1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to youth training; providing for summer programming for American 
1.3 	Indian youth; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. INDIGENOUS EARTHKEEPERS PROGRAM.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Extended time revenue. On June 30, 2009, Special School District 
1.7 	No. 1, Minneapolis, must transfer $....... from its extended time revenue to NAWAYEE 
1.8 	Center School as fiscal agent for the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program for American 
1.9 	Indian youth environmental education and training. Funds must be used to provide 
1.10 	summer programming for up to 80 American Indian youth ages 14 to 19 for up to 
1.11 	eight weeks. The Indigenous Earthkeepers Program must use the environment, with 
1.12 	Native language as its primary core, to develop student academic skills and knowledge 
1.13 	at Center School and Healthy Nations Program of the Minneapolis American Indian 
1.14 	Center. At a minimum, the curriculum must include water studies, waterway cleanup, 
1.15 	plant identification, and indigenous language components. 
1.16 		Subd. 2.Youthworks. Of the amount appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.17 	education in Laws 2009 for Youthworks under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.44, 
1.18 	$....... each year in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is for summer school programming for 
1.19 	American Indian youth under subdivision 1.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Youthbuild. Of the amount appropriated to the commissioner of 
1.21 	employment and economic development in Laws 2009 for Youthbuild under Minnesota 
1.22 	Statutes, sections 116L.361 to 116L.364, $....... each year in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 
2.1 	is to provide employment and training opportunities for American Indian youth in the 
2.2 	Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.
2.3 		Subd. 4.Minnesota Conservation Corps. Of the amount available to the 
2.4 	Minnesota Conservation Corps under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.991, through 
2.5 	agreement with the commissioner of natural resources under Laws 2009, $....... each year 
2.6 	in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is to provide employment opportunities for American Indian 
2.7 	youth in the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.
2.8 		Subd. 5.Indigenous youth. $....... each year for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 is 
2.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic 
2.10 	development to provide employment and training opportunities through the Minnesota 
2.11 	Conservation Corps under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.991, for American Indian youth 
2.12 	in the Indigenous Earthkeepers Program under subdivision 1.