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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain exemptions to initial training requirements for |
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employees, directors, and operators of a child-care facility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.0421(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to 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, director, or |
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operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or registered |
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family home must include: |
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(1) 24 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 be |
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completed before the employee is given responsibility for a group |
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of children, except that the employee is not required to complete |
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the initial training if the employee: |
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(A) has previously completed the training |
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required by this subdivision in a regulated child-care facility; |
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(B) has at least two years of employment |
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experience in: |
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(i) a regulated child-care facility; or |
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(ii) an accredited public school working as |
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a teacher certified under Chapter 21, Education Code, with children |
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in kindergarten through grade three; or |
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(C) has earned at least six semester hours of |
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college credit in courses relating to child education or |
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development, including child psychology, early childhood |
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education, classroom management, and child growth and development; |
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(2) 24 hours of annual training for each employee of a |
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day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director, |
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which must include at least six hours of training in one or more of |
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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 hours of annual training for each director of a |
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day-care center or group day-care home, or operator of a registered |
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family home, which must include at least six hours of training in |
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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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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |