All materials that are supplied by the department of job and family services to type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, in-home aides, persons seeking to be type A family child care home providers, type B family child care home providers, or in-home aides, and caretaker parents shall be written at no higher than the sixth grade reading level. The department may employ a readability expert to verify its compliance with this section.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 5104.14

  • Child: includes an infant, toddler, preschool-age child, or school-age child. See Ohio Code 5104.01
  • Child care: means all of the following:

    (1) Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children outside of school hours;

    (2) By persons other than their parents, guardians, or custodians;

    (3) For part of the twenty-four-hour day;

    (4) In a place other than a child's own home, except that an in-home aide provides child care in the child's own home;

    (5) By a provider required by this chapter to be licensed or approved by the department of job and family services, certified by a county department of job and family services, or under contract with the department to provide publicly funded child care as described in section 5104. See Ohio Code 5104.01

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