Bill Text: MN HF959 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind transition and employment service funding provided, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Author added Ward, J.E. [HF959 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF959-Introduced.html
1.2relating to economic development; appropriating money for transition and
1.3employment services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind individuals.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT
1.6SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING, AND DEAFBLIND INDIVIDUALS.
1.7(a) $360,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $360,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
1.8from the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.9development for a grant to Intermediate School District No. 287 for the purpose of
1.10providing specialized culturally and linguistically appropriate transition services that lead
1.11to employment for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students.
1.12(b) $300,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2015 from the workforce
1.13development fund and $100,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2015 from
1.14the general fund are appropriated to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.15development for a grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.03, to Rise, Inc., for the
1.16purpose of providing employment services for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
1.17(c) $50,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from
1.18the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.19development for a statewide pilot training program to provide specialized culturally
1.20and linguistically appropriate transition services that lead to employment for deaf,
1.21hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students.
1.3employment services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind individuals.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT
1.6SERVICES FOR DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING, AND DEAFBLIND INDIVIDUALS.
1.7(a) $360,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $360,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
1.8from the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.9development for a grant to Intermediate School District No. 287 for the purpose of
1.10providing specialized culturally and linguistically appropriate transition services that lead
1.11to employment for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students.
1.12(b) $300,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2015 from the workforce
1.13development fund and $100,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2015 from
1.14the general fund are appropriated to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.15development for a grant under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.03, to Rise, Inc., for the
1.16purpose of providing employment services for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
1.17(c) $50,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from
1.18the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic
1.19development for a statewide pilot training program to provide specialized culturally
1.20and linguistically appropriate transition services that lead to employment for deaf,
1.21hard-of-hearing, and deafblind students.
