1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; appropriating money for rural career 
1.3 	counseling coordinators.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RURAL CAREER COUNSELING COORDINATORS; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of employment and economic development for rural career counseling 
1.9 	coordinators in the workforce service areas and for the purposes specified in Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 116L.667. The commissioner, in consultation with local workforce 
1.11 	investment boards and local elected officials in each of the service areas receiving 
1.12 	funds, shall develop a method of distributing funds to provide equitable services across 
1.13 	workforce service areas.