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This bill creates a grant program for the Minnesota Council on Economic Education (MCEE) to support economic and financial literacy education for K-12 teachers. The grant money must be used for four primary purposes: (1) providing professional development and curricular resources for teachers teaching economic and financial education, with a focus on kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers implementing state graduation standards and high school personal finance instruction; (2) supporting direct-to-student economic and personal finance programs supervised by teachers or delivered by MCEE; (3) conducting research on the effectiveness of economic and financial literacy education to ensure graduation standards are met and identify improvement opportunities; and (4) supporting economic and financial literacy education centers at various Minnesota universities. The bill requires MCEE to submit detailed mid-year and year-end reports to the commissioner of education, which must include information about professional development opportunities, teacher participation, program evaluations, and research findings. The grant funding, totaling $800,000 for both fiscal years 2026 and 2027, will be paid in two installments: half by August 15 and half by February 15 of each fiscal year. The goal is to enhance economic and financial education across Minnesota's school systems.

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