(A)
What
shall
How does a program
do to request a rating change
from bronze, silver, or gold?
The program shall
is to:
(2) Electronically submit the registration.
(B) What is the process to submit an
annual report?
(1) A program shall complete and
submit an annual report at https://oclqs.force.com thirty days prior to the
anniversary date of the initial star rating.
(2) The annual report shall contain
updated information as described in the appendices to rule 5101:2-17-01 of the
Administrative Code for a three, four or five-star rated
program.
(3) An annual report is not required
if a change in rating registration is submitted before the deadline for the
annual report.
(C) What if the annual report is not
completed and submitted?
The star rating shall be
discontinued on the anniversary date of the star rating.
(D) What if the rated program does
not meet the program standards based on the information provided in the annual
report?
The star rating may be reduced or
removed pursuant to paragraph (F)(3) of this rule.
(E) What is the process to submit a
rating renewal?
(1) A program shall request to renew
its rating by logging onto https://oclqs.force.com ninety days prior to the
star rating expiration date to complete and submit an ongoing
registration.
(2) If the program does not submit a
rating renewal, the rating shall be discontinued on the rating expiration
date.
(F)(B) When can a
star rating be reduced or removed?
(1)
Programs
licensed by ODJFS
For centers and family child
care providers:
(a) The
star rating shall
is to be
removed if the program receives a letter of intent to revoke a license
from ODJFS.
(b) The
star rating may be reduced or removed if
ODJFS or the county agency determines
if it is determined that the program has an
accumulation of twenty-four moderate and/or serious risk non-compliance points
or a six- point serious risk non-compliance within the previous twelve months
as listed in appendix A to rule
5101:2-12-03 of the
Administrative Code for child care centers and appendix A to rule
5101:2-13-03 of the
Administrative Code for family child care providers.
(2) For
preschool and
school child programs
licensed by
ODE, the
star rating may be
reduced or removed if
ODE determines
it is determined that the program has a six-point
serious risk non-compliance as shown in rule
3301-37-02 of the Administrative
Code
for preschools and rule
3301-32-11 of the Administrative
Code
for school child programs.
(3) The
star rating may be reduced or removed if
ODJFS, ODE
the Ohio
department of children and youth (DCY) or the county agency determines
the program is not meeting any of the standards outlined in
the appendices
appendix A to rule
5101:2-17-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(G)(C) What are the
requirements following a rating reduction pursuant to paragraph
(F)(1)
(B)
or (F)(2) of this rule?
(1) The program
shall
is not
to be awarded a
star rating for six months after the new rating
begin date; this includes a reduction to a zero rating.
(2) The new rating awarded will
expire twelve months after the new rating begin date.
(3)
(2) Paragraph (C)(5) of rule
5101:2-17-02 of the
Administrative Code
shall
is to only apply to inspections completed after
the effective date of the reduction of a
star rating.
(H)(D) What are the
requirements following a rating removal pursuant to paragraph
(F)(1)
(B)
or (F)(2) of this rule?
(1) The program shall
is to not be
awarded a star rating for twelve months
from the date of removal.
(2)
Paragraph (C)(5) of rule
5101:2-17-02 of the
Administrative Code
shall
is to only apply to inspections completed after
the effective date of the removal of a
star
rating.
(I)
(E) How can a program with an agreement to provide
publicly funded child care
(PFCC) avoid a gap in
PFCC services when its SUTQ exemption pursuant to Chapter 5101:2-16 of the
Administrative Code is expiring or no longer exists?
(1) If a program is currently meeting a
time-limited exemption pursuant to Chapter 5101:2-16 of the Administrative Code
and does not submit a registration for SUTQ between one hundred eighty days and
ninety days prior to the expiration of the exemption, the program may have a
gap in PFCC services. Time-limited exemptions are a reduction or removal
pursuant to paragraph (F)
(B) of this rule as well as a program at the end
of its provisional license period.
(2) If a program no longer meets any of the
other exemptions pursuant to Chapter 5101:2-16 of the Administrative Code and
does not submit a registration for SUTQ within thirty days of no longer meeting
the exemption criteria, the program may have a gap in PFCC services.
(J)
(F) How does a program withdraw from SUTQ?
A
program that has submitted a registration for SUTQ or that has a current SUTQ
rating may withdraw from SUTQ by
requesting a
withdrawal at
https://oclqs.my.site.com
completing and submitting the JFS 01556 "Request to
Withdraw From Step Up To Quality".
(2) The effective date of the
program's withdrawal from SUTQ shall be the date requested on the JFS 01556 or
thirty days from the date of the signature on the JFS 01556, whichever is
later.