1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to early childhood education; modifying the duties of the State Advisory 
1.3 	Council on Early Childhood Education and Care;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2008, section 124D.141, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 124D.141, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Additional duties. The following duties are added to those assigned 
1.9 	to the council under federal law:
1.10 	(1) make recommendations on the most efficient and effective way to leverage state 
1.11 	and federal funding streams for early childhood and child care programs;
1.12 	(2) make recommendations on how to coordinate or colocate early childhood and 
1.13 	child care programs in one state Office of Early Learning;
1.14 	(3) review program evaluations regarding high-quality early childhood programs; 
1.15 	and
1.16 	(4) make recommendations to the governor and legislature, including proposed 
1.17 	legislation on how to most effectively create a high-quality early childhood system in 
1.18 	Minnesota in order to improve the educational outcomes of children so that all children 
1.19 	are school-ready by 2020.; and
1.20 	(5) make recommendations to the governor and the legislature by March 1, 2011, on 
1.21 	the creation and implementation of a statewide school readiness report card to monitor 
1.22 	progress toward the goal of having all children ready for kindergarten by the year 2020. 
1.23 	The recommendations shall include what should be measured including both children and 
1.24 	system indicators, what benchmarks should be established to measure state progress 
2.1 	toward the goal, and how frequently the report card should be published. In making their 
2.2 	recommendations, the council shall consider the Early Childhood Minnesota indicators 
2.3 	and strategies of Minnesota's early childhood system report, the Minnesota school 
2.4 	readiness study: developmental assessment at kindergarten entrance, the work of the State 
2.5 	Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care accountability committee, and 
2.6 	the recommendations developed in accordance with section 124D.142, paragraph (a), 
2.7 	clause (3). Any costs incurred by the council in making these recommendations will be 
2.8 	paid from nonstate and nonfederal funds. If no nonstate or nonfederal funds are received, 
2.9 	the council will not proceed in making these recommendations.