1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; teachers; requiring a report; appropriating money.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.6 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education in the fiscal years 
1.7 	designated.
1.8 		Subd. 2.Black Men Teach Twin Cities. (a) For a grant to Black Men Teach Twin Cities 
1.9 	to establish partnerships with eight school district elementary schools or elementary charter 
1.10 	schools with a goal of increasing the number of black male teachers to 20 percent of the 
1.11 	employees at each school site:

1.12		$
	750,000
	.....
	2020
	
1.13		$
	0
	.....
	2021
	
1.14 	(b) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
1.15 	(c) The grant recipient must provide a detailed report to the chair and ranking minority 
1.16 	members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 
1.17 	12 education by January 15 of each year until 2025 describing how the grant funds were 
1.18 	used. The report must describe the progress made toward the goal of increasing the number 
1.19 	of black male teachers at each school site and strategies used.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.