During the last legislative session in Minnesota, the legislature passed a bill that included provisions related to child protection screening. This bill was signed into law by Governor Mark Dayton on May 21, 2014. The screening provisions within this bill were a response to the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) 2012 report on child [...]
On May 11, 2014 Governor Mark Dayton signed into law H.F.2536, which is better known as the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA). The bill compiled nine pieces of legislation that are designed to increase the conditions in the workplace for women. The nine parts of the bill are: Closing the gender pay gap by creating [...]
Now that the Minnesota legislative session has officially ended, here is a summary of some of the child-welfare related bills that have been signed by Governor Dayton since mid-April that we have not yet covered. The policies are separated into three categories: harm reduction, financial stability, and juvenile justice. Bills Related to Harm Reduction Along [...]
As mentioned in yesterday's post, Governor Dayton signed into law the omnibus Heath and Human Service Policy bill (H.F. 2402 / Chapter 291) on Wednesday, May 21. The new law includes language that will "require counties to maintain sufficient information to identify repeat reports alleging maltreatment of the same child for 365 days, for reports [...]
Governor Mark Dayton recently signed into law the omnibus health and human services policy bill. Within this bill are a few statutory changes that essentially add up to "no smoking in foster homes/in the vicinity of children and youth in foster care." Prevention of Secondhand Smoke Exposure for Children in Foster Care The main statutory [...]
On May 16 the Omnibus Education Policy Bill, HF 2397, was signed into law by Governor Dayton. Within the bill text there is an overarching theme related to childhood academic achievement, including a provision allowing for greater educational stability for youth in foster care and others related to English learners and their families. As these [...]
In the Supplemental Education K-12 Finance Omnibus Bill there are two provisions related to students with needs that go beyond what is provided in traditional educational settings. One of these provisions is meant to better support youth struggling with substance abuse by appropriating funding to Approved Recovery Programs, while the other regards the use of [...]
Maps showing the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) and the St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN).Sources: Compiled images from NAZ and Wilder Two provisions in the Senate omnibus E-12 finance bill (S.F. 767) would appropriate $600,000 each to both the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN) and the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) for FY 2015 in order to [...]
