LRB-3294/1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
September 1, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Hurd, Binsfeld,
Brandtjen, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Magnafici, Maxey,
Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Schmidt,
Sortwell, Steffen, Summerfield, Swearingen and VanderMeer,
cosponsored by Senators Ballweg and Stroebel. Referred to Committee on
Children and Families.
AB390,1,2 1An Act relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to assistant child
2care teachers.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Children and Families regulates child
care providers and is required to promulgate rules to carry out that function. Under
rules promulgated by DCF, a person hired to be an assistant child care teacher must
be at least 18 or 17 years old, depending on the qualifications the person meets. An
assistant child care teacher or school-age group leader who is at least 18 years old
and has completed the training required for the position may provide sole
supervision to a group of school-age children for up to 45 minutes if there is a
qualified school-age program leader or child care teacher on the premises, and an
assistant child care teacher may provide sole supervision to a group of children in
full-day centers for up to two hours during opening and closing hours and during the
center's designated naptime.
This bill modifies the DCF rules to lower the minimum age at which a person
may become an assistant child care teacher or school-age group leader from 17 to 16
and to lower the minimum age at which an assistant child care teacher or school-age
group leader may provide sole supervision to a group of children from 18 to 16. The
bill also removes the restrictions that a supervising assistant child care teacher may
provide sole supervision to a group of children in full-day centers only during
opening and closing hours and during the center's designated naptime and only for
up to two hours and that a supervising school-age group leader or assistant child

care teacher may provide sole supervision to a group of school-age children only for
up to 45 minutes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB390,1 1Section 1. DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. a. of the administrative code is amended to
2read:
AB390,2,53 DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. a. Be at least 18 16 years old and have satisfactorily
4completed 2 credits in early childhood education or its equivalent within 6 months
5after assuming the position.
AB390,2 6Section 2. DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. b. of the administrative code is amended to
7read:
AB390,2,108 DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. b. Be at least 18 16 years old and have satisfactorily
9completed one, non-credit department-approved course in early childhood
10education within 6 months after assuming the position.
AB390,3 11Section 3. DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. c. of the administrative code is amended to
12read:
AB390,2,1713 DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. c. Be at least 17 16 years of age and have satisfactorily
14completed an assistant child care teacher training program approved by the
15Wisconsin department of public instruction, 2 credits in early childhood education
16or its equivalent, or a noncredit department-approved course in early childhood
17education.
AB390,4 18Section 4. DCF 251.055 (1) (c) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB390,3,219 DCF 251.055 (1) (c) Assistant child care teachers who are at least 18 16 years
20of age and have completed the training required for the position may provide sole
21supervision to a group of children in full-day centers for opening and closing hours,

1not to exceed the first 2 hours and the last 2 hours of center operation, and during
2the center's designated naptime, not to exceed 2 hours
.
AB390,5 3Section 5. DCF 251.055 (1) (i) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB390,3,54 DCF 251.055 (1) (i) No person under 18 16 years of age shall be left in sole
5charge of a child.
AB390,6 6Section 6. DCF 251.095 (2m) (d) of the administrative code is amended to read:
AB390,3,127 DCF 251.095 (2m) (d) Notwithstanding s. DCF 251.055 (1) (c), a school-age
8group leader who has completed the training required under s. DCF 251.094 (5) (c)
93. or an assistant child care teacher who has completed the training required under
10s. DCF 251.05 (3) (g) 2. and is age 18 16 or over may provide sole supervision for a
11group of school-age children for no more than 45 minutes if there is a qualified
12school-age program leader or child care teacher on the premises.
AB390,7 13Section 7. Effective date.
AB390,3,1514 (1) Notwithstanding s. 227.265, this act takes effect on the day after
15publication.
AB390,3,1616 (End)
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