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Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 205-H.F.No. 1467
An act relating to education; family and early
childhood education; providing for children and family
support programs, community and systems change,
prevention and intervention, self-sufficiency and
lifelong learning, and resources and referral
programs; appropriating money; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1998, sections 13.46, subdivision 2; 16B.405,
subdivision 2; 119A.45; 119B.01, subdivisions 1, 2,
10, 12, 12a, 13, 16, 17, and by adding subdivisions;
119B.02, subdivision 1, and by adding subdivisions;
119B.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9; 119B.04,
subdivision 1; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 119B.06,
subdivision 1; 119B.061; 119B.07; 119B.08, subdivision
3; 119B.09, subdivisions 1, 3, and 7; 119B.10,
subdivision 1; 119B.11, subdivision 2a; 119B.12,
subdivision 2; 119B.13; 119B.14; 119B.15; 119B.18,
subdivision 3; 119B.19, subdivision 1, and by adding
subdivisions; 119B.20, subdivisions 7, 8, 12, and by
adding a subdivision; 119B.21, subdivisions 1, 2, 3,
5, 8, 9, 10, and 11; 119B.23, subdivision 1; 119B.24;
119B.25, subdivision 3; 121A.19; 122A.26, by adding a
subdivision; 124D.13, subdivision 6; 124D.135,
subdivisions 1 and 3; 124D.19, subdivision 11;
124D.20, subdivision 5; 124D.22; 124D.23, by adding a
subdivision; 124D.33, subdivisions 3 and 4; 124D.52,
by adding subdivisions; 124D.53, subdivision 3, and by
adding a subdivision; 124D.54, subdivision 1; 125A.35,
subdivision 5; 171.29, subdivision 2; 256.01,
subdivision 4; 256.045, subdivisions 6, 7, and by
adding a subdivision; 256.046, subdivision 1; 256.741,
subdivision 4; 256.98, subdivisions 1, 7, and 8;
256.983, subdivisions 3 and 4; and 466.01, subdivision
1; Laws 1997, chapter 162, article 2, section 28,
subdivision 6; Laws 1997, First Special Session
chapter 4, article 1, section 61, subdivisions 2 and
3, as amended; Laws 1998, First Special Session
chapter 1, article 1, sections 10, 11, and 12;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 119B; and 124D; repealing Minnesota Statutes
1998, sections 119B.01, subdivision 15; 119B.03,
subdivision 7; 119B.05, subdivisions 6 and 7;
119B.075; 119B.17; 119B.18, subdivisions 1 and 2;
119B.19, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5; 119B.20,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11; 119B.21,
subdivisions 4, 6, and 12; 119B.22; 124D.14; and
124D.53, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
ARTICLE 1
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.46,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [GENERAL.] (a) Unless the data is summary data or
a statute specifically provides a different classification, data
on individuals collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by
the welfare system is private data on individuals, and shall not
be disclosed except:
(1) according to section 13.05;
(2) according to court order;
(3) according to a statute specifically authorizing access
to the private data;
(4) to an agent of the welfare system, including a law
enforcement person, attorney, or investigator acting for it in
the investigation or prosecution of a criminal or civil
proceeding relating to the administration of a program;
(5) to personnel of the welfare system who require the data
to determine eligibility, amount of assistance, and the need to
provide services of additional programs to the individual;
(6) to administer federal funds or programs;
(7) between personnel of the welfare system working in the
same program;
(8) the amounts of cash public assistance and relief paid
to welfare recipients in this state, including their names,
social security numbers, income, addresses, and other data as
required, upon request by the department of revenue to
administer the property tax refund law, supplemental housing
allowance, early refund of refundable tax credits, and the
income tax. "Refundable tax credits" means the dependent care
credit under section 290.067, the Minnesota working family
credit under section 290.0671, the property tax refund under
section 290A.04, and, if the required federal waiver or waivers
are granted, the federal earned income tax credit under section
32 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(9) between the department of human services, the
department of children, families, and learning, and the
Minnesota department of economic security for the purpose of
monitoring the eligibility of the data subject for reemployment
insurance, for any employment or training program administered,
supervised, or certified by that agency, for the purpose of
administering any rehabilitation program or child care
assistance program, whether alone or in conjunction with the
welfare system, or to monitor and evaluate the statewide
Minnesota family investment program by exchanging data on
recipients and former recipients of food stamps, cash assistance
under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance
under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B,
256D, or 256L;
(10) to appropriate parties in connection with an emergency
if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the
health or safety of the individual or other individuals or
persons;
(11) data maintained by residential programs as defined in
section 245A.02 may be disclosed to the protection and advocacy
system established in this state according to Part C of Public
Law Number 98-527 to protect the legal and human rights of
persons with mental retardation or other related conditions who
live in residential facilities for these persons if the
protection and advocacy system receives a complaint by or on
behalf of that person and the person does not have a legal
guardian or the state or a designee of the state is the legal
guardian of the person;
(12) to the county medical examiner or the county coroner
for identifying or locating relatives or friends of a deceased
person;
(13) data on a child support obligor who makes payments to
the public agency may be disclosed to the higher education
services office to the extent necessary to determine eligibility
under section 136A.121, subdivision 2, clause (5);
(14) participant social security numbers and names
collected by the telephone assistance program may be disclosed
to the department of revenue to conduct an electronic data match
with the property tax refund database to determine eligibility
under section 237.70, subdivision 4a;
(15) the current address of a recipient of aid to families
with dependent children or Minnesota family investment
program-statewide program participant may be disclosed to law
enforcement officers who provide the name of the recipient
participant and notify the agency that:
(i) the recipient participant:
(A) is a fugitive felon fleeing to avoid prosecution, or
custody or confinement after conviction, for a crime or attempt
to commit a crime that is a felony under the laws of the
jurisdiction from which the individual is fleeing; or
(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed
under state or federal law;
(ii) the location or apprehension of the felon is within
the law enforcement officer's official duties; and
(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper
exercise of those duties;
(16) the current address of a recipient of general
assistance or general assistance medical care may be disclosed
to probation officers and corrections agents who are supervising
the recipient and to law enforcement officers who are
investigating the recipient in connection with a felony level
offense;
(17) information obtained from food stamp applicant or
recipient households may be disclosed to local, state, or
federal law enforcement officials, upon their written request,
for the purpose of investigating an alleged violation of the
Food Stamp Act, according to Code of Federal Regulations, title
7, section 272.1(c);
(18) the address, social security number, and, if
available, photograph of any member of a household receiving
food stamps shall be made available, on request, to a local,
state, or federal law enforcement officer if the officer
furnishes the agency with the name of the member and notifies
the agency that:
(i) the member:
(A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or
confinement after conviction, for a crime or attempt to commit a
crime that is a felony in the jurisdiction the member is
fleeing;
(B) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed
under state or federal law; or
(C) has information that is necessary for the officer to
conduct an official duty related to conduct described in subitem
(A) or (B);
(ii) locating or apprehending the member is within the
officer's official duties; and
(iii) the request is made in writing and in the proper
exercise of the officer's official duty;
(19) certain information regarding child support obligors
who are in arrears may be made public according to section
518.575;
(20) data on child support payments made by a child support
obligor and data on the distribution of those payments excluding
identifying information on obligees may be disclosed to all
obligees to whom the obligor owes support, and data on the
enforcement actions undertaken by the public authority, the
status of those actions, and data on the income of the obligor
or obligee may be disclosed to the other party;
(21) data in the work reporting system may be disclosed
under section 256.998, subdivision 7;
(22) to the department of children, families, and learning
for the purpose of matching department of children, families,
and learning student data with public assistance data to
determine students eligible for free and reduced price meals,
meal supplements, and free milk according to United States Code,
title 42, sections 1758, 1761, 1766, 1766a, 1772, and 1773; to
produce accurate numbers of students receiving aid to families
with dependent children or Minnesota family investment
program-statewide program assistance as required by section
126C.06; to allocate federal and state funds that are
distributed based on income of the student's family; and to
verify receipt of energy assistance for the telephone assistance
plan;
(23) the current address and telephone number of program
recipients and emergency contacts may be released to the
commissioner of health or a local board of health as defined in
section 145A.02, subdivision 2, when the commissioner or local
board of health has reason to believe that a program recipient
is a disease case, carrier, suspect case, or at risk of illness,
and the data are necessary to locate the person;
(24) to other state agencies, statewide systems, and
political subdivisions of this state, including the attorney
general, and agencies of other states, interstate information
networks, federal agencies, and other entities as required by
federal regulation or law for the administration of the child
support enforcement program;
(25) to personnel of public assistance programs as defined
in section 256.741, for access to the child support system
database for the purpose of administration, including monitoring
and evaluation of those public assistance programs; or
(26) to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family
investment program by exchanging data between the departments of
human services and children, families, and learning, on
recipients and former recipients of food stamps, cash assistance
under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance
under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B,
256D, or 256L.
(b) Information on persons who have been treated for drug
or alcohol abuse may only be disclosed according to the
requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 42, sections
2.1 to 2.67.
(c) Data provided to law enforcement agencies under
paragraph (a), clause (15), (16), (17), or (18), or paragraph
(b), are investigative data and are confidential or protected
nonpublic while the investigation is active. The data are
private after the investigation becomes inactive under section
13.82, subdivision 5, paragraph (a) or (b).
(d) Mental health data shall be treated as provided in
subdivisions 7, 8, and 9, but is not subject to the access
provisions of subdivision 10, paragraph (b).
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119A.45, is
amended to read:
119A.45 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION
FACILITIES.]
The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and
political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities
for Head Start, early childhood and family education programs,
other early childhood intervention programs, or demonstration
family service centers housing multiagency collaboratives early
childhood programs, with priority to centers in counties or
municipalities with the highest number of children living in
poverty. The commissioner may also make grants to state
agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate
facilities for crisis nurseries or child visitation centers.
The facilities must be owned by the state or a political
subdivision, but may be leased under section 16A.695 to
organizations that operate the programs. The commissioner must
prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases. A grant for
an individual facility must not exceed $200,000 for each program
that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $500,000 for
a facility that houses three programs or more. Programs include
Head Start, early childhood and family education programs, and
other early childhood intervention programs. The commissioner
must give priority to grants that involve collaboration among
sponsors of programs under this section. At least 25 percent of
the amounts appropriated for these grants must be used in
conjunction with the youth employment and training programs
operated by the commissioner of economic security. Eligible
programs must consult with appropriate labor organizations to
deliver education and training.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [APPLICANT.] "Child care fund applicants" means
all parents, stepparents, legal guardians, or eligible
relative caretakers caregivers who are members of the family and
reside in the household that applies for child care assistance
under the child care fund.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 2a. [APPLICATION.] "Application" means the
submission to a county agency, by or on behalf of a family, of a
completed, signed, and dated child care assistance universal
application form that indicates the family's desire to receive
assistance.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10. [FAMILY.] "Family" means parents, stepparents,
guardians and their spouses, or other eligible
relative caretakers caregivers and their spouses, and their
blood related dependent children and adoptive siblings under the
age of 18 years living in the same home including children
temporarily absent from the household in settings such as
schools, foster care, and residential treatment facilities or
parents, stepparents, guardians and their spouses, or other
relative caregivers and their spouses temporarily absent from
the household in settings such as schools, military service, or
rehabilitation programs. When a minor parent or parents and
his, her, or their child or children are living with other
relatives, and the minor parent or parents apply for a child
care subsidy, "family" means only the minor parent or parents
and the their child or children. An adult may be considered a
dependent member of the family unit if 50 percent of the adult's
support is being provided by the parents, stepparents, guardians
and their spouses, or eligible relative caretakers and their
spouses, residing in the same household. An adult age 18 or
older who meets this definition of family and is a full-time
high school or post-secondary student and can reasonably be
expected to graduate before age 19 may be considered a dependent
member of the family unit if 50 percent or more of the adult's
support is provided by the parents, stepparents, guardians, and
their spouses or eligible relative caregivers and their spouses
residing in the same household.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 12, is amended to read:
Subd. 12. [INCOME.] "Income" means earned or unearned
income received by all family members, including public
assistance cash benefits and at-home infant care subsidy
payments, unless specifically excluded. The following are
excluded from income: funds used to pay for health insurance
premiums for family members, Supplemental Security Income,
scholarships, work-study income, and grants that cover costs or
reimbursement for tuition, fees, books, and educational
supplies; student loans for tuition, fees, books, supplies, and
living expenses; state and federal earned income tax credits;
in-kind income such as food stamps, energy assistance, foster
care assistance, medical assistance, child care assistance, and
housing subsidies; earned income of full or part-time secondary
school students up to the age of 19, who have not earned a high
school diploma or GED high school equivalency diploma
including earnings from summer employment; grant awards under
the family subsidy program; nonrecurring lump sum income only to
the extent that it is earmarked and used for the purpose for
which it is paid; and any income assigned to the public
authority according to section 256.74 or 256.741, if enacted.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 12a, is amended to read:
Subd. 12a. [MFIP-S MFIP.] "MFIP-S" "MFIP" means the
Minnesota family investment program-statewide program, the
state's TANF program under Public Law Number 104-193, Title I,
and includes the MFIP program under chapter 256J, the work first
program under chapter 256K, and tribal contracts under section
119B.02, subdivision 2, or 256.01, subdivision 2.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 13, is amended to read:
Subd. 13. [PROVIDER.] "Provider" means a child care
license holder who operates a family day child care home, a
group family day child care home, a day child care center, a
nursery school, a day nursery, an extended day a school age
child care program; a legal nonlicensed extended day
license-exempt school age child care program which operates
operating under the auspices of a local school board or a park
or recreation board of a city of the first class that has
adopted school age child care standards guidelines which meet or
exceed standards guidelines recommended by the state department
of children, families, and learning, or a legal nonlicensed
caregiver registered provider who is at least 18 years of age,
and who is not a member of the AFDC MFIP assistance unit or a
member of the family receiving child care assistance under this
chapter.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 16, is amended to read:
Subd. 16. [TRANSITION YEAR FAMILIES.] "Transition year
families" means families who have received AFDC MFIP assistance,
or who were eligible to receive AFDC MFIP assistance after
choosing to discontinue receipt of the cash portion of MFIP-S
MFIP assistance under section 256J.31, subdivision 12, for at
least three of the last six months before losing eligibility for
AFDC MFIP due to increased hours of employment, or increased
income from employment or child or spousal support or families
participating in work first under chapter 256K who meet the
requirements of section 256K.07. Transition year child care may
be used to support employment or job search.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 17, is amended to read:
Subd. 17. [CHILD CARE FUND.] "Child care fund" means a
program under this chapter providing:
(1) financial assistance for child care to parents engaged
in employment or the short-term provision of at-home infant care
for their own child, job search, or education and training
leading to employment, or an at-home infant care subsidy; and
(2) grants to develop, expand, and improve the access and
availability of child care services statewide.
Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.02,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [CHILD CARE SERVICES.] The commissioner
shall develop standards for county and human services boards to
provide child care services to enable eligible families to
participate in employment, training, or education programs.
Within the limits of available appropriations, the commissioner
shall distribute money to counties to reduce the costs of child
care for eligible families. The commissioner shall adopt rules
to govern the program in accordance with this section. The
rules must establish a sliding schedule of fees for parents
receiving child care services. The rules shall provide that
funds received as a lump sum payment of child support arrearages
shall not be counted as income to a family in the month received
but shall be prorated over the 12 months following receipt and
added to the family income during those months. In the rules
adopted under this section, county and human services boards
shall be authorized to establish policies for payment of child
care spaces for absent children, when the payment is required by
the child's regular provider. The rules shall not set a maximum
number of days for which absence payments can be made, but
instead shall direct the county agency to set limits and pay for
absences according to the prevailing market practice in the
county. County policies for payment of absences shall be
subject to the approval of the commissioner. The commissioner
shall maximize the use of federal money in section 256.736 under
Public Law Number 104-193, titles I and VI, and other programs
that provide federal or state reimbursement for child care
services for low-income families who are in education, training,
job search, or other activities allowed under those programs.
Money appropriated under this section must be coordinated with
the programs that provide federal reimbursement for child care
services to accomplish this purpose. The commissioner shall
allocate federal reimbursement obtained must be allocated to the
county to counties that spent money for child care that is
federally reimbursable under programs that provide federal
reimbursement for federally reimbursable child care services.
The counties shall use the federal money to expand child care
services. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 to
implement and coordinate federal program requirements.
Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.02, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3. [SUPERVISION OF COUNTIES.] The commissioner shall
supervise child care programs administered by the counties
through standard-setting, technical assistance to the counties,
approval of county child care fund plans, and distribution of
public money for services. The commissioner shall provide
training and other support services to assist counties in
planning for and implementing child care assistance programs.
The commissioner shall adopt rules under chapter 14 that
establish minimum administrative standards for the provision of
child care services by county boards of commissioners.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.02, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [UNIVERSAL APPLICATION FORM.] The commissioner
must develop and make available to all counties a universal
application form for child care assistance under this chapter.
The application must provide notice of eligibility requirements
for assistance and penalties for wrongfully obtaining assistance.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.02, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. [PROGRAM INTEGRITY.] For child care assistance
programs under this chapter, the commissioner shall enforce, in
cooperation with the commissioner of human services, the
requirements for program integrity and fraud prevention
investigations under sections 256.046, 256.98, and 256.983.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [ALLOCATION PERIOD; NOTICE OF ALLOCATION.]
When the commissioner notifies county and human service boards
of the forms and instructions they are to follow in the
development of their biennial community social services child
care fund plans required under section 256E.08 119B.08,
subdivision 3, the commissioner shall also notify county and
human services boards of their estimated child care fund program
allocation for the two years covered by the plan. By October 1
of each year, the commissioner shall notify all counties of
their final child care fund program allocation.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [WAITING LIST.] Each county that receives funds
under this section must keep a written record and report to the
commissioner the number of eligible families who have applied
for a child care subsidy or have requested child care
assistance. Counties shall perform a cursory preliminary
determination of eligibility when a family requests information
about child care assistance. At a minimum, a county must make a
preliminary determination of eligibility based on family size,
income, and authorized activity. A family seeking child care
assistance must provide the required information to the county.
A family that appears to be eligible must be put on a waiting
list if funds are not immediately available. The waiting list
must identify students in need of child care. When money is
available counties shall expedite the processing of student
applications during key enrollment periods. Counties must
review and update their waiting list at least every six months.
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS PARTICIPANTS.] Families that
meet the eligibility requirements under sections 119B.07,
119B.09, and 119B.10, except AFDC recipients, MFIP recipients
participants, work first participants, and transition year
families, and 119B.10 are eligible for child care assistance
under the basic sliding fee program. Families enrolled in the
basic sliding fee program shall be continued until they are no
longer eligible. Child care assistance provided through the
child care fund is considered assistance to the parent.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [FUNDING PRIORITY.] (a) First priority for child
care assistance under the basic sliding fee program must be
given to eligible non-AFDC non-MFIP families who do not have a
high school or general equivalency diploma or who need remedial
and basic skill courses in order to pursue employment or to
pursue education leading to employment. Within this priority,
the following subpriorities must be used:
(1) child care needs of minor parents;
(2) child care needs of parents under 21 years of age; and
(3) child care needs of other parents within the priority
group described in this paragraph.
(b) Second priority must be given to parents who have
completed their AFDC MFIP or work first transition year.
(c) Third priority must be given to families who are
eligible for portable basic sliding fee assistance through the
portability pool under subdivision 9.
Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [ALLOCATION FORMULA.] Beginning January 1, 1996,
except as provided in subdivision 7, The basic sliding fee state
and federal funds shall be allocated on a calendar year basis.
Funds shall be allocated first in amounts equal to each county's
guaranteed floor according to subdivision 8, with any remaining
available funds allocated according to the following formula:
(a) One-third One-fourth of the funds shall be allocated in
proportion to each county's total expenditures for the basic
sliding fee child care program reported during the most
recent calendar fiscal year completed at the time of the notice
of allocation.
(b) One-third One-fourth of the funds shall be allocated
based on the number of children under age 13 in each county who
are enrolled in general assistance medical care, medical
assistance, and MinnesotaCare on December 31 of the most recent
calendar year families participating in the transition year
child care program as reported during the most recent quarter
completed at the time of the notice of allocation.
(c) One-third One-fourth of the funds shall be allocated
based on the number of children under age 13 who reside in each
county, from the most recent estimates of the state
demographer in proportion to each county's most recently
reported first, second, and third priority waiting list as
defined in subdivision 2.
(d) One-fourth of the funds must be allocated in proportion
to each county's most recently reported waiting list as defined
in subdivision 2.
Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.03,
subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9. [PORTABILITY POOL.] (a) The commissioner shall
establish a pool of up to five percent of the annual
appropriation for the basic sliding fee program to provide
continuous child care assistance for eligible families who move
between Minnesota counties. At the end of each allocation
period, any unspent funds in the portability pool must be added
to the funds available for reallocation used for assistance
under the basic sliding fee program. If expenditures from the
portability pool exceed the amount of money available, the
reallocation pool must be reduced to cover these shortages.
(b) To be eligible for portable basic sliding fee
assistance, a family that has moved from a county in which it
was receiving basic sliding fee assistance to a county with a
waiting list for the basic sliding fee program must:
(1) meet the income and eligibility guidelines for the
basic sliding fee program; and
(2) notify the new county of residence within 30 days of
moving and apply for basic sliding fee assistance in the new
county of residence.
(c) The receiving county must:
(1) accept administrative responsibility for applicants for
portable basic sliding fee assistance at the end of the two
months of assistance under the Unitary Residency act;
(2) continue basic sliding fee assistance for the lesser of
six months or until the family is able to receive assistance
under the county's regular basic sliding program; and
(3) notify the commissioner through the quarterly reporting
process of any family that meets the criteria of the portable
basic sliding fee assistance pool.
Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.04,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [COMMISSIONER TO ADMINISTER PROGRAM.] The
commissioner of children, families, and learning is authorized
and directed to receive, administer, and expend funds available
under the child care and development fund under Public Law
Number 104-193, Title I VI.
Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.05,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS PARTICIPANTS.]
Families eligible for child care assistance under the AFDC MFIP
child care program are:
(1) persons receiving services under sections 256.031 to
256.0361 and 256.047 to 256.048;
(2) AFDC recipients MFIP participants who are employed or
in job search and meet the requirements of section 119B.10;
(3) (2) persons who are members of transition year families
under section 119B.01, subdivision 16;
(4) members of the control group for the STRIDE evaluation
conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation;
(5) AFDC caretakers who are participating in the STRIDE and
non-STRIDE AFDC child care program;
(6) (3) families who are participating in employment
orientation or job search, or other employment or training
activities that are included in an approved employability
development plan under chapter 256K; and
(7) MFIP-S (4) MFIP families who are participating in work
activities as required in their job search support or employment
plan, or in appeals, hearings, assessments, or orientations
according to chapter 256J. Child care assistance to support
work activities as described in section 256J.49 must be
available according to sections 119A.54, 119B.01, subdivision 8,
124D.13, 256E.08, and 611A.32 and titles IVA, IVB, IVE, and XX
of the Social Security Act; and
(5) families who are participating in programs as required
in tribal contracts under section 119B.02, subdivision 2, or
256.01, subdivision 2.
Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.06,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [COMMISSIONER TO ADMINISTER BLOCK GRANT.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning is
authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend child
care funds available under the child care and development block
grant authorized under Public Law Number 101-508 (2).
Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.061, is
amended to read:
119B.061 [AT-HOME INFANT CHILD CARE PROGRAM.]
Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT.] Beginning July 1, 1998, A
family receiving or eligible to receive assistance under the
basic sliding fee program is eligible for in which a parent
provides care for the family's infant child may receive a
subsidy in lieu of assistance for a parent to provide short-term
child care for the family's infant child if the family is
eligible for, or is receiving assistance under the basic sliding
fee program. An eligible family must meet the eligibility
factors under section 119B.09, the income criteria under section
119B.12, and the requirements of this section. Subject to
federal match and maintenance of effort requirements for the
child care and development fund, the commissioner shall
establish a pool of up to seven percent of the annual
appropriation for the basic sliding fee program to provide
assistance under the at-home infant child care program. At the
end of the a fiscal year, the commissioner may carry forward any
unspent funds must be used under this section to the next fiscal
year within the same biennium for assistance under the basic
sliding fee program.
Subd. 2. [ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.] A family with an infant
under the age of one year is eligible for assistance if:
(1) the family is not receiving MFIP-S MFIP, other cash
assistance, or other child care assistance;
(2) the family has not previously received all of the
one-year exemption from the work requirement for infant care
under the MFIP-S MFIP program;
(3) the family has not previously received a life-long
total of 12 months of assistance under this section; and
(4) the family is participating in the basic sliding fee
program or, for the first child in a family, provides
verification of employment participation in an authorized
activity at the time of application and meets the program
requirements.
Subd. 3. [ELIGIBLE PARENT.] Only A family is eligible for
assistance under this section if one parent, in a two-parent
family, is eligible for assistance cares for the family's infant
child. The eligible parent must:
(1) be over the age of 18;
(2) provide care for the infant full-time care for the
child in the child's infant's home; and
(3) provide child care for any other children in the family
that who are eligible for child care assistance under this
chapter.
For the purposes of this section, "parent" means birth
parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent.
Subd. 4. [ASSISTANCE.] (a) A family is limited to a
lifetime total of 12 months of assistance under this section.
The maximum rate of assistance must be at is equal to 75 percent
of the rate established under section 119B.13 for care of
infants in licensed family day child care in the applicant's
county of residence. Assistance must be calculated to reflect
the copay parent fee requirement and under section 119B.12 for
the family's income level and family size.
(b) A participating family must continue to report income
and other family changes as specified in the county's plan under
section 119B.08, subdivision 3. The family must treat any
assistance received under this section as unearned income.
(c) Participation in the at-home infant child care program
must be considered participation in the basic sliding fee
program for purposes of continuing eligibility under section
119B.03, subdivision 3. Persons who are admitted to the at-home
infant care program retain their position in any basic sliding
fee program or on any waiting list attained at the time of
admittance. If they are on the waiting list, they must advance
as if they had not been admitted to the program. Persons
leaving the at-home infant care program re-enter the basic
sliding fee program at the position they would have occupied or
the waiting list at the position to which they would have
advanced. Persons who would have attained eligibility for the
basic sliding fee program must be given assistance or advance to
the top of the waiting list when they leave the at-home infant
care program. Persons admitted to the at-home infant care
program who are not on a basic sliding fee waiting list may
apply to the basic sliding fee program, and if eligible, be
placed on the waiting list.
(d) The time that a family that receives assistance under
this section is ineligible for must be deducted from the
one-year exemption from work requirements under the MFIP-S MFIP
program.
(e) Assistance under this section does not establish an
employer-employee relationship between any member of the
assisted family and the county or state.
Subd. 5. [IMPLEMENTATION.] By July 1, 1998, (a) The
commissioner shall implement the at-home infant child care
program under this section through counties that administer the
basic sliding fee program under section 119B.03. The
commissioner must develop and distribute consumer information on
the at-home infant care program to assist parents of infants or
expectant parents in making informed child care decisions.
(b) The commissioner shall evaluate this program and report
the impact to the legislature by January 1, 2000. The
evaluation must include data on the number of families
participating in the program; the number of families continuing
to pursue employment or education while participating in the
program; the average income of families prior to, during, and
after participation in the program; family size; and single
parent and two-parent status.
Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.07, is
amended to read:
119B.07 [USE OF MONEY.]
