10A NCAC 09 — Child Care Rules

Section .3100 – CARE FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHiLDREN DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY 10A NCAC 09 .3101 SCOPE The rules in this Section apply to care for school-age children, as defined by 10A NCAC 09 .0102(42), during the declared State of Emergency to coordinate the State's response and prote…

10A NCAC 09 .3102 DEFINITIONS The terms and phrases used in this Section are defined as follows: (1) "Public schools" means: (a) any building that is approved for school occupancy and that houses school-age children as part of the public school system during the school year; or (…

10A NCAC 09 .3103 PUBLIC SCHOOLS Pursuant to G.S. 110-86(2)(e), public schools are not child care and are, therefore, exempt from licensure. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, all NC Pre-K programs, as defined in Section .3000 of this Chapter, and Developmental …

10A NCAC 09 .3104 ADDING SPACE AT LICENSED CENTERS FOR CARE OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN If an operator of a licensed child care center wishes to use additional space not previously approved for child care, regardless of location, to care for school-age children during the Declaration …

section .3200 - standards for two through five star rated Licenses 10a ncac 09 .3201 scope (a) This Section shall apply to all child care facilities that have met requirements for a one-star rated license and choose to apply for and earn a rated license of two-stars or higher. (b…

10A NCAC 09 .3202 application for a two through five star rated license (a) After a licensed child care facility has demonstrated compliance with applicable child care requirements while operating with a temporary license as set forth in Rules .0403 and .1701 of this Chapter, the…

10a ncac 09 .3203 program assessment pathway for child care centers (a) This Rule shall apply to child care centers, including centers located in a residence, that choose to earn a two through five-star rated license using the program assessment licensure pathway. (b) As used in …

10a Ncac 09 .3204 program assessment pathway for family child care homes (a) This Rule shall apply to operators of family child care homes that choose to earn a two through five-star rated license using the program assessment licensure pathway. (b) For purposes of this Rule, "str…

10a ncac 09 .3205 classroom and instructional quality pathway for child care centers (a) This Rule shall apply to child care centers that choose to earn two through five star rated license using the classroom and instructional quality licensure pathway. (b) As used in this Rule, …

10A NCAC 09 .3206 Classroom and instructional quality pathway for family child care homes (a) This Rule shall apply to family child care homes that choose to earn two through five-star rated license using the classroom and instructional quality licensure pathway. (b) For a family…

10A NCAC 09 .3207 accreditation and head start pathway for child care facilities (a) This Rule shall apply to child care facilities that choose to earn a two through five-star rated license using the accreditation and Head Start licensure pathway. (b) As used the Rule, "educators…

10a ncac 09 .3208 enhanced staff/child ratios for a rated license for child care centers (a) This Rule shall apply to evaluating the staff/child ratios and maximum group sizes for a rated license for child care centers. (b) Enhanced staff/child ratio means that the center shall c…

10a ncac 09 .3209 reduced, enhanced staff/child ratios for a rated license for child care centers (a) This Rule shall apply to evaluating the staff/child ratios and maximum group sizes for a rated license for child care centers. (b) Enhanced staff/child ratio means that the cente…

10A NCAC 09 .3210 enhanced space requirments for child care centers In order for a child care center to meet enhanced space requirements: (1) There shall be at least 30 square feet inside space per child per the total licensed capacity and 100 square feet outside space for each c…

10a ncac 09 .3211 Enhanced education standards for child care center on-site administrators (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of an on-site administrator, as defined in G.S. 110-86(2a), in a child care center. (b) A child care provider meets the two-star edu…

10a ncac 09 .3212 enhanced education standards for child care center lead teachers (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of a lead teacher, as defined by G.S. 110-86(5a), in a child care center. (b) A child care provider meets the two-star education standard for…

10a ncac 09 .3213 enhanced education standards for child care center teachers (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of a teacher, defined in Rule .0102(47) of this Chapter, for a child care center. (b) A child care provider meets the two-star education standard …

10a ncac 09 .3214 enhanced education standards for program coordinators in child care centers that provide care for school-age children (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of a program coordinator for a child care center that serves school-age children, as req…

10A ncac 09 .3215 enhanced education standards for group leaders in child care centers (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of a group leader for a child care center, as required by Rule .2510(c) of this Chapter. (b) A child care provider meets the two-star edu…

10a ncac 09 .3216 enhanced education standards for administrators of child care centers that only provide care for school-age children (a) This Rule and not Rule .3211 of this Section shall apply when evaluating the education of an administrator, as defined by G.S. 110-86(2a), fo…

10a ncac 09 .3217 Enhanced education standards for family child care home operators (a) This Rule shall apply when evaluating the education of a family child care home operator. (b) A child care provider meets the two-star education standard for a family child care home operator …

10a ncac 09 .3218 competency evaluations (a) This Rule shall apply to operators of a family child care home, lead teachers, and teachers that choose an education standard option in this Section that requires successful completion of a competency evaluation. (b) Successful complet…

10A NCAC 09 .3219 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS (a) The rule shall apply to child care centers that have earned a two through five-star rated license using the program assessment licensure pathway or the classroom and instructional quality licen…

10A ncac 09 .3220 family and community engagement standards for family child care home operators (a) This rule shall apply to operators of a family child care home that have earned a two through five-star rated license using the program assessment licensure pathway or the classro…

10A ncac 09 .3221 continuous quality improvement (cqi) standards (a) This rule shall apply to child care facilities that have earned a two through five star rated license using the program assessment licensure pathway or the classroom and instructional quality licensure pathway i…

10A NCAC 09 .3222 maintaining the star rating (a) A representative of the Division may make announced or unannounced visits to facilities to assess on-going compliance with requirements of a star rating after it has been issued. When the division representative documents violatio…

10A ncac 09 .3223 how an operator may request or appeal a change in rating (a) An operator may request a change in the star rating, including licensure pathway selection, by following the procedures in Rule .3202 of this Section. (b) After an initial four or five-star rating is i…

10A NCAC 09 .3224 recognition of quality initiatives (a) A child care operator may choose to request one or more areas of recognition to accompany the issuance of a two through five-star rated license earned through compliance with any licensure pathway requirement of this Sectio…

10A NCAC 09 .3225 Accrediting organizations and star rating equivalency (a) The Commission shall reassess an accreditation's star-rating equivalency, as set forth in Rule .3207 of this Section, if the standard for earning the accreditation is revised and may increase or decrease …

10A NCAC 09 .3226 Approval of formative assessments (a) The Commission may approve formative assessments to support implementation of classroom and instructional quality licensure requirements set forth in Rules .3205 and .3206 of this Section upon request. (b) The Commission sha…