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    By the Committee on Children and Families; and Senator Lynn





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child care; transferring,

  3         renumbering, and amending s. 402.3017, F.S.;

  4         revising requirements for the Teacher Education

  5         and Compensation Helps scholarship program;

  6         amending s. 402.302, F.S.; redefining the term

  7         "screening"; authorizing the screening of child

  8         care volunteers; amending s. 402.3055, F.S.;

  9         requiring an applicant, owner, or operator of a

10         child care facility to sign an affidavit

11         attesting to the accuracy of certain

12         information; authorizing the Department of

13         Children and Family Services to apply certain

14         requirements for personnel in child care

15         facilities to personnel in family day care

16         homes and large family child care homes;

17         amending s. 402.308, F.S.; requiring family day

18         care homes that are required to be licensed and

19         large family child care homes to have a license

20         that is renewed annually; authorizing the

21         Department of Children and Family Services to

22         apply the specified procedures for

23         administering a license to family day care

24         homes and large family child care homes;

25         amending s. 402.309, F.S.; authorizing the

26         local licensing agency or the Department of

27         Children and Family Services to issue a

28         provisional license or registration to a child

29         care facility, family day care home, or large

30         family child care home; providing that a

31         provisional license or registration may not be

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 1         issued unless child care personnel are screened

 2         according to law; requiring the department to

 3         adopt rules for issuing, suspending, and

 4         revoking provisional licenses and

 5         registrations; amending s. 402.310, F.S.;

 6         providing that an increased administrative fine

 7         may be imposed in addition to or in lieu of

 8         other disciplinary actions; authorizing the

 9         department or local licensing agencies to

10         convert a license or registration to probation

11         status for a violation of certain laws and

12         rules; authorizing the department or local

13         licensing agencies to apply disciplinary

14         actions to registered family day care homes;

15         directing the department to adopt rules

16         establishing grounds for imposing disciplinary

17         actions for violations of certain laws and

18         rules; directing the department to adopt rules

19         to create a uniform system of procedures to use

20         for disciplinary actions; creating s. 402.3105,

21         F.S.; requiring the department to establish a

22         database of information concerning violations,

23         citations, and penalties imposed against child

24         care facilities, family day care homes, and

25         large family child care homes licensed by or

26         registered with the department and local

27         licensing agencies; requiring the department to

28         consult with the State Technology Office;

29         specifying database capabilities and the uses

30         of information contained therein; providing

31         that implementation is not contingent upon an

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 1         appropriation; amending s. 402.313, F.S.;

 2         removing conflicting provisions regarding an

 3         administrative fine; requiring the adoption of

 4         a rule establishing minimum standards for

 5         safety; repealing s. 402.3131(1)(a), F.S.,

 6         relating to the authority of the department or

 7         local licensing agency to impose an

 8         administrative fine against a large family

 9         child care home; providing an effective date.

10  

11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Section 402.3017, Florida Statutes, is

14  transferred, renumbered as section 411.0103, Florida Statutes,

15  and amended to read:

16         411.0103 402.3017  Teacher Education and Compensation

17  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program.--

18         (1)  The Legislature finds that the level of early

19  child care teacher education and training is a key predictor

20  for determining program quality. The Legislature also finds

21  that low wages for child care workers prevent many from

22  obtaining increased training and education and contribute to

23  high turnover rates. The Legislature therefore intends to help

24  fund a program which links teacher training and education to

25  compensation and commitment to the field of early childhood

26  education.

27         (2)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation may Department

28  of Children and Family Services is authorized to contract for

29  the administration of the Teacher Education and Compensation

30  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program, which provides educational

31  scholarships to caregivers and administrators of early

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 1  childhood programs, family day care homes, and large family

 2  child care homes.

 3         (3)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation may department

 4  shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 as necessary

 5  to administer implement this section.

 6         (4)  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, the Agency for

 7  Workforce Innovation shall administer this section. This

 8  subsection expires July 1, 2005.

 9         Section 2.  Subsection (13) of section 402.302, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         402.302  Definitions.--

12         (13)  "Screening" means the act of assessing the

13  background of child care personnel and volunteers and

14  includes, but is not limited to, employment history checks,

15  local criminal records checks through local law enforcement

16  agencies, fingerprinting for all purposes and checks in this

17  subsection, statewide criminal records checks through the

18  Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records

19  checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation; except

20  that screening for volunteers included under the definition of

21  personnel includes only local criminal records checks through

22  local law enforcement agencies for current residence and

23  residence immediately prior to employment as a volunteer, if

24  different, and statewide criminal records correspondence

25  checks through the Department of Law Enforcement.

