STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: August 27, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Park & Recreation Department
EXECUTIVE: John D. Jenkins
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) a public hearing to be held on September 10, 2025, to receive comments on readopting and continuing in effect Chapter 12, "City Youth Program Standards of Care," of the Dallas City Code, to re-establish standards of care for certain city youth programs in compliance with state law; and, at the close of the hearing, (2) approval of an ordinance to readopt Chapter 12 of the Dallas City Code - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Section 42.041(b)(14) of the Texas Human Resources Code, as amended, allows city? sponsored youth recreation programs to be exempted from the state's day care licensing laws if the city adopts standards of care for those programs and complies with other requirements of that legislation. One requirement is that the City Council hold a public hearing annually on the city's youth program standards of care and adopt an ordinance re? establishing and continuing in effect the standards.
Ordinance No. 23159, adopted by the City Council on June 11, 1997, created Chapter 12 of the Dallas City Code in order to exempt City of Dallas youth programs from State child? care licensing requirements and provide minimum standards by which the City operates youth programs. Chapter 12 was readopted on June 10, 1998, by Ordinance No. 23534; on June 9, 1999, by Ordinance No. 23907; on June 14, 2000, by Ordinance No. 24281; on May 23, 2001, by Ordinance No. 24611; on May 22, 2002, by Ordinance No. 24943; on May 28, 2003, by Ordinance No. 25269; on June 9, 2004, by Ordinance No. 25628; on May 25, 2005, by Ordinance No. 25998; on June 14, 2006, by Ordinance No. 26376; on June 13, 2007, by Ordinance No. 26800; on June 11, 2008, by Ordinance No. 27222; on June 10, 2009, by Ordinance No. 27...
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