House Amendment 1182


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 761 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 23 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 237A.30, Code 2005, is amended
     1  5 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
     1  6 the following:
     1  7    237A.30  VOLUNTARY CHILD CARE QUALITY RATING
     1  8 SYSTEM.
     1  9    1.  The department shall work with the community
     1 10 empowerment office of the department of management
     1 11 established in section 28.3 and the state child care
     1 12 advisory council in designing and implementing a
     1 13 voluntary quality rating system for each provider type
     1 14 of child care facility.
     1 15    2.  The criteria utilized for the rating system may
     1 16 include but are not limited to any of the following:
     1 17 facility type; provider staff experience, education,
     1 18 training, and credentials; facility director education
     1 19 and training; an environmental rating score or other
     1 20 direct assessment environmental methodology; national
     1 21 accreditation; facility history of compliance with law
     1 22 and rules; child=to=staff ratio; curriculum, including
     1 23 the extent to which the curriculum focuses on the
     1 24 stages of child development and on child outcomes;
     1 25 business practices; staff retention rates; evaluation
     1 26 of staff members and program practices; staff
     1 27 compensation and benefit practices; provider and staff
     1 28 membership in professional early childhood
     1 29 organizations; and parental involvement with the
     1 30 facility.
     1 31    3.  A facility's quality rating may be included on
     1 32 the internet page and in the consumer information
     1 33 provided by the department pursuant to section 237A.25
     1 34 and shall be identified in the child care provider
     1 35 referrals made by child care resource and referral
     1 36 service grantees under section 237A.26.
     1 37    Sec.    .  PHASED IMPLEMENTATION.
     1 38    1.  Effective July 1, 2005, the department of human
     1 39 services shall no longer accept applications for the
     1 40 gold seal quality designation for child care providers
     1 41 under section 237A.30, Code 2005.  However, if a child
     1 42 care provider has been awarded the designation prior
     1 43 to July 1, 2005, the designation may continue to be
     1 44 utilized for that provider until the designated period
     1 45 of nationally recognized accreditation for which the
     1 46 gold seal designation was awarded has ended.
     1 47    2.  The department of human services shall commence
     1 48 implementation of the voluntary child care quality
     1 49 rating system under section 237A.30, as amended by
     1 50 this Act, by awarding ratings beginning on or after
     2  1 January 1, 2006.  The department may modify
     2  2 implementation of the rating system and the rating
     2  3 system itself as necessary to conform to the funding
     2  4 made available for the rating system for the fiscal
     2  5 year beginning July 1, 2005.>
     2  6 #2.  Title page, line 1, by inserting before the
     2  7 word <early> the following:  <children's programs by
     2  8 colocating>.
     2  9 #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     2 10 word <initiative> the following:  <and requiring the
     2 11 department of human services to develop and implement
     2 12 a voluntary child care quality rating system>.
     2 13 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 17 TYMESON of Madison
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     2 21 FOEGE of Linn
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     2 25 HEATON of Henry
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     2 29 UPMEYER of Hancock
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     2 33 PETERSEN of Polk
     2 34 HF 761.501 81
     2 35 jp/pj/603

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