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SB 969 Unlicensed child day centers; permitted to reduce number of staff per child during rest time.

Introduced by: Harry B. Blevins | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Unlicensed child day centers; staff-to-child ratio.  Provides that during designated daily rest periods and designated sleep periods of evening and overnight care programs, for children ages 24 months to six years, only one staff member counted for purposes of determining compliance with the mandatory staff-to-child ratio shall be required to be present with the resting or sleeping children. This bill provides that the staff member supervising resting or sleeping children shall be physically present in the same space as the children under supervision at all times, and shall be able to summon additional staff counted in the staff-to-child ratio without leaving the resting or sleeping children. All other staff members counted for the purpose of determining the staff-to-child ratio shall be present on the same floor as the resting or sleeping children and shall have no barrier to their immediate access to the resting or sleeping children.  

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Unlicensed child day centers; staff-to-child ratio.  Reduces the staff-to-child ratio in unlicensed day centers for the supervision of children ages 24 months to six years during the designated daily rest period and the designated sleep period of evening and overnight care programs. The bill requires at least one staff member to be physically present in the same space as the children. Other staff members who are included in the staff-to-children ratios need not be in the same space with the children when all the children are resting or sleeping. Other staff members counted towards the ratio shall be on the same floor as the resting or sleeping children and shall have no barrier to their coming to help immediately. The staff member who is in the same space with the resting or sleeping children shall be able to summon these other staff members without leaving the children. 

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Unlicensed child day centers; staff-to-child ratio.  Permits unlicensed day centers to reduce the number of staff per child by 50 percent during designated rest or sleep periods. The bill changes the staff-to-child ratio for unlicensed day centers to conform to that of licensed and regulated day centers during designated rest or sleep periods.