Bill > S4102

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Secretary of Higher Education to develop a training program for direct support professionals. The training program will provide program participants with an understanding of: (1) the essential knowledge, practices, and skills necessary to provide direct support to individuals; (2) age-appropriate behavior including social, educational, and occupational skills pertaining to intellectual, developmental, mental, and physical disabilities; and (3) the ethical principles of working in the direct support profession, and the importance of self-determination and community inclusion for the client population. The bill directs the secretary to make the training program available to county colleges no later than six months following the bill's effective date. The bill also directs the secretary to make grant awards to county colleges to support the implementation of the training program. Under the bill, each county college is required to administer the training program developed by the secretary for direct support professionals. A county college may apply to the secretary for a grant to support the implementation of the training program. Finally, the bill appropriates from the General Fund to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education the sum of $450,000 for the purpose of providing grants to county colleges in implementing the bill's provisions.

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Daniel Benson (D)*,  Teresa Ruiz (D)*,  Stephen Sweeney (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*,  Pam Lampitt (D),  Declan O'Scanlon (R),  Troy Singleton (D),  Shirley Turner (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-0) (on 01/10/2022)

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