UPDATE: Child Care Commission Adopts Temporary Rules for School-Age Care 

At a meeting on Oct. 5, the NC Child Care Commission adopted “Temporary Rules” (10A NCAC 09 .3101-.3104) regarding care for school-age children during the current State of Emergency. The Temporary Rules have been in effect since August 14 as “Emergency Rules,” which the Commission approved on Aug. 5 for 60 days. 

Now that they’ve been adopted as Temporary Rules, the Rules Review Commission (RRC) will review them at its next regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 15. Once approved by the RRC, they will become effective for 270 days (until Aug 13, 2021) unless the State of Emergency caused by the pandemic ends sooner. 

As previously reported, the temporary rules are intended to help address the need for full-day school age care during the pandemic with many public schools still not open for in-person learning. They include changes to help licensed centers expand capacity for school-age care for those that want to do so.

Commission members also heard from DCDEE Director Ariel Ford, who gave a brief Director’s Report that included the following: 

• Child care funding from the NC General Assembly’s September “special session” (slides 2-4), 
  
• Eligibility requirements and reimbursement rates for school-age care/remote-learning support during the pandemic (slides 5-7), and 
  
• Updated payment policies for the Subsidized Child Care Program that were effective with the September service month (slides 7-8).
  

Director Ford’s presentation can be accessed on the NCLCCA website HERE.

An updated list of NC Child Care Commission members can be found on the NCLCCA website HERE.   The Commission had eight of its 17 members with terms expiring on June 30, 2020. Four were reappointed by the Governor and three were reappointed by state legislators. Only one member with an expiring term was replaced – The Office of the Senate President Pro Temp appointed Brooke L. Child to fill the expiring term of Rev. Charles F. McDowell III.