| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to child care facilities; amending s. |
| 3 | 402.305, F.S.; requiring each child care facility to |
| 4 | establish standards for instructing child care personnel |
| 5 | on matters pertaining to domestic violence; requiring that |
| 6 | the instruction include a specified training period for |
| 7 | new and experienced child care personnel; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 13 | section 402.305, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.-- |
| 15 | (2) PERSONNEL.--Minimum standards for child care personnel |
| 16 | shall include minimum requirements as to: |
| 17 | (h) Issues of domestic violence. Each child care facility |
| 18 | must establish standards for instruction for training child care |
| 19 | personnel on matters pertaining to domestic violence. The |
| 20 | instruction must include not less than 2 hours of training for |
| 21 | new child care personnel and not less than 1 hour of instruction |
| 22 | on a periodic and timely basis for experienced child care |
| 23 | personnel each year thereafter. |
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |