Updated Emergency Rules adopted to continue required COVID-mitigation strategies
12/21/2020
Mike DeWine, Governor
Paolo DeMaria, Superintendent of Public Instruction
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To: All Ohio Department of Education-Licensed Preschool and School-Age Child Care Providers
From: Wendy Grove, PhD, Director, Office of Early Learning and School Readiness
Date: December 18, 2020
On December 15, 2020, the State Board of Education adopted emergency rules that reflect the continued need for COVID-mitigation efforts within our preschool and school-age child care programs. In addition to the existing rules regulating preschool and school-age child programs, the emergency rules added new symptoms to the symptom check requirement, additional handwashing requirements, and maintain existing requirements for face coverings. The emergency rules also clarify notification of the Ohio Departments of Health and Education when a program has a positive case of COVID-19. On December 16, 2020 Governor DeWine signed the
Executive Order 2020-41D which made these rules effective immediately.
Ohio Department of Education-licensed
preschool programs must operate in accordance with the emergency rule linked below in addition to the existing preschool licensing rules: Existing
preschool licensing rules; Emergency rule
(3301-37-03.1) and link to rule
5101:2-12-02.2.
Ohio Department of Education-licensed
school-age child care programs must operate in accordance with the emergency rule linked below in addition to the existing school-age child care licensing rules: Existing
School-Age Child Care rules; Emergency rule
(3301-32-06.1) and link to rules
5101:2-12-02.2 and
5101:2-12-02.3.
Detailed preschool (birth - not in kindergarten) program licensing information and contact information for Program Specialists can be found on this page:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/Preschool-Licensing
Detailed School-age (in kindergarten or above) child care program licensing information and contact information for Program Specialists can be found on this page:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/School-Age-Child-Care-Licensing