1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for a community 
1.3 	theater grant program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY THEATER GRANTS.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2014 and $....... in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated from the arts 
1.7 	and cultural heritage fund to the Board of the Arts for a grant program to provide funding 
1.8 	to create, maintain, and promote opportunities for students and adults to participate in 
1.9 	community theater. The Board of the Arts shall administer the grant program in the form 
1.10 	and manner specified by the board. The board must give preference to theater programs 
1.11 	giving after-school opportunities to students in schools in which student achievement 
1.12 	levels do not meet state and local expectations under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, 
1.13 	subdivision 2, paragraph (a).