Bill Text: MN HF2115 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Child care center eligibility governing provision temporarily suspended for child care assistance, child care professional development pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF2115 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2115-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Child care center eligibility governing provision temporarily suspended for child care assistance, child care professional development pilot project established, report required, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-21 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Health and Human Services Finance [HF2115 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2115-Introduced.html
1.2relating to human services; establishing a child care professional development
1.3pilot project; requiring a report; appropriating money;repealing Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 119B.09, subdivision 9a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PILOT
1.7PROJECT; APPROPRIATION.
1.8(a) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 to the commissioner of human services
1.9to enable the commissioner to award a contract to the Child Care Resource and Referral
1.10Network to establish a pilot project for training culturally competent child care workers
1.11in at least four child care centers, two in the seven-county metropolitan area and two in
1.12greater Minnesota that serve new Americans. For purposes of this section, "culturally
1.13competent" means knowledge as to the home language, culture, and care of the child or
1.14children. The project shall be subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 178,
1.15regarding masters and apprentices, including but not limited to the requirements for an
1.16apprenticeship agreement and the approval and registration of apprenticeship programs.
1.17This appropriation is available until expended.
1.18(b) The pilot project shall be designed to provide in-service training, coursework, and
1.19salary increases for child care workers employed in facilities licensed by the commissioner
1.20of human services under Minnesota Rules, chapters 9502 and 9503. The program shall
1.21be designed to support child care workers through approved training, qualified coaching,
1.22and hands-on experience to meet licensure requirements under Minnesota Rules, chapters
1.239502 and 9503, and to increase the education and competency levels of the child care
1.24workforce. Activities shall be carried out in coordination with other existing supports for
2.1professional development of child care workers. The project shall be designed to train
2.2child care workers to qualify as teacher aides, assistant teachers, teachers, and family child
2.3care providers, in a career-ladder model of sequenced professional development.
2.4(c) The commissioner shall evaluate the pilot project and shall present a report
2.5to the legislature by February 15, 2016. The report shall contain recommendations on
2.6the feasibility of establishing a statewide apprenticeship program for training child care
2.7workers.
2.8 Sec. 2. REPEALER.
2.9Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.09, subdivision 9a, is repealed.
1.3pilot project; requiring a report; appropriating money;repealing Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2012, section 119B.09, subdivision 9a.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. CHILD CARE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PILOT
1.7PROJECT; APPROPRIATION.
1.8(a) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 to the commissioner of human services
1.9to enable the commissioner to award a contract to the Child Care Resource and Referral
1.10Network to establish a pilot project for training culturally competent child care workers
1.11in at least four child care centers, two in the seven-county metropolitan area and two in
1.12greater Minnesota that serve new Americans. For purposes of this section, "culturally
1.13competent" means knowledge as to the home language, culture, and care of the child or
1.14children. The project shall be subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 178,
1.15regarding masters and apprentices, including but not limited to the requirements for an
1.16apprenticeship agreement and the approval and registration of apprenticeship programs.
1.17This appropriation is available until expended.
1.18(b) The pilot project shall be designed to provide in-service training, coursework, and
1.19salary increases for child care workers employed in facilities licensed by the commissioner
1.20of human services under Minnesota Rules, chapters 9502 and 9503. The program shall
1.21be designed to support child care workers through approved training, qualified coaching,
1.22and hands-on experience to meet licensure requirements under Minnesota Rules, chapters
1.239502 and 9503, and to increase the education and competency levels of the child care
1.24workforce. Activities shall be carried out in coordination with other existing supports for
2.1professional development of child care workers. The project shall be designed to train
2.2child care workers to qualify as teacher aides, assistant teachers, teachers, and family child
2.3care providers, in a career-ladder model of sequenced professional development.
2.4(c) The commissioner shall evaluate the pilot project and shall present a report
2.5to the legislature by February 15, 2016. The report shall contain recommendations on
2.6the feasibility of establishing a statewide apprenticeship program for training child care
2.7workers.
2.8 Sec. 2. REPEALER.
2.9Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 119B.09, subdivision 9a, is repealed.
