Code of Colorado Regulations
1400 - Department of Early Childhood
1402 - Division of Early Learning, Licensing, and Administration
8 CCR 1402-1 - CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSING RULES AND REGULATIONS
DROP-IN, PART DAY, MOBILE PART-DAY PRESCHOOL, TEEN PARENT PROGRAMS, AND CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND PRESCHOOLS OPERATED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.241 - MOBILE PART-DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
Universal Citation: 1400 CO Code Regs 8 CCR 1402-1-2.241
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. Policies
1. Written schedules must be
provided to parent(s)/guardian(s) and the Department. Any changes to location
must be provided to parent(s)/guardian(s) and the Department in
advance.
2. The program must have
an emergency evacuation plan and location.
a.
The program must develop a plan for transporting children, specific to each
mobile unit, in the case of an emergency. The plan must be approved by the
Department prior to caring for children.
B. Staff Qualifications
1. There must be a large child care center
qualified director available during operating hours. A director can oversee
multiple mobile preschool programs under the same governing body.
2. Each mobile preschool program must have a
qualified early childhood teacher on site.
C. Supervision
Children must be directly supervised when entering and exiting the mobile preschool.
D. Child Care Equipment and Materials
1. A variety of
developmentally appropriate materials, equipment, and learning activities from
the following categories must be available so that for any one time at least
half of the children for which the program is licensed can be individually
involved:
a. Art;
b. Blocks and accessories;
c. Books and pictures;
d. Imaginative play;
e. Manipulatives;
f. Music; and
g. Science and math.
E. Facility Requirements
1. The mobile unit must be parked and
appropriately secured prior to children arriving for care.
2. The use of handwashing sinks and toilets
not located within the facility must be approved by the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment.
3.
If the mobile preschool is approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment to use a toilet located outside of the facility, there must be
one (1) additional staff member, who is an assistant early childhood teacher or
an early childhood teacher, to properly supervise and accompany the children to
the toilet facilities.
4. If the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment approves the use of a
public restroom, the restroom must not be shared with the public during the
hours the preschool is in operation.
5. There must be a minimum of fifteen (15)
square feet per child in the mobile classroom.
6. The mobile preschool must be capable of
maintaining a draft-free temperature of a minimum of sixty-eight (68) degrees
Fahrenheit.
7. The program must
have safely accessible access to an outdoor area for daily planned activities,
during inclement weather, an indoor space must be available for gross motor
activities.
a. Programs who qualify for an
outdoor space hardship per rule section 2.232(B)(1), must provide daily
physical gross motor activities indoors.
F. Safety
1. Space heaters must have screens, a safety
overheat protection, a safety trip-over switch, and be inaccessible to
children.
2. The mobile preschool
must have two (2) means of emergency egress.
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