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

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH FINE 
1.6 	ARTS.
 1.7 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated 
1.8 	from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the Board of the Arts for a grant program to 
1.9 	provide funding to create, maintain, and promote community arts and cultural education 
1.10 	centers. The Board of the Arts shall administer the grant program in the form and manner 
1.11 	specified by the board, but must give preference to the applications that offer comprehensive 
1.12 	arts education and collaboration with school districts or other educational organizations.
1.13 	 A community arts or cultural education center located within a district with at least one 
1.14 	school site in which student achievement levels do not meet state and local expectations 
1.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.35, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is eligible to 
1.16 	apply for a grant funded under this section. An application must be made by a nonprofit 
1.17 	corporation or cultural organization and describe the program in detail. The grant recipient 
1.18 	must make opportunities available to students at schools where student achievement 
1.19 	does not meet state and local expectations. The application must be accompanied by 
1.20 	scientifically based research showing that similar fine arts programs have had the impact 
1.21 	of raising reading or mathematics skills of students participating in these programs.