| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to early childhood programs; appropriating money for the ParentChild+ |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 program. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; PARENTCHILD+ PROGRAM. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Department of Children, Youth, and Families.The sums indicated in |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7this section are appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Children, Youth, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8and Families in the fiscal years designated. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 2.ParentChild+ program.(a) For a grant to the ParentChild+ program: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2026.....1,800,0001.10 $ |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2027.....1,800,0001.11 $ |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) The ParentChild+ program must use the grant to implement its evidence-based and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13research-validated early childhood literacy and school readiness program for children ages |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.1416 months to four years. The program must be implemented at existing ParentChild+ program |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15locations, including Cass County, Hennepin County, and Rice County, and the cities of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16Rochester and St. Cloud, or at any new rural, suburban, or urban locations. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) The base is $1,800,000 for fiscal year 2028 and later. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REVISOR CR/RC 25-0198801/09/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 22 | 22 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 24 | 24 | | H. F. No. 994 |
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| 25 | 25 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | Authored by Kotyza-Witthuhn02/17/2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Children and Families Finance and Policy |
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