1597.21
. The following requirements shall apply to schoolage day
care centers:
(a) The State Department of Social Services shall permit the
substitution of 20 training hours for each required unit of
education.
(b) In addition to an administration course consisting of three
units or 60 training hours and three units or 60 training hours in
early childhood education, child development, or schoolage child
courses, the site director may, as an alternative to existing
regulations, complete nine core units or 180 training hours from the
following:
(1) Recreation, which includes, but is not limited to, art, music,
and dance.
(2) Physical education, which includes, but is not limited to,
indoor and outdoor sports activities.
(3) Human services and social welfare, which includes, but is not
limited to, nursing, psychology, sociology, or home economics.
(4) Units earned toward an elementary or middle school teaching
credential.
(5) Early childhood education, child development, or schoolage
child units.
A director is required to complete 12 units or 240 training hours
prior to employment. The remaining three units must be completed
within one year of employment.
(c) The State Department of Social Services shall expand the list
of college degrees that satisfy current site director educational
requirements to include degrees in recreation, physical education,
human services, and social welfare, as described in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b), and education, as described in paragraphs (2) and
(4) of subdivision (b).
(d) As an alternative to satisfying the educational requirements
of teachers contained in the regulations, a teacher may substitute 12
units or 240 training hours in any combination of the following:
(1) Recreation, which includes, but is not limited to, art, music,
and dance.
(2) Physical education, which includes, but is not limited to,
indoor and outdoor sports activities.
(3) Human services and social welfare, which includes, but is not
limited to, nursing, psychology, sociology, or home economics.
(4) Units earned toward an elementary or middle school teaching
credential.
(5) Early childhood education, child development, or schoolage
child units.
A teacher is required to complete six units or 120 training hours
prior to employment.
(e) The department shall accept the following alternative types of
experience for site directors and teachers, if the experience was
obtained working directly with children: classroom teaching or
teacher assisting experience in elementary or middle school
education; paid or volunteer work experience in physical education or
recreation programs; college work-study or internship in recreation
or youth development; paid or volunteer work experience in human
services as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b); or paid or
volunteer work experience in school guidance or in other counseling
programs.
(f) In addition to existing approved sources of education, the
following are approved sources of education that may be used to
satisfy the education required of staff at a schoolage child care
center:
(1) Vocational school training in recreation, physical education,
human services, social welfare, and education as described in
subdivisions (b) and (d).
(2) Professional training that qualifies as continuing education
credits in the child care or elementary education area.
(3) Standard training programs that are provided by statewide or
nationally recognized or community-based youth service organizations
and offered or approved by an accredited educational institution or
the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
(g) Upon the receipt of a completed application for a license to
operate a schoolage day care program at a functioning schoolsite from
an organization that is currently licensed to operate a schoolage
day care program at another site, the department shall have 30 days
to make a final determination on whether to issue a license to
operate the program. A functioning schoolsite shall meet the
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) of Section
1596.806.
(h) (1) If the department, for any reason, is unable to comply
with subdivision (g), it shall, within 30 days of the receipt of the
application described in subdivision (g), grant a provisional license
to the applicant to operate for a period not to exceed six months.
The provisional license shall be granted provided the department has
conducted a site visit and has not found any life safety risks, the
criminal records clearances are complete, and the school fire
inspection has been verified. The requirement for criminal records
clearances may be satisfied by transfer of current criminal records
clearances, pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 1596.871. For
purposes of a schoolage day care program operating on a functioning
schoolsite, the school fire inspection shall be accepted as
sufficient fire clearance.
(2) While a provisional license is in effect, the department shall
continue its investigation and shall make a final determination on
the application prior to the expiration of the provisional license.
If the department does not issue a provisional license pursuant to
paragraph (1), the department shall follow the procedures for
notifying applicants as set forth in subdivision (d) of Section
1596.96.