26         Section 3.  Section 402.3055, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         402.3055  Child care personnel requirements.--

29         (1)  REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PERSONNEL.--

30         (a)  The department or local licensing agency shall

31  require that the application for a license to operate a child

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 1  care facility, family day care home, or large family child

 2  care home license contain a question that specifically asks

 3  the applicant, owner, or operator if he or she has ever had a

 4  license denied, revoked, or suspended in any state or

 5  jurisdiction or has been the subject of a disciplinary action

 6  or been fined while employed in a child care facility, family

 7  day care home, or large family child care home. The applicant,

 8  owner, or operator shall sign an affidavit attesting attest to

 9  the accuracy of the information requested under penalty of

10  perjury.

11         1.  If the applicant, owner, or operator admits that he

12  or she has been a party in such action, the department or

13  local licensing agency shall review the nature of the

14  suspension, revocation, disciplinary action, or fine before

15  granting the applicant a license to operate a child care

16  facility, family day care home, or large family child care

17  home.

18         2.  If the department or local licensing agency

19  determines as a the result of the such review that it is not

20  in the best interest of the state or local jurisdiction for

21  the applicant to be licensed, a license shall not be granted.

22         (b)  The employer of a child care facility, family day

23  care home, or large family child care home employer shall

24  require that the application for a child care personnel

25  position contain a question that specifically asks the

26  applicant if he or she has ever worked in a facility or home

27  that has had a license denied, revoked, or suspended in this

28  or any other state or jurisdiction or if the applicant has

29  been the subject of a disciplinary action or been fined while

30  he or she was employed in a child care facility or home. The

31  applicant shall attest to the accuracy of the information

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 1  requested under penalty of perjury. If the applicant admits

 2  that he or she has been a party in such action, the employer

 3  shall review the nature of the denial, suspension, revocation,

 4  disciplinary action, or fine before the applicant is hired.

 5         (2)  EXCLUSION FROM OWNING, OPERATING, OR BEING

 6  EMPLOYED BY A CHILD CARE FACILITY OR OTHER CHILD CARE PROGRAM;

 7  HEARINGS PROVIDED.--

 8         (a)  The department or local licensing agency shall

 9  deny, suspend, or revoke a license or pursue other remedies

10  provided in s. 402.310, s. 402.312, or s. 402.319 in addition

11  to or in lieu of denial, suspension, or revocation for failure

12  to comply with this section. The disciplinary actions taken

13  determination to be made by the department or the local

14  licensing agency and the procedure for hearing for applicants

15  and licensees shall be in accordance with s. 402.310.

16         (b)  When the department or the local licensing agency

17  has reasonable cause to believe that grounds for denial or

18  termination of employment exist, it shall notify, in writing,

19  the applicant, licensee, or other child care program and the

20  child care personnel affected, stating the specific grounds

21  indicating record which indicates noncompliance with the

22  standards in s. 402.305(2).

23         (c)  When the department is the agency initiating the

24  allegations of statement regarding noncompliance, the

25  procedures established for hearing under chapter 120 shall be

26  available to the applicant, licensee, or other child care

27  program and to the affected child care personnel, in order to

28  present evidence relating either to the accuracy of the basis

29  of exclusion or to the denial of an exemption from

30  disqualification.

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 1         (d)  When a local licensing agency is the agency

 2  initiating the allegations of statement regarding

 3  noncompliance of an employee with the standards contained in

 4  s. 402.305(2), the employee, applicant, licensee, or other

 5  child care program has 15 days from receipt of the time of

 6  written notification of the agency's finding of noncompliance

 7  to make a written request for a hearing. If a written request

 8  for a hearing is not received in that time, the permanent

 9  employee, applicant, licensee, or other child care program is

10  presumed to accept the finding of noncompliance.

11         (e)  If a request for a hearing is made to the local

12  licensing agency, a hearing shall be held within 30 days and

13  shall be conducted by an individual designated by the county

14  commission.

15         (f)  An employee, applicant, licensee, or other child

16  care program has shall have the right to appeal a finding of

17  the local licensing agency to a representative of the

18  department. Any required hearing shall be held in the county

19  in which the permanent employee is employed. The hearing shall

20  be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 120.

21         (g)  Refusal on the part of an applicant or licensee to

22  dismiss child care personnel who have been found to be in

23  noncompliance with personnel standards of s. 402.305(2) shall

24  result in automatic denial or revocation of the license in

25  addition to any other remedies pursued by the department or

26  local licensing agency.

