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2023-26 - Early Childhood Services Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2023-26
under the
Early Childhood Services Act
(O.C. 2023-100)
Filed May 18, 2023
1Section 9 of the French version of New Brunswick Regulation 2018-11 under the Early Childhood Services Act is amended
(a) in subsection (5) by striking out “pouvant être assignés à deux éducateurs” and substituting “dont deux éducateurs peuvent être chargés de s’occuper ensemble”;
(b) in subsection (6) by striking out “pouvant être assignés à trois éducateurs” and substituting “dont trois éducateurs peuvent être chargés de s’occuper ensemble”.
2The heading “Child-to-staff ratios for mixed age group” preceding section 10 of the English version of the Regulation is amended by striking out “mixed age” and substituting “mixed-age”.
3Section 10 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (6) of the French version by striking out “pouvant être assignés à deux éducateurs” and substituting “dont deux éducateurs peuvent être chargés de s’occuper ensemble”;
(b) by repealing subsection (7) and substituting the following:
10(7)Despite subsection (6), if an infant is grouped at a full-time early learning and childcare centre with children of a mixed-age group, the number of children grouped shall not be more than the number that requires one educator.
(c) by adding after subsection (7) the following:
10(8)For the purposes of this section, an infant may only be grouped with children of a mixed-age group outside the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on the condition that the infant is grouped with preschool children and other infants.
4Schedule A of the Regulation is repealed and the attached Schedule A is substituted.
SCHEDULE A
FACTORS FOR CALCULATING CHILD-TO-STAFF RATIOS FOR MIXED-AGE GROUP
Age of Children
Factors
under 2 years
0.333
2 years
0.200
3 years
0.125
4 years
0.100
school-age
0.067