1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2476, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 51, line 18, delete "29,884,000" and insert "30,692,000"
1.3Page 51, line 21, delete "29,884,000" and insert "30,692,000"
1.4Page 51, line 27, delete "12,872,000" and insert "6,467,000"
1.5Page 52, line 2, delete "$4,411,000" and insert "$1,987,000"
1.6Page 52, line 3, delete "$4,411,000" and insert "$1,987,000"
1.7Page 53, line 13, delete "360,000" and insert "2,380,000"
1.8Page 53, after line 13, insert:
1.9"(a) Family child care provider grants.
1.10$2,020,000 in fiscal year 2025 is for
1.11compliance grants to family and group family
1.12child care providers licensed under Minnesota
1.13Statutes, chapter 245A, and Minnesota Rules,
1.14chapter 9502. Grantees must use the money
1.15for costs associated with meeting licensing
1.16requirements, including but not limited to
1.17facility improvements, licensing fees, and
1.18training requirements. Grantees licensed under
1.19Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.14,
1.20subdivision 4, may use the money in
1.21coordination with any other grantees that share
1.22a location under one contiguous roof. A
1.23grantee may not receive more than $15,000 in
1.24grants awarded under this paragraph. At least
2.150 percent of the grant money must go to
2.2providers located outside the seven-county
2.3metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota
2.4Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. In
2.5awarding the grants, the commissioner must
2.6give priority to providers who live in
2.7communities that have a shortage of licensed
2.8child care providers. The general fund base
2.9for this appropriation is $12,138,000 in fiscal
2.10year 2026 only."
2.11Page 53, line 14, before "Child" insert "(b)"
2.12Page 53, after line 24, insert:
2.13"(c) Base level adjustment. The general fund
2.14base is increased by $12,138,000 in fiscal year
2.152026 and $0 in fiscal year 2027."
2.16Page 55, line 27, delete "1,715,000" and insert "1,542,000"
2.17Page 55, line 28, delete "(a)"
2.18Page 56, delete lines 1 to 8
2.19Page 56, delete section 4
2.20Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.21Amend the title accordingly