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HB 597

EnactedCrossfile SB 436
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Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications

Sponsor: Delegate KellyCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: ChildrenStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 243 (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the regulations adopted by the State Board of Education to govern the licensing and operation of child care centers to include provisions that establish certain qualifications for probationary employment for an individual applying for the first time to be a child care teacher in a certain child care center in the State; requiring a child care center at the end of a 6-month probationary period to terminate or reassign an individual who has not completed the required pre-service training; etc.

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Testimony (5)

MGA witness list
FAV 5Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMeyer, IsaacCompass Government Relations PartnersWritten (PDF)
FAVMacsherry, ClintonlobbyistMaryland Family NetworkWritten (PDF)
FAVMellott, DianePlay Centers, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Kelly, Delegate KellylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVKelly, ArianaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMacsherry, ClintonMaryland Family NetworkRegistered for: Maryland Family Network