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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--Mandates Governance--Regional Entities Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Credit Recovery High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements High School--International Baccalaureate Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Brain Development P-3 Child Care IL Adopted 08/2012 P-12 Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers 89 IL ADC 407.45, 50, 55, 60, 100, 130, 350 Partially from Illinois Register: Defines "Gateways to Opportunity Registry" as a program administered by the department of human services t... More... MA Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Family Child Care Providers H.B. 3986 Defines family child care providers and family child care services. Provides that family child care providers shall be considered public em... More... CA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Family Fee Schedule for State-Funded Child Care Services S.B. 1016 - Family Fee Schedule for State-Funded Child Care Services Provides relative to the income eligibility limits in the family fee schedule for state-funded child care services. Requires that the family... More... HI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Exemptions from Child Care Licensing S.B. 2800 Adds exemptions for any kindergarten, school, or program licensed by the charter school review panel, the Hawaii Council of Private Schools,... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Licensure of Preschool and Child Care Programs S.B. 316 - Licensure of Preschool and Child Care Programs Defines "school child," "child care," and other terms. Removes various references to preschool or school child program license renewal and t... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Child Care Quality S.B. 316 - Child Care Quality Requires that the "career pathways" alternative pathway for meeting child-care staff member or administrator requirements include both a fra... More... LA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Standards for Licensed Day Care Centers H.B. 1016 Makes revisions to current law regarding standards for licensed day care centers, describes the duties of the Department of Children and Fam... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Louisiana Early Childhood Education Act. S.B. 581 Requires the state board of education to create a comprehensive and integrated network through which to manage and oversee all programs fund... More... NV Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Requires Certain Child Care Facilities to Have Early Care and Education Program NAC 432A.010, 012, 020, 050, 070, 080, 145, 170, 180, 190, 200, 210, 220, 280, 290, 304, 306, 308, 310, 326, 340, 350, 385, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 420, 425, 450, 460, 526, 528, 530, 532, 534, 536, 538, 580, 585, 685, 030, 146, 160, 522 This regulation requires child care facilities that provide care for certain younger children to have an early care and education program. T... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Child Care Providers: Bargaining Representative A.B. 101 From bill summary: Authorizes family child care providers to choose whether to be represented by a single provider organization designated p... More... IA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 At-Risk 3-5-year Olds H.F. 645 - Multiple Sections Allows a grantee to direct the use of moneys received to serve any qualifying child ranging in age from three years old to five years oId, r... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Repealing Child Care Provision S.B. 8 - Repealing Child Care Provision Repeals a provision that required districts with a student membership above 5,000 and that does not provide child care (directly or by contr... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Child Care and Development Services S.B. 70 - Sec. 8201, 8208, 8263.1 Amends eligibility requirements for children to receive child care and development services. Existing law provides children must be at least... More... NY Signed into law 10/2010 P-12 Collective Bargaining for Child Care Providers S.B. 7451 Creates a framework for child care providers to organize. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=S07451&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Child Care/Day Care Facilities and CPR A.B. 7923 Requires at least one employee at a child day care facility or family day care home to be trained and certified in cardiopulmonary resuscita... More... NC Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Child Care - Education Certification S.B. 1119 Requires teaching staff working in licensed child care centers as of October 1, 2010, to have their education certified by the NC Institute ... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care in Rhode Island H.R. 7826 Amends joint resolution creating a permanent legislative commission on child care in Rhode Island. Revises provisions related to commission ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma H.B. 285 Encourages high schools to include a segment on prevention of pediatric abusive head trauma during a student's final year of study. Provides... More... OH Adopted 01/2010 P-12 School Child Care Programs OAC 3301-32-01, -02, -06, -11, -12 Revises rules relating to definitions http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/32/3301-32-01_PH_FF_A_RU_20100112_1441.pdf, staff ht... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Nutrition and Physical Activity Pilot Program A.B. 627 Provides legislative findings and declarations on nutrition and health in children's early years. Requires the superintendent of public inst... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Application of Lawn Care Products S.B. 1769 Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Cont... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Three-year Child Development Appropriations A.B. 2D - Sections 4 and 5 Section 4: Repeals Section 8278 of the Education Code, which made child development appropriations, with the exception of funds appropriated... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Committee to Study Publicly Funded Child Care Services H.B. 1 - Section 309.40.70 Creates a committee to study publicly funded child care services, including the Early Learning Initiative as re-established by H.B. 1. Requi... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Collective Bargaining for Independent Child Care Providers H.B. 1 - Section 741.01, 741.02, 741.03, 741.04, 741.05, 741.06 and 741.07 Defines "independent child care provider" as either a licensed provider who does not meet the definition of "employee" under the National La... More... NC Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Building Standards/Pre-K Classes in Public Schools H.B. 1031 Provides that public schools seeking voluntary child care facility licensure may use the same building standards for prekindergarten classro... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Child Care H.B. 3487 Amends the definition of child care facility to include a facility providing primarily educational care for preschool children for a certain... More... TX Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Actions When a Child Care Provider is Placed on Corrective or Adverse Action 40 TAC 20.809.E.809.94 Sets forth actions the workforce commission and local workforce development boards must take when a child care provider is placed on correct... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Child Care Facilities S.B. 231 Exempts licensed child care facility from certain regulations adopted by the State Board of Health or a local board of health governing stan... More... ND Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Care - Capacity, Quality, Facilities H.B. 1418 A bill relating to early childhood care workforce development, child care capacity, and quality improvement for early childhood facilities a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Child care A.B. 2759 Recasts provisions of existing law as the State Preschool Program. Deletes campus child care and development programs and child abuse protec... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Commission on the Elimination of Poverty H.B. 4369 Creates the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty to develop a poverty elimination strategic plan to reduce extreme poverty in Illinois b... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Definition of Day-Care Center H.B. 1169 Revises the definition of a day-care center to exclude certain private schools that provide K-12 education. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/leg... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Family Resource and Youth Services Centers S.B. 192 Provides that family resource and youth services centers must provide services to enhance a student's ability to succeed in school. Provides... More... MD Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Family Day Care Quality COMAR 13A.14.04.02, .14 Increases the required preservice and continued training requirements for registered family child care providers to help improve the quality... More... MD Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Child Care Center Licensing and Staff Requirements COMAR 13A.14.02.02, .18, .21-.23, .25-.27 Increases the required preservice and continued training requirements for child care center staff and change the nomenclature of child care ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Child care A.B. 1164 Authorizes family child care providers to choose to be represented by a single provider organization. Provides that the designated provider ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Child Care Study Committee H.B. 576 Provides a commission to study ways to increase the quality of child care services in the state by identifying and implementing best practic... More... RI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Voluntary Quality Rating System for Child Care H.B. 5862 Implements a voluntary quality rating system to increase the quality of early care and education of school-age child care. http://www.rilin.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Child care H.B. 2211 Creates the Emergency Preparedness for Child Care Facilities Act; requires the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the D... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Statewide System for Early Childhood Workforce Training S.B. 2186 The bill provides for early childhood care transition assistance. This bill allows the department to establish a statewide system to build s... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Child Care Provider Information S.B. 5317 Declares that the purpose of this act is to provide tools to promote the hiring of suitable providers of child care by: (1) Providing parent... More... WY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Child Care Facilities Improvement H.B. 95 Requires the state to provide staff development grants to child caring facilities to assist the owners or staff of those facilities to obtai... More... WV Emergency Rule Adoption 06/2006 P-12 Family Child Care Home Registration Title 78, Series 20 Amends rules regarding informal and relative family child care home registration requirements. http://www.wvsos.com/adlaw/proposed/78-20er.p... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Deployment of Hawaii Based Military Members S.B. 1394 The purpose of this Act is for schools whose student population includes at least twenty per cent or one hundred students from military fami... More... SC SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act H.B. 3582 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act addresses circumstances relating to children and lead poisoning. Revises requirements. A... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Early Childhood Services S.B. 2304 Relates to the services included within the definition of early childhood services. Adds the following definition: "Drop-in care" means the... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2004 P-12 Definitions AAC 660-5-26-.01 Establishes rules allowing special education services staff employed by the Alabama Department of Education or local school system to provid... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Child Care Reform S.B. 1897 Requires the Child Development Division of the Department of Education to provide to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a baseline ass... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Helping Heroes Child Care Program A.B. 2205 Establishes the Helping Heroes Child Care Program to provide child care to families who have one or more parents deployed to Iraq by the arm... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Family Child Care Home Education Networks A.B. 379 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with entities organized under law to operate family child care home education ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Child Care and Development Services Program A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Changes the maximum age for program eligibility to 13, and modifies the definition of ''parent'' under the Child Care and Development Servic... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Early Childhood Program Governance A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Deletes provision requiring the State Department of Education to take certain actions in administering child care and child development prog... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Great START Program for Child Care S.B. 2171 Amends the Department of Human Services Act; deletes a provision that includes beginning and ending dates for the operation of a Great START... More... FL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Child Care and Development Trust Fund S.B. 1022 Re-creates the Child Care and Development Trust Fund within the Agency for Workforce Innovation without modification; carries forward curren... More... NH Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Membership of the Advisory Committee on Child Care S.B. 416 Adds representatives of Early Learning New Hampshire to the advisory committee on child care and removes obsolete member references. http://... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Exempted Child Care Programs in Schools H.B. 2031 Concerns child care programs; concerns programs exempted from certain provisions; includes professional services rendered for mentally or ph... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Child Care Availability Quality S.B. 117 Establishes a task force to improve the quality and availability of child care and early learning opportunities.... More... UT Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Sponsors Recruiting Day Care Facilities R277-724 Establishes the eligibility criteria for new sponsors to recruit participants to child care centers and day care homes in unserved areas. Pr... