MN HF4419

Requires family and group family child care license holders and adult caregivers working more than 30 days of at least eight hours in any 12-month period to complete four hours of child development and learning and behavior guidance training prior to initial licensure.

Exempts individuals from training requirements if they have completed a three-credit early childhood development course within the past five years, hold relevant bachelor's or master's degrees in early childhood education, are licensed teachers in Minnesota with appropriate specialties, or hold a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the past five years.

Requires license holders and primary caregivers to complete 16 hours of ongoing training annually, with specific topics including child development, family relationships, assessment and evaluation, early childhood education history, professionalism, and health and safety.

Mandates completion of a six-hour Supervising for Safety for Family Child Care course before initial licensure and annual two-hour active supervision courses, plus Health and Safety I and II courses every five years.

Allows contractors serving multiple family child care license holders in single or multiple counties to use one transferable background study across all programs if the study is repeated every two years and verified by the county agency.