1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for a grant to the Saint Paul Promise 
1.3 	Neighborhood (SSPN).
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SAINT PAUL PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD.
 1.6 	(a) $1,132,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of education for a grant to the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood. Funds 
1.8 	appropriated in this section are to reduce multigenerational poverty and the educational 
1.9 	achievement gap through increased enrollment of families within the zone, and may be 
1.10 	used for Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood programming and services consistent with 
1.11 	federal Promise Neighborhood program agreements and requirements.
1.12 	(b) The base appropriation for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 is $1,132,000 for each year.
1.13 	(c) $590,000 of the appropriation shall fund academic, community, and family 
1.14 	engagement activities to enroll and partner with more families in the Saint Paul Promise 
1.15 	Neighborhood and to evaluate these activities aimed at reducing multigenerational 
1.16 	poverty and the educational achievement gap. $542,000 of the appropriation would fund 
1.17 	supporting activities of five Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood partner programs focusing 
1.18 	on education, housing, and employment. The organizations include Aurora St. Anthony 
1.19 	Neighborhood Development Corporation, Community Stabilization Project, YWCA of 
1.20 	St. Paul, Model Cities, and Hmong American Partnership.