Child development and learning training.

(a) deleted text begin For purposes of child care centers, deleted text end The director and all staff deleted text begin hired after July 1, 2006, deleted text end new text begin persons, substitutes, and unsupervised volunteers new text end shall complete deleted text begin and document at least two hours of deleted text end child development and learning training within the first 90 days of employment. new text begin The director and staff persons, not including substitutes, must complete at least two hours of training on child development and learning. The training for substitutes and unsupervised volunteers is not required to be of a minimum length. new text end For purposes of this subdivision, "child development and learning training" means new text begin any new text end training in new text begin Knowledge and Competency Area I: Child Development and Learning, which is training in new text end understanding how children develop physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially and learn as part of the children's family, culture, and community. deleted text begin Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet the in-service training requirements under subdivision 7. deleted text end

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), individuals are exempt from this requirement if they:

(1) have taken a three-credit college course on early childhood development within the past five years;

(2) have received a baccalaureate or master's degree in early childhood education or school-age child care within the past five years;

(3) are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten teacher, an early childhood educator, a kindergarten to sixth grade teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an early childhood special education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a kindergarten endorsement; or

(4) have received a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the past five years.

new text begin (c) The director and staff persons, not including substitutes, must complete at least two hours of child development and learning training every second calendar year. new text end

new text begin (d) Substitutes and unsupervised volunteers must complete child development and learning training every second calendar year. There is no minimum number of training hours required. new text end

new text begin (e) Except for training required under paragraph (a), training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet the in-service training requirements under subdivision 7. new text end