Boards, Councils and Committees

Early Childhood Services Advisory Board

Based on North Dakota Century Code section 50-11.1-15, the Early Childhood Services Advisory Board shall:

• Advise the department each time the department reviews early childhood services rules.
• Upon the completion of the department's review, with the assistance of the department, conduct an analysis of and make recommendations to the department regarding the department's review of the early childhood services rules, however, final approval of any administrative rule changes must be completed through the administrative rulemaking process.
• On an ongoing basis, make recommendations to the department regarding changes and revisions to the early childhood services rules. The recommendations, the goal of which is to streamline and improve the quality of the early childhood services process, must seek to balance the need for rules that ensure safe quality child care with the need to revise or eliminate rules that create unnecessary barriers for early childhood service providers.

This board is composed of seven members appointed by the director of the department. The term of office is typically four years expiring on July 31st with no more than two terms expiring in any one year.

The members are entitled to be paid for mileage and expenses incurred in attending meetings and in performance of their official duties in amounts provided by law for other state officers and employees. A member also is entitled to be reimbursed up to one hundred dollars per day for the expenses incurred by the member which relate to the hiring of a substitute early childhood services provider in order that the member may attend meetings and perform the member's official duties.