Section 119B.06 Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
119B.06 FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
Subdivision 1.Commissioner to administer block grant.
The commissioner is authorized and directed to receive, administer, and expend child care funds available under the child care and development block grant authorized under Public Law 101-508.
Subd. 2.Rulemaking authority.
The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 to administer the child care development block grant program.
Subd. 3.Child care development fund plan development; review.
In an effort to improve state legislative involvement in the development of the Minnesota child care and development fund plan, the commissioner must present a draft copy of the plan to the legislative finance committees that oversee child care assistance funding no less than 30 days prior to the required deadline for submission of the plan to the federal government. The legislature must submit any adjustments to the plan to the commissioner for consideration within ten business days of receiving the draft plan. The commissioner must present a copy of the final plan to the chairs of the legislative finance committees that oversee child care assistance funding no less than four days prior to the deadline for submission of the plan to the federal government.
History:
1991 c 292 art 5 s 56; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 3 art 1 s 3