1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money for a collaborative intensive summer 
1.3 	school program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COLLABORATIVE INTENSIVE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
 1.6 	A collaborative intensive summer school program for students in grades 5 through 12 
1.7 	is established among nine school districts. The school districts of Ely, Independent School 
1.8 	District No. 696; St. Louis County, Independent School District No. 2142; Mesabi East, 
1.9 	Independent School District No. 2711; Mountain Iron-Buhl, Independent School District 
1.10 	No. 712; Chisholm, Independent School District No. 695; Hibbing, Independent School 
1.11 	District No. 701; Nashwauk-Keewatin, Independent School District No. 319; Virginia, 
1.12 	Independent School District No. 706; and Eveleth-Gilbert, Independent School District No. 
1.13 	2154, must collaborate to provide an intensive summer school program that includes 
1.14 	vocational, academic, fine arts, and recreational programming in each of the school districts 
1.15 	spread over a three-week period during the summer.

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

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.19 	of education for the collaborative intensive summer school program. The nine collaborating 
1.20 	school districts must provide matching funds equal to the grant amount. The matching funds 
1.21 	may be in cash or in-kind contributions. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2021.