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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 595 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to child care; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
Section 405.4, which relates to education
requirements for child care center s; prohibiting the
Department of Human Services f rom imposing certain
requirement; authorizing establishmen t of certain
ratio; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 405.4, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 405.4. A. Any person with a bachelor ’s degree or
postgraduate degree shall be considered as having met the
educational requirements for a director of a full -time child care
center required by the Department of Human S ervices. Nothing in
this section shall be construed as to affect annual continuing
education requirements. The director of a child care center may
also qualify as a master teacher for children of all ages.
B. Any person replacing a master teacher at a c hild care center
shall be granted a one -year probationary period to fulfill the
educational qualifications required by the Department for a master
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teacher. The Department may extend the probationary period an
additional year as long as the person is activ ely pursuing that
goal.
C. Licensed child care facilities opened or expanded before
November 1, 2016, shall have thirty -five (35) square feet of floor
area per infant in rooms occupied only by infants. New constr uction
and existing space not previously l icensed for child care after
November 1, 2016, shall have forty (40) square feet of floor area
per infant in rooms occupied only by infants.
D. The Director of th e Department shall not require child care
centers to have a master teacher for every classroom. However, the
Director may establish a ratio for master teachers to children .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-1665 DC 1/17/2023 6:38:16 PM