Bill Text: IA HF517 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the minimum guidelines for comprehensive early childhood development services for at-risk three-year-old and four-year-old children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-05 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 475. [HF517 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF517-Introduced.html
House File 517 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY McCONKEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the minimum guidelines for comprehensive 2 early childhood development services for at=risk 3 three=year=old and four=year=old children. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2249YH (2) 86 kh/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256A.3, subsection 5, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Each member of the teaching staff 1 4 employed to provide educational services for at=risk 1 5 three=year=old and four=year=old children by a child care 1 6 program receiving a grant under this subsection shall have 1 7 a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in early childhood 1 8 education, child development, elementary education, or early 1 9 childhood special education which encompasses child development 1 10 and learning of children from birth through kindergarten; 1 11 family and community relationships; observing, documenting, 1 12 and assessing young children; teaching and learning; and 1 13 professional practices and development. The child care program 1 14 shall also annually make available, and require each member 1 15 of the teaching staff to complete, at least fifteen hours of 1 16 professional development opportunities. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 20 This bill requires each member of the teaching staff 1 21 employed to provide educational services to at=risk 1 22 three=year=old and four=year=old children by a child 1 23 care program receiving a grant from the child development 1 24 coordinating council to have a minimum of a baccalaureate 1 25 degree in early childhood education, child development, 1 26 elementary education, or early childhood special education. 1 27 The child care program must also annually make available at 1 28 least 15 hours of professional development opportunities and 1 29 require each member of the teaching staff to complete such 1 30 professional development. LSB 2249YH (2) 86 kh/nh