WSR 14-16-068
AGENDA
DEPARTMENT OF
EARLY LEARNING
[Filed July 31, 2014, 9:42 a.m.]
Semi-Annual Rule-Making Agenda under RCW 34.05.314
July 31, 2014 through January 30, 2015
The department of early learning (DEL) prepares a semi-annual rule-making agenda in January and July each year to let the public know about DEL rule changes that are underway or planned. DEL rules are part of the Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and permanent DEL rules can be found online at Title 170 WAC. Find current information about department rule-making activity online at DEL Rules Under Development. See additional notes following the table.
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Subject Matter and Authority |
WAC Chapter or Sections |
Description DEL Rules Under Development on the DEL web site has current information on these rules. |
Emergency Rules (CR-103E) |
Preproposal Notice (CR-101) |
Proposed Rule (CR-102) and Public Hearings or Expedited Rule (CR-105) |
Permanent Rule (CR-103P) |
Increase base subsidy rate for all child care providers by four percent in July 2014 and again in January 2015. |
Chapter 170-290 WAC |
Rule making needed under 2014 supplemental budget (ESSB 6002) providing for a four percent base rate increase for licensed and exempt family child care providers in July 2014 and January 2015. |
July 2014 and (planned) January 2015 |
WSR 13-07-051 |
July-August 2014 |
To be determined |
Subsidy substantive improvements. |
Chapter 170-290 WAC |
Rule making to improve subsidized child care continuity for families. |
None |
WSR 13-07-051 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Early childhood education and assistance program (ECEAP) and licensing minimum standards alignment. |
Chapters 170-100, 170-290, 170-295, 170-296A, 170-297 WAC |
Rule making to implement a single set of licensing standards for child care and ECEAP. |
None |
To be determined |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Department of early learning rules-General. |
All chapters of Title 170 WAC |
DEL may revise its rules to update, streamline, and improve efficiencies across all programs it administers. |
To be determined |
WSR 14-05-046 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
ECEAP expansion. |
Chapter 170-290; possibly 170-100, 170-295, 170-296A, and 170-297 WAC |
Revising rules (potentially across multiple WAC chapters) to facilitate ECEAP expansion, under which expansion slots will be prioritized for full-day services made possible by braiding ECEAP funding with working connections child care funding, the combined funds issued in single contracts to ECEAP contractors. |
None |
July 2014 |
September 2015 |
To be determined |
Subsidy technical corrections. |
Chapter 170-290 WAC |
Technical corrections to subsidy program rules. |
None |
WSR 13-07-051 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Removing language in licensing WACs specifying the duration of basic state training and registry system training. |
Chapters 170-295, 170-296A, and 170-297 WAC |
Removal of language regarding duration of the training is needed because new curriculum, including provider training on safe sleep practices, is being implemented and requires more than twenty hours to complete. |
July 1, 2014 |
July 2014 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Adding additional means of meeting license applicant minimum education standards to family home licensing rules. |
WAC 170-296A-1725 |
Revising family home licensing rules to allow completion of the DEL approved early childhood education initial certificate to serve as "equivalent education" for purposes of meeting license applicant minimum education standards. |
May 2014 |
WSR 14-05-046 |
WSR 14-13-112 |
To be determined |
Early intervention programs. |
New chapter |
Adopting a new DEL chapter of Title 170 WAC regarding early intervention programs. |
None |
WSR 13-04-074 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Notes:
The DEL semi-annual rule-making agenda is prepared for information purposes only, and future dates or periods noted in this agenda are planning estimates that are subject to change. This agenda does not constitute a rule or rule-making action. Any errors or omissions in this agenda do not affect the actual DEL rules or rule-making notices filed with the office of the code reviser and published in the Washington State Register.
There may be additional DEL rule making that cannot be forecasted as the department adopts rules to implement new state laws, to meet federal requirements, or to meet unforeseen circumstances. Emergency rules noted, if any, are those in effect at the time this agenda was filed with the code reviser or were the last emergency rules filed prior to this agenda on the particular subject.
For more information about DEL rule making, or to join a mailing list to receive DEL rule notices and draft materials, please e-mail Rules@del.wa.gov, or write to the DEL Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 40970, Olympia, WA 98504-0970.
CR means "code reviser." The legislature's office of the code reviser creates the rule-making notice forms used and filed by all state agencies.
CR-101 is a preproposal statement of inquiry notice filed under RCW
34.05.310.
CR-102 may be a proposed rule-making notice filed under RCW
34.05.320; a continuance notice under RCW
34.05.325, or a supplemental proposed rule-making notice under RCW
34.05.340.
CR-103E is an emergency rule-making order filed under RCW
34.05.350.
CR-103P is a permanent rule-making order filed under RCW
34.05.360.
CR-105 is an expedited rule-making notice filed under RCW
34.05.353.
WSR means "Washington State Register." The WSR numbers noted throughout this rules agenda are the official filing numbers assigned by the office of the code reviser and entered on materials filed for legal publication in the State Register.
The DEL semi-annual rule-making agenda is prepared for information purposes only, and future dates or periods noted in this agenda are planning estimates that are subject to change. This agenda does not constitute a rule or rule-making action. Any errors or omissions in this agenda do not affect the actual DEL rules or rule-making notices filed with the office of the code reviser and published in the Washington State Register. There may be additional DEL rule-making that cannot be forecasted as the department adopts rules to implement new state laws, to meet federal requirements, or to meet unforeseen circumstances.
