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SB 578 Early childhood care and education; establishment of system, definitions, licensure.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (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 HB 1012.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104558D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105825D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108279D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB578ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0861) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104558D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 01/28/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 01/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20105825D-S1
- 01/29/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20105825D-S1
- 01/30/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB578S1
- 01/31/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/17/20 House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108279D-H1
- 02/19/20 House: Read second time
- 02/20/20 House: Read third time
- 02/20/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108279D-H1
- 02/20/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB578H1
- 02/20/20 House: Passed House with substitute (82-Y 15-N)
- 02/20/20 House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Title replaced 20108279D-H1
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB578ER)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/20 Senate: 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 861 (effective - see bill)
- 04/08/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0861)