119A.50 HEAD START PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Department of Education. The Department of Education is the state agency responsible for administering the Head Start program. The commissioner of education shall allocate funds according to the formula in section 119A.52 to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purpose of providing supplemental funds for the federal Head […]
119A.52 DISTRIBUTION OF APPROPRIATION. (a) The commissioner of education must distribute money appropriated for that purpose to federally designated Head Start programs to expand services and to serve additional low-income children. Migrant and Indian reservation programs must be initially allocated money based on the programs’ share of federal funds. The remaining money must be initially […]
119A.53 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 119A.535 as approved by the commissioner, which may be used to operate differently than federal Head Start regulations. If a state statute or rule conflicts with a federal statute […]
119A.535 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 serve; (2) a description of the program design and service […]
119A.5411 FULL-DAY REQUIREMENTS. The following phase-in of full-day services in Head Start programs or licensed child care as defined in chapter 245A is required: (1) by fiscal year 2009, a minimum of 25 percent of the total state-funded enrollment throughout the state must be provided in full-day services; (2) by fiscal year 2011, a minimum […]
119A.545 AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REQUIREMENTS DURING DISASTER PERIODS. The commissioner of education may waive requirements under sections 119A.50 to 119A.535, for up to nine months after the disaster, for Head Start programs in areas where a federal disaster has been declared under United States Code, title 42, section 5121, et seq., or the governor has […]
