1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; providing funding to expand career and technical 
1.3 	education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; 
1.4 	appropriating money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section 
1.8 	are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal 
1.9 	year designated.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Rural science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experiential 
1.11 	learning pilot project. For a grant to the Lakes Country Service Cooperative:

1.12		$
	570,000
	.....
	2016
	
1.13		$
	-0-
	.....
	2017	

1.14 	The grant must be used to expand career and technical education and science, 
1.15 	technology, engineering, and mathematics coursework to students in multiple districts on 
1.16 	a rotating basis. Eligible uses of the grant include training and curriculum development, 
1.17 	the purchase and maintenance of equipment, and evaluation of the program.
1.18 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The 
1.19 	base for this program in fiscal year 2018 is $0.