
Speaker B
6:36 - 7:11
"The additional changes that are being proposed are intended to improve alignment with state regulation, reduce duplication, and modernize outdated requirements, and as well as support providers, and continue— while also continuing to maintain health and safety protections for children."
“The additional changes that are being proposed are intended to improve alignment with state regulation, reduce duplication, and modernize outdated requirements, and as well as support providers, and continue— while also continuing to maintain health and safety protections for children.”
All right, thank you. Today we're going to be discussing proposed updates to the Anchorage Municipal Childcare Code 1655. The presentation focuses on— focuses on referring to Round 2, as we're calling the updates. Last year we did Round 1 from this time of year through July 15th. The additional changes that are being proposed are intended to improve alignment with state regulation, reduce duplication, and modernize outdated requirements, and as well as support providers, and continue— while also continuing to maintain health and safety protections for children.
The Anchorage Assembly heard a Thursday worksession briefing on proposed amendments to municipal child care licensing code that would eliminate annual physical exam requirements, remove outdated sick-child-center provisions, and modernize training rules to align with state regulations, with a public hearing scheduled for May 26.