Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

142B.67 CHILD CARE CENTER HIRING PRACTICES. As part of the employment assessment process, a child care center license holder or staff person may observe how a prospective employee interacts with children in the licensed facility. The prospective employee is not considered a child…

142B.68 VIDEO SECURITY CAMERAS IN CHILD CARE CENTERS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Facility" means the indoor space in which child care is provided that is owned, leased, or …

142B.70 FAMILY CHILD CARE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Initial training. (a) License holders, second adult caregivers, and substitutes must comply with the training requirements in this section. (b) Helpers who assist with care on a regular basis must complete six hours…

142B.71 FAMILY CHILD CARE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Allergy prevention and response. (a) Before admitting a child for care, the license holder must obtain information about any known allergy from the child's parent or legal guardian. The license holder must …

142B.72 FAMILY CHILD CARE PHYSICAL SPACE REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Means of escape. (a) At least one emergency escape route separate from the main exit from the space must be available in: (1) each room used for sleeping by anyone receiving licensed care; and (2) a basement u…

142B.74 SUBSTITUTE CAREGIVERS AND REPLACEMENTS IN FAMILY CHILD CARE. § Subdivision 1.Total hours allowed. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0365, subpart 5, the use of a substitute caregiver in a licensed family child care program must be limited to a cumulative total of…

142B.75 FAMILY CHILD CARE INFANT SLEEP SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.In-person checks on infants. (a) License holders of family child care programs that serve infants are encouraged to monitor sleeping infants by conducting in-person checks on each infant in their car…

142B.76 FAMILY CHILD CARE DIAPERING AREA DISINFECTION. Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0435, a family child care provider may disinfect the diaper changing surface with chlorine bleach in a manner consistent with label directions for disinfection or with a surface disi…

142B.77 SUPERVISION OF FAMILY CHILD CARE LICENSE HOLDER'S OWN CHILD. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0365, subpart 5, and with the license holder's consent, an individual may be present in the licensed space, may supervise the family child care license holder's own…

142B.78 REGULATION OF FAMILY DAY CARE BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The authority of local units of government to establish requirements for family day care programs is limited by section 299F.011, subdivision 4a, clauses (1) and (2). History: 1987 c 333 s 16; 2024 c 80 art 2 s 74; 2024 c…

142B.79 CONTRACTORS SERVING MULTIPLE FAMILY CHILD CARE LICENSE HOLDERS. Contractors who serve multiple family child care license holders may request that the county agency maintain a record of: (1) the contractor's background study results as required in section 245C.04, subdivis…

142B.80 CHILD FOSTER CARE TRAINING REQUIREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS TRAINING. Prior to a nonemergency placement of a child in a foster care home, the child foster care license holder and caregivers in foster family and treatment foster care se…

142B.81 CHILD FOSTER CARE TRAINING; RELATIVE CAREGIVERS. Notwithstanding the required hours under Minnesota Rules, part 2960.3070, subpart 2, a child foster care license holder who is an individual related to the child must complete a minimum of six hours of in-service training p…

142C.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given in this section. § Subd. 2.Applicant. "Applicant" means an individual or organization that is subject to certification under this chapter and that applied for but is not yet granted…

142C.02 WHO MUST BE CERTIFIED. A program that is exempt from licensure under section 142B.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (3), (7) to (10), (12), (16), or (18), must be a certified license-exempt child care center according to this section to receive child care assistanc…

142C.03 APPLICATION PROCEDURES. § Subdivision 1.Schedule. The certification of license-exempt child care centers shall be implemented by September 30, 2017. Certification applications shall be received and processed on a phased-in schedule as determined by the commissioner. § Sub…

142C.04 COMMISSIONER'S RIGHT OF ACCESS. (a) When the commissioner is exercising the powers conferred by this chapter, whenever the center is in operation and the information is relevant to the commissioner's inspection or investigation, the commissioner must be given access to: (…

142C.05 MONITORING AND INSPECTIONS. (a) The commissioner must conduct an on-site inspection of a certified license-exempt child care center at least once each calendar year to determine compliance with the health, safety, and fire standards specific to a certified license-exempt …

142C.06 CORRECTION ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Correction order and conditional certification requirements. (a) If the applicant or certification holder fails to comply with a law or rule, the commissioner may issue a correction order. The correction order must state: (1) the conditio…

142C.07 DECERTIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The commissioner may decertify a center if a certification holder: (1) failed to comply with an applicable law or rule; (2) knowingly withheld relevant information from or gave false or misleading information to the commissi…

142C.08 STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Staffing requirements. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), during hours of operation, a certified center must have a director on site who is responsible for overseeing implementation of written policies relating to the managemen…

142C.09 BACKGROUND STUDIES. (a) The applicant or certification holder must submit a completed background study for each child care background study subject as defined in section 245C.02, subdivision 6a. (b) To be accepted for certification, a background study on every individual …

