§ 10-550i — Policies and procedures re Early Start CT and infant, toddler and school-age ratios, groups and teacher staffing requirements.

Connecticut § 10-550i

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 10: Education and Culture
• Ch. 184c: Office of Early Childhood

Text

(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall implement policies and procedures necessary to (1) administer the provisions of sections 10-550 to 10-550h, inclusive, (2) implement infant and toddler and school-age ratios and group size requirements, and (3) implement head teacher staffing requirements for programs that serve only school-age children, while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form. (b) Any existing regulations relating to infant and toddler and school-age ratios, group size requirements and head teacher staffing requirements for programs that serve only school-age children that are generally applicable to child care centers and group child care homes shall continue to be applicable to such centers and homes that serve infants and toddlers and school-age children until replaced and superseded by the policies and procedures described in this section. (c) The commissioner shall post notice of the intent to adopt regulations on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.

Legislative History

(P.A. 24-78, S. 33.) History: P.A. 24-78 effective May 30, 2024.