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Committee considers new licensure for early childhood educators under OPR
Summary
A bill to create individual licensure for early childhood educators under Title 26 would establish four license categories, a governing board, fee structure with initial waivers, an eight-year transitional license for some providers, and appropriations to stand up the program.
The Senate Health & Welfare committee heard an overview of a bill to license individual early childhood educators under the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR), creating a new chapter in Title 26 and a Board of Early Childhood Educators to govern the profession.
Speaker 2 told the committee the bill is a variation of a prior proposal and would create four licensure categories based on an individual’s…
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