1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; authorizing grants to intermediate school districts 
1.3 	for professional development activities to eradicate exclusionary practices; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. GRANTS TO ERADICATE EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Grant authorized. An intermediate school district may apply to 
1.8 	the commissioner of education for a grant of up to $250,000 to provide professional 
1.9 	development to teachers and other school staff to reduce student suspensions and eradicate 
1.10 	other exclusionary policies. The commissioner shall determine the form and manner 
1.11 	of the grant application.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Appropriation. $750,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the 
1.13 	general fund to the commissioner of education for grants to intermediate school districts 
1.14 	under subdivision 1. This is a onetime appropriation.