| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to child care; modifying great start compensation support payments; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.21, subdivision 6. |
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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. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 142D.21, subdivision 6, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 6.Payments.(a) The commissioner shall provide payments under this section to |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7all eligible programs on a noncompetitive basis. The payment amounts shall be based on |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8the number of full-time equivalent staff who regularly care for children in the program, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9including any employees, sole proprietors, or independent contractors. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) For purposes of this section, "one full-time equivalent" is defined as an individual |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11caring for children, participating in professional development or training, or lesson planning |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12for 32 hours per week. An individual can count as more or less than one full-time equivalent |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13staff, but as no more than two full-time equivalent staff. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (c) The commissioner must establish an amount to award per full-time equivalent |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15individual who regularly cares for children in the program. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (d) Payments must be increased by ten percent for programs receiving child care |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17assistance payments under section 142E.08 or 142E.17 or early learning scholarships under |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18section 142D.25, or for programs located in a child care access equity area. The commissioner |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19must develop a method for establishing child care access equity areas. For purposes of this |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20section, "child care access equity area" means an area with low access to child care, high |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21poverty rates, high unemployment rates, low homeownership rates, and low median |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22household incomes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-03754 as introduced02/17/25 REVISOR DTT/DG |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2903NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/24/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (e) The commissioner shall establish the form, frequency, and manner for making |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2payments under this section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 25-03754 as introduced02/17/25 REVISOR DTT/DG |
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