1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for a grant to the American 
1.3 	Indian Opportunities and Industrialization Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AMERICAN INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES AND 
1.6 	INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER.
 1.7 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the 
1.8 	workforce development fund for grants to the American Indian Opportunities and 
1.9 	Industrialization Center, in collaboration with the Northwest Indian Community Development 
1.10 	Center, to reduce academic disparities for American Indian students and adults. The grant 
1.11 	funds may be used to provide:
1.12 	(1) student tutoring and testing support services;
1.13 	(2) training and employment placement in information technology;
1.14 	(3) training and employment placement within trades;
1.15 	(4) assistance in obtaining a GED;
1.16 	(5) remedial training leading to enrollment or to sustain enrollment in a postsecondary 
1.17 	higher education institution;
1.18 	(6) real-time work experience in information technology fields and in the trades;
1.19 	(7) contextualized adult basic education;
1.20 	(8) career and educational counseling for clients with significant and multiple barriers; 
1.21 	and
2.1 	(9) reentry services and counseling for adults and youth.
2.2 	After notification to the legislature, the commissioner may transfer this appropriation to the 
2.3 	commissioner of education.