Minnesota HF2841 appropriates $800,000 for school system videos to help immigrant students and parents.

Minnesota HF2841 allocates $800,000 from the general fund to the Department of Education for a onetime appropriation. The funds will be granted to Cultural Connections to create and distribute videos explaining the school system to immigrant students and their parents. These videos aim to accelerate integration, promote student success, and narrow knowledge and achievement gaps through parental involvement. The grant recipient must provide the videos translated into immigrant parents' first language and instructions for distribution to at least 320 public middle and high schools.

Minnesota HF2841 appropriates $800,000 for school system videos to help immigrant students and parents.

Minnesota HF2841 allocates $800,000 from the general fund to the Department of Education for a onetime appropriation. The funds will be granted to Cultural Connections to create and distribute videos explaining the school system to immigrant students and their parents. These videos aim to accelerate integration, promote student success, and narrow knowledge and achievement gaps through parental involvement. The grant recipient must provide the videos translated into immigrant parents' first language and instructions for distribution to at least 320 public middle and high schools.