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From the ECS State Policy Database
2002 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2002. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

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+ Accountability
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+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
- P-3 Child Care
AKRule Adoption 11/2002P-12Pertains to child care licensing and facility operation and management. Expands the requirements regarding removal of employees or volunteers from contact with children. Requires certain books be available for parent use. Relates to life and fire safety. Clarifies fire extinguisher maintenance requirements, and the requirements of cribs for infants. Provides an exemption from the definition to certain attendants of children with special needs. http://www.educ.state.ak.us/regs/filed/993-03-0071CCLFurtherClarificationsFINAL.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 62.120; 4 AAS 62.310; 4 AAC 65.510, 65.540, 65.990
Source: StateNet

AZSigned into law 08/2002P-12Requires department's statewide child care resource and referral system to include a child care home provider registry to provide information about registered child care home providers. Adds to duties of department's child care resource and referral system, specifying that system must help child care providers and programs become registered as child care home providers; collect provider information for the referral database that includes the licensure, certification and registration status of providers; and provide outreach services that include public awareness information to parents and providers about the child care home provider registry and the benefits of using the registry or becoming registered. Specifies other required components of child care home provider registry. See section 21: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0241.htm
Title: Omnibus--H.B. 2213
Source: http://www.azleg.state.az.us

COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness subsidies to county departments of social services to increase the school readiness of children age 5 and younger enrolled in the Colorado child care assistance program or enrolled at a child care facility. A county department is eligible to apply for funds if it has in its boundaries one or more neighborhood elementary schools rated "low" or "unsatisfactory" in the state accountability system. Creates a voluntary school-readiness rating system to evaluate the services provided by a child care provider to prepare children for elementary school. County-level pilot site agency community is designated as recipient of subsidation applications. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/F453E914F9BF456F87256B22004BB389?Open&file=1297_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1297
Source: www.leg.state.co.us

DESigned into law 06/2002P-12This Act requires day care centers operating part of the day with 13 or more children to be licensed by Child Care Licensing. Currently only those day care centers operating part of the day with 12 or fewer children are so licensed.
Title: S.B. 233
Source: http://www.legis.state.de.us/billtracking

FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12
Community College
Increases from 40 to 45 clock hours the introductory training course requirement for operators of large family child care homes and for child care personnel and operators of family day care homes; provides for community college credit in early childhood education for such coursework. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb1550er.html&Directory=session/2002/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 1550
Source: Lexis-Nexis

MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Establishes a Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Human Resources; authorizes the Department to award grants as an incentive for child care providers to improve the quality of care being provided to children; makes it a misdemeanor to make or cause specified false statements.
Title: H.B. 986
Source: LexisNexis

OKSigned into law 04/2002P-12 An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2001, Section 401, which relates to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; requiring specified entities to develop a single child care licensure process for certain use; clarifying formatting; and providing an effective date.
Title: S.B. 1584
Source: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/

VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Provides that regulations for licensed child care centers adopted by the state board of social services or the child day-care council shall not require the membership, affiliation or accreditation services of any single accreditation or certification agency.
Title: H.B. 1208
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/

INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Extends the expiration date of the law establishing the board for the coordination of child care regulation and the terms of board members; permits the board or a subcommittee of the board to meet any time; requires the board to establish a subcommittee to make recommendations concerning revisions to the child care system and the regulation of preschools. http://www.in.gov/serv/lsa_billinfo?document=HE/HE1214.1.html&year=2002
Title: H.B. 1214
Source: www.in.gov

+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
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+ P-3 Family Involvement
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+ Postsecondary Faculty
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+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
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+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
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+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
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+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
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+ Scheduling/School Calendar
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+ School Safety
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+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
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+ Teaching Quality
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+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
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+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
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