1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; increasing funding for the early learning 
1.3 	scholarship program; extending neighborhood achievement zone services; fully 
1.4 	funding the basic sliding fee child care assistance program; modifying provider 
1.5 	reimbursement rates; expanding the home visiting program; appropriating 
1.6 	money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119B.02, subdivisions 1, 
1.7 	2; 119B.03, subdivision 9; 119B.035, subdivisions 1, 4; 119B.05, subdivision 
1.8 	5; 119B.08, subdivision 3; 119B.09, subdivision 4a; 119B.231, subdivision 
1.9 	5; 256.017, subdivision 9; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 
1.10 	119B.011, subdivision 19b; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 124D.165; Laws 2013, 
1.11 	chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 8; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.12 	2012, sections 119B.011, subdivision 20a; 119B.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 
1.13 	6a, 6b, 8; 119B.09, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, 
1.14 	section 119B.03, subdivision 4; Minnesota Rules, parts 3400.0020, subpart 8; 
1.15 	3400.0030; 3400.0060, subparts 2, 4, 6, 6a, 7.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 119B.011, subdivision 19b, 
1.18 	is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 19b.Student parent. "Student parent" means a person who is:
1.20 	(1) under 21 years of age and has a child;
1.21 	(2) pursuing a high school or general equivalency diploma; and
1.22 	(3) residing within a county that has a basic sliding fee waiting list under section 
1.23 	119B.03, subdivision 4; and
1.24 	(4) (3) not an MFIP participant.

1.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.26 		Subdivision 1.Child care services. The commissioner shall develop standards 
1.27 	for county and human services boards to provide child care services to enable eligible 
2.1 	families to participate in employment, training, or education programs. Within the limits 
2.2 	of available appropriations, The commissioner shall distribute money to counties to 
2.3 	reduce the costs of child care for eligible families. The commissioner shall adopt rules to 
2.4 	govern the program in accordance with this section. The rules must establish a sliding 
2.5 	schedule of fees for parents receiving child care services. The rules shall provide that 
2.6 	funds received as a lump-sum payment of child support arrearages shall not be counted 
2.7 	as income to a family in the month received but shall be prorated over the 12 months 
2.8 	following receipt and added to the family income during those months. The commissioner 
2.9 	shall maximize the use of federal money under title I and title IV of Public Law 104-193, 
2.10 	the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and 
2.11 	other programs that provide federal or state reimbursement for child care services for 
2.12 	low-income families who are in education, training, job search, or other activities allowed 
2.13 	under those programs. Money appropriated under this section must be coordinated with 
2.14 	the programs that provide federal reimbursement for child care services to accomplish 
2.15 	this purpose. Federal reimbursement obtained must be allocated to the county that spent 
2.16 	money for child care that is federally reimbursable under programs that provide federal 
2.17 	reimbursement for child care services. The counties commissioner shall use the federal 
2.18 	money to expand child care services. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 
2.19 	to implement and coordinate federal program requirements.

2.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 2.Contractual agreements with tribes. The commissioner may enter into 
2.22 	contractual agreements with a federally recognized Indian tribe with a reservation in 
2.23 	Minnesota to carry out the responsibilities of county human service agencies to the extent 
2.24 	necessary for the tribe to operate child care assistance programs under sections 119B.03 and 
2.25 	119B.05. An agreement may allow for the tribe to be reimbursed for child care assistance 
2.26 	services provided under section sections 119B.03 and119B.05. The commissioner shall 
2.27 	consult with the affected county or counties in the contractual agreement negotiations, if 
2.28 	the county or counties wish to be included, in order to avoid the duplication of county 
2.29 	and tribal child care services. Funding to support services under section 119B.03 may be 
2.30 	transferred to the federally recognized Indian tribe with a reservation in Minnesota from 
2.31 	allocations available to counties in which reservation boundaries lie. When funding is 
2.32 	transferred under section 119B.03, the amount shall be commensurate to estimates of the 
2.33 	proportion of reservation residents with characteristics identified in section 119B.03, 
2.34 	subdivision 6, to the total population of county residents with those same characteristics.

