hf1467LAWS 1999 - CHAPTER 205FIFTH ENGROSSMENTEarly childhood and family education, ECFE, children and family support programs provided, and money appropriated.ARTICLE 1 - CHILDREN AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMSSection 1: welfare data use and access provisions modified to include the department of children, families, and learning. Sec. 2: demonstration family service centers housing multiagency collaboratives removed from programs eligible for early childhood learning and child protection facilities grants. Sec. 3: child care fund applicant definition modified. Sec. 4-10: application, family, income, MFIP, provider, transition year families, and child care fund definitions modified relating to child care programs. Sec. 11: child care services federal fund reference clarified. Sec. 12: supervision of county child care programs required, training and support services provided, and rulemaking prescribed. Sec. 13: universal child care assistance application form provided. Sec. 14: program integrity and fraud prevention investigation requirements imposed. Sec. 15: child care fund plan allocation county notification provisions modified. Sec. 16: county child care assistance waiting list provisions modified, and update and review provided. Sec. 17: basic sliding fee child care assistance eligibility provisions modified to include work first recipients. Sec. 18: basic sliding fee child care assistance priority given to certain non-MFIP families. Sec. 19: basic sliding fee state and federal fund allocation formula modified to include allocations for each county's waiting list. Sec. 20: basic sliding fee child care assistance fund portability provision modified. Sec. 21: commissioner of children, families, and learning administration authority federal law reference modified. Sec. 22: MFIP child care assistance family eligibility provisions modified. Sec. 23: commissioner reference clarified. Sec. 24: at-home infant child care program establishment, eligibility, and assistance provisions modified. Sec. 25: basic sliding fee program fund use provision modified to reflect MFIP recipients. Sec. 26: special revenue account for child care established. Sec. 27: child care fund plan provisions modified. Sec. 28: general eligibility requirements for child care assistance modified. Sec. 29: county priority system for assistance allocations clarified. Sec. 30: AFDC references replaced with MFIP relating to child care assistance eligibility. Sec. 31: Full-time students working part-time eligible for continued child care assistance for employment. Sec. 32: County recovery of child care assistance overpayments provided. Sec. 33: sliding fee scale parent fee formula modified. Sec. 34: child care rates provisions modified. Sec. 35: MFIP assistance applicants and recipients informed of training and employment opportunities and programs. Sec. 36: county administrative expenses provided for MFIP child care program. Sec. 37: child development education and training loan repayment obligation extended. Sec. 38: commissioners duties modified relating to child care assistance. Sec. 39: child care improvement grant recipient s required to establish a fund to provide business planning assistance for child care providers. Sec. 40: school district developmental screening aid increased. Sec. 41: school districts required to establish a reasonable sliding fee scale for ECFE programs. Sec. 42: school district early childhood family education funding extended and increased. Sec. 43: early childhood family education revenue levy limit increased. Sec. 44: school boards authorized to allow outside entities to offer school-age care programs replacing extended-day programs, facility use and access provided, and program coordination encouraged. Sec. 45: school-age care revenue provided replacing extended-day revenue, and levy authorized. Sec. 46: single collaborative designated to act as lead in obtaining liability insurance for participating family services and community-based collaboratives. Sec. 47: special education increased early intervention costs to county boards paid for with early intervention service dollars. Sec. 48: human services commissioner cooperation with the commissioner of children, families, and learning provided to enforce program integrity and fraud prevention for child care assistance. Sec. 49: administrative and judicial review of human service matters final order provided. Sec. 50: commissioner of children, families, and learning authorized to initiate review of county actions, and subpoena provisions modified to include production of records. Sec. 51: judicial review provided for parties aggrieved by commissioner's orders. Sec. 52: local agencies required to initiate administrative fraud hearings for violations relating to MFIP and child care assistance programs. Sec. 53: child care support collections deposited in the child support collection account and appropriated for child care assistance. Sec. 54: wrongfully obtaining assistance under the MFIP or child care assistance programs defined as theft. Sec. 55: recovered fund distribution provided. Sec. 56: families wrongfully obtaining child care assistance disqualified from child care assistance programs. Sec. 57: application or redetermination form for public assistance required to include authorization for release of information involved in fraud prevention investigation. Sec. 58: fraud prevention investigation reimbursement provided for MFIP and child care assistance programs. Sec. 59: municipality definition expanded to include local collaboratives relating to tort liability. Sec. 60: adolescent parenting program requirements expanded to include transportation options. Sec. 61: commissioner required to develop a plan for integration of child care and early childhood education programs and services, and reports to legislature required. Sec. 62: pre-tax child care accounts increased and employer incentives provided. Sec. 63: parent fee schedule modified. Sec. 64: cooperative