Early childhood and early education bills can be heard in the House and Senate Education Committees and Health and Human Services depending on the nature of the bill. 

This report will help you know which programs fall within the purview of which committees:

January 2010 - Inventory of Early Childhood Services Early Care and Education Programs Administered by the Minnesota Departments of Education and Human Services - Summary of existing programs, Minnesota Department of Education.

Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE)
Early Childhood Screening
Educate Parents Partnership (www.mnparentsknow)
Head Start
Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C)
Preschool Special Education
School Readiness
School Readiness Study

Education Committees: House - Senate

Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
Building Child Care Quality/Child Care Development Grants
Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)
Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Care Supports/Child Care Development Grants
Licensed Child Care Centers
Licensed Family Child Care (FCC)
Migrant Child Care/Child Care Development Grants
MN Early Childhood and School-age Professional Development (PD) System/Child Care
Development Grants
Providing Information to Parents/Child Care Development Grants
School Readiness Connections (SRC)

Health & Human Services Committees:
—House Health Care and Human Services Finance Division
—House Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight
—Senate Health and Human Services Budget Division
—Senate Health, Housing and Family Security

Additional Resources

• Minnesota Early Childhood Caucus - A bipartisan caucus of Minnesota Legislators collaborating to support Early Childhood (Caucus information at Ready 4 K).
  
  
• Early Childhood Advisory Council - Created by executive order to make recommendations on how to most effectively create a high quality early childhood system in Minnesota.

In addition to these, explore the resources offered by Early Childhood Organizations.