1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for a grant to the Minnesota Service Cooperatives 
1.3 	to support system collaboration and to reduce the achievement gap through 
1.4 	effective, data-informed decision-making by teachers and school leaders; 
1.5 	appropriating money.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.9 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.10 	designated.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Minnesota Service Cooperatives system collaboration. For a grant to 
1.12 	Minnesota Service Cooperatives to support system collaboration and to reduce the 
1.13 	achievement gap through effective, data-informed decision-making by teachers and school 
1.14 	leaders. The Minnesota Service Cooperatives shall contract with the Center for Applied 
1.15 	Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) at the University of Minnesota to support 
1.16 	Minnesota school districts with:
1.17 	(1) needs assessments to identify opportunities for improvement in measures of student 
1.18 	achievement, student engagement, and teacher and school leader effectiveness;
1.19 	(2) tools to conduct the needs assessment and to monitor student achievement, student 
1.20 	engagement, and teacher and school leader effectiveness;
1.21 	(3) templates and protocols for the evaluation of school program activities;
1.22 	(4) tools and resources on the CAREI Web site; and
2.1 	(5) professional development and other technical assistance.

2.2		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2018
	
2.3		$
	1,000,000
	.....
	2019
	
2.4 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
2.5 	base for fiscal year 2020 is $1,200,000.