Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 290-H.F.No. 1350 
           An act relating to jobs and training; establishing 
          limits for rates under the child care sliding fee 
          program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 
          268.91, subdivision 8.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 268.91, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [MAXIMUM COUNTY RATE CHILD CARE RATES.] The 
county board may limit the subsidy allowed by setting a maximum 
on the provider child care rate that the county shall 
subsidize.  The rate set by any county shall not be lower than 
110 percent or higher than 125 percent of the median rate for 
like care arrangements in that county.  In order to be 
reimbursed for more than 110 percent of the median rate, a 
provider with employees must pay wages for teachers, assistants, 
and aides that are more than 110 percent of the county average 
rate for child care workers. 
    Approved May 28, 1987