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HCR018.........................................................by EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING STANDARDS - Stating findings of the Legislature
and encouraging the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the Idaho
Department of Education to work together to develop early childhood
learning standards; and to revise the Idaho Child Care and Development Fund
program so that federal moneys may be used to purchase high quality child
care with documented educational components and to develop a tiered
reimbursement system linked to a quality rating system for preschool child
care providers.
02/19 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/20 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/01 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/02 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/05 3rd rdg - FAILED - 27-43-0
AYES -- Black, Block, Bock, Boe, Chavez, Chew, Durst, Henbest,
Jaquet, Killen, King, LeFavour, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Ring, Ringo,
Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Snodgrass, Trail, Wills
NAYS -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Bolz,
Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crane, Edmunson,
Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Patrick, Raybould, Roberts, Schaefer, Shepherd(8),
Stevenson, Thayn, Vander Woude, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsors - Pence & Durst
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 18
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND ENCOURAGING THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF
3 HEALTH AND WELFARE AND THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WORK TOGETHER
4 TO DEVELOP EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING STANDARDS AND ENCOURAGING THE IDAHO
5 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO REVISE THE IDAHO CHILD CARE AND DEVEL-
6 OPMENT FUND PROGRAM SO THAT FEDERAL MONEYS MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE HIGH
7 QUALITY CHILD CARE WITH DOCUMENTED EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS AND TO DEVELOP A
8 TIERED REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM LINKED TO A QUALITY RATING SYSTEM FOR PRE-
9 SCHOOL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
10 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 WHEREAS, the training and education that children receive before they
12 enter the public education system is critical in improving their likelihood
13 for future success; and
14 WHEREAS, all children deserve the right to be cared for in a safe and
15 enriching environment; and
16 WHEREAS, an increasing number of children spend at least part of the day
17 in the care of someone other than the child's parent or guardian; and
18 WHEREAS, there is currently no way for Idaho parents and guardians to dif-
19 ferentiate between providers of preschool child care; and
20 WHEREAS, parents deserve the right to know the quality of care their chil-
21 dren receive while enrolled in preschool child care programs; and
22 WHEREAS, accurate and easily accessible information is essential for con-
23 sumers of any product, including early childhood care services, to make sound
24 choices; and
25 WHEREAS, experience has shown that competition in the marketplace serves
26 to decrease cost while improving quality and innovation; and
27 WHEREAS, high quality early childhood education programs have been shown
28 to produce broad, long-term societal benefits, including increased employment
29 and associated tax revenue, reduced crime and reduced dependency on the social
30 welfare system; and
31 WHEREAS, the state of Idaho, by utilizing the federal Child Care and
32 Development Fund to encourage high quality preschool child care and education,
33 can promote the creation of strong preschool child care programs with valuable
34 educational components; and
35 WHEREAS, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is the "flow through"
36 agency for the federal Child Care and Development Fund; and
37 WHEREAS, reimbursement rates paid to preschool child care programs should
38 be tied to a tiered reimbursement system that distinguishes between two or
39 more levels of preschool child care quality ranging from minimum licensing
40 requirements to higher standards of national accreditation; and
41 WHEREAS, the Idaho Department of Education has the expertise to develop
42 standards for early childhood education.
43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
44 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
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1 Senate concurring therein, that the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and
2 the Idaho Department of Education are encouraged to work together to develop
3 early childhood learning standards.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is
5 encouraged to revise the Idaho Child Care and Development Fund plan so that
6 federal moneys may be used to purchase high quality child care with documented
7 educational components and to develop a tiered reimbursement system linked to
8 a quality rating system for preschool child care providers.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16939
This resolution tasks the Department of Education and Department
of Health and Welfare to work together to establish early
childhood learning standards. The Department of Health and
Welfare can then use these standards and other criteria in
developing a quality rating system for the evaluation of child
care facilities. This quality rating system would enable all
Idaho parents to compare child care providers before enrolling
their children, thus providing parental choice.
FISCAL NOTE
None
Contact
Name: Rep Donna Pence
Phone: 332-1000
Rep Branden Durst
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 18