83R9257 JSL-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1688
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain exemptions to initial training requirements for
employees, directors, and operators of a child-care facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.0421(a), Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The minimum training standards prescribed by the
department under Section 42.042(p) for an employee, director, or
operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or registered
family home must include:
(1) 24 hours of initial training that must be
completed not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day
of employment [for an employee of a day-care center who has no
previous training or less than two years of employment experience
in a regulated child-care facility], eight hours of which must be
completed before the employee is given responsibility for a group
of children, except that the employee is not required to complete
the initial training if the employee:
(A) has previously completed the training
required by this subdivision in a regulated child-care facility;
(B) has at least two years of employment
experience in:
(i) a regulated child-care facility; or
(ii) an accredited public school working as
a teacher certified under Chapter 21, Education Code, with children
in kindergarten through grade three; or
(C) has earned at least six semester hours of
college credit in courses relating to child education or
development, including child psychology, early childhood
education, classroom management, and child growth and development;
(2) 24 hours of annual training for each employee of a
day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director,
which must include at least six hours of training in one or more of
the following areas:
(A) child growth and development;
(B) guidance and discipline;
(C) age-appropriate curriculum; and
(D) teacher-child interaction; and
(3) 30 hours of annual training for each director of a
day-care center or group day-care home, or operator of a registered
family home, which must include at least six hours of training in
one or more of the following areas:
(A) child growth and development;
(B) guidance and discipline;
(C) age-appropriate curriculum; and
(D) teacher-child interaction.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.