Asian Minnesotan history education funding provided, and money appropriated.

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Sencer-Mura, Vang, Lee, K.
Last action: 2026-03-12
Official status: Introduction and first reading, referred to Legacy Finance
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-03-12 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Legacy Finance

Official Summary Text

Asian Minnesotan history education funding provided, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Asian Minnesotan

history.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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APPROPRIATION; COALITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS

FOR ASIAN HISTORY.
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$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the arts and cultural heritage fund

to the governing board of the Minnesota Historical Society for a grant to the Coalition of

Asian American Leaders to document unheard stories of Asian Minnesotans to educate the

public about the history of Asian migration to Minnesota and experiences of Asian Americans

in Minnesota. The appropriation supports research, translation and interpretation, project

staffing, community outreach, production, and marketing. The Coalition of Asian American

Leaders may provide grant funding to project partners to support the documentation of

stories within ethnically specific Asian Minnesotan communities.

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