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2020 SESSION
HB 1012 Early childhood care and education; establishment of system, definitions, licensure.
Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Early childhood care and education; licensing. Requires the Board of Education to establish a statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be administered by the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Education. The bill transfers the authority to license and regulate child day programs and other early child care agencies from the Board of Social Services and Department of Social Services to the Board of Education and Department of Education. The bill maintains current licensure, background check, and other requirements of such programs. Such provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a plan for implementing the statewide unified early childhood care and education system and requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to enter into a cooperative agreement to coordinate the transition. The bill also requires the Board of Education to establish, no later than July 1, 2021, a uniform quality rating and improvement system designed to provide parents and families with information about the quality and availability of certain publicly funded early childhood care and education providers and to publish the initial quality ratings under such system in the fall of 2023. This bill is identical to SB 578.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104557D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105824D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107715D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1012ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0860) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104557D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/13/20 House: Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
- 01/20/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/20/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/22/20 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/22/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20105824D-H1
- 01/22/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/23/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/07/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107715D-H2
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee on Education substitute rejected 20105824D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107715D-H2
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1012H2
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1012ER)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/17/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/08/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 860 (effective - see bill)
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0860)