Money for persons listed in sections 119B.03, subdivision
3, and 119B.05, subdivision 1, shall be used to reduce the costs
of child care for students, including the costs of child care
for students while employed if enrolled in an eligible education
program at the same time and making satisfactory progress
towards completion of the program. Counties may not limit the
duration of child care subsidies for a person in an employment
or educational program, except when the person is found to be
ineligible under the child care fund eligibility standards. Any
limitation must be based on a person's employability employment
plan in the case of an AFDC recipient MFIP participant, and
county policies included in the child care allocation fund
plan. The maximum length of time a student is eligible for
child care assistance under the child care fund for education
and training is no more than the time necessary to complete the
credit requirements for an associate or baccalaureate degree as
determined by the educational institution, excluding basic or
remedial education programs needed to prepare for post-secondary
education or employment. To be eligible, the student must be in
good standing and be making satisfactory progress toward the
degree. Time limitations for child care assistance do not apply
to basic or remedial educational programs needed to prepare for
post-secondary education or employment. These programs
include: high school, general equivalency diploma, and English
as a second language. Programs exempt from this time limit must
not run concurrently with a post-secondary program. High school
students who are participating in a post-secondary options
program and who receive a high school diploma issued by the
school district are exempt from the time limitations while
pursuing a high school diploma. Financially eligible students
who have received child care assistance for one academic year
shall be provided child care assistance in the following
academic year if funds allocated under sections 119B.03 and
119B.05 are available. If an AFDC recipient MFIP participant
who is receiving AFDC MFIP child care assistance under this
chapter moves to another county, continues to participate in
educational or training programs authorized in
their employability development employment plans, and continues
to be eligible for AFDC MFIP child care assistance under this
chapter, the AFDC caretaker MFIP participant must receive
continued child care assistance from the county responsible for
their current employability development employment plan, without
interruption under section 256G.07.
Sec. 26. [119B.074] [SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR CHILD
CARE.]
A child support collection account is established in the
special revenue fund for the deposit of collections through the
assignment of child support under section 256.741, subdivision
2. The commissioner of human services must deposit all
collections made under section 256.741, subdivision 2, in the
child support collection account. Money in this account is
appropriated to the commissioner for assistance under section
119B.03 and is in addition to other state and federal
appropriations.
Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.08,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [CHILD CARE FUND PLAN.] Effective January 1,
1992, the county will include the plan required under this
subdivision in its biennial community social services plan
required in this section, for the group described in section
256E.03, subdivision 2, paragraph (h). The commissioner shall
establish the dates by which the county must submit these
plans. The county and designated administering agency shall
submit to the commissioner an annual child care fund allocation
plan in its biennial community social services plan. The
commissioner shall establish the dates by which the county must
submit the plans. The plan shall include:
(1) a narrative of the total program for child care
services, including all policies and procedures that affect
eligible families and are used to administer the child care
funds;
(2) the methods used by the county to inform eligible
groups families of the availability of child care assistance and
related services;
(3) the provider rates paid for all children with special
needs by provider type;
(4) the county prioritization policy for all eligible
groups families under the basic sliding fee program and AFDC
child care program; and
(5) other information as requested by the department to
ensure compliance with the child care fund statutes and rules
promulgated by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall notify counties within 60 days of
the date the plan is submitted whether the plan is approved or
the corrections or information needed to approve the plan. The
commissioner shall withhold a county's allocation until it has
an approved plan. Plans not approved by the end of the second
quarter after the plan is due may result in a 25 percent
reduction in allocation. Plans not approved by the end of the
third quarter after the plan is due may result in a 100 percent
reduction in the allocation to the county. Counties are to
maintain services despite any reduction in their allocation due
to plans not being approved.
Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.09,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL
APPLICANTS FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.] (a) Child care services
must be available to families who need child care to find or
keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary
to find employment and who:
(1) meet the requirements of section 119B.05; receive aid
to families with dependent children, MFIP-S, or work first,
whichever is in effect MFIP assistance; and are receiving
participating in employment and training services under section
256.736 or chapter 256J or 256K;
(2) have household income below the eligibility levels for
aid to families with dependent children MFIP; or
(3) have household income within a range established by the
commissioner.
(b) Child care services for the families receiving aid to
families with dependent children must be made available as
in-kind services, to cover any difference between the actual
cost and the amount disregarded under the aid to families with
dependent children program. Child care services to families
whose incomes are below the threshold of eligibility for aid to
families with dependent children, but are not AFDC caretakers,
must be made available with the same copayment required of AFDC
caretakers or MFIP-S caregivers.
(c) All applicants for child care assistance and families
currently receiving child care assistance must be assisted and
required to cooperate in establishment of paternity and
enforcement of child support obligations for all children in the
family as a condition of program eligibility. For purposes of
this section, a family is considered to meet the requirement for
cooperation when the family complies with the requirements of
section 256.741, if enacted.
Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.09,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [PRIORITIES; ALLOCATIONS.] If a county projects
that its child care allocation is insufficient to meet the needs
of all eligible groups families, it may prioritize among
the groups families that remain to be served after the county
has complied with the priority requirements of section 119B.03.
Counties that have established a priority for non-AFDC families
who are not MFIP participants beyond those established under
section 119B.03 must submit the policy in the annual allocation
child care fund plan.
Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.09,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [DATE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.] The date of
eligibility for child care assistance under this chapter is the
later of the date the application was signed; the beginning date
of employment, education, or training; or the date a
determination has been made that the applicant is a participant
in employment and training services under Minnesota Rules, part
3400.0080, subpart 2a, section 256.736, or chapter 256J or
256K. The date of eligibility for the basic sliding fee at-home
infant child care program is the later of the date the infant is
born or, in a county with a basic sliding fee wait waiting list,
the date the family applies for at-home infant child care.
Payment ceases for a family under the at-home infant child care
program when a family has used a total of 12 months of
assistance as specified under section 119B.061. Payment of
child care assistance for employed persons on AFDC MFIP is
effective the date of employment or the date of AFDC MFIP
eligibility, whichever is later. Payment of child care
assistance for MFIP-S MFIP or work first participants in
employment and training services is effective the date of
commencement of the services or the date of MFIP-S MFIP or work
first eligibility, whichever is later. Payment of child care
assistance for transition year child care must be made
retroactive to the date of eligibility for transition year child
care.
Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.10,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS SEEKING AND
RETAINING EMPLOYMENT.] (a) Persons who are seeking employment
and who are eligible for assistance under this section are
eligible to receive up to 240 hours of child care assistance per
calendar year.
(b) Employed persons who work at least an average of
20 hours and full-time students who work at least an average of
ten hours a week and receive at least a minimum wage for all
hours worked are eligible for continued child care
assistance for employment. For purposes of this section,
work-study programs must be counted as employment. Child care
assistance during employment must be authorized as provided in
paragraphs (c) and (d).
(c) When the caregiver person works for an hourly wage and
the hourly wage is equal to or greater than the applicable
minimum wage, child care assistance shall be provided for the
actual hours of employment, break, and mealtime during the
employment and travel time up to two hours per day.
(d) When the caregiver person does not work for an hourly
wage, child care assistance must be provided for the lesser of:
(1) the amount of child care determined by dividing gross
earned income by the applicable minimum wage, up to one hour
every eight hours for meals and break time, plus up to two hours
per day for travel time; or
(2) the amount of child care equal to the actual amount of
child care used during employment, including break and mealtime
during employment, and travel time up to two hours per day.
Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.11,
subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
Subd. 2a. [RECOVERY OF OVERPAYMENTS.] An amount of child
care assistance paid to a recipient in excess of the payment due
is recoverable by the county agency. If the family remains
eligible for child care assistance, the overpayment must be
recovered through recoupment as identified in Minnesota Rules,
part 9565.5110, subpart 11, items A and B, if the family remains
eligible for assistance 3400.0140, subpart 19. If the family no
longer remains eligible for child care assistance, the county
may choose to initiate efforts to recover overpayments from the
family for overpayment less than $50. If the overpayment is
greater than or equal to $50, the county shall seek voluntary
repayment of the overpayment from the family. If the county is
unable to recoup the overpayment through voluntary repayment,
the county shall initiate civil court proceedings to recover the
overpayment unless the county's costs to recover the overpayment
will exceed the amount of the overpayment. A family with an
outstanding debt under this subdivision is not eligible for
child care assistance until: (1) the debt is paid in full; or
(2) satisfactory arrangements are made with the county to retire
the debt consistent with the requirements of this chapter and
Minnesota Rules, chapter 3400, and the family is in compliance
with the arrangements.
Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.12,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [PARENT FEE.] A family's monthly parent fee must
be a fixed percentage of its annual gross income. Parent fees
must apply to families eligible for child care assistance under
sections 119B.03 and 119B.05. Income must be as defined in
section 119B.01, subdivision 12. The fixed percent is based on
the relationship of the family's annual gross income to 100
percent of state median income. Beginning January 1, 1998,
parent fees must begin at 75 percent of the poverty level. The
minimum parent fees for families between 75 percent and 100
percent of poverty level must be $5 per month. Parent fees for
families with incomes at or above the poverty level must not
decrease due to the addition of family members after the
family's initial eligibility determination. Parent fees must be
established in rule and must provide for graduated movement to
full payment.
Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.13, is
amended to read:
119B.13 [CHILD CARE RATES.]
Subdivision 1. [SUBSIDY RESTRICTIONS.] Effective July 1,
1991, The maximum rate paid for child care assistance under the
child care fund is the maximum rate eligible for federal
reimbursement. The rate may not exceed the 75th percentile rate
for like-care arrangements in the county as surveyed by the
commissioner. A rate which includes a provider bonus paid under
subdivision 2 or a special needs rate paid under subdivision 3
may be in excess of the maximum rate allowed under this
subdivision. The department of children, families, and learning
shall monitor the effect of this paragraph on provider rates.
The county shall pay the provider's full charges for every child
in care up to the maximum established. The commissioner shall
determine the maximum rate for each type of care, including
special needs and handicapped care. Not less than once every
two years, the county commissioner shall evaluate rates market
practices for payment of absent spaces absences and shall
establish policies for payment of absent days that reflect
current market practice.
When the provider charge is greater than the maximum
provider rate allowed, the parent is responsible for payment of
the difference in the rates in addition to any family copayment
fee.
Subd. 2. [PROVIDER RATE BONUS FOR ACCREDITATION.]
Currently accredited child care centers shall be paid a ten
percent bonus above the maximum rate established in subdivision
1, up to the actual provider rate. A family day child care
provider or child care center shall be paid a ten percent bonus
above the maximum rate established in subdivision 1, if the
provider or center holds a current early childhood development
credential approved by the commissioner, up to the actual
provider rate. For purposes of this subdivision, "accredited"
means accredited by the National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
Subd. 3. [PROVIDER RATE FOR CARE OF CHILDREN WITH
HANDICAPS OR SPECIAL NEEDS.] Counties shall reimburse providers
for the care of children with handicaps or special needs, at a
special rate to be set approved by the county for care of these
children, subject to the approval of the commissioner.
Subd. 4. [RATES CHARGED TO PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED FAMILIES.]
Child care providers receiving reimbursement under this chapter
may not charge a rate to clients receiving assistance under this
chapter that is higher than the private, full-paying client rate.
Subd. 5. [PROVIDER NOTICE.] The county shall inform both
the family receiving assistance under this chapter and the child
care provider of the payment amount and how and when payment
will be received. If the county sends a family a notice that
child care assistance will be terminated, the county shall
inform the provider that unless the family requests to continue
to receive assistance pending an appeal, child care payments
will no longer be made. The notice to the vendor provider must
not contain any private data on the family or information on why
payment will no longer be made.
Subd. 6. [PROVIDER PAYMENTS.] Counties shall make vendor
payments to the child care provider or pay the parent directly
for eligible child care expenses. If payments for child care
assistance are made to providers, the provider shall bill the
county for services provided within ten days of the end of the
month of service. If bills are submitted in accordance with the
provisions of this subdivision, a county shall issue payment to
the provider of child care under the child care fund within 30
days of receiving an invoice from the provider. Counties may
establish policies that make payments on a more frequent basis.
A county's payment policies must be included in the county's
child care plan under section 119B.08, subdivision 3.
Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.14, is
amended to read:
119B.14 [EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.]
The county board shall insure ensure that child care
services available to eligible residents are well advertised and
that everyone who receives or applies for aid to families with
dependent children MFIP assistance is informed of training and
employment opportunities and programs, including child care
assistance and child care resource and referral services.
Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.15, is
amended to read:
119B.15 [ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.]
The commissioner shall use up to 1/21 of the state and
federal funds available for the basic sliding fee program and
1/21 of the state and federal funds available for the AFDC MFIP
child care program for payments to counties for administrative
expenses.
Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.18,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [CHILD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING LOANS.]
The commissioner shall establish a child development education
and training loan program to be administered by the regional
child care resource and referral programs. The commissioner
shall establish application procedures, eligibility criteria,
terms, and other conditions necessary to make educational loans
under this section. A single applicant may not receive more
than $1,500 per year under this program. All or part of the
loan may be forgiven if the applicant continues to provide child
care services for a period of 12 24 months following the
completion of all courses paid for by the educational loan.
Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.24, is
amended to read:
119B.24 [DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.]
In addition to the powers and duties already conferred by
law, the commissioner of children, families, and learning shall:
(1) by September 1, 1998, and every five years thereafter,
survey and report on all components of the child care system,
including, but not limited to, availability of licensed child
care slots, the number of children in various kinds of child
care settings, staff wages, rate of staff turnover,
qualifications of child care workers, cost of child care by type
of service and ages of children, and child care availability
through school systems;
(2) by September 1, 1998, and every five years thereafter,
survey and report on the extent to which existing child care
services fulfill the need for child care, giving particular
attention to the need for part-time care and for care of
infants, sick children, children with special needs, low-income
children, toddlers, and school-age children;
(3) administer the child care fund, including the basic
sliding fee program authorized under sections 119B.01 to
119B.16;
(4) (2) monitor the child care resource and referral
programs established under section 119B.19; and
(5) (3) encourage child care providers to participate in a
nationally recognized accreditation system for early childhood
programs. The commissioner shall reimburse licensed child care
providers for one-half of the direct cost of accreditation fees,
upon successful completion of accreditation.
Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.25,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [FINANCING PROGRAM.] A nonprofit corporation that
receives a grant under this section shall use the money to:
(1) establish a revolving loan fund to make loans to
existing, expanding, and new licensed and legal unlicensed child
care and early childhood education sites;
(2) establish a fund to guarantee private loans to improve
or construct a child care or early childhood education site;
(3) establish a fund to provide forgivable loans or grants
to match all or part of a loan made under this section; and
(4) establish a fund as a reserve against bad debt; and
(5) establish a fund to provide business planning
assistance for child care providers.
The nonprofit corporation shall establish the terms and
conditions for loans and loan guarantees including, but not
limited to, interest rates, repayment agreements, private match
requirements, and conditions for loan forgiveness. The
nonprofit corporation shall establish a minimum interest rate
for loans to ensure that necessary loan administration costs are
covered. The nonprofit corporation may use interest earnings
for administrative expenses.
Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 121A.19, is
amended to read:
121A.19 [DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.]
Each school year, the state must pay a district $25 $40 for
each child screened according to the requirements of section
121A.17. If this amount of aid is insufficient, the district
may permanently transfer from the general fund an amount that,
when added to the aid, is sufficient.
Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.13,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [PARTICIPANTS' FEES.] A district may charge must
establish a reasonable sliding fee scale but it shall waive the
fee for a participant unable to pay.
Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.135,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [REVENUE.] The revenue for early childhood
family education programs for a school district equals $101.25
for 1998 and $113.50 for 1999 fiscal years 2000 and 2001 and
$120 for 2002 and later fiscal years times the greater of:
(1) 150; or
(2) the number of people under five years of age residing
in the district on October 1 of the previous school year.
Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.135,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION LEVY.] For
fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to obtain early childhood family
education revenue, a district may levy an amount equal to the
tax rate of .45 .5282 percent times the adjusted tax capacity of
the district for the year preceding the year the levy is
certified. Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2002, by
September 30 of each year, the commissioner shall establish a
tax rate for early childhood education revenue that raises
$21,027,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $22,135,000 in fiscal year
2003 and each subsequent year. If the amount of the early
childhood family education levy would exceed the early childhood
family education revenue, the early childhood family education
levy must equal the early childhood family education revenue.
Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.19,
subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. [EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL-AGE CARE PROGRAMS.] (a) A
school board may offer, as part of a community education
program, an extended day a school-age care program for children
from kindergarten through grade 6 for the purpose of expanding
students' learning opportunities. If the school board chooses
not to offer a school-age care program, it may allow an
appropriate insured community group, for profit entity or
nonprofit organization to use available school facilities for
the purpose of offering a school-age care program.
(b) A school-age care program must include the following:
(1) adult supervised programs while school is not in
session;
(2) parental involvement in program design and direction;
(3) partnerships with the kindergarten through grade 12
system, and other public, private, or nonprofit entities; and
(4) opportunities for trained secondary school pupils to
work with younger children in a supervised setting as part of a
community service program.; and
(5) access to available school facilities, including the
gymnasium, sports equipment, computer labs, and media centers,
when not otherwise in use as part of the operation of the
school. The school district may establish reasonable rules
relating to access to these facilities and may require that:
(i) the organization request access to the facilities and
prepare and maintain a schedule of proposed use;
(ii) the organization provide evidence of adequate
insurance to cover the activities to be conducted in the
facilities; and
(iii) the organization prepare and maintain a plan
demonstrating the adequacy and training of staff to supervise
the use of the facilities.
(b) (c) The district may charge a sliding fee based upon
family income for extended day school-age care programs. The
district may receive money from other public or private sources
for the extended day school-age care program. The board of the
district must develop standards for school-age child care
programs. Districts must adopt standards within one year after
the district first offers services under a program authorized by
this subdivision. The state board of education may not adopt
rules for extended day school-age care programs.
(c) (d) The district shall maintain a separate account
within the community services fund for all funds related to the
extended day school-age care program.
(e) A district is encouraged to coordinate the school-age
care program with its special education, vocational education,
adult basic education, early childhood family education
programs, kindergarten through grade 12 instruction and
curriculum services, youth development and youth service
agencies, and with related services provided by other
governmental agencies and nonprofit agencies.
Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.22, is
amended to read:
124D.22 [EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.]
Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY.] A district that offers an
extended day a school-age care program according to section
124D.19, subdivision 11, is eligible for extended day school-age
care revenue for the additional costs of providing services to
children with disabilities or to children experiencing family or
related problems of a temporary nature who participate in
the extended day school-age care program.
Subd. 2. [EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL-AGE CARE REVENUE.] The
extended day school-age care revenue for an eligible district
equals the approved additional cost of providing services to
children with disabilities or children experiencing family or
related problems of a temporary nature who participate in
the extended day school-age care program.
Subd. 3. [EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL-AGE CARE LEVY.] To obtain
extended day school-age care revenue, a school district may levy
an amount equal to the district's extended day school-age care
revenue as defined in subdivision 2 multiplied by the lesser of
one, or the ratio of the quotient derived by dividing the
adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year before
the year the levy is certified by the resident pupil units in
the district for the school year to which the levy is
attributable, to $3,767 $3,280.
Subd. 4. [EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL-AGE CARE AID.] A district's
extended day school-age care aid is the difference between
its extended day school-age care revenue and its extended
day school-age care levy. If a district does not levy the
entire amount permitted, extended day school-age care aid must
be reduced in proportion to the actual amount levied.
Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.23, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 10. [INSURANCE.] The commissioner of children,
families, and learning may designate one collaborative to act as
a lead collaborative for purposes of obtaining liability
coverage for participating collaboratives.
Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 125A.35,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [INCREASED COSTS.] County boards that have
submitted base year 1993 expenditures as required under
subdivision 4 are not required to pay any increased cost over
the base year 1993 for early intervention services resulting
from implementing the early intervention system. Increased
costs to county boards may be paid for with early intervention
flow-through service dollars.
Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.01,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [DUTIES AS STATE AGENCY.] The state agency shall:
(1) supervise the administration of assistance to dependent
children under Laws 1937, chapter 438, by the county agencies in
an integrated program with other service for dependent children
maintained under the direction of the state agency;
(2) may subpoena witnesses and administer oaths, make
rules, and take such action as may be necessary, or desirable
for carrying out the provisions of Laws 1937, chapter 438. All
rules made by the state agency shall be binding on the counties
and shall be complied with by the respective county agencies;
(3) establish adequate standards for personnel employed by
the counties and the state agency in the administration of Laws
1937, chapter 438, and make the necessary rules to maintain such
standards;
(4) prescribe the form of and print and supply to the
county agencies blanks for applications, reports, affidavits,
and such other forms as it may deem necessary and advisable;
(5) cooperate with the federal government and its public
welfare agencies in any reasonable manner as may be necessary to
qualify for federal aid for aid to dependent children and in
conformity with the provisions of Laws 1937, chapter 438,
including the making of such reports and such forms and
containing such information as the Federal Social Security Board
may from time to time require, and comply with such provisions
as such board may from time to time find necessary to assure the
correctness and verification of such reports;
(6) may cooperate with other state agencies in establishing
reciprocal agreements in instances where a child receiving aid
to dependent children moves or contemplates moving into or out
of the state, in order that such child may continue to receive
supervised aid from the state moved from until the child shall
have resided for one year in the state moved to;
(7) on or before October 1 in each even-numbered year make
a biennial report to the governor concerning the activities of
the agency; and
(8) enter into agreements with other departments of the
state as necessary to meet all requirements of the federal
government; and
(9) cooperate with the commissioner of children, families,
and learning to enforce the requirements for program integrity
and fraud prevention for investigation for child care assistance
under chapter 119B.
Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.045, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3c. [FINAL ORDER IN HEARING UNDER SECTION
119B.16.] The state human services referee shall recommend an
order to the commissioner of children, families, and learning in
an appeal under section 119B.16. The commissioner shall affirm,
reverse, or modify the order. An order issued under this
subdivision is conclusive on the parties unless an appeal is
taken under subdivision 7.
Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.045,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [ADDITIONAL POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONER;
SUBPOENAS.] (a) The commissioner of human services, or the
commissioner of health for matters within the commissioner's
jurisdiction under subdivision 3b, or the commissioner of
children, families, and learning for matters within the
commissioner's jurisdiction under subdivision 3c, may initiate a
review of any action or decision of a county agency and direct
that the matter be presented to a state human services referee
for a hearing held under subdivision 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, or 4a. In
all matters dealing with human services committed by law to the
discretion of the county agency, the commissioner's judgment may
be substituted for that of the county agency. The commissioner
may order an independent examination when appropriate.
(b) Any party to a hearing held pursuant to subdivision 3,
3a, 3b, 3c, or 4a may request that the commissioner issue a
subpoena to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of records at the hearing. A local agency may
request that the commissioner issue a subpoena to compel the
release of information from third parties prior to a request for
a hearing under section 256.046 upon a showing of relevance to
such a proceeding. The issuance, service, and enforcement of
subpoenas under this subdivision is governed by section 357.22
and the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
(c) The commissioner may issue a temporary order staying a
proposed demission by a residential facility licensed under
chapter 245A while an appeal by a recipient under subdivision 3
is pending or for the period of time necessary for the county
agency to implement the commissioner's order.
Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.045,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [JUDICIAL REVIEW.] Except for a prepaid health
plan, any party who is aggrieved by an order of the commissioner
of human services, or the commissioner of health in appeals
within the commissioner's jurisdiction under subdivision 3b, or
the commissioner of children, families, and learning for matters
within the commissioner's jurisdiction under subdivision 3c, may
appeal the order to the district court of the county responsible
for furnishing assistance, or, in appeals under subdivision 3b,
the county where the maltreatment occurred, by serving a written
copy of a notice of appeal upon the commissioner and any adverse
party of record within 30 days after the date the commissioner
issued the order, the amended order, or order affirming the
original order, and by filing the original notice and proof of
service with the court administrator of the district court.
Service may be made personally or by mail; service by mail is
complete upon mailing; no filing fee shall be required by the
court administrator in appeals taken pursuant to this
subdivision, with the exception of appeals taken under
subdivision 3b. The commissioner may elect to become a party to
the proceedings in the district court. Except for appeals under
subdivision 3b, any party may demand that the commissioner
furnish all parties to the proceedings with a copy of the
decision, and a transcript of any testimony, evidence, or other
supporting papers from the hearing held before the human
services referee, by serving a written demand upon the
commissioner within 30 days after service of the notice of
appeal. Any party aggrieved by the failure of an adverse party
to obey an order issued by the commissioner under subdivision 5
may compel performance according to the order in the manner
prescribed in sections 586.01 to 586.12.
Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.046,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [HEARING AUTHORITY.] A local agency shall
must initiate an administrative fraud disqualification hearing
for individuals accused of wrongfully obtaining assistance or
intentional program violations, in lieu of a criminal action
when it has not been pursued, in the aid to families with
dependent children, MFIP-S MFIP, child care assistance programs,
general assistance, family general assistance, Minnesota
supplemental aid, medical care, or food stamp programs. The
hearing is subject to the requirements of section 256.045 and
the requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 7,
section 273.16, for the food stamp program and title 45, section
235.112, as of September 30, 1995, for the cash grant and
medical care programs.
Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.741,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [EFFECT OF ASSIGNMENT.] Assignments in this
section take effect upon a determination that the applicant is
eligible for public assistance. The amount of support assigned
under this subdivision may not exceed the total amount of public
assistance issued or the total support obligation, whichever is
less. Child care support collections made according to an
assignment under subdivision 2, paragraph (c), must be
transferred deposited, subject to any limitations of federal
law, from by the commissioner of human services in the child
support collection account in the special revenue fund and
appropriated to the commissioner of children, families, and
learning and dedicated to the child care fund under chapter 119B
for child care assistance under section 119B.03. These
collections are in addition to state and federal funds
appropriated to the child care fund.
Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.98,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [WRONGFULLY OBTAINING ASSISTANCE.] A person
who commits any of the following acts or omissions with intent
to defeat the purposes of sections 145.891 to 145.897, 256.12,
256.031 to 256.361, 256.72 to 256.871, 256.9365, 256.94 to
256.966, child care, MFIP-S MFIP, chapter 256B, 256D, 256J,
256K, or 256L, child care assistance programs, or all of these
sections, is guilty of theft and shall be sentenced under
section 609.52, subdivision 3, clauses (1) to (5):
(1) obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any
person to obtain by means of a willfully false statement or
representation, by intentional concealment of any material fact,
or by impersonation or other fraudulent device, assistance or
the continued receipt of assistance, to include child
care assistance or vouchers produced according to sections
145.891 to 145.897 and MinnesotaCare services according to
sections 256.9365, 256.94, and 256L.01 to 256L.16, to which the
person is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which
the person is entitled;
(2) knowingly aids or abets in buying or in any way
disposing of the property of a recipient or applicant of
assistance without the consent of the county agency; or
(3) obtains or attempts to obtain, alone or in collusion
with others, the receipt of payments to which the individual is
not entitled as a provider of subsidized child care, or by
furnishing or concurring in a willfully false claim for child
care assistance.
The continued receipt of assistance to which the person is
not entitled or greater than that to which the person is
entitled as a result of any of the acts, failure to act, or
concealment described in this subdivision shall be deemed to be
continuing offenses from the date that the first act or failure
to act occurred.
Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.98,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [DIVISION OF RECOVERED AMOUNTS.] Except for
recoveries under chapter 119B, if the state is responsible for
the recovery, the amounts recovered shall be paid to the
appropriate units of government as provided under section
256.863. If the recovery is directly attributable to a county,
the county may retain one-half of the nonfederal share of any
recovery from a recipient or the recipient's estate.
This subdivision does not apply to recoveries from medical
providers or to recoveries involving the department of human
services, surveillance and utilization review division, state
hospital collections unit, and the benefit recoveries division.
Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.98,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [DISQUALIFICATION FROM PROGRAM.] (a) Any person
found to be guilty of wrongfully obtaining assistance by a
federal or state court or by an administrative hearing
determination, or waiver thereof, through a disqualification
consent agreement, or as part of any approved diversion plan
under section 401.065, or any court-ordered stay which carries
with it any probationary or other conditions, in the aid to
families with dependent children program, the Minnesota family
assistance program-statewide, the food stamp program, the
Minnesota family investment plan, child care program, the
general assistance or family general assistance program, or the
Minnesota supplemental aid program shall be disqualified from
that program. The needs of that individual shall not be taken
into consideration in determining the grant level for that
assistance unit:
(1) for one year after the first offense;
(2) for two years after the second offense; and
(3) permanently after the third or subsequent offense.
The period of program disqualification shall begin on the
date stipulated on the advance notice of disqualification
without possibility of postponement for administrative stay or
administrative hearing and shall continue through completion
unless and until the findings upon which the sanctions were
imposed are reversed by a court of competent jurisdiction. The
period for which sanctions are imposed is not subject to
review. The sanctions provided under this subdivision are in
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other sanctions
that may be provided for by law for the offense involved. A
disqualification established through hearing or waiver shall
result in the disqualification period beginning immediately
unless the person has become otherwise ineligible for
assistance. If the person is ineligible for assistance, the
disqualification period begins when the person again meets the
eligibility criteria of the program from which they were
disqualified and makes application for that program.
(b) A family receiving assistance through child care
assistance programs under chapter 119B with a family member who
is found to be guilty of wrongfully obtaining child care
assistance by a federal court, state court, or an administrative
hearing determination or waiver, through a disqualification
consent agreement, as part of an approved diversion plan under
section 401.065, or a court-ordered stay with probationary or
other conditions, is disqualified from child care assistance
programs. The disqualifications must be for periods of three
months, six months, and two years for the first, second, and
third offenses respectively. Subsequent violations must result
in permanent disqualification. During the disqualification
period, disqualification from any child care program must extend
to all child care programs and must be immediately applied.
Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.983,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.] The commissioner
shall establish training programs which shall be attended by all
investigative and supervisory staff of the involved county
agencies. The commissioner shall also develop the necessary
operational guidelines, forms, and reporting mechanisms, which
shall be used by the involved county agencies. An individual's
application or redetermination form shall for public assistance
benefits, including child care assistance programs and medical
care programs, must include an authorization for release by the
individual to obtain documentation for any information on that
form which is involved in a fraud prevention investigation. The
authorization for release would be is effective until for six
months after public assistance benefits have ceased.
Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.983,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [FUNDING.] (a) County agency reimbursement shall
be made through the settlement provisions applicable to the aid
to families with dependent children program, food stamp program,
Minnesota family investment program-statewide, and MFIP, child
care assistance programs, the medical assistance program, and
other federal and state-funded programs.
(b) The commissioner will maintain program compliance if
for any three consecutive month period, a county agency fails to
comply with fraud prevention investigation program guidelines,
or fails to meet the cost-effectiveness standards developed by
the commissioner. This result is contingent on the commissioner
providing written notice, including an offer of technical
assistance, within 30 days of the end of the third or subsequent
month of noncompliance. The county agency shall be required to
submit a corrective action plan to the commissioner within 30
days of receipt of a notice of noncompliance. Failure to submit
a corrective action plan or, continued deviation from standards
of more than ten percent after submission of a corrective action
plan, will result in denial of funding for each subsequent
month, or billing the county agency for fraud prevention
investigation (FPI) service provided by the commissioner, or
reallocation of program grant funds, or investigative resources,
or both, to other counties. The denial of funding shall apply
to the general settlement received by the county agency on a
quarterly basis and shall not reduce the grant amount applicable
to the FPI project.
Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 466.01,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [MUNICIPALITY.] For the purposes of
sections 466.01 to 466.15, "municipality" means any city,
whether organized under home rule charter or otherwise, any
county, town, public authority, public corporation, nonprofit
firefighting corporation that has associated with it a relief
association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 4,
special district, school district, however organized, county
agricultural society organized pursuant to chapter 38, joint
powers board or organization created under section 471.59 or
other statute, public library, regional public library system,
multicounty multitype library system, the following local
collaboratives whose plans have been approved by the children's
cabinet: family services collaborative collaboratives
established under section 124D.23, children's mental health
collaboratives established under sections 245.491 to 245.496, or
a collaborative established by the merger of a children's mental
health collaborative and a family services collaborative, other
political subdivision, or community action agency.
Sec. 60. Laws 1997, chapter 162, article 2, section 28,
subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6. [PROGRAM COMPONENTS.] An adolescent parenting
program must include:
(1) a high quality educational program provided in the
least restrictive environment that includes strategies to ensure
access to educational services, including flexible attendance
policies and class scheduling, and grants academic credit for
all work completed;
(2) to the extent possible, collaboration with other
governmental agencies and community-based organizations to
provide on-site support services, including child care;
(3) an individualized learning plan for each eligible
student that includes career goals;
(4) assurance of compliance with requirements of Public Law
Number 92-318, title IX, prohibiting discrimination against
students due to their pregnant or parenting status;
(5) courses in parent education and life skills;
(6) accountability measures for student performance linked
to graduation standards;
(7) professional development opportunities on adolescent
pregnancy and parenting issues and strategies to achieve
academic success with this student population;
(8) a system to document that adolescent parenting and
prevention support funds were used to provide support services
to eligible students;
(9) a comprehensive assessment of the district's adolescent
pregnancy prevention programs and recommendations for
improvements;
(10) a system for collecting and reporting specific student
data, including goals and outcome measurements; and
(11) a program advisory council, which may consist of an
existing local council; and
(12) transportation options for parents and their children,
including allowing transportation on district buses along
existing routes.
Sec. 61. [PLAN FOR INTEGRATION.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall
develop a plan for integrating child care and early childhood
education programs and services. The plan must focus on
cost-efficient delivery of services and address central location
of programs, integration of programs, ease of accessibility to
services by families, nontraditional hours of child care, infant
care, sick child care, special needs child care, and legislative
simplification of programs. The commissioner shall consult with
representatives from a variety of for-profit, nonprofit, and
publicly funded child care and early childhood education
programs and services in developing the plan. The plan must
contain budget recommendations, proposed legislation in draft
form, and recommendations for financial incentives to reward
programs that provide cooperative services. The commissioner
must report on the plan by January 15, 2001, to the senate and
house committees having jurisdiction over child care and early
childhood education programs.
Sec. 62. [PRETAX CHILD CARE ACCOUNTS; ASSISTANCE FOR
EMPLOYERS.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning in
cooperation with the commissioner of revenue must provide
assistance to support parental choice in child care through
increased availability of pretax child care accounts. The
commissioner may use a portion of the available Child Care and
Development Fund to provide assistance under this section. The
assistance must encourage employers to participate by
establishing accounts for their employees. Assistance may
include technical assistance, workshops for employers or
employees on the advantages of pretax accounts, and other types
of promotional material or assistance. The commissioner must
report to the legislature by February 1, 2000, on progress under
this section.
Sec. 63. [PARENT FEE SCHEDULE.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall
amend the parent fee schedule in Minnesota Rules, chapter 3400,
to do the following:
(1) parent fees for families with incomes between 101.01
percent of the federal poverty guidelines and 35 percent of the
state median income must equal 2.20 percent of adjusted gross
income for families at 35 percent of the state median income;
(2) parent fees for families with incomes between 35.01
percent state median income and 42 percent of the state median
income must equal 2.70 percent of adjusted gross income for
families at 42 percent of the state median income;
(3) parent fees for families with incomes between 42.01
percent state median income and 75 percent of the state median
income must begin at 3.75 percent of adjusted gross income and
provide for graduated movement of fee increases; and
(4) parent fees for families at 75 percent of state median
income must equal 20.0 percent of gross annual income.
Sec. 64. [CHILDHOOD LEARNING MATERIALS; CONTRIBUTIONS.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall
initiate contacts with businesses and other organizations to
encourage them to donate materials designed to help families
interact with their children during the first four years of life
in ways that will help develop the skills and abilities
necessary to succeed in reading and in school. The goal of this
cooperative effort shall be to provide learning materials for
children under age five through an alliance of business,
nonprofit organizations, and government. The commissioner shall
provide testimony on the status of this project by February 1,
2000, to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over
family and early childhood education.
Sec. 65. [ADDITIONAL EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION AID;
FISCAL YEAR 2000.]
A district that complies with Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.13, shall receive additional early childhood family
education aid for fiscal year 2000 equal to $2.46 times the
greater of:
(1) 150; or
(2) the number of people under five years of age residing
in the school district on October 1 of the previous school
year. The additional early childhood family education aid may
be used only for early childhood family education programs.
Sec. 66. [CONSOLIDATION PLAN.]
The commissioner of children, families, and learning shall
identify potential obstacles to the consolidation of MFIP,
transition year, and basic sliding fee child care programs into
one child care assistance program and shall study ways to
achieve this consolidation during the 2002-2003 biennium. The
commissioner shall testify before relevant house and senate
committees on this matter during the year 2000 session.
Sec. 67. [STATE MONEY TO BE USED AS MATCH FOR
WELFARE-TO-WORK GRANT MONEY.]
The commissioner of finance shall examine all relevant
state expenditures authorized for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 to
determine whether any expenditures can be used to provide a
state match to obtain federal Welfare-to-Work funds. If the
commissioner determines that any state expenditures can be used
for this purpose in a manner that does not compromise the
state's TANF maintenance-of-effort and is consistent with the
state's fiscal policies and practices, the commissioner shall
direct the appropriate agencies to take the actions necessary to
track, document, and verify the designated state expenditures in
order to qualify for and use up to $5,000,000 in state
expenditures for use as a match for federal Welfare-to-Work
funds.
Sec. 68. [TRANSFER OF PROGRAMS.]
The powers and duties of the department of children,
families, and learning with respect to drug policy and violence
prevention under Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119A.25,
119A.26, 119A.27, 119A.28, 119A.29, 119A.31, 119A.32, 119A.33,
and 119A.34, are transferred to the department of public safety
under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.
Sec. 69. [INCONSISTENT AMENDMENTS.]
The amendments in this article to Minnesota Statutes 1998,
sections 119B.01, subdivisions 15 and 16; 119B.03, subdivision
4; 119B.05, subdivision 1; 119B.07; 119B.08, subdivision 3;
119B.09, subdivisions 1, 3, and 7; 119B.14; and 119B.15 prevail
over the amendments to the same provisions of Minnesota Statutes
1998 that are contained in the 1999 S. F. No. 1585, if enacted.
Sec. 70. [REVISOR INSTRUCTION.]
(a) The revisor of statutes shall change the headnote of
Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05, from "AFDC CHILD CARE
PROGRAM" to "MFIP CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" and the
headnote of Minnesota Statutes, section 125A.35, from "EARLY
INTERVENTION FLOW-THROUGH DOLLARS" to "EARLY INTERVENTION
SERVICE DOLLARS."
(b) The revisor of statutes shall change the term "learning
readiness" to "school readiness" wherever it appears in
Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules in connection with the
learning readiness programs regulated under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 124D.
Sec. 71. [APPROPRIATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated
from the general fund to the department of children, families,
and learning for the fiscal years designated.
Subd. 2. [SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM REVENUE.] For revenue
for learning readiness programs according to Minnesota Statutes,
sections 124D.15 and 124D.16:
$10,395,000 ..... 2000
$10,395,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $1,040,000 for 1999 and
$9,355,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $1,040,000 for 2000 and
$9,355,000 for 2001.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 3. [EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION AID.] For early
childhood family education aid according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 124D.135:
$20,485,000 ..... 2000
$19,420,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $1,390,000 for 1999 and
$19,095,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $2,122,000 for 2000 and
$17,298,000 for 2001.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 4. [HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID.] For
health and developmental screening aid according to Minnesota
Statutes, sections 121A.17 and 121A.19:
$2,450,000 ..... 2000
$2,650,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $155,000 for 1999 and
$2,295,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $255,000 for 2000 and
$2,395,000 for 2001.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 5. [WAY TO GROW.] For grants for existing way to
grow programs according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.17:
$475,000 ..... 2000
$475,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 6. [HEAD START PROGRAM.] For Head Start programs
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.52:
$18,375,000 ..... 2000
$18,375,000 ..... 2001
$1,000,000 each year must be used for grants to local Head
Start agencies for full-year programming for children ages 0 to
3. Programs must comply with applicable federal Head Start
performance standards. Grantees may use state grant funds to
provide services in addition to those allowed under federal Head
Start regulations. In awarding grants, the commissioner must
give priority to continue existing programs. Any additional
money must be distributed to local Head Start agencies to expand
full-year programming for children ages 0 to 3.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 7. [SCHOOL AGE CARE AID.] For extended day aid
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.22:
$274,000 ..... 2000
$216,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $30,000 for 1999 and
$244,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $27,000 for 2000 and
$189,000 for 2001.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 8. [BASIC SLIDING FEE CHILD CARE.] For child care
assistance according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03:
$21,621,000 ..... 2000
$22,377,000 ..... 2001
Six months before the end of the biennium, the commissioner
must estimate the amount of biennial expenditures from the
allocation for assistance under the at-home infant care
program. The commissioner must transfer the amount of any
projected surplus allocation to the basic sliding fee program.
Of the amount set aside under section 119B.061 for the at-home
infant care program, up to $25,000 must be used to develop and
provide information under section 119B.061, subdivision 5.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
The fiscal year 2002 and 2003 base is $62,199,000 each
year. Of this amount, $51,999,000 is from the general fund and
$10,200,000 is from the federal TANF block grant.
