119B.06 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner to administer block grant. The commissioner 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 101-508.
Subd. 2.
Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 to
administer the child care development block grant program.
Subd. 3.
Child care development fund plan development; review. In an effort to improve
state legislative involvement in the development of the Minnesota child care and development
fund plan, the commissioner must present a draft copy of the plan to the legislative finance
committees that oversee child care assistance funding no less than 30 days prior to the required
deadline for submission of the plan to the federal government. The legislature must submit
any adjustments to the plan to the commissioner for consideration within ten business days of
receiving the draft plan. The commissioner must present a copy of the final plan to the chairs of
the legislative finance committees that oversee child care assistance funding no less than four
days prior to the deadline for submission of the plan to the federal government.
History: 1991 c 292 art 5 s 56; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 23; 1Sp2001 c
3 art 1 s 3