State Rep. Pebblin Warren said she is urging Alabama Senate leaders to consider a bill that would require inspections and other new rules for church-affiliated child care centers. Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said Warren’s bill is not scheduled for consideration by the Senate as of now but did […]
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Pine River day care under investigation
PINE RIVER—A “serious incident” occurring in a home day care prompted the state Department of Human Services to indefinitely suspend its owner’s child care license. An order of indefinite suspension for a license held by Candace Hurd was drafted Wednesday, three months after the license was suspended temporarily in February. Hurd operated the home day […]
State official: We need more money to protect, care for kids
A high-level Minnesota Department of Human Services official stopped in Brainerd on Friday to decry a proposed budget that cuts more than half a billion dollars from the Health and Human Services system. James Koppel, who serves as assistant commissioner for child and family services, travelled in greater Minnesota last week to push for funding […]
Her son died at a Norfolk church-run day care. Now she’s pushing for child care reform.
Betsy Cummings got the phone call at 2:10 p.m. almost exactly seven years ago. Something had happened to her 7-week-old son, Dylan, at his church-run day care on East Little Creek Road.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Look to Protect School Bus Drivers, Crossing Guards From Lawsuits Over Allergic Reaction Injectors
Pennsylvania lawmakers want to make it easier for school bus drivers and crossing guards to administer potentially life-saving medications without fear of being sued. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 224 Tuesday.
Mother sues Galveston private school, claims defendant failed to protect son from bullies
GALVESTON – A Galveston County woman alleges that a local private school failed to protect her son from bullying. Maureen Beans sued Trinity Episcopal School in the Galveston County 405th District Court on May 5, claiming the young boy endured harassment from a few students when he was enrolled from 2014-2016.
Lawmakers want more research before they spend big on preschool. When it comes to vouchers, there’s no such hesitation.
‘ Lawmakers have demanded lots of proof to determine whether preschool helps kids before deciding to significantly boost its funding, despite dozens of studies showing that students who attend high-quality preschool perform much better in school than students who don’t. Yet they’ve requested no long-term study of another similarly designed, tuition support program — vouchers […]
Former daycare worker convicted of assault and child abuse
A former day-care teacher was sent to the Forsyth County Jail for two months after getting convicted on charges that she struck a 5-year-old boy, taunted the child by calling him “baby,” and allowed another day-care student to kick the boy. Jacinta Antoinetta Gladden, 34, of Old Vineyard Road pleaded guilty Wednesday in Forsyth Superior […]
Two Head Start board members blocked from agency by judge
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two members of the board governing Ohio’s largest Head Start agency have been blocked from participating in any board actions after a judge ruled Friday that their tenures had expired seven months ago. Charles Lucas and Amos Mahsua have not been eligible to serve on the board of Council for Economic Opportunities […]
New charges for woman accused of abandoning day care kids
A Bend woman charged with running an illegal day care where she would routinely leave the children unattended so she could go tanning or to the gym was indicted on eight new felony charges Monday. January Irene Neatherlin’s new charges come on top of the 114 charges she already faced for allegedly neglecting the children […]