Bill Text: MN SF2107 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Evidence-based early literacy parent-child home program appropriation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Second reading [SF2107 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2107-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to early childhood education; appropriating money for the parent-child
1.3home program;amending Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 7,
1.4section 2, subdivision 8.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 7, section 2, subdivision
1.78, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 8. Early childhood education scholarships. For grants to early childhood
1.9education scholarships for public or private early childhood preschool programs for
1.10children ages 3 to 5 and for evidence-based and research-validated early literacy home
1.11visiting programs for children ages 18 months to 4 years:
1.13(a) All children whose parents or legal guardians meet the eligibility requirements
1.14of paragraph (b) established by the commissioner are eligible to receive early childhood
1.15education scholarships under this section.
1.16(b) A parent or legal guardian is eligible for an early childhood education scholarship
1.17if the parent or legal guardian:
1.18(1) has a child three or four years of age on September 1, beginning in calendar
1.19year 2012; and
1.20(2)(i) has income equal to or less than 47 percent of the state median income in the
1.21current calendar year; or
1.22(ii) can document their child's identification through another public funding
1.23eligibility process, including the Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, National School
1.24Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1751, part 210; Head Start under federal
2.1Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment
2.2program under chapter 256J; and child care assistance programs under chapter 119B.
2.3Each year, if this appropriation is insufficient to provide early childhood education
2.4scholarships to all eligible children, the Department of Education shall make scholarships
2.5available on a first-come, first-served basis.
2.6The commissioner of education shall submit a written report to the education
2.7committees of the legislature by January 15, 2012, describing its plan for implementation
2.8of scholarships under this subdivision for the 2012-2013 school year.
2.9(c) Of this amount, $250,000 is for a grant to the evidence-based early literacy
2.10Parent-Child Home Program.
2.11(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
2.12(e) The base for this program is $2,000,000 each year.
1.3home program;amending Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 7,
1.4section 2, subdivision 8.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 7, section 2, subdivision
1.78, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 8. Early childhood education scholarships. For grants to early childhood
1.9education scholarships for public or private early childhood preschool programs for
1.10children ages 3 to 5 and for evidence-based and research-validated early literacy home
1.11visiting programs for children ages 18 months to 4 years:
| 1.12 |
$ |
4,000,000 |
..... |
2013 |
1.14of paragraph (b) established by the commissioner are eligible to receive early childhood
1.15education scholarships under this section.
1.16(b) A parent or legal guardian is eligible for an early childhood education scholarship
1.17if the parent or legal guardian:
1.18(1) has a child three or four years of age on September 1, beginning in calendar
1.19year 2012; and
1.20(2)(i) has income equal to or less than 47 percent of the state median income in the
1.21current calendar year; or
1.22(ii) can document their child's identification through another public funding
1.23eligibility process, including the Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, National School
1.24Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1751, part 210; Head Start under federal
2.1Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment
2.2program under chapter 256J; and child care assistance programs under chapter 119B.
2.3Each year, if this appropriation is insufficient to provide early childhood education
2.4scholarships to all eligible children, the Department of Education shall make scholarships
2.5available on a first-come, first-served basis.
2.6The commissioner of education shall submit a written report to the education
2.7committees of the legislature by January 15, 2012, describing its plan for implementation
2.8of scholarships under this subdivision for the 2012-2013 school year.
2.9(c) Of this amount, $250,000 is for a grant to the evidence-based early literacy
2.10Parent-Child Home Program.
2.11(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.
2.12(e) The base for this program is $2,000,000 each year.
