Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Division 25 - Office of Childhood › Chapter 500 - Licensing Rules for Group Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers › Section 5 CSR 25-500.162 - Hourly Care Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment incorporates by reference the
				  Overlap Request form and clarifies how overlap is calculated and when it may be
				  utilized.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be
				  maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the
				  public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of
				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here.
The Child Care Facility Overlap Request form that is
				  incorporated by reference has been updated based on the comment..
(1) There may be situations (for example, to
				accommodate parents' work shifts, before- and after-school care or before- and
				after-summer camp care) when the number of children in care may exceed the
				licensed capacity of the facility at the time of overlap. The number in care
				shall never be more than one-third (1/3) over the licensed capacity of the
				facility at the time of overlap. The overlap period(s) shall not exceed two (2)
				hours total in any twenty-four- (24-) hour child-care day. The two (2) hours of
				available overlap time may be utilized in smaller time periods.
(2) Overlap care shall not be provided until
				a Child Care Facility Overlap Request form has been submitted and written
				approval has been received from the department. The Child Care Facility Overlap
				Request form, promulgated 2021, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as
				published by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, PO
				Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 651020480 and available by the department at
https://dese.mo.gov/childhood/forms
.
				This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or
				additions.
(3) Any changes in the
				hours of overlap care shall require a new overlap request form be submitted and
				approved.
(4) All procedures for
				admitting children shall be followed if a provider chooses to enroll children
				for overlap care.
(5) Staff/child
				ratios shall be maintained during overlap periods.
(6) Overlap shall be granted to an
				infant/toddler unit or to a preschool/school-age unit based on the licensed
				capacity of each unit. Overlap for infant/toddler units shall be calculated
				separately from the overlap of preschool/school-age units, with the required
				staff/child ratios maintained for each group. A provider may not use the time
				period for one (1) unit to increase the overlap period for the other
				unit.
(7) The overlap period(s)
				shall not exceed two (2) hours total daily for both infant/toddler and
				preschool/school-age children.
(8)
				Overlap approval shall not be granted to facilities licensed exclusively for
				before- and after-school child care programs.