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1 594 <br /> 94 <br /> S <br /> -6- <br /> Present Certification Standards Licensina <br /> RATIO GROUP SIZE* RATIO GROUP SIZE*- <br /> Infants 1:5 5 1:8 25 <br /> Toddlers 1:6 6 , 1:8 25 <br /> 21s 1:7 7 1:12 25 <br /> 3's 1:10 18,. 1:15 25 <br /> 4's 1:12 20 1:20 25 <br /> 5's 1:15 25 1:25 25 <br /> 6-10's 1:20 25 1:25 25 <br /> 10-14's 1:25 25 1:25 25 <br /> In addition, .Licensing standards do allow a center to enroll. 20% more <br /> children than stated above because of projected absenteeism.. Yet <br /> after years of study the new federal certification requirements, are <br /> even more stringent in some age groups than the presFrtt ones. <br /> ` Quality day care with enough space, trained staff and a GOod ctVgZ .Iop_ <br /> mental program is expensive init ally but well woxth th e invest wL:nt <br /> in the future. <br /> i <br /> *,According to the Standards for Certification of Day Caz:e Centers, <br /> "A group of children is defined as a certain niurEher of children <br /> within the care of an assigned adult, or adults, as the case P.,Lay <br /> be." <br /> E. <br /> i� <br /> 1� <br /> ,1 <br /> f, <br /> :E <br /> =E <br /> F <br />