43.215.100 - Voluntary quality rating and improvement system -- Report to the legislature. - Washington Statutes

Voluntary quality rating and improvement system — Report to the legislature.

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department, in collaboration with community and statewide partners, shall implement a voluntary quality rating and improvement system applicable to licensed or certified child care centers and homes and early education programs. The purpose of the voluntary quality rating and improvement system is to give parents clear and easily accessible information about the quality of child care and early education programs, support improvement in early learning programs throughout the state, increase the readiness of children for school, and close the disparity in access to quality care. Before final implementation of the voluntary quality rating and improvement system, the department shall report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature. Nothing in this section changes the department's responsibility to collectively bargain over mandatory subjects.

[2007 c 394 § 4.]

Notes: Finding -- Declaration -- Captions not law -- 2007 c 394: See notes following RCW 43.215.010.