S.F. No. 2722 Summary

• Appropriates $1,500,000 from the general fund to the Department of Education in fiscal year 2024 for the Girls in Action program grant.

• Allocates $1,000,000 to sustain 16 current Girls in Action program sites and expand to four additional sites in inner ring suburban communities with growing ethnic diversity.

• Allocates $500,000 to sustain three community-based Girls in Action programs for Asian, East African, and Latina girls in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Dakota Counties, and expand two additional programs for Native American and African American girls.

• Requires funded programs to focus on academic performance, high school graduation rates, mentoring opportunities, career development in STEM fields, support for sexual assault survivors, and financial literacy for college financing.

• Designates this as a onetime appropriation with any first-year balance carrying forward to the second year.