HF3846

Purpose

• Provide a capital investment appropriation to support the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Redwood County. The funds are intended to support the predesign and design work for a Dakota language immersion public charter school serving birth through grade 4.

Main Provisions

• Allocation of funds from the general fund in fiscal year 2027 to the commissioner of education.
• The funds are for a grant to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Redwood County to cover predesign and design costs for a Dakota language immersion birth-through-grade-4 public charter school.
• The appropriation is a one-time (non-recurring) grant and remains available until the project is completed or abandoned.
• Subject to Minnesota statutes governing project approvals and abandonments, specifically Minnesota Statutes section 16A.642.

Funding & Timing Details

• Source: general fund.
• Purpose: grant to support predesign and design work for a Dakota language immersion charter school.
• Recipient: Lower Sioux Indian Community.
• Location: Redwood County.
• Fiscal Year: 2027.
• Nature: one-time appropriation, available until project completion or abandonment.

Implementation & Oversight

• The project is to be administered through the commissioner of education as a grant.
• Compliance and oversight align with applicable Minnesota capital investment and statutory provisions (including 16A.642) governing project completion and potential abandonment.

Significance & Expected Impact

• Supports preservation and teaching of Dakota language through a public charter school model.
• Expands educational options for the Lower Sioux community and emphasizes language immersion from birth through early elementary grades.

Potential Implications for Existing Law

• Establishes a new one-time capital investment appropriation specific to a Dakota language immersion charter school project, with no immediate changes to existing law beyond funding authority and project governance under existing statutes.

Relevant Terms - Lower Sioux Indian Community - Redwood County - Dakota language immersion - birth through grade 4 - public charter school - predesign - design - grant - general fund - commissioner of education - capital investment - one-time appropriation - fiscal year 2027 - Minnesota Statutes section 16A.642