1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing a grant to SciMathMN; expanding 
1.3 	the Minnesota STEM Network; enhancing the science, mathematics, and 
1.4 	engineering frameworks Web site; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.8 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.9 	designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.SciMathMN. For a grant to SciMathMN, a Minnesota not for profit 
1.11 	organization, for the purposes indicated:

1.12 | | $ | 200,000 | ..... | 2014
1.13 | | $ | 200,000 | ..... | 2015
1.14 	The amounts in this subdivision are for expanding the Minnesota STEM Network to 
1.15 	organize nonmetropolitan areas of the state, providing access to Internet-based information 
1.16 	about the statewide availability of STEM education programs, and enhancing the Minnesota 
1.17 	science, mathematics, and engineering frameworks Web site to add interactive features.
1.18 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
1.19 	Any unexpended balance at the end of the biennium does not cancel but is available 
1.20 	in fiscal years 2016 and 2017.
1.21 	The base for fiscal year 2016 and later is $0.