1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood 
1.3 	Education and Care to create an inventory of early childhood services.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. INVENTORY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES.
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Creation. (a) The State Advisory Council on Early Childhood 
1.7 	Education and Care under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.141, shall create an inventory 
1.8 	of early childhood services.
1.9 	(b) The inventory must, at a minimum:
1.10 	(1) identify state programs and initiatives funded by state, federal, and private 
1.11 	dollars;
1.12 	(2) provide brief descriptions of programs under which services are received;
1.13 	(3) provide budget allocations toward the outcome areas; and
1.14 	(4) include subsections describing specific:
1.15 	(i) geographic regions served by the program;
1.16 	(ii) number of children eligible;
1.17 	(iii) number of children enrolled; and
1.18 	(iv) age, ethnicity and race, and income demographics of children enrolled.
1.19 		Subd. 2.Use. The inventory shall be used to guide legislative proposals and best 
1.20 	practices addressing the development, care, and education of children from birth to the 
1.21 	child's fifth birthday. The inventory should be updated every biennium.