Bill

Bill > HF3823


MN HF3823

MN HF3823
Meat cutting and butchery training grants funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.


summary

Introduced
03/02/2026
In Committee
03/02/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

94th Legislature 2025-2026

Bill Summary

A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants for meat cutting and butchery training; requiring a report.

AI Summary

This bill appropriates $225,000 from the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for fiscal year 2027 to provide grants to secondary career and technical education programs for meat cutting and butchery instruction, with grants capped at $75,000 per recipient and up to ten percent usable for faculty training, and priority given to those collaborating with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or local industry partners. The bill also requires the commissioner to report to legislative committees by January 15, 2028, and potentially again by November 1, 2028, detailing awarded grants, unfulfilled requests, and outcomes, and allows the Department of Employment and Economic Development to enter into interagency agreements with the Department of Agriculture to administer this program.

Committee Categories

Labor and Employment

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy (on 03/02/2026)

bill text


bill summary

Loading...

bill summary

Loading...
Loading...