1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; providing grants to train teachers of indigenous 
1.3 	languages; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE TEACHER 
1.6 	TRAINING GRANTS.
 1.7 	$....... is appropriated from the general fund to the director of the Minnesota 
1.8 	Office of Higher Education for the biennium ending June 30, 2009, for the purpose of 
1.9 	making one or more grants to training entities to train teachers of indigenous Native 
1.10 	American languages. The director may solicit requests for proposals for grants and shall 
1.11 	award grants based on the proposal's potential for training teachers of indigenous Native 
1.12 	American languages. This is a onetime appropriation.