1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; providing funding for the labor education 
1.3 	advancement program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LABOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM (LEAP); 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the Minneapolis 
1.9 	Urban League for the labor education advancement program to prepare people of African 
1.10 	descent, people of color, women, and young adults to obtain and retain employment in 
1.11 	apprenticed building and construction trades.