Subd. 9. [MFIP CHILD CARE.] For child care assistance
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05:
$86,318,000 ..... 2000
$88,443,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 10. [CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT.] For child care
development grants according to Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.21:
$1,865,000 ..... 2000
$1,865,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Sec. 72. [FEDERAL TANF TRANSFERS.]
Subdivision 1. [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are transferred
from the federal TANF fund to the child care and development
fund and appropriated to the department of children, families,
and learning for the fiscal years designated. The commissioner
shall ensure that all transferred funds are expended in
accordance with the child care and development fund regulations
and that the maximum allowable transferred funds are used for
the programs in this section.
Subd. 2. [BASIC SLIDING FEE CHILD CARE.] For child care
assistance according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03:
$37,985,000 ..... 2000
$37,986,000 ..... 2001
Any balance the first year does not cancel but is available
in the second year. The fiscal year 2002 and 2003 base is
$62,199,000 each year. Of this amount, $51,999,000 is from the
general fund and $10,200,000 is from the federal TANF block
grant.
Subd. 3. [TRANSITION YEAR FAMILIES.] To provide
uninterrupted assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section
119B.03, for families completing transition year child care
assistance in fiscal year 2000:
$2,500,000 ..... 2000
This is a one-time appropriation. Any balance the first
year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
Subd. 4. [CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT.] For child care
development activities:
$1,130,000 ..... 2000
$__449,000 ..... 2001
$100,000 of the 2000 appropriation is for a grant to a
nonprofit corporation under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.25,
for purposes that are eligible for funding under the Child Care
and Development Fund, including improvements to child care
facilities, business planning, and development of licensed child
care.
Up to $20,000 of the fiscal year 2000 appropriation is for
assistance to establish pretax child care accounts in section 62.
These are one-time appropriations. Any balance in the
first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
Subd. 5. [PROGRAM INTEGRITY.] For administrative costs of
program integrity and fraud prevention for child care assistance
programs under chapter 119B:
$175,000 ..... 2000
$175,000 ..... 2001
This must be a base general fund appropriation for fiscal
years 2002 and 2003.
Sec. 73. [REPEALER.]
(a) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119B.01, subdivision
15; 119B.03, subdivision 7; 119B.05, subdivisions 6 and 7;
119B.075; 119B.17; and 124D.14, are repealed.
(b) Section 63 is repealed on the effective date of the
specified rule changes in Minnesota Rules, chapter 3400.
ARTICLE 2
COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS CHANGE
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.20,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [COMMUNITY EDUCATION LEVY.] To obtain community
education revenue, a district may levy the amount raised by a
tax rate of .41 .4795 percent times the adjusted net tax
capacity of the district. If the amount of the community
education levy would exceed the community education revenue, the
community education levy shall be determined according to
subdivision 6.
Sec. 2. Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4,
article 1, section 61, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT.] For taxes payable in 1998
and 1999, the commissioner shall adjust each tax rate
established under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124 and 124A
120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 127A, by
multiplying the rate by the ratio of the statewide tax capacity
as calculated using the class rates in effect for assessment
year 1996 to the statewide tax capacity using the class rates
for that assessment year.
Sec. 3. Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4,
article 1, section 61, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 1998,
chapter 398, article 1, section 41, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [EQUALIZING FACTORS.] For taxes payable in 1998
and 1999, the commissioner shall adjust each equalizing factor
established using adjusted net tax capacity per actual pupil
unit under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 124 and 124A 120B, 122A,
123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 127A, by dividing the
equalizing factor by the ratio of the statewide tax capacity as
calculated using the class rates in effect for assessment year
1996 to the statewide tax capacity using the class rates for
that assessment year.
Sec. 4. [APPROPRIATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated
from the general fund to the department of children, families,
and learning for the fiscal years designated.
Subd. 2. [FAMILY COLLABORATIVES.] For family
collaboratives according to Laws 1995, First Special Session
chapter 3, article 4, section 29, subdivision 10:
$4,777,000 ..... 2000
$2,535,000 ..... 2001
No new family services collaboratives shall be funded with
this appropriation after June 30, 1999.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 3. [COMMUNITY EDUCATION AID.] For community
education aid according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.20:
$14,136,000 ..... 2000
$14,696,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $160,000 for 1999 and
$13,976,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $1,552,000 for 2000 and
$13,144,000 for 2001.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 4. [ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM AID.] For
adults with disabilities programs according to Minnesota
Statutes, section 124D.56:
$670,000 ..... 2000
$670,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 5. [HEARING-IMPAIRED ADULTS.] For programs for
hearing-impaired adults according to Minnesota Statutes, section
124D.57:
$70,000 ..... 2000
$70,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 6. [FIRST CALL MINNESOTA.] For a grant to First Call
Minnesota to operate a statewide system of information and
referral for community services:
$ 50,000 ..... 2000
This is a one-time appropriation.
ARTICLE 3
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
Section 1. [124D.221] [AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS.]
Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT.] A competitive statewide
after-school enrichment grant program is established to provide
implementation grants to community or nonprofit organizations,
to political subdivisions, or to school-based programs. The
commissioner shall develop criteria for after-school enrichment
programs.
Subd. 2. [PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS.] For grants in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, the commissioner must give priority to
neighborhoods in this subdivision. In Minneapolis, priority
neighborhoods are Near North, Hawthorne, Sumner-Glenwood,
Harrison, Jordan, Powderhorn, Central, Whittier, Cleveland,
McKinley, Waite Park, Sheridan, Holland, and Phillips. In St.
Paul, priority neighborhoods are Summit-University, Thomas-Dale,
North End, Payne-Phalen, Daytons Bluff, and the West Side.
Subd. 3. [PROGRAM OUTCOMES.] The expected outcomes of the
after-school enrichment programs are to:
(1) increase the number of children participating in
adult-supervised programs in nonschool hours;
(2) support academic achievement, including the areas of
reading and math;
(3) reduce the amount of juvenile crime;
(4) increase school attendance and reduce the number of
school suspensions;
(5) increase the number of youth engaged in community
service and other activities designed to support character
improvement, strengthen families, and instill community values;
(6) increase skills in technology, the arts, sports, and
other activities; and
(7) increase and support the academic achievement and
character development of adolescent parents.
Subd. 4. [PLAN.] An applicant shall develop a plan for an
after-school enrichment program for youth. The plan must
include:
(1) collaboration with and leverage of existing community
resources that have demonstrated effectiveness;
(2) creative outreach to children and youth;
(3) involvement of local governments, including park and
recreation boards or schools, unless no government agency is
appropriate;
(4) community control over the design of the enrichment
program; and
(5) identification of the sources of nonpublic funding.
Subd. 5. [PLAN APPROVAL; GRANTS.] An applicant shall
submit a plan developed under subdivision 4 to the commissioner
for approval. The commissioner shall award a grant for the
implementation of an approved plan.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.33,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [EXPECTED OUTCOMES.] Grant recipients must use
the funds for programs designed to prevent teen pregnancy and to
prevent crime in the long term. Recipient programs must assist
youth to demonstrate the following outcomes:
(1) a reduction in the incidence of teen pregnancy;
(2) an increase in the establishment of paternity,
especially through the recognition of parentage process;
(3) an increase in the number of child support orders and
collection;
(4) an understanding of early childhood development,
including the importance of fathers in the lives of children;
(1) understand (5) an understanding of the connection
between sexual behavior, adolescent pregnancy, and the roles and
responsibilities of marriage and parenting;
(6) an understanding that abstinence is the only completely
safe means of sexual protection; and
(2) understand (7) an understanding of the long-term
responsibility of fatherhood;.
(3) understand the importance of fathers in the lives of
children;
(4) acquire parenting skills and knowledge of child
development; and
(5) find community support for their roles as fathers and
nurturers of children.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.33,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] (a) An application for a
grant may be submitted by a youth or parenting program whose
purpose is to reduce teen pregnancy or teach child development
and parenting skills in collaboration with a district. Each
grant application must include a description of the program's
structure and components, including collaborative and outreach
efforts; an implementation and evaluation plan to measure the
program's success; a plan for using males as instructors and
mentors; and a cultural diversity plan to ensure that staff or
teachers will reflect the cultural backgrounds of the population
served and that the program content is culturally sensitive.
(b) Grant recipients must, at a minimum, provide education
in responsible parenting and child development, responsible
decision-making related to marriage and relationships, and the
legal implications of paternity. Grant recipients also must
provide public awareness efforts in the collaborating school
district. Grant recipients may offer support groups, health and
nutrition education, and mentoring and peer teaching.
(c) A grant applicant must establish an advisory committee
to assist the applicant in planning and implementation of a
grant. The advisory committee must include student
representatives, adult males from the community, representatives
of community organizations, teachers, parent educators, and
representatives of family social service agencies.
(d) A grant applicant must detail in its application how it
will evaluate the effectiveness of its program, including how it
will collect data to establish whether the expected outcomes
have been met. The applicant must report the data it collects
to the commissioner semiannually.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 171.29,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [FEES, ALLOCATION.] (a) A person whose driver's
license has been revoked as provided in subdivision 1, except
under section 169.121 or 169.123, shall pay a $30 fee before the
driver's license is reinstated.
(b) A person whose driver's license has been revoked as
provided in subdivision 1 under section 169.121 or 169.123 shall
pay a $250 fee plus a $40 surcharge before the driver's license
is reinstated. The $250 fee is to be credited as follows:
(1) Twenty percent shall be credited to the trunk highway
fund.
(2) Fifty-five percent shall be credited to the general
fund.
(3) Eight percent shall be credited to a separate account
to be known as the bureau of criminal apprehension account.
Money in this account may be appropriated to the commissioner of
public safety and the appropriated amount shall be apportioned
80 percent for laboratory costs and 20 percent for carrying out
the provisions of section 299C.065.
(4) Twelve percent shall be credited to a separate account
to be known as the alcohol-impaired driver education account.
Money in the account is appropriated as follows:
(i) The first $200,000 in a fiscal year is to the
commissioner of children, families, and learning for programs in
for elementary and secondary schools school students.
(ii) The remainder credited in a fiscal year is
appropriated to the commissioner of transportation to be spent
as grants to the Minnesota highway safety center at St. Cloud
State University for programs relating to alcohol and highway
safety education in elementary and secondary schools.
(5) Five percent shall be credited to a separate account to
be known as the traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury
account. The money in the account is annually appropriated to
the commissioner of health to be used as follows: 35 percent
for a contract with a qualified community-based organization to
provide information, resources, and support to assist persons
with traumatic brain injury and their families to access
services, and 65 percent to maintain the traumatic brain injury
and spinal cord injury registry created in section 144.662. For
the purposes of this clause, a "qualified community-based
organization" is a private, not-for-profit organization of
consumers of traumatic brain injury services and their family
members. The organization must be registered with the United
States Internal Revenue Service under the provisions of section
501(c)(3) as a tax-exempt organization and must have as its
purposes:
(i) the promotion of public, family, survivor, and
professional awareness of the incidence and consequences of
traumatic brain injury;
(ii) the provision of a network of support for persons with
traumatic brain injury, their families, and friends;
(iii) the development and support of programs and services
to prevent traumatic brain injury;
(iv) the establishment of education programs for persons
with traumatic brain injury; and
(v) the empowerment of persons with traumatic brain injury
through participation in its governance.
No patient's name, identifying information or identifiable
medical data will be disclosed to the organization without the
informed voluntary written consent of the patient or patient's
guardian, or if the patient is a minor, of the parent or
guardian of the patient.
(c) The $40 surcharge shall be credited to a separate
account to be known as the remote electronic alcohol monitoring
program account. The commissioner shall transfer the balance of
this account to the commissioner of finance on a monthly basis
for deposit in the general fund.
(d) When these fees are collected by a county-operated
office of deputy registrar, a handling charge is imposed in the
amount specified under section 168.33, subdivision 7. The
handling charge must be deposited in the treasury of the place
for which the deputy registrar was appointed and the
reinstatement fees and surcharge must be deposited in an
approved state depository as directed under section 168.33,
subdivision 2.
Sec. 5. [APPROPRIATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated
from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, to the
department of children, families, and learning for the fiscal
years designated.
Subd. 2. [VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION GRANTS.] For
violence prevention education grants according to Minnesota
Statutes, section 120B.23:
$1,450,000 ..... 2000
$1,450,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 3. [ABUSED CHILDREN.] For abused children programs
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.21:
$945,000 ..... 2000
$945,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 4. [CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND.] For children's trust
fund according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 119A.12 and
119A.13:
$225,000 ..... 2000
$225,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 5. [AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT GRANTS.] For after
school enrichment grants according to Laws 1996, chapter 412,
article 4, section 30:
$5,260,000 ..... 2000
$5,260,000 ..... 2001
Of this amount, $200,000 each year is for programs that
make state armories available to communities for youth
recreational and enrichment activities.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
In fiscal year 2002 and 2003, the base for this program is
$5,510,000 from the general fund each year.
Subd. 6. [ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVER.] (a) For grants with
funds received under Minnesota Statutes, section 171.29,
subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (4):
$200,000 ..... 2000
$200,000 ..... 2001
(b) These appropriations are from the alcohol-impaired
driver account of the special revenue fund to the department of
children, families, and learning for chemical abuse prevention
grants.
(c) Up to $150,000 each year may be used for chemical abuse
prevention grants to provide a match for a community
collaborative project for children and youth developed by a
regional organization established under Minnesota Statutes.
The regional organization must include a broad cross
section of public and private sector community representatives
to address specific community needs of children and youth. A
regional organization that receives a grant must provide a
two-to-one match of nonstate dollars.
(d) $50,000 each year is for grants to a nonprofit
organization to fund culturally appropriate prevention programs
for American Indian youth and families and urban American Indian
communities.
In addition, $200,000 of the amount of special revenue
funds carried forward for fiscal year 2000 may be used in fiscal
years 2000 and 2001 for grants under this paragraph.
