Limits the experiential qualifications of group teachers for preschool classes and groups teachers for infant or toddler classes to what was required for their educational qualifications.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8366
SPONSOR: Buttenschon
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to qualifications
for employees of child day care centers
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Limits the experiential qualifications of child day care center employ-
ees to what was required for their educational qualifications
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the social services law.
Section 2 establishes the effective date
 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The childcare industry is struggling immensely due to staffing shortages
and a lack of funding for the career. It has become more appealing for
individuals to work at a chain restaurant or retail store, where they
know they will be paid adequately for their services, than for them to
work in a child care center, where they know they will be understaffed,
and responsible for the lives of young children. These staffing short-
ages are in part due to the needed experience an individual must have in
order to be a qualified hire. When completing educational requirements
to be certified for this type of work, many individuals are required to
complete some sort of internship/experiential learning program. However,
this valuable educational component does not translate to the "experi-
ence" requirement to be a qualified hire. This legislation seeks to
remove the experience requirement to be classified as a qualified child-
care instructor, in hopes of alleviating staffing shortages in the
industry.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8366
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to qualifications
for employees of child day care centers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section 390-a of the
2 social services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) establish relevant minimal experiential and educational qualifica-
5 tions for employees and directors of child day care centers or head
6 start day care center programs; provided (i) that where a person
7 possesses an associate's degree in early childhood, child development or
8 related field, a child development associate credential or other
9 office-recognized credential specific to the preschool developmental
10 period, no further experience relating to childcare shall be required to
11 be qualified as a group teacher for a preschool class; and (ii) where a
12 person possesses an associate's degree in early childhood, child devel-
13 opment or a related field; and one year of experience related to caring
14 for infants and toddlers, or an infant and toddler child care and educa-
15 tion credential, infant toddler child development associate credential
16 or other office-recognized credential specific to the infant/toddler
17 developmental period, no further experience relating to childcare shall
18 be required to be qualified as a group teacher for an infant or toddler
19 class;
20 § 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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