Concerning qualifications for child care providers.

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S-0575.1

SENATE BILL 5279

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators C. Wilson, Frame, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan, Nobles, Saldaña, Shewmake, and Trudeau

Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to qualifications for child care providers; adding a new section to chapter 43.216 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.216 RCW to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the department shall allow licensed child care providers until at least August 1, 2028, to demonstrate experience-based competency as an alternative means to comply with child care licensing rules that require a provider to hold an early childhood education initial, short, or state certificate, when the provider has all of the following documented in the department's electronic workforce registry:

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

16.8% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 41%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum -2 41/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 273 days quiet

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