House Amendment 1
S 946 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Child Care Regulations

The Committee on Education and Public Works proposes the following amendment (LC-946.VR0003H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 63-13-1210(A) and inserting:

 (A) A State Advisory Committee on the Regulation of Childcare Facilities is established. It consists consisting of seventeen fifteen members. Two members serve ex officio and thirteen are appointed by the Governor, in accordance with the following:
  (1) Five Three of the members appointed must be parents of children who are receiving childcare services at the time of appointment, with no less than three two representing the entrepreneurial for-profit facilities.
  (2) Eight Six of the members appointed must be representative of owners and operators of childcare facilities, one of which must be an operator of a childcare home. No less than five four other appointees must be operators of facilities subject to regulation who are actively engaged in the operation for profit with one appointed from a registered faith-based center.
  (3) One member appointed shall represent the educational community of the State.
 Nominees for membership on the advisory committee pursuant to items (1), (2), and (3) must be made from lists furnished the Governor by South Carolina organizations representing the various types of childcare facilities defined in this chapter.
  (4) One member appointed shall represent the business community of the State. Nominees for membership pursuant to this item must be made from lists furnished the Governor by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
  (5) Two members appointed shall represent church-operated childcare centers, one of whom must be an operator of a church childcare center and one of whom must be a parent of a child who is receiving childcare services in a church-operated childcare center at the time of appointment.
  (6) The Executive Director of the Office of South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness or his designee and the State Child Advocate of the South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy or his designee shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members.

Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 63-13-1240 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 63-13-1240. The department South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy shall provide reasonable secretarial and administrative support to the advisory committee.