Facilities must be approved as child care programs as required by PA 116. Optional program for public schools and academies. A yearly preapplication is due approximately January 20. Funding notification is usually mid-summer, pending the Governor's signing of the State Aid Act. Final applications are due by early September.
Funding is based on formula and preapplication needs assessment.
Curricula must be approved by the local board of education after holding two public meetings regarding the curriculum to be implemented. A school district may credit a student's participation in extracurricular activities involving physical activity as meeting the physical education requirement. School district decides how much health and physical education is required and whether waivers for physical education will be allowed. Each school district must submit the list of new entrants and their immunization status to the local health department each November 1 and February 1 of a school year. Except in an emergency, the medication must be given in the presence of another adult.