La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXI-1804

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CLXI-1804 - Provisional Status for Child Care Purposes

A. A person may be provisional for child care purposes if the person:

1. has more than one component of the CCCBC still pending;

2. is employed at any center; and

3. is named in a deficiency for §1509 of this Part.

B. Provisional Employment for Staff Member of Early Learning Centers

1. A center may provisionally employ a staff member for whom the center has requested a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes, and for whom the LDOE has received a satisfactory fingerprint-based Louisiana or federal criminal history information record, pending the LDOE receipt of the other CCCBC results and determination of the person's eligibility for child care purposes, or for someone named in a deficiency for §1509 of this Part.

2. A provisionally-employed staff member may be counted in child-to-staff ratios but must be monitored at all times in accordance with the following.

a. A monitor of a provisionally-employed staff member must be an adult staff member for whom the center has a CCCBC-based determination of eligibility for child care purposes, and who is designated by the center to monitor a specific provisionally-employed staff member.

b. The center must designate a monitor for each provisionally-employed staff member present at the center.

c. The monitor shall accompany the provisionally-employed staff member at all times the provisionally-employed staff member is present at the center.

d. - g. Repealed.

3. The center shall have a log, either handwritten or in electronic form, or other written documentation of the monitoring of provisionally-employed staff members that identifies each provisionally-employed staff member, the designated monitor for each, and the times of the visual observations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXI-1804

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 491713 (10/1/2023), Amended LR 50968 (7/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 45 CFR 98.43 and R.S. 15:587.1, and 17:407.42.