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HB 1618

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2026 Regular Session Introduced by Matt Drew and 3 co-sponsors

Allocates $1,387,256 from the general fund to DPI for tribal school infrastructure grants (2025–27); each grant requires a $346,814 match from the recipient.

Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 20
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Bill Summary · HB 1618

Summary — HB 1618 (Tribal School Infrastructure Grants)

Note: The source documents provided contain multiple, unrelated bills from different states that share the number HB 1618. This summary focuses on the version titled “An Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for tribal school infrastructure grants” (the North Dakota-style appropriation text). Procedural records in the file appear to mix entries from other jurisdictions; see “Procedural status & notes” below for details.

Purpose

To appropriate state general‑fund moneys to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to establish a tribal school infrastructure grant program that helps tribal elementary and secondary schools fund infrastructure projects.

Key provisions

  • Appropriates $1,387,256 from the state general fund (funds “not otherwise appropriated”) to the Department of Public Instruction for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2027.
  • Tribal elementary or secondary schools may apply to DPI for grants to support infrastructure projects.
  • Each grant recipient must provide matching funds of $346,814 for the project.
    • The matching amount ($346,814) equals 25% of the appropriation sum ($1,387,256), implying a 75% state / 25% local match ratio if the appropriation is awarded as a single grant; the bill text requires the recipient to furnish the stated matching amount.

Eligibility and administration

  • Eligible applicants: tribal elementary and secondary schools.
  • Administering agency: Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
  • Matching requirement: $346,814 per recipient (statutory requirement in the bill text).

Fiscal impact

  • One-time appropriation of $1,387,256 from the general fund for the 2025–2027 biennium.
  • Requires recipient match totaling at least $346,814 per awarded project (cost‑sharing by the school/tribal authority).

Who is affected

  • Tribal elementary and secondary schools seeking infrastructure improvements.
  • DPI (administration and oversight duties).
  • State general fund (reduction by the appropriation amount if enacted).

Procedural status & notes

  • Introduced: December 13, 2024 (per provided file).
  • The file includes a procedural entry: “Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 4 nays 86” (2025-02-10). However, the same consolidated record also contains actions that appear to belong to different HB 1618 bills (from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota), including entries indicating passage/enactment in other jurisdictions.
  • Because the supplied documents are conflated across states, verify current status, sponsor, and final disposition with the official legislative source for the relevant state (the Department of Public Instruction or the state legislature’s website) before relying on enactment or implementation details.

If you want, I can: (1) extract only the procedural history relevant to a single state (please specify the state), or (2) draft briefing language for DPI or tribal schools on how to prepare for applying if the appropriation is enacted.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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