Bill Text: NH SB106 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-25 - Retained in Committee [SB106 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-SB106-Amended.html
SB 106-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/09/2023 0665s
2023 SESSION
23-0831
06/10
SENATE BILL 106-FN
AN ACT establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill creates emerging professional certificates and the requirements and rulemaking authority for the department of health and human services to issue such certificates.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/09/2023 0665s 23-0831
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Child Day Care Licensing; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 170-E:11, I by inserting after subparagraph (n) the following new subparagraph:
(o) Emerging Professional Certificates. An emerging professional certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has graduated high school, completed an application to the department's child care licensing unit, and completed the following requirements: completion of 500 hours in a career technical education (CTE) program that includes a minimum of 200 hours of observation, lesson planning, and practice teaching under supervision of a licensed educator in a licensed center-based child care program, licensed family child care, public or private school pre-K through 3rd grade program; 3 courses on educator preparation and child development; and submission of a plan for on-going professional development.
2 Credentialing of Personnel in Early Care and Education Programs; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 170-E:50 to read as follows:
170-E:50 Credentialing of Personnel in Early Care and Education Programs; Rulemaking.
I. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to accepting applications and issuing a certificate or a credential to early care and education personnel including, but not limited to child care, preschool, and Head Start program personnel who have requested such a certificate or a credential and who have satisfied the education and training requirements set forth in the bureau of child development and head start collaboration in the child care program licensing rules established by the department of health and human services. Each application for a credential shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be credited to the general fund. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, establishing a fee for this purpose.
II. The department of health and human services shall incorporate this program, funded by the fee established in paragraph I of this section, into the next biennial department budget after the effective date of this section.
III. Emerging Professional Certificates. An emerging professional certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has graduated high school, completed an application to the department’s bureau of child development and head start collaboration, and completed all the following requirements:
(a) 500 hours in a career and technical education (CTE) teacher education program that includes a minimum of 200 hours of observation, lesson planning, and practice teaching under supervision of a licensed educator in a licensed center-based child care program, licensed family child care program, or public or private school pre-K through 3rd grade program;
(b) At least one course that includes child development; and
(c) Submission of a plan for ongoing professional development.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
23-0831
1/17/23
SB 106-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Health and Human Services
