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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD REGISTRY.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
According to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, the lack of early childcare and education workforce data prevents policymakers from understanding the needs of this workforce, which may then lead to inefficiencies regarding legislation for early childcare and education programs. The legislature recognizes that workforce registries have been used to provide an objective framework for professional development and compensation. The legislature further recognizes that timely, clear, and detailed data on early childcare workers and educators is critical to ensure and increase the quality of these workers and educators in the State and will help to craft data-informed policies.
Currently, the department of human services only requires the staff used to meet the staff-to-child ratio in licensed childcare facilities to enroll and update their information on its early childhood registry. Given the need to expand the availability of access to high-quality early childcare and education programs in the State, the legislature also recognizes that data in the Hawaii early childhood registry must be consistently collected and analyzed.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to address the needs of Hawaii's early childcare and education workforce by requiring the department of human services to annually collect certain information from all early childcare workers and educators in the State through its early childhood registry.
SECTION 2. Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part VIII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§346-
Early childhood registry. (a) The
department shall require all staff used to meet the staff-to-child ratio in both
licensed and registered childcare programs in the State to annually update their
information in its early childhood registry. The data collected in the early childhood registry
shall include social determinates, including but not limited to: gender, race, age, paid years of experience, preferred
learning languages, languages spoken with children, median hourly wage, paid planning
time, health insurance, paid sick leave, paid vacation, retirement benefits, participation
in an apprenticeship program, level of education, and training hours. The data collected shall not include the first
or last names of staff members.
(b) As used in this section, "training" includes health and safety training and voluntary professional development training."
SECTION 3.
No later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session
of 2024, the department of human services shall submit to the
legislature a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed
legislation, relating to the aggregate data of the social determinates collected
pursuant to section 2 of this Act.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the purpose of improving the State's early childhood registry.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on December 31, 2050.
Report Title:
Early Childhood Registry; DHS; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the staff of licensed and registered early childhood programs to annually provide specific information to the Department of Human Services' early childhood workforce registry. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation. Effective 12/31/2050. (SD2)
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