Latch key programs; required compliance

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a school age child care program (commonly referred to as a latch key program) operated by a nonprofit or for-profit organization under section 1 or 2 of this chapter.

(b) Before awarding a contract to operate a child care program described in subsection (a), a school corporation must comply with IC 5-22-9.

(c) In a request for proposals prepared under subsection (b), a school corporation must require each responding organization to specify the fee schedule the organization proposes to charge parents for the use of the child care program.

(d) An organization that operates a child care program described in subsection (a) must comply with the guidelines developed by the department and the school corporation for child care programs described in subsection (a).

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-5-2-1.7.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.10.