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C-8.2 - Act respecting childcare centres and childcare services

Section 10
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10. The holder of a day care centre permit or a nursery school permit shall form a parents committee composed of five persons elected by and from among the parents of children received in the day care centre or nursery school.
In no case may the permit holder or, where applicable, a member of its board of directors, or a member of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school, be a member of the parents committee.
The permit holder must consult the parents committee on all aspects of the life of the children in the day care centre or nursery school and, in particular, on
(1)  the application of the educational childcare program prescribed by regulation;
(2)  the acquisition and use of the educational materials and equipment to be used in the facility;
(3)  the location or the change of location of the facility;
(4)  the arrangement and furnishings of the facility; and
(5)  the services to be provided.
However, the permit holder is not required to form a parents committee if the majority of the members of the permit holder’s board of directors are parents who are not members of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school and whose children are received in the day care centre or nursery school.
1979, c. 85, s. 10; 1989, c. 59, s. 7; 1992, c. 36, s. 4; 1996, c. 16, s. 7; 1997, c. 58, s. 74.
10. The holder of a day care centre permit or a nursery school permit shall form a parents committee composed of five persons elected by and from among the parents of children received in the day care centre or nursery school.
In no case may the permit holder or, where applicable, a member of its board of directors, or a member of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school, be a member of the parents committee.
The permit holder must consult the parents committee on all aspects of the life of the children in the day care centre or nursery school and, in particular, on
(1)  the preparation, evaluation and revision of the programme of activities which promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development of the children;
(2)  the acquisition and use of the educational materials and equipment to be used in the establishment;
(3)  the location or the change of location of the establishment;
(4)  the arrangement and furnishings of the facilities; and
(5)  the services to be provided.
However, the permit holder is not required to form a parents committee if the majority of the members of the permit holder’s board of directors are parents who are not members of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school and whose children are received in the day care centre or nursery school.
1979, c. 85, s. 10; 1989, c. 59, s. 7; 1992, c. 36, s. 4; 1996, c. 16, s. 7.
10. The permit holder contemplated in subparagraphs 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 of the first paragraph of section 4 and in subparagraphs 2.1, 3 and 4 of the first paragraph of section 5 shall form a committee of parents composed of five persons who are not members of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school, elected by and from among the parents of children received by the day care centre or nursery school.
The parent of a child received by the day care centre or nursery school who is either the permit holder contemplated in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph of section 4 or in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 5 or, where the permit holder is a corporation, a member of the board of directors cannot be a member of the committee.
The permit holder shall consult the committee on all aspects of the life of the children received by the day care centre or nursery school and, in particular, on
(1)  the preparation, evaluation and revision of the programme of activities to promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development of the children;
(2)  the acquisition and use of the educational materials and equipment to be used in the day care centre or nursery school;
(3)  the location or the change of location of the day care centre or nursery school;
(4)  the arrangement and furnishings of the day care centre or nursery school;
(5)  the services to be provided in the day care centre or nursery school.
The holder contemplated in section 7 shall form a committee of parents composed of five persons who are not members of the staff of the home day care agency, elected by and from among the parents of children who are be received by the persons he has recognized as persons responsible for home day care. The permit holder shall consult the committee on all aspects of the life of the children received by these persons. However, the permit holder is not required to form such a committee where its board of directors is composed in the majority of parents who are not members of the staff of the home day care agency where the children are received by the persons the permit holder has recognized as persons responsible for home day care.
1979, c. 85, s. 10; 1989, c. 59, s. 7; 1992, c. 36, s. 4.
10. The permit holder contemplated in subparagraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the first paragraph of section 4 and in subparagraphs 3 and 4 of the first paragraph of section 5 shall form a committee of parents composed of five persons who are not members of the staff of the day care centre or nursery school, elected by and from among the parents of children received by the day care centre or nursery school.
The parent of a child received by the day care centre or nursery school who is either the permit holder contemplated in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph of section 4 or in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 5 or, where the permit holder is a corporation, a member of the board of directors cannot be a member of the committee.
The permit holder shall consult the committee on all aspects of the life of the children received by the day care centre or nursery school and, in particular, on
(1)  the preparation, evaluation and revision of the programme of activities to promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development of the children;
(2)  the acquisition and use of the educational materials and equipment to be used in the day care centre or nursery school;
(3)  the location or the change of location of the day care centre or nursery school;
(4)  the arrangement and furnishings of the day care centre or nursery school;
(5)  the services to be provided in the day care centre or nursery school.
The holder contemplated in section 7 shall form a committee of parents composed of five persons who are not members of the staff of the home day care agency, elected by and from among the parents of children who are be received by the persons he has recognized as persons responsible for home day care. The permit holder shall consult the committee on all aspects of the life of the children received by these persons. However, the permit holder is not required to form such a committee where its board of directors is composed in the majority of parents who are not members of the staff of the home day care agency where the children are received by the persons the permit holder has recognized as persons responsible for home day care.
1979, c. 85, s. 10; 1989, c. 59, s. 7.
10. The permit holder contemplated in subparagraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the first paragraph of section 4 and in subparagraphs 3 and 4 of the first paragraph of section 5 shall form a committee of five persons elected by and from among the parents of children who are or will be registered at the day care centre or nursery school.
The committee referred to in the first paragraph must be consulted on all aspects of the life of the children received by the day care centre or nursery school and, in particular, on
(1)  the preparation, evaluation and revision of the programme of activities to promote the physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral development of the children;
(2)  the acquisition and use of the educational materials and equipment to be used in the day care centre or nursery school;
(3)  the location or the change of location of the day care centre or nursery school;
(4)  the arrangement and furnishings of the day care centre or nursery school;
(5)  the services to be provided in the day care centre or nursery school.
The holder contemplated in section 7 shall form a committee of five persons elected by and from among the parents of children who are or will be received by the persons he has recognized as persons responsible for home day care. That committee must be consulted on all aspects of the life of the children received by these persons.
1979, c. 85, s. 10.
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