HB 410: Child Care Amendments - Utah

Amended 2/18/2025 14:02:910 → Substitute #1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill substitutes a new version of HB 410 that makes two main changes: it clarifies that preschool teacher experience in child care programs counts toward educator relicensing requirements, and it allows housing and transit reinvestment zone funds to be used for constructing or expanding child care facilities within those zones. The substitute version also removes Senate Sponsor information and makes minor formatting adjustments to the text.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on child care and educator licensing, but the substitute version removes the Senate Sponsor field and adjusts formatting without changing substantive policy.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarifies that time employed as a preschool teacher in a child care program is equivalent to time employed in public or accredited private schools for relicensing purposes.

FISCAL

Authorizes the use of housing and transit reinvestment zone funds for construction or expansion of child care facilities within the zone boundaries.

TECHNICAL

Removed Senate Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper from the bill header.

Adjusted formatting and removed some bracketed text markers from the original amendment markup.

Amended Excerpts 2/18/2025 14:02:910 → Amended 2/18/2025 14:02:910 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill modifies Utah's educator licensing rules to count preschool teacher experience as equivalent to public school experience for relicensing purposes, and authorizes the use of housing and transit reinvestment zone funds for constructing or expanding child care facilities within designated zones.

Scope change

The bill expands eligibility for educator relicensing to include preschool teaching experience and expands funding eligibility for child care facilities under housing and transit reinvestment zones.

ELIGIBILITY

Preschool teacher employment duration now counts as equivalent to employment in district schools, charter schools, or accredited private schools for relicensing purposes

FISCAL

Housing and transit reinvestment zone funds can now be used for construction or expansion of child care facilities within designated zones

TECHNICAL

Technical and conforming changes made to align the bill with updated code sections

Enrolled → Amended Excerpts 2/18/2025 14:02:910 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amendment adds child care facilities to the list of projects that can be funded using housing and transit reinvestment zone funds, and clarifies that preschool teaching experience counts toward relicensing for educators. The changes expand funding opportunities for child care infrastructure and streamline educator relicensing requirements.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly authorizes the use of housing and transit reinvestment zone funds for constructing or expanding child care facilities within designated zones, in addition to housing and infrastructure projects.

FISCAL

Added authorization to use housing and transit reinvestment zone funds for construction or expansion of child care facilities within the zone boundaries.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that employment duration as a preschool teacher in a child care program is equivalent to employment duration in a district school, charter school, or accredited private school for relicensing purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Added a 1% cap on the total housing and transit reinvestment zone funds that can be used for child care facility construction or expansion costs.

Introduced → Enrolled · 5 edits · Mar 26, 2025

MODERATE

This bill amends Utah's child care and educator licensing laws to modernize standards, clarify preschool teacher relicensing equivalencies, and expand funding options for child care facilities. It also updates housing reinvestment zone provisions to explicitly allow child care facility expansion.

Scope change

The bill expands applicability by adding new kitchen standards for child care centers and explicitly including child care facility expansion in housing reinvestment zone funding eligibility.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 26B-2-408 establishes kitchen requirements for center-based child care facilities with 16-99 children, allowing them to serve food from warming kitchens instead of full commercial kitchens.

DEFINITION

Section 26B-2-401 definitions were updated to clarify terms like 'certified provider' and 'licensed provider' by removing redundant language.

ELIGIBILITY

Section 53E-6-201 was amended to explicitly recognize preschool teaching experience in child care programs as equivalent to public school experience for educator relicensing purposes.

FISCAL

Section 63N-3-607 was modified to explicitly authorize the use of housing and transit reinvestment zone funds for the expansion of child care facilities within designated zones.

TECHNICAL

Senate sponsor name was updated from 'LONG TITLE' to 'Wayne A. Harper' and various formatting corrections were made throughout the document.

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