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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 2376
By Senator Rich
34-1532A-06 See HB 1233
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to early learning; establishing
3 the Early Learning Quality Incentives Task
4 Force to be administratively housed in the
5 Agency for Workforce Innovation; providing
6 duties and membership; requiring
7 recommendations to the Governor and
8 Legislature; providing for termination of the
9 task force; requiring the Department of
10 Children and Family Services, in cooperation
11 with the Agency for Workforce Innovation, to
12 contract for a study relating to the
13 administration and regulation of child care
14 services; requiring submission of findings to
15 the task force for purposes of its final
16 recommendations; providing an effective date.
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18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20 Section 1. Early Learning Quality Incentives Task
21 Force.--
22 (1) There is established the Early Learning Quality
23 Incentives Task Force to be administratively housed in the
24 Agency for Workforce Innovation. The Agency for Workforce
25 Innovation is authorized to contract with one or more
26 nationally known experts on quality incentives and rating
27 systems to serve as facilitators and resources in directing
28 the task force. The task force shall perform all of the
29 following duties:
30 (a) Identify and examine existing early learning
31 quality incentives and rating systems in the state.
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1 (b) Identify and examine early learning quality
2 incentives and rating systems in other states, including, but
3 not limited to, systems in North Carolina and Oklahoma.
4 (c) Develop a recommended early learning quality
5 incentives and rating system that includes uniform standards
6 and levels of financial quality incentives for participating
7 providers.
8 (d) Recommend appropriate levels of financial
9 commitment of state resources to ensure quality early learning
10 programs.
11 (e) Recommend initial investment of quality incentive
12 dollars for pilot programs in five counties.
13 (2)(a) The task force shall consist of representatives
14 appointed by the Governor from each of the following
15 categories:
16 1. One member each from a large, medium, and small
17 children's services council with an appropriate mix from urban
18 and rural counties.
19 2. One chair each from a large, medium, and small
20 early learning coalition with an appropriate mix from urban
21 and rural counties.
22 3. One member from an early learning services
23 provider.
24 4. One member from a private child care provider
25 association.
26 5. One member from a faith-based child care provider
27 association.
28 6. One member each from a community college and a
29 state university with a child care training component.
30 7. One parent who currently has a child in an early
31 learning program.
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1 (b) The task force shall also consist of the following
2 members:
3 1. A member of the Senate appointed by the President
4 of the Senate.
5 2. A member of the House of Representatives appointed
6 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
7 3. A member appointed by the Secretary of Children and
8 Family Services who has expertise in child care licensing and
9 regulation.
10 4. A member appointed by the Commissioner of Education
11 who has expertise in the education of young children.
12 (3) The members of the task force shall serve without
13 compensation but shall be entitled to receive reimbursement
14 for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061,
15 Florida Statutes.
16 (4) The task force shall submit its recommendations to
17 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
18 the House of Representatives by February 15, 2007, at which
19 time the task force shall be terminated.
20 Section 2. The Department of Children and Family
21 Services, in cooperation with the Agency for Workforce
22 Innovation, shall contract with an independent research
23 institution to conduct a study of the administrative and
24 operational structure of the Child Care Services Program
25 Office of the Department of Children and Family Services which
26 will include a review of all resources supporting the office
27 as well as a review of child care services offices in other
28 states. The findings of the study shall include a
29 recommendation regarding the appropriate administrative and
30 operational structures and the appropriate state agency to
31 administer child care regulation functions. The findings of
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1 the study shall be submitted to the Early Learning Quality
2 Incentives Task Force by January 1, 2007, for incorporation
3 into the final recommendations of the task force.
4 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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