Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R7825 MK-D
2	2	By: Garcia S.B. No. 886
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to training requirements for certain child-care workers.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is
10	10	amended by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsections
11	11	(a-1) and (j) to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The minimum training standards prescribed by the
13	13	department under Section 42.042(p) for an employee, director, or
14	14	operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or registered
15	15	family home must include:
16	16	(1) 60 [24] hours of initial training [that must be
17	17	completed not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day
18	18	of employment] for an employee of a day-care center who has no
19	19	previous training or less than two years of employment experience
20	20	in a regulated child-care facility, subject to the following
21	21	requirements:
22	22	(A) the employee must complete the initial
23	23	training not later than the first anniversary of the employee's
24	24	first day of employment;
25	25	(B) the employee must complete at least 36 hours
26	26	of the initial training not later than the 90th day after the
27	27	employee's first day of employment; and
28	28	(C) the employee must complete at least 24 [,
29	29	eight] hours of the initial training [which must be completed]
30	30	before the employee is given responsibility for a group of
31	31	children;
32	32	(2) 24 hours of annual training for each employee of a
33	33	day-care center or group day-care home who has completed the
34	34	initial training required by Subdivision (1), excluding the
35	35	director, which must include at least:
36	36	(A) six hours of training in one or more of the
37	37	following areas:
38	38	(i) [(A)] child growth and development;
39	39	(ii) [(B)] guidance and discipline; and
40	40	(iii) [(C)] age-appropriate curriculum;
41	41	and
42	42	(B) six hours of training in
43	43	[(D)] teacher-child interaction; and
44	44	(3) 30 hours of annual training for each director of a
45	45	day-care center or group day-care home, or operator of a registered
46	46	family home, which must include at least six hours of training in
47	47	one or more of the following areas:
48	48	(A) child growth and development;
49	49	(B) guidance and discipline;
50	50	(C) age-appropriate curriculum; and
51	51	(D) teacher-child interaction.
52	52	(a-1) Thirty hours of the initial training required under
53	53	Subsection (a)(1), and the 12 hours of annual training required
54	54	under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) must be provided by a person who
55	55	meets at least one of the qualifications listed under Subsection
56	56	(f)(1), (2), (3), or (4).
57	57	(f) The training required by this section must be
58	58	appropriately targeted and relevant to the age of the children who
59	59	will receive care from the individual receiving training and must
60	60	be provided by a person who:
61	61	(1) is a training provider registered with the Texas
62	62	Early Care and Education Career Development System's Texas Trainer
63	63	Registry that is maintained by the Texas Head Start State
64	64	Collaboration Office;
65	65	(2) is an instructor at a public or private secondary
66	66	school, an institution of higher education, as defined by Section
67	67	61.003, Education Code, or a private college or university
68	68	accredited by a recognized accrediting agency who teaches early
69	69	childhood development or another relevant course, as determined by
70	70	rules adopted by the commissioner of education and the commissioner
71	71	of higher education;
72	72	(3) is an employee of a state agency with relevant
73	73	expertise;
74	74	(4) is a physician, psychologist, licensed
75	75	professional counselor, social worker, or registered nurse;
76	76	(5) holds a generally recognized credential [or
77	77	possesses documented knowledge] relevant to the training the person
78	78	will provide;
79	79	(6) is a registered family home care provider or
80	80	director of a day-care center or group day-care home in good
81	81	standing with the department, if applicable, and who:
82	82	(A) has demonstrated core knowledge in child
83	83	development and caregiving; and
84	84	(B) is only providing training at the home or
85	85	center in which the provider or director and the person receiving
86	86	training are employed; or
87	87	(7) has at least two years of experience working in
88	88	child development, a child development program, early childhood
89	89	education, a childhood education program, or a Head Start or Early
90	90	Head Start program and:
91	91	(A) has been awarded a Child Development
92	92	Associate (CDA) credential; or
93	93	(B) holds at least an associate's degree in child
94	94	development, early childhood education, or a related field.
95	95	(j) The training required by this section may be provided in
96	96	person or online.
97	97	SECTION 2. Section 42.0421(a), Human Resources Code, as
98	98	amended by this Act, applies only to an employee who is initially
99	99	employed by a day-care center on or after the effective date of this
100	100	Act. An employee who is initially employed by a day-care center
101	101	before that date is subject to the law in effect immediately before
102	102	the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
103	103	effect for that purpose.
104	104	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.