DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES
Office of Child Care Licensing
PUBLIC NOTICE
Requirements for Day Care Centers
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, pursuant to 31 Del.C. Chapter 3, Subchapter II, Subsections 341-345, and 29 Del.C. Chapter 90, Subsection 9003 (7), Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing is proposing to revise the Delacare: Requirements For Day Care Centers that were previously adopted in 1988. A task force consisting primarily of early care and education and school-age care program directors along with Licensing Specialists and those whose interests could be affected by the rule changes reviewed the proposed revisions and reached consensus on each rule. These proposed revisions represents the task force’s and the Office of Child Care Licensing’s efforts to improve standards based on what we have learned through research and experience since last revising this set of rules. Over the years, we have become increasingly aware of what children really need from early care and education and school-age care experiences to optimally develop, stay safe and healthy, and learn in order to be ready for and succeed in school.
Written comments on the rule changes will be accepted until March 5, 2004 and should be addressed to the Office of Child Care Licensing, 1825 Faulkland Road, Wilmington, DE 19805, Attention: Lynn Jezyk, Rule Development Manager. Comments will also be heard at public hearings scheduled as follows:
Public Hearing Schedule
• Tuesday, February 17, 2004, beginning at 7:00PM, at Del Tech, Wilmington Campus, Conference Rooms A & B, Southeast Building, Orange Street.
• Wednesday, February 18, 2004, beginning at 7:00PM, at Del Tech, Stanton Campus, Conference Room A – 114/116, Main Building, 1st Floor
• Wednesday, February 25, 2004, beginning at 7:00PM, at Del Tech, Georgetown Campus, Lecture Hall, William A. Carter Partnership Center
• Thursday, February 26, 2004, beginning at 7:00PM, at Del Tech, Dover Campus, Downes Lecture Hall, Terry Building
(For information on cancellations of the Public Hearings due to inclement weather, please check the Office of Child Care Licensing website, http://www.state.de.us/kids/occl.htm or call the Office of Child Care Licensing in Wilmington, 892-5800 or in Dover, 739-5487 or listen to your local radio station.)
* Please Note: Due to the length of the Proposed Regulation (Delacare: Requirements For Day Care Centers) the full-text is not being printed. Full-text copies of the regulation are available from the Registrar or may be viewed on the Register of Regulation website
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