<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>and adult education; providing for child care assistance; regulating child care <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>providers; requiring training of early childhood staff and child care providers; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>providing for Head Start; authorizing boards, task forces, and advisory groups; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>authorizing grants; providing for studies; requiring reports; appropriating money;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 16D.13, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 3; 119A.52; 119A.535; 119B.09, subdivisions 1, 7, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>subdivisions; 119B.12; 119B.125, subdivision 2; 119B.13, subdivisions 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>3a, 6, 7; 119B.21, subdivision 5; 124D.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 11, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision; 124D.135, subdivisions 1, 3, 5; 124D.16, subdivision 2; 124D.175; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>124D.531, subdivisions 1, 4; 124D.55; 124D.56, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 245A.10, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 2; 245A.16, subdivisions 1, 3; 245C.04, subdivision 1; 245C.05, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivisions 4, 7, by adding a subdivision; 245C.08, subdivision 2; 245C.17, by <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>adding a subdivision; 245C.21, by adding a subdivision; 245C.23, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>256.017, subdivisions 1, 9; 270B.14, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 119A; 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>2006, sections 119B.08, subdivision 4; 124D.531, subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.46, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>General.</b> (a) Unless the data is summary data or a statute specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>provides a different classification, data on individuals collected, maintained, used, or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>disseminated by the welfare system is private data on individuals, and shall not be <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>disclosed except:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>    (1) according to section 
         <statute_ref>13.05</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>    (2) according to court order;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>    (3) according to a statute specifically authorizing access to the private data;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (4) to an agent of the welfare system, including a law enforcement person, attorney, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>or investigator acting for it in the investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>proceeding relating to the administration of a program;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    (5) to personnel of the welfare system who require the data to verify an individual's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>identity; determine eligibility, amount of assistance, and the need to provide services to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>an individual or family across programs; evaluate the effectiveness of programs; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>investigate suspected fraud;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    (6) to administer federal funds or programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    (7) between personnel of the welfare system working in the same program;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>    (8) to the Department of Revenue to administer and evaluate tax refund or tax credit <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>programs and to identify individuals who may benefit from these programs. The following <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>information may be disclosed under this paragraph: an individual's and their dependent's <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, income, addresses, and other data as <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>required, upon request by the Department of Revenue. Disclosures by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>of revenue to the commissioner of human services for the purposes described in this clause <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>are governed by section 
         <statute_ref>270B.14, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. Tax refund or tax credit programs include, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>but are not limited to, the dependent care credit under section 
         <statute_ref>290.067</statute_ref>, the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>working family credit under section 
         <statute_ref>290.0671</statute_ref>, the property tax refund and rental credit <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>290A.04</statute_ref>, and the Minnesota education credit under section 
         <statute_ref>290.0674</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (9) between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education, and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the Department of Employment and Economic Development for the purpose of monitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>the eligibility of the data subject for unemployment benefits, for any employment or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>training program administered, supervised, or certified by that agency, for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>administering any rehabilitation program or child care assistance program, whether alone <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>or in conjunction with the welfare system, or to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>family investment program or the child care assistance program by exchanging data on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>recipients and former recipients of food support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>256J, or 256K, child care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>    (10) to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if knowledge of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the individual or other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>individuals or persons;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>    (11) data maintained by residential programs as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>245A.02</statute_ref> may <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>be disclosed to the protection and advocacy system established in this state according <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>to Part C of Public Law 98-527 to protect the legal and human rights of persons with <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>developmental disabilities or other related conditions who live in residential facilities for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>these persons if the protection and advocacy system receives a complaint by or on behalf <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>of that person and the person does not have a legal guardian or the state or a designee of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>the state is the legal guardian of the person;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>    (12) to the county medical examiner or the county coroner for identifying or locating <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>relatives or friends of a deceased person;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>    (13) data on a child support obligor who makes payments to the public agency <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>may be disclosed to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to the extent necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>determine eligibility under section 
         <statute_ref>136A.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clause (5);<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>    (14) participant Social Security numbers and names collected by the telephone <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>assistance program may be disclosed to the Department of Revenue to conduct an <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>electronic data match with the property tax refund database to determine eligibility under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>237.70, subdivision 4a</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>    (15) the current address of a Minnesota family investment program participant <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>may be disclosed to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the participant <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>and notify the agency that:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>    (i) the participant:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>    (A) is a fugitive felon fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>conviction, for a crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>jurisdiction from which the individual is fleeing; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>    (B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal law;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>    (ii) the location or apprehension of the felon is within the law enforcement officer's <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>official duties; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>    (iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of those duties;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    (16) the current address of a recipient of general assistance or general assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>medical care may be disclosed to probation officers and corrections agents who are <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>supervising the recipient and to law enforcement officers who are investigating the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>recipient in connection with a felony level offense;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>    (17) information obtained from food support applicant or recipient households may <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>be disclosed to local, state, or federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the Food Stamp Act, according <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>to Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, section 272.1(c);<br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>    (18) the address, Social Security number, and, if available, photograph of any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>member of a household receiving food support shall be made available, on request, to a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>local, state, or federal law enforcement officer if the officer furnishes the agency with the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>name of the member and notifies the agency that:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>    (i) the member:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    (A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, for a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>crime or attempt to commit a crime that is a felony in the jurisdiction the member is fleeing;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    (B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under state or federal <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>law; or<br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>    (C) has information that is necessary for the officer to conduct an official duty related <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>to conduct described in subitem (A) or (B);<br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    (ii) locating or apprehending the member is within the officer's official duties; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>    (iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper exercise of the officer's official <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>duty;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>    (19) the current address of a recipient of Minnesota family investment program, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>general assistance, general assistance medical care, or food support may be disclosed to <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>law enforcement officers who, in writing, provide the name of the recipient and notify the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>agency that the recipient is a person required to register under section 
         <statute_ref>243.166</statute_ref>, but is not <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>residing at the address at which the recipient is registered under section 
         <statute_ref>243.166</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>    (20) certain information regarding child support obligors who are in arrears may be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>made public according to section 
         <statute_ref>518A.74</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>    (21) data on child support payments made by a child support obligor and data on <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>the distribution of those payments excluding identifying information on obligees may be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>disclosed to all obligees to whom the obligor owes support, and data on the enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>actions undertaken by the public authority, the status of those actions, and data on the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>income of the obligor or obligee may be disclosed to the other party;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>    (22) data in the work reporting system may be disclosed under section 
         <statute_ref>256.998, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    (23) to the Department of Education for the purpose of matching Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>Education student data with public assistance data to determine students eligible for free <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>and reduced price meals, meal supplements, and free milk according to United States <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>Code, title 42, sections 1758, 1761, 1766, 1766a, 1772, and 1773; to allocate federal and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>state funds that are distributed based on income of the student's family; and to verify <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>receipt of energy assistance for the telephone assistance plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>    (24) the current address and telephone number of program recipients and emergency <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>contacts may be released to the commissioner of health or a local board of health as <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>145A.02, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, when the commissioner or local board of health <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>has reason to believe that a program recipient is a disease case, carrier, suspect case, or at <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>risk of illness, and the data are necessary to locate the person;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>    (25) to other state agencies, statewide systems, and political subdivisions of this <br/>
<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>state, including the attorney general, and agencies of other states, interstate information <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>networks, federal agencies, and other entities as required by federal regulation or law for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>the administration of the child support enforcement program;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    (26) to personnel of public assistance programs as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>256.741</statute_ref>, for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>access to the child support system database for the purpose of administration, including <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>monitoring and evaluation of those public assistance programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>    (27) to monitor and evaluate the Minnesota family investment program by <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>exchanging data between the Departments of Human Services and Education, on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>recipients and former recipients of food support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>256J, or 256K, child care assistance under chapter 119B, or medical programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    (28) to evaluate child support program performance and to identify and prevent <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>fraud in the child support program by exchanging data between the Department of Human <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>Services, Department of Revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>270B.14, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>and (b), without regard to the limitation of use in paragraph (c), Department of Health, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>Department of Employment and Economic Development, and other state agencies as is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>reasonably necessary to perform these functions; or<br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>    (29) counties operating child care assistance programs under chapter 119B may <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>disseminate data on program participants, applicants, and providers to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>of education.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>    (b) Information on persons who have been treated for drug or alcohol abuse may <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>only be disclosed according to the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>42, sections 2.1 to 
         <statute_ref>2.67</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>    (c) Data provided to law enforcement agencies under paragraph (a), clause (15), <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(16), (17), or (18), or paragraph (b), are investigative data and are confidential or protected <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>nonpublic while the investigation is active. The data are private after the investigation <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>becomes inactive under section 
         <statute_ref>13.82, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, paragraph (a) or (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>    (d) Mental health data shall be treated as provided in subdivisions 7, 8, and 9, but is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>not subject to the access provisions of subdivision 10, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>    For the purposes of this subdivision, a request will be deemed to be made in writing <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>if made through a computer interface system.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16D.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Exclusion.</b> A state agency may not charge interest under this section on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>overpayments of assistance benefits under the programs formerly codified in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>256.031
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>256.0361</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256.72</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>256.87</statute_ref>, and under chapters 119B, 256D, and 256I, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>federal food stamp program. Notwithstanding this prohibition, any debts that have been <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>reduced to judgment under these programs are subject to the interest charges provided <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>549.09</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General</b><b> Eligibility requirements for </b><b>all applicants for</b><b> child </b><br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var><b>care assistance.</b> (a) Child care services must be available to families who need child <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>care to find or keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary to find <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>employment and who:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>    (1) have household income less than or equal to 250 percent of the federal poverty <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>guidelines, adjusted for family size, and meet the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>119B.05</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>receive MFIP assistance; and are participating in employment and training services under <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>chapter 256J or 256K; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>    (2) have household income less than or equal to 175 percent of the federal poverty <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>guidelines, adjusted for family size, at program entry and less than 250 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>federal poverty guidelines, adjusted for family size, at program exit.; or<br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>    (3) have household income less than or equal to 250 percent of the federal poverty <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>guidelines, adjusted for family size, and were a family whose child care assistance was <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>terminated due to insufficient funds under Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0183.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    (b) Child care services must be made available as in-kind services.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>    (c) All applicants for child care assistance and families currently receiving child care <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>assistance must be assisted and required to cooperate in establishment of paternity and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>enforcement of child support obligations for all children in the family as a condition <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>of program eligibility. For purposes of this section, a family is considered to meet the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>requirement for cooperation when the family complies with the requirements of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>256.741
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Date of eligibility for assistance.</b> (a) The date of eligibility for child <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>care assistance under this chapter is the later of the date the application was signed; the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>beginning date of employment, education, or training; the date the infant is born for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>applicants to the at-home infant care program; or the date a determination has been made <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>that the applicant is a participant in employment and training services under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>Rules, part 3400.0080, subpart 2a, or chapter 256J.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>    (b) Payment ceases for a family under the at-home infant child care program when a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>family has used a total of 12 months of assistance as specified under section 
         <statute_ref>119B.035</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>Payment of child care assistance for employed persons on MFIP is effective the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>employment or the date of MFIP eligibility, whichever is later. Payment of child care <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>assistance for MFIP or DWP participants in employment and training services is effective <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>the date of commencement of the services or the date of MFIP or DWP eligibility, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>whichever is later. Payment of child care assistance for transition year child care must be <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>made retroactive to the date of eligibility for transition year child care. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), payment of child care assistance for participants <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>eligible under section 119B.05, may only be made retroactively for a maximum of six <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>months from the date of application for child care assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Payment of other child care expenses.</b> Payment by a source other <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>than the family, of part or all of a family's child care expenses not payable under this <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>chapter, does not affect the family's eligibility for child care assistance, and the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>paid is excluded from the family's income, if the funds are paid directly to the family's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>child care provider on behalf of the family. Child care providers who accept third-party <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>payments must maintain family-specific documentation of payment source, amount, type <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>of expenses, and time period covered by the payment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Sliding fee.</b> Child care services to families must be made available on <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>a sliding fee basis.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>    (a) The commissioner shall convert eligibility requirements in section 119B.09 and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>parent fee schedules in 119B.12 to state median income, based on a family size of three, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>adjusted for family size,  Subd. 2(a) shall be implemented July 1, 2008. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>shall report to the 2008 legislature with the necessary statutory changes to codify this <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>conversion to state median income. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var><b>119B.12 SLIDING FEE SCALE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Fee schedule.</b> In setting the sliding fee schedule, the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>shall exclude from the amount of income used to determine eligibility an amount for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>federal and state income and Social Security taxes attributable to that income level <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>according to federal and state standardized tax tables. The commissioner shall base the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>parent fee on the ability of the family to pay for child care. The fee schedule must be <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>designed to use any available tax credits.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>    PARENT FEE SCHEDULE.   The parent fee schedule is as follows: <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var><br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Income Range (as a percent of the federal <br/>
poverty guidelines)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Co-payment (as a percentage of adjusted <br/>
gross income)<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"> 0-74.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$0/month<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">75.00-99.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">$5/month<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">100.00-104.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.61%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">105.00-109.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.61%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">110.00-114.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.61%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">115.00-119.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.61%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">120.00-124.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.91%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">125.00-129.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.91%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">130.00-134.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.91%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">135.00-139.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">2.91%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">140.00-144.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3.21%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">145.00-149.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3.21%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">150.00-154.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3.21%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">155.00-159.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3.84%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">160.00-164.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">3.84%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">165.00-169.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">4.46%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">170.00-174.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">4.76%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">175.00-179.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">5.05%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">180.00-184.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">5.65%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">185.00-189.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">5.95%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">190.00-194.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">6.24%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">195.00-199.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">6.84%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">200.00-204.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">7.58%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">205.00-209.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">8.33%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">210.00-214.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">9.20%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">215.00-219.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">10.07%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">220.00-224.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">10.94%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">225.00-229.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">11.55%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">230.00-234.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">12.16%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.37"></a><var>8.37</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">235.00-239.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">12.77%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.38"></a><var>8.38</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">240.00-244.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">13.38%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.39"></a><var>8.39</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">245.00-249.99%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">14.00%<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.40"></a><var>8.40</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">250%<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">ineligible<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.41"></a><var>8.41</var>    A family's monthly co-payment fee is the fixed percentage established for the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.42"></a><var>8.42</var>income range multiplied by the highest possible income within that income range.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Parent fee.</b> A family must be assessed a parent fee for each service period. <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>A family's parent fee must be a fixed percentage of its annual gross income. Parent fees <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>must apply to families eligible for child care assistance under sections 
