1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; funding publication of new works by authors of 
1.3 	African-American descent; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AUTHORS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
1.6 	DESCENT.
 1.7 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota 
1.8 	Humanities Center to collaborate with and support Black Ink and to support the publication 
1.9 	of new works by authors of African-American descent and the professional development 
1.10 	of educators to better culturally engage those authors' work with student populations, a 
1.11 	critical factor in overcoming education and economic disparities.