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SECTION 1. Section 42.0421,
Human Resources Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and
adding Subsections (a-1) and (j) to read as follows:
(a) The minimum training
standards prescribed by the department under Section 42.042(p) for an employee,
director, or operator of a day-care center, group day-care home, or
registered family home must include:
(1) 60 [24]
hours of initial training [that must be completed not later than
the 90th day after the employee's first day of employment] for an
employee of a day-care center who has no previous training or less than two
years of employment experience in a regulated child-care facility,
subject to the following requirements:
(A) the employee must
complete the initial training not later than the first anniversary of the
employee's first day of employment;
(B) the employee must
complete at least 36 hours of the
initial training not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day
of employment; and
(C) the employee must
complete at least 24 [, eight] hours of the initial
training [which must be completed] before the employee is given
responsibility for a group of children;
(2) 24 hours of annual
training for each employee of a day-care center or group day-care home who
has completed the initial training required by Subdivision (1),
excluding the director, which must include at least:
(A) six hours of
training in one or more of the following areas:
(i) [(A)]
child growth and development;
(ii) [(B)]
guidance and discipline; and
(iii) [(C)]
age-appropriate curriculum; and
(B) six hours of training
in [(D)] teacher-child interaction; and
(3) 30 hours of annual
training for each director of a day-care center or group day-care home, or
operator of a registered family home, which must include at least six hours
of training in one or more of the following areas:
(A) child growth and
development;
(B) guidance and discipline;
(C) age-appropriate
curriculum; and
(D) teacher-child
interaction.
(a-1) Thirty hours of the
initial training required under Subsection (a)(1), and the 12 hours of
annual training required under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) must be
provided by a person who meets at least one of the qualifications listed
under Subsection (f)(1), (2), (3), or (4).
(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, an institution of higher education, as
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a private college or
university accredited by a recognized accrediting agency 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.
(j) The training required
by this section may be provided in person or online.
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SECTION 1. Section 42.0421,
Human Resources Code, as amended by S.B. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2015, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (f) and
adding Subsections (a-1) and (j) to read as follows:
(a) The minimum training
standards prescribed by the executive commissioner under Section 42.042(p)
for an employee, director, or operator of a day-care center, group day-care
home, or registered family home must include:
(1) 48 [24]
hours of initial training [that must be completed not later than
the 90th day after the employee's first day of employment] for an
employee of a day-care center who has no previous training or less than two
years of employment experience in a regulated child-care facility,
subject to the following requirements:
(A) the employee must
complete the initial training not later than the first anniversary of the
employee's first day of employment;
(B) the employee must
complete at least 32 hours of the
initial training not later than the 90th day after the employee's first day
of employment; and
(C) the employee must
complete at least 16 [, eight] hours of the initial
training [which must be completed] before the employee is given
responsibility for a group of children;
(2) 24 hours of annual
training for each employee of a day-care center or group day-care home who
has completed the initial training required by Subdivision (1),
excluding the director, which must include at least:
(A) six hours of
training in one or more of the following areas:
(i) [(A)]
child growth and development;
(ii) [(B)]
guidance and discipline; and
(iii) [(C)]
age-appropriate curriculum; and
(B) six hours of training
in [(D)] teacher-child interaction; and
(3) 30 hours of annual
training for each director of a day-care center or group day-care home, or
operator of a registered family home, which must include at least six hours
of training in one or more of the following areas:
(A) child growth and
development;
(B) guidance and discipline;
(C) age-appropriate
curriculum; and
(D) teacher-child
interaction.
(a-1) Thirty hours of the
initial training required under Subsection (a)(1), and the 12 hours of
annual training required under Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (B) must be
provided by a person who meets at least one of the qualifications listed
under Subsection (f)(1), (2), (3), (4), or
(7).
(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 Childhood Professional 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, an institution of higher education, as
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a private college or
university accredited by a recognized accrediting agency 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.
(j) The training required
by this section may be provided in person or online.
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