         <statute_ref>119B.03</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>119B.05
         </statute_ref>. Income must be as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>119B.011, subdivision 15</statute_ref>. The fixed <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>percent is based on the relationship of the family's annual gross income to 100 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>of the annual federal poverty guidelines. Parent fees must begin at 75 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>poverty level. The minimum parent fees for families between 75 percent and 100 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>of poverty level must be $10 $5 per month. Parent fees must provide for graduated <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>movement to full payment. Payment of part or all of a family's parent fee directly to the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>family's child care provider on behalf of the family by a source other than the family shall <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>not affect the family's eligibility for child care assistance, and the amount paid shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>excluded from the family's income. Child care providers who accept third-party payments <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>must maintain family specific documentation of payment source, amount, and time period <br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>covered by the payment.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>(a) This section is effective July 1, 2007. <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>    (b) Effective July 1, 2008, the parent fee scale for families with incomes greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>or equal to 100 percent of FPG shall be converted to state median income for a family size <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>of three, adjusted for family size, as directed in section 119B.09, subdivision 2(a). <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Persons who cannot be authorized.</b> (a) A person who meets any of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>conditions under paragraphs (b) to (n) must not be authorized as a legal nonlicensed <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>family child care provider. To determine whether any of the listed conditions exist, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>the county must request information about the provider from the Bureau of Criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>Apprehension, the juvenile courts, and social service agencies. When one of the listed <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>entities does not maintain information on a statewide basis, the county must contact the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>entity in the county where the provider resides and any other county in which the provider <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>previously resided in the past year. For purposes of this subdivision, a finding that a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>delinquency petition is proven in juvenile court must be considered a conviction in state <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>district court. If a county has determined that a provider is able to be authorized in that <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>county, and a family in another county later selects that provider, the provider is able to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>be authorized in the second county without undergoing a new background investigation <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>unless one of the following conditions exists:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>    (1) two years have passed since the first authorization;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>    (2) another person age 13 or older has joined the provider's household since the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>last authorization;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    (3) a current household member has turned 13 since the last authorization; or<br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>    (4) there is reason to believe that a household member has a factor that prevents <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>authorization.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>    (b) The person has been convicted of one of the following offenses or has admitted to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>committing or a preponderance of the evidence indicates that the person has committed an <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>act that meets the definition of one of the following offenses: sections 
         <statute_ref>609.185</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.195</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>murder in the first, second, or third degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.2661</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2663</statute_ref>, murder of an unborn <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>child in the first, second, or third degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.322</statute_ref>, solicitation, inducement, promotion <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>of prostitution, or receiving profit from prostitution; 
         <statute_ref>609.342</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.345</statute_ref>, criminal sexual <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>conduct in the first, second, third, or fourth degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.352</statute_ref>, solicitation of children to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>engage in sexual conduct; 
         <statute_ref>609.365</statute_ref>, incest; 
         <statute_ref>609.377</statute_ref>, felony malicious punishment of a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>child; 
         <statute_ref>617.246</statute_ref>, use of minors in sexual performance; 
         <statute_ref>617.247</statute_ref>, possession of pictorial <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>representation of a minor; 
         <statute_ref>609.2242</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2243</statute_ref>, felony domestic assault; a felony offense <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>of spousal abuse; a felony offense of child abuse or neglect; a felony offense of a crime <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>against children; or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>Minnesota Statutes; or an offense in any other state or country where the elements are <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>substantially similar to any of the offenses listed in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>    (c) Less than 15 years have passed since the discharge of the sentence imposed for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>the offense and the person has received a felony conviction for one of the following <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>offenses, or the person has admitted to committing or a preponderance of the evidence <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>indicates that the person has committed an act that meets the definition of a felony <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>conviction for one of the following offenses: sections 
         <statute_ref>609.20</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.205</statute_ref>, manslaughter in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>the first or second degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.21</statute_ref>, criminal vehicular homicide; 
         <statute_ref>609.215</statute_ref>, aiding suicide <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>or aiding attempted suicide; 
         <statute_ref>609.221</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2231</statute_ref>, assault in the first, second, third, or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>fourth degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.224</statute_ref>, repeat offenses of fifth degree assault; 
         <statute_ref>609.228</statute_ref>, great bodily <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>harm caused by distribution of drugs; 
         <statute_ref>609.2325</statute_ref>, criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>609.2335
         </statute_ref>, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult; 
         <statute_ref>609.235</statute_ref>, use of drugs to injure or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>facilitate a crime; 
         <statute_ref>609.24</statute_ref>, simple robbery; 
         <statute_ref>617.241</statute_ref>, repeat offenses of obscene materials <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>and performances; 
         <statute_ref>609.245</statute_ref>, aggravated robbery; 
         <statute_ref>609.25</statute_ref>, kidnapping; 
         <statute_ref>609.255</statute_ref>, false <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>imprisonment; 
         <statute_ref>609.2664</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2665</statute_ref>, manslaughter of an unborn child in the first or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>second degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.267</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2672</statute_ref>, assault of an unborn child in the first, second, or third <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.268</statute_ref>, injury or death of an unborn child in the commission of a crime; 
         <statute_ref>609.27</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>coercion; 
         <statute_ref>609.275</statute_ref>, attempt to coerce; 
         <statute_ref>609.324, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, other prohibited acts, minor <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>engaged in prostitution; 
         <statute_ref>609.3451</statute_ref>, repeat offenses of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.378</statute_ref>, neglect or endangerment of a child; 
         <statute_ref>609.52</statute_ref>, theft; 
         <statute_ref>609.521</statute_ref>, possession of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>shoplifting gear; 
         <statute_ref>609.561</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.563</statute_ref>, arson in the first, second, or third degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.582</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>burglary in the first, second, third, or fourth degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.625</statute_ref>, aggravated forgery; 
         <statute_ref>609.63</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>forgery; 
         <statute_ref>609.631</statute_ref>, check forgery, offering a forged check; 
         <statute_ref>609.635</statute_ref>, obtaining signature <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>by false pretenses; 
         <statute_ref>609.66</statute_ref>, dangerous weapon; 
         <statute_ref>609.665</statute_ref>, setting a spring gun; 
         <statute_ref>609.67</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>unlawfully owning, possessing, or operating a machine gun; 
         <statute_ref>609.687</statute_ref>, adulteration; 
         <statute_ref>609.71</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>riot; 
         <statute_ref>609.713</statute_ref>, terrorist threats; 
         <statute_ref>609.749</statute_ref>, harassment, stalking; 
         <statute_ref>260C.301</statute_ref>, termination of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>parental rights; 
         <statute_ref>152.021</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>152.022</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>152.0262</statute_ref>, controlled substance crime in the first <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>or second degree; 
         <statute_ref>152.023, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause (3) or (4), or 
         <statute_ref>152.023, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>clause (4), controlled substance crime in third degree; 
         <statute_ref>152.024, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clause <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>(2), (3), or (4), controlled substance crime in fourth degree; 
         <statute_ref>617.23</statute_ref>, repeat offenses of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>indecent exposure; an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>Minnesota Statutes; or an offense in any other state or country where the elements are <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>substantially similar to any of the offenses listed in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>    (d) Less than ten years have passed since the discharge of the sentence imposed for <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>the offense and the person has received a gross misdemeanor conviction for one of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>following offenses or the person has admitted to committing or a preponderance of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>evidence indicates that the person has committed an act that meets the definition of a gross <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>misdemeanor conviction for one of the following offenses: sections 
         <statute_ref>609.224</statute_ref>, fifth degree <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>assault; 
         <statute_ref>609.2242</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>609.2243</statute_ref>, domestic assault; 
         <statute_ref>518B.01, subdivision 14</statute_ref>, violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>an order for protection; 
         <statute_ref>609.3451</statute_ref>, fifth degree criminal sexual conduct; 
         <statute_ref>609.746</statute_ref>, repeat <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>offenses of interference with privacy; 
         <statute_ref>617.23</statute_ref>, repeat offenses of indecent exposure; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>617.241
         </statute_ref>, obscene materials and performances; 
         <statute_ref>617.243</statute_ref>, indecent literature, distribution; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>617.293
         </statute_ref>, disseminating or displaying harmful material to minors; 
         <statute_ref>609.71</statute_ref>, riot; 
         <statute_ref>609.66</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>dangerous weapons; 
         <statute_ref>609.749</statute_ref>, harassment, stalking; 
         <statute_ref>609.224, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>(c), fifth degree assault against a vulnerable adult by a caregiver; 
         <statute_ref>609.23</statute_ref>, mistreatment <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>of persons confined; 
         <statute_ref>609.231</statute_ref>, mistreatment of residents or patients; 
         <statute_ref>609.2325</statute_ref>, criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>abuse of a vulnerable adult; 
         <statute_ref>609.2335</statute_ref>, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>609.233
         </statute_ref>, criminal neglect of a vulnerable adult; 
         <statute_ref>609.234</statute_ref>, failure to report maltreatment of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>a vulnerable adult; 
         <statute_ref>609.72, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, disorderly conduct against a vulnerable adult; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>609.265
         </statute_ref>, abduction; 
         <statute_ref>609.378</statute_ref>, neglect or endangerment of a child; 
         <statute_ref>609.377</statute_ref>, malicious <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>punishment of a child; 
         <statute_ref>609.324, subdivision 1a</statute_ref>, other prohibited acts, minor engaged <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>in prostitution; 
         <statute_ref>609.33</statute_ref>, disorderly house; 
         <statute_ref>609.52</statute_ref>, theft; 
         <statute_ref>609.582</statute_ref>, burglary in the first, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>second, third, or fourth degree; 
         <statute_ref>609.631</statute_ref>, check forgery, offering a forged check; 
         <statute_ref>609.275</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>attempt to coerce; an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>Minnesota Statutes; or an offense in any other state or country where the elements are <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>substantially similar to any of the offenses listed in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (e) Less than seven years have passed since the discharge of the sentence imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>for the offense and the person has received a misdemeanor conviction for one of the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>following offenses or the person has admitted to committing or a preponderance of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>the evidence indicates that the person has committed an act that meets the definition <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>of a misdemeanor conviction for one of the following offenses: sections 
         <statute_ref>609.224</statute_ref>, fifth <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>degree assault; 
         <statute_ref>609.2242</statute_ref>, domestic assault; 
         <statute_ref>518B.01</statute_ref>, violation of an order for protection; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>609.3232
         </statute_ref>, violation of an order for protection; 
         <statute_ref>609.746</statute_ref>, interference with privacy; 
         <statute_ref>609.79</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>obscene or harassing telephone calls; 
         <statute_ref>609.795</statute_ref>, letter, telegram, or package opening, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>harassment; 
         <statute_ref>617.23</statute_ref>, indecent exposure; 
         <statute_ref>609.2672</statute_ref>, assault of an unborn child, third degree; <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>617.293
         </statute_ref>, dissemination and display of harmful materials to minors; 
         <statute_ref>609.66</statute_ref>, dangerous <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>weapons; 
         <statute_ref>609.665</statute_ref>, spring guns; an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of these offenses <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>as defined in Minnesota Statutes; or an offense in any other state or country where the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>elements are substantially similar to any of the offenses listed in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>    (f) The person has been identified by the child protection agency in the county where <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>the provider resides or a county where the provider has resided or by the statewide child <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>protection database as a person found by a preponderance of evidence under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>626.556
         </statute_ref> to be responsible for physical or sexual abuse of a child within the last seven years.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>    (g) The person has been identified by the adult protection agency in the county <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>where the provider resides or a county where the provider has resided or by the statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>adult protection database as the person responsible for abuse or neglect of a vulnerable <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>adult within the last seven years.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>    (h) The person has refused to give written consent for disclosure of criminal history <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>records.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>    (i) The person has been denied a family child care license or has received a fine or a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>sanction as a licensed child care provider that has not been reversed on appeal.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>    (j) The person has a family child care licensing disqualification that has not been <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>set aside.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>    (k) The person has admitted or a county has found that there is a preponderance of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>evidence that fraudulent information was given to the county for child care assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>application purposes or was used in submitting child care assistance bills for payment.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>    (l) The person has been convicted of the crime of theft by wrongfully obtaining <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>public assistance or has been found guilty of wrongfully obtaining public assistance by a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>federal court, state court, or an administrative hearing determination or waiver, through a <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>disqualification consent agreement, as part of an approved diversion plan under section <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>401.065, or a court-ordered stay with probationary or other conditions.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    (m) The person has a household member age 13 or older who has access to children <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>during the hours that care is provided and who meets one of the conditions listed in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>paragraphs (b) to (l).<br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>    (n) The person has a household member ages ten to 12 who has access to children <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>during the hours that care is provided; information or circumstances exist which provide <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>the county with articulable suspicion that further pertinent information may exist showing <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>the household member meets one of the conditions listed in paragraphs (b) to (l); and the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>household member actually meets one of the conditions listed in paragraphs (b) to (l).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Subsidy restrictions.</b> (a) Beginning July 1, 2006 2007, the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>maximum rate paid for child care assistance in any county or multicounty region under the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>child care fund shall be the  rate for like-care arrangements in the county effective January <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>July 1, 2006, increased by six two percent.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>    (b) Rate changes shall be implemented for services provided in September 2006 <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>2007 unless a participant eligibility redetermination or a new provider agreement is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>completed between July 1, 2006 2007, and August 31, 2006 1, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>    As necessary, appropriate notice of adverse action must be made according to <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>Minnesota Rules, part 
         <statute_ref>3400.0185</statute_ref>, subparts 3 and 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>    New cases approved on or after  July 1, 2006 2007, shall have the maximum rates <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>under paragraph (a), implemented immediately.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>    (c) Not less than once every two years, the commissioner shall survey rates <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>charged by child care providers in Minnesota to determine the 75th percentile for <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>like-care arrangements in counties. When the commissioner determines that, using the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>commissioner's established protocol, the number of providers responding to the survey is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>too small to determine the 75th percentile rate for like-care arrangements in a county or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>multicounty region, the commissioner may establish the 75th percentile maximum rate <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>based on like-care arrangements in a county, region, or category that the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>deems to be similar.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>    (d) A rate which includes a special needs rate paid under subdivision 3 or under <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>a school readiness service agreement paid under section 30 may be in excess of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>maximum rate allowed under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>    (e) The department shall monitor the effect of this paragraph on provider rates. The <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>county shall pay the provider's full charges for every child in care up to the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>established. The commissioner shall determine the maximum rate for each type of care <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>on an hourly, full-day, and weekly basis, including special needs and disability care. The <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>half-day rates are effective beginning July 1, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>    (f) When the provider charge is greater than the maximum provider rate allowed, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>the parent is responsible for payment of the difference in the rates in addition to any <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>family co-payment fee.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>    (g) All maximum provider rate changes shall be implemented on the Monday <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>following the effective date of the maximum provider rate.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Provider rate differential for accreditation.</b> A family child care <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>provider or child care center shall be paid a 15 percent differential above the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>rate established in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider rate, if the provider or center <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>holds a current early childhood development credential or is accredited.  For a family <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>child care provider, early childhood development credential and accreditation includes <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>an individual who has earned a child development associate degree, a child development <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>associate credential, a diploma in child development from a Minnesota state technical <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>college, or a bachelor's or post baccalaureate degree in early childhood education from <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>an accredited college or university, or who is accredited by the National Association for <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>Family Child Care or the Competency Based Training and Assessment Program.  For a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>child care center, accreditation includes accreditation by the National Association for the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>Education of Young Children, the Council on Accreditation, the National Early Childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>Program Accreditation, the National School-Age Care Association, or the National Head <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>Start Association Program of Excellence.  For Montessori programs, accreditation includes <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>the American Montessori Society, Association of Montessori International-USA, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>National Center for Montessori Education.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.13, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Provider payments.</b> (a) Counties or the state shall make vendor payments <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>to the child care provider or pay the parent directly for eligible child care expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>    (b) If payments for child care assistance are made to providers, the provider shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>bill the county for services provided within ten days of the end of the service period. If <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>bills are submitted within ten days of the end of the service period, a county or the state <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>shall issue payment to the provider of child care under the child care fund within 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>of receiving a bill from the provider. Counties or the state may establish policies that <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>make payments on a more frequent basis.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>    (c) All bills If a provider has received an authorization of care and has been issued a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>billing form for an eligible family, the bill must be submitted within 60 days of the last <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>date of service on the bill. A county may pay a bill submitted more than 60 days after <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>the last date of service if the provider shows good cause why the bill was not submitted <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>within 60 days. Good cause must be defined in the county's child care fund plan under <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>section 
