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S3269 • 2026

Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.

Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Corrado, Kristin M.
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.

Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3269

SENATE, No. 3269

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Henry

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires child care centers to establish procedures
to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition
of licensure.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning child care centers and supplementing
P.L.2020, c.152 (C.30:5B-15.2).

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� Notwithstanding any
law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, as a condition of securing a
new or renewal license or approval, the Department of Children and Families
shall require a child care center to establish a procedure to notify the parent
or guardian of a child enrolled at the center in the event of the child�s
unexcused absence and to determine the reason for the absence pursuant to the provisions
of P.L.2020, c.152 (C.30:5B-15.2).

���� b.� The department shall not
issue a regular license or approval to a center until the department determines
that the center has established the notification procedures specified in
subsection a. of this section.

���� c.� The department shall deny,
revoke or refuse to renew the center's license or approval, as appropriate, if
the department determines that a center has not established the notification procedures
specified in subsection a. of this section.

���� 2.� The Department of Children
and Families shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure
Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to
effectuate the purposes of this act.

���� 3.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill mandates that, as a
condition of securing a new or renewal license or approval, the Department of
Children and Families (DCF) require a child care center to establish a
procedure to notify the parent or guardian of a child enrolled at the center in
the event of the child�s unexcused absence and to determine the reason for the
absence pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2020, c.152 (C.30:5B-15.2).

���� Specifically, the bill
prohibits the DCF to issue a regular license or approval to a center until it
determines that the center has established the notification procedures required
pursuant to provisions of the bill.

���� The bill also stipulates that
the DCF is to deny, revoke or refuse to renew the center's license or approval,
as appropriate, if it determines that a center has not established the
notification procedures required under the bill.