Bill Text: MN SF74 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Community arts education grants appropriation
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to Finance [SF74 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF74-Introduced.html
1.2relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for community arts
1.3education.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH FINE
1.6ARTS.
1.7$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
1.8from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of the Arts for a grant program to
1.9provide funding to create, maintain, and promote community arts and cultural education
1.10centers. The Board of the Arts shall administer the grant program in the form and manner
1.11specified by the board, but must give preference to the applications that offer comprehensive
1.12arts education and collaboration with school districts or other educational organizations.
1.13 A community arts or cultural education center located within a district with at least one
1.14school site in which student achievement levels do not meet state and local expectations
1.15under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is eligible to
1.16apply for a grant funded under this section. An application must be made by a nonprofit
1.17corporation or cultural organization and describe the program in detail. The grant recipient
1.18must make opportunities available to students at schools where student achievement
1.19does not meet state and local expectations. The application must be accompanied by
1.20scientifically based research showing that similar fine arts programs have had the impact
1.21of raising reading or mathematics skills of students participating in these programs.
1.3education.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH FINE
1.6ARTS.
1.7$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
1.8from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of the Arts for a grant program to
1.9provide funding to create, maintain, and promote community arts and cultural education
1.10centers. The Board of the Arts shall administer the grant program in the form and manner
1.11specified by the board, but must give preference to the applications that offer comprehensive
1.12arts education and collaboration with school districts or other educational organizations.
1.13 A community arts or cultural education center located within a district with at least one
1.14school site in which student achievement levels do not meet state and local expectations
1.15under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is eligible to
1.16apply for a grant funded under this section. An application must be made by a nonprofit
1.17corporation or cultural organization and describe the program in detail. The grant recipient
1.18must make opportunities available to students at schools where student achievement
1.19does not meet state and local expectations. The application must be accompanied by
1.20scientifically based research showing that similar fine arts programs have had the impact
1.21of raising reading or mathematics skills of students participating in these programs.
