There are additional recordkeeping requirements for services offering 20 Hours ECE. These can be found in Chapter 4.

Chapter 4

The requirements in this chapter do not apply to hospital-based services. Requirements for hospital-based services can be found in Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

Incorrect records

Services must not state that a child:

• is enrolled when they are not enrolled or
• attended when they did not attend.

In the event of a funding claim audit, funding claimed incorrectly will be recovered by the Ministry.

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following topics:

Enrolment records: 6-1

Conditional enrolment 6-2 (removed May 2016)

Attendance records: 6-3

Absence rules: 6-4

Three Week Rule for Continuous Absence: 6-5

Three Week Rule: extension for extended non-operation: 6-6

The Frequent Absence Rule: 6-7

The Frequent Absence Rule (examples): 6-8

Funding for make-up days: 6-9