1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for a youth development and crime prevention 
1.3 	program; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) $140,250 in fiscal year 2016 and $140,250 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of education to fund a youth development and 
1.9 	crime prevention program designed to help young people newly arrived in Minnesota from 
1.10 	outside the United States integrate into school and community life in central Minnesota, 
1.11 	consistent with paragraph (b).
1.12 	(b) The youth development and crime prevention program provider must:
1.13 	(1) provide the young people with mentors to help them develop positive 
1.14 	relationships in school, make sufficient educational progress, and participate in school 
1.15 	activities, and thereby avoid gang membership or recruitment by radical groups; and
1.16 	(2) organize and supervise summer sports activities, special events and celebrations, 
1.17 	and other events for young people while fostering young people's leadership abilities, 
1.18 	organizational skills, and sense of civic engagement with the local community through 
1.19 	volunteering and other activities.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2015.