3.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
3.2 		Subd. 9.Portability pool. (a) The commissioner shall establish a pool of up to five 
3.3 	percent of the annual appropriation for the basic sliding fee program to provide continuous 
3.4 	child care assistance for eligible families who move between Minnesota counties. At the 
3.5 	end of each allocation period, any unspent funds in the portability pool must be used for 
3.6 	assistance under the basic sliding fee program. If expenditures from the portability pool 
3.7 	exceed the amount of money available, the reallocation pool must be reduced to cover 
3.8 	these shortages.
3.9 	(b) To be eligible for portable basic sliding fee assistance, a family that has moved 
3.10 	from a county in which it (a) A family receiving child care assistance under the child care 
3.11 	fund that has moved from a county in which the family was receiving basic sliding fee
3.12 	 child care assistance to a another county with a waiting list for the basic sliding fee program
3.13 	 must be admitted into the receiving county's child care assistance program if the family:
3.14 	(1) meet meets the income and eligibility guidelines for the basic sliding fee 
3.15 	program; and
3.16 	(2) notify notifies the new county of residence within 60 days of moving and submit
3.17 	 submits information to the new county of residence to verify eligibility for the basic 
3.18 	sliding fee program.
3.19 	(c) (b) The receiving county must:
3.20 	(1) accept administrative responsibility for applicants for portable basic sliding fee 
3.21 	assistance at the end of the two months of assistance under the Unitary Residency Act;.
3.22 	(2) continue basic sliding fee assistance for the lesser of six months or until the 
3.23 	family is able to receive assistance under the county's regular basic sliding program; and
3.24 	(3) notify the commissioner through the quarterly reporting process of any family 
3.25 	that meets the criteria of the portable basic sliding fee assistance pool.

3.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.035, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.27 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A family in which a parent provides care for the 
3.28 	family's infant child may receive a subsidy in lieu of assistance if the family is eligible for 
3.29 	or is receiving assistance under the basic sliding fee program. An eligible family must 
3.30 	meet the eligibility factors under section 119B.09, except as provided in subdivision 4, 
3.31 	and the requirements of this section. Subject to federal match and maintenance of effort 
3.32 	requirements for the child care and development fund, and up to available appropriations,
3.33 	 the commissioner shall provide assistance under the at-home infant child care program 
3.34 	and for administrative costs associated with the program. At the end of a fiscal year, the 
4.1 	commissioner may carry forward any unspent funds under this section to the next fiscal 
4.2 	year within the same biennium for assistance under the basic sliding fee program.

4.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.035, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.4 		Subd. 4.Assistance. (a) A family is limited to a lifetime total of 12 months of 
4.5 	assistance under subdivision 2. The maximum rate of assistance is equal to 68 percent 
4.6 	of the rate established under section 119B.13 for care of infants in licensed family child 
4.7 	care in the applicant's county of residence.
4.8 	(b) A participating family must report income and other family changes as specified 
4.9 	in the county's plan under section 119B.08, subdivision 3.
4.10 	(c) Persons who are admitted to the at-home infant child care program retain their 
4.11 	position in any basic sliding fee program. Persons leaving the at-home infant child care 
4.12 	program reenter the basic sliding fee program at the position they would have occupied.
4.13 	(d) Assistance under this section does not establish an employer-employee 
4.14 	relationship between any member of the assisted family and the county or state.

4.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 119B.05, subdivision 1, is 
4.16 	amended to read:
4.17 		Subdivision 1.Eligible participants. Families eligible for child care assistance 
4.18 	under the MFIP child care program are:
4.19 	(1) MFIP participants who are employed or in job search and meet the requirements 
4.20 	of section 119B.10;
4.21 	(2) persons who are members of transition year families under section 119B.011, 
4.22 	subdivision 20, and meet the requirements of section 119B.10;
4.23 	(3) families who are participating in employment orientation or job search, or 
4.24 	other employment or training activities that are included in an approved employability 
4.25 	development plan under section 256J.95;
4.26 	(4) MFIP families who are participating in work job search, job support, 
4.27 	employment, or training activities as required in their employment plan, or in appeals, 
4.28 	hearings, assessments, or orientations according to chapter 256J;
4.29 	(5) MFIP families who are participating in social services activities under chapter 
4.30 	256J as required in their employment plan approved according to chapter 256J;
4.31 	(6) families who are participating in services or activities that are included in an 
4.32 	approved family stabilization plan under section 256J.575;
4.33 	(7) families who are participating in programs as required in tribal contracts under 
4.34 	section 119B.02, subdivision 2, or 256.01, subdivision 2; and
5.1 	(8) families who are participating in the transition year extension under section 
5.2 	119B.011, subdivision 20a; and
5.3 	(9) (8) student parents as defined under section 119B.011, subdivision 19b.

