§ 42-12-23.1. Quality of early care and education and school-age child care through voluntary quality rating system.
(a) There is hereby established a voluntary quality rating system which will assess quality in early care and education programs and school-age child care. For purposes of this section, early care and education programs and school-age child care shall mean programs licensed under chapter 12.5 of title 42 and approved under chapter 48 of title 16, including, without limitation, childcare centers, family childcare homes, group family childcare homes, school-age childcare programs and preschools, but excluding child placement agencies. The voluntary quality rating system is established to promote continuous quality improvement of programs and to further the goals of Rhode Island’s “starting right” initiative.
(b) The department of human services, the department of children, youth and families, the department of health, the department of elementary and secondary education, and other partners and agencies shall share information and work cooperatively with the Rhode Island quality rating system, a public-private partnership, to ensure that Rhode Island children have access to quality early care and education programs and school-age child care.
(c) The voluntary quality rating system shall also provide a mechanism to gather data about program quality, and shall report this information to parents, providers, and other persons interested in the quality of early care and education programs and school-age childcare services in Rhode Island.
History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 272, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 14.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-12 - Department of Human Services
Section 42-12-1. - Department of human services.
Section 42-12-1.1. - Transfer of functions from the department of education.
Section 42-12-1.2. - Transfer of functions from the former department of social welfare.
Section 42-12-1.3. - Transfer of functions from the department of elderly affairs.
Section 42-12-1.4. - Repealed.
Section 42-12-1.5. - Transfer of functions from the office of energy resources.
Section 42-12-2. - Management of institutions.
Section 42-12-3. - Parole and probation.
Section 42-12-4. - Welfare supervision.
Section 42-12-5. - Assistance on veterans’ claims.
Section 42-12-6. - Unemployment relief.
Section 42-12-7. - Special veterans’ funds.
Section 42-12-8. - Vocational rehabilitation services provided by department.
Section 42-12-8.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-12-9. - Rehabilitation of disabled persons.
Section 42-12-10. - Rehabilitation of disadvantaged persons.
Section 42-12-11. - Cooperation in administration of federal statutes.
Section 42-12-12. - Appropriations and disbursements.
Section 42-12-13. - Acceptance and use of gifts.
Section 42-12-14. - Persons requiring permanent care or not susceptible to rehabilitation.
Section 42-12-15. - Acceptance of federal vocational rehabilitation act — Custody of funds.
Section 42-12-16. - Acceptance of amendments to federal act — Custody of funds.
Section 42-12-17. - Agreements as to disability determinations — Funds.
Section 42-12-18. - Transfer of powers and functions from department of human services.
Section 42-12-20. - Responsibility of director — Traumatic brain injury.
Section 42-12-21. - “Traumatic brain injury” defined.
Section 42-12-22. - Confidentiality of personal information — Authorized uses.
Section 42-12-23. - Child care — Planning and coordinating.
Section 42-12-24. - Development, innovation and start-up of early education and care programs.
Section 42-12-25. - Child care training, accreditation, technical assistance, and monitoring.
Section 42-12-26. - Expansion and enhancement of early education and care for low-income children.
Section 42-12-28. - Child support enforcement functions.
Section 42-12-29. - Children’s health account.
Section 42-12-30. - Expenditures under the traumatic brain injury program.