1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for a Nefertiti Institute for Sisterhood 
1.3 	grant.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NEFERTITI INSTITUTE FOR SISTERHOOD 
1.6 	GRANT.
 1.7 	$1,800,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of education for a grant to the Nefertiti Institute for Sisterhood to 
1.9 	collaborate with ARTS-Us, the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center at the Science 
1.10 	Museum of Minnesota, and the St. Paul YWCA, in creating an organizational network to 
1.11 	support and mentor girls and young women of color residing in the eastern metropolitan 
1.12 	Twin Cities area by encouraging participants to build the values and skills needed for 
1.13 	healthy lifestyles, academic achievement, lifelong learning, and economic security. 
1.14 	Participants must undertake service learning, STEM career exploration and learning, and 
1.15 	physical activities. This appropriation remains available until expended.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for fiscal year 2017.