PRINTER'S NO. 707
No. 663 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LINCOLN, ROSS, O'PAKE, WILLIAMS, STOUT, REIBMAN,
PORTERFIELD, AFFLERBACH, MUSTO, LYNCH, BODACK, STAPLETON,
MELLOW, ANDREZESKI, BELAN, REGOLI, JONES, LEWIS, FUMO,
DAWIDA, SCANLON, STEWART, PUNT AND WILT, MARCH 13, 1989
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 13, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," establishing the Bureau of
21 Child Care in the Department of Education; and making an
22 appropriation.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
1 Section 1321. Bureau of Child Care.--There is hereby
2 established in the Department of Education, under the Office of
3 Basic Education, the Bureau of Child Care. The Bureau of Child
4 Care shall have the power and duty to:
5 (1) Review and insure that all regulations and programs
6 within the Department of Education encourage and promote the
7 establishment of child-care programs in public schools.
8 (2) Review existing regulations and policies to remove
9 factors or issues which unreasonably impede or impair the
10 development of child-care programs in public schools.
11 (3) Administer Federal and State programs, for preschool and
12 school-age children, which contain developmental or educational
13 components.
14 (4) Develop and sustain interagency contracts with the
15 Department of Public Welfare, the Department of Labor and
16 Industry, the Department of Aging and any other State government
17 boards, offices and agencies relating to child care.
18 (5) Be responsible for the administration, including writing
19 regulations, for all child care in the schools, with the
20 exception of child care for infants and toddlers.
21 (6) Act as a facilitator for any school board,
22 superintendent, parents' group, etc., which wants to establish
23 child-care components in the school.
24 (7) Do all things necessary to implement the provisions of
25 this section.
26 Section 2. The sum of $150,000, or as much thereof as may be
27 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Education
28 for the fiscal year July 1, 1989, to June 30, 1990, for the
29 operation of the Bureau of Child Care.
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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