AB 390 — Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child care teachers.

- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBa0432/1LRB-3294/1 MDE:amnMDE:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 390 September 5,1, 2023 - OfferedIntroduced by RepresentatiOEBEN.Representatives G OEBEN , HURD, BINSFELD, BRANDTJEN , EDMING , GREEN , GUNDRUM , G USTAFSON, M AGNAFICI, M AXEY, M URPHY, OCONNOR , ENTERMAN , PETERSEN, ETRYK , LUMER , OZAR, SCHMIDT, SORTWELL , STEFFEN, S UMMERFIELD , SWEARINGEN and VANDER M EER, cosponsored by Senators BALLWEG and STROEBEL.

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1.A N A CT relating to:

Pagemodifying 2,administrative linerules 19:relating to assistant child care teachers.

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ageUnder andrules 2.promulgated by DCF, a person hired to be an assistant child care teacher must be at least 18 or 17 years old, depending on the qualifications the person meets.

PageAn 3,assistant linechild 2:care teacher or school-age group leader who is at least 18 years old and has completed the training required for the position may provide sole supervision to a group of school-age children for up to 45 minutes if there is a qualified school-age program leader or child care teacher on the premises, and an assistant child care teacher may provide sole supervision to a group of children in full-day centers for up to two hours during opening and closing hours and during the center's designated naptime.

afterThis “hours"bill insertmodifies “ifthe thereDCF isrules to lower the minimum age at which a person may become an assistant child care teacher onor school-age group leader from 17 to 16 and to lower the premises".minimum age at which an assistant child care teacher or school-age group leader may provide sole supervision to a group of children from 18 to 16.

3.The bill also removes the restrictions that a supervising assistant child care teacher may provide sole supervision to a group of children in full-day centers only during opening and closing hours and during the center's designated naptime and only for up to two hours and that a supervising school-age group leader or assistant child - 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3294/1 MDE:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 390 care teacher may provide sole supervision to a group of school-age children only for up to 45 minutes.

PageThe 3,people lineof 3:the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

deleteS linesECTION 31. to 5 and substitute:

“SECTION4m.DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2.

DCFa. 251.055 (1) (i) of the administrative code is repealed.”.

4.of the administrative code is amended to read:

PageDCF 3,251.05 line(3) 10:(g) 2.

deletea. “and is age 18over" and substitute “and is age 18 or over".

Be at least 116 years old and have satisfactorily completed 2 credits in early childhood education or its equivalent within 6 months after assuming the position.

S ECTION 2.

DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2.

b.

of the administrative code is amended to read:

DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2.

b.

Be at least 186 years old and have satisfactorily completed one, non-credit department-approved course in early childhood education within 6 months after assuming the position.

S ECTION 3.

DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2.

c.

of the administrative code is amended to read:

DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2.

c.

Be at least 17 16 years of age and have satisfactorily completed an assistant child care teacher training program approved by the Wisconsin department of public instruction, 2 credits in early childhood education or its equivalent, or a noncredit department-approved course in early childhood education.

S ECTION 4.

DCF 251.055 (1) (c) of the administrative code is amended to read:

DCF 251.055 (1) (c) Assistant child care teachers who are at least 18 16 years of age and have completed the training required for the position may provide sole supervision to a group of children in full-day centers for opening and closing hours, LRB-3294/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - MDE:cjs SECTION 4 ASSEMBLY BILL 390 not to exceed the first 2 hours and the last 2 hours of center operation, and during the center's designated naptime, not to exceed 2 hours.

S ECTION 5.

DCF 251.055 (1) (i) of the administrative code is amended to read:

DCF 251.055 (1) (i) No person under 18 16 years of age shall be left in sole charge of a child.

S ECTION 6.

DCF 251.095 (2m) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read:

DCF 251.095 (2m) (d) Notwithstanding s.