Bill Text: MN HF913 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Child care quality rating and improvement system implementation continued, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Author added Slocum [HF913 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF913-Introduced.html
1.2elating to education; continuing implementation of quality rating and
1.3improvement system for child care; appropriating money;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a; proposing coding for new law
1.5in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 3a. Provider rate differential for accreditation. A family child care
1.10provider or child care center shall be paid a 15 percent differential above the maximum
1.11rate established in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider rate, if the provider or
1.12center holds a current early childhood development credential, has received the highest
1.13possible rating available through the quality rating and improvement system under
1.14section 124D.143, or is accredited. For a family child care provider, early childhood
1.15development credential and accreditation includes an individual who has earned a child
1.16development associate degree, a child development associate credential, a diploma
1.17in child development from a Minnesota state technical college, or a bachelor's or
1.18post baccalaureate degree in early childhood education from an accredited college or
1.19university, or who is accredited by the National Association for Family Child Care or
1.20the Competency Based Training and Assessment Program. For a child care center,
1.21accreditation includes accreditation by the National Association for the Education of
1.22Young Children, the Council on Accreditation, the National Early Childhood Program
1.23Accreditation, the National School-Age Care Association, or the National Head Start
1.24Association Program of Excellence. For Montessori programs, accreditation includes
2.1the American Montessori Society, Association of Montessori International-USA, or the
2.2National Center for Montessori Education.
2.3 Sec. 2. [124D.143] QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM
2.4IMPLEMENTATION.
2.5 Subdivision 1. Implementation of a quality rating and improvement system. (a)
2.6The commissioner of human services, in cooperation with the commissioner of education,
2.7shall phase in the implementation of a voluntary quality rating and improvement system
2.8for early learning and care programs. The system must build on the quality rating and
2.9improvement system in use in fiscal year 2011. The program must be designed to ensure
2.10that Minnesota's children have access to high-quality services in a range of settings so
2.11that children entering kindergarten are ready for kindergarten by 2020, as stated in section
2.12124D.142.
2.13(b) For purposes of this section, "early learning and care programs" include:
2.14(1) licensed center-based child care programs under section 119B.011;
2.15(2) licensed family and group family child care homes under section 119B.011;
2.16(3) Head Start programs under section 119A.50; and
2.17(4) school readiness programs under section 124D.15.
2.18(c) The quality rating and improvement system must:
2.19(1) set research-based program standards and quality indicators designed to improve
2.20the educational outcomes of children so that they are ready for school;
2.21(2) assess program quality using the program standards and indicators and issue
2.22quality ratings to participating early learning and care programs;
2.23(3) establish a database to collect, store, analyze, and report data for quality ratings
2.24and to track improvement supports and incentives to programs. The database must
2.25incorporate data from or be linked to related databases, such as those maintained by the
2.26child care resource and referral system;
2.27(4) provide rating information to consumers to facilitate informed choices of early
2.28learning and care programs;
2.29(5) provide information to early learning and care programs to enable them to
2.30measure the results of their quality improvement efforts; and
2.31(6) provide supports to participating programs to help them improve their quality
2.32rating.
2.33(d) A program that is accredited or has otherwise been evaluated may submit
2.34information to the commissioner of education in the form and manner prescribed by the
2.35commissioner and may be rated on the basis of that information.
3.1(e) A program that has previously been rated under this section or has been rated
3.2through the Parent Aware pilot program may continue with that rating for two years.
3.3(f) The commissioners of education and human services may develop a cash
3.4incentive reward for programs listed in paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), that: (1) agree
3.5to be rated; or (2) improve from their previous rating. A cash incentive may not exceed
3.6$....... per program.
3.7 Subd. 2. Phase-in of quality rating and improvement system. The commissioner
3.8must continue the quality rating and improvement system in use in fiscal year 2011 in the
3.9original pilot areas and must expand the system to at least two new, rural geographic
3.10locations by June 30, 2012. The commissioner must use a competitive process to select
3.11the new pilot areas by targeting areas that meet one or more of the following criteria:
3.12existence of a local early care and education collaborative, existence of local matching
3.13funds, and demonstration of local support from community-based early learning and care
3.14programs. The commissioner must add one new pilot area per year and work toward
3.15statewide availability of ratings by 2015.
3.16 Sec. 3. CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS; APPROPRIATIONS.
3.17The commissioner of human services shall direct $....... in federal child care
3.18development funds from ....... for the purpose of continuing the quality rating and
3.19improvement system as described in section 2, subdivision 1, in the original pilot area and
3.20expanding the system to two new rural geographic locations as described in section 2,
3.21subdivision 2, and for paying the cash incentives for rated programs.
