Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3280 - GROUP CHILD CARE HOMES › SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS › Section 3280.221 - Requirements specific to school-age programs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) If a child is required to be enrolled in
						public or private school under the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P.S.
						§§
													1-101-27-2702) and if the child
						is not enrolled and if the child is not exempted from enrollment under the
						Public School Code, a child care facility may not admit the child for care
						during the hours when the child is required by law to attend public or private
						school.
(b) A facility or a space
						in a facility in which care is provided exclusively to school-age children
						shall comply only with the following:
(1)
General provisions
. Sections
						3280.1-3280.4 (relating to general
						provisions).
(2)
General
						requirements
. Sections
						3280.11-3280.26 (relating to general
						requirements).
(3)
Staff
						persons and volunteers
. Sections 3280.31-3280.34.
(4)
Staff:child ratio
.
						Sections 3280.51, 3280.52(b) and 3280.53
						(relating to staff:child ratio).
(5)
Physical site:
(i) Physical site requirements do not apply
						for a school-age program located in a school building that is under section
						776.1 of the Public School Code of
						1949 (24 P. S. §
															7-776.1);
						specifically, a program operated for school-age children in a public or private
						school building, a building used by an intermediate unit, or an area
						vocational-technical school building which meets the physical site requirements
						acceptable to the Department of Education.
(ii) A school-age program not located in a
						school building referenced in subparagraph (i) must comply with requirements
						located in §§ 3280.61, 3280.62, 3280.64, 3280.67, 3280.69,
						3280.72(a), 3280.73, 3280.74, 3280.76, 3280.78, 3280.79 and 3280.81(a) and
						(c).
(6)
Firesafety
. Sections
						3280.91(a) and
						3280.92-3280.94 (relating to firesafety).
(7)
Equipment
. Sections
						3280.101, 3280.102(a)-(c) and (g), 3280.107 and 3280.108.
(8)
Program
. Sections
						3280.111, 3280.113, 3280.115(a) and (b), 3280.116 and 3280.118.
(9)
Procedures for
						admission
. Sections
						3280.121-3280.124 (relating to procedures
						for admission). When a school-age child attends the facility 15 hours or less
						per week, the operator is not required to complete the Department's approved
						form to provide information to the family about the child's growth and
						development in the context of the services being provided referenced in §
						3280.124(a)(3).
(10)
Child
						health
. Sections
						3280.131-3280.134(a) and
						3280.136-3280.138. An equivalent health
						report completed by a school is acceptable as documentation of child health for
						a school-age child.
(11)
Adult health
. Sections 3280.151-3280.153, 3280.154(a) and
						3280.155 (relating to adult health).
(12)
Nutrition:
(i) In a facility operating a school-age
						program for fewer than 4 consecutive hours, the nutrition requirements do not
						apply.
(ii) If a program operates
						for 4 or more consecutive hours or if a program provides meals or snacks, the
						primary staff person shall comply with §§
						3280.161-3280.165.
(13)
Transportation:
(i) A
						facility is exempt from transportation requirements when children attending
						care at the facility are transported in vehicles owned and operated by the
						school district in which the facility is located.
(ii) A facility not operating under the
						provisions referenced in subparagraph (i) shall comply with requirements
						located in §§
														3280.171-3280.178 (relating to
						transportation).
(14)
Child records
. Sections
						3280.181 -3280.185 (relating to
						child records).
(15)
Adult
						records
. Sections
						3280.191 -3280.193 (relating to
						adult records).
(16)
Special exceptions
. Sections 3280.211-3280.213 and
						3280.215.
(17)
Telephone
. Staff persons shall have immediate access to a
						working telephone on the facility premises. If a land-line telephone is not
						accessible to staff persons during the hours of facility operation, a wireless
						telephone is acceptable.