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 3270 - CHILD CARE CENTERS › SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS › Section 3270.241 - 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 sections:
(1)
General provisions
.
						Sections 3270.1 -3270.4 (relating to
						general provisions).
(2)
General requirements
. Sections
						3270.11 -3270.27 (relating to
						general requirements).
(3)
Staff persons and volunteers
. Sections
						3270.31,
						3270.32 and
						3270.33(a), (b) and (d)
						 (relating to age and training; suitability
						of persons in the facility; and general requirements for facility persons).
						Special requirements for director, group supervisor and assistant group
						supervisor are set forth in subsection (c).
(4)
Staff-child ratio
.
						Sections 3270.51,
						3270.53 and
						3270.54 (relating to similar age
						level; children of an operator or a staff person; and minimum number of
						facility persons in the child care facility).
(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 in
						§§ 3270.61, 3270.62, 3270.64, 3270.67, 3270.69, 3270.72(a), 3270.73,
						3270.74, 3270.76, 3270.78, 3270.79 and 3270.82(a), (b) and (h).
(6)
Fire safety
.
						Sections 3270.91(a), 3270.92-3270.94 (relating to fire safety).
(7)
Equipment
. Sections
						3270.101, 3270.102(a)-(c) and (g), 3270.104, 3270.107 and 3270.108.
(8)
Program
. Sections
						3270.111, 3270.113, 3270.115(a) and (b), 3270.116 and 3270.118.
(9)
Procedures for
						admission
. Sections
						3270.121-3270.124 (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 §
						3270.124(a)(3).
(10)
Child
						health
. Sections
						3270.131-3270.134(a) and
						3270.136-3270.138. An equivalent health
						report completed by a school is acceptable as documentation of child health for
						a school-age child.
(11)
Adult health
. Sections 3270.151-3270.154(a) and
						3270.155.
(12)
Nutrition.
(i) In a facility
						operating a school-age program for fewer than 4 consecutive hours, none of the
						nutrition requirements applies.
(ii) If a program operates for 4 or more
						consecutive hours or if a program provides meals or snacks, the facility
						director shall comply with §§ 3270.161-3270.165.
(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
						§§
														3270.171 -3270.178 (relating to
						transportation).
(14)
Child records
. Sections 3270.181-3270.185 (relating to child
						records).
(15)
Adult
						records
. Sections 3270.191-3270.193 (relating to adult
						records).
(16)
Special
						exemptions
. Sections
						3270.231-3270.233 (relating to staff
						qualifications; indoor and outdoor space and capacity; and play
						surfaces).
(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.