72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1484
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3066
                  Ordered by the House April 15
            Including House Amendments dated April 15
 
Sponsored by Representative KAFOURY; Representative MONNES
  ANDERSON (at the request of Stand for Children)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Directs State Commission on Children and Families   { - to
establish programs - }   { + in coordination with Commission for
Child Care and in consultation with other child advocacy groups
to develop strategies + } to improve child care and assist child
care providers.
  { - Establishes CARES Child Care Professional Development
Account. - }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to child care providers; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The State Commission on Children and
Families, in coordination with the Commission for Child Care,
shall establish strategies based on the Oregon Cares model to
improve the quality, stability and safety of child care through
compensation linked with professional development. The State
Commission on Children and Families shall support strategies
based on the Oregon Cares model statewide through local
commissions on children and families as additional child care
funding becomes available from the federal or state government.
  (2) The State Commission on Children and Families and the
Commission for Child Care, in carrying out the requirements of
subsection (1) of this section, shall focus on:
  (a) Scholarships and reimbursements for education and training
for child care providers;
  (b) Wage incentives that are tied to completion of education
and training by child care providers;
  (c) Specific methods to reduce turnover of child care
providers; and
  (d) Specific methods to increase the professional development
of child care providers.
  (3) Local commissions on children and families may establish
local or regional strategies based on the Oregon Cares model to
improve the quality, stability and safety of child care through
compensation linked with professional development. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The State Commission on Children and Families,
in consultation with the Commission for Child Care, the Oregon
Child Care Resource and Referral Network, the Oregon Center for
Career Development in Childhood Care and Education and other
child care agencies and advocates, shall:
  (1) Establish eligibility criteria and application and approval
processes for implementation of strategies established under
section 1 of this 2003 Act.
  (2) Develop a mechanism to distribute funds through local
commissions on children and families to child care providers.
  (3) Determine the amount of wage incentives child care
providers are eligible to receive under the strategies
established under section 1 of this 2003 Act.
  (4) Approve education and training activities for which child
care providers may receive scholarships and reimbursements. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + All moneys received by the State Commission on
Children and Families for child care strategies established under
section 1 of this 2003 Act shall be deposited into the State
Commission on Children and Families Account and are continuously
appropriated to the commission to carry out its duties under
sections 1 and 2 of this 2003 Act. + }
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