5.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.5 		Subd. 5.Federal reimbursement. Counties and the state shall maximize their 
5.6 	federal reimbursement under federal reimbursement programs for money spent for persons 
5.7 	eligible under this chapter. The commissioner shall allocate any federal earnings to the 
5.8 	county to be used to expand child care services under this chapter.

5.9 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.10 		Subd. 3.Child care fund plan. The county and designated administering agency 
5.11 	shall submit a biennial child care fund plan to the commissioner. The commissioner shall 
5.12 	establish the dates by which the county must submit the plans. The plan shall include:
5.13 	(1) a description of strategies to coordinate and maximize public and private 
5.14 	community resources, including school districts, health care facilities, government 
5.15 	agencies, neighborhood organizations, and other resources knowledgeable in early 
5.16 	childhood development, in particular to coordinate child care assistance with existing 
5.17 	community-based programs and service providers including child care resource and 
5.18 	referral programs, early childhood family education, school readiness, Head Start, local 
5.19 	interagency early intervention committees, special education services, early childhood 
5.20 	screening, and other early childhood care and education services and programs to the extent 
5.21 	possible, to foster collaboration among agencies and other community-based programs that 
5.22 	provide flexible, family-focused services to families with young children and to facilitate 
5.23 	transition into kindergarten. The county must describe a method by which to share 
5.24 	information, responsibility, and accountability among service and program providers;
5.25 	(2) a description of procedures and methods to be used to make copies of the 
5.26 	proposed state plan reasonably available to the public, including members of the public 
5.27 	particularly interested in child care policies such as parents, child care providers, culturally 
5.28 	specific service organizations, child care resource and referral programs, interagency 
5.29 	early intervention committees, potential collaborative partners and agencies involved in 
5.30 	the provision of care and education to young children, and allowing sufficient time for 
5.31 	public review and comment; and
5.32 	(3) information as requested by the department to ensure compliance with the child 
5.33 	care fund statutes and rules promulgated by the commissioner.
6.1 	The commissioner shall notify counties within 90 days of the date the plan is 
6.2 	submitted whether the plan is approved or the corrections or information needed to approve 
6.3 	the plan. The commissioner shall withhold a county's allocation until it has an approved 
6.4 	plan. Plans not approved by the end of the second quarter after the plan is due may result 
6.5 	in a 25 percent reduction in allocation. Plans not approved by the end of the third quarter 
6.6 	after the plan is due may result in a 100 percent reduction in the allocation to the county
6.7 	 payments to a county until it has an approved plan. Counties are to maintain services despite 
6.8 	any reduction in their allocation withholding of payments due to plans not being approved.

6.9 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.09, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
6.10 		Subd. 4a.Temporary ineligibility of military personnel. Counties must reserve a 
6.11 	family's position under the child care assistance fund if a family has been receiving child 
6.12 	care assistance but is temporarily ineligible for assistance due to increased income from 
6.13 	active military service. Activated military personnel may be temporarily ineligible until 
6.14 	deactivation. A county must reserve a military family's position on the basic sliding fee 
6.15 	waiting list under the child care assistance fund if a family is approved to receive child care 
6.16 	assistance and reaches the top of the waiting list but is temporarily ineligible for assistance.

