House File 2131 H-8106 Amend House File 2131 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 8 and inserting: 2 < Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— CHILD CARE 3 CENTER STAFF RATIO RULES. The department of human services 4 shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A 5 to provide for the following: 6 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a child 7 care center shall maintain a minimum child-to-staff ratio of 8 one child care worker for every seven children who are two 9 years of age and a minimum child-to-staff ratio of one child 10 care worker for every ten children who are three years of age. 11 2. Prior to a child care center allowing a child-to-staff 12 ratio of one child care worker for more than six children two 13 years of age or a child-to-staff ratio of one child care worker 14 for more than eight children three years of age, the child care 15 center shall allow the employees of the child care center to 16 vote on whether to increase the child-to-staff ratio. A child 17 care center that fails to obtain a majority of affirmative 18 votes from employees to increase the ratio shall be prohibited 19 from increasing the ratio. > 20 ______________________________ EHLERT of Linn -1- HF 2131.2767 (4) 89 dg/rh 1/ 1 #1.