IL @ High Point Academy

The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes:

Rule 2.121.J.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

A child care facility must require each staff member of the facility to read and sign a statement clearly defining child abuse and neglect pursuant to state law and outlining the staff member’s personal responsibility to report all incidents of child abuse or neglect according to state law.

Rule 2.126.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Each staff member of the facility must be trained in fire safety and the use of available fire extinguishers and fire alarms

Rule 2.133.B. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Unless medically contraindicated, staff members must be current for all immunizations required by their employer.

Rule 2.507.F. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Each staff member and regular volunteer as defined in rule section 2.509 must complete an annual self-reported health history. The health history must be maintained by the center in a secure location.

Rule 2.507.G. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Prior to working with children all staff members must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

Rule 2.508.A. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Within (30) calendar days of employment all staff members and regular volunteers must complete a Department-approved training about child abuse prevention, which includes common symptoms and signs of child abuse how to report, where to report, and when to report suspected or know child abuse or neglect. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

Rule 2.508.D. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

All staff in building-based school-age child care centers who work with children must complete a minimum of fifteen (15) clock hours of ongoing professional development each year, beginning with the start date of the employee. At least three (3) clock hours per year must be in the focus of social emotional development.

Rule 2.508.K. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

A written or electronic record must be maintained by the center for each staff member, and volunteer, that includes the following:

Rule 2.531.A. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Staff and children’s records must be available, upon request, to authorized representatives of the Department.

Rule 2.532.B. CDEC’s category: Records/Reports. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 16, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 2, 2026.

Emergency drills, lockdown and active shooter on premises drills must be held at least quarterly but often enough so that all occupants are familiar with the drill procedure and their conduct during a drill is a matter of established routine. Fire drills must be held monthly and be consistent with local fire department procedures. Tornado drills must be held monthly from March to October. A record of all emergency drills held over the past twelve (12) months must be maintained by the facility or center, including date and time of drill, number of adults and children participating, and the amount of time taken to evacuate.

Rule 2.138.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 9, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 30, 2025.

Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.522.B. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 9, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 30, 2025.

At no time may a child be left without qualified supervision. Sleeping quarters of the counselors must be within sight or hearing distance of the sleeping quarters of the children whom they supervise.

Rule 2.537.D.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 9, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 30, 2025.

Every application used in the State of Colorado for employment with a child care provider or facility, or for the certification of a foster home, must include the following notice to the applicant: “Any applicant who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in the application is guilty of perjury in the second degree as defined in section 18-8-503, C.R.S., and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.”

Rule 2.131.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Each staff member of the facility must be trained in fire safety and the use of available fire extinguishers and fire alarms

Rule 2.133.B. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to working with children, the staff member must read and be instructed on all of the policies and procedures of the center outlined in rule section 2.505. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and understand the center’s policies and procedures.

Rule 2.507.I. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to working with children, each staff member must read and be trained on the center’s policies and procedures for the administration of medications. Staff members must sign a statement indicating that they have read and have been trained on the center’s administration of medications policies and procedures.

Rule 2.507.J. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Within thirty (30) calendar days of caring for children a signed statement indicating that the individual has been trained, understands, and has had the opportunity to ask questions regarding the “Rules Regulating School-Age Child Care,” the “General Rules for Child Care Facilities,” and the “Rules Regulating Special Activities,” if applicable.

Rule 2.507.K. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 30, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to working with children all staff members must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training. This training must be renewed annually and may count towards ongoing training requirements.

Rule 2.508.A. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Prior to working with children all staff members must complete a building and physical premises safety training. The training must include: Identification of and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water and vehicular traffic; and Handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of biological contaminants.

Rule 2.508.B. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

Each school-age child care center must have an on-site director. The director is responsible for operating the center in accordance with licensing rules, planning, and implementing the school-age child care center as well as the supervision of staff.

Rule 2.509.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 8, 2025.

The Department may deny, revoke, suspend, change to probationary or fine a child care facility if the applicant(s), an affiliate of the applicant, or any person living with or employed by the applicant has been found to violate any of the provisions set forth in section 26.5-5-317(2), C.R.S.

Rule 2.121.F. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 13, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 1, 2024.

Prior to the original license being issued, following the renovation of the facility that would affect the licensing of the facility and at least every two (2) years thereafter, all child care facilities except family child care homes and Neighborhood Youth Organizations must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local department of health or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from the local fire department. These reports must be maintained at the facility and be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

Rule 2.122.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 13, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 1, 2024.

Prior to the original license being issued, following the renovation of the facility that would affect the licensing of the facility and at least every two (2) years thereafter, all child care facilities except family child care homes and Neighborhood Youth Organizations must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local department of health or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from the local fire department. These reports must be maintained at the facility and be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

Rule 7.701.34.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 1, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 17, 2023.

The center must maintain documentation including the child care health consultant?s (CCHC) Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) proof of RN or MD current licensure in good standing, a brief biography highlighting applicable knowledge, experience and approximate dates worked as a school nurse or Child Care health Consultant commenced.

Rule 7.712.42.D.3.. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jun 1, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 17, 2023.

All Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC) must show evidence they have completed the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) immunization course annually.

Rule 7.712.42.D.5.. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 1, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 17, 2023.