Bill Text: NJ S3135 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires certain protocols for reporting absences in licensed child care centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-08-10 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S3135 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S3135-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain protocols for reporting absences in licensed child care centers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning protocols for reporting absences in licensed child care centers and supplementing chapter 5B of Title 30 of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Whenever a child enrolled in a licensed child care center will be absent from the center, the child's parent or guardian shall notify the director of the center, or the director's designee.
b. If a child is determined to be absent from a licensed child care center, and if the reason for the child's absence is unknown to staff members at the center, the director of the center or the director's designee shall immediately attempt to contact the child's parent or guardian to notify the parent or guardian of the absence and to determine the reason for the absence.
c. A record of all notices of absences, and all attempts to contact a child's parent or guardian in the event of an absence without prior notice, shall be kept by the director of the center, or the director's designee.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would provide that whenever a child enrolled in a licensed child care center will be absent from the center, the child's parent or guardian is to notify the director of the center or the director's designee. If a child is determined to be absent from a licensed child care center, and if the reason for the child's absence is unknown to staff members at the center, the director of the center or the director's designee would immediately attempt to contact the child's parent or guardian to notify the parent or guardian of the absence and to determine the reason for the absence. A record of all notices of absences, and all attempts to contact a child's parent or guardian in the event of an absence without prior notice, would be kept by the director of the center, or the director's designee.
This bill is intended to prevent young children from inadvertently being left on buses or in cars when being transported to a licensed child care center.
