75-03-09-09 · . Staffing requirements.-2. b. A provider may elect to staff according to the following minimum ratio of staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children to children in group child care: (7) When there is a mixed-aged group, the number of children in each age category is multiplied by the corresponding ratio number, converted to decimal form, and carried to the nearest hundredth. To determine the number of staff members responsible for caring for or teaching children necessary at any given time, numbers of staff members for all age categories are added, and any fractional staff member count is then rounded to the next highest whole number whenever the fractional staff member count amounts to thirty-five hundredths or more. If lower than thirty-five hundredths, the fractional amount is dropped. No more than four children under the age of eighteen months per staff member are allowed in any mixed-aged group.

During an unannounced visit, there was one staff member caring for 9 children with a ratio number of 1.80.

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