27         Section 4.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 402.308,

28  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

29         402.308  Issuance of license.--

30         (1)  ANNUAL LICENSING.--Every child care facility,

31  family day care home requiring licensure, or large family

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 1  child care home in the state shall have a license that which

 2  shall be renewed annually.

 3         (3)  STATE ADMINISTRATION OF LICENSING.--In any county

 4  in which the department has the authority to issue licenses,

 5  the following procedures shall be applied:

 6         (a)  Application for a license or for a renewal of a

 7  license to operate a child care facility, family day care

 8  home, or large family child care home shall be made in the

 9  manner and on the forms prescribed by the department.  The

10  applicant's social security number shall be included on the

11  form submitted to the department. Pursuant to the federal

12  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

13  Act of 1996, each applicant is required to provide his or her

14  social security number in accordance with this section.

15  Disclosure of social security numbers obtained through this

16  requirement shall be limited to the purpose of administration

17  of the Title IV-D program for child support enforcement.

18         (b)  Before renewing Prior to the renewal of a license,

19  the department shall reexamine the child care facility, family

20  day care home, or large family child care home, including in

21  that process the examination of the premises and those records

22  of the facility or home as required under s. 402.305, to

23  determine that minimum standards for licensing continue to be

24  met.

25         (c)  The department shall coordinate all inspections of

26  child care facilities, family day care homes, and large family

27  child care homes. A child care provider facility is not

28  required to implement a recommendation of one agency which

29  that is in conflict with a recommendation of another agency if

30  the such conflict arises from due to uncoordinated

31  inspections. Any conflict in recommendations shall be resolved

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 1  by the secretary of the department within 15 days after

 2  written notice that the such conflict exists.

 3         (d)  The department shall issue or renew a license upon

 4  receipt of the license fee and upon being satisfied that all

 5  standards required by ss. 402.301-402.319 have been met. A

 6  license may be issued if all the screening materials have been

 7  timely submitted; however, a license may not be issued or

 8  renewed if any of the child care personnel at the applicant

 9  facility or home have failed the screening required by ss.

10  402.305(2) and 402.3055.

11         Section 5.  Section 402.309, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         402.309  Provisional license or registration.--

14         (1)  The local licensing agency or the department,

15  whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a

16  county, may issue a provisional license for child care

17  facilities, family day care homes, or large family child care

18  homes, or a provisional registration for family day care homes

19  to applicants for an initial a license or registration or to

20  licensees or registrants seeking a renewal who are unable to

21  meet conform to all the standards provided for in ss.

22  402.301-402.319.

23         (2)  A No provisional license or registration may not

24  be issued unless the operator or owner makes adequate

25  provisions for the health and safety of the child. A

26  provisional license may be issued for a child care facility if

27  all of the screening materials have been timely submitted.;

28  however, A provisional license or registration may not be

29  issued unless the child care facility, family day care home,

30  or large family child care home is in compliance with the

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 1  requirements for screening of child care personnel in ss.

 2  402.305, and 402.3055, 402.313, and 402.3131, respectively.

 3         (3)  The provisional license or registration may not

 4  shall in no event be issued for a period that exceeds in

 5  excess of 6 months; however, it may be renewed one time for a

 6  period that may not exceed in excess of 6 months under unusual

 7  circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.

 8         (4)  The provisional license or registration may be

 9  suspended or revoked if periodic inspection or review made by

10  the local licensing agency or the department indicates that

11  insufficient progress has been made toward compliance.

12         (5)  The department shall adopt rules specifying the

13  conditions and procedures under which a provisional license or

14  registration may be issued, suspended, or revoked.

15         Section 6.  Section 402.310, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         402.310  Disciplinary actions; hearings upon denial,

18  suspension, or revocation of license or registration;

19  administrative fines.--

20         (1)(a)  The department or local licensing agency may

21  administer any of the following disciplinary sanctions for a

22  violation of any provision of ss. 402.301-402.319, or rules

23  adopted thereunder: deny, suspend, or revoke a license or

24         1.  Impose an administrative fine not to exceed $100

25  per violation, per day, for the violation of any provision of

26  ss. 402.301-402.319 or rules adopted thereunder. However, if

27  where the violation could or does cause death or serious harm,

28  the department or local licensing agency may impose an

29  administrative fine, not to exceed $500 per violation per day,

30  in addition to or in lieu of any other disciplinary action

31  described in this section.

