Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1795 Parent Partnerships with Child Development Centers

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 88 — MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND MILITARY CHILD CARE › SUBCHAPTER II — MILITARY CHILD CARE › § 1795

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must require every military child development center to have a parents' board made up of parents whose children attend the center. The board must meet regularly with center staff and the base commander to talk about concerns, and it helps run a parent participation program. The Secretary must also require a parent participation program at each center and may offer lower child-care fees for parents who take part.

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Title 10, §1795

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Parent Boards.—

The Secretary of Defense shall require that there be established at each military child development center a board of parents, to be composed of parents of children attending the center. The board shall meet periodically with staff of the center and the commander of the installation served by the center for the purpose of discussing problems and concerns. The board, together with the staff of the center, shall be responsible for coordinating the parent participation program described in subsection (b).

(b)Parent Participation Programs.—

The Secretary of Defense shall require the establishment of a parent participation program at each military child development center. As part of such program, the Secretary of Defense may establish fees for attendance of children at such a center, in the case of parents who participate in the parent participation program at that center, at rates lower than the rates that otherwise apply.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1795

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110