Bill Text: NY A07591 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to review of standards, guidelines and criteria for education, development or learning in programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - signed chap.379 [A07591 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07591-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7591
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the  commis-
         sioner  of  education to evaluate and report on early childhood educa-
         tion in day care centers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
    3    42.  A. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE
    4  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES AND THE COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,
    5  SHALL EXAMINE, EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING EARLY CHILD-
    6  HOOD  EDUCATION  IN DAY CARE CENTERS, INCLUDING GROUP AND SMALL DAY CARE
    7  CENTERS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING: EXISTING
    8  REQUIREMENTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR  CHILDREN  ZERO  TO  FIVE
    9  YEARS OLD IN ALL DAY CARE SETTINGS; EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF
   10  ALL  DAY CARE EMPLOYEES SUPERVISING CHILDREN; HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
   11  AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN IN DAY CARE SETTINGS; AND ALL FEDERAL,  STATE  AND
   12  LOCAL DAY CARE FUNDING STREAMS.
   13    B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOU-
   14  SAND ELEVEN, REPORT ITS FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
   15  GOVERNOR,  LEGISLATURE  AND  BOARD  OF REGENTS. THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE
   16  RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRENGTHENING THE DAY CARE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE  COMMU-
   17  NITY BASED CARE WITH A FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE
   18  CONSOLIDATION  OF  DAY CARE OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE DEPART-
   19  MENT.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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