<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:17:22"><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000000">67:42:17:22</span></a><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000001">.  Center and school-age program ratio -- Mixed age group.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0"> </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">A program that serves twenty or fewer children, and routinely operates a mixed age group, shall meet a ratio of ten children to one staff. Each provider may care for a maximum of four children under the age of two, with no more than two children under the age of one</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">A center program that serves more than twenty children in a mixed age group, must</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">(1)  </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">Maintain a ratio of five children to one staff, if the group includes three or more children under the age of three; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">In all other circumstances, maintain the children to staff ratio that is based on the age range of the majority of children in the group</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">Children of program employees must be included in determining the children to staff ratio</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0"> </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">49 SDR 124, effective July 3, 2023</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">    </span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">(5)(6)</span><span class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11d17c3c-fd85-4c7c-bfee-ae01bb34144f000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>