1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; maintaining programs, services, and current funding 
1.3 	level for the Perpich Center for Arts Education; creating a moratorium on new 
1.4 	educational arts centers; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law 
1.5 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129C.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [129C.30] ARTS HIGH SCHOOL MORATORIUM.
1.8 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2009, the state 
1.9 	may not open an arts education center that provides the primary educational program 
1.10 	to students in grades 11 and 12 and provides statewide professional development for 
1.11 	teachers, school districts, and arts and education organizations.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2009.

1.13 	Sec. 2. USE OF STATE MONEY.
 1.14 	During fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the state may not appropriate money to facilitate 
1.15 	the closing of the Perpich Center for Arts Education or the transferring of programs or 
1.16 	services from the Perpich Center for Arts Education to another state-sponsored facility 
1.17 	or educational institution.

1.18 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.19 	The sums indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.20 	Perpich Center for Arts Education for the fiscal years designated:

1.21		$
	7,090,000
	.....
	2010
	
1.22		$
	7,090,000
	.....
	2011
	
2.1 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.