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Sec. 42.0421.  MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS.  (a)  The minimum training standards prescribed by the department under Section 42.042(p) for an employee of a day-care center or group day-care home must include:

(1)  eight hours of initial training for an employee of a day-care center who has no previous training or employment experience in a regulated child-care facility, to be completed before the employee is given responsibility for a group of children;

(2)  15 hours of annual training for each employee of a day-care center or group day-care home, excluding the director, which must include at least six hours of training in one or more of the following areas:

(A)  child growth and development;

(B)  guidance and discipline;

(C)  age-appropriate curriculum;  and

(D)  teacher-child interaction;  and

(3)  20 hours of annual training for each director of a day-care center or group day-care home, which must include at least six hours of training in one or more of the following areas:

(A)  child growth and development;

(B)  guidance and discipline;

(C)  age-appropriate curriculum;  and

(D)  teacher-child interaction.

(b)  The minimum training standards prescribed by the department under Section 42.042(p) must require an employee of a licensed day-care center or group day-care home who provides care for children younger than 24 months of age to receive special training regarding the care of those children.  The special training must be included as a component of the initial training required by Subsection (a)(1) and as a one-hour component of the annual training required by Subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3).  The special training must include information on:

(1)  recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome;

(2)  preventing sudden infant death syndrome;  and

(3)  understanding early childhood brain development.

(c)  The department by rule shall require an operator of a registered family home who provides care for a child younger than 24 months of age to complete one hour of annual training on:

(1)  recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome;

(2)  preventing sudden infant death syndrome;  and

(3)  understanding early childhood brain development.

(d)  Section 42.042(m) does not apply to the minimum training standards required by this section.

(e)  In addition to other training required by this section, the department by rule shall require an owner, operator, or employee of a day-care center, group day-care home, registered family home, child-care institution, foster group home, or agency foster group home who transports a child under the care of the facility whose chronological or developmental age is younger than nine years of age to complete at least two hours of annual training on transportation safety.

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