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MN HF3665
Bill
Status
2/23/2026
Primary Sponsor
Dave Pinto
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AI Summary
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Out-of-home placement plans for foster children not yet subject to compulsory school attendance must now include efforts to ensure educational stability in early childhood education or child care programs, similar to existing requirements for school-age children
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Agencies must document efforts to keep children enrolled in the same early childhood program they attended before placement, or explain specific reasons why continuing or seeking similar enrollment is not feasible or in the child's best interest
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Social services agencies, licensed child-placing agencies, and guardians ad litem are required to provide foster parents with information about early childhood education and child care options in their geographic area
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Foster parents must receive information about the Northstar foster care benefits child care allowance, eligibility requirements for child care assistance programs and early learning scholarships, and application processes for these programs
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Educational records requirements are expanded to include child care and early childhood education program records alongside school records in out-of-home placement plans
Legislative Description
Out-of-home placement plan requirements modified to include early childhood education and child care programs, and agencies and guardians ad litem required to provide information on early childhood education and child care programs for children in foster care.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Children and Families Finance and Policy
2/23/2026