Each child care center and group child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, that is funded by the state pursuant to section 8-210, 17b-737 or 17b-752 shall: (1) Provide for parents' participation in setting goals for and evaluating the progress of their children; (2) assist parents with their responsibility of educating their children; (3) assist parents in working with child care programs, communicating with teachers and other child care program personnel, and participating in decisions relating to the education of their children; (4) assist staff with their responsibility of working with the child's parents to promote parent-education partnerships; and (5) take other actions, when appropriate, to support the active involvement of parents with child care programs, school personnel and with the transition to school-related organizations.

(P.A. 91-292, S. 4; P.A. 97-259, S. 34, 41; 97-295, S. 10, 25; P.A. 98-262, S. 14, 22; P.A. 15-227, S. 25.)

History: P.A. 97-259 expanded requirements by adding Subdivs. (2) to (5), inclusive, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-295 deleted reference to Secs. 17b-740 and 17b-741, effective July 8, 1997, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1998; P.A. 98-262 revised effective date of P.A. 97-295, but without affecting this section; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care center”, “group day care home”, “child day care programs” and “child day care program” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care center”, “group child care home”, “child care programs” and “child care program”, respectively, effective July 1, 2015.