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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1717 By: Garvin
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to child care; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
Section 405.4, which relates to education and
continuing education requirements; extending
continuing education cyc le; providing certain
exemption for master teacher qualifications; 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 Services. 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 t eacher for children of all ages.
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B. Any The continuing education requirements established by the
Department shall be on a two-year cycle.
C. Subject to the exemptions provided by subsection D of this
section, a person replacing a master teacher at a child care center
shall be granted a one -year probationary period to fulfill the
educational qualifications required by the Department for a master
teacher. The Department may extend the probationary period an
additional year as long as the person is actively pursuing that
goal.
D. A person shall be exempt fro m the educational qualifications
required by the Department for a master teache r if the person has:
1. Not less than two (2) years o f full-time experience or the
equivalent in the profession of child care or education as
determined by the Department ; or
2. Obtained not less than six (6) credit hours at an
institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or
at a technology center school in subjects rel evant to child care as
determined by the Department.
C. E. Licensed child care facilities opened or expanded before
November 1, 2016, shall have thirty -five (35) square feet of floor
area per infant in room s occupied only by infa nts. New construction
and existing space not previously licensed for child care after
November 1, 2016, shall have forty (40) square feet of floor area
per infant in rooms occupied only by infants.
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
59-2-3368 DC 1/16/2024 5:43:42 PM