SF 446

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to higher education; increasing the maximum
amount for a child care grant; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 136A.125, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136A.125,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Amount and length of grants.

The amount of a
child care grant must be based on:

(1) the income of the applicant and the applicant's spouse;

(2) the number in the applicant's family, as defined by the
office; and

(3) the number of eligible children in the applicant's
family.

The maximum award to the applicant shall be deleted text begin $2,200 deleted text end new text begin $2,600
new text end for each eligible child per academic year, except that the
campus financial aid officer may apply to the office for
approval to increase grants by up to ten percent to compensate
for higher market charges for infant care in a community. The
office shall develop policies to determine community market
costs and review institutional requests for compensatory grant
increases to ensure need and equal treatment. The office shall
prepare a chart to show the amount of a grant that will be
awarded per child based on the factors in this subdivision. The
chart shall include a range of income and family size.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Section 1 is effective July 1, 2005.
new text end