1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and culture; appropriating money for Somali arts programs.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; FANKA ARTS PROGRAMS.
 1.5 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from  
1.6 	the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities  
1.7 	Center for a grant to Ka Joog statewide Somali-based collaborative programs for arts  and 
1.8 	cultural heritage. The funding must be used for Fanka programs to provide arts education  
1.9 	and workshops, mentor programs, and community presentations and community engagement  
1.10 	events throughout Minnesota.