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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to minimum training standards for employees of certain |
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child-care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.0421, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The minimum training standards prescribed by the |
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department under Section 42.042(p) for an employee of a day-care |
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center or group day-care home must include: |
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(1) 24 [eight] hours of initial training that must be |
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completed not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day |
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of employment for an employee of a day-care center who has no |
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previous training or less than two years of employment experience |
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in a regulated child-care facility, eight hours of which must [to] |
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be completed before the employee is given responsibility for a |
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group of children; |
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(2) 24 [15] hours of annual training for each employee |
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of a day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the |
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director, which must include at least six hours of training in one |
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or more of the following areas: |
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(A) child growth and development; |
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(B) guidance and discipline; |
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(C) age-appropriate curriculum; and |
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(D) teacher-child interaction; and |
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(3) 30 [20] hours of annual training for each director |
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of a day-care center or group day-care home, which must include at |
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least six hours of training in one or more of the following areas: |
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(A) child growth and development; |
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(B) guidance and discipline; |
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(C) age-appropriate curriculum; and |
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(D) teacher-child interaction. |
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(f) In adopting the minimum training standards under |
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Section 42.042(p), the department may not require more training |
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hours than the number of hours prescribed by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.0426, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the seventh day after the date an |
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employee begins employment at a child-care facility, the employee |
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must complete an orientation to the facility. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), Section |
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42.0421, Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act, and |
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Subsection (c), Section 42.0426, Human Resources Code, as added by |
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this Act, apply only to an employee who is initially employed by a |
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child-care facility on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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employee who is initially employed by a child-care facility before |
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that date is subject to the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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(b) Subdivisions (2) and (3), Subsection (a), Section |
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42.0421, Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act, apply to an |
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employee or director of a child-care facility regardless of the |
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date the person began employment with or service as director of the |
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child-care facility. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |