WSR 13-21-112 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING [Filed October 22, 2013, 8:11 a.m., effective November 22, 2013] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To allow family home child care licensees another means of meeting the requirement to have education equivalent to a high school diploma, i.e., by achieving level three in Washington state's quality rating and improvement system, early achievers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 170-296A-1725.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-17-073 on August 16, 2013.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Changed title of section from "License applicant minimum education" to "Licensee minimum education" and inserted the words "and continuously maintaining the license" into subsection (3).
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 22, 2013.
Elizabeth M. Hyde
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-23-068, filed 11/14/11, effective 3/31/12)
WAC 170-296A-1725 ((License applicant)) Licensee minimum education.
(1) For any initial family home child care license issued on or after March 31, 2012, the applicant must have a high school diploma. (2) If the applicant does not have a high school diploma, he or she must submit written evidence of equivalent education. As used in this section, "equivalent education" means: (a) Passing the general educational development (GED) tests; (b) Completion of twelve years of elementary and secondary education; (c) Possessing a current child development associate (CDA) credential as approved through the council for professional recognition; or (d) Completion of forty-five credits of post secondary education. (3) In addition to equivalent education defined within this section, a family home child care licensee licensed prior to March 31, 2012, and continuously maintaining the license may meet the "equivalent education" requirement by achieving a level three rating in the early achievers program, Washington state's quality rating improvement system, prior to March 31, 2017.
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