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1 1 Amend House File 761 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 17, by inserting after line 10 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 100. NEW SECTION. 237A.24 CHILD CARE
1 5 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM.
1 6 1. The departments of education, health, and human
1 7 services shall jointly establish a leadership council
1 8 for child care training and development in this state.
1 9 In addition to representatives of the three
1 10 departments, the leadership council shall include but
1 11 is not limited to representatives of community
1 12 colleges, institutions of higher learning under the
1 13 state board of regents and private institutions of
1 14 higher education, the Iowa cooperative extension
1 15 service in agriculture and home economics, and child
1 16 care resource and referral service agencies.
1 17 2. The charge of the council is to develop a
1 18 proposal for a statewide child care training and
1 19 development system and to monitor implementation of
1 20 the proposal. The purpose of the system is to improve
1 21 support for persons providing or administering child
1 22 care services. The system shall be developed in a
1 23 manner so as to incorporate and enhance existing
1 24 efforts to provide this support.
1 25 3. The proposal for the child care training and
1 26 development system shall include all of the following
1 27 elements:
1 28 a. Identification of core competencies for
1 29 providers and administrators that may be incorporated
1 30 into professional standards.
1 31 b. Establishing levels for professional
1 32 development.
1 33 c. Implementing a professional experience registry
1 34 to track the training, educational attainment, and
1 35 experience of providers and administrators.
1 36 d. Implementing a unified training and technical
1 37 assistance approach for identifying needs, ensuring
1 38 equal access, and establishing minimum requirements
1 39 for training and trainers.
1 40 e. Establishing an articulation process to permit
1 41 recognition of training provided by entities that do
1 42 not grant academic credit by entities that do grant
1 43 academic credit.
1 44 f. Implementing a financing structure to support
1 45 the training registry.
1 46 g. Identifying other means for enhancing the
1 47 training and development of persons who provide and
1 48 administer child care.
1 49 4. The proposal shall include an implementation
1 50 plan and budget provisions and may provide for
2 1 implementation through a contract with a private
2 2 nonprofit agency."
2 3 #2. Page 25, by inserting after line 5 the
2 4 following:
2 5 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE – PROPOSAL SUBMISSION.
2 6 1. New Code section 237A.24, as enacted by
2 7 division I of this Act, being deemed of immediate
2 8 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 9 2. The leadership council created pursuant to
2 10 section 237A.24, as enacted by division I of this Act,
2 11 shall submit the initial proposal for a child care
2 12 training and development system to the departments of
2 13 education, health, and human services by December 31,
2 14 1999, so that the three departments may include
2 15 funding for implementation of the system in the
2 16 departments' budget recommendations developed for the
2 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001."
2 18 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 19
2 20
2 21
2 22 BOAL of Polk
2 23
2 24
2 25
2 26 HEATON of Henry
2 27 HF 761.502 78
2 28 jp/jw
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