1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing state funding for the Minnesota Academy 
1.3 	of Science; appropriating money;amending Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, 
1.4 	section 64, subdivision 30.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 55, article 2, section 64, subdivision 30, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 30.Museums and education centers. (a) For grants to museums and education 
1.9 	centers:

1.10		$
	1,241,000
	.....
	2024
	
1.121.11
		$
	1,241,000
1,325,000
	.....
	2025
	
1.13 	(b) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum.
1.14 	(c) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Rochester.
1.15 	(d) $41,000 each year is in fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 in fiscal year 2025 are for the 
1.16 	Minnesota Academy of Science.
1.17 	(e) $100,000 each year is for The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis.
1.18 	(f) $50,000 each year is for the Headwaters Science Center.
1.19 	(g) $50,000 each year is for The Works Museum, Bloomington.
1.20 	(h) $50,000 each year is for the WonderTrek Children's Museum, Brainerd-Baxter.
1.21 	(i) $50,000 each year is for the Otter Cove Children's Museum, Fergus Falls.
2.1 	(j) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Grand Rapids.
2.2 	(k) $50,000 each year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's Museum, Hutchinson.
2.3 	(l) $50,000 each year is for the Village Children's Museum, Willmar.
2.4 	(m) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth.
2.5 	(n) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Mankato.
2.6 	(o) $50,000 each year is for the Great River Children's Museum, St. Cloud.
2.7 	(p) $50,000 each year is for the Children's Discovery Museum, Breckenridge.
2.8 	(q) A recipient of a grant under this subdivision must use the funds to encourage and 
2.9 	increase access for historically underserved communities.
2.10 	(r) Up to three percent of the appropriation is available for grant administration.
2.11 	(s) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
2.12 	(t) The base for fiscal year 2026 and later is $1,791,000 $1,875,000. Of this amount, 
2.13 	$691,000 $775,000 is for the museums and amounts indicated for fiscal year 2025 in 
2.14 	paragraphs (b) to (e), $60,000 is for the museum in paragraph (f), $600,000 is for the 
2.15 	museums in paragraphs (g) to (l) in the amount of $100,000 per museum, and $440,000 is 
2.16 	for the museums in paragraphs (m) to (p) in the amount of $110,000 per museum.