1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce training; appropriating money to the Minority Workforce 
1.3 	Collaborative.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MINORITY WORKFORCE COLLABORATIVE; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2011 to the commissioner 
1.7 	of employment and economic development for a grant to the Minority Workforce 
1.8 	Collaborative for development of an intensive employment skills training project designed 
1.9 	to move unemployed refugees, immigrants, and legal residents into employment leading 
1.10 	to economic self-sufficiency. The employment skills training project must include, but is 
1.11 	not limited to: one-to-one case management and job retention services for participants, 
1.12 	curriculum and activities to improve the workplace English skills of participants, GED 
1.13 	training and testing, activities designed to increase general awareness of cultural barriers, 
1.14 	and specialized skills training in the fields of light rail and the green economy. The Lao 
1.15 	Assistance Center is the fiscal agent for the project. This is a onetime appropriation.