8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1402-1-2.241

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.241 - MOBILE PART-DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS

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.

8 CCR 1402-1-2.241

46 CR 22, November 25, 2023, effective 12/15/2023