Report Title:

Licensing; Private Preschools

Description:

Exempts private preschools and its programs that are part of a licensed elementary school from the licensing requirements imposed by the department of human services. (SD1)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1018

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to human services.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 346-152, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Nothing in this part shall be construed to include:

(1) A person caring for children related to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption;

(2) A person, group of persons, or facility caring for a child less than six hours a week;

(3) A kindergarten, school, or program licensed by the department of education;

(4) A program that provides exclusively for a specialized training or skill development for children, including, but not limited to, programs providing such activities as athletic sports, foreign language, the Hawaiian language, dance, drama, music, or martial arts;

(5) A multiservice organization or community association, duly incorporated under the laws of the State, which operates for the purpose of promoting recreation, health, safety, or social group functions for eligible pupils in public and private schools through seventeen years of age;

(6) Programs for children four years of age and older, which operate for no more than two consecutive calendar weeks in a three-month period;

(7) A provider agency operating or managing a homeless facility or any other program for homeless persons authorized under part IV of chapter 201G;

(8) After-school, weekend, and summer recess programs conducted by the department of education pursuant to section 302A-408;

(9) Child care programs for children five years of age and older conducted by counties pursuant to section 302A-408; provided that each county adopt rules for its programs;

(10) Any person who enters a home in a child caring capacity and only cares for children who are of that household; [and]

(11) A person caring for two or fewer children unrelated to

the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption[.]; or

(12) A private preschool and its programs that are part of a licensed elementary school."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.