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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_01",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] In Idaho Code Title 39 Ch. 11 and IDAPA 16.06.03, a 'child' in daycare means a person under 13 years old; Idaho uses age brackets, not infant/toddler/preschool/school-age labels.",
      "body": "In Idaho Code Title 39 Ch. 11 and IDAPA 16.06.03, a 'child' in daycare means a person under 13 years old; Idaho uses age brackets, not infant/toddler/preschool/school-age labels.\n\nWhat Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDAPA 16.06.02) actually says:\n\n“\"child\" means an individual less than thirteen (13) years old”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title39/T39CH11.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDAPA 16.06.02)",
      "evidence_quote": "\"child\" means an individual less than thirteen (13) years old",
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        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_02",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho sets the staff-to-child ratio with a point system capped at 12 points per staff member, not a simple numeric ratio.",
      "body": "Idaho sets the staff-to-child ratio with a point system capped at 12 points per staff member, not a simple numeric ratio.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“The maximum allowable child:staff ratio shall be a maximum of twelve (12) points per staff member.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title39/T39CH11/SECT39-1109",
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      "evidence_quote": "The maximum allowable child:staff ratio shall be a maximum of twelve (12) points per staff member.",
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      }
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_03",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each child under 24 months counts as 2 points toward the staff member's 12-point maximum.",
      "body": "Each child under 24 months counts as 2 points toward the staff member's 12-point maximum.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Each child in attendance under the age of twenty-four (24) months shall equal two (2) points.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title39/T39CH11/SECT39-1109",
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      "evidence_quote": "Each child in attendance under the age of twenty-four (24) months shall equal two (2) points.",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_04",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each child from 24 months to under 36 months counts as 1.33 points.",
      "body": "Each child from 24 months to under 36 months counts as 1.33 points.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Each child in attendance from twenty-four (24) months to under thirty-six (36) months of age shall equal one and thirty-three hundredths (1.33) points.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Each child in attendance from twenty-four (24) months to under thirty-six (36) months of age shall equal one and thirty-three hundredths (1.33) points.",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_05",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each child from 36 months to under 5 years counts as 0.923 of a point.",
      "body": "Each child from 36 months to under 5 years counts as 0.923 of a point.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Each child in attendance from thirty-six (36) months to under five (5) years of age shall equal nine hundred twenty-three thousandths (0.923) of a point.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Each child in attendance from thirty-six (36) months to under five (5) years of age shall equal nine hundred twenty-three thousandths (0.923) of a point.",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_06",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Each child from 5 years to under 13 years counts as 0.48 of a point.",
      "body": "Each child from 5 years to under 13 years counts as 0.48 of a point.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Each child in attendance from five (5) years to under thirteen (13) years of age shall equal forty-eight hundredths (0.48) of a point.”",
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      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title39/T39CH11/SECT39-1109",
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      "evidence_quote": "Each child in attendance from five (5) years to under thirteen (13) years of age shall equal forty-eight hundredths (0.48) of a point.",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_07",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Mixed-age groups are handled by assigning each child points by age; every child in attendance is counted by the department.",
      "body": "Mixed-age groups are handled by assigning each child points by age; every child in attendance is counted by the department.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Each child in attendance shall be counted by the department for purposes of calculating maximum allowable points.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Each child in attendance shall be counted by the department for purposes of calculating maximum allowable points.",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_08",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare facilities may use stricter ratios than the state minimum.",
      "body": "Daycare facilities may use stricter ratios than the state minimum.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“Daycare facilities may operate with child:staff ratios more stringent than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Daycare facilities may operate with child:staff ratios more stringent than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection.",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_09",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The owner's/provider's own children count toward the number of children for licensing, regardless of relationship to the caregiver.",
      "body": "The owner's/provider's own children count toward the number of children for licensing, regardless of relationship to the caregiver.\n\nWhat Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDAPA 16.06.02) actually says:\n\n“counting each child in attendance, regardless of relationship to the person(s) providing the care”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title39/T39CH11.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_10",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A family daycare home serves 6 or fewer children, a group daycare facility 7 to 12, and a daycare center 13 or more.",
      "body": "A family daycare home serves 6 or fewer children, a group daycare facility 7 to 12, and a daycare center 13 or more.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“A home, place, or facility providing daycare for six (6) or fewer children”",
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      "evidence_quote": "A home, place, or facility providing daycare for six (6) or fewer children",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_11",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A daycare center is statutorily a facility providing daycare for compensation for 13 or more children.",
      "body": "A daycare center is statutorily a facility providing daycare for compensation for 13 or more children.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Daycare center\" means a place or facility providing daycare for compensation for thirteen (13) or more children.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Daycare center\" means a place or facility providing daycare for compensation for thirteen (13) or more children.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "id": "learn_r7904_idaho_daycare_owner_ages_and_ratios_idaho_daycare_ages_and_ratios_12",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] An applicant/operator for a daycare license must be at least 18 years old.",
      "body": "An applicant/operator for a daycare license must be at least 18 years old.\n\nWhat Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDAPA 16.06.02) actually says:\n\n“must be at least eighteen (18) years old”",
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      "evidence_quote": "must be at least eighteen (18) years old",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 'Staff' means a person 16 years old or older employed to provide care and supervision.",
      "body": "'Staff' means a person 16 years old or older employed to provide care and supervision.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Staff\" means anyone who is sixteen (16) years of age or older”",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Staff\" means anyone who is sixteen (16) years of age or older",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Daycare Owner Idaho",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] At least one adult employee must be present whenever children are in attendance.",
      "body": "At least one adult employee must be present whenever children are in attendance.\n\nWhat Idaho Legislature actually says:\n\n“At least one (1) adult employee must be present at all times when a child or children are in attendance.”",
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