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SB 436

EnactedCrossfile HB 597
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Child Care Centers - Teacher Qualifications

Sponsor: Nancy J. King (District 39)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: ChildrenStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 244 (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 to terminate or reassign a certain individual at the end of a 6-month probationary period if the individual has not completed the required pre-service training; etc.

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Testimony (8)

MGA witness list
FAV 8Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSamuels, EmilyCelebree SchoolOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPeusch, ChristinaMaryland State Child Care AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMellott, DianePlay Centers, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVKing, Senator NancyIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKing, Senator NancyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVMorrow, BethIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator King, Senator KinglegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSenator King, Senator KinglegislatorIndividualOral

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