PRINTER'S NO. 1474
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1110
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, CULVER, PENNYCUICK, J. WARD, SCHWANK,
AUMENT, MILLER AND BROWN, APRIL 2, 2024
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 2, 2024
AN ACT
Establishing the Child-Care Workforce Commission; and providing
for duties of the Child-Care Workforce Commission, for public
portal and Internet website of the Child-Care Workforce
Commission and for annual child-care workforce report.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Child-Care
Workforce Report and Commission Act.
Section 2. Declaration of purpose.
The General Assembly finds and declares that there is a need
to collect and analyze reliable, consistent and transparent data
about the child-care workforce in this Commonwealth, including
the size of the child-care workforce and the level of education
and credentials, race, ethnicity, gender, length of service and
compensation of the child-care workforce.
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
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context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child care." The supervision of children who are younger
than 16 years of age and who are away from the home, which is
provided in lieu of parental supervision for part of the 24-hour
day. The term does not include the supervision of children
provided in a place of worship during religious services or by a
social service organization.
"Child-care center." The premises certified by the
department where care is provided at any one time for seven or
more children unrelated to the operator of the premises.
"Child-care employee." An individual who provides child-care
in a family child-care home or child-care center.
"Child-care workforce." Child-care employees and child-care
providers.
"Commission." The Child-Care Workforce Commission
established under section 4.
"Department." The Department of Human Services of the
Commonwealth.
"Family child-care home." A residential facility where
child-care is provided by the occupier of the premises to no
less than four children and no more than six children at any one
time who are not relatives of the provider.
"Institution of higher education." Any of the following:
(1) A community college operating under Article XIX-A of
the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
Public School Code of 1949.
(2) A university within the State System of Higher
Education.
(3) The Pennsylvania State University, the University of
Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University or any
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other institution designated as State-related by the
Commonwealth.
(4) A college established under Article XIX-G of the
Public School Code of 1949.
(5) An institution of higher education located in and
incorporated or chartered by the Commonwealth and entitled to
confer degrees as specified in 24 Pa.C.S. § 6505 (relating to
power to confer degrees) and as provided for by the standards
and qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education
under 24 Pa.C.S. Ch. 65 (relating to private colleges,
universities and seminaries).
"Office." The Office of Child Development and Early Learning
within the department and the Department of Education.
"Registry." The Pennsylvania Professional Development
Registry maintained by the office.
"STAR level." The numeric indicator assigned by the office
for each child-care center in accordance with Pennsylvania's
quality rating improvement system.
Section 4. Establishment of commission.
The Child-Care Workforce Commission is established within the
department. The department shall provide administrative support,
meeting space and any other administrative assistance required
by the commission in the conduct of the commission's work.
Section 5. Duties of commission.
(a) Review and analysis.--The commission shall review and
analyze child-care workforce data for the purpose of issuing
recommendations based on the data in the report under section
9(a).
(b) Additional duties.--For the purposes of this act, the
commission may engage in any of the following:
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(1) Review, make findings and offer recommendations
related to the child-care workforce in this Commonwealth.
(2) Conduct meetings in accordance with the requirements
under section 7.
(3) Solicit and collect written comments via the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
(4) Share reports, meeting minutes, testimony and other
meeting-related documents and meeting schedules via the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
Section 6. Composition of commission.
(a) Composition.--The commission shall consist of the
following members:
(1) The secretary of the department or the secretary's
designee.
(2) The deputy secretary of the office or the deputy
secretary's designee.
(3) The Secretary of Education or the secretary's
designee.
(4) The Secretary of Labor and Industry or the
secretary's designee.
(5) One member appointed by the President pro tempore of
the Senate.
(6) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(7) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(8) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
(9) Nine individuals appointed by the Governor within 60
days of the effective date of this paragraph and confirmed by
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the Senate, including all of the following:
(i) One individual representing an owner or operator
of a child-care center with multiple locations.
(ii) One individual representing an owner or
operator of a child-care center with a single location.
(iii) One individual representing a nonprofit
professional association of child-care employees.
(iv) One individual representing a nonprofit
organization experienced in the analysis of economic and
labor data.
(v) One individual who is a child-care employee.
(vi) One individual who provides child-care in a
family child-care home.
(vii) One individual who teaches early childhood
education in an institution of higher education.
(viii) One parent of a child who receives child-
care.
(ix) One individual representing an organization
that represents child-care providers.
(b) Chairperson.--The Governor shall appoint a member to
serve as chairperson of the commission.
(c) Consideration of appointees.--In making the appointments
to the commission, the Governor shall consider and appoint
individuals who meet any of the following criteria:
(1) Are members of communities that have been
historically underrepresented and underserved by, or subject
to discrimination in, Federal and State policies and
programs.
(2) Have a knowledge of the challenges facing low-
income, moderate-income and historically underrepresented or
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underserved populations.
(3) Are active in programs or organizations that create
and improve opportunities for low-income, moderate-income and
historically underrepresented or underserved populations.
(d) Terms of office.--Members of the commission shall serve
terms as follows:
(1) Members of the commission appointed under subsection
(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) shall serve a
term consistent with their offices or the offices of the
members of the General Assembly who appointed the members.
