Background:
Amended Substitute House Bill 33 of the 135th Ohio
General Assembly revised Section 5104.015 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC), which
lists minimum qualifications for employment as an administrator and child care
staff member in an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) licensed
child care center. The revision removed holding or obtaining a bachelor's,
master's, or doctoral degree from the qualification and education requirements
for administrators and child care staff members.
Rule 5101:2-12-08 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) meets the
above criteria for child care staff member employment. ODJFS is revising the
minimum education requirements for child care center administrators in rule
5101:2-12-07 of the OAC to align with revised ORC.
Rule Revisions:
Rule 5101:2-12-07 "Administrator
Responsibilities, Requirements and Qualifications for a Licensed Child Care
Center" has been revised
with the following changes:
Revised rule language in compliance with Section 121.95 of the
Ohio Revised Code requiring the department to remove regulatory restriction
language
Removed paragraph (A)(4)(b) since the December 19, 2021 deadline
for grandfathered administrators has expired
Appendix A to Rule 5101:2-12-07 "Administrator
Qualifications" has
been revised with the following changes:
- Clarified language in the first paragraph to change
"items listed under education" to "educational options (A
through L)"
- Removed "bachelor, master, or doctoral or
other post-graduate" and revised educational option A to state
"Minimum of an associate degree in child development, early childhood
education or related field approved by the Ohio department of job and family
services (ODJFS). Must be from an accredited college, university or technical
college"
- Clarified language in educational option B to
state "A minimum of a current prekindergarten associate license issued by
the Ohio department of education (ODE)"
- Revised educational option G to state
"Current designation under a minimum of a career pathways level
three"
Questions:
Please contact the Child Care Policy Help Desk at childcarepolicy@jfs.ohio.gov or
1-877-302-2347, option 4, if you have any questions.