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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 2927 By: Pittman
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
Section 405.4, which relates to the Oklahoma Child
8 Care Facilities Licensing Act; modifying requirements
to be a director; and providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 405.4, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 Section 405.4. A. Any person with a bachelor's degree or
16 postgraduate degree shall be considered as having met the
17 educational requirements for a director of a full-time child care
18 center required by the Department of Human Services, and any person
19 with four (4) years' experience working as a full-time child care
20 employee or eight (8) years' experience working as a part-time child
21 care employee and who meets all other requirements, pursuant to this
22 title and the Oklahoma Administrative Code shall be considered as
23 having met the educational requirements for a director of a full-
24 time child care center required by the Department of Human Services.
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1 Nothing in this section shall be construed as to affect annual
2 continuing education requirements. The director of a child care
3 center may also qualify as a master teacher for children of all
4 ages.
5 B. Any person replacing a master teacher at a child care center
6 shall be granted a one-year probationary period to fulfill the
7 educational qualifications required by the Department for a master
8 teacher. The Department may extend the probationary period an
9 additional year as long as the person is actively pursuing that
10 goal.
11 C. Licensed child care facilities opened or expanded before
12 November 1, 2016, shall have thirty-five (35) square feet of floor
13 area per infant in rooms occupied only by infants. New construction
14 and existing space not previously licensed for child care after
15 November 1, 2016, shall have forty (40) square feet of floor area
16 per infant in rooms occupied only by infants.
17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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