1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring the commissioner to provide adult education 
1.3 	programming in conjunction with the Hmong American Mutual Assistance 
1.4 	Association and the Lao Assistance Center; appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TARGETED ADULT BASIC EDUCATION (ABE) PROGRAMS; 
1.7 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.9 	of education to establish and operate adult basic education programs in consultation with 
1.10 	the Hmong American Mutual Assistance Association and the Lao Assistance Center. 
1.11 	Programs established under this section must include interpreters.