1-4 Cross Sectorial Task Force Report
A Task Force was appointed by the then Minister, Reba Meagher to examine the 1:4 issue. The task Force explored all issues surrounding the introduction of a 1:4 ratio for babies in NSW and the Majority of the Task Force made the following recommendations.
- implementation of the new ratio in a staged manner over a 12 month period from January 2007 with smaller centres being given the longest time to comply;
- implementation of a range of strategies to support children’s services during the introduction period, such as government funded business support for services licensed for 29 places or less;
- increasing the number of services operating with licenses that enable the services to vary the number of children in each age group they cater for to meet demand, while ensuring they do not exceed their total licensed places; and
- a minor amendment to the Children’s Services Regulation 2004 to increase the maximum allowable licensed number of children aged under two years from 30 to 32.
You
can view the entire Task Force Report here
(pdf download).