(2) Members of the commission appointed under subsection
(a)(9) shall serve terms as follows:
(i) For the initial appointment, five members shall
serve a four-year term and four members shall serve a
three-year term.
(ii) For subsequent appointments, members shall
serve a three-year term.
(iii) Except for the five members serving a four-
year term under subparagraph (i), members appointed under
subsection (a)(9) may not serve more than two three-year
terms.
Section 7. Meetings and compensation of commission.
(a) Conduct of meetings.--The commission shall conduct each
meeting of the commission in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. § 704
(relating to open meetings). The commission shall live stream
each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(b) Initial meeting.--The commission shall conduct an
initial meeting no later than 60 days after the appointment of
all members of the commission under section 6(a).
(c) Frequency of meetings.--
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(1) The commission shall conduct at least four meetings
annually.
(2) In addition to regularly scheduled meetings under
paragraph (1), the commission may conduct additional meetings
as requested by a simple majority of the members of the
commission or subject to the call of the chairperson.
(d) Notice of meetings.--The commission shall provide notice
of each meeting of the commission in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S.
§ 709 (relating to public notice) and post the notice on the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
(e) Public hearings.--
(1) The commission shall conduct three public hearings
no later than 180 days from the date of the initial meeting
under subsection (b).
(2) The commission and office shall develop a system for
receiving written comments from the public, including through
all electronic mail formats and on a public comment portal on
the publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
The commission shall review comments submitted during each
meeting of the commission and give equal consideration to in-
person testimony.
(3) The commission may request data from the registry
and the Department of Labor and Industry for the purpose of
providing guidance, preparing reports and making
recommendations to the office, department, the General
Assembly and the Governor.
(f) Compensation and expenses.--Members of the commission
shall not receive a salary or per diem allowance for serving on
the commission, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses, including the cost of travel, incurred in the
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performance of their duties.
Section 8. Public portal and Internet website of commission.
(a) Establishment.--The office shall establish a publicly
accessible Internet website for use by the commission.
(b) Contents of website.--The website shall include the
following:
(1) The annual child-care workforce report under section
9(a).
(2) A public comment portal that is able to facilitate
real-time written comments during each meeting or hearing of
the commission.
(3) A hyperlink to the registry.
(4) Access to each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(5) A video archive of each meeting or hearing of the
commission.
(6) The agendas, minutes, testimony, reports and any
other documentation of each meeting or hearing of the
commission that is not exempt from public access under
section 708 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(7) Notice of each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(8) The names and affiliations of the members of the
commission.
Section 9. Annual child-care workforce report.
(a) Report.--The office, in collaboration with the
Department of Labor and Industry, shall compile data that has
been collected under subsection (d) to prepare an annual child-
care workforce report. The office, in collaboration with the
Department of Labor and Industry, shall present the data in the
report under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) by county, by
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labor market area and by STAR level and the age of children
receiving child-care. The report shall include all of the
following data:
(1) Descriptive child-care workforce data, including
gender, race, ethnicity, education and other professional
credentials.
(2) The minimum, maximum and average yearly salary for
child-care employees by gender, race, ethnicity, education
and other professional credentials as delineated by job
title.
(3) The minimum, maximum and average length of
employment for child-care employees with a specific child-
care provider.
(4) Benefits data, including the percentage of the
child-care employees that receive employer-provided health
insurance, retirement benefits, sign-on bonuses, retention
bonuses and performance-related bonuses to the extent that
this data is available and as delineated by job title.
(5) Any observed changes or trends in the data in the
report over a period of time, if data for the prior year is
available.
(6) A summary of the generalized findings of the report,
including the sample size obtained in the data in the report.
(b) Public accessibility.--The office shall release the
initial report under subsection (a) within six months of the
effective date of this subsection and release and update the
report no later than each October 31 thereafter. The office
shall ensure that the report and each update to the report is
posted on the publicly accessible Internet websites for the
commission under section 8(a), the office, the department and
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the Department of Education.
(c) Recipients of report.--The office shall provide copies
of the report under subsection (a) to the following:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The Aging and Youth Committee of the Senate.
(3) The Children and Youth Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(4) The Education Committee of the Senate.
(5) The Education Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(6) The Health and Human Services Committee of the
Senate.
(7) The Human Services Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(8) The Labor and Industry Committee of the Senate.
(9) The Labor and Industry Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(10) Any other standing committee of the General
Assembly deemed necessary to implement the commission's
recommendations made in the report under subsection (a).
(d) Collection of data.--The office shall annually collect a
sample of the following data from the child-care workforce via
the registry for the report under subsection (a):
(1) The demographic data of each child-care employee,
including age, ethnicity, race and gender.
(2) The professional trainings completed by each child-
care employee.
(3) The academic credentials held by each child-care
employee.
(4) The compensation, including salary and benefits, of
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each child-care employee.
(5) The job title of each child-care employee.
(6) The age of children being served by each child-care
employee.
(7) The name of each child-care provider or child-care
provider number.
(8) Any other data the office deems necessary to
complete the report under subsection (a).
Section 10. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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