Bill Text: NY A07591 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7591 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 10, 2011 ___________ 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. LBD11497-01-1