5101:2-17-01 "Step Up To Quality" (SUTQ): program standards.

 

 

 

5101:2-17-01               Application and eligibility for step up to quality (SUTQ).

 

 

 

(A)   A child care program licensed by the Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) may apply to participate in step up to quality (SUTQ), a voluntary quality rating system.

 

(B)  Eligibility requirements to become star rated include:

 

(1)   The program has not received a letter of intent to revoke a license from ODJFS within the forty-eight months prior to application.

 

(2)   The program had no serious risk noncompliances, as outlined in appendix A to this rule, at the last licensing inspection, as a result of a substantiated complaint, or during a verification visit.

 

(3)   The program meets all the benchmark indicators for the star rating it applied for as listed in appendix B to this rule.

 

(4)     The  program  administrators,  lead  and  assistant  teachers  have  completed  a professional registry profile online at www.ohpdnetwork.org.

 

(C)   Any program with serious risk noncompliances may apply for a star rating after the next regular licensing inspection with no serious risk noncompliances.

 

(D)    A program shall complete and submit the JFS 01550 (rev. 11/2006) an online application located at www.stepuptoquality.org:

 

(1)   To participate in SUTQ.

 

(2)   To request a change in a star rating.

 

(3)   To renew a star rating.

 

(E)   After receiving notification of eligibility status from ODJFS programs shall comply with an unannounced verification visit as required by rule 5101:2-17-02 of the Administrative Code.

 

(F)   A star rated program shall maintain its rating for a period of one year as long as it has not had any serious risk noncompliances. A star rated program may receive a warning regarding its star rating or notification that its rating has been suspended or removed as a result of a serious risk noncompliance.

 

 

 

 

(G)   Any financial incentive issued to a star rated program shall be made by an electronic funds transfer (EFT).

(H)     A  star  rated  program  whose  star  rating  has  been  removed  shall  not  display, disseminate or utilize any SUTQ marketing materials provided by ODJFS.

Effective:	11/10/2011
R.C. 119.032 review dates:	07/01/2014
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
10/31/2011
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	5104.30
Rule Amplifies:	5104.30
Prior Effective Dates:	7/1/2009, 8/1/2010