University of Virginia Health System

Attendance Policies

All parents are required to check in upon arrival at the Center and check out their children on their way out of the building to ensure compliance with Virginia licensing codes.  Additionally, parents must make verbal contact with a staff person upon arrival or departure to assure that the transfer of responsibility for the child has taken place.

            Attendance will be monitored to determine compliance with enrollment contracts.  Full-time is defined as 5 days per week and no more than 10 hours on any given day.  Part-time contracts will be for specific days and times and may be for 2 or 3 full days (up to 10 hours). Part-time contracts will only be offered such that it does not create a vacancy to do so.

            If a priority employee is required to work extra hours such that s/he requires more than 10 hours of child care on a given day, provided that prior arrangements are made with the Center administration to ensure the availability of space, the employee will incur an additional charge (smallest unit of time sold will be one hour).  Rates for attendance after 10 hours will be billed at a rate approximating one-and-a-half times the usual rate:  $6.50 per hour for infants and toddlers, $5.00 per hour for 2 through 5-year-olds.

Also, occasional additional days for a part-time child will be permitted if prior written requests are approved by Center administration to ensure availability of space.  See the current fee schedule for extra attendance fees. Charges will be assessed in units of full days regardless of the portion thereof that the child attends without authorization.  All fees for overuse of the Center will be included in the bi-weekly billing cycle and payment is due with the tuition payment following notification.

Any non-compliance with enrollment contract (late pick-up, over 10 hours, non-approved extra attendance) that occurs 3 times in a 6 month period may result in loss of privilege of attending the Center for one day, to occur no more than 2 workdays after notification.