Each licensed child care center receiving funding directly from the Office of Early Childhood shall adopt a sliding fee scale based on family income. The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall develop a minimum sliding fee scale which may be adjusted upward by each such licensed child care center. All income derived from such fees shall be used to support the licensed child care center.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 8, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 35; P.A. 15-227, S. 25; P.A. 16-163, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Social Services with references to Commissioner and Office of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care program” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care program”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-163 replaced “licensed child day care provider”, “licensed day care program” and “child care program” with “licensed child care center”, effective June 9, 2016.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection
Section 17b-730. (Formerly Sec. 17-575). - Child care services and economic opportunity acts.
Section 17b-739. (Formerly Sec. 17-597). - Child care facilities in state buildings.
Section 17b-746. (Formerly Sec. 17-325). - Appeals from support orders.
Section 17b-747. (Formerly Sec. 17-319). - Apportionment of support cost.
Section 17b-748. (Formerly Sec. 19a-78). - Child Day Care Council.
Section 17b-749b. - School readiness program requirements.
Section 17b-749c. - Supplemental quality enhancement grant program.
Section 17b-749d. - Sliding fee scale for use by licensed child care centers.
Section 17b-749e. - Regional accreditation projects.
Section 17b-749f. - Evaluation system for licensed child care centers. Longitudinal study. Report.
Section 17b-749g. - Child care facilities loan guarantee program. Regulations.
Section 17b-749h. - Child care facilities direct revolving loan program. Regulations.
Section 17b-749j. - Health and safety standards for child care subsidy program. Regulations.
Section 17b-749l. - Child care subsidy program. Notice of program changes and intake closure.
Section 17b-750. - National criminal history records checks of unlicensed child care providers.
Section 17b-751. (Formerly Sec. 17a-50). - Children's Trust Fund. Regulations. Report.
Section 17b-751b. (Formerly Sec. 17a-56). - Connecticut Home Visiting System.
Section 17b-751c. (Formerly Sec. 17a-56a). - Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission.