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CS/SB 990: Child Care and Early Learning Providers

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax ; Grall

Child Care and Early Learning Providers; Revising licensing standards for all licensed child care facilities; requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct specified screening of child care personnel within a specified timeframe and issue provisional approval of such personnel; requiring the department and certain local governmental agencies to develop and implement a plan to eliminate duplicative and unnecessary inspections of home child care providers; revising requirements for private prekindergarten providers; revising reading intervention requirements for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program students, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 443 (Ch. 2023-102), SB 2502 (Ch. 2023-240)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education Pre-K -12 (ED)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/21/2023 Senate • Filed
    2/28/2023 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K -12; Finance and Tax; Appropriations
    3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/9/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/14/2023 Senate • Favorable by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    3/15/2023 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax
    4/6/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 04/12/23, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building
    4/12/2023 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    4/13/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations
    4/17/2023 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time
    5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 443 (Ch. 2023-102), SB 2502 (Ch. 2023-240)

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  • CS/SB 990, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/13/2023 at 9:37 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 443 (er) Education Choice & Innovation Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/18/2023 Chapter No. 2023-102 Track This Bill
    H 1021 (c3) Child Care and Early Learning Providers Education & Employment Committee Compare Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 443 (Ch. 2023-102), SB 2502 (Ch. 2023-240) Track This Bill
    S 2502 (er) Implementing the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act Appropriations Compare Last Action: 6/16/2023 Chapter No. 2023-240, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 799 (Ch. 2023-175), CS/CS/SB 240 (Ch. 2023-81), SB 2500 (Ch. 2023-239) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (18)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.101 Central abuse hotline. Page 27 (pdf)
    402.302 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities. Page 4 (pdf)
    402.3115 Elimination of duplicative and unnecessary inspections; abbreviated inspections. Page 11 (pdf)
    627.70161 Family day care insurance. Page 12 (pdf)
    1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by private prekindergarten providers. Page 14 (pdf)
    1002.57 Prekindergarten director credential. Page 28 (pdf)
    1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses. Page 28 (pdf)
    1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. Page 16 (pdf)
    1002.67 Performance standards and curricula. Page 16 (pdf)
    1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. Page 17 (pdf)
    1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting. Page 19 (pdf)
    1002.82 Department of Education; powers and duties. Page 20 (pdf)
    1002.83 Early learning coalitions. Page 22 (pdf)
    1002.89 School readiness program; funding. Page 23 (pdf)
    1002.945 Gold Seal Quality Care Program. Page 25 (pdf)
    1002.95 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program. Page 26 (pdf)
    1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. Page 26 (pdf)

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  • SB 990, Original Filed Version Posted 2/21/2023 at 8:05 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Education Pre-K -12 (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2023 (pdf)
    Education Pre-K -12 (Post-Meeting) 3/15/2023 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Pre-Meeting) 4/13/2023 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Post-Meeting) 4/13/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1021 (c2) Child Care and Early Learning Providers Education & Employment Committee Similar Last Action: 5/5/2023 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 443 (Ch. 2023-102), SB 2502 (Ch. 2023-240) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    315586 - Amendment
    Delete lines 122 - 771 and insert:     		Finance and Tax
    (Grall)     		4/11/2023
    8:36 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/12/2023     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/14/2023 8:30 AM Education Pre-K -12 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/12/2023 9:30 AM Finance and Tax 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (26)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    39.101 Central abuse hotline. Page 40 (pdf)
    170.201 Special assessments. Page 5 (pdf)
    211.0254 Page 5 (pdf)
    212.1835 Page 6 (pdf)
    220.1878 Page 7 (pdf)
    220.19 Child care tax credits. Page 8 (pdf)
    402.302 Definitions. Page 13 (pdf)
    402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities. Page 14 (pdf)
    402.3115 Elimination of duplicative and unnecessary inspections; abbreviated inspections. Page 21 (pdf)
    402.316 Exemptions. Page 22 (pdf)
    561.1214 Page 23 (pdf)
    624.51058 Page 23 (pdf)
    627.70161 Family day care insurance. Page 24 (pdf)
    1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by private prekindergarten providers. Page 26 (pdf)
    1002.57 Prekindergarten director credential. Page 40 (pdf)
    1002.59 Emergent literacy and performance standards training courses. Page 41 (pdf)
    1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. Page 28 (pdf)
    1002.67 Performance standards and curricula. Page 29 (pdf)
    1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program accountability. Page 30 (pdf)
    1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting. Page 32 (pdf)
    1002.82 Department of Education; powers and duties. Page 33 (pdf)
    1002.83 Early learning coalitions. Page 35 (pdf)
    1002.89 School readiness program; funding. Page 36 (pdf)
    1002.945 Gold Seal Quality Care Program. Page 38 (pdf)
    1002.95 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program. Page 38 (pdf)
    1008.25 Public school student progression; student support; coordinated screening and progress monitoring; reporting requirements. Page 39 (pdf)

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