1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to child care programs; requiring underperforming school districts to have
1.3 their prekindergarten programs evaluated by the Parent Aware program; amending
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 142D.05, subdivision 3; 142D.13, subdivision
1.5 2.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 3.Application and reporting requirements.(a) A school readiness program
1.9provider must include a biennial plan in the district's comprehensive achievement and civic
1.10readiness plan under section 120B.11, describing how the school readiness program meets
1.11the program requirements under subdivision 3.
1.12 (b) Programs receiving school readiness funds annually must submit a report to the
1.13department of education for transfer to the department of children, youth, and families.
1.14 (c) Programs run by a district or districts that are below the average of Minnesota school
1.15districts in a composite of the performance measures in section 120B.11, subdivision 1a,
1.16clauses (1) to (4), do not meet requirements for receiving a school-based program rating
1.17under the Quality Rating and Improvement System and must qualify under section 142D.13.
1.18The commissioner of education shall create a formula to determine the composite for this
1.19paragraph and inform the commissioner of children, youth, and families which districts
1.20scored below the state average by August 1 of each year.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 95
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Quam01/22/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 2.System components.(a) The standards-based voluntary quality rating and
2.3improvement system includes:
2.4 (1) effective July 1, 2026, at least a one-star rating for all programs licensed under
2.5Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502 or 9503,; school readiness programs that are required to
2.6qualify according to section 142D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (c); or Tribally licensed that
2.7do not opt out of the system under paragraph (b) and that are not:
2.8 (i) the subject of a finding of fraud for which the program or individual is currently
2.9serving a penalty or exclusion;
2.10 (ii) prohibited from receiving public funds under section 142A.12, regardless of whether
2.11the action is under appeal;
2.12 (iii) under revocation, suspension, temporary immediate suspension, or decertification,
2.13or is operating under a conditional license, regardless of whether the action is under appeal;
2.14or
2.15 (iv) the subject of suspended, denied, or terminated payments to a provider under section
2.16142E.17, subdivision 9, paragraph (d), clause (1) or (2); 142E.51, subdivision 7, paragraph
2.17(c), clause (4); or 256.98, subdivision 1, regardless of whether the action is under appeal;
2.18 (2) quality opportunities in order to improve the educational outcomes of children so
2.19that they are ready for school;
2.20 (3) a framework based on the Minnesota quality rating system rating tool and a common
2.21set of child outcome and program standards informed by evaluation results;
2.22 (4) a tool to increase the number of publicly funded and regulated early learning and
2.23care services in both public and private market programs that are high quality;
2.24 (5) voluntary participation ensuring that if a program or provider chooses to participate,
2.25the program or provider will be rated and may receive public funding associated with the
2.26rating; and
2.27 (6) tracking progress toward statewide access to high-quality early learning and care
2.28programs, progress toward the number of low-income children whose parents can access
2.29quality programs, and progress toward increasing the number of children who are fully
2.30prepared to enter kindergarten.
2.31 (b) By July 1, 2026, the commissioner of children, youth, and families shall establish a
2.32process by which a program may opt out of the rating under paragraph (a), clause (1). The
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REVISOR DTT/VJ 25-0189801/09/25 3.1commissioner shall consult with Tribes to develop a process for rating Tribally licensed
3.2programs that is consistent with the goal outlined in paragraph (a), clause (1).
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