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The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), Bureau of Early Learning Policy and Professional Development and Bureau of Certification Services have issued that several Announcements for certified child care providers have been rendered obsolete.

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OCDEL regularly uses policy announcements to reflect requirements for methods of child care and the facilities it is provided in. This message provides details as to which announcements that will no longer be in effect and what they will be replaced with. Bureau of Certification Services staff have been instructed to delete copies of the obsolete Announcements. The following announcements are included:

• C-11-01: Emergency Temporary Relocation of a Child Care Facility, issued May 12, 2011.

  • Replaced by Announcement C-17-05: Emergency Temporary Relocation of a Child Care Facility, issued September 29, 2017.

• C-12-01: Proof of Identification Required for Child Care Center Directors and Group Child Care Home Primary Staff Person, issued September 18, 2012.

• C-14-03: Clarification Regarding Degrees Earned from Business, Technical, and Trade Schools, issued April 22, 2014.

  • Replaced by Announcement PDO 22-01: Career Pathway Level A-Plus Verification Change and Clarifying Procedures for Verifying Credits and Degrees from Nationally Accredited (Non-Regionally Accredited) Institutions, issued February 7, 2022 and went into effect July 1, 2022.

• C-16-01: Meeting New Health and Safety Training Requirements as Required by the Federal Government, issued July 1, 2016.

• C-17-01: Child Protective Service Law (CPSL) for Child Care Facilities, issued February 23, 2017.

  • Replaced by Announcement C-19-02, Meeting the Requirements of the Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) for Child Care Facilities, issued August 30, 2019.

    • Updated Important News from the Bureau of Certification Regarding the Provisional Hire Waiver, issued January 2, 2020.

  • Released Important Information from the Bureau of Certification Services Regarding the Effect of Act 12 of 2022 on Provisional Hiring Practices, issued May 27, 2022.

To learn more, see: Announcement C-22-05, Obsolete Bureau of Certification Services Policy Announcements.