Purpose

This bill would allocate funding from Minnesota’s arts and cultural heritage fund to support Latino cultural heritage initiatives. It targets grant support for CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio) to promote Latino art and culture.

Main Provisions

• Section 1: Appropriates $750,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $750,000 in fiscal year 2027.
• Source: Arts and cultural heritage fund, as a legacy appropriation.
• Recipient and administration: Funds go to the commissioner of administration as a grant to CLUES.
• Program goals: Use the grant to expand artmaking and programming that celebrate Latino cultural heritage and to assist local artists with tools, professional development, networking, and gallery and presentation opportunities.

Funding Details and Administration

• The money is dedicated from the arts and cultural heritage fund (a legacy funding stream) and administered by the commissioner of administration.
• The bill does not establish broad new programs beyond funding CLUES for expanded arts programming and opportunities.

Impact and Changes to Law

• Creates a new targeted funding line within the legacy appropriation to support CLUES.
• Significantly increases support for Latino-focused arts programming and artist development by providing a multi-year grant amount specified in the bill (two years of $750,000 each).

Relevant Terms CLUES Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Latino cultural heritage artmaking programming professional development networking gallery opportunities presentation opportunities arts and cultural heritage fund commissioner of administration legacy appropriation Minnesota Legislature S.F. No. 2070 Latino arts funding grant to CLUES