1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money to the Department of Education for a 
1.3 	grant to the Minnesota Historical Society to provide professional development 
1.4 	for teachers.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.8 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.9 	designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Teacher professional development. For a grant to the Minnesota 
1.11 	Historical Society:

1.12		$
	200,000
	.....
	2008
	
1.13		$
	200,000
	.....
	2009
	
1.14 	The appropriation must be used to provide content-based professional development 
1.15 	and curriculum development for teachers to:
1.16 	(1) improve implementation of the Minnesota academic standards in history and 
1.17 	social studies, particularly those standards relating to Minnesota history;
1.18 	(2) improve teaching of Minnesota history and integrating Minnesota history content 
1.19 	into the study of American history;
1.20 	(3) improve implementation of the historical skills portion of the applied learning 
1.21 	standards; and 
1.22 	(4) assist teachers and school districts in integrating the skills and content related 
1.23 	to the Minnesota academic standards in social studies with the skills and content related 
2.1 	to the Minnesota academic standards in language arts and other content areas of the 
2.2 	Minnesota academic standards.