1.3improvement system for child care; appropriating money;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a; proposing coding for new law
1.5in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 124D.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 119B.13, subdivision 3a, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 3a. Provider rate differential for accreditation. A family child care
1.10provider or child care center shall be paid a 15 percent differential above the maximum
1.11rate established in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider rate, if the provider or
1.12center holds a current early childhood development credential, has received the highest
1.13possible rating available through the quality rating and improvement system under
1.14section 124D.143, or is accredited. For a family child care provider, early childhood
1.15development credential and accreditation includes an individual who has earned a child
1.16development associate degree, a child development associate credential, a diploma
1.17in child development from a Minnesota state technical college, or a bachelor's or
1.18post baccalaureate degree in early childhood education from an accredited college or
1.19university, or who is accredited by the National Association for Family Child Care or
1.20the Competency Based Training and Assessment Program. For a child care center,
1.21accreditation includes accreditation by the National Association for the Education of
1.22Young Children, the Council on Accreditation, the National Early Childhood Program
1.23Accreditation, the National School-Age Care Association, or the National Head Start
1.24Association Program of Excellence. For Montessori programs, accreditation includes
2.1the American Montessori Society, Association of Montessori International-USA, or the
2.2National Center for Montessori Education.
2.3 Sec. 2. [124D.143] QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM
2.4IMPLEMENTATION.
2.5 Subdivision 1. Implementation of a quality rating and improvement system. (a)
2.6The commissioner of human services, in cooperation with the commissioner of education,
2.7shall phase in the implementation of a voluntary quality rating and improvement system
2.8for early learning and care programs. The system must build on the quality rating and
2.9improvement system in use in fiscal year 2011. The program must be designed to ensure
2.10that Minnesota's children have access to high-quality services in a range of settings so
2.11that children entering kindergarten are ready for kindergarten by 2020, as stated in section
2.12124D.142.
2.13(b) For purposes of this section, "early learning and care programs" include:
2.14(1) licensed center-based child care programs under section 119B.011;
2.15(2) licensed family and group family child care homes under section 119B.011;
2.16(3) Head Start programs under section 119A.50; and
2.17(4) school readiness programs under section 124D.15.
2.18(c) The quality rating and improvement system must:
2.19(1) set research-based program standards and quality indicators designed to improve
2.20the educational outcomes of children so that they are ready for school;
2.21(2) assess program quality using the program standards and indicators and issue
2.22quality ratings to participating early learning and care programs;
2.23(3) establish a database to collect, store, analyze, and report data for quality ratings
2.24and to track improvement supports and incentives to programs. The database must
2.25incorporate data from or be linked to related databases, such as those maintained by the
2.26child care resource and referral system;
2.27(4) provide rating information to consumers to facilitate informed choices of early
2.28learning and care programs;
2.29(5) provide information to early learning and care programs to enable them to
2.30measure the results of their quality improvement efforts; and
2.31(6) provide supports to participating programs to help them improve their quality
2.32rating.
2.33(d) A program that is accredited or has otherwise been evaluated may submit
2.34information to the commissioner of education in the form and manner prescribed by the
2.35commissioner and may be rated on the basis of that information.
3.1(e) A program that has previously been rated under this section or has been rated
3.2through the Parent Aware pilot program may continue with that rating for two years.
3.3(f) The commissioners of education and human services may develop a cash
3.4incentive reward for programs listed in paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2), that: (1) agree
3.5to be rated; or (2) improve from their previous rating. A cash incentive may not exceed
3.6$....... per program.
3.7 Subd. 2. Phase-in of quality rating and improvement system. The commissioner
3.8must continue the quality rating and improvement system in use in fiscal year 2011 in the
3.9original pilot areas and must expand the system to at least two new, rural geographic
3.10locations by June 30, 2012. The commissioner must use a competitive process to select
3.11the new pilot areas by targeting areas that meet one or more of the following criteria:
3.12existence of a local early care and education collaborative, existence of local matching
3.13funds, and demonstration of local support from community-based early learning and care
3.14programs. The commissioner must add one new pilot area per year and work toward
3.15statewide availability of ratings by 2015.
3.16 Sec. 3. CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS; APPROPRIATIONS.
3.17The commissioner of human services shall direct $....... in federal child care
3.18development funds from ....... for the purpose of continuing the quality rating and
3.19improvement system as described in section 2, subdivision 1, in the original pilot area and
3.20expanding the system to two new rural geographic locations as described in section 2,
3.21subdivision 2, and for paying the cash incentives for rated programs.
