After School Care / School-Age Care

Definitions:

1. “Before-School and After-School site” refers to a program that provides child care for children who are at least 5 years old and are enrolled in and attend a kindergarten program or grades one and above during a school district’s academic calendar year. This is limited to programs that provide care only before and after the recognized hours of a district’s school day and on teacher planning days, holidays, and intercessions that occur during the school district’s official academic calendar year.
2. “School-Age Child” means a child who is at least 5 years of age by September 1st of the beginning of the school year and who attends kindergarten through grade five.
3. “School-Aged Child Care Program” means a Religious Exemption from Licensure child care program serving school-aged children as defined in #1.
4. Capacity: Rooms that are set up and used for sedentary activities must have a minimum of 20 square feet of usable floor space per child.
5. The program environment must provide dedicated usable safe space for all activities during hours of operation.
6. The space must be arranged to be conducive for simultaneous social, recreational and educational activities.
7. The outdoor space must be sufficient and safe to allow freedom of movement without collisions among active children. There must be a minimum of 45 square feet of usable safe and sanitary outdoor play area for each school-age child.
8. Ratios: the staff to child ratio must be at least one (1) child care personnel for every twenty-five (25) school-age children in care (1:25).

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