S-4.1.1 - Educational Childcare Act

Section 11.2 Disposition versions

2022-09-01

11.2. The Minister assesses, at least once a year and for all of Québec, the educational childcare service needs in each territory the Minister determines, and identifies, if necessary, the priorities for developing such services. For those purposes, the Minister considers, among other factors, the permits already issued, the permit applications and other applications for authorization under section 21 or section 21.1 awaiting a decision, demographic variations, the recognitions granted to home educational childcare providers, the registrations entered in the single window for access to educational childcare services, and how well childcare service needs are already being met.

Subsequently, the Minister consults the regional advisory committee established under section 103.5 that is responsible for the territory concerned. The Minister requests, within the time determined by the Minister, the opinion of the committee on the assessment of needs and on the development priorities identified under the first paragraph.

The committee may then recommend that the Minister consider certain elements, specific to that territory, with respect to the childcare service needs, the development priorities, the allocation of subsidized childcare spaces or the issue of a day care centre permit.

At the conclusion of that exercise, the Minister determines, for each territory, the educational childcare service supply necessary to meet the demand for such services. The Minister then establishes whether the supply meets the demand and makes a projection of those findings for any period determined by the Minister. The Minister may also adjust the development priorities the Minister has identified.

The Minister publishes on the Minister’s department’s website, for the benefit of permit applicants and permit holders, the necessary information on the educational childcare service needs and priorities for developing such services specific to each territory and makes public his or her assessment, the determination made under the fourth paragraph and the opinions and recommendations given by the committees under this section.

When the Minister assesses the childcare service needs and establishes the priorities for developing such services within an Aboriginal community, the Minister consults only the community concerned or, if applicable, the person or body designated by the community to represent it in such matters.

For the purposes of this section, the territories are determined by the Minister in such a way as to ensure, for all of Québec, optimal measurement of educational childcare service needs. The Minister publishes, on the Minister’s department’s website, his or her method for determining territories as well as the territories determined, which must be of at least the same size as the territories of the home educational childcare coordinating offices.

2017, c. 31, s. 7; 2022, c. 9, s. 13.

2017-12-31

11.2. The Minister assesses the childcare service needs and priorities for developing such services for every territory the Minister determines, considering, among other factors, the day care centre permits already issued, the permit applications and other applications for authorization under section 21.1 awaiting a decision and how well childcare service needs are already being met.

The Minister provides the permit applicant with the necessary information on the childcare service needs and priorities for developing such services in the territory where the applicant wishes to set up operations.

2017, c. 31, s. 7.