1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child care; modifying training requirements;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2004, sections 245A.023; 245A.14, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245A.14, subdivision 12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.023, is amended to read:
1.7 	245A.023 IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
1.8 	(a) For purposes of child care centers, in-service training must be completed within 
1.9 	the license period for which it is required. In-service training completed by staff persons 
1.10 	as required must be transferable upon a staff person's change in employment to another 
1.11 	child care program. License holders shall record all staff in-service training on forms 
1.12 	prescribed by the commissioner of human services.
1.13 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and each 
1.14 	primary caregiver must complete 12 hours of training each year. For purposes of this 
1.15 	section, a primary caregiver is an adult caregiver who provides services in the licensed 
1.16 	setting more than 30 days in any 12-month period.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.18 	to read:
1.19 		Subd. 9a.Early childhood development training. (a) For purposes of child care 
1.20 	centers, the director and all staff shall complete and document at least two hours of early 
1.21 	childhood development training within the first year of employment. Training completed 
1.22 	under this subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 
1.23 	9503.0035, subparts 1 and 4.
2.1 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and 
2.2 	each adult caregiver who provides care in the licensed setting more than 30 days in any 
2.3 	12-month period shall complete and document at least two hours of early childhood 
2.4 	development training within the first year of licensure or employment. Training completed 
2.5 	under this subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 
2.6 	9502.0385, subparts 2 and 3.
2.7 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), individuals are exempt from this 
2.8 	requirement if they:
2.9 	(1) have taken a three-credit course on early childhood development within the 
2.10 	past five years;
2.11 	(2) have received a baccalaureate or masters degree in early childhood education or 
2.12 	school age child care within the past five years;
2.13 	(3) are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten teacher, an early childhood 
2.14 	educator, a kindergarten to sixth grade teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an 
2.15 	early childhood special education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a kindergarten 
2.16 	endorsement; or
2.17 	(4) have received a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the 
2.18 	past five years.

2.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245A.14, subdivision 12, is 
2.20 	amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 12.First aid training requirements. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, 
2.22 	part 9503.0035, subpart 2, when children are present in a (a) For purposes of family child 
2.23 	care home and group family child care governed by Minnesota Rules, parts 9502.0315 
2.24 	to 9502.0445, or a child care center governed by Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 to 
2.25 	9503.0170 when children are present, at least one staff person must be present in the 
2.26 	center or home who has been trained in first aid. The first aid training must have been 
2.27 	provided by an individual approved to provide first aid instruction. First aid training may 
2.28 	be less than eight hours and persons qualified to provide first aid training shall include 
2.29 	individuals approved as first aid instructors. First aid training must be repeated every three 
2.30 	years and must be documented in the individual's training record.
2.31 	(b) For purposes of child care centers governed by Minnesota Rules, parts 9503.0005 
2.32 	to 9503.0170, all teachers and assistant teachers, and at least one staff person during 
2.33 	field trips and when transporting children in care, must satisfactorily complete first aid 
2.34 	training within 90 days of the start of work, unless the training has been completed within 
2.35 	the previous three years. The first aid training must be: 
3.1 	(i) repeated at least every three years;
3.2 	(ii) documented in the person's personnel record and indicated on the center's 
3.3 	staffing chart; and 
3.4 	(iii) provided by an individual approved as a first aid instructor.