1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for the Rushford-Peterson school 
1.3 	district for a new school to replace an aged school extensively damaged by 
1.4 	flood water.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. RUSHFORD-PETERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	$7,500,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2012 from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of education for a grant to Independent School District No. 239, 
1.9 	Rushford-Peterson, to build a school facility to replace the deteriorating elementary 
1.10 	and high school facility that was originally built in 1906 on a sand and wood base and 
1.11 	extensively damaged by flood water in 2007 when 17 inches of rain flooded the school 
1.12 	and sent raw sewage through the first floor and into the settling earth below with resulting 
1.13 	mold, unusable bathrooms, crumbling ceilings, and bursting pipes. This appropriation 
1.14 	does not cancel and is available until expended.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.