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 1         2.  Convert a license or registration to probation

 2  status and require the licensee or registrant to comply with

 3  the terms of probation. A probation-status license or

 4  registration may not be issued for a period that exceeds 6

 5  months and the license or registration may not be renewed. A

 6  probation-status license or registration may be suspended or

 7  revoked if periodic inspection by the department or local

 8  licensing agency finds that the probation-status licensee or

 9  registrant is not in compliance with the terms of probation or

10  that the probation-status licensee or registrant is not making

11  sufficient progress towards compliance with ss.

12  402.301-402.319.

13         3.  Deny, suspend, or revoke a license or registration.

14         (b)  In determining the appropriate disciplinary action

15  to be taken for a violation as provided in paragraph (a), the

16  following factors shall be considered:

17         1.  The severity of the violation, including the

18  probability that death or serious harm to the health or safety

19  of any person will result or has resulted, the severity of the

20  actual or potential harm, and the extent to which the

21  provisions of ss. 402.301-402.319 have been violated.

22         2.  Actions taken by the licensee or registrant to

23  correct the violation or to remedy complaints.

24         3.  Any previous violations of the licensee or

25  registrant.

26         (c)  The department shall adopt rules to:

27         1.  Establish the grounds under which the department

28  may deny, suspend, or revoke a license or registration or

29  place a licensee or registrant on probation status for

30  violations of ss. 402.301-402.319.

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 1         2.  Establish a uniform system of procedures to impose

 2  disciplinary sanctions for violations of ss. 402.301-402-319.

 3  The uniform system of procedures must provide for the

 4  consistent application of disciplinary actions across

 5  districts and a progressively increasing level of penalties

 6  from predisciplinary actions, such as efforts to assist

 7  licensees or registrants to correct the statutory or

 8  regulatory violations, to severe disciplinary sanctions for

 9  actions that jeopardize the health and safety of children,

10  such as for the deliberate misuse of medications. The

11  department shall implement this subparagraph on January 1,

12  2006, and the implementation is not contingent upon a specific

13  appropriation.

14         (d)  The disciplinary sanctions set forth in this

15  section apply to licensed child care facilities, licensed

16  large family child care homes, and licensed or registered

17  family day care homes.

18         (2)  When the department has reasonable cause to

19  believe that grounds exist for the denial, suspension, or

20  revocation of a license or registration; the conversion of a

21  license or registration to probation status; or the imposition

22  of an administrative fine exist, it shall determine the matter

23  in accordance with procedures prescribed in chapter 120. When

24  the local licensing agency has reasonable cause to believe

25  that grounds exist for the denial, suspension, or revocation

26  of a license or registration; the conversion of a license or

27  registration to probation status; or the imposition of an

28  administrative fine exist, it shall notify the applicant,

29  registrant, or licensee in writing, stating the grounds upon

30  which the license or registration is being denied, suspended,

31  or revoked or an administrative fine is being imposed. If the

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 1  applicant, registrant, or licensee makes no written request

 2  for a hearing to the local licensing agency within 15 days

 3  after from receipt of the such notice, the license or

 4  registration shall be deemed denied, suspended, or revoked;

 5  the license or registration shall be converted to probation

 6  status; or an administrative fine shall be imposed.

 7         (3)  If a request for a hearing is made to the local

 8  licensing agency, a hearing shall be held within 30 days and

 9  shall be conducted by an individual designated by the county

10  commission.

11         (4)  An applicant, registrant, or licensee has shall

12  have the right to appeal a decision of the local licensing

13  agency to a representative of the department. Any required

14  hearing shall be held in the county in which the child care

15  facility, family day care home, or large family child care

16  home is being operated or is to be established. The hearing

17  shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of

18  chapter 120.

19         Section 7.  Section 402.3105, Florida Statutes, is

20  created to read:

21         402.3105  Central database on violations, citations,

22  and penalties imposed against child care facilities, family

23  day care homes, and large family child care homes.--

24         (1)  The department, in consultation with the state

25  technology office, shall establish and maintain a central

26  database to record and compile all information from the

27  service districts and local licensing agencies concerning

28  violations, citations, and penalties imposed against child

29  care facilities, family day care homes, and large family child

30  care homes regulated by or registered with the department or

31  local licensing agency. The department shall develop the

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 1  central database under chapter 282 and shall administer,

 2  operate, and maintain the database following the policies and

 3  procedures of the state technology office.

 4         (2)  The department shall retain information in the

 5  database in order to monitor and evaluate the consistency and

 6  effectiveness of the service districts' and local licensing

 7  agencies' investigations and the enforcement of compliance

 8  with licensing and registration requirements by child care

 9  facilities, family day care homes, and large family child care

10  homes. The database must have the capability to produce

11  statistical reports of patterns of violations, citations, and

12  penalties, including the classes and types of violations, and

13  any actions taken to suspend or revoke the license or

14  registration of a child care facility, family day care home,

15  or large family child care home.

16         (3)  The central database shall be an informational

17  resource for evaluating child care facilities, family day care

18  homes, and large family child care homes for license or

19  registration renewals but may not be used for employment

20  screening. The database information is open to the public and

21  is subject to chapter 119.

22         (4)  The department shall implement this section

23  beginning on July 1, 2005, and the implementation is not

24  contingent upon a specific appropriation.

25         Section 8.  Subsections (1) and (13) of section

26  402.313, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

27         402.313  Family day care homes.--

28         (1)  Family day care homes shall be licensed under this

29  act if they are presently being licensed under an existing

30  county licensing ordinance, if they are participating in the

31  subsidized child care program, or if the board of county

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 1  commissioners passes a resolution that family day care homes

 2  be licensed. If no county authority exists for the licensing

 3  of a family day care home, the department shall have the

 4  authority to license family day care homes under contract for

 5  the purchase-of-service system in the subsidized child care

 6  program.

 7         (a)  If not subject to license, family day care homes

 8  shall register annually with the department, providing the

 9  following information:

10         1.  The name and address of the home.

11         2.  The name of the operator.

12         3.  The number of children served.

13         4.  Proof of a written plan to provide at least one

14  other competent adult to be available to substitute for the

15  operator in an emergency. This plan shall include the name,

16  address, and telephone number of the designated substitute.

17         5.  Proof of screening and background checks.

18         6.  Proof of successful completion of the 30-hour

19  training course, as evidenced by passage of a competency

20  examination, which shall include:

21         a.  State and local rules and regulations that govern

22  child care.

23         b.  Health, safety, and nutrition.

24         c.  Identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect.

25         d.  Child development, including typical and atypical

26  language development; and cognitive, motor, social, and

27  self-help skills development.

28         e.  Observation of developmental behaviors, including

29  using a checklist or other similar observation tools and

30  techniques to determine a child's developmental level.

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 1         f.  Specialized areas, including early literacy and

 2  language development of children from birth to 5 years of age,

 3  as determined by the department, for owner-operators of family

 4  day care homes.

 5         7.  Proof that immunization records are kept current.

 6         8.  Proof of completion of the required continuing

 7  education units or clock hours.

 8         (b)  The department or local licensing agency may

 9  impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $100, for failure

10  to comply with licensure or registration requirements.

11         (b)(c)  A family day care home that is not required to

12  be licensed under this subsection participating in the

13  subsidized child care program may volunteer to be licensed

14  under the provisions of this act.

15         (c)(d)  The department may provide technical assistance

16  to counties and family day care home providers to enable

17  counties and family day care providers to achieve compliance

18  with family day care homes standards.

19         (13)  The department shall adopt a rule establishing,

20  by rule, establish minimum standards for family day care homes

21  that are required to be licensed by county licensing ordinance

22  or county licensing resolution or that voluntarily choose to

23  be licensed. The standards should include requirements for

24  staffing, training, maintenance of immunization records,

25  minimum health and safety standards, reduced standards for the

26  regulation of child care during evening hours by

27  municipalities and counties, and enforcement of standards.

28         Section 9.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

29  402.3131, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

30         Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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 2                         Senate Bill 1600

 3                                 

 4  Clarifies statutory provisions relating to child care
    regulation. It extends the current requirements for licensure
 5  and renewal of licenses of child care facilities to large
    family child care homes and to those other family day care
 6  homes which are already required to be licensed.

 7  Strengthens the enforcement authority of the licensing
    agencies over child care providers by authorizing the issuance
 8  of provisional licenses to large family child care homes and
    family day care homes required to be licensed. It allows
 9  provisional registration for those family day care homes which
    are not required to be licensed. It provides for revocation of
10  the provisional licenses and registrations.

11  Sets out a range of disciplinary actions available to
    enforcement authorities and makes those actions applicable to
12  registered as well as licensed child care providers.

13  Resolves the conflict between two inconsistent administrative
    fine provisions in current law by repealing one of the
14  provisions.

15  Directs the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules
    to administer enforcement actions regarding child care.
16  
    Requires the Department of Children and Families to establish
17  a statewide data system to capture violations and penalties
    imposed in child care settings and to make this information
18  available to the public.

19  Amends provisions relating to the Teacher Education and
    Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program to reflect the
20  administration of the program by the Agency for Workforce
    Innovation (AWI), rather than DCF.
21  
    Removes obsolete language relating to the subsidized child
22  care program from provisions relating to family day care
    homes.
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