Title 17. Education

Chapter 1. General School Law

Part X-B. Early Learning Center Licensing

17:407.38      Transitional provisions; applicable regulations

A. Until such time as rules are promulgated by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to implement the types of licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36, early learning centers shall continue to follow the administrative rules contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code for the licensure of Class A and Class B child care facilities.

B. The administrative rules contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services that govern or are applicable to the programs and operations transferred from the Department of Children and Family Services to the Department of Education shall continue to be effective until the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education promulgates rules to implement the types of licenses required by R.S. 17:407.36.

C. Upon promulgation by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education of rules to implement the three types of licenses:

(1) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class B license shall be issued a Type I license as provided by rule, unless the center meets the definition of a Type II license, in which case it shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.

(2) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meet the definition of a Type II license shall be issued a Type II license as provided by rule.

(3) All existing early learning centers possessing a Class A license that meets the definition of a Type III license shall be issued a Type III license as provided by rule.

D. Any early learning center that intends to change its license type at any time during the following calendar year shall apply for a new license no later than December first of the preceding year. This Subsection shall not apply to early learning centers changing location or ownership that are required to apply for a new license.

E. The department shall maintain on its website all the information that is required by state and federal funding sources, which shall be easily accessible to the public, including but not limited to program statistics for the Child Care Assistance Program that includes monthly and year-end fiscal year totals of the number of children and amount of benefits of the current year and previous years back to 2004, monthly statistics of the number of children and the amount of benefits by parish, applications processed by parish, unduplicated count of paid providers by month, redeterminations, and cases by parish and fiscal year. The department shall also include information on each licensed facility for the last fifteen visits, including licensed capacity, license type, and current rating.

Added by Acts 2014, No. 868, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Amended by Acts 2015, No. 297, § 1.