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MN HF5349
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/11/2024
Primary Sponsor
Bianca Virnig
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AI Summary
- Appropriates $250,000 from the general fund to the Department of Education in fiscal year 2025 for a grant to the St. Paul Foundation for Rally to Read.
- Requires the St. Paul Foundation to distribute grant funds on a competitive basis to organizations that can serve as Rally to Read community reading coalitions.
- Grant funds must support community reading coalitions working to make Minnesota the state with the highest reading proficiency scores with the fewest inequities, including staffing, coalition facilitation, data tracking, and evaluation.
- Requires Rally to Read to implement a targeted strategy prioritizing literacy resources for children who need it most, building on existing programs with proven results to ensure children are prepared to read by age three and read proficiently at every grade level.
- Requires each dollar of grant funds to be matched with private funds, with appropriation available until June 30, 2027, as a onetime appropriation.
Legislative Description
Rally to Read funding provided, and money appropriated.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Finance
4/11/2024
Committee Referrals
Education Finance4/11/2024
Full Bill Text
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