Iowa Code § 237A.30

Current through bills signed by governor as of 5/17/2024

Section 237A.30 - Voluntary child care quality rating system

1. The department shall work with the early childhood Iowa program established in section 256I.5 in designing and implementing a voluntary quality rating system for each provider type of child care facility.

2. The criteria utilized for the rating system may include but are not limited to any of the following:

a. Facility type.

b. Provider staff experience, education, training, and credentials.

c. Facility director education and training.

d. An environmental rating score or other direct assessment environmental methodology.

e. National accreditation.

f. Facility history of compliance with law and rules.

g. Child-to-staff ratio.

h. Curriculum, including the extent to which the curriculum focuses on the stages of child development and on child outcomes.

i. Business practices.

j. Staff retention rates.

k. Evaluation of staff members and program practices.

l. Staff compensation and benefit practices.

m. Provider and staff membership in professional early childhood organizations.

n. Parental involvement with the facility.

3. A facility's quality rating may be included on the internet site and in the consumer information provided by the department pursuant to section 237A.25 and shall be identified in the child care provider referrals made by child care resource and referral service grantees under section 237A.26.

Iowa Code § 237A.30

99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 99 Acts, ch 203, §49; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §27, 28, 31; 2005 Acts, ch 148, §20; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §76; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §302, 358, 361; 2013 Acts, ch 90, § 257; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §85, 205, 208; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §28; 2023 Acts, ch 19, § 750

Amended by 2024 Iowa, ch Chapter 1170,s 282, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 750, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by 2019 Iowa, ch 24, s 28, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by 2015 Iowa, ch 30,s 85, eff. 4/8/2015, retroactive to 7/1/2010.

99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 99 Acts, ch 203, §49; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §27, 28, 31; 2005 Acts, ch 148, §20; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §76; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §302, 358, 361

Subsection 1 amended