6.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.231, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
6.18 		Subd. 5.Relationship to current law. (a) The following provisions in chapter 119B 
6.19 	must be waived or modified for families receiving services under this section.
6.20 	(b) Notwithstanding section 119B.13, subdivisions 1 and 1a, maximum weekly rates 
6.21 	under this section are 125 percent of the existing maximum weekly rate for like-care. 
6.22 	Providers eligible for a differential rate under section 119B.13, subdivision 3a, remain 
6.23 	eligible for the differential above the rate identified in this section. Only care for children 
6.24 	who have not yet entered kindergarten may be paid at the maximum rate under this 
6.25 	section. The provider's charge for service provided through an SRSA may not exceed the 
6.26 	rate that the provider charges a private-pay family for like-care arrangements.
6.27 	(c) A family or child care provider may not be assessed an overpayment for care 
6.28 	provided through an SRSA unless:
6.29 	(1) there was an error in the amount of care authorized for the family; or
6.30 	(2) the family or provider did not timely report a change as required under the law.
6.31 	(d) Care provided through an SRSA is authorized on a weekly basis.
6.32 	(e) Funds appropriated under this section to serve families eligible under section 
6.33 	119B.03 are not allocated through the basic sliding fee formula under section 119B.03.
7.1 	 Funds appropriated under this section are used to offset increased costs when payments 
7.2 	are made under SRSA's.
7.3 	(f) Notwithstanding section 119B.09, subdivision 6, the maximum amount of child 
7.4 	care assistance that may be authorized for a child receiving care through an SRSA in a 
7.5 	two-week period is 160 hours per child.
7.6 	(g) Effective May 23, 2008, absent day payment limits under section 119B.13, 
7.7 	subdivision 7, do not apply to children for care paid through SRSA's provided the family 
7.8 	remains eligible under subdivision 3.

