Early Care and Learning, Department of; age-appropriate literacy instruction training requirements for certain child care providers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to require the Department of Early Care and Learning to provide for age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction training requirements for certain child care providers; to provide for the Professional Standards Commission to require that teacher education programs include mandatory coursework in age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to require the Professional Standards Commission to revise standards for acquiring and maintaining teacher certification in all teaching fields to include requirements regarding age-appropriate evidence based literacy instruction; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.