HF 3743

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to juveniles; appropriating money to juvenile 
  1.3             facilities that provide quality programming, as 
  1.4             demonstrated by measurable outcomes. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [JUVENILE PROGRAMMING GRANT PROGRAM.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [GRANT PROGRAM.] The commissioner of 
  1.8   corrections must develop and administer a grant program to 
  1.9   provide grants to juvenile facilities that house juvenile 
  1.10  delinquents, juvenile petty offenders, or juvenile delinquents 
  1.11  and juvenile petty offenders.  The money available through this 
  1.12  grant program is intended to reward facilities that provide 
  1.13  quality programming, as demonstrated by measurable outcomes, by 
  1.14  making available to them additional funds to enhance or expand 
  1.15  their programming.  Facilities that are currently state funded 
  1.16  and facilities that are not state funded are both eligible to 
  1.17  compete for these grants. 
  1.18     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.] The department of 
  1.19  corrections shall develop a grant application for facilities to 
  1.20  use in seeking grants under this section.  This grant 
  1.21  application shall require information on the following: 
  1.22     (1) the facility's recidivism rates, as determined by the 
  1.23  department of corrections' standards, when applicable; 
  1.24     (2) the educational progress made by juveniles while at the 
  1.25  facility, as determined by the department of corrections' 
  2.1   standards; and 
  2.2      (3) aftercare programming and other efforts toward 
  2.3   reunification of the juvenile with the family and community upon 
  2.4   release. 
  2.5      In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner of 
  2.6   corrections shall give priority to those facilities that have 
  2.7   achieved measurable outcomes, as demonstrated by recidivism 
  2.8   rates, measured educational achievement, and other objective 
  2.9   factors.  The commissioner also must consider the inherent 
  2.10  differences that may exist in facility programming due to the 
  2.11  different needs served by different types of facilities. 
  2.12     Subd. 3.  [STANDARDS.] The commissioner of corrections must 
  2.13  develop standards for facilities to use in determining 
  2.14  recidivism rates and educational progress.  These standards must 
  2.15  take into consideration the various types of facilities that 
  2.16  will be applying for grants. 
  2.17     Subd. 4.  [NONDISCRIMINATION.] For the purposes of this 
  2.18  section, no facility shall receive preferential treatment over 
  2.19  any other facility nor shall any facility be discriminated 
  2.20  against in any way. 
  2.21     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.] 
  2.22     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.23  commissioner of corrections to develop and administer the grant 
  2.24  program established in section 1.  This appropriation is 
  2.25  available until June 30, 1999.