City of Lakewood Foothills Elementary

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: Sep 29, 2026.

Child care centers, preschools and school-age child care centers must post in every room of the child care facility, the licensed capacity of the room and the staff-to-child ratio required by regulation to be maintained for the age of children cared for in the room.

Rule 2.127.D. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 22, 2026.

All outdoor climbing equipment over eighteen (18) inches must have least six (6) inches resilient surface throughout the use zone.

Rule 2.524.A.4.a. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 22, 2026.

The program director must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, and must have completed at least one (1) of the following qualifications:

Rule 2.509.A.2. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 31, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

At all times during the operating hours of the facility, except for foster care homes, the facility/agency must post the current child care license in a prominent and conspicuous location easily observable by those entering the child care facility.

Rule 2.127.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

At all times during the operating hours of a family child care home, child care center, preschool, school-age child care center, children’s resident camp and Neighborhood Youth Organization, the facility must post in a prominent and conspicuous location information regarding the procedures for filing a complaint with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, including the telephone number and mailing address.

Rule 2.127.C. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

All facilities, except family child care homes must post in every room of the child care facility, excluding bedrooms and living areas, the license capacity of the room and the staff-to-child ratio required by regulation to be maintained for the age of children cared for in the room.

Rule 2.127.D. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Oct 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

Schools are required to comply with the immunization requirements as stated in 6 CCR 1009-2. Documentation of school-required immunization status or Certificate of Medical or Nonmedical Exemption, is required by the Colorado Board of Health. Up-to-date school-required immunizations must be documented as specified on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Certificate of Immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization. Colorado law requires proof of immunization status or exemption be provided prior to or on the first (1st) day of admission. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment regulation at 6 CCR 1009-2:VI(A), (May 15, 2023), no later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at no cost at https://www.coloradosos.gov/CCR/Welcome.do. These regulations are also available for public inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash St., Denver, CO 80246, during regular business hours..

Rule 2.512.B.2. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 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: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

Combustibles, such as cleaning rags, mops, and cleaning compounds, must be stored in well-ventilated areas separated from flammable materials and stored in areas inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.527.D. CDEC’s category: Building/Indoor/Fire/Safety. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 17, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Oct 10, 2025.

The center must obtain written authorization and instructions from the parent(s) or guardian(s) for the application of sunscreen or the use of another form of parent(s) or guardian(s) approved sun protection with a full-spectrum UVA/UVB rating of SPF thirty (30) or greater to their children’s exposed skin prior to outside play year-round. A health care provider’s permission is not needed to use sunscreen at the center.

Rule 2.514.A. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 4, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Nov 4, 2024.

Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a State Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness. For seasonal children’s resident camp programs, operating no more than 90 days per calendar year, at least one on site director must be trained in the State Department-approved training

Rule 7.701.100.A.. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 16, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 4, 2023.

Individuals who have obtained a successfully completed CBI or FBI record check may care for children, for no longer than ninety (90) calendar days, while waiting for all other required background checks to be completed. The individual must be supervised at all times by an individual who has successfully completed all required background checks.

Rule 7.701.32.D.1.a.1.. CDEC’s category: General Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 16, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 4, 2023.