CHAPTER 394
S.P. 48 - L.D. 216
An Act to Offer Greater Financial Incentives Promoting Quality Child Care
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3737, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 158, §2, is amended to read:
3. Quality differential. To the extent permitted by federal law, the department may shall pay a differential rate for child care services that meet or that make substantial progress toward meeting nationally recognized quality standards, such as those standards required by the Head Start program or required for accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and shall do so from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Development Fund 25% Quality Set-aside funds or by other acceptable federal practices. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. The rules must limit payment of the differential for substantial progress to a period of one year. The rules must provide differential rates for substantial progress and must define substantial progress as:
A. Having submitted program descriptions and awaiting a scheduled visit from an accrediting body approved by the department; or
B. For family child care, having submitted a portfolio for a child development associate and awaiting a scheduled observation.
Sec. 2. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from the Federal Block Grant Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.
2001-02 2002-03
HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Child Care Services
All Other $95,397 $190,794
Provides funds from the Child Care and Development Fund to allow for a differential rate of compensation for child care services for those
providers that make substantial progress towards meeting nationally recognized quality standards.Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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