CHAPTER 3
SB 106-FN - FINAL VERSION
03/09/2023 0665s
2024 SESSION
23-0831
06/10
SENATE BILL 106-FN
AN ACT establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Ward, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill creates emerging professional certificates and the requirements and rulemaking authority for the department of health and human services to issue such certificates.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/09/2023 0665s 23-0831
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT establishing an emerging professional certificate for child care programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
3:1 New Subparagraph; Child Day Care Licensing; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 170-E:11, I by inserting after subparagraph (n) the following new subparagraph:
(o) Emerging Professional Certificates. An emerging professional certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has graduated high school, completed an application to the department's child care licensing unit, and completed the following requirements: completion of 500 hours in a career technical education (CTE) program that includes a minimum of 200 hours of observation, lesson planning, and practice teaching under supervision of a licensed educator in a licensed center-based child care program, licensed family child care, public or private school pre-K through 3rd grade program; 3 courses on educator preparation and child development; and submission of a plan for on-going professional development.
3:2 Credentialing of Personnel in Early Care and Education Programs; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 170-E:50 to read as follows:
170-E:50 Credentialing of Personnel in Early Care and Education Programs; Rulemaking.
I. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to accepting applications and issuing a certificate or a credential to early care and education personnel including, but not limited to child care, preschool, and Head Start program personnel who have requested such a certificate or a credential and who have satisfied the education and training requirements set forth in the bureau of child development and head start collaboration in the child care program licensing rules established by the department of health and human services. Each application for a credential shall be accompanied by a fee which shall be credited to the general fund. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, establishing a fee for this purpose.
II. The department of health and human services shall incorporate this program, funded by the fee established in paragraph I of this section, into the next biennial department budget after the effective date of this section.
III. Emerging Professional Certificates. An emerging professional certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has graduated high school, completed an application to the department’s bureau of child development and head start collaboration, and completed all the following requirements:
(a) 500 hours in a career and technical education (CTE) teacher education program that includes a minimum of 200 hours of observation, lesson planning, and practice teaching under supervision of a licensed educator in a licensed center-based child care program, licensed family child care program, or public or private school pre-K through 3rd grade program;
(b) At least one course that includes child development; and
(c) Submission of a plan for ongoing professional development.
3:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: February 21, 2024
Effective Date: February 21, 2024
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Feb. 23, 2023 | 2023-0665s |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 1, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 9, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 12, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| May 24, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| May 24, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| Nov. 8, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| Nov. 8, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 22, 2024: Signed by the Governor on 02/21/2024; Chapter 0003; Effective 02/21/2024
Feb. 12, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/08/2024); SJ 4
Feb. 12, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 02/08/2024); SJ 4
Feb. 13, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 02/08/2024 HJ 4 P. 47
Jan. 3, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 01/03/2024 HJ 1 P. 53
Nov. 14, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass SB106-FN 11/08/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 49 P. 12
Sept. 18, 2023: Executive Session: 11/08/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
May 25, 2023: Retained in Committee
May 11, 2023: Subcommittee Work Session: 05/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
May 1, 2023: Executive Session: 05/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
May 11, 2023: ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/24/2023 09:00 am LOB 306-308
May 1, 2023: Executive Session: 05/24/2023 10:30 am LOB 306-308
May 1, 2023: ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 05/03/2023 10:00 am LOB 306-308
April 4, 2023: Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 01:45 pm LOB 306-308
March 20, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration
March 9, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0665s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
March 9, 2023: Committee Amendment # 2023-0665s, AA, VV; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
March 9, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0665s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
Feb. 23, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0665s, 03/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
Jan. 26, 2023: Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 8
Jan. 19, 2023: Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4