Senator: Law on day care training needs penalties

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina senator says a lack of compliance to a 2010 law requiring annual training of in-home caretakers means legislators may need to add penalties.

The Greenville News reports (http://grnol.co/1sGbYjj ) that just 13 percent of in-home day care operators in Greenville County have completed the two hours of annual training “Kendra’s Law” required. That’s according to the newspaper’s review of state Department of Social Services records.

An agency official says DSS is offering training in the Greenville area next month.

Republican Sen. Mike Fair of Greenville says people who keep children need to obey the rules and may need to be forced to do so.

The 2010 law was named after a 6-month-old girl who was slapped by her caretaker in 2008, causing brain and retinal hemorrhaging.

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Information from: The Greenville News, http://www.greenvillenews.com