2000 Minnesota Statutes

     119A.52 Distribution of appropriation. 

    (a) The commissioner of children, families, and learning 
 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 children, families, and learning 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 notify the commissioner of the 
 number of low-income children it will be able to serve.  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. 

    (b) Up to 11 percent of the funds appropriated annually may 
 be used to provide grants to local Head Start agencies to 
 provide funds for innovative programs designed either to target 
 Head Start resources to particular at-risk groups of children or 
 to provide services in addition to those currently allowable 
 under federal Head Start regulations.  The commissioner must 
 award funds for innovative programs under this paragraph on a 
 competitive basis. 

    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