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DSS presents broad updates to licensed childcare center regulations, including longer license cycles and safe‑sleep requirements
Summary
The Department of Social Services presented comprehensive changes to licensed childcare center regulations, expanding staffing pathways, lengthening license cycles to three years, and adding reporting and safety requirements including safe‑sleep training and background checks.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services presented a comprehensive update to licensing regulations for large licensed childcare centers, telling the Senate subcommittee the changes implement statutory reforms, expand staff qualification pathways, lengthen license cycles, and add reporting and safety requirements.
Conley Ann Ragley, chief of external affairs for DSS, said the package (document 5314) reflects work of a 17‑member governor’s advisory committee on childcare regulation that includes parents, center owners and operators, and public members. The regulations incorporate changes from Act 216 of 2024, which…
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