1999 Minnesota Statutes

     119A.01 Abolishment; establishment; purpose; and goals. 

    Subdivision 1.    Abolishment.  The position of 
 commissioner of education and the department of education are 
 abolished.  The employees of the department of education are 
 transferred to the department of children, families, and 
 learning under section 15.039, subdivision 7. 

    Subd. 2.    Establishment.  The department of children, 
 families, and learning is established. 

    Subd. 3.    Purpose.  The purpose in creating the 
 department is to increase the capacity of Minnesota communities 
 to measurably improve the well-being of children and families by:

    (1) coordinating and integrating state funded and locally 
 administered family and children programs; 

    (2) improving flexibility in the design, funding, and 
 delivery of programs affecting children and families; 

    (3) providing greater focus on strategies designed to 
 prevent problems affecting the well-being of children and 
 families; 

    (4) enhancing local decision making, collaboration, and the 
 development of new governance models; 

    (5) improving public accountability through the provision 
 of research, information, and the development of measurable 
 program outcomes; 

    (6) increasing the capacity of communities to respond to 
 the whole child by improving the ability of families to gain 
 access to services; 

    (7) encouraging all members of a community to nurture all 
 the children in the community; 

    (8) supporting parents in their dual roles as breadwinners 
 and parents; and 

    (9) reducing the condition of poverty for families and 
 children through comprehensive, community-based strategies. 

    HIST: 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 1; 1997 c 162 art 3 s 1