Section 17b-749f - Evaluation system for licensed child care centers. Longitudinal study. Report(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall develop and implement a performance-based evaluation system to evaluate licensed child care centers, within available appropriations. Such a performance-based evaluation system shall be similar to the Head Start Performance Standards in 45 CFR 1304.(b) The commissioner shall conduct, within available appropriations, a longitudinal study that examines the developmental progress of children and their families both during and following participation in a child care program.(c) The commissioner shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a, on or before January 1, 2015, on the implementation of the performance-based evaluation system and on the longitudinal study, and annually thereafter on the cumulative results of the evaluations.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-749f
( P.A. 97-259, S. 11, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 37; P.A. 15-227, S. 25.)
Amended by P.A. 14-0039, S. 37 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2014.