2003 Minnesota Statutes

     119A.52 Distribution of appropriation and program 
  coordination. 

    The commissioner of education must distribute money 
 appropriated for that purpose to Head Start program grantees to 
 expand services and to serve additional low-income children.  
 Money must be allocated to each project Head Start grantee in 
 existence on the effective date of Laws 1989, chapter 282.  
 Migrant and Indian reservation grantees must be initially 
 allocated money based on the grantees' share of federal funds.  
 The remaining money must be initially allocated to the remaining 
 local agencies based equally on the agencies' share of federal 
 funds and on the proportion of eligible children in the 
 agencies' service area who are not currently being served.  A 
 Head Start grantee must be funded at a per child rate equal to 
 its contracted, federally funded base level for program accounts 
 20, 22, and 25 at the start of the fiscal year.  In allocating 
 funds under this paragraph, the commissioner of education must 
 assure that each Head Start grantee is allocated no less funding 
 in any fiscal year than was allocated to that grantee in fiscal 
 year 1993.  The commissioner may provide additional funding to 
 grantees for start-up costs incurred by grantees due to the 
 increased number of children to be served.  Before paying money 
 to the grantees, the commissioner must notify each grantee of 
 its initial allocation, how the money must be used, and the 
 number of low-income children that must be served with the 
 allocation.  Each grantee must present a work plan to the 
 commissioner for approval.  The work plan must include the 
 estimated number of low-income children and families it will be 
 able to serve, a description of the program design and service 
 delivery area which meets the needs of and encourages access by 
 low-income working families, a program design that ensures fair 
 and equitable access to Head Start services for all populations 
 and parts of the service area, and a plan for coordinating 
 services to maximize assistance for child care costs available 
 to families under chapter 119B.  For any grantee that cannot 
 utilize its full allocation, the commissioner must reduce the 
 allocation proportionately.  Money available after the initial 
 allocations are reduced must be redistributed to eligible 
 grantees. 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 2 s 173; 1991 c 292 art 3 s 34; 1993 c 
 369 s 89; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 162 
 art 1 s 11; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 7 s 1