LAC 28:CLXV.1109
LAC 28:CLXV.1109. Unified Quality Rating System Tiered Bonus Payments
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 28, pt. CLXV, § 1109
A. Bonus payments will be issued after the end of each calendar quarter to child care facilities that care for children receiving assistance from the Child Care Assistance Program and for children in the state foster care program in accordance with the child care facility’s star rating. The payment is equal to a percentage, as defined below, of all child care subsidy payments received by the child care facility from the LDE for services provided during the service period(s) in that quarter and the child care facility’s star rating(s).
1. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2016-2017 performance profile rating and the following percentages:
a. one star0 percent;
b. two star6 percent;
c. three star11 percent;
d. four star16.5 percent;
e. five star23 percent.
2. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2017-2018 performance profile rating and the following percentages:
a. one star0 percent;
b. two star4 percent;
c. three star11 percent;
d. four star16.5 percent; and
e. five star23 percent.
3. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2018-2019 performance profile rating and the following percentages:
a. one star0 percent;
b. two star2 percent;
c. three star11 percent;
d. four star16.5 percent; and
e. five star23 percent.
4. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, and subsequent years, shall be based on the child care facility’s 2019-2020 performance profile rating, and the performance profiles for subsequent years, and the following percentages:
a. one star0 percent;
b. two star0 percent;
c. three star11 percent;
d. four star16.5 percent; and
e. five star23 percent.
B. The state superintendent of education may, in specific instances, grant a waiver allowing the LDE to continue to use an child care facility’s star rating as of June 30 in calculating bonus payments for up to two quarters beginning on July 1 of the same calendar year, in a year in which the child care facility’s star rating decreases, if the superintendent determines that the economic or adverse impact of the decreased star rating is sufficiently great to reduce access for families participating in the Child Care Assistance Program.