TITLE 42
State Affairs and Government
CHAPTER 42-12
Department of Human Services
SECTION 42-12-23.1
§ 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 72.1, title 42 and
approved under chapter 48, title 16, including without limitation child care
centers, family child care homes, group family child care homes, school-age
child care 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 child care services in
Rhode Island.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2007, ch. 141, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 272, § 2.)
