Section 170-290-0247. Field trip/quality enhancement fees.

(1) DSHS pays licensed or certified family home child care providers a monthly field trip/quality enhancement fee up to thirty dollars per child or the provider's actual cost for the field trip, whichever is less, only if the fee is required of all parents whose children are in the provider's care. DEL-licensed or certified child care centers and school-age centers are not eligible to receive the field trip/quality enhancement fee.

(2) The field trip/quality enhancement fee is to cover the provider's actual expenses for:

(a) Admission;

(b) Enrichment programs and/or ongoing lessons;

(c) Public transportation or mileage reimbursement at the state office of financial management rate for the use of a private vehicle;

(d) The cost of hiring a nonemployee to provide an activity at the child care site in-house field trip activity; and

(e) The purchase or development of a prekindergarten curriculum.

(3) The field trip/quality enhancement fee shall not cover fees or admission costs for adults on field trips, or food purchased on field trips.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, § 170-290-0247, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0247, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0247, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0247, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0247, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04.]

RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, § 170-290-0247, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0247, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0247, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0247, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0247, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04.