1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing an equity and diversity grant for 
1.3 	Independent School District, No. 283, St. Louis Park; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; ST. LOUIS PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner of education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated for grants to Independent School District, No. 283, St. Louis Park.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Equity coaches for teachers. For equity coaches to provide professional 
1.10 	development activities to licensed teachers:

1.11		$
	1,144,000
	.....
	2018
	
1.12 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This is 
1.13 	a onetime appropriation.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Equity coaches for nonteaching staff. For equity coaches to provide 
1.15 	professional development activities for paraprofessionals and other unlicensed staff:

1.16		$
	417,000
	.....
	2018
	
1.17 	This appropriation includes $1,000 for curriculum development tailored to nonteaching 
1.18 	staff. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
1.19 	is a onetime appropriation.
1.20 		Subd. 4.Professional development. For professional development activities including 
1.21 	the costs of materials, training seminars, individual coaching for administrators and other 
1.22 	members of the school district's cabinet, and other related expenses.

2.1		$
	100,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.2 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This is 
2.3 	a onetime appropriation.
2.4 		Subd. 5.Program coordination. For coordination of the district's equity and diversity 
2.5 	program:

2.6		$
	144,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.7 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This is 
2.8 	a onetime appropriation.
2.9 		Subd. 6.Evaluation. (a) For an outside evaluation of the school district's equity coaching 
2.10 	model:

2.11		$
	150,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.12 	(b) The evaluation must assess and measure the success of the district's equity coaching 
2.13 	model. Independent School District, No. 283, St. Louis Park, must post the evaluation on 
2.14 	its Web site, file a copy of the evaluation with the commissioner of education, and submit 
2.15 	the evaluation to the education committees of the legislature by January 15, 2020.
2.16 	(c) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. This 
2.17 	is a onetime appropriation.