Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-32 - School Child Program › Section 3301-32-03 - Staff requirements and ratios

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Staff/child
			 ratios shall be at least one staff member caring for eighteen school children
			 who are five years old, but less than eleven years old; or at least one staff
			 member caring for every twenty school children who are eleven years old, but
			 less than fifteen years old.
(B)
								The maximum group
			 size shall not exceed twice the maximum number of children allowed per staff
			 member as required in paragraph (A) of this rule. When there is a combination
			 of ages within a group of school children, the age of the youngest school child
			 shall determine the maximum number of children per staff member. There may be
			 multiple groups at one site.
(C)
								When one to
			 eighteen children are in attendance, one staff member or responsible individual
			 who is at least eighteen years of age shall be in attendance and, at a minimum,
			 at least one other responsible individual shall be accessible in the building
			 in which the program is located. At least two staff members shall be present on
			 field trips including seven or more participating children.
(D)
								At a minimum, one
			 administrator shall be present on site at least fifty per cent of the operating
			 hours of the school child program.
(E)
								Staff/child
			 ratios established in this rule shall be maintained for each program
			 site.
(F)
								Staff members shall at all times accompany and
			 supervise children at swimming sites including, but not limited to, public or
			 private swimming pools. Swimming sites not on the same premises as the program
			 shall be approved and supervised by local authorities. Activities in bodies of
			 water eighteen inches in depth shall be supervised by persons who are currently
			 certified as lifeguards or water safety instructors by the American red cross,
			 YMCA, or an equivalent water safety program. Swimming in lakes, rivers, or
			 ponds is unallowable.
(G)
								The program shall provide enough staff members to meet
			 the ratio requirement at all times during swimming and water play
			 activities.
(H)
								The file for any individuals used to meet ratio or left
			 alone with a child is to include, at a minimum:
(1)
									A current profile
			 in the Ohio professional registry (OPR);
(2)
									Evidence they are
			 at least eighteen years old;
(3)
									A high school
			 diploma or equivalency;
(4)
									Orientation training as prescribed by the department,
			 completed within thirty calendar days of the staff member's start
			 date;
(5)
									Program policies and procedures orientation training
			 completed prior to or within seven calendar days of the first scheduled date of
			 attendance on the job, except that the discipline policy and procedures shall
			 be reviewed before working with children;
(6)
									In-service hours
			 as set forth in section
			 3301.54
			 of the Revised Code and then annually as follows:
(a)
										If the individual
			 works twenty nine hours or less a week then 2.5 hours of in-service is to be
			 completed; or
(b)
										If the individual works thirty hours or more a week,
			 then five hours of inservice is to be completed;
(7)
									A medical
			 statement signed by a licensed physician assistant, advanced practice
			 registered nurse, or a certified nurse practitioner that documents that they
			 are free of communicable disease and fit to work with children. The
			 documentation should be dated on or before the first day of employment; not
			 more than twelve months prior to employment and up to thirty days after
			 employment;
(8)
									Evidence of criminal record checks and five-year
			 updates that meets the following:
(a)
										The requirements as prescribed in section
			 3301.541
			 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, rehabilitation criteria as described in
			 rules
			 3301-20-01
			 and
			 3301-20-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(b)
										The background
			 check requirements as prescribed in rule
			 5101:2-12-09
			 of the Administrative Code and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
			 of 2014,
			 P.L.
			 113-186 (11/19/2014), 128 Stat. 1971 (2014),
			 42 USC
			 9858 (CCDBG Act of 2014) for programs
			 contracted to provide publicly funded child care services;
(9)
									Documentation of current age appropriate first aid, age
			 appropriate CPR, recognition and prevention of communicable disease and child
			 abuse recognition reporting and prevention training in accordance with rule
			 5101:2-12-10
			 of the Administrative Code; and
(10)
									If authorized to
			 administer medication, documentation of medication administrating training in
			 accordance with section
			 3313.713
			 of the Revised Code.