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j_lc_2017a_2017-11-15t12:10:20z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 11/15/2017

Location: RM 271

Final

Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission



COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Approve Bills A, B, C, and D, as forwarded by the Pass Without Objection







12:36 PM -- Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission



Senator Priola, Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission chair, appeared before the committee. Senator Priola described Bill A. The summary report prepared for the Legislative Council Committee, copies of the bills, and the committee's charge can be found in Attachment B. The bills are as follows:



Attachment B - Early Childhood and School Readiness merged files.pdfAttachment B - Early Childhood and School Readiness merged files.pdf



Bill A – Align Early Childhood Quality Improvement Programs. Bill A aligns application and eligibility requirements for Colorado’s early childhood quality improvement programs. This includes the school readiness quality improvement program and the infant and toddler quality and availability grant program. Both are administered by the Department of Human Services as part of the Colorado Shines Quality Rating and Improvement System. The bill also eliminates obsolete language and aligns statutory provisions concerning the grant programs and early childhood councils. The fiscal note for this bill includes no additional funding and minimal ongoing workload.



Bill B – Substitute Placement Agency Licensure. Bill B creates a license type within the department of human services for a substitute placement agency to provide oversight to entities that place or facilitates placement of substitute child care providers in licensed child care facilities providing less than 24-hour care. Licensed substitute placement agencies will be responsible for ensuring substitute child care providers have the necessary training and background checks established in statute and in rules created by the state board of human services. The bill also allows the department to establish and collect a fee for licensing these substitute placement agencies; due to these fees, there is minimal revenues and expenditures in the fiscal note along with minimal ongoing workload.



Bill C – Extend Repeal Early Childhood Legislative Commission. Bill C extends the repeal of the Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission for five years, to be repealed effective July 1, 2023. The fiscal note includes funding for staffing from the Legislative Council.



Bill D – Use of Colorado Preschool Program Positions. Bill D clarifies that if a school district chooses to use early childhood at-risk enhancement (ECARE) slots to enroll children in the district’s full-day kindergarten program, children utilizing the ECARE slot must satisfy at least one of the eligibility requirements in the Colorado Preschool Program. The bill does not effect total funding to school districts but may shift how funds are allocated between kindergarten and preschool slots under the CPP.



Senator Priola responded to questions concerning Bill D.

BILL: Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission
TIME: 12:36:38 PM
MOVED: Becker K.
MOTION: Approve Bills A, B, C, and D, as forwarded by the Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission, as fitting under the committee's charge. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Becker K.
Buck
Guzman
Holbert
Jones
Kennedy
Kerr
Marble
Melton
Neville P.
Excused
Saine
Scott
Singer
Sonnenberg
Wist
Zenzinger
Duran
Excused
Grantham
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 REMOTE PARTICIPATION: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection














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