Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services to coordinate, consolidate and integrate early childhood programs.
Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services to coordinate, consolidate and integrate early childhood programs.
Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.
Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.
Establishes the Early Learning Child Care Act to impose a payroll tax on certain employers for the purposes of addressing child care affordability, accessibility, and quality for families with children under five years of age; establishes the early learning child care fund; establishes the early learning child care program to provide subsidies to covered children to attend early learning child care programs; establishes the New York state child care board.
Establishes the Early Learning Child Care Act to impose a payroll tax on certain employers for the purposes of addressing child care affordability, accessibility, and quality for families with children under five years of age; establishes the early learning child care fund; establishes the early learning child care program to provide subsidies to covered children to attend early learning child care programs; establishes the New York state child care board.
Establishes the kinship legal network program in the office of children and family services to provide legal services to kinship caregivers.
Establishes the kinship legal network program in the office of children and family services to provide legal services to kinship caregivers.
Tasks the child care availability taskforce with evaluation of the office of children and family services' regulations regarding minimum supervision ratios based on group size for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Permits special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions to establish reserve funds.