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Committee considers bill to let staff training completed during license renewal window count toward next year
Summary
Senate Bill 2107 would extend a 12‑month training credit rule to childcare staff as well as applicants. The Department of Health and Human Services supports the concept but requested a delayed effective date to allow technology changes; the committee agreed to hold the bill pending a related House bill (HB 1119).
Senate Bill 2107 would amend child‑care licensing rules so training hours completed after an operator or staff member files for license renewal count toward the next licensing period, giving staff a full 12 months to complete required training.
Sponsor and intent
Senator Todd Beard told the committee that a prior amendment successfully changed the policy for applicants, and SB 2107 seeks to extend the same practical relief to staff members. Beard said the change is intended to remove the current “blackout” period imposed by renewal scheduling — for many providers the 90‑day renewal window left only nine months to complete annual training requirements.
Department and implementation timing
Carmen Trejolt, early childhood services licensing administrator for NDHHS, testified in support but asked for a delayed effective date (April 1, 2026) so the department can modify licensing technology to track staff training appropriately. Trejolt also noted the department’s prefiled House Bill 1119 would address the same training calendar issue by decoupling training and licensing calendars.
Committee action
Committee members discussed holding SB 2107 while waiting to see if HB 1119 proceeds; Senator Beard said he would not object to waiting and that if HB 1119 passes the House, he would ask the House to kill SB 2107. The committee agreed to leave the bill on the calendar and monitor HB 1119, with the department agreeing to keep the committee updated.
Ending
No vote was recorded in the hearing; the committee left the bill pending the outcome of HB 1119 and requested status updates from the department.