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Family Day Care Homes A.B. 529 Revises existing law that provides for the licensure of family day care homes including large and small day care homes under certain conditi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund A.B. 1668 Specifies a school district or county office of education that provides childcare pursuant to the California School Age Families Education (... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Educators for Maine Program H.P. 985 (LD 1340) Amends the Educators for Maine Program; provides financial assistance for postsecondary education to undergraduate students or students purs... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Subsidized Childcare Provisions S.B. 76 Adds prekindergarten or after school child care programs to the provision governing subsidized childcare services.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Statewide Prekindergarten/School Readiness Program Assessment S.B. 2636 Establishes oversight committee to assess all prekindergarten or school readiness programs run by any public or private school or Head Start... More... NM to governor 03/2003 P-12 Early Care Study H.J.M. 12 House Joint Memorial 12 requests that the Interagency Coordinating Group (ICG) study the alignment of early care education programs in New M... More... AK Rule Adoption 11/2002 P-12 Child Care Licensing 4 AAC 62.120; 4 AAS 62.310; 4 AAC 65.510, 65.540, 65.990 Pertains to child care licensing and facility operation and management. Expands the requirements regarding removal of employees or volunteer... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Child Care Home Provider Registry Omnibus--H.B. 2213 Requires department's statewide child care resource and referral system to include a child care home provider registry to provide informatio... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School-Readiness Child Care Subsidation Program H.B. 1297 Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness... More... DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Child Care S.B. 233 This Act requires day care centers operating part of the day with 13 or more children to be licensed by Child Care Licensing. Currently only... More... FL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Community College Child Care Quality S.B. 1550 Increases from 40 to 45 clock hours the introductory training course requirement for operators of large family child care homes and for chil... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program H.B. 986 Establishes a Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Human Resources; authorizes the Department to award grants as ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Care Facilities Licensing Act-Single licensure process S.B. 1584 An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2001, Section 401, which relates to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; requiri... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Licenced child care center regulations H.B. 1208 Provides that regulations for licensed child care centers adopted by the state board of social services or the child day-care council shall ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Child Care Regulation H.B. 1214 Extends the expiration date of the law establishing the board for the coordination of child care regulation and the terms of board members; ... More... NY Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Child Care S.B. 4861 Provides for child day care to eligible families during breaks in activities; provides child day care for up to a month in certain cases; pr... More... TN Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Child care report cards and tiered reimbursement system. S.B. 1667; same as H.B. 1390 Establishes and implements a mandatory child care agency report card system and a separate and voluntary child care agency rated licensing s... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Child care development vouchers S.B. 110 Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 T.E.A.C.H. S.B. 1294 Establishes Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H) pilot projects to assist teachers in retaining employment in the field of c... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Head Start Coordination S.B. 1293 Requires each Head Start or Early Head Start program provider to coordinate with the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce develop... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Child Care Program S.B. 1703 Appropriates a sum to the State Department of Education for specified child care purposes. Declares appropriations for these purposes to be ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Day Care Facilities A.B. 2778 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with a nonprofit organization that has staff with expertise in financing and c... More... NJ Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Facility Safety S.B. 982 Exempts child care centers operated by a non-profit organization in a public school building from radon testing and certain other requiremen... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 S.B. 541 Relates to existing law which states the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, community-linked, and school-ba... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Scholarship S.B. 212 Establishes the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps scholarship program to help low-wage early childhood staff obtain further training;... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Early Childhood Program H.B. 1249, S.B. 1249 Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood Care and Education Program, a grant program for early child care and education centers and e... More... NC Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Revises Child Care Laws H.B. 287 Makes corrections to the general statutes regarding child care; repeals certain other laws pertaining to child care program standards; makes... More... AL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 269 $1,180,196 from the Education Trust Fund to the East Alabama Child Development Center for the support and maintenance for a program of child... More... NJ Signed into law 01/1998 P-12 Authorizes Child Care Programs A.B. 1277 Authorizes certain child care programs operated in a public school; exempts them from certain zoning regulations.... More... VA Signed into law 04/1997 P-12 S.B. 1137 Child Day Center Personnel Provides that licensed child care centers shall employ staff personnel according to specific ratios of staff members to children.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 Early Childhood Licensing, Requirements H.B. 124 Early Childhood Licensing Relates to the licensing of day care facilities; limits licensing authority with regard to educational curricula and the training of provide... More... MS Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 2061 Usage of School Facilities for the Provision of Child Care and Extended Day Care Facilities Authorizes local school boards to use school facilities for the provision of child care for pre-kindergarten age children and extended day c... More... 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