MN SF2865

Commissioner of Education shall award competitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible organizations to help girls and women of color gain financial literacy.

At least two grants must be awarded to organizations serving girls or women of color in Ramsey County, with at least one serving secondary school girls; at least two grants must go to organizations in greater Minnesota, with at least one serving secondary school girls.

Grant recipients must provide financially literacy instruction that is culturally specific and delivered in the primary language of participants.

Commissioner must submit a written report by January 15, 2019 to legislative committees detailing grant program design, activities, expenditures, and outcomes disaggregated by race, cultural group, family income, age, grade level, school district, location, migrant status, home language, English learner status, disability, homelessness, and foster care status.

An unspecified amount from the general fund is appropriated for fiscal year 2017 as a one-time appropriation available until expended, effective July 1, 2016.