        free or reduced school lunch and to 
        government units demonstrating a 
        commitment to collaborative youth 
        efforts. 
        $500,000 is to the city of Bloomington 
        for after school enrichment activities 
        in the northeast Bloomington study area.
        The commissioner of children, families, 
        and learning must make a grant of at 
        least $1,000,000 to a school district 
        that is a part of a collaborative 
        effort that has at least two other 
        school districts, is multicultural and 
        multijurisdictional, and has previously 
        received a facility planning grant for 
        collaborative purposes. 
        (d) Each grant must be matched by $1 
        from local sources for each $2 of state 
        money.  In-kind contributions of 
        facilities may be used for the local 
        match.  The value of in-kind 
        contributions must be determined by the 
        commissioner of finance.  
        (e) Preference must be given to 
        projects for which at least ten percent 
        of the youth initiative grant is 
        expended using youthbuild under 
        Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.361 to 
        268.367, or other youth employment and 
        training programs, for the labor 
        portion of the construction.  Eligible 
        programs must consult with appropriate 
        labor organizations to deliver 
        education and training. 
           Presented to the governor February 24, 1997 
           Signed by the governor February 25, 1997, 2:35 p.m.