142C.10 REPORTING. (a) The certification holder must comply and must have written policies for staff to comply with the reporting requirements for abuse and neglect specified in chapter 260E. A person mandated to report physical or sexual child abuse or neglect occurring within a…

142C.11 HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Exclusion of sick children and infectious disease outbreak control. (a) A certified center must supervise and isolate a child from other children in the program when a child becomes sick and immediately notify the sick child…

142C.12 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (a) Before having unsupervised direct contact with a child, but within 90 days after the first date of direct contact with a child, the director, all staff persons, substitutes, and unsupe…

142C.13 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. § Subdivision 1.Written emergency plan. (a) A certified center must have a written emergency plan for emergencies that require evacuation, sheltering, or other protection of children, such as fire, natural disaster, intruder, or other threatening s…

142C.14 PERSONNEL RECORD. The certification holder must maintain a personnel record for each staff person at the program that must contain: (1) the staff person's name, home address, telephone number, and date of birth; (2) documentation that the staff person completed training r…

142C.15 CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. The commissioner shall regularly consult with stakeholders for input related to implementing the standards in this chapter. History: 1Sp2017 c 6 art 16 s 58,68; 2024 c 80 art 3 s 3

142C.16 PARENTAL ACCESS. An enrolled child's parent or legal guardian must be allowed access to the parent's or legal guardian's child at any time while the child is in care. History: 1Sp2017 c 6 art 16 s 59,68; 2024 c 80 art 3 s 3

142C.17 PRONE RESTRAINT PROHIBITION. Programs certified under this chapter must comply with the requirements of section 245A.211. History: 2024 c 80 art 3 s 1

142C.18 CHILDREN'S RECORDS. (a) A certification holder must maintain a record for each child enrolled in the certification holder's program. The record must contain: (1) the child's full name, birth date, and home address; (2) the name and telephone number of the child's parents …

142D.05 SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. A district or a group of districts may establish a school readiness program for children age three to kindergarten entrance. The purpose of a school readiness program is to prepare children to enter kinder…

142D.06 SCHOOL READINESS AID. § Subdivision 1.Amount of aid. (a) A district is eligible to receive school readiness aid for eligible prekindergarten pupils enrolled in a school readiness program under section 142D.05 if the biennial plan required by section 142D.05, subdivision 3…

142D.08 VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. A district, a charter school, a group of districts, a group of charter schools, or a group of districts and charter schools may establish a voluntary prekinderga…

142D.09 EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT SCREENING; PURPOSE. The legislature finds that early detection of children's health and developmental problems can reduce their later need for costly care, minimize their physical and educational disabilities, and aid in their rehabi…

142D.091 SCHOOL BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Early childhood developmental screening. Every school board must provide for a mandatory program of early childhood developmental screening for children at least once before school entrance, targeting children who are betwee…

142D.092 DATA USE. Data on individuals collected in screening programs established pursuant to section 142D.091 is private, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12. Individual and summary data must be reported to the district by the health provider who performs the screening …

142D.093 DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING AID. (a) Each school year, the state must pay a district for each child or student screened by the district according to the requirements of section 142D.091. The amount of state aid for each child or student screened shall be: (1) $98 for a child…

142D.10 EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION (ECFE) PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; purpose. A district that provides a community education program under sections 124D.18 and 124D.19 may establish an early childhood family education program. Two or more districts, each of wh…

142D.11 EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION (ECFE) REVENUE. § Subdivision 1.Revenue. The revenue for early childhood family education programs for a school district equals the formula allowance under section 126C.10, subdivision 2, for the year times 0.023 times the greater of: (1) …

142D.12 HEAD START PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The Department of Children, Youth, and Families is the state agency responsible for administering the Head Start program. The commissioner of children, youth, and families shall allocate fund…

142D.121 DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATION. (a) The commissioner of children, youth, and families must distribute money appropriated for that purpose to federally designated Head Start programs to expand services and to serve additional low-income children, which may include costs as…

142D.122 FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. Programs and the commissioner shall comply with federal regulations governing the federal Head Start program, except for funding for innovative initiatives under section 142D.123 as approved by the commissioner, which may be used to operate differen…

142D.123 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. Eligible Head Start organizations must submit a plan to the department for approval on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. The plan must include: (1) the number of low-income children and families the program will be able to…

142D.124 FULL-DAY REQUIREMENTS. (a) A minimum of 50 percent of the total state-funded enrollment in Head Start programs, including in licensed child care programs, throughout the state must be provided in full-day services. (b) Head Start programs may provide full-day services as…

142D.125 AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REQUIREMENTS DURING DISASTER PERIODS. The commissioner of children, youth, and families may waive requirements under sections 142D.12 to 142D.123, for up to nine months after the disaster, for Head Start programs in areas where a federal disaster has b…