MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers could soon debate a proposal to require all day cares to be regulated by the state and end a longstanding exemption for faith-based facilities. The bill is at the end of the Tuesday debate agenda in the House of Representatives.
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Polk School Board faces federal lawsuit over autistic child locked in bus
TAMPA — The Davenport mother of an autistic teenage boy who was left on a school bus twice in March 2016, forcing him to walk and hitchhike 30 miles back home, is suing the Polk County School Board in federal court for negligence. In the lawsuit, Suzanne Riha said her 13-year-old son was sleeping when […]
Questions over childcare after workers arrested at Eastview
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – Reactions ranged from sympathy to anger for a couple charged with leaving their three young children alone in Eastview Mall so they could go to work at the mall. 13WHAM spoke with a number of people who said they understand the challenges and expense of childcare. But those we spoke with […]
Fight continues to change AL law for childcare facility exemption
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -Alabama is said to be one of just seven states that allow certain daycares to operate without a license. A broad, faith-based facility exemption remains in effect by the Department of Human Resources. A bill in the Alabama House could change the law, but it does come with opposition. VOICES for Alabama’s […]
Former day care owner sentenced to 5 years in prison in death of boy
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A former Sunrise day care owner was sentenced Thursday to five years in state prison, with credit for 331 days already served. Cecily Roberts pleaded no contest to aggravated manslaughter of a child as part of a plea deal in the death of 4-year-old Jordan Coleman.
DCYF revokes license for day care at nonprofit led by Rep. Williams
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – After a three-month battle, the R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families is moving ahead with a decision to revoke the child care license of a nonprofit chaired by state Rep. Anastasia Williams. DCYF first informed the long-troubled nonprofit, the John Hope Settlement House, that its license would be revoked last […]
Tougher penalties in works for illegal day care providers
MILWAUKEE — State lawmakers are drafting legislation that would toughen penalties for providers of illegal day care in Wisconsin, after the deaths of eight children in unregulated facilities. The legislative push is backed by Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine). He believes the current fines are inadequate, considering the hundreds of dollars per week some providers make […]
Why so many Texas teachers accused of improprieties are never charged
Hundreds of Texas primary and secondary teachers lost or surrendered their teaching licenses since 2010 after being investigated for improper relationships with a student. More than half were never criminally charged. In all of those cases, information about the alleged misconduct isn’t easily accessible from the Texas Education Agency and in many instances is kept […]