AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Consider approval of Ordinance 2024-10, on the second of two readings, adopting Youth Programs Standard of Care of 2024, providing a severability clause, providing for the repeal of any conflicting provisions; and declaring an effective date.
Body
Meeting date: March 19, 2024
Department: Parks and Recreation
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Background Information:
The State of Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42 exempts certain after-school and summer recreation programs from state licensing requirements as identified in Subsection 42.041(14) stating "an elementary-age (ages 5-13) recreation program operated by a municipality provided the governing body of the municipality annually adopts standards of care by ordinance after a public hearing for such programs, that such standards are provided to the parents of each program participant, and that the ordinances shall include, at a minimum, staffing ratios, minimum staff qualifications, minimum facility, health, and safety standards, and mechanisms for monitoring and enforcing the adopted local standards; and further provided that parents be informed that the program is not licensed by the state and the program may not be advertised as a ...
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