2007 Minnesota Statutes

124D.522 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE GRANTS.
(a) The commissioner, in consultation with the policy review task force under section
124D.521, may make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide services that are not offered
by a district adult basic education program or that are supplemental to either the statewide
adult basic education program, or a district's adult basic education program. The commissioner
may make grants for: staff development for adult basic education teachers and administrators;
training for volunteer tutors; training, services, and materials for serving disabled students
through adult basic education programs; statewide promotion of adult basic education services
and programs; development and dissemination of instructional and administrative technology
for adult basic education programs; programs which primarily serve communities of color; adult
basic education distance learning projects, including television instruction programs; and other
supplemental services to support the mission of adult basic education and innovative delivery
of adult basic education services.
(b) The commissioner must establish eligibility criteria and grant application procedures.
Grants under this section must support services throughout the state, focus on educational results
for adult learners, and promote outcome-based achievement through adult basic education
programs. Beginning in fiscal year 2002, the commissioner may make grants under this section
from the state total adult basic education aid set aside for supplemental service grants under
section 124D.531. Up to one-fourth of the appropriation for supplemental service grants must
be used for grants for adult basic education programs to encourage and support innovations in
adult basic education instruction and service delivery. A grant to a single organization cannot
exceed $100,000. Nothing in this section prevents an approved adult basic education program
from using state or federal aid to purchase supplemental services.
History: 2000 c 489 art 1 s 17; 1Sp2001 c 3 art 3 s 3