470 Ind. Admin. Code 3-4.7-30

Current through September 4, 2024

Section 470 IAC 3-4.7-30 - Early childhood practicum students

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 30.

(a) Centers may count early childhood practicum students under eighteen (18) years of age in child/staff ratios with the following conditions:

(1) They attend a high school early childhood program.

(2) They are seventeen (17) years of age or sixteen (16) years of age if working at their on-site vocational child care center.

(3) They are assigned to a lead caregiver who provides supervision at all times.

(4) They are never left alone with a group of children.

(5) They are not counted in the child/staff ratio of infant or toddler rooms.

(b) Early childhood practicum students from colleges or universities may serve in any capacity for which they are qualified.

470 IAC 3-4.7-30

Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-30; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 126; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA

Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA