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Nineteen states require that six developmental domains be addressed in program activities. This is an improvement from 13 states in 2007. Four states do not require that any developmental domains be addressed in classroom activities. In 2007, 10 states had no requirements at all with regard to developmental domains for children.
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Only 12 states license both child care centers and all family child care homes. Only six states require monitoring visits of child care centers four or more times a year. Nine states do not even require an Associate’s degree for licensing staff. Only 17 states post reports on both regular monitoring and inspections due to complaints on the Internet. In addition three states have posted information about routine inspections, and another three states have posted information about inspections from complaints.
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Only one state has maximum group size requirements in compliance with NAEYC standards and has staff-child ratios in compliance with NAEYC standards for all seven targeted age groups.
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Twenty-two states do not require NAEYC group size recommendations for any of the seven targeted age groups.
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In 18 states, the minimum requirements for child care center directors does not include college credits or courses.
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Twenty states do not require child care providers to have a high school degree.
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Twenty-five states require child care center staff to have fewer than 15 hours of annual training.
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Only 26 states require a federal fingerprint check, without which background checks are of limited value.
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Three states allow or do not explicitly prohibit corporal punishment.
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Eight states do not require resilient materials under and around outdoor playground equipment.
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Eleven states do not require that infants be placed on their backs to sleep in order to reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
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Only 24 states require centers to encourage parents to be involved in the child care center program.
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Two states do not require parents to have access to a child care center while their child is in the center.
NACCRRA’s Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulations and Oversight