HB277 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Child care facilities, church based, licensing required, Secs. 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, 38-13-3 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the term day care center is defined as a child care facility that receives more than 12 children for daytime care. The term includes child care centers, day nurseries, nursery schools, pre-kindergartens, kindergartens, and play groups, including those that are operated as part of a private school if they provide care for more than four hours a day</p><p class="bill_description"> Also under existing law, child care facilities that are part of a church or nonprofit religious school are exempt from licensing by the Department of Human Resources</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would establish the Child Care Safety Act</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would revise the definition of day care center to include preschools</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would remove the exemption from licensure for child care facilities that are part of a church or nonprofit religious school by requiring such facilities to be licensed by the Department of Human Resources</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would clarify that the licensing of a faith-based child care facility may not be construed to infringe upon the rights of the facility to teach or practice a religion</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also revise the criminal history background information check required for certain individuals</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to child care facilities; to amend Sections 13A-6-29, 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-13-2, and 38-13-3, Code of Alabama 1975; to establish the Child Care Safety Act; to revise the definition of day care center to include preschools; to remove the exemption from licensure by the Department of Human Resources of preschool programs that are part of a church or nonprofit religious school; to clarify that the licensing of a faith-based child care facility may not be construed to infringe upon the rights of the facility to teach or practice a religion; and to revise the criminal history background information check required for certain individuals. </p>

Subjects

Child Care