AGENDA CAPTION:
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Consider approval of Ordinance 2023-26, on the second of two readings, adopting Youth Programs Standards of Care for 2023; providing a severability clause; providing for the repeal of any conflicting provision; declaring an effective date.
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Meeting date: March 21, 2023
Department: Parks and Recreation - Youth Services Division
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Prior Council Action: City Council held a Public Hearing and considered the Ordinance on 1st Reading on March 7, 2023.
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Background Information:
Following a Public Hearing that City Council voted unanimously to approve this Ordinance on the first of two readings on March 7, 2023.
The Parks and Recreation Youth Services Division began bringing the Youth Program Standards of Care to City Council for approval in 2020 to remain exempt from state licensing requirements for our summer recreation programs.
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 a...
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