HB4665 - Relating to providing training for employees and operators of certain child-care facilities.

  89R20114 MM-D     By: Manuel, Perez of El Paso, Simmons H.B. No. 4665       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing training for employees and operators of   certain child-care facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.0421(f), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (f)  The training required by this section must be   appropriately targeted and relevant to the age of the children who   will receive care from the individual receiving training and must   be provided by a school district, the Texas Education Agency, or a   person who:                (1)  is a training provider registered with the Texas   Early Childhood Professional Development System's Texas Trainer   Registry that is maintained by the Texas Head Start State   Collaboration Office;                (2)  is an instructor at a public or private secondary   school, an institution of higher education, as defined by Section   61.003, Education Code, or a private college or university   accredited by a recognized accrediting agency who teaches early   childhood development or another relevant course, as determined by   rules adopted by the commissioner of education and the commissioner   of higher education;                (3)  is an employee of a state agency with relevant   expertise;                (4)  is a physician, psychologist, licensed   professional counselor, social worker, or registered nurse;                (5)  holds a generally recognized credential or   possesses documented knowledge relevant to the training the person   will provide;                (6)  is a registered family home care provider or   director of a day-care center or group day-care home in good   standing with the department, if applicable, and who:                      (A)  has demonstrated core knowledge in child   development and caregiving; and                      (B)  is only providing training at the home or   center in which the provider or director and the person receiving   training are employed; or                (7)  has at least two years of experience working in   child development, a child development program, early childhood   education, a childhood education program, or a Head Start or Early   Head Start program and:                      (A)  has been awarded a Child Development   Associate (CDA) credential; or                      (B)  holds at least an associate's degree in child   development, early childhood education, or a related field.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.