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A08366 Summary:

BILL NOA08366
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORButtenschon
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §390-a, Soc Serv L
 
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.
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A08366 Actions:

BILL NOA08366
 
12/13/2023referred to children and families
01/03/2024referred to children and families
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A08366 Memo:

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.
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A08366 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8366
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD13503-01-3
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