1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; appropriating money for a pilot program creating two 
1.3 	women-run cooperative child care businesses in low-income urban areas; requiring 
1.4 	reports.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. WOMENVENTURE COOPERATIVE CHILD CARE BUSINESSES; 
1.7 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$225,000 in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.9 	of employment and economic development for a grant to WomenVenture to provide business 
1.10 	training, mentoring, technical assistance, and loans in order to establish two pilot women-run 
1.11 	cooperative child care businesses in low-income urban areas. The commissioner shall report 
1.12 	data on outcomes and recommendations for replication of this pilot program throughout 
1.13 	Minnesota to the governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over child care 
1.14 	by January 31, 2020. This is a onetime appropriation and funds are available until June 30, 
1.15 	2019.