PDFWAC 110-15-0247
Field trip/quality enhancement fees.
(1) As funding allows, DCYF pays licensed or certified family home child care providers and in-home/relative providers a monthly field trip/quality enhancement fee up to $30 per child or the providers' actual cost for the field trip, if the fee is required of all parents and guardians whose children are in their care. DCYF-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 providers' 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 will not cover fees or admission costs for adults on field trips, or food purchased on field trips.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.055 and 43.216.065. WSR 22-05-007, § 110-15-0247, filed 2/3/22, effective 3/6/22. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0247, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. 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.]