effort to provided childhood learning materials initiated. Sec. 65: additional early childhood family education aid provided compliant school districts. Sec. 66: commissioner to develop a plan for consolidation of child care and early childhood education programs and services, and reports to legislature required. Sec. 67: available state funds used as match for welfare-to-work grant money. Sec. 68: powers and duties of department of children, families, and learning over drug policy and violence prevention transferred to department of public safety. Sec. 69: prevalence given to certain amendments in this chapter over provisions contained in SF1585, if enacted. Sec. 70: revisor instruction renaming AFDC child care program to child care assistance program, and early intervention flow-through dollars to early intervention service dollars. Sec. 71: department of children, families, and learning appropriated money for learning readiness program revenue, early childhood family education aid, health and developmental screening aid, way to grow programs, head start program, school age care aid, basic sliding fee child care, MFIP child care, and child care development grants. Sec. 72: federal TANF funds transferred to the child care and development fund for basic sliding fee child care, transition year child care assistance, child care development activities and program integrity costs. Sec. 73: repealer.ARTICLE 2 - COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE Sec. 1: school district community education levy maximum increased. Sec. 2: education statutory tax rate adjustments provided and clarified. Sec. 3: education tax equalizing factors adjustments provided and clarified. Sec. 4: department of children, families, and learning appropriations provided for family collaboratives, community education aid, adults with disabilities program aid, hearing-impaired adult programs, and First Call Minnesota.ARTICLE 3 - PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION Sec. 1: after-school academic, character, and enrichment grant programs established for Minneapolis and St. Paul neighborhoods and selected other areas, neighborhood qualification specifications provided, outcomes specified, plans required, and grant approval provided. Sec. 2: grant recipients required to demonstrate outcomes, and assist youth to understand that abstinence is the only completely safe means of sexual protection. Sec. 3: grant applicants required to detail evaluation methods. Sec. 4: alcohol-impaired driver education account allocation clarified. Sec. 5: department of children, families, and learning appropriations provided for violence prevention education grants, abused children programs, children's trust fund, after-school enrichment grants, chemical abuse prevention grants, family visitation centers, adolescent parenting grants and prevention programs for American Indian youth.ARTICLE 4 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING Sec. 1: proceeds from sale or licensing of software to support the achieved savings assessment program credited to the weatherization program. Sec. 2: English as a second language, applied linguistics, and bilingual education degree holders authorized to teach English as a second language (ESL). Sec. 3: teacher licensure requirement removed for teaching English as a second language, subject to degree qualifications. Sec. 4: adult basic education basic service level required and defined. Sec. 5: adult basic education program aid formula provided. Sec. 6: basic population aid provided certain districts. Sec. 7: adult high school graduation aid definition modified. Sec. 8: family assets for independence initiative eligibility reduced. Sec. 9: matching contributions for withdrawal of family asset account funds modified. Sec. 10: report to legislature required on basic service levels and basic population aid effectiveness. Sec. 11: task force established on improving the delivery of adult basic education (ABE) services. Sec. 12: department of children, families, and learning appropriations provided for Minnesota economic opportunity grants, transitional housing programs, foodshelf programs, adult basic education aid, adult graduation aid, GED tests, GED on television grant, family assets for independence Ramsey Action Program grant, and emergency services. Sec. 13: repealer.ARTICLE 5 - RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS Sec. 1: technical chapter reference provided. Sec. 2: legal nonlicensed child care provider definition provided. Sec. 3: distribution of funds for operation of child care resource and referral programs provided. Sec. 4: organization designated to administer child care resource and referral program to a region. Sec. 5: regional child care resource and referral program administration fund distribution basis provided. Sec. 6-7: child care resource and referral program requirements provided. Sec. 8: facility improvement expenses definition modified. Sec. 9: child care program interim financing definition modified. Sec. 10: child care training programs required to be course of study teaching specific skills to meet licensure requirements. Sec. 11: region defined as designated by governor. Sec. 12: distribution of grant funds provided. Sec. 13: basis for distributing grant funds specified. Sec. 14: child care regional advisory committees changed to child care regional proposal review committees, and provisions modified. Sec. 15: child care resource and referral programs authorized to award child care services grants. Sec. 16: eligible grant recipients defined. Sec. 17: child care services grant match requirements clarified. Sec. 18: family child care technical assistance grant provisions modified. Sec. 19: statewide advisory task force on child care issues provisions modified. Sec. 20: county board authority to provided child care services clarified and simplified. Sec. 21: revisor instruction to renumber sections and put definitions in alphabetical order. Sec. 22: repealer.cth