Lower Sioux Indian Community charter school appropriation

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Dahms, Kunesh
Last action: 2026-02-17
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2026-02-17 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Lower Sioux Indian Community charter school appropriation

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a charter school in the

Lower Sioux Indian Community.

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

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APPROPRIATION; LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY.
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$808,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of education for a grant to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Redwood County for

predesign and design of a Dakota language immersion birth through grade 4 public charter

school. This appropriation is onetime and is available until the project is completed or

abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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