7.9 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 124D.165, is amended to read:
7.10 	124D.165 EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS.
7.11 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. There is established an early learning 
7.12 	scholarships program in order to increase access to high-quality early childhood programs 
7.13 	for children ages three to five.
7.14 		Subd. 1a.Definitions. (a) The terms defined in this subdivision apply to this section.
7.15 	(b) "Director" means the director of the Office of Early Learning.
7.16 	(c) "Eligible program" means a Head Start program under section 119A.50, school 
7.17 	readiness program under section 124D.15, or other school district child-based program 
7.18 	designed to provide early education services to children not yet in kindergarten, licensed 
7.19 	center-based child care program under chapter 245A, or licensed family child care 
7.20 	program under chapter 245A, or other program providing early learning opportunities.
7.21 	(d) "Income" has the meaning given in section 119B.011, subdivision 15.
7.22 	(e) "Parent" means the parent or legal guardian of a child.
7.23 		Subd. 2.Family eligibility. (a) For a family to receive an early childhood education 
7.24 	scholarship, parents or guardians a parent must meet the following eligibility requirements:
7.25 	(1) have a child three or four under five  years of age on September 1 of the current 
7.26 	year, who has not yet started kindergarten; and
7.27 	(2) have income equal to or less than 185 percent of federal poverty level income 
7.28 	in the current calendar year, or be able to document their child's current participation in. 
7.29 	A parent may document family income as required by the director. However, a parent 
7.30 	whose child or family participates in another public eligibility program including the 
7.31 	free and reduced-price lunch program or child and adult care food program, National 
7.32 	School Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 1751 and 1766; Head Start 
7.33 	under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota 
7.34 	family investment program under chapter 256J; child care assistance programs under 
7.35 	chapter 119B; the supplemental nutrition assistance program; or placement in foster care 
8.1 	under section 260C.212, is automatically qualified and no further information to verify 
8.2 	income is necessary.
8.3 	(b) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a parent under age 21 who 
8.4 	is pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma is eligible for an early 
8.5 	learning scholarship if the parent has a child age zero to five years old and meets the 
8.6 	income eligibility guidelines in this subdivision.
8.7 	(c) Any siblings between the ages zero to five years old of a child who has been 
8.8 	awarded a scholarship under this section must be awarded a scholarship upon request, 
8.9 	provided the sibling attends the same program.
8.10 	(d) A child who has received a scholarship under this section must continue to receive 
8.11 	a scholarship each year until that child is eligible for kindergarten under section 120A.20.
8.12 	(e) Early learning scholarships may not be counted as earned income for the purposes 
8.13 	of medical assistance under chapter 256B, MinnesotaCare under chapter 256L, Minnesota 
8.14 	family investment program under chapter 256J, child care assistance programs under 
8.15 	chapter 119B, or Head Start under the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness 
8.16 	Act of 2007. Scholarships paid to providers on behalf of an eligible parent must not be 
8.17 	considered child care funds for purposes of child care assistance under chapter 119B.
8.18 		Subd. 2a.Prioritization of scholarship awards. (a) The director shall prioritize 
8.19 	applications according to this subdivision and may establish a range of scholarship 
8.20 	amounts taking into account the child's level of need and geographic location. 
8.21 	(b) The director shall prioritize scholarship amounts to recipients based on the 
8.22 	following characteristics:
8.23 	(1) whether the child's family lives in a neighborhood transformation zone;
8.24 	(2) the severity of poverty facing the family;
8.25 	(3) the level of poverty and concentration of poverty among racial and ethnic groups 
8.26 	for the census tract where the family lives;
8.27 	(4) the level of teen pregnancies in the area where the family lives;
8.28 	(5) the achievement gap facing families in the area where the family lives;
8.29 	(6) the number of single family households in the census tract where the family lives;
8.30 	(7) the number of inmates in Minnesota's prisons convicted of a level 1 offense, as 
8.31 	defined by the National Crime Information Center, with home addresses in the census tract 
8.32 	or other region as determined by the director;
8.33 	(8) the number of teenage mothers living in the census tract or other region as 
8.34 	determined by the director; and
8.35 	(9) other risk families as determined by the director.
9.1 		Subd. 2b.Scholarship amount. The director annually shall determine the 
9.2 	maximum scholarship amounts based on the results of the rate survey conducted under 
9.3 	chapter 119B, and shall establish a range of scholarship amounts taking into account the 
9.4 	child's level of need taking into account the risk factors listed in subdivision 2a, whether 
9.5 	the child is in a home where the court has found the child in need of protection or services, 
9.6 	and geographic location. The director shall establish a scholarship amount schedule 
9.7 	according to the eligible program's rating. The scholarship amounts may be designed to 
9.8 	be layered around other assistance programs available to that child. The director shall 
9.9 	not consider local funds allocated to support an early learning program when layering 
9.10 	scholarships around other assistance programs. Eligible providers must be notified of the 
9.11 	scholarship allocations available in the provider's geographic location.
9.12 		Subd. 3.Administration. (a) The commissioner director shall establish application 
9.13 	timelines and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational 
9.14 	needs of eligible families and programs. The commissioner director may prioritize 
9.15 	applications on factors including family income, geographic location, and whether the 
9.16 	child's family is on a waiting list for a publicly funded program providing early education 
9.17 	or child care services.
9.18 	(b) Scholarships may be awarded up to $5,000 for each eligible child per year By 
9.19 	March 15, eligible programs may notify the director of the number of scholarship-eligible 
9.20 	children who are eligible under subdivision 2, and who have applied for enrollment in that 
9.21 	program. To facilitate enrollment planning, by April 15, the director shall notify eligible 
9.22 	programs that have provided enrollment information under this paragraph of the scholarship 
9.23 	status of each applicant. To the extent practicable, and taking into account family mobility, 
9.24 	the scholarships must be awarded to eligible recipients beginning April 15 of each year for 
9.25 	a child's participation in a program starting in July, August, or September of that year.
9.26 	(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in 
9.27 	or on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the 
9.28 	commissioner director, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner director, 
9.29 	each year of the program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children 
9.30 	than current funding provides. The commissioner director may designate a predetermined 
9.31 	number of scholarship slots for that program and notify the program of that number.
9.32 	(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has 
9.33 	not been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten months of the 
9.34 	awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in 
9.35 	order to be eligible for another scholarship. A child may not be awarded more than one 
9.36 	scholarship in a 12-month period.
10.1 	(e) A child who receives a scholarship who has not completed development 
10.2 	screening under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening within 90 
10.3 	days of first attending an eligible program.
10.4 		Subd. 4.Early childhood program eligibility. (a) In order to be eligible to accept 
10.5 	an early childhood education scholarship, a program must:
10.6 	(1) participate in the quality rating and improvement system under section 
10.7 	124D.142; and
10.8 	(2) beginning July 1, 2016, have a three- or four-star rating in the quality rating 
10.9 	and improvement system.
10.10 	(b) Any program accepting scholarships must use the revenue to supplement and not 
10.11 	supplant federal funding.
10.12 		Subd. 5.Report required. The commissioner director shall contract with an 
10.13 	independent contractor to evaluate the early learning scholarship program. The evaluation 
10.14 	must include recommendations regarding the appropriate scholarship amount, efficiency, 
10.15 	and effectiveness of the administration, and impact on kindergarten readiness.