Subd. 7. [FAMILY VISITATION CENTERS.] (a) For family
visitation centers according to Minnesota Statutes, section
119A.37:
$200,000 ..... 2000
$200,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
(b) An additional $96,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $96,000
in fiscal year 2001 is appropriated from the special revenue
fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 517.08, subdivision 1c,
for family visitation centers. Any balance in the first year
does not cancel but is available for the second year.
Subd. 8. [ADOLESCENT PARENTING GRANTS.] For grants to
reduce long-term welfare dependency and promote self-sufficiency
among adolescent parents under Laws 1997, chapter 162, article
2, section 28:
$1,000,000 ..... 2000
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
$200,000 of this appropriation is one time and is not to be
added to the base.
Subd. 9. [MALE RESPONSIBILITY AND FATHERING GRANTS.] For
grants according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.33:
$250,000 ..... 2000
$250,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
ARTICLE 4
SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND LIFELONG LEARNING
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.405,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [SOFTWARE SALE FUND.] (a) Except as provided in
paragraph (b) paragraphs (b) and (c), proceeds of the sale or
licensing of software products or services by the commissioner
must be credited to the intertechnologies revolving fund. If a
state agency other than the department of administration has
contributed to the development of software sold or licensed
under this section, the commissioner may reimburse the agency by
discounting computer services provided to that agency.
(b) Proceeds of the sale or licensing of software products
or services developed by the pollution control agency, or custom
developed by a vendor for the agency, must be credited to the
environmental fund.
(c) Proceeds of the sale or licensing of software products
or services developed by the department of children, families,
and learning, or custom developed by a vendor for the agency, to
support the achieved savings assessment program, must be
appropriated to the commissioner of children, families, and
learning and credited to the weatherization program to support
weatherization activities.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 122A.26, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 3. [ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.] Notwithstanding
subdivision 2, a person who possesses a bachelor's or master's
degree in English as a second language, applied linguistics, or
bilingual education, or who possesses a related degree as
approved by the commissioner, shall be permitted to teach
English as a second language in an adult basic education program
that receives funding under section 124D.53.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.52, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4. [ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.] Persons
may teach English as a second language classes conducted at a
worksite, if they meet the requirements of section 122A.19,
subdivision 1, clause (a), regardless of whether they are
licensed teachers. Persons teaching English as a second
language for an approved adult basic education program must
possess a bachelor's or master's degree in English as a second
language, applied linguistics, or bilingual education, or a
related degree as approved by the commissioner.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.52, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 5. [BASIC SERVICE LEVEL.] A district, or a
consortium of districts, with a program approved by the
commissioner under subdivision 2 must establish, in consultation
with the commissioner, a basic level of service for every adult
basic education site in the district or consortium. The basic
service level must describe minimum levels of academic
instruction and support services to be provided at each site.
The program must set a basic service level that promotes
effective learning and student achievement with measurable
results. Each district or consortium of districts must submit
its basic service level to the commissioner for approval.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.53,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [AID.] Adult basic education aid for each
approved program equals 65 percent of the general education
formula allowance $2,295 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,338 for
fiscal year 2001 and later fiscal years times the number of
full-time equivalent students in its adult basic education
program during the first prior program year.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.53, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 7. [BASIC POPULATION AID.] A district with a
population of less than 30,000 is eligible for basic population
aid if: (1) the district levied for adult basic education for
revenue in fiscal year 1999; and (2) the district has a basic
service level approved by the commissioner under section
124D.52, subdivision 5, or is a member of a consortium with an
approved basic service level. Basic population aid is equal to
the greater of $4,000 or $1 times the population of the
district. District population is determined according to
section 275.14. Aid under this section is in addition to aid
under subdivision 3 and must be used for sites that meet the
approved basic service level under section 124D.52, subdivision
5.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.54,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [AID ELIGIBILITY.] For fiscal years 1998
and later, Adult high school graduation aid for eligible pupils
age 21 or over, equals 65 percent of the general education
formula allowance times 1.30 times the average daily membership
under section 126C.05, subdivision 12.:
(1) for fiscal year 2000: 1.30 multiplied by the average
daily membership under section 126C.05, subdivision 12,
multiplied by (i) $1,676 or (ii) $3,251,000 divided by the state
total weighted average daily membership, not to exceed $2,295;
(2) for fiscal year 2001 and later fiscal years: $2,338
multiplied by 1.30 multiplied by the average daily membership
under section 126C.05, subdivision 12.
Adult high school graduation aid must be paid in addition to any
other aid to the district. Pupils age 21 or over may not be
counted by the district for any purpose other than adult high
school graduation aid.
Sec. 8. Laws 1998, First Special Session chapter 1,
article 1, section 10, is amended to read:
Sec. 10. [HOUSEHOLD ELIGIBILITY; PARTICIPATION.]
Subdivision 1. [INITIAL ELIGIBILITY.] To be eligible for
state or TANF matching funds in the family assets for
independence initiative, a household must have income at or
below 200 185 percent of the federal poverty level and assets
of $25,000 $15,000 or less. An individual who is a dependent of
another person for federal income tax purposes may not be a
separate eligible household for purposes of establishing a
family asset account. An individual who is a debtor for a
judgment resulting from nonpayment of a court-ordered child
support obligation may not participate in this
program. Households accessing TANF matching funds are subject
to the MFIP definition of household under Minnesota Statutes,
section 256J.08, subdivision 46. Income and assets are
determined according to eligibility guidelines for the energy
assistance program.
Subd. 2. [CONTINUED PARTICIPATION.] A participating
household whose income exceeds 200 185 percent of the poverty
level may continue to make contributions to the savings
account. The amount of any contributions made during the time
when a participating household's income is greater than 200 185
percent of the poverty level is not eligible for the match under
section 11.
Subd. 3. [FAMILY PARTICIPATION.] Each participating
household must sign a family asset agreement that includes the
amount of scheduled deposits into its savings account, the
proposed use, and the proposed savings goal. A participating
household must agree to complete an economic literacy training
program.
Participating households may only deposit money that is
derived from household earned income or from state and federal
income tax credits.
Sec. 9. Laws 1998, First Special Session chapter 1,
article 1, section 11, is amended to read:
Sec. 11. [WITHDRAWAL; MATCHING; PERMISSIBLE USES.]
Subdivision 1. [WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS.] To receive a match,
a participating household must transfer funds withdrawn from a
family asset account to a fiduciary organization its matching
fund custodial account held by the fiscal agent, according to
the family asset agreement. The fiduciary organization must
determine if the match request is for a permissible use
consistent with the household's family asset agreement.
A fiduciary organization The fiscal agent must ensure the
household's custodial account contains the applicable matching
funds to match the balance in the household's account, including
interest, on at least a quarterly basis and at the time of an
approved withdrawal. Matches must be provided as follows:
(1) from state grant and TANF funds a matching contribution
of $2 $1.50 for every $1 of funds withdrawn from the family
asset account equal to the lesser of $720 per year or a $3,000
lifetime limit; and
(2) from nonstate funds, a matching contribution of no less
than $2 $1.50 for every $1 of funds withdrawn from the family
asset account equal to the lesser of $720 per year or a $3,000
lifetime limit.
Subd. 2. [VENDOR PAYMENT OF WITHDRAWN FUNDS.] Upon receipt
of withdrawn transferred custodial account funds, the fiduciary
organization must make a direct payment to the vendor of the
goods or services for the permissible use.
Sec. 10. Laws 1998, First Special Session chapter 1,
article 1, section 12, is amended to read:
Sec. 12. [PROGRAM REPORTING.]
The fiscal agent on behalf of each fiduciary organization
operating participating in a family assets for independence
initiative must annually report quarterly to the commissioner of
human services and to the commissioner of children, families,
and learning identifying the participants with accounts, the
number of accounts, the amount of savings and matches for
each participant's account, the uses of the account, and the
number of businesses, homes, and educational services paid for
with money from the account, as well as other information that
may be required for the state to operate commissioner to
administer the program effectively and meet federal TANF
reporting requirements.
Sec. 11. [ADULT BASIC EDUCATION SERVICE DELIVERY STUDY
GROUP.]
(a) The commissioner of children, families, and learning
shall establish a task force to review, evaluate, and make
legislative recommendations by January 15, 2000, on improving
the delivery of adult basic education (ABE) services. The study
group must make recommendation on ways to:
(1) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ABE service
delivery of over the next five years; and
(2) increase the number of adult learners served and the
proportion of need for adult education met by ABE programs.
(b) The group should, at a minimum, consider the following
factors:
(1) changes in the need for ABE services due to
socioeconomic trends, welfare reform, and labor market factors;
(2) evolving instructional technologies, including distance
learning and the integration of computers and other technologies
into ABE programs;
(3) the organization, formation, and functioning of ABE
service delivery through regional consortiums and school
district programs;
(4) accountability in the delivery of ABE services to meet
defined learner outcomes;
(5) funding to promote and recognize educational outcomes
in ABE programs; and
(6) defining and maintaining viable ABE program delivery
that meets the needs of adult learners throughout Minnesota.
(c) Members of the study group must include members of the
house and senate committees that fund adult basic education
programs; representatives of the department of children,
families, and learning; and representatives of ABE programs,
including school districts, community education, nonprofit
organizations, correctional programs, and other organizations
that provide or support ABE education. The group must include
rural, urban, and suburban members.
Sec. 12. [APPROPRIATIONS.]
Subdivision 1. [DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND
LEARNING.] The sums indicated in this section are appropriated
from the general fund to the department of children, families,
and learning for the fiscal years designated.
Subd. 2. [MINNESOTA ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.] For
Minnesota economic opportunity grants:
$8,514,000 ..... 2000
$8,514,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 3. [TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS.] For transitional
housing programs according to Minnesota Statutes, section
119A.43:
$2,075,000 ..... 2000
$2,075,000 ..... 2001
Of this amount, $50,000 each year is for transitional
housing services for homeless veterans and $50,000 each year is
for a grant to the Kids Capacity Initiative program in Hennepin
county.* (The preceding text beginning "and $50,000 each year"
was vetoed by the governor.)
Of this amount, $25,000 for the biennium is for a grant to
Perspective, Inc. to provide transitional housing services. One
or more nonprofit organizations must provide an equal amount of
matching funds.* (The preceding text beginning "Of this amount,
$25,000" was vetoed by the governor.)
$25,000 each year is for a grant to the city of St. Louis
Park for the Meadowbrook Collaborative Housing Project to
enhance youth outreach services and to provide educational and
recreational programming for at-risk youth. The collaborative
must include a cross section of public and private sector
community representatives.* (The preceding text beginning
"$25,000" was vetoed by the governor.)
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 4. [FOODSHELF PROGRAMS.] For foodshelf programs
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.44:
$1,278,000 ..... 2000
$1,278,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 5. [ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AID.] For adult basic
education aid according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.52,
in fiscal year 2000 and Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.53 in
fiscal year 2001:
$20,132,000 ..... 2000
$22,477,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $1,227,000 for 1999 and
$18,905,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $2,101,000 for 2000 and
$20,376,000 for 2001.
Subd. 6. [ADULT BASIC EDUCATION BASIC POPULATION AID.] For
basic population aid for eligible districts under section 7:
$1,960,000 ..... 2000
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.45,
subdivision 12, 100 percent of this appropriation is for fiscal
year 2000.
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year. This is a one-time appropriation.
Subd. 7. [ADULT GRADUATION AID.] For adult graduation aid
according to Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.54:
$3,184,000 ..... 2000
$4,732,000 ..... 2001
The 2000 appropriation includes $258,000 for 1999 and
$2,926,000 for 2000.
The 2001 appropriation includes $325,000 for 2000 and
$4,407,000 for 2001.
Subd. 8. [GED TESTS.] For payment of 60 percent of the
costs of GED tests according to Laws 1993, chapter 224, article
4, section 44, subdivision 10:
$125,000 ..... 2000
$125,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 9. [FAMILY ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE.] For a grant to
the Ramsey Action Program to provide matching grants to
fiduciary organizations under Laws 1998, First Special Session
chapter 1, article 1, sections 6 to 12:
$500,000 ..... 2000
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Subd. 10. [LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION PROJECT.] For a grant to
a nonprofit organization currently operating the CLEARCorps lead
hazard reduction project:
$500,000 ..... 2000
$300,000 of this is a one-time appropriation. Any balance
in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second
year.
The grant must be used to continue the lead hazard
reduction project and reduce and prevent lead poisoning in
Minnesota's children. The grant may be used as a match for
federal funds to reduce lead hazards.
Subd. 11. [GED ON TELEVISION.] For a grant to a public
television station that serves rural areas of Minnesota:
$75,000 ..... 2000
$75,000 ..... 2001
The grant must be used to provide GED programming to aid
immigrants and others who lack a high school diploma to obtain a
GED. Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year. This is a one-time appropriation.*
(The preceding subdivision was vetoed by the governor.)
Subd. 12. [EMERGENCY SERVICES.] For emergency services
grants according to Laws 1997, chapter 162, article 3, section 7:
$350,000 ..... 2000
$350,000 ..... 2001
Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is
available in the second year.
Sec. 13. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 124D.53, subdivision 6, is
repealed.
ARTICLE 5
RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [SCOPE.] For the purposes of sections
119B.01 to 119B.19 this chapter, the following terms have the
meanings given.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.01, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 18. [LEGAL NONLICENSED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.] "Legal
nonlicensed child care provider" means a child care provider who
is excluded from licensing requirements under section 245A.03,
subdivision 2.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.19,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR
OPERATION OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS.] The
commissioner of children, families, and learning may make grants
shall distribute funds to public or private nonprofit
agencies organizations for the planning, establishment,
expansion, improvement, or operation of child care resource and
referral programs and child care services according to the
provisions of under this section and may make grants to county
boards to carry out the purposes of sections 119B.19 to
119B.21. The commissioner must adopt rules for programs under
this section and sections 119B.20 and 119B.21. The commissioner
must develop a process to fund organizations to operate child
care resource and referral programs that includes application
forms, timelines, and standards for renewal.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.19, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 1a. [DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.] The commissioner
shall designate an organization to administer a child care
resource and referral program to serve a region.
