2005 Minnesota Statutes

     119B.189 Child care services grant definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Facility improvement expenses.  
 "Facility improvement expenses" means 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 district school board. 

    Subd. 2.    Interim financing.  "Interim financing" 
 means funding for up to 18 months: 

    (1) for activities that are necessary to receive and 
 maintain state child care licensing; 

    (2) to expand an existing child care program or to improve 
 program quality; and 

    (3) to operate for a period of six consecutive months after 
 a child care facility becomes licensed or satisfies standards of 
 the commissioner of human services. 

    Subd. 3.    Region.  "Region" means a region designated 
 by the governor under section 462.385. 

    Subd. 4.    Training program.  "Training program" means 
 child development courses offered by an accredited postsecondary 
 institution or similar training approved by a county board or 
 the commissioner.  A training program must be a course of study 
 that teaches specific skills to meet licensing requirements or 
 requirements of the commissioner of human services. 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 2 s 154; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 55; 1991 c 
 292 art 5 s 65; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 162 art 4 s 
 44-46; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 1999 c 205 
 art 5 s 8-11,21; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2004 c 288 art 4 s 20,21