10.16 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256.017, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
10.17 		Subd. 9.Timing and disposition of penalty and case disallowance funds. Quality 
10.18 	control case penalty and administrative penalty amounts shall be disallowed or withheld 
10.19 	from the next regular reimbursement made to the county agency for state and federal 
10.20 	benefit reimbursements and federal administrative reimbursements for all programs 
10.21 	covered in this section, according to procedures established in statute, but shall not be 
10.22 	imposed sooner than 30 calendar days from the date of written notice of such penalties. 
10.23 	Except for penalties withheld under the child care assistance program, all penalties 
10.24 	must be deposited in the county incentive fund provided in section 256.018. Penalties 
10.25 	withheld under the child care assistance program shall be reallocated to counties using the 
10.26 	allocation formula under section 119B.03, subdivision 5. All penalties must be imposed 
10.27 	according to this provision until a decision is made regarding the status of a written 
10.28 	exception. Penalties must be returned to county agencies when a review of a written 
10.29 	exception results in a decision in their favor.

10.30 	Sec. 14. Laws 2013, chapter 116, article 8, section 5, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
10.31 		Subd. 8.Early childhood education scholarships. For transfer to the Office of 
10.32 	Early Learning for early learning scholarships under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.165:

11.1		$
	23,000,000
	.....
	2014
	
11.2
11.3		$
	23,000,000
 273,000,000
	.....
	2015
	
11.4 	For fiscal year 2015 and later, the director shall allocate $100,000,000 for 
11.5 	scholarships for children who are under the age of four. Up to $950,000 each year is for 
11.6 	administration of this program.
11.7 	Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.

11.8 	Sec. 15. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND 
11.9 	BUDGET.
 11.10 	The state obligation for the basic sliding fee child care assistance program under 
11.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03, must be included in the Minnesota Management 
11.12 	and Budget February and November forecast of state revenues and expenditures under 
11.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.103, beginning with the November 2014 forecast.

11.14 	Sec. 16. APPROPRIATION; BASIC SLIDING FEE CHILD CARE 
11.15 	ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
 11.16 	$80,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
11.17 	commissioner of human services to fully fund the basic sliding fee child care assistance 
11.18 	program. This appropriation is in addition to any other appropriation for this purpose.

11.19 	Sec. 17. APPROPRIATION; HOME VISITING PROGRAM FOR HIGHEST 
11.20 	RISK FAMILIES.
 11.21 	$....... in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
11.22 	of health to expand high-quality home visiting focusing on the youngest children living in 
11.23 	the highest risk families receiving assistance through the Minnesota family investment 
11.24 	program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J. The commissioner of health shall consult 
11.25 	with the commissioner of human services on the administration of this program.

11.26 	Sec. 18. APPROPRIATION; OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING.
 11.27 	(a) $....... in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
11.28 	commissioner of education for distribution to the Office of Early Learning.
11.29 	(b) Up to $....... of the appropriation in paragraph (a) is for training for early 
11.30 	learning providers regarding early brain development. The Office of Early Learning may 
11.31 	contract with the University of Minnesota or other parties to develop and disseminate 
11.32 	this information.
12.1 	(c) The remainder of the appropriation in paragraph (a) may be used by the Office of 
12.2 	Early Learning to encourage voluntary participation by early learning providers in the 
12.3 	quality rating and improvement system under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.142.

12.4 	Sec. 19.  REPEALER.
 12.5 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 119B.011, subdivision 20a; 119B.03, 
12.6 	subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 6a, 6b, and 8; and 119B.09, subdivision 3, are repealed.
12.7 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 119B.03, subdivision 4, is repealed.
12.8 	(c) Minnesota Rules, parts 3400.0020, subpart 8; 3400.0030; and 3400.0060, 
12.9 	subparts 2, 4, 6, 6a, and 7, are repealed.