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.19, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 6. [BASIS FOR DISTRIBUTING FUNDS.] (a) The
commissioner shall distribute funds for the administration of
child care resource and referral programs based on the following
factors for each region:
(1) the region served by the program;
(2) the number of children under the age of 13 years
needing child care;
(3) the ratio of children under the age of 13 years needing
child care to the number of licensed spaces;
(4) the number of licensed child care providers and
school-age care programs; and
(5) other related factors determined by the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner may provide ongoing funding to a
designated organization for a child care resource and referral
program that continues to meet state standards.
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.19, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 6a. [LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT.] A local match of 25
percent is required.
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.19, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 7. [CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL
PROGRAMS.] Within each region, a child care resource and
referral program must:
(1) maintain one database of all existing child care
resources and services and one database of family referrals;
(2) provide a child care referral service for families;
(3) develop resources to meet the child care service needs
of families;
(4) increase the capacity to provide culturally responsive
child care services;
(5) coordinate professional development opportunities for
child care and school-age care providers;
(6) administer and award child care services grants;
(7) administer and provide loans for child development
education and training; and
(8) cooperate with the Minnesota Child Care Resource and
Referral Network and its member programs to develop effective
child care services and child care resources.
Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.20,
subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7. [FACILITY IMPROVEMENT EXPENSES.] "Facility
improvement expenses" means funds for building the cost of
improvements, equipment, appropriate technology and software,
toys, and supplies needed to establish, expand, or improve a
licensed child care facility or a child care program under the
jurisdiction of a local district school board of education.
Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.20,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [INTERIM FINANCING.] "Interim financing" means
funds to carry out such funding for up to 18 months:
(1) for activities as that are necessary for family day
care homes, group family day care homes, and child care centers
to receive and maintain state child care licensing,;
(2) to expand an existing child care program or to improve
program quality,; and
(3) to provide operating funds operate for a period of six
consecutive months after a family day care home, group family
day care home, or child care center facility becomes licensed or
satisfies standards of the state board of education. Interim
financing may not exceed a period of 18 months.
Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.20,
subdivision 12, is amended to read:
Subd. 12. [TRAINING PROGRAM.] "Training program" means
child development courses offered by an accredited
post-secondary institution or similar training approved by a
county board or the department of children, families, and
learning commissioner. To qualify as a training program under
this section, a course of study must teach A training program
must be a course of study that teaches specific skills that to
meet licensing requirements or requirements of the state board
of education.
Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.20, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 13. [REGION.] "Region" means a region designated by
the governor under section 462.385.
Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [GRANTS ESTABLISHED DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT
FUNDS.] (a) The commissioner shall award grants to develop child
care services, including child care service development grants
for start-up and facility improvement expenses, interim
financing, staff training expenses, and grants for child care
resource and referral programs. Child care service development
grants may include family child care technical assistance awards
up to $1,000. distribute funds to the child care resource and
referral programs designated under section 119B.19, subdivision
1a, for child care services grants under subdivision 5 and
family child care technical assistance grants under subdivision
10.
(b) Up to ten percent of funds appropriated for grants
under this section may be used by the commissioner for statewide
child care development initiatives, training initiatives,
collaboration programs, and research and data collection. The
commissioner shall develop eligibility guidelines and a grant
application form, inform county social service agencies about
the availability of child care services grants, and set a date
by which applications must be received by the
commissioner process to distribute funds under this paragraph.
Child care resource and referral programs may apply for funding
under this paragraph.
Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2. [DISTRIBUTION OF BASIS FOR DISTRIBUTING GRANT
FUNDS.] (a) At least 90 percent of funds appropriated for grants
under this section may be distributed by the commissioner shall
allocate grant money appropriated to child care resource and
referral programs under section 119B.19, subdivision 1a, for
child care service development among the development regions
designated by the governor under section 462.385,
considering services grants and family child care technical
assistance grants based on the following factors for each
economic development region:
(1) the number of children under 13 years of age needing
child care in the service area region;
(2) the geographic area region served by the agency
program;
(3) the ratio of children under 13 years of age needing
child care to the number of licensed spaces in the service area
region;
(4) the number of licensed child care providers and
extended day school-age child care programs in the service area
region; and
(5) other related factors determined by the commissioner.
(b) Out of the amount allocated for each economic
development region, the commissioner shall Child care resource
and referral programs must award child care services grants and
child care technical assistance grants based on the
recommendation of the child care regional advisory proposal
review committees under subdivision 3. In addition, the
commissioner shall award no more than 75 percent of the money
either to child care facilities for the purpose of facility
improvement or interim financing or to child care workers for
staff training expenses.
(c) Any funds unobligated may be used by the commissioner
to award grants to proposals that received funding
recommendations by the regional advisory committees but were not
awarded due to insufficient funds.
(d) The commissioner may allocate grants distribute funds
under this section for a two-year period and may carry forward
funds from the first year as necessary.
Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [CHILD CARE REGIONAL ADVISORY PROPOSAL REVIEW
COMMITTEES.] (a) Child care regional advisory proposal review
committees shall must establish regional priorities and review
and make recommendations to the commissioner on applications for
family child care technical assistance awards grants and service
development child care services grants under this section. The
commissioner and make funding recommendations to the child care
resource and referral program designated under section 119B.19,
subdivision 1a. Within each region, the committee must allocate
available funding between child care services grants and child
care technical assistance grants. The committee must also
allocate funding for child care services grants for facility
financing purposes and provider training purposes. The child
care regional proposal review committees must complete their
reviews and forward their recommendations to the child care
resource and referral program by the date specified by the
commissioner.
(b) A child care resource and referral program shall
appoint establish a process to select members of the child care
regional advisory committees in each governor's economic
development region proposal review committee. People appointed
under this subdivision Members must represent the following
constituent groups: family child care providers, group child
care center providers, parent users school-age care providers,
parents who use child care services, health services, social
services, public schools, Head Start, employers, and other
citizens with demonstrated interest in child care issues.
Members of the advisory task force proposal review committee
with a direct financial interest in a pending grant proposal may
not provide a recommendation or participate in the ranking of
that grant proposal.
(c) The child care resource and referral program may
reimburse committee members may be reimbursed for their actual
travel, child care, and child care provider substitute expenses
for up to six committee meetings per year. The child care
regional advisory committees shall complete their reviews and
forward their recommendations to the commissioner by the date
specified by the commissioner. The program may also pay a
stipend to parent representatives for participating in up to six
meetings per year.
Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5. [PURPOSES FOR WHICH A CHILD CARE SERVICES GRANT
MAY BE AWARDED SERVICES GRANTS.] The commissioner A child care
resource and referral program designated under section 119B.19,
subdivision 1a, may award child care services grants for:
(1) child care service development grants for the following
purposes:
(i) for creating new licensed day child care facilities and
expanding existing facilities, including, but not limited to,
supplies, equipment, facility renovation, and remodeling;
(ii) for (2) improving licensed day child care facility
programs, including, but not limited to, staff specialists,
staff training, supplies, equipment, and facility renovation and
remodeling;
(iii) for supportive child (3) staff training and
development services including, but not limited to, in-service
training, curriculum development, accreditation, certification,
consulting specialist, resource centers, and program and
resource materials;
(iv) for carrying out programs including, but not limited
to, staff, supplies, equipment, facility renovation, and
training;
(v) for (4) interim financing;
(vi) family child care technical assistance awards; and
(vii) for (5) capacity building through the purchase of
appropriate technology and software, and staff training to
create, enhance, and maintain financial systems for facilities;
(2) child care resource and referral program services
identified in section 119B.19, subdivision 3; or
(3) targeted recruitment initiatives to expand and build
capacity of the child care system to create, enhance, and
maintain business management systems;
(6) emergency assistance for child care programs;
(7) new programs or projects for the creation, expansion,
or improvement of programs that serve ethnic immigrant and
refugee communities; and
(8) targeted recruitment initiatives to expand and build
the capacity of the child care system and to improve the quality
of care provided by legal nonlicensed child care providers.
Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8. [ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.] Eligible recipients
of A child care resource and referral program designated under
section 119B.19, subdivision 1a, may award child care services
grants are to:
(1) licensed providers of child care, or those;
(2) providers in the process of being licensed, resource
and referral programs, or;
(3) corporations or public agencies, that develop or
provide child care services;
(4) school-age care programs; or
(5) any combination thereof of clauses (1) to (4).
Unlicensed providers are only eligible for grants under
subdivision 5, clause (7).
Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9. [GRANT MATCH REQUIREMENTS.] A recipient of a
child care grants services grant for facility improvements,
interim financing, resource and referral, and or staff training
and development require must provide a 25 percent local match by
the grant applicant. A local match is not required for a family
child care technical assistance award.
Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10. [FAMILY CHILD CARE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AWARDS GRANTS.] (a) A child care resource and referral
organization designated under section 119B.19, subdivision 1a,
may award technical assistance awards for child care service
development must be used by the family child care provider
grantee grants of up to $1,000. These grants may be used for:
(1) facility improvements, including, but not limited to,
improvements to meet licensing requirements,;
(2) improvements to expand the a child care facility, or
program;
(3) toys and equipment,;
(4) technology and software to create, enhance, and
maintain business management systems;
(5) start-up costs, interim financing, or;
(6) staff training and development; and
(7) other uses approved by the commissioner.
(b) A child care resource and referral program may award
family child care technical assistance grants to:
(1) licensed family child care providers; or
(2) child care providers in the process of becoming
licensed.
(c) A local match is not required for a family child care
technical assistance grant.
Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.21,
subdivision 11, is amended to read:
Subd. 11. [STATEWIDE ADVISORY TASK FORCE.] The
commissioner may convene a statewide advisory task force which
shall to advise the commissioner on statewide grants or other
child care issues. The following constituent groups must be
represented: family child care providers, child care center
programs, school-age care providers, parent users parents who
use child care services, health services, social services, Head
Start, public schools, employers, and other citizens with
demonstrated interest in child care issues. Each regional grant
review committee formed under subdivision 3, shall appoint a
representative to the advisory task force. Additional members
may be appointed by the commissioner. The commissioner may
convene meetings of the task force as needed. Terms of office
and removal from office are governed by the appointing body.
The commissioner may compensate members for their travel, child
care, and child care provider substitute expenses for attending
task force meetings of the task force. The commissioner may
also pay a stipend to parent representatives for participating
in task force meetings.
Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119B.23,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY.] In addition to the
commissioner's authority to make child care services grants, The
county board is authorized to provide child care services, or to
make grants from the community social service fund, special tax
revenue, or its general fund, or other sources to any
municipality, or corporation, or combination thereof, for the
cost of providing technical assistance and or child care
services. The county board is also authorized to contract for
services with any licensed day child care facility, as the board
deems necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this
section.
The county board may also make grants to or contract with
any municipality, licensed child care facility, or resource and
referral program organization designated under section 119B.19,
subdivision 1a, or corporation or combination thereof, for any
of the following purposes:
(1) creating new licensed day child care facilities and
expanding existing facilities including, but not limited to,
supplies, equipment, and facility renovation and remodeling;
(2) improving licensed day child care facility programs,
including, but not limited to, staff specialists, staff
training, supplies, equipment, and facility renovation and
remodeling. In awarding grants for training, counties must
give, with priority to for training grants for child care
workers caring for infants, toddlers, sick children, children in
low-income families, and children with special needs;
(3) providing supportive child development services,
including, but not limited to, in-service training, curriculum
development, consulting specialists, resource centers, and
program and resource materials;
(4) carrying out programs, including, but not limited to,
staff, supplies, equipment, facility renovation, and training;
(5) providing interim financing; and or
(6) carrying out the resource and referral program services
identified in section 119B.19, subdivision 3 7.
Sec. 21. [REVISOR INSTRUCTION.]
The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of
Minnesota Statutes listed in column A with the number listed in
column B. The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference
changes consistent with the renumbering.
A B
119B.01, subd. 1 119B.011, subd. 1
119B.01, subd. 2 119B.011, subd. 3
119B.01, subd. 3 119B.011, subd. 7
119B.01, subd. 4 119B.011, subd. 4
119B.01, subd. 5 119B.011, subd. 8
119B.01, subd. 6 119B.011, subd. 5
119B.01, subd. 7 119B.011, subd. 9
119B.01, subd. 7a 119B.011, subd. 10
119B.01, subd. 8 119B.011, subd. 11
119B.01, subd. 9 119B.011, subd. 12
119B.01, subd. 10 119B.011, subd. 13
119B.01, subd. 11 119B.011, subd. 14
119B.01, subd. 12 119B.011, subd. 17
119B.01, subd. 12a 119B.011, subd. 18
119B.01, subd. 13 119B.011, subd. 20
119B.01, subd. 14 119B.011, subd. 19
119B.01, subd. 15 119B.011, subd. 2
119B.01, subd. 16 119B.011, subd. 24
119B.01, subd. 17 119B.011, subd. 6
119B.01, subd. 18 119B.011, subd. 16
119B.18, subd. 3 119B.211
119B.20, subd. 7 119B.189, subd. 1
119B.20, subd. 8 119B.189, subd. 2
119B.20, subd. 12 119B.189, subd. 4
119B.20, subd. 13 119B.201, subd. 3
119B.21, subd. 2, 119B.21, subd. 1,
para. (a) para. (c)
119B.21, subd. 2, 119B.21, subd. 1,
para. (b) para. (d)
119B.21, subd. 2, 119B.21, subd. 1,
para. (d) para. (e)
119B.21, subd. 5 119B.21, subd. 5,
para. (a)
119B.21, subd. 8 119B.21, subd. 5,
para. (b)
119B.21, subd. 9 119B.21, subd. 5,
para. (c)
Sec. 22. [REPEALER.]
Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119B.18, subdivisions 1
and 2; 119B.19, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5; 119B.20, subdivisions
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11; 119B.21, subdivisions 4, 6, and
12; and 119B.22, are repealed.
Presented to the governor May 21, 1999
Signed by the governor May 25, 1999, 3:45 p.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes