1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1065, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 212, delete section 10 and insert:

1.3    "Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 124D.165, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 3. Administration. (a) The commissioner shall establish application timelines
1.5and determine the schedule for awarding scholarships that meets operational needs of eligible
1.6families and programs. The commissioner must give highest priority to applications from
1.7children who:
1.8(1) have a parent under age 21 who is pursuing a high school diploma or a course of
1.9study for a high school equivalency test;
1.10(2) are in foster care or otherwise in need of protection or services; or
1.11(3) have experienced homelessness in the last 24 months, as defined under the federal
1.12McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, United States Code, title 42, section 11434a.
1.13The commissioner may prioritize applications on additional factors including family
1.14income, geographic location, and whether the child's family is on a waiting list for a publicly
1.15funded program providing early education or child care services.
1.16(b) The commissioner shall establish a target for the average scholarship amount per
1.17child based on the results of the rate survey conducted under section 119B.02.
1.18(c) A four-star rated program that has children eligible for a scholarship enrolled in or
1.19on a waiting list for a program beginning in July, August, or September may notify the
1.20commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, each year of the
1.21program's desire to enhance program services or to serve more children than current funding
1.22provides. The commissioner may designate a predetermined number of scholarship slots
1.23for that program and notify the program of that number. For fiscal year 2018 and later, the
2.1statewide amount of funding directly designated by the commissioner must not exceed the
2.2funding directly designated for fiscal year 2017. Beginning July 1, 2016, a school district
2.3or Head Start program qualifying under this paragraph may use its established registration
2.4process to enroll scholarship recipients and may verify a scholarship recipient's family
2.5income in the same manner as for other program participants.
2.6(d) A scholarship is awarded for a 12-month period. If the scholarship recipient has not
2.7been accepted and subsequently enrolled in a rated program within ten three months of the
2.8awarding of the scholarship, the scholarship cancels and the recipient must reapply in order
2.9to be eligible for another scholarship. If a family is unable to enroll in an eligible program
2.10within three months, they may request an extension based on an established set of criteria
2.11that would be developed under the commissioner's authority. A child may not be awarded
2.12more than one scholarship in a 12-month period.
2.13(e) A child who receives a scholarship who has not completed development screening
2.14under sections 121A.16 to 121A.19 must complete that screening within 90 days of first
2.15attending an eligible program or within 90 days after the child's third birthday if awarded
2.16a scholarship under the age of three.
2.17(f) For fiscal year 2017 and later, a school district or Head Start program enrolling
2.18scholarship recipients under paragraph (c) may apply to the commissioner, in the form and
2.19manner prescribed by the commissioner, for direct payment of state aid. Upon receipt of
2.20the application, the commissioner must pay each program directly for each approved
2.21scholarship recipient enrolled under paragraph (c) according to the metered payment system
2.22or another schedule established by the commissioner."