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Committee reviews licensure bill to create Board of Early Childhood Educators, transitional licenses and staff funding
Summary
Legislative counsel outlined a bill to license early childhood educators, create a nine‑member board, establish three license tiers, offer time‑limited transitional licenses, and authorize OPR positions and a general‑fund appropriation for implementation.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on March 19 heard from legislative council staff on a bill that would create a professional licensing framework for early childhood educators and a Board of Early Childhood Educators within the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR).
Katie McGlenn of the Office of Legislative Council described the bill as a licensure measure that establishes three license tiers (early childhood educator 1, 2 and 3), creates a nine‑member board appointed by the governor, and sets education, supervision and scope‑of‑practice rules for each tier. "This bill before you is a licensure bill for early childhood educators," McGlenn said, and she walked the committee through the bill’s sections.
Under the draft, the board would consist of nine members appointed for five‑year terms: three public members and two members for each licensed tier (educator 1, 2 and 3). All members must be Vermont residents; educator members must have been in active practice in Vermont for at least the prior three…
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