         <statute_ref>119B.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and the definition of good cause must include county <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>error. A county may not pay any bill submitted more than a year after the last date of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>service on the bill. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>    (d) If a provider provided care for a time period without receiving an authorization <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>of care and a billing form for an eligible family, payment of child care assistance may only <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>be made retroactively for a maximum of six months from the date the provider is issued an <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>authorization of care and a billing form.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>    (d) (e) A county may stop payment issued to a provider or may refuse to pay a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>bill submitted by a provider if:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>    (1) the provider admits to intentionally giving the county materially false information <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>on the provider's billing forms; or<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>    (2) a county finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the provider intentionally <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>gave the county materially false information on the provider's billing forms.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>    (e) (f) A county's payment policies must be included in the county's child care plan <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>119B.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. If payments are made by the state, in addition to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>being in compliance with this subdivision, the payments must be made in compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>16A.124</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.13, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Absent days.</b> (a) Child care providers may not be reimbursed for more <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>than 25 full-day absent days per child, excluding holidays, in a fiscal year, or for more <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>than ten consecutive full-day absent days, unless the child has a documented medical <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>condition that causes more frequent absences. Absences due to a documented medical <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>condition of a parent or sibling who lives in the same residence as the child receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>child care assistance do not count against the 25-day absent day limit in a fiscal year. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>Documentation of medical conditions must be on the forms and submitted according to <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>the timelines established by the commissioner. A public health nurse or school nurse <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>may verify the illness in lieu of a medical practitioner. If a provider sends a child home <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>early due to a medical reason including, but not limited to, fever or contagious illness, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>the child care center director or lead teacher may verify the illness in lieu of a medical <br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>practitioner. If a child attends for part of the time authorized to be in care in a day, but is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>absent for part of the time authorized to be in care in that same day, the absent time will be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>reimbursed but the time will not count toward the ten consecutive or 25 cumulative absent <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>day limits. Children in families where at least one parent is under the age of 21, does not <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>have a high school or general education development (GED) diploma, and is a student in a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>school district or another similar program that provides or arranges for child care, as well <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>as parenting, social services, career and employment supports, and academic support to <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>achieve high school graduation, may be exempt from the absent day limits upon request <br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>of the program and approval of the county. If a child attends part of an authorized day, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>payment to the provider must be for the full amount of care authorized for that day. Child <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>care providers may only be reimbursed for absent days if the provider has a written policy <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>for child absences and charges all other families in care for similar absences. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>    (b) Child care providers must be reimbursed for up to ten federal or state holidays <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>or designated holidays per year when the provider charges all families for these days <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>and the holiday or designated holiday falls on a day when the child is authorized to be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>in attendance. Parents may substitute other cultural or religious holidays for the ten <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>recognized state and federal holidays. Holidays do not count toward the ten consecutive or <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>25 cumulative absent day limits. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>    (c) A family or child care provider may not be assessed an overpayment for an <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>absent day payment unless (1) there was an error in the amount of care authorized for the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>family, (2) all of the allowed full-day absent payments for the child have been paid, or (3) <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>the family or provider did not timely report a change as required under law.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>    (d) The provider and family must receive notification of the number of absent days <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>used upon initial provider authorization for a family and when the family has used 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>cumulative absent days. Upon statewide implementation of the Minnesota Electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>Child Care System, the provider and family authorization for a family and ongoing <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>notification of the number of absent days used as of the date of the notification.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>    (e) A county may pay for more absent days than the statewide absent day policy <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>established under this subdivision, if current market practice in the county justifies <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>payment for those additional days. County policies for payment of absent days in excess <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>of the statewide absent day policy and justification for these county policies must be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>included in the county's child care fund plan under section 119B.08, subdivision 3.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.21, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Child care services grants.</b> (a) A child care resource and referral program <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>designated under section 
         <statute_ref>119B.19, subdivision 1a</statute_ref>, may award child care services grants <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>for: <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>    (1) creating new licensed child care facilities and expanding existing facilities, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>including, but not limited to, supplies, equipment, facility renovation, and remodeling;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>    (2) improving licensed child care facility programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>    (3) staff training and development services including, but not limited to, in-service <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>training, curriculum development, accreditation, certification, consulting, resource centers, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>and program and resource materials, supporting effective teacher-child interactions, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>child-focused teaching, and content-driven classroom instruction;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>    (4) interim financing;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>    (5) capacity building through the purchase of appropriate technology to create, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>enhance, and maintain business management systems;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>    (6) emergency assistance for child care programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>    (7) new programs or projects for the creation, expansion, or improvement of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>programs that serve ethnic immigrant and refugee communities; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>    (8) targeted recruitment initiatives to expand and build the capacity of the child <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>care system and to improve the quality of care provided by legal nonlicensed child care <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>    (b) A child care resource and referral program designated under section 
         <statute_ref>119B.19, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>subdivision 1a
         </statute_ref>, may award child care services grants to: <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>    (1) licensed providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>    (2) providers in the process of being licensed;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>    (3) corporations or public agencies that develop or provide child care services;<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>    (4) school-age care programs; or<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    (5) any combination of clauses (1) to (4).<br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>Unlicensed providers are only eligible for grants under paragraph (a), clause (7).<br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>    (c) A recipient of a child care services grant for facility improvements, interim <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>financing, or staff training and development must provide a 25 percent local match.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245A.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>County fees for background studies and licensing inspections.</b> (a) For <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>purposes of family and group family child care licensing under this chapter, a county <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>agency may charge a fee to an applicant or license holder to recover the actual cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>background studies, but in any case not to exceed $100 annually. A county agency may <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>also charge a license fee to an applicant or license holder to recover the actual cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>licensing inspections, but in any case not to exceed $150 annually $50 for a one-year <br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>license or $100 for a two-year license.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>    (b) A county agency may charge a fee to a legal nonlicensed child care provider or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>applicant for authorization to recover the actual cost of background studies completed <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>under section  
         <statute_ref>119B.125</statute_ref>, but in any case not to exceed $100 annually. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>    (c) Counties may elect to reduce or waive the fees in paragraph (a) or (b):<br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>    (1) in cases of financial hardship;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    (2)  if the county has a shortage of providers in the county's area;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>    (3) for new providers; or<br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>    (4) for providers who have attained at least 16 hours of training before seeking <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>initial licensure.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>    (d) Counties may allow providers to pay the applicant fees in paragraph (a) or (b) on <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>an installment basis for up to one year. If the provider is receiving child care assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>payments from the state, the provider may have the fees under paragraph (a) or (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>deducted from the child care assistance payments for up to one year and the state shall <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>reimburse the county for the county fees collected in this manner.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Delegation of authority to agencies.</b> (a) County agencies and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>private agencies that have been designated or licensed by the commissioner to perform <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>licensing functions and activities under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.04</statute_ref> and background studies for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>adult foster care, family adult day services, and child foster care under chapter 245C, to <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>recommend denial of applicants under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.05</statute_ref>, to issue correction orders, to issue <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>variances, and recommend a conditional license under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.06</statute_ref>, or to recommend <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>suspending or revoking a license or issuing a fine under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.07</statute_ref>, shall comply <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>with rules and directives of the commissioner governing those functions and with this <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>section. The following variances are excluded from the delegation of variance authority <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>and may be issued only by the commissioner:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    (1) dual licensure of family child care and child foster care, dual licensure of child <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>and adult foster care, and adult foster care and family child care;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>    (2) adult foster care maximum capacity;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>    (3) adult foster care minimum age requirement;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    (4) child foster care maximum age requirement;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>    (5) variances regarding disqualified individuals except that county agencies may <br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>issue variances under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.30</statute_ref> regarding disqualified individuals when the county <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>is responsible for conducting a consolidated reconsideration according to sections 
         <statute_ref>245C.25</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>and 
         <statute_ref>245C.27, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clauses (a) and (b), of a county maltreatment determination <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>and a disqualification based on serious or recurring maltreatment; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    (6) the required presence of a caregiver in the adult foster care residence during <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>normal sleeping hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>    (b) County agencies must report:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>    (1) information about disqualification reconsiderations under sections 
         <statute_ref>245C.25</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>and 
         <statute_ref>245C.27, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, clauses (a) and (b), and variances granted under paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(a), clause (5), to the commissioner at least monthly in a format prescribed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>commissioner; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>    (2) for relative child foster care applicants and license holders, the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>relatives, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>260C.007, subdivision 27</statute_ref>, and household members of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>relatives who are disqualified under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.14</statute_ref>; the disqualifying characteristics <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.15</statute_ref>; the number of these individuals who requested reconsideration <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.21</statute_ref>; the number of set-asides under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.22</statute_ref>; and variances <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.30</statute_ref> issued. This information shall be reported to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>annually by January 15 of each year in a format prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>    (c) For family day care programs, the commissioner may authorize licensing reviews <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>every two years after a licensee has had at least one annual review.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>    (d) For family adult day services programs, the commissioner may authorize <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>licensing reviews every two years after a licensee has had at least one annual review.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>    (e) A license issued under this section may be issued for up to two years.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>    (f) The commissioner shall work with counties to determine the cost and propose <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>an ongoing funding allocation from the general fund to cover the cost to counties <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>to implement an annual license review for licensed family child care providers. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>The commissioner shall solicit input from counties to determine the outcome. The <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>commissioner shall report to the committees of the house of representatives and senate <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>having jurisdiction over early childhood programs by January 15, 2008, as to the costs <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>and the funding allocation recommended for future use.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245A.16, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Recommendations to the commissioner.</b> The county or private agency <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>shall not make recommendations to the commissioner regarding licensure without first <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>conducting an inspection, and for adult foster care, family adult day services, and child <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>foster care, a background study of the applicant, and evaluation pursuant to chapter 245C. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>The county or private agency must forward its recommendation to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>regarding the appropriate licensing action within 20 working days of receipt of a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>completed application.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Licensed programs.</b> (a) The commissioner shall conduct a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>background study of an individual required to be studied under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.03, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, at least upon application for initial license for all license types. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>    (b) The commissioner shall conduct a background study of an individual required <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>to be studied under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.03, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, at reapplication for a license for <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>family child care, child foster care, and adult foster care. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>    (c) The commissioner is not required to conduct a study of an individual at the time <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>of reapplication for a license if the individual's background study was completed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>commissioner of human services for an adult foster care license holder that is also:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>    (1) registered under chapter 144D; or<br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>    (2) licensed to provide home and community-based services to people with <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>disabilities at the foster care location and the license holder does not reside in the foster <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>care residence; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>    (3) the following conditions are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    (i) a study of the individual was conducted either at the time of initial licensure or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>when the individual became affiliated with the license holder;<br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>    (ii) the individual has been continuously affiliated with the license holder since <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>the last study was conducted; and<br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>    (iii) the last study of the individual was conducted on or after October 1, 1995.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>    (d) From January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2009, the commissioner shall conduct <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>a study of an individual required to be studied under section 245C.03, at the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>reapplication for a family child care license. The county shall collect and forward to the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>commissioner the information required under section 245C.05, subdivisions 1 and 5. The <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>background study conducted by the commissioner under this paragraph must include a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>review of the information required under section 245C.08, subdivisions 1, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>(a), and 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>    (e) The commissioner shall conduct a background study of an individual specified <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>under section 245C.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (6), who is newly <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>affiliated with a family child care license holder. The county shall collect and forward <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>to the commissioner the information required under section 245C.05, subdivisions 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>and 5. The background study conducted by the commissioner under this paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>must include a review of the information required under section 245C.08, subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>1, paragraph (a), and 3.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    (f) Applicants for licensure, license holders, and other entities as provided in this <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>chapter must submit completed background study forms to the commissioner before <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>individuals specified in section 
         <statute_ref>245C.03, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, begin positions allowing direct <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>contact in any licensed program. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>    (e) (g) For purposes of this section, a physician licensed under chapter 147 is <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>considered to be continuously affiliated upon the license holder's receipt from the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>commissioner of health or human services of the physician's background study results.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.05, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>County agency.</b> For background studies related to family child care, <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>county agencies must collect the information under subdivision 1 and forward it to the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.05, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Electronic transmission.</b> For background studies conducted by the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>Department of Human Services, the commissioner shall implement a system for the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>electronic transmission of:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>    (1) background study information to the commissioner; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    (2) background study results to the license holder; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>    (3) background study results to county agencies for background studies conducted <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>by the commissioner for family child care.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.05, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Probation officer and corrections agent.</b> (a) A probation officer or <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>corrections agent shall notify the commissioner of an individual's conviction if the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>individual is:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>    (1) affiliated with a program or facility regulated by the Department of Human <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>Services or Department of Health, a facility serving children or youth licensed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>Department of Corrections, or any type of home care agency or provider of personal care <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>assistance services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    (2) convicted of a crime constituting a disqualification under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.14</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>    (b) For the purpose of this subdivision, "conviction" has the meaning given it <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>609.02, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>    (c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of corrections, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>develop forms and information necessary to implement this subdivision and shall provide <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>the forms and information to the commissioner of corrections for distribution to local <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>probation officers and corrections agents.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>    (d) The commissioner shall inform individuals subject to a background study that <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>criminal convictions for disqualifying crimes will be reported to the commissioner by the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>corrections system.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>    (e) A probation officer, corrections agent, or corrections agency is not civilly or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>criminally liable for disclosing or failing to disclose the information required by this <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>    (f) Upon receipt of disqualifying information, the commissioner shall provide the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>notice required under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.17</statute_ref>, as appropriate, to agencies on record as having <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>initiated a background study or making a request for documentation of the background <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>study status of the individual. <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>    (g) This subdivision does not apply to family child care and child foster care <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Background studies conducted by a county or private agency.</b> (a) For a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>background study conducted by a county or private agency for child foster care, and adult <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>foster care, and family child care homes, the commissioner shall review:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>    (1) information from the county agency's record of substantiated maltreatment <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>of adults and the maltreatment of minors;<br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>    (2) information from juvenile courts as required in subdivision 4 for individuals <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>listed in section 
         <statute_ref>245C.03, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, clauses (2), (5), and (6);<br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>    (3) information from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>    (4) arrest and investigative records maintained by the Bureau of Criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>Apprehension, county attorneys, county sheriffs, courts, county agencies, local police, the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>National Criminal Records Repository, and criminal records from other states.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>    (b) If the individual has resided in the county for less than five years, the study shall <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>include the records specified under paragraph (a) for the previous county or counties of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>residence for the past five years.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>    (c) Notwithstanding expungement by a court, the county or private agency may <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>consider information obtained under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>commissioner received notice of the petition for expungement and the court order for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>expungement is directed specifically to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.17, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Notice to county agency.</b> For studies on individuals related to a license to <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>provide family child care, the commissioner shall also provide a notice of the background <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>study results to the county or private agency that initiated the background study.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.21, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Submission of reconsideration request to county agency.</b> (a) For <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>disqualifications related to studies conducted by county agencies, and for disqualifications <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>related to studies conducted by the commissioner for family child care, the individual shall <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>submit the request for reconsideration to the county that initiated the background study.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>    (b) A reconsideration request shall be submitted within the time frames specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    (c) The county agency shall forward the individual's request for reconsideration and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>provide the commissioner with a recommendation whether to set aside the individual's <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>disqualification.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 245C.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Commissioner's notice of disqualification that is not set aside.</b> (a) The <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>commissioner shall notify the license holder of the disqualification and order the license <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>holder to immediately remove the individual from any position allowing direct contact <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>with persons receiving services from the license holder if:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    (1) the individual studied does not submit a timely request for reconsideration <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.21</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>    (2) the individual submits a timely request for reconsideration, but the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>does not set aside the disqualification for that license holder under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.22</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>    (3) an individual who has a right to request a hearing under sections 
         <statute_ref>245C.27</statute_ref> and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>256.045
         </statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>245C.28</statute_ref> and chapter 14 for a disqualification that has not been set aside, does <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>not request a hearing within the specified time; or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>    (4) an individual submitted a timely request for a hearing under sections 
         <statute_ref>245C.27</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>and 
         <statute_ref>256.045</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>245C.28</statute_ref> and chapter 14, but the commissioner does not set aside the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>disqualification under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.08, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>256.045</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>    (b) If the commissioner does not set aside the disqualification under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.22</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>and the license holder was previously ordered under section 
         <statute_ref>245C.17</statute_ref> to immediately <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>remove the disqualified individual from direct contact with persons receiving services or <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>to ensure that the individual is under continuous, direct supervision when providing direct <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>contact services, the order remains in effect pending the outcome of a hearing under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>245C.27</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>256.045</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>245C.28</statute_ref> and chapter 14. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>    (c) For background studies related to family child care, the commissioner shall also <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>notify the county that initiated the study of the results of the reconsideration.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256.017, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Authority and purpose.</b> The commissioner shall administer a <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>compliance system for the Minnesota family investment program, the food stamp or food <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>support program, emergency assistance, general assistance, medical assistance, general <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>assistance medical care, emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental assistance, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>preadmission screening, and alternative care grants, and the child care assistance program <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>under the powers and authorities named in section 
         <statute_ref>256.01, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. The purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>the compliance system is to permit the commissioner to supervise the administration of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>public assistance programs and to enforce timely and accurate distribution of benefits, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>completeness of service and efficient and effective program management and operations, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>to increase uniformity and consistency in the administration and delivery of public <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>assistance programs throughout the state, and to reduce the possibility of sanctions and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>fiscal disallowances for noncompliance with federal regulations and state statutes. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>    The commissioner shall utilize training, technical assistance, and monitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>activities, as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>256.01, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, to encourage county agency <br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>compliance with written policies and procedures. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256.017, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Timing and disposition of penalty and case disallowance funds.</b> Quality <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>control case penalty and administrative penalty amounts shall be disallowed or withheld <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>from the next regular reimbursement made to the county agency for state and federal <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>benefit reimbursements and federal administrative reimbursements for all programs <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>covered in this section, according to procedures established in statute, but shall not be <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>imposed sooner than 30 calendar days from the date of written notice of such penalties. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>Except for penalties withheld under the child care assistance program, all penalties <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>must be deposited in the county incentive fund provided in section 
         <statute_ref>256.018</statute_ref>. Penalties <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>withheld under the child care assistance program shall be reallocated to counties using the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>allocation formula under section 119B.03, subdivision 5. All penalties must be imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>according to this provision until a decision is made regarding the status of a written <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>exception. Penalties must be returned to county agencies when a review of a written <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>exception results in a decision in their favor. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270B.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Disclosure to commissioner of human services.</b> (a) On the request <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>of the commissioner of human services, the commissioner shall disclose return information <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>regarding taxes imposed by chapter 290, and claims for refunds under chapter 290A, to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>the extent provided in paragraph (b) and for the purposes set forth in paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>    (b) Data that may be disclosed are limited to data relating to the identity, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>whereabouts, employment, income, and property of a person owing or alleged to be owing <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>an obligation of child support.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>    (c) The commissioner of human services may request data only for the purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>carrying out the child support enforcement program and to assist in the location of parents <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>who have, or appear to have, deserted their children. Data received may be used only <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>as set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>256.978</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>    (d) The commissioner shall provide the records and information necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>administer the supplemental housing allowance to the commissioner of human services.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>    (e) At the request of the commissioner of human services, the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>revenue shall electronically match the Social Security numbers and names of participants <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>in the telephone assistance plan operated under sections 
         <statute_ref>237.69</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>237.711</statute_ref>, with those of <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>property tax refund filers, and determine whether each participant's household income is <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>within the eligibility standards for the telephone assistance plan. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>    (f) The commissioner may provide records and information collected under sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>295.50
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>295.59</statute_ref> to the commissioner of human services for purposes of the Medicaid <br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>Voluntary Contribution and Provider-Specific Tax Amendments of 1991, Public Law <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>102-234. Upon the written agreement by the United States Department of Health and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>Human Services to maintain the confidentiality of the data, the commissioner may provide <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>records and information collected under sections 
         <statute_ref>295.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>295.59</statute_ref> to the Centers for <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>Medicare and Medicaid Services section of the United States Department of Health and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>Human Services for purposes of meeting federal reporting requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>    (g) The commissioner may provide records and information to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>human services as necessary to administer the early refund of refundable tax credits.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>    (h) The commissioner may disclose information to the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>services necessary to verify income for eligibility and premium payment under the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>MinnesotaCare program, under section 
         <statute_ref>256L.05, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>    (i) The commissioner may disclose information to the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>services necessary to verify whether applicants or recipients for the Minnesota family <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>investment program, general assistance, food support, and Minnesota supplemental aid <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>program, and child care assistance have claimed refundable tax credits under chapter 290 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>and the property tax refund under chapter 290A, and the amounts of the credits.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>    Sec. 28. <b>INSPECTION OF LEGAL UNLICENSED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>    The commissioner of human services, in consultation with the commissioners of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>health and education and the counties, shall develop and present recommendations to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>the legislature in January 2008 in order for each legally unlicensed child care provider <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>receiving child care assistance funds to receive a onetime home visit to receive information <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>on health and safety, and school readiness.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>    Sec. 29. <b>COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES DUTIES; EARLY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var><b>CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL-AGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var><b>TRAINING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Development and implementation of an early childhood and </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var><b>school-age professional development system.</b> (a) The commissioner of human services, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>in cooperation with the commissioners of education and health, shall develop and phase-in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>the implementation of a professional development system for practitioners serving <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>children in early childhood and school-age programs. The system shall provide training <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>options and supports for practitioners to voluntarily choose, as they complete or exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>existing licensing requirements.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>    The system must, at a minimum, include the following features:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (1) a continuum of training content based on the early childhood and school-age <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>care practitioner core competencies that translates knowledge into improved practice to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>support children's school success;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>    (2) training strategies that provide direct feedback about practice to practitioners <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>through ongoing consultation, mentoring, or coaching with special emphasis on early <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>literacy and early mathematics;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>    (3) an approval process for trainers;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>    (4) a professional development registry for early childhood and school-age care <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>practitioners that will provide tracking and recognition of practitioner training/career <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>development progress;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>    (5) a career lattice that includes a range of professional development and educational <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>opportunities that provide appropriate coursework and degree pathways;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>    (6) development of a plan with public higher education institutions for an articulated <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>system of education, training, and professional development that includes credit for prior <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>learning and development of equivalences to two- and four-year degrees;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>    (7) incentives and supports for early childhood and school-age care practitioners <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>to seek additional training and education, including TEACH, other scholarships, and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>career guidance; and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>    (8) coordinated and accessible delivery of training to early childhood and school-age <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>care practitioners.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>    (b) By January 1, 2008, the commissioner, in consultation with the organizations <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>named in subdivision 2 shall develop additional opportunities in order to qualify more <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>licensed family childcare providers under section 119B.13, subdivision 3a.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>    (c) The commissioner of human services must evaluate the professional development <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>system and make continuous improvements.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>    (d) Beginning July 1, 2007, as appropriations permit, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>phase-in the professional development system.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Two-hour early childhood training.</b> By January 15, 2008, the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>commissioner of human services, with input from the Minnesota Licensed Family Child <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>Care Association and the Minnesota Professional Development Council, shall identify <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>trainings that qualify for the two-hour early childhood development training requirement <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>for new child care practitioners under Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.14, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>9a, paragraphs (a) and (b). For licensed family child care, the commissioner shall also <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>seek the input of labor unions that serve licensed family child care providers, if the union <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>has been recognized by a county to serve licensed family child care providers.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    Sec. 30. <b>SCHOOL READINESS SERVICE AGREEMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Overview.</b> (a) Effective July 1, 2007, funds must be made available <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>to allow the commissioner to pay higher rates to up to 50 child care providers who are <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>deemed by the commissioner to meet the requirements of a school readiness service <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>agreement (SRSA) provider and perform services that support school readiness for <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>children and economic stability for parents.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>    (b) A provider may be paid a rate above that currently allowed under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>Statutes, section 119B.13, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>    (1) the provider has entered into an SRSA with the commissioner; <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>    (2) a family using that provider receives child care assistance under any provision in <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B, except Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035; <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>    (3) the family using that provider meets the criteria in this section; and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>    (4) funding is available under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Provider eligibility.</b> (a) To be considered for an SRSA, a provider shall <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>apply to the commissioner. To be eligible to apply for an SRSA, a provider shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>    (1) be eligible for child care assistance payments under Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>119B;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>    (2) have at least 25 percent of the children enrolled with the provider subsidized <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>through the child care assistance program;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>    (3) provide full-time, full-year child care services; and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>    (4) serve at least one child who is subsidized through the child care assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>program and who is expected to enter kindergarten within the following 30 months.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>    (b) The commissioner may waive the 25 percent requirement in paragraph (a), clause <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>(2), if necessary to achieve geographic distribution of SRSA providers and diversity of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>types of care provided by SRSA providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>    (c) An eligible provider who would like to enter into an SRSA with the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>shall submit an SRSA application. To determine whether to enter into an SRSA with a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>provider, the commissioner shall evaluate the following factors:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>    (1) the qualifications of the provider and the provider's staff;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>    (2) the provider's staff-child ratios;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>    (3) the provider's curriculum;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>    (4) the provider's current or planned parent education activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>    (5) the provider's current or planned social service and employment linkages;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>    (6) the provider's child development assessment plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>    (7) the geographic distribution needed for SRSA providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>    (8) the inclusion of a variety of child care delivery models; and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>    (9) other related factors determined by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Family and child eligibility.</b> (a) A family eligible to choose an SRSA <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>provider for their children shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>    (1) be eligible to receive child care assistance under any provision in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>Statutes, chapter 119B, except Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035; <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>    (2) be in an authorized activity for an average of at least 35 hours per week when <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>initial eligibility is determined; and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>    (3) include a child who has not yet entered kindergarten.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>    (b) A family who is determined to be eligible to choose an SRSA provider remains <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>eligible to be paid at a higher rate through the SRSA provider when the following <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>conditions exist:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>    (1) the child attends child care with the SRSA provider a minimum of 25 hours per <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>week, on average;<br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>    (2) the family has a child who has not yet entered kindergarten; and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>    (3) the family maintains eligibility under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B, except <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.035.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>    (c) For the 12 months after initial eligibility has been determined, a decrease in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>the family's authorized activities to an average of less than 35 hours per week does not <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>result in ineligibility for the SRSA rate.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>    (d) A family that moves between counties but continues to use the same SRSA <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>provider shall continue to receive SRSA funding for the increased payments.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Requirements of providers.</b> An SRSA must include assessment, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>evaluation, and reporting requirements that promote the goals of improved school <br/>
<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>readiness and movement toward appropriate child development milestones. A provider <br/>
<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>who enters into an SRSA shall comply with the assessment, evaluation, and reporting <br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>requirements in the SRSA.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Relationship to current law.</b> (a) The following provisions in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>Statutes, chapter 119B, must be waived or modified for families receiving services under <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.13, subdivisions 1 and 1a, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>maximum weekly rates under this section are 125 percent of the existing maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>weekly rate for like-care. Providers eligible for a differential rate under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>Statutes, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a, remain eligible for the differential above the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>rate identified in this section. Only care for children who have not yet entered kindergarten <br/>
<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>may be paid at the maximum rate under this section. The provider's charge for service <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>provided through an SRSA may not exceed the rate that the provider charges a private-pay <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>family for like-care arrangements.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    (c) A family or child care provider may not be assessed an overpayment for care <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>provided through an SRSA unless: <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    (1) there was an error in the amount of care authorized for the family; or <br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    (2) the family or provider did not timely report a change as required under the law.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>    (d) Care provided through an SRSA is authorized on a weekly basis.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    (e) Funds appropriated under this section to serve families eligible under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>Statutes, section 119B.03, are not allocated through the basic sliding fee formula under <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03. Funds appropriated under this section are used to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>offset increased costs when payments are made under SRSA's.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    (f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.09, subdivision 6, the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>maximum amount of child care assistance that may be authorized for a child receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>care through an SRSA in a two-week period is 160 hours per child.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Establishment of service agreements.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>approve SRSA's for up to 50 providers that represent diverse parts of the state and a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>variety of child care delivery models. Entering into a service agreement does not guarantee <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>that a provider will receive payment at a higher rate for families receiving child care <br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>assistance. A family eligible under this section shall choose a provider participating in an <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>SRSA in order for a higher rate to be paid. Payments through SRSA's are also limited by <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>the availability of SRSA funds.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit parent choice as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.09, subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>    (c) The commissioner may allow for startup time for some providers if failing to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>do so would limit geographic diversity of SRSA providers or a variety of child care <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>delivery models.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>    Sec. 31. <b>FAMILY, FRIEND, AND NEIGHBOR GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) grant program <br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>is established to promote children's early literacy, healthy development, and school <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>readiness, and to foster community partnerships to promote children's school readiness. <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>The commissioner shall attempt to ensure that grants are made in all areas of the state. The <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>commissioner of human services shall make grants available to fund: community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>organizations, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes working with FFN caregivers <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>under subdivision 2, paragraph (a); and community-based partnerships to implement early <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>literacy programs under subdivision 2, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program components.</b> (a)(1) Grants that the commissioner awards under <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>this section must be used by community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>Indian tribes working with FFN caregivers in local communities, cultural communities, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>and Indian tribes to:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>    (i) provide training, support, and resources to FFN caregivers in order to improve <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>and promote children's health, safety, nutrition, and school readiness;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    (ii) connect FFN caregivers and children's families with appropriate community <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>resources that support the families' health, mental health, economic, and developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>needs;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>    (iii) connect FFN caregivers and children's families to early childhood screening <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>programs and facilitate referrals where appropriate;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>    (iv) provide FFN caregivers and children's families with information about early <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>learning guidelines from the Departments of Human Services and Education;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    (v) provide FFN caregivers and children's families with information about becoming <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>a licensed family child care provider; and<br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>    (vi) provide FFN caregivers and children's families with information about early <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>learning allowances and enrollment opportunities in high quality community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>child-care and preschool programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>    (2) Grants that the commissioner awards under this paragraph also may be used for:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>    (i) health and safety and early learning kits for FFN caregivers;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>    (ii) play-and-learn groups with FFN caregivers;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>    (iii) culturally appropriate early childhood training for FFN caregivers;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>    (iv) transportation for FFN caregivers and children's families to school readiness and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>other early childhood training activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    (v) other activities that promote school readiness;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>    (vi) data collection and evaluation;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>    (vii) staff outreach and outreach activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>    (viii) translation needs; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>    (ix) administrative costs that equal up to 12 percent of the recipient's grant award.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>    (b) Grants that the commissioner awards under this section also must be used to fund <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>partnerships among Minnesota public and regional library systems, community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>organizations, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes to implement early literacy <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>programs in low-income communities, including tribal communities, to:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>    (1) purchase and equip early childhood read-mobiles that provide FFN caregivers <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>and children's families with books, training, and early literacy activities;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>    (2) provide FFN caregivers and children's families with translations of early <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>childhood books, training, and early literacy activities in native languages; or<br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    (3) provide FFN caregivers and children's families with early literacy activities in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>local libraries.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Grant awards.</b> Interested entities eligible to receive a grant under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>this section may apply to the commissioner in the form and manner the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>determines. The commissioner shall awards grants to eligible entities consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>the requirements of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Evaluation.</b> The commissioner, in consultation with early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>care and education experts at the University of Minnesota, must evaluate the impact of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>the grants under subdivision 2 on children's school readiness and submit a written report <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>to the human services and education finance and policy committees of the legislature by <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>February 15, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    Sec. 32. <b>CHILD CARE PROVIDER STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>    The commissioner of human services is directed to study the implications of <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>restricting the use of state subsidies in center-based child care to centers meeting state <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>quality standards under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.175, paragraph (c), and to <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>publish the results no later than January 1, 2010. The study must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    (1) the likelihood of there being sufficient child care providers meeting the standards;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>    (2) the cost to bring providers up to the standards and how this cost would be funded;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>    (3) how the standards and the ratings would be communicated to both parents and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>the general public; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>    (4) a determination whether a similar system could be implemented for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>non-center-based care.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Sec. 33. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>in this article.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">124,092,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">125,126,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">249,218,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,478,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,022,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,500,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">133,570,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">138,148,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">271,718,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Sec. 34. <b>HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "appropriations" are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 35. <b>HUMAN SERVICES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">133,570,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">138,148,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">124,092,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">125,126,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Federal TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,478,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,022,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>The amounts that may be spent from this <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>appropriation for each purpose are as follows:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(a) Legal and Regulatory<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">232,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">465,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>Base Adjustment. The general fund base is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>decreased by $177,000 in fiscal year 2010 <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>and $353,000 in fiscal year 2011 for legal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>and regulatory.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>Child Care Licensing. $697,000 is <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>appropriated from the general fund to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>the commissioner of human services for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>purposes of completing background studies <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>for family and group family child care <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>providers under Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>245C. This appropriation shall become part <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>of the base appropriation.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(b) Revenues and Pass Through<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">TANF<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,478,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,022,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>TANF Transfer to Federal Child Care <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>and Development Fund. The following <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>TANF fund amounts are appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>the commissioner for the purposes of MFIP <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>transition year child care under MFIP, <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05:<br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>(1) fiscal year 2008, $9,478,000<br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>(2) fiscal year 2009, $13,022,000<br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>(3) fiscal year 2010, $3,332,000 and<br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>(4) fiscal year 2011, $4,668,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>The commissioner shall authorize transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>of sufficient TANF funds to the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>child care and development fund to meet <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>this appropriation and shall ensure that all <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>transferred funds are expended according <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>the federal child care and development fund <br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>regulations.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(c) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">74,482,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">73,134,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(d) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance <br/>
Grants<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">43,085,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">45,468,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>Base Adjustment. The general fund base is <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>increased by $3,416,000 in fiscal year 2010 <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>and $1,359,000 in fiscal year 2011 for basic <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>sliding fee child care assistance grants.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(e) Child Care Development Grants<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,865,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">5,865,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>Child Care Services Grants. $5,000,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>is appropriated from the general fund to <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>the commissioner of human services for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>purposes of providing child care services <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>grants under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>119B.21, subdivision 5. This appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>is for the 2008-2009 biennium only, and does <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>not increase the base funding.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>Early Childhood Professional <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>Development System. $2,000,000 is <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>appropriated from the general fund to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>the commissioner of human services for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>purposes of the early childhood professional <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>development system, which increases the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>quality and continuum of professional <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>development opportunities for child care <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>practitioners. This appropriation is for the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>2008-2009 biennium only, and does not <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>increase the base funding.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>Family, Friend, and Neighbor Grant <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>Program. $750,000 in fiscal year 2008 and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>$750,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>from the general fund to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>of human services for the family, friend, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>and neighbor grant program in section 31. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>but is available in the second year. This <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>appropriation is for the 2008-2009 biennium <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>only, and does not increase the base funding. <br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(f) Increased Provider Connections<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>These funds are part of the base.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>Increased Child Care Provider <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>Connections. (1) $200,000 is appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>from the general fund to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>human services for the biennium beginning <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>July 1, 2007, for the following purposes: <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>$100,000 each year is for a grant to Hennepin <br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>County, and  $100,000 each year is for a grant <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>to Ramsey County. The two counties shall <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>each contract with a nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>to work with the contracting county <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>and county-based licensed family child <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>care providers to facilitate county-based <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>information regarding family and children's <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>resources and to make training and peer <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>support available to licensed family child <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>care providers consistent with clause (2). <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>These appropriations are available until <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>June 30, 2009, and shall not become part <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>of base-level funding for the biennium <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>beginning July 1, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>(2) Programs to improve child care provider <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>connections to county services shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>established in Hennepin and Ramsey <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>counties to:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>(i) improve county contact activities <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>with county-licensed family child care <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>providers that facilitate utilization of county <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>educational, social service, public health, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>and economic assistance services by eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>families, parents, and children using licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>family child care; and<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>(ii) support licensed family child care <br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>providers to qualify as quality-rated child <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>care providers through peer support and <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>coaching networks. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>Hennepin and Ramsey Counties shall <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>contract with a nonprofit organization under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>clause (1) that utilizes licensed family child <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>care providers as contacts for families using <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>licensed family child care and to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>peer support to licensed family child care <br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>(3) Hennepin and Ramsey Counties must <br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>evaluate the effect of increasing contact <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>with county-based licensed family child <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>care providers and report their findings to <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>the appropriate legislative committees by <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>February 15, 2010.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var><br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(g) Children and Economic Assistance <br/>
Administration<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">304,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">194,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var><br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">(h) Children and Economic Assistance <br/>
Operations<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">124,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>    Sec. 36. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119B.08, subdivision 4, is repealed.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.52, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var><b>119A.52 DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>    (a) The commissioner of education must distribute money appropriated for that <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>purpose to federally designated Head Start programs to expand services and to serve <br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>additional low-income children. Migrant and Indian reservation programs must be initially <br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>allocated money based on the programs' share of federal funds. The remaining money <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>must be initially allocated to the remaining local agencies based equally on the agencies' <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>share of federal funds and on the proportion of eligible children in the agencies' service <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>area who are not currently being served. A Head Start grantee program must be funded <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>at a per child rate equal to its contracted, federally funded base level at the start of the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>fiscal year. In allocating funds under this paragraph, the commissioner of education <br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>must assure that each Head Start program in existence in 1993 is allocated no less <br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>funding in any fiscal year than was allocated to that program in fiscal year 1993. Before <br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>paying money to the programs, the commissioner must notify each program of its initial <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>allocation, how the money must be used, and the number of low-income children to be <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>served with the allocation based upon the federally funded per child rate. Each program <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>must present a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>119A.535</statute_ref>. For any grantee program that cannot utilize <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>its full allocation at the beginning of the fiscal year, the commissioner must reduce the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>allocation proportionately. Money available after the initial allocations are reduced must <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>be redistributed to eligible grantees programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    (b) The commissioner must develop procedures to make payments to programs <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>based upon the number of children reported to be enrolled during the required time <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>period of program operations. Enrollment is defined by federal Head Start regulations. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>The procedures must include a reporting schedule, corrective action plan requirements, <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>and financial consequences to be imposed on programs that do not meet full enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>after the period of corrective action. Programs reporting chronic underenrollment, as <br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>defined by the commissioner, will have their subsequent program year allocation reduced <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>proportionately. Funds made available by prorating payments and allocations to programs <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>with reported underenrollment will be made available to the extent funds exist to fully <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>enrolled Head Start programs through a form and manner prescribed by the department.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.535, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var><b>119A.535 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    Eligible Head Start organizations must submit a plan to the department for approval <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. The plan must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    (1) the estimated number of low-income children and families the program will be <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>able to serve;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>    (2) a description of the program design and service delivery area which meets the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>needs of and encourages access by low-income working families;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>    (3) a program design that ensures fair and equitable access to Head Start services for <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>all populations and parts of the service area;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>    (4) a plan for coordinating services to maximize assistance for child care costs <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>available to families under chapter 119B providing Head Start services in conjunction with <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>full-day child care programs to minimize child transitions, increase program intensity and <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>duration, and improve child and family outcomes as required in section 119A.5411; and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>    (5) identification of regular Head Start, early Head Start, full-day services identified <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>in section 119A.5411, and innovative services based upon demonstrated needs to be <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>provided.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>    Sec. 3. <b>[119A.5411] FULL-DAY REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    The following phase-in of full-day services in Head Start programs or licensed child <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>care as defined in chapter 245A is required: <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    (1) by fiscal year 2009, a minimum of 25 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>throughout  the state must be provided in full-day services;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>     (2) by fiscal year 2011, a minimum of 40 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>throughout the state must be provided in full-day services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (3) by fiscal year 2013, a minimum of 50 percent of the total state-funded enrollment <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>throughout the state must be provided in full-day services.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>    Head Start programs may provide full-day services as part of their own program <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>model or through agreements with licensed full-day child care programs. If licensed child <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>care providers do not exist in a geographic area, choose not to participate, cannot meet <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>the federal Head Start performance standards after sufficient opportunity, or a Head Start <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>program is unable to establish the full-day services as a part of their own program model, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>the Head Start program may request exemption from the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment</b><b>; purpose</b><b>.</b> A district that provides a community <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>education program under sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.18</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>124D.19</statute_ref> may establish an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>family education program. Two or more districts, each of which provides a community <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>education program, may cooperate to jointly provide an early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>program. The purpose of the early childhood family education program is to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>parenting education to support children's learning and development. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program </b><b>characteristics</b><b> requirements</b><b>.</b> (a) Early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>education programs are programs for children in the period of life from birth to <br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>kindergarten, for the parents and other relatives of these children, and for expectant <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>parents. To the extent that funds are insufficient to provide programs for all children, early <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>childhood family education programs should emphasize programming for a child children <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>from birth to age three, and encourage parents and other relatives to for children at risk <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>of not being ready for kindergarten and the children's parents. Program providers also <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>are encouraged to involve four- and five-year-old children and their families in school <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>readiness programs, and other public and nonpublic early learning programs.  A district <br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>may not limit participation to school district residents. Early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>programs may include the following must provide:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    (1) programs to educate parents and other relatives about the physical, mental, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>and emotional development of children;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>    (2) programs to enhance the skills of parents and other relatives in providing for their <br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>children's learning and development structured learning activities requiring interaction <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>between children and their parents or relatives;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>    (3) structured learning experiences activities for children and parents and other <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>relatives that promote children's development and positive interaction with peers, which <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>are held while parents or relatives attend parent education classes;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>    (4) activities designed to detect children's physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>problems that may cause learning problems;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>    (5) activities and materials designed to encourage self-esteem, skills, and behavior <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>that prevent sexual and other interpersonal violence;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    (6) educational materials which may be borrowed for home use;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>    (7) (4) information on related community resources;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    (8) programs to prevent (5) information, materials, and activities that support the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>safety of children, including prevention of  child abuse and neglect; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    (9) other programs or activities to improve the health, development, and school <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>readiness of children; or<br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>    (10) activities designed to maximize development during infancy.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>    (6) a community outreach plan to ensure participation by families who reflect the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>racial, cultural, and economic diversity of the school district.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>    The programs must not include activities for children that do not require substantial <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>involvement of the children's parents or other relatives. The programs program must be <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>reviewed periodically to assure the instruction and materials are not racially, culturally, or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>sexually biased. The programs must encourage parents to be aware of practices that may <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>affect equitable development of children.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>    (b) For the purposes of this section, "relative" or "relatives" means noncustodial <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>grandparents or other persons related to a child by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>placement, excluding parents.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Teachers</b><b> and coordinators</b><b>.</b> A school board must employ necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>qualified teachers licensed in early childhood or parent education for its early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>family education programs. Coordinators of early childhood family education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>shall meet, as a minimum, the licensure requirements for a teacher within the ECFE <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>program.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Plan and program data submission requirements.</b> (a) An early <br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>childhood family education program must submit a biennial plan addressing the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>requirements of subdivision 2 for approval by the commissioner. The plan must also <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>describe how the program provides parenting education and ensures participation of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>families representative of the school district. A school district must submit the plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>approval by the commissioner in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>One-half of districts, as determined by the commissioner, must first submit a biennial plan <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>by April 1, 2009, and the remaining districts must first submit a plan by April 1, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (b) Districts receiving early childhood family education revenue under section <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>124D.135 must submit annual program data to the department by July 15 in the form and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>manner prescribed by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>    (c) Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2011, a school district must submit its annual <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>program data to the department before it may certify a levy under section 124D.135. <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>Districts selected by the commissioner to submit a biennial plan by April 1, 2010, must <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>also have an approved plan on file with the commissioner before certifying a levy under <br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>section 124D.135 for fiscal year 2011. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2012, all <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>districts must submit annual program data and have an approved biennial plan on file with <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>the commissioner before certifying a levy under section 124D.135.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Revenue.</b> The revenue for early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>programs for a school district equals  $112 for fiscal year 2007 and $120 for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>2008 and later, times the greater of:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>    (1) 150; or<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    (2) the number of people under five years of age residing in the district on October 1 <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>of the previous school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Early childhood family education levy.</b> For fiscal year 2001 to obtain <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>early childhood family education revenue, a district may levy an amount equal to the tax <br/>
<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>rate of .5282 percent times the adjusted tax capacity of the district for the year preceding <br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>the year the levy is certified. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2002, By September <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>30 of each year, the commissioner shall establish a tax rate for early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>education revenue that raises $21,027,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $22,135,000 in each <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>fiscal year 2003 and each subsequent year. If the amount of the early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>education levy would exceed the early childhood family education revenue, the early <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>childhood family education levy must equal the early childhood family education revenue. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2011, a district may not certify an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>family education levy unless it has met the annual program data reporting and biennial <br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>plan requirements under section 124D.13, subdivision 13.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.135, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Use of revenue restricted.</b> (a) Early childhood family education revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>may be used only for early childhood family education programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>    (b) Not more than five percent of early childhood family education revenue, as <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>defined in subdivision 7, may be used to administer early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>    (c) An early childhood family education program may use up to ten percent of its <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>early childhood family education revenue as defined in subdivision 1, including revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>from participant fees, for equipment that is used in the early childhood family education <br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>program. This revenue may only be used for the following purposes:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>    (1) to purchase or lease computers and related materials; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>    (2) to purchase or lease equipment for instruction for participating children and <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>their families.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>    If a district anticipates an unusual circumstance requiring its early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>education program capital expenditures to exceed the ten percent limitation, prior approval <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>to exceed the limit must be obtained in writing from the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[124D.141] STATE ADVISORY BOARD ON SCHOOL READINESS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A 13-member State Advisory Board on School <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>Readiness is established in the Office of the Governor to advise the governor and the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>legislature on developing a coordinated, efficient, and cost-effective system for delivering <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>throughout Minnesota early childhood programs that focus on early care and education, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>health care, and family support.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Board members; terms.</b> (a) The advisory board includes the following <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>13 members:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>    (1) the commissioner of employment and economic development or the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (2) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>    (3) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>    (4) the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>    (5) six public members, one of whom is the parent of a child currently enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>in an early care and education program, five of whom are recognized experts in early <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>care and education, one of whom is a higher education representative, one of whom is a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>licensed professional who currently provides student support services, and one of whom <br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>is a currently practicing early childhood educator, appointed jointly by the majority and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>minority leaders in the house of representatives and senate; and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>    (6) three public members who are community or business leaders, one of whom <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>is a member of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation board of directors under <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>section 124D.175, appointed jointly by the speaker and minority leader in the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>representatives and the majority and minority leaders in the senate.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    (b) Members appointed by the speaker and minority leader in the house of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>representatives and the majority and minority leaders in the senate serve staggered <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>three-year terms. Board members must nominate and elect a chair and other officers <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>from among the public members. Members initially appointed to the board shall assign <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>themselves by lot to terms of one, two, or three years. The chair must notify the governor <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>on the assignment of these terms. The board shall meet regularly at the times and places <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>the board determines. Meetings shall be called by the chair or at the written request of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>any three members. Members' terms, compensation, removal, and vacancies are governed <br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>by section 15.0575.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Duties.</b> (a) The board shall recommend to the governor and the legislature:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    (1) the most effective method to improve the coordination and delivery of early care <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>and education services that integrates child care, early care and education programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>and family support services and programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>    (2) a multiyear plan for effectively and efficiently coordinating and integrating <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>state services for early care and education, improving service delivery and standards <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>of care, avoiding duplication and fragmentation of service, and enhancing public and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>private investment;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>    (3) methods for measuring the quality, quantity, and effectiveness of early care and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>education programs throughout the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>    (4) how to identify and measure school readiness indicators on a regular basis;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>    (5) how to track, enhance, integrate, and coordinate federal, state, and local funds <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>allocated for early care and education and related family support services;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>    (6) policy changes to improve children's ability to start school ready to learn; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>    (7) how to provide technical assistance to community efforts that promote school <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>readiness and encourage community organizations to collaborate in promoting school <br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>readiness.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    (b) In developing recommendations for the governor and the legislature under this <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>section, the board must evaluate on an ongoing basis:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    (1) what government can do to enhance families' capacity to help themselves and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>others; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>    (2) the positive or negative effects of policies and programs recommended under this <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>section on families affected by these programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>    (c) The board shall convene policy work groups as necessary to make <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>recommendations to the governor and the legislature on:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>    (1) financing early childhood programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>    (2) building a coordinated service delivery system based on an assessment of early <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>childhood systems and available state and federal funding;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    (3) integrating a coordinated, collaborative health care component, including <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>medical homes, parent education, family support, developmental health and early <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>education, into early childhood programs and avoiding duplication of services;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>    (4) enhancing the quality and measuring the cost of child care and preschool <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>programs; and <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>    (5) improving the wages, benefits, and supply of early childhood professionals.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> The task force annually by February 15 must report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>education policy and finance committees of the legislature on the recommendations the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>task force made during the preceding calendar year.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Board expiration.</b> The State Advisory Board on School Readiness <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>expires January 1, 2013.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Amount of aid.</b> (a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid <br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>124D.15
         </statute_ref> if the biennial plan required by section 
         <statute_ref>124D.15, subdivision 3a</statute_ref>, has been <br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>approved by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2002 and thereafter, A district must receive school readiness aid <br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>equal to:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>    (1) the number of four-year-old children in the district on October 1 for the previous <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>school year times the ratio of 50 percent of the total school readiness aid entitlement for <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>that year to the total number of four-year-old children reported to the commissioner for the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>previous school year; plus<br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    (2) the number of pupils enrolled in the school district from families eligible for the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>free or reduced school lunch program for the previous school year times the ratio of 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>percent of the total school readiness aid entitlement for that year to the total number of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>pupils in the state from families eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program for <br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>the previous school year.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>    (c) For fiscal year 2008 and later, the total statewide school readiness aid entitlement <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>equals $10,095,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    Sec. 13. <b>[124D.1625] EXPANDING DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENTAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var><b>ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED TO ENTERING KINDERGARTNERS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>    (a) The commissioner of education shall encourage school districts to implement the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>voluntary school readiness kindergarten assessment initiative in the 2008-2009 school <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>year, to assess up to 30 percent of children.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>    (b) The commissioner must report the assessment results for the current school year <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>to the legislature by January 1 of the next year. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>    Sec. 14. <b>[124D.163] TARGETED TRAINING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var><b>PROFESSIONALS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL READINESS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; purpose.</b> The commissioner of education shall <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>provide a training program for the purpose of improving the school readiness of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>prekindergarten children.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligible participants.</b> The training program is available to all staff in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>school readiness programs as defined in section 124D.15, Head Start programs as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>in section 119A.50, and child care centers as defined in chapter 245A. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>of education shall cooperate with the commissioner of human services to identify child <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>care center program and licensed family child care provider participants and implement <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>the training program for them.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Training content.</b> The commissioner shall develop three foundational <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>and sequential training modules on child observation, child and program assessment, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>and curriculum planning.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Availability.</b> To the extent practical, the training must be made available <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>throughout the state on an ongoing basis. In addition to the geographic availability, the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>commissioner shall consider the availability of training to meet the needs of diverse <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>cultural groups. Training materials may be translated and training may be delivered in <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>other languages as determined by the commissioner. The training may be provided <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>through a variety of methods that may include on-site and Web-based delivery.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>    Sec. 15. <b>[124D.165] EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIPS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Purpose.</b> The commissioner must establish an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>scholarship fund to improve the school readiness of prekindergarten children at risk <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>of being unprepared for kindergarten. Scholarships are available for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>participating in an approved program as specified in subdivision 4 the year prior to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>kindergarten entrance.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility.</b> A parent or legal guardian of a four-year-old child with a <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>household income that does not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>adjusted for family size, is eligible to apply for an annual scholarship of up to $4,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>each eligible child.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Scholarship application, award, and process.</b> Parents or guardians <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>meeting the eligibility requirements defined in subdivision 2 may apply for a scholarship <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>certificate. Application must be made according to the form and manner prescribed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>commissioner. The certificates must be redeemable for instruction at an approved early <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>childhood program, as specified in subdivision 4, for up to one year from the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>issue or until the child for whom the scholarship is designated enrolls in kindergarten, <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>whichever occurs first. The commissioner shall annually award scholarship certificates to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>eligible applicants in the order applications are received until all funds available for the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>year have been obligated. Recipients may not transfer a scholarship certificate to another <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>person. The parent or guardian may transfer the scholarship certificate to another approved <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>early childhood program according to requirements established by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Program approval.</b> A program must be approved by the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>to be eligible to receive state early childhood scholarship program funds on behalf of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>an enrolled scholarship certificate recipient. Early childhood programs must apply for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>approval in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and must be:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>    (1) a federally designated Head Start program as defined in section 119A.50;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (2) a school readiness program as defined in section 124D.15; or<br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>    (3) a licensed child care program as defined in chapter 245A.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    The application must include evidence that the program provides research-based <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>instruction to support school readiness. Programs must submit any program changes <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>related to approval as they occur and must reapply for approval every three years.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Payments to approved programs.</b> The commissioner shall issue <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>payments of scholarship funds on a reimbursement basis to approved programs as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>in subdivision 4 for services provided that are comparable to service costs for program <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>participants who do not receive a scholarship. Scholarship funds may not be used for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>services that are available at no cost to nonscholarship recipient families. Approved <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>programs must maintain documentation of services provided and the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>verify information submitted by approved programs to ensure appropriate services were <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>provided to eligible recipients for whom state early childhood scholarship funds are paid. <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>Scholarship funds awarded to families receiving other forms of assistance, such as child <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>care assistance, must be used to supplement and may not be used to supplant services <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>provided through that assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Scholarship not income for purposes of other publicly funded </b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var><b>programs.</b> Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the receipt of a scholarship does not <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>count as earned income for the purposes of medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, MFIP, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>child care assistance, or Head Start programs.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.175, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var><b>124D.175 MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>    (a) The commissioner must make a grant to the Minnesota Early Learning <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>Foundation to may implement an early childhood development grant program for <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>low-income and other challenged families that increases the effectiveness and expands <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>the capacity of public and nonpublic early childhood development programs, which may <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>include child care programs, and leads to improved early childhood parent education and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>children's kindergarten readiness. The program must may include:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>    (1) grant awards to existing early childhood development program providers that <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>also provide parent education programs and to qualified providers proposing to implement <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>pilot programs for this same purpose;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>    (2) grant awards to enable low-income families to participate in these programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>    (3) grant awards to improve overall programmatic quality; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>    (4) an evaluation of the programmatic and financial efficacy of all these programs, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>which may be performed using measures of services, staffing, and management systems <br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>that provide consistent information about system performance, show trends, confirm <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>successes, and identify potential problems in early childhood development programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>This grant program must not supplant existing early childhood development programs <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>or child care funds.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>    (b) The commissioner must   make a grant to a private nonprofit, section 501(c)(3) <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>organization to implement the requirements of paragraph (a).  The private nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>organization must be governed by a board of directors composed of members from the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>public and nonpublic sectors, where the nonpublic sector members compose a simple <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>majority of board members and where the public sector members are state and local <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>government officials, kindergarten through grade 12 or postsecondary educators, and early <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>childhood providers appointed by the governor. Membership on the board of directors <br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>by a state agency official are work duties for the official and are not a conflict of interest <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>under section 
<statute_ref>43A.38</statute_ref>. The board of directors must appoint an executive director and must <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>seek advice from geographically and ethnically diverse parents of young children and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>representatives of early childhood development providers, kindergarten through grade 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>and postsecondary educators, public libraries, and the business sector.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>     The board of directors is subject to the open meeting law under chapter 13D. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>All other terms and conditions under which board members serve and operate must be <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>described in the articles and bylaws of the organization. The private nonprofit organization <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>is not a state agency and is not subject to laws governing public agencies except the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>provisions of chapter 13, salary limits under section 
<statute_ref>15A.0815, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, and audits <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>by the legislative auditor under chapter 3 apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>    (c) (b) In addition to the duties under paragraph (a), the Minnesota Early Learning <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>Foundation (MELF) shall evaluate the effectiveness of the a voluntary NorthStar quality <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>Improvement and rating system. The NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating System <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var> quality rating system must:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>    (1) provide consumer information for parents on child care and early education <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>program quality and ratings;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>    (2) set indicators to identify quality in care and early education settings, including <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>licensed family child care and centers, tribal providers and programs,  and Head Start <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>and school-age programs, and identify quality programs through ratings and ongoing <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>monitoring of programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>    (3) provide funds resources and incentives for provider improvement grants and <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>quality achievement grants;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>    (4) require participating providers to incorporate the state's early learning standards <br/>
<a id="pl.48.36"></a><var>48.36</var>in their curriculum activities and develop appropriate child assessments aligned with the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>kindergarten readiness assessment implement a curriculum and child assessments that <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>align with the kindergarten through grade 2 standards;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>    (5) provide accountability for the NorthStar Quality Improvement and Rating <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>System's effectiveness in improving child outcomes and kindergarten readiness an <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>evaluation of the quality rating system; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>    (6) align current and new state investments to improve the quality of child care <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>with the NorthStar quality Improvement and rating system framework, by providing <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>accountability and informed parent choice.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>    (c) The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation shall report back to the legislature by <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>January 15, 2008, annually on the progress being made under this paragraph paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>(a) and (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>    (d) This section expires June 30, 2011 2012. If no state appropriation is made for <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>purposes of this section, the commissioner must not implement paragraphs (a) and (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>    (e) A legislative advisory task force shall be established to meet with MELF <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>regarding pilot projects for scholarship programs, and regarding other programs and pilot <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>projects of a similar nature conducted in Minnesota or elsewhere. The task force shall <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>have eight members, appointed as follows: two members from the majority party of the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>house of representatives, appointed by the speaker, one of whom shall be designated <br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>the house of representatives cochair, and two from nonmajority members of the house <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>of representatives, appointed by the speaker with advice from the minority leader; two <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>members from the majority party in the senate, one of whom shall be designated the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>senate cochair, and two from nonmajority members of the senate, appointed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>senate subcommittee on committees.  Appointments shall be balanced geographically, <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>with at least two members from substantially suburban districts and four members from <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>nonmetropolitan districts. The task force shall meet at least twice per year.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    Sec. 17. <b>[124D.2211] AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITY LEARNING </b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var><b>PROGRAMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> A competitive statewide after-school community <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>learning grant program is established to provide grants to community or nonprofit <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>organizations, political subdivisions, for-profit or nonprofit child care centers, or <br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>school-based programs that serve youth after school or during nonschool hours. The <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>commissioner shall develop criteria for after-school community learning programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Program outcomes.</b> The expected outcomes of the after-school <br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>community learning programs are to increase:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.35"></a><var>49.35</var>    (1) school connectedness of participants;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (2) academic achievement of participating students in one or more core academic <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>areas;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>    (3) the capacity of participants to become productive adults; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>    (4) prevent truancy from school and prevent juvenile crime.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Grants.</b> An applicant shall submit an after-school community learning <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>program proposal to the commissioner. The submitted plan must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>    (1) collaboration with and leverage of existing community resources that have <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>demonstrated effectiveness;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>    (2) outreach to children and youth; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    (3) involvement of local governments, including park and recreation boards or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>schools, unless no government agency is appropriate.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    Proposals will be reviewed and approved by the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.531, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State total adult basic education aid.</b> (a) The state total adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>education aid for fiscal year 2005 is $36,509,000. The state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>aid for fiscal year 2006  equals $36,587,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>2007 equals $37,673,000 plus any amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>year, as a result of adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. The state total adult basic education aid for fiscal year 2008 equals <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>$40,650,000, plus any amount that is not paid during the previous fiscal year as a result of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>adjustments under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 124D.52, subdivision 3. The <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>state total adult basic education aid for later fiscal years equals:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>    (1) the state total adult basic education aid for the preceding fiscal year plus any <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>amount that is not paid for during the previous fiscal year, as a result of adjustments under <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (a), or section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; times<br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>    (2) the lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>    (i) 
         <statute_ref>1.03</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    (ii) the greater of 
         <statute_ref>1.00</statute_ref> or the ratio of the state total contact hours in the first prior <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>program year to the state total contact hours in the second prior program year.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>    Beginning in fiscal year 2002, two percent of the state total adult basic education <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>aid must be set aside for adult basic education supplemental service grants under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>124D.522
         </statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>    (b) The state total adult basic education aid, excluding basic population aid, equals <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>the difference between the amount computed in paragraph (a), and the state total basic <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>population aid under subdivision 2.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.531, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Adult basic education program aid limit.</b> (a) Notwithstanding <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>subdivisions 2 and 3, the total adult basic education aid for a program per prior year <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>contact hour must not exceed $21 $22 per prior year contact hour computed under <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>subdivision 3, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>    (b) For fiscal year 2004, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the aid for that program <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>under subdivision 3, clause (2), for fiscal year 2003 by more than the greater of eight <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>    (c) For fiscal year 2005, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the sum of the aid for that <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>program under subdivision 3, clause (2), and Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 9, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>article 9, section 8, paragraph (a), for the preceding fiscal year by more than the greater of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>eight percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>    (d) For fiscal year years 2006 and later 2007, the aid for a program under subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>3, clause (2), adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the aid for <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>that program under subdivision 3, clause (2), for the first preceding fiscal year by more <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>than the greater of eight percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>    (e) For fiscal year 2008, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>adjusted for changes in program membership, shall not be limited.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>    (f) For fiscal year 2009 and later, the aid for a program under subdivision 3, clause <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>(2), adjusted for changes in program membership, must not exceed the aid for that <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>program under subdivision 3, clause (2), for the first preceding fiscal year by more than <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>the greater of 11 percent or $10,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>    (e) (g) Adult basic education aid is payable to a program for unreimbursed costs <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>occurring in the program year as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>124D.52, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>    (f) (h) Any adult basic education aid that is not paid to a program because of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>program aid limitation under paragraph (a) must be added to the state total adult basic <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>education aid for the next fiscal year under subdivision 1. Any adult basic education aid <br/>
<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>that is not paid to a program because of the program aid limitations under paragraph (b), <br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>(c), or (d), must be reallocated among programs by adjusting the rate per contact hour <br/>
<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>under subdivision 3, clause (2).<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.55, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var><b>124D.55 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) TEST FEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>    (a) The commissioner shall pay 60 75 percent of the fee that is charged to an eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>individual for the full battery of a general education development (GED) test, but not <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>more than $20 $75 for an eligible individual.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner shall pay 100 percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>initial fee for an eligible individual who is homeless or precariously housed, as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>by the commissioner.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Revenue amount.</b> A district that is eligible according to section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>124D.20, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, may receive revenue for a program for adults with disabilities. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>Revenue for the program for adults with disabilities for a district or a group of districts <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>equals the lesser of: <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>    (1) the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or<br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>    (2) $60,000 $75,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Aid.</b> Program aid for adults with disabilities equals the lesser of:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>    (1) one-half of the actual expenditures for approved programs and budgets; or<br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>    (2) $30,000 $37,500.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.56, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Levy.</b> A district may levy for a program for adults with disabilities an <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>amount up to the amount designated not to exceed the difference between the revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>amount calculated in subdivision 1 and the aid amount calculated in subdivision 2. In the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>case of a program offered by a group of districts, the levy amount must be apportioned <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>among the districts according to the agreement submitted to the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>    Sec. 24. <b>EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY HUB PLANNING AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var><b>IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> (a) A two-year grant program is established to <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>increase children's school readiness and success using early childhood community hubs. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>An early childhood community hub must promote children's school readiness from before <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>birth to kindergarten by coordinating and improving families' access to:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>    (1) community early care and education services;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>    (2) school;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>    (3) health services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>    (4) other family support services that stabilize, support, and assist families in <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>meeting their children's health and developmental needs.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>    (b) The commissioner of education shall designate at least four hubs to be established <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>under this section. One hub must be located in a rural area of the state, one must be in a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>suburban area, and one must be in an urban area. The commissioner shall consider other <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>demographic and cultural factors to ensure that hubs are selected in diverse areas of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>state, and shall ensure that a significant number of participants in each area are eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>for free or reduced-price lunch.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Eligibility; application.</b> (a) An applicant for a grant must be a school <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>district, a consortium of school districts, or a tribal school interested in collaborating with <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>community-based early childhood care and education providers to maximize the services <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>available to eligible families.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>    (b) An interested applicant must submit a plan to the commissioner of education, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>in the form and manner the commissioner determines, to implement an early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>community hub that is located in a public school, a tribal school, or other appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>community location. An applicant must include in the plan a community-based assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>of the existing resources and needs for providing high quality early care and education <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>services, health and mental health services, and other social services that support healthy <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>families and safe neighborhoods. A district superintendent or a designated representative, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>or a tribal school principal or a designated representative, must oversee the community <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>collaboration.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Program components.</b> (a) Grant recipients must:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>    (1) provide for an ongoing assessment of local resources and needs for high quality <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>early care and education services, health and mental health services, and other social <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>services that support safe neighborhoods and healthy families;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>    (2) develop and implement, in consultation with an advisory committee under <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>subdivision 4, a plan to improve the healthy development and school readiness of children <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>from before birth to kindergarten;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    (3) develop collaborative partnerships among school-based early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>programs, kindergarten teachers and other school officials, community-based Head <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>Start and child care programs including licensed centers, family child care homes, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>and unlicensed family friend and neighbor caregivers, early intervention interagency <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>committees, and other appropriate partners that:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>    (i) use the Minnesota child care resource and referral network to provide parents <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>with information on quality early care and education services and financial aid options for <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>their children from birth to kindergarten;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>    (ii) provide high quality early care and education settings for children from birth to <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>kindergarten;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>    (iii) connect families to health, mental health, adult basic education, English <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>language learning, family literacy programs, and other relevant social services; and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>    (iv) promote shared professional development activities in early care and education <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>settings that integrate curriculum, assessment, and instruction and are aligned with <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>kindergarten through grade 12 standards;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>    (4) provide meaningful kindergarten transition services for families that begin one <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>school year before a child enters kindergarten;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>    (5) develop and implement an evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness of the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>collaboration, the level of parent satisfaction, and children's kindergarten readiness before <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>and after participating in the program; and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>    (6) assign an unduplicated MARSS number to each child participating in the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>program.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>    (b) An applicant must agree to contract with a qualified person to coordinate the hub <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>who, at a minimum, must have:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>    (1) a bachelor's degree in early childhood development or a related field;<br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>    (2) experience working with low-income families from diverse cultural communities; <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>    (3) experience working with state and community school readiness providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>    (c) An applicant must agree to provide a 15 percent local match for any grant money <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>it receives, of which five percent may be in-kind contributions. A grant recipient must <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>use the grant, including the local match, to supplement but not supplant existing early <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>childhood initiatives in the community.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Advisory committees.</b> Each early childhood community hub grantee must <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>have an advisory committee, which may be a preexisting early childhood committee or <br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>a newly formed early childhood advisory committee. A newly formed early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>advisory committee must include at least the following members selected by the school <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>administrator who oversees the community collaboration:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>    (1) 30 percent parents;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>    (2) the school administrator who oversees the community collaboration;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>    (3) licensed teachers for kindergarten through grade 3;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>    (4) licensed child care providers that include family child care and center-based <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>    (5) Head Start providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>    (6) early childhood family education and school readiness providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>    (7) early childhood special education providers;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>    (8) a child care resource and referral agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>    (9) community business leaders;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>    (10) an early intervention interagency committee liaison;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>    (11) other appropriate community members serving young children and their <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>families; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>    (12) an official from a county-recognized labor organization that serves as a partner <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>with licensed family day care providers.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Evaluation.</b> The commissioner must provide for an evaluation of this <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>grant program and must recommend to the education policy and finance committees of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>the legislature by February 15, 2010, whether or not to expand the program throughout <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>    Sec. 25. <b>NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS GRANT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Grant.</b> To the extent possible, St. Paul shall attempt to provide free, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>accessible neighborhood transportation that promotes youth community engagement by <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>connecting youth to enriching, learning, and development experiences after school and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>on Saturdays. The circulator shall link learning sites such as libraries, parks, recreational <br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>centers, and other local organizations during nonschool hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Project goals.</b> The neighborhood circulators shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>    (1) increase children's opportunities for learning and development in <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>neighborhood-based activities after school and on Saturdays;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>    (2) strengthen the neighborhood as a place for children's learning and development;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>    (3) promote the development and education of children;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>    (4) reduce truancy;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    (5) foster cooperation and coordination among public and private youth service <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>providers; and <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>    (6) improve the visibility of the neighborhood network of youth programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> The grant holders shall report to the legislative committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>jurisdiction over early education and kindergarten through grade 12 education programs <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>on how the St. Paul neighborhood circulators achieved the project goals of improving <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>educational outcomes for children in the city.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>    Sec. 26. <b>PROVISIONAL QUALITY RATING SYSTEM, LICENSED CHILD </b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var><b>CARE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>    For fiscal year 2009 only, a licensed child care program shall receive a provisional <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>quality rating system approval if the provider certifies to the Department of Human <br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>Services that it uses curricula and child assessment instruments approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>Department of Human Services, provides opportunities for parent involvement and parent <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>education, proves a program with sufficient intensity and duration to improve school <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>readiness of participating children, and meets other criteria determined necessary by the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>commissioner of human services. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>    Sec. 27. <b>PROVISIONAL QUALITY RATING SYSTEM, SCHOOL READINESS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>    For fiscal year 2009 only, a school readiness program shall receive a provisional <br/>
<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>quality rating system approval if the provider certifies to the Department of Education <br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>that it uses curricula and child assessment instruments approved by the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>Education, provides opportunities for parent involvement and parent education, proves a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>program with sufficient intensity and duration to improve school readiness of participating <br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>children, and meets other criteria determined necessary by the commissioner of education. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>    Sec. 28. <b>SCHOLARSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Early childhood allowance.</b> The commissioners of human services <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>and education shall establish two scholarship demonstration projects to be conducted in <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>partnership with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation to promote children's school <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>readiness. The demonstration projects shall be designed and evaluated by the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>Early Learning Foundation in consultation with the legislative advisory group. The <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>programs shall be conducted in nonurban areas outside the seven-county metropolitan area. <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Family eligibility.</b> Parents or legal guardians with incomes less than or <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>equal to 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines are eligible to receive allowances to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>pay for their children's education in a quality early education program, in an amount not <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>to exceed $4,000 per child per year. The allowance must be used during the 12 months <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>following receipt of the allowance by the claimant for a child who is age 3 or 4 on August <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>31, to pay for services designed to promote school readiness in a quality early education <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>setting. A quality program is one that meets the standards in subdivision 3. <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Quality standards.</b> (a) A quality early care and education setting is any <br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>service or program that receives a quality rating from the Department of Human Services <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>under the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation quality rating system administered by <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>the Department of Human Services and agrees to accept a prekindergarten education <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>allowance to pay for services. For fiscal year 2008 and 2009 only, a provider may satisfy <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>the quality rating system requirements and be deemed eligible to participate in this <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>program if the provider has received a provisional quality rating system approval from <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>either the Department of Human Services or the Department of Education.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>    (b) For the purposes of receiving a provisional quality rating, a child care program or <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>provider must be approved by the commissioner of human services and a school readiness <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>program or a Head Start program must be approved by the commissioner of education. <br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>Programs and providers must apply for approval in the form and manner prescribed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>commissioners. To receive approval, the commissioners must determine that applicants:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    (1) use research-based curricula that are aligned with the education standards under <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 120B.021, instruction, and child assessment instruments <br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>approved by the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services, in <br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>consultation with the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>    (2) provide a program of sufficient intensity and duration to improve the school <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>readiness of participating children;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    (3) provide opportunities for parent involvement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>    (4) meet other research-based criteria determined necessary by the commissioners.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>    (c) For 2008 and 2009, notwithstanding paragraph (b), Head Start programs <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>meeting Head Start performance standards and accredited child care centers are granted <br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>a provisional quality rating for the purposes of receiving a prekindergarten education <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>allowance under this statute.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>    (d) A provider deemed eligible to receive a prekindergarten education allowance <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>under paragraphs (a) to (c) may use the allowance to enhance services above the current <br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>quality levels, increase the duration of services provided, or expand the number of children <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>to whom services are provided.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>    (e) For fiscal years 2008 and 2009 only, when no quality program is available, a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>recipient may direct the prekindergarten education allowance to a provider or program for <br/>
<a id="pl.57.36"></a><var>57.36</var>school readiness quality improvements that will make the provider or program eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>for a quality rating according to the quality rating system. Allowable expenditures that <br/>
<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>will increase the capacity of the provider or program to help children be ready for school <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>include purchase of curricula and assessment tools, training on the use of curriculum and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>assessment tools, purchase of materials to improve the learning environment, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>expenditures approved by the commissioner of human services for child care providers <br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>and the commissioner of education for school readiness programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Eligibility; applications.</b> The Department of Human Services and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>Department of Education shall, in cooperation with the Minnesota Early Learning <br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>Foundation, develop an application process for eligible families. Eligible families <br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>must have incomes less than or equal to 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>Allowances paid to families under this program may not be counted as earned income <br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>for the purposes of medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, MFIP, child care assistance, or <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>Head Start programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expenditures.</b> This program shall operate during fiscal years 2008 and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>and its provisions sunset on January 1, 2012.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>    Sec. 29. <b>GRANT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var><b>OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>    (a) The commissioner of education must contract with the Search Institute to help <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>local communities develop, expand, and maintain the tools, training, and resources needed <br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>to foster positive child and youth development and effectively engage young people in <br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>their communities. The Search Institute must educate individuals and community-based <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>organizations to adequately understand and meet the development needs of their children <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>and youth, use best practices to promote the healthy development of children and youth, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>share best program practices with other interested communities, and create electronic and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>other opportunities for communities to share experiences in and resources for promoting <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>the healthy development of children and youth. <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>    (b) The commissioner of education must provide for an evaluation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>effectiveness of this program and must recommend to the education policy and finance <br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>committees of the legislature by February 15, 2010, whether or not to make the program <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>available statewide. The Search Institute annually must report to the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>education on the services it provided and the grant money it expended under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>    Sec. 30. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Department of Education.</b> The sums indicated in this section are <br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>designated.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Early childhood family education aid.</b> For early childhood family <br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.135:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,053,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">21,800,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $1,801,000 for 2007 and $19,252,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $2,139,000 for 2008 and $19,661,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Targeted training of early childhood professionals.</b> For the targeted <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>training of early childhood professionals under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.163:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">155,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. The <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>base for this program in fiscal year 2010 and later is $70,000.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Early childhood community hub planning and implementation grants.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>    For planning and implementation grants under section 24:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Early childhood scholarships.</b> For early childhood scholarships under <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>section 15:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">392,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,108,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>    These appropriations are onetime.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>School readiness.</b> For revenue for school readiness programs under <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">9,995,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,095,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $909,000 for 2007 and $9,086,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $1,009,000 for 2008 and $9,086,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    Subd. 7. <b>State Advisory Board on School Readiness.</b> For the State Advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>Board on School Readiness under section 11:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">46,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>    These appropriations are added to the base.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Lifetrack Resources.</b> For a contract with Lifetrack Resources to provide a <br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>program in Ramsey County to expand school readiness and home visiting services for <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>children from birth to kindergarten who are at risk of or have been diagnosed with mental <br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>illness or developmental delays due to fetal alcohol or drug exposure, child neglect, or <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>abuse, and their families in order to ensure the children's school readiness:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>    This appropriation does not increase base funding.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Minnesota Learning Resource Center.</b> For a grant to A Chance to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>Grow/New Visions for the Minnesota Learning Resource Center's comprehensive training <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>program for education professionals charged with helping children acquire learning <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>readiness skills:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>    The Minnesota Learning Resource Center shall issue a report by January 15, 2009, to <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>the committees of the house of representatives and senate responsible for early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>programs. The report shall describe the conduct of the training provided to the A Chance <br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>to Grow/New Visions program, and any findings or lessons learned that might prove <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>useful to the training of education professionals or the improvement of learning readiness <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>services for children from such training.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Healthy development of children and youth.</b> For contracting with the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>Search Institute to promote the healthy development of children and youth within their <br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>communities under section 29:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>    The commissioner may expend up to five percent of the appropriation to provide <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>for a program evaluation.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Health and developmental screening aid.</b> For health and developmental <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>screening aid under Minnesota Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,159,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,330,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $293,000 for 2007 and $2,866,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $318,000 for 2008 and $3,012,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Educate parents partnership.</b> For the educate parents partnership <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.129:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">50,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention </b><br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var><b>program.</b> For the kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program <br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.162:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">584,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">776,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Head Start programs.</b> For Head Start programs under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>Statutes, section 119A.52:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>    Of these amounts, up to 10 percent of the funds allocated to local Head Start <br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>programs annually may be used for innovative services designed either to target Head <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>Start resources to particular at-risk groups of children or to provide services in addition <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>to those currently allowable under federal Head Start regulations. Head Start programs <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>must submit a plan for innovative services as part of the application process described <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.535.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Community education aid.</b> For community education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,307,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">816,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $195,000 for 2007 and $1,112,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $123,000 for 2008 and $693,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Adults with disabilities program aid.</b> For adults with disabilities <br/>
<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.56:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">881,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">900,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $71,000 for 2007 and $810,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $90,000 for 2008 and $810,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>    School districts operating existing adults with disabilities programs that are not fully <br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>funded shall receive full funding for the program beginning in fiscal year 2008 before the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>commissioner awards grants to other districts.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>    Subd. 17. <b>Hearing-impaired adults.</b> For programs for hearing-impaired adults <br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.57:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">70,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>    Subd. 18. <b>School-age care revenue.</b> For extended day aid under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>Statutes, section 124D.22:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $0 for 2007 and $1,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $0 for 2008 and $1,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>    Subd. 19. <b>Neighborhood circulators.</b> For a grant to the city of St. Paul <br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>neighborhood circulators for the yearly management of two neighborhood circulators:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">175,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    Subd. 20. <b>After-school community learning grants.</b> For after-school community <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>learning grants:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,500,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>    The commissioner may hire one full-time equivalent staff person to administer the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>statewide after-school community learning grant program. This is a onetime appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>and does not accrue to the agency base.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>    Subd. 21. <b>City of St. Paul.</b> For a grant to the city of St. Paul:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>    This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    The grant must be used to increase professional development opportunities and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>program support for park and recreation staff and library staff who interact with children <br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>and families. Staff shall receive training in how to incorporate age-appropriate skill <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>building and intentional learning opportunities into existing programming offered by the <br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>city. <br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>    At the completion of the project, the city of St. Paul shall evaluate the success of <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>the program in improving educational outcomes for children in the city and report its <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>findings to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over early childhood <br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>and kindergarten through grade 12 education programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>    Subd. 22. <b>Children and youth healthy development grant.</b> For children and youth <br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>healthy development grant under section 29:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>    These appropriations are onetime.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>    Subd. 23. <b>Adult basic education aid.</b> For adult basic education aid under <br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.531:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">37,486,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2007<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">40,344,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,748,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>    The 2007 appropriation includes $3,654,000 for 2006 and $33,832,000 for 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>    The 2008 appropriation includes $3,759,000 for 2007 and $36,585,000 for 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>    The 2009 appropriation includes $4,065,000 for 2008 and $37,683,000 for 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>    Subd. 24. <b>GED test fees.</b> For GED test fees under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>124D.55:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">300,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>    $100,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for GED test fees for homeless persons.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>    Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>    Subd. 25. <b>Adult literacy grants for recent immigrants.</b> For adult literacy grants <br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>for recent immigrants to Minnesota under Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 2, section 26:<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,250,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">.....<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Subdivision 23 is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>    Sec. 31. <b>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>    $100,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $100,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from <br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>the general fund to the commissioner of health for lead hazard reduction.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>    Sec. 32. <b>MINNESOTA EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>    $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>from the general fund to the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation for the scholarship <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>demonstration projects in section 28. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but <br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>is available in the second year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>    Sec. 33. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.531, subdivision 5, is repealed.<br/>