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Child care accreditation modified

Published (4/27/2012)
By Sue Hegarty
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A handful of national programs are named in state law to grant accreditation of child care centers, in order for the center to be paid more than non-accredited centers for taking care of children on public child care assistance.

Rep. Joyce Peppin (R-Rogers) said that resulted in the state picking winners and losers and “excluded other high quality (programs).”

Peppin and Sen. Benjamin Kruse (R-Brooklyn Park) sponsor a new law that modifies who can serve as an accrediting agency. The law was signed April 18 by Gov. Mark Dayton. It takes effect Aug. 1, 2012.

The law directs the commissioners of health, human services and education to collaborate on developing a new application and approval process for child care accreditation. A report on their progress is due Feb. 15, 2013, to the legislative committees on early childhood issues.

The current list of accrediting programs will remain in place until the new criteria is established.

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