Georgia Family Day Care Home Licensing Preempts Local Bans

All early care and education programs that care for children shall be licensed or commissioned annually, and all licenses and commissions issued by the department shall be subject to annual renewal by the department in accordance with procedures, standards, rules, and regulations to be established by the board. (2) Beginning July 1, 2025, the department shall require teachers in all programs licensed or commissioned by the department to receive training on developmentally appropriate evidence based literacy instruction, as provided for in Code Section 20-2-984. Such training shall be aligned with content standards promulgated by the department in collaboration with the Office of Education and Workforce Strategy. (d) The department shall publish in print or electronically and make available to early care and education programs and interested persons a list of guidelines for quality child care. (e) After an early care and education program has been licensed, commissioned, permitted, or registered by the department as provided in this chapter, the program shall not be required to have a permit to operate a food service establishment as required in Code Section 26-2-371, provided that rules and regulations for food service have been incorporated in the regulations for licensing, commissioning, registering, or permitting such programs.