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                                  HOUSE BILL 2905

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Representatives Beck, H. Myers, Leonard, Winsley, Jones and Wood

Read first time 01/31/92.  Referred to Committee on Human Services.Studying whether preschools should be regulated like agencies that care for children, expectant mothers, and developmentally disabled people.

     AN ACT Relating to preschools; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The safety, health, welfare, and quality of care and early education is critically important to the well-being of young children.  Educational programs that enroll preschool children for four or fewer hours per day are exempted from requirements of chapter 74.15 RCW.  Therefore, the legislature intends to bring such programs under state regulatory authority consistent with other child care and early childhood programs by 1997.

     The child care coordinating committee established under RCW 74.13.090 shall develop a phase-in strategy with specific recommendations and impact statements and report these recommendations and findings to the legislature by December 1, 1992.  In developing these recommendations, the child care coordinating committee shall involve programs serving preschool children.