1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; further examining a year-round 
  1.3             school/extended week or day pilot program; requiring 
  1.4             an evaluation; appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL/EXTENDED WEEK OR DAY PILOT 
  1.7   PROGRAM.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [EXTENSION.] Consistent with the terms for 
  1.9   receiving program grants under Laws 1995, First Special Session 
  1.10  chapter 3, article 7, section 5, subdivision 4, as amended by 
  1.11  Laws 1996, chapter 412, article 7, section 13, independent 
  1.12  school district No. 241, Albert Lea, is eligible to receive 
  1.13  additional grant funding for its year-round school/extended week 
  1.14  or day pilot program. 
  1.15     Subd. 2.  [REPORTS; EVALUATION.] The commissioner of 
  1.16  children, families, and learning, with the assistance of 
  1.17  independent school district No. 241, Albert Lea, shall evaluate 
  1.18  the efficacy of the district's program and submit a report to 
  1.19  the education committees of the legislature by February 1, 
  1.20  2000.  The commissioner shall include in the report sufficient 
  1.21  information to permit other school districts to readily 
  1.22  replicate the program if the commissioner determines that the 
  1.23  program is successful. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.25     $400,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.1   commissioner of children, families, and learning, in fiscal year 
  2.2   1998 for independent school district No. 241, Albert Lea, for an 
  2.3   additional year-round school/extended week or day pilot program 
  2.4   grant under section 1.  The appropriation is available until 
  2.5   June 30, 1999.