Bill Text: TX SB265 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Effective on 1/1/12 [SB265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB265-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 265 | ||
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| relating to training for employees and operators of certain | ||
| child-care facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The training required by this section must be | ||
| appropriately targeted and relevant to the age of the children who | ||
| will receive care from the individual receiving training and must | ||
| be provided by a person who: | ||
| (1) is a training provider registered with the Texas | ||
| Early Care and Education Career Development System's Texas Trainer | ||
| Registry that is maintained by the Texas Head Start State | ||
| Collaboration Office; | ||
| (2) is an instructor at a public or private secondary | ||
| school or at a public or private institution of higher education, as | ||
| defined by Section 61.801, Education Code, who teaches early | ||
| childhood development or another relevant course, as determined by | ||
| rules adopted by the commissioner of education and the commissioner | ||
| of higher education; | ||
| (3) is an employee of a state agency with relevant | ||
| expertise; | ||
| (4) is a physician, psychologist, licensed | ||
| professional counselor, social worker, or registered nurse; | ||
| (5) holds a generally recognized credential or | ||
| possesses documented knowledge relevant to the training the person | ||
| will provide; | ||
| (6) is a registered family home care provider or | ||
| director of a day-care center or group day-care home in good | ||
| standing with the department, if applicable, and who: | ||
| (A) has demonstrated core knowledge in child | ||
| development and caregiving; and | ||
| (B) is only providing training at the home or | ||
| center in which the provider or director and the person receiving | ||
| training are employed; or | ||
| (7) has at least two years of experience working in | ||
| child development, a child development program, early childhood | ||
| education, a childhood education program, or a Head Start or Early | ||
| Head Start program and: | ||
| (A) has been awarded a Child Development | ||
| Associate (CDA) credential; or | ||
| (B) holds at least an associate's degree in child | ||
| development, early childhood education, or a related field. | ||
| (g) A person described by Subsection (f)(6) may provide | ||
| training under this section only if the department has not taken an | ||
| action under Section 42.071, 42.072, or 42.078, other than an | ||
| evaluation, against the license, listing, or registration of the | ||
| person or the home or center for which the person is a provider or | ||
| director during the two-year period preceding the date on which the | ||
| person provides the training. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the House on | ||
| May 5, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, one present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
