279.49 - CHILD CARE PROGRAMS.
279.49 CHILD CARE PROGRAMS.
1. For the purposes of this section unless the context otherwise
requires, "child care program" means child care that is not
licensed or approved by the department of human services under
chapter 237A except as provided under this section.
2. The board of directors of a school corporation may operate or
contract for the operation of a program to provide child care to
children not enrolled in school or to students enrolled in
kindergarten through grade six before and after school, or to both.
Programs operated or contracted by a board shall either meet
standards for child care programs adopted by the state board of
education or shall be licensed by the department of human services
under chapter 237A as a child care center. A program operated by a
board under contract which is not located on property owned or leased
by the board must be licensed by the department of human services.
3. The person employed to be responsible for a program operated
or contracted by a board that is not licensed by the department of
human services shall be an appropriately licensed teacher under
chapter 272 or shall meet other standards adopted by the state board
of education.
4. The facilities housing a program operated under this section
shall comply with standards adopted by the state fire marshal for
school buildings under chapter 100. In addition, if a program
involves children who are younger than school age, the facilities
housing those children shall meet the fire safety standards which
would apply to that age of child in a child care facility licensed by
the department of human services.
5. The board may establish a fee for the cost of participation in
a child care program authorized under this section. The fee shall be
established pursuant to a sliding fee schedule based upon staffing
costs and other expenses and a family's ability to pay. If a fee is
established, the parent or guardian of a child participating in a
program shall be responsible for payment of any agreed upon fee. The
board may require the parent or guardian to furnish transportation of
the child.
6. The board may utilize or make application for program
subsidies from any existing child care funding streams.
7. The components of programs established under this section for
child care shall include, but are not limited to, parental
involvement in program design and direction, activities designed to
further children's physical, mental, and emotional development, and a
parental education component to educate parents about the physical,
mental, and emotional development of children. Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 173, §26; 89 Acts, ch 206, § 10; 89 Acts, ch 265, §
40; 92 Acts, ch 1212, § 27; 94 Acts, ch 1175, §8; 99 Acts, ch 192,
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Referred to in § 237A.1, 256.9, 256A.3, 280.3A, 298A.12