237A.30 - VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE QUALITY RATING SYSTEM.
237A.30 VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE QUALITY RATING SYSTEM.
1. The department shall work with the community empowerment
office of the department of management established in section 28.3
and the state child care advisory council 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: facility type; provider
staff experience, education, training, and credentials; facility
director education and training; an environmental rating score or
other direct assessment environmental methodology; national
accreditation; facility history of compliance with law and rules;
child-to-staff ratio; curriculum, including the extent to which the
curriculum focuses on the stages of child development and on child
outcomes; business practices; staff retention rates; evaluation of
staff members and program practices; staff compensation and benefit
practices; provider and staff membership in professional early
childhood organizations; and parental involvement with the facility.
3. A facility's quality rating may be included on the internet
webpage 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. Section History: Recent Form
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 Footnotes
Voluntary child care quality rating to be implemented by the
department beginning on or after January 1, 2006; 2005 Acts, ch 148,
§21