HCR 47 — SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES: Requests that the Department of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the state Department of Education, study the implementation of online training requirements for school employees relative to reporting child abuse

HLSENROLLED 26RS-3002 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.

47 BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN SCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES:A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Department of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the state Department of Education, to studythe implementation of the provisions of Children's Code Article 603.1(B) relative to online trainingrequirementspertaining toreportingchildabuseandtosubmitareportoffindingsandconclusions,including anyrecommendationsfor related legislation, to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education no later than March 1, 2027.

RequeststhattheDepartmentofChildrenandFamilyServices,WHEREAS,Children'sCodeArticle603providesthatthedefinitionof"mandatory inreporter" consultationincludes witha thestateDepartmentofEducation,studytheimplementation"teaching ofor onlinechild trainingcare requirementsprovider", forwhich schoolis employeesdefined relativeas toany reportingperson childwho abuseprovides Aor CONCURRENTassists RESOLUTIONin Tothe urgeteaching, training, and requestsupervision theof Departmenta ofchild, Childrenincluding andanypublic Familyor Services,private inteacher, consultationteacher's withaide, theinstructional stateaide, Departmentschool ofprincipal, Education,school tostaff studythemember, implementationbusdriver,coach,professor,technicalorvocationalinstructor,technicalorvocationalschool staffmember,collegeoruniversityadministrator,collegeoruniversitystaffmember,social worker, an employee or an operator of thean provisionsearly learning center, an operator or employee of a registered family child day care home, a licensed or unlicensed daycare provider, or any individualwhoprovidestheseservicestoachildinavoluntaryorprofessionalcapacity;and WHEREAS, Children's CodeArticle603.1(B)Code relativeArticle to603.1(B) onlinerequires trainingrequirementseach pertainingteaching toreportingchildabuseandtosubmitareportoffindingsandconclusions,includingor anyrecommendationsforchild relatedcare legislation,provider to thecomplete Housean Committeeonline ontrainingcourse Educationprovided bythe Department of Children and theFamilyServicesbetweenJunefirstandAugustthirty-firstannuallyandrequiresthatarecord Senateofcompletionofthecoursebytheteachingor Committeechild oncareprovider Educationbe noprovided laterto thaneachentity Marchat 1,which 2027.he is employed;

WHEREAS,Children'sCodeArticle603providesthatthedefinitionof"mandatoryand reporter"WHEREAS, includesChildren's aCode "teachingArticle or603.1(B) childfurther carerequires, provider",no whichlater isthan definedSeptember asthirtieth anyof personeach whoyear providesand or assists in the teaching, training, and supervision of a child,manner includingprescribed anypublicby orthe privatestate teacher,Department teacher's aide, instructional aide, school principal, school staff member, busdriver,coach,professor,technicalorvocationalinstructor,technicalorvocationalschool staffmember,collegeoruniversityadministrator, collegeoruniversitystaffmember,social worker, an employee or an operator of anEducation early(DOE), learningeach center,entity anat operatorwhich or employee of a registeredteaching familyor child day care home,provider ais licensedemployed orto unlicensedsubmit daya carelist provider,to orDOE anyof individualwhoprovidestheseservicestoachildinavoluntaryorprofessionalcapacity;andall WHEREAS, Children's Code Article 603.1(B) requires each teaching orand child care providerproviders toemployed completeby anthe onlineentity trainingand courseidentify providedthe bytheemployees Departmentofthat Childrenhave andcomplied FamilyServicesbetweenJunefirstandAugustthirty-firstannuallyandrequiresthatarecordwith ofthe completiontraining ofthecoursebytheteachingorchildcareproviderberequirements providedand tothose eachentityemployees atthat whichhave henot iscomplied; employed;

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47 WHEREAS, Children's Code Article 603.1(B) further requires, no later than September thirtieth of each year and in a manner prescribed by the state Department of Education (DOE), each entity at which a teaching or child care provider is employed to submit a list to DOE of all teaching and child care providers employed by the entity and identify the employees that have complied with the training requirements and those employees that have not complied;

and WHEREAS,Page concernshave1 been raised about the logistics of the2 implementationHCR ofNO. these requirements.

47 ENROLLED WHEREAS, concernshave been raised about the logistics ofthe implementation of these requirements.

BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheDepartmentofChildrenandFamilyServices shall consult with the state Departmentof Education which shall provide recommendations concerninghow to maximize thetheefficiencyofthereportingrequirements,including efficiencyofbut thereportingrequirements,includingbut not limited to the feasibility of implementing a searchable database relative to training completion.

PageBE 2IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copyof this Resolution be transmitted to the secretary of 3the HLSDepartment 26RS-3002of ENGROSSEDChildren HCRand NO.Family Services and the state superintendent of education.

47SPEAKER BEOF ITTHE FURTHERHOUSE RESOLVEDOF thatREPRESENTATIVES aPRESIDENT copyOF ofTHE thisSENATE ResolutionPage be2 transmitted to the secretary of the2 Department of Children and Family Services and the state superintendent of education.

DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.

It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.

The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HCR 47 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Freeman RequeststhattheDept.ofChildrenandFamilyServices,inconsultationwiththestateDept.

Education, studythe implementation of the provisions of present law (Ch.C.

Art.

603.1(B)) relative to online training requirements for reporting child abuse and submit a report of findings and conclusions, including any recommendations for related legislation, to the House and Senate education committees byMarch 1, 2027.

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