Bill Text: IA SSB1048 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the licensure of child care programs operated or contracted for by a school district or accredited nonpublic school and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-02 - Voted - Education. [SSB1048 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB1048-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1048
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
licensure
of
child
care
programs
1
operated
or
contracted
for
by
a
school
district
or
2
accredited
nonpublic
school
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2015,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
279.49,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
3
by
striking
the
subsection.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
279.49,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2015,
are
5
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
corporation
may
7
operate
or
contract
for
the
operation
of
a
program
to
provide
8
child
care
to
children
not
enrolled
in
school
or
to
students
9
enrolled
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six
before
and
after
10
school,
or
to
both.
Programs
operated
or
contracted
by
a
board
11
shall
either
meet
standards
for
child
care
programs
adopted
12
by
the
state
board
of
education
or
shall
be
licensed
by
the
13
department
of
human
services
under
chapter
237A
as
a
child
care
14
center.
A
program
operated
by
a
board
under
contract
which
is
15
not
located
on
property
owned
or
leased
by
the
board
must
be
16
licensed
by
the
department
of
human
services.
17
3.
The
person
employed
to
be
responsible
for
a
program
18
operated
or
contracted
by
a
board
that
is
not
licensed
by
the
19
department
of
human
services
shall
be
an
appropriately
licensed
20
teacher
under
chapter
272
or
shall
meet
other
standards
adopted
21
by
the
state
board
of
education.
22
Sec.
4.
Section
280.3A,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
23
follows:
24
280.3A
Accredited
nonpublic
school
child
care
programs.
25
Authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
schools
26
school
may
operate
or
contract
for
the
operation
of
a
child
27
care
programs,
as
defined
program,
as
described
in
section
28
279.49
,
subsection
1
.
The
provisions
of
section
279.49
as
29
they
relate
to
child
care
programs
of
a
school
corporation
and
30
its
board
of
directors
apply
to
the
child
care
programs
of
the
31
accredited
nonpublic
school
and
the
authority
in
charge.
32
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
IMPLEMENTATION.
This
Act
takes
33
effect
January
1,
2016,
except
that
the
department
of
human
34
services
may
begin
implementation
prior
to
January
1,
2016,
to
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the
extent
necessary
to
transition
to
full
implementation
of
1
the
provisions
of
this
Act.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
Under
current
law,
either
the
department
of
human
services
6
(DHS)
or
the
department
of
education
(DE)
is
required
to
7
license
a
child
care
program
operated
by
or
contracted
for
by
a
8
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
provide
child
9
care
to
children
not
enrolled
in
school
or
to
students
enrolled
10
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six
before
and
after
school,
or
11
to
both.
12
The
bill
provides
that
DHS
shall
be
the
only
state
agency
13
responsible
for
the
licensure
of
such
child
care
programs
and
14
requires
DHS
to
issue
such
licenses.
15
Conforming
Code
changes
are
made
striking
Code
section
16
237A.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“b”,
relating
to
the
definition
17
of
“child
care”
for
purposes
of
DHS
licensure
and
DE
child
care
18
programs
provided
for
under
Code
sections
279.49
and
280.3A,
19
striking
references
in
Code
section
279.49
relating
to
child
20
care
programs
not
licensed
or
approved
by
DHS,
and
amended
Code
21
section
280.3A
relating
to
accredited
nonpublic
school
child
22
care
programs.
23
The
bill
takes
effect
January
1,
2016,
except
that
DHS
may
24
begin
implementation
prior
to
that
date.
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