§ 17:407.38 — Transitional provisions; applicable regulations

Louisiana § 17:407.38

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§407.38. Transitional provisions; applicable regulations
A. Until such time as rules are promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and
Secondary Education to implement the types of licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36, early
learning centers shall continue to follow the administrative rules contained in the Louisiana
Administrative Code for the licensure of Class A and Class B child care facilities.
B. The administrative rules contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code
promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services that govern or are
applicable to the programs and operations transferred from the Department of Children and
Family Services to the Department of Education shall continue to be effective until the State
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education promulgates rules to implement the types of
licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36.
C. Upon promulgation by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
of rules to implement the three types of licenses:
(1) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class B license shall be issued
a Type I license as provided by rule, unless the center meets the definition of a Type II
license, in which case it shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.
(2) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meet the
definition of a Type II license shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.
(3) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meets the
definition of a Type III license shall be issued a Type III license as provided by rule.
D. Any early learning center that intends to change its license type at any time during
the following calendar year shall apply for a new license no later than December first of the
preceding year. This Subsection shall not apply to early learning centers changing location
or ownership that are required to apply for a new license.
E. The department shall maintain on its website all the information that is required
by state and federal funding sources, which shall be easily accessible to the public, including
but not limited to program statistics for the Child Care Assistance Program that includes
monthly and year-end fiscal year totals of the number of children and amount of benefits of
the current year and previous years back to 2004, monthly statistics of the number of children
and the amount of benefits by parish, applications processed by parish, unduplicated count
of paid providers by month, redeterminations, and cases by parish and fiscal year. The
department shall also include information on each licensed facility for the last fifteen visits,
including licensed capacity, license type, and current rating.

Legislative History

Acts 2014, No. 868, §2, eff. Oct., 1, 2014; Acts 2015, No. 297, §1.