HB0102 • 2008

Quality child care.

AN ACT relating to quality child care; amending payback requirements for educational grants as specified; renaming educational grants and staff development grants as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Children Education

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Landon
Last action: 2008-03-12
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2008

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Amendments

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HB0102HS001

Standing Committee • H04

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H04

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Bill History

2008-03-12 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number - 82
2008-03-12 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0044
2008-03-07 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0044
2008-03-06 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0044
2008-03-05 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0044
2008-03-05 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2008-03-04 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2008-03-03 Senate
S Passed CoW
2008-02-29 Senate
S Placed on General File
2008-02-29 Senate
S04 Recommended Do Pass
2008-02-26 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04
2008-02-26 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2008-02-25 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2008-02-22 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2008-02-21 House
H Passed CoW
2008-02-21 House
Amendment Adopted
2008-02-21 House
H Amendments Adopted
2008-02-19 House
H Placed on General File
2008-02-19 House
H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2008-02-14 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04
2008-02-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2008-02-08 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2008 General Session Summary for HB0102

Bill No.:
HB0102
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
08LSO-0322
Effective Date:

7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0044

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Landon

Catch Title:
Quality
child care.

Subject:
Amends repayment
requirements for Quality Child Care grants.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act amends the Quality
Child Care grant program, by:

Changing the phrase "educational
grants" to "educational development scholarships" and the phrase
"staff development grants" to "continuing education grants";

Providing that repayment of scholarships will be required, upon breach
of a contract by a scholarship recipient, for only those funds received during
or after the semester in which the breach occurred, plus attorney fees and
costs of collection.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0102

ENROLLED ACT NO. 44, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to quality child care; amending payback requirements for educational grants as specified;
conforming provisions;
renaming educational grants and staff development grants as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 14
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4
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204(a), (b), (c)(intro)
, (i)
and by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

14
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4
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204.

Educational development scholarships and continuing education grants.

(a)

The department by rule and regulation shall provide educational
grants
development scholarships
to assist the owners or staff of child caring facilities to attain certificates or degrees in early childhood development or a related field. Payments under this subsection shall be conditioned upon the recipient of the
grant
educational development scholarship
entering into a
written agreement
contract
to work for a child caring facility in this state for a period as provided in subsection (d) of this section after receiving the certificate or degree.

(b)

A recipient of
a grant
an educational development scholarship
pursuant to this section
who breaches the contract required by subsection (a) of this section
shall
immediately
repay
all
that portion of
funds provided to the recipient pursuant to this article

that
is
for educational developmental expenses accruing during or after the semester in which the recipient breached the
contract
, together with attorney fees and costs incurred in collection
.
, if the recipient breaches the contract required by subsection (a)or paragraph (c)(i) of this section.

(c)

The department by rule and regulation shall provide
staff development
continuing education
grants to child caring facilities to assist the owners or staff of those facilities to obtain continuing education training in early childhood development or related topics. Payments under this subsection shall be conditioned on the following:

(i)

The recipient of the continuing education training provided through the grant entering into a
written agreement
contract
to work for a child caring facility in this state for a period as provided in subsection (d) of this section after receiving the training; and

(e)

A recipient of a continuing education grant pursuant to this section shall repay all funds provided to the recipient pursuant to the grant, together with attorney fees and costs incurred in collection, if the recipient breaches the contract required by subsection (c) of this section.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2008.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk