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1.The board of directors of a school corporation may operate or contract for the
operation of a program to provide child care to children not enrolled in school or to students
enrolled in kindergarten through grade six before and after school, or to both. Programs
operated or contracted by a board shall be licensed by the department of health and human
services under chapter 237A as a child care center unless the program is exempt from
licensure under chapter 237A. Notwithstanding requirements of the department of health
and human services regarding space allocated to child care centers licensed under chapter
237A, a program operated or contracted by a board which is located on school grounds
may define alternative spaces, in policy and procedures, appropriate to meet the needs of
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1. The board of directors of a school corporation may operate or contract for the
operation of a program to provide child care to children not enrolled in school or to students
enrolled in kindergarten through grade six before and after school, or to both. Programs
operated or contracted by a board shall be licensed by the department of health and human
services under chapter 237A as a child care center unless the program is exempt from
licensure under chapter 237A. Notwithstanding requirements of the department of health
and human services regarding space allocated to child care centers licensed under chapter
237A, a program operated or contracted by a board which is located on school grounds
may define alternative spaces, in policy and procedures, appropriate to meet the needs of
children in the program if the primary space is required for another use.
2. a. The person employed to be responsible for a program operated or contracted by a
board shall collaborate with that board in the operation of that program.
b. An employee of a program operated or contracted by a board shall be subject to a
background investigation at least once every five years after the employee’s initial date of
hire.
3. The facilities housing a program operated under this section shall comply with
standards adopted by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing
for school buildings under chapter 10A, subchapter V, part 2. In addition, if a program
involves children who are younger than school age, the facilities housing those children
shall meet the fire safety standards which would apply to that age of child in a child care
facility licensed by the department of health and human services.
4. The board may establish a fee for the cost of participation in a child care program
authorized under this section. The fee shall be established pursuant to a sliding fee schedule
based upon staffing costs and other expenses and a family’s ability to pay. If a fee is
established, the parent or guardian of a child participating in a program shall be responsible
for payment of any agreed upon fee. The board may require the parent or guardian to
furnish transportation of the child.
5. The board may utilize or make application for program subsidies from any existing
child care funding streams.
6. The components of programs established under this section for child care shall
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include, but are not limited to, parental involvement in program design and direction,
activities designed to further children’s physical, mental, and emotional development, and a
parental education component to educate parents about the physical, mental, and emotional
development of children.