Senate Bill S6237

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Limits the experiential qualifications of child day care center employees to what was required for their educational qualifications

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S6237 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6210
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8366

2025-S6237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits the experiential qualifications of group teachers for preschool classes and groups teachers for infant or toddler classes to what was required for their educational qualifications.

2025-S6237 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6237
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to qualifications
   for employees of child day care centers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 2 of section 390-a of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of  2000,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) establish relevant minimal experiential and educational qualifica-
 tions  for  employees  and  directors  of child day care centers or head
 start day care  center  programs;  PROVIDED  (I)  THAT  WHERE  A  PERSON
 POSSESSES AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, CHILD DEVELOPMENT OR
 RELATED  FIELD,  A  CHILD  DEVELOPMENT  ASSOCIATE  CREDENTIAL  OR  OTHER
 OFFICE-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL SPECIFIC  TO  THE  PRESCHOOL  DEVELOPMENTAL
 PERIOD, NO FURTHER EXPERIENCE RELATING TO CHILDCARE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 BE  QUALIFIED AS A GROUP TEACHER FOR A PRESCHOOL CLASS; AND (II) WHERE A
 PERSON POSSESSES AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, CHILD  DEVEL-
 OPMENT  OR A RELATED FIELD, AND ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CARING
 FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS, OR AN INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE AND EDUCA-
 TION CREDENTIAL, INFANT TODDLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT  ASSOCIATE  CREDENTIAL
 OR  OTHER  OFFICE-RECOGNIZED  CREDENTIAL  SPECIFIC TO THE INFANT/TODDLER
 DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD, NO FURTHER EXPERIENCE RELATING TO CHILDCARE  SHALL
 BE  REQUIRED TO BE QUALIFIED AS A GROUP TEACHER FOR AN INFANT OR TODDLER
 CLASS;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10349-01-5

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