Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF3609: Meat cutting and butchery training grants appropriation
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants for meat cutting and butchery training; requiring a report. new text begin [ADDED: (a) $225,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development to provide grants to secondary career and technical education programs to offer instruction in meat cutting and butchery. This is a onetime appropriation. Grants may be used for costs, including but not limited to:] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [ and] new tex.
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to workforce development; appropriating money for grants for meat cutting and butchery training; requiring a report. new text begin [ADDED: (a) $225,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the workforce development fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development to provide grants to secondary career and technical education programs to offer instruction in meat cutting and butchery. This is a onetime appropriation. Grants may be used for costs, including but not limited to:] new text end new text begin [] new text end new text begin [ and] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (3) training faculty to teach the fundamentals of meat processing.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (b) A grant recipient may be awarded a grant of up to $75,000 and may use up to ten percent of the grant for faculty training.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (c) Priority may be given to applicants who are coordinating with meat cutting and butchery programs at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities institutions or with local industry partners.] new text end new text begin [ADDED: (d) By January 15, 2028, the commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance, education finance, and workforce development finance a …
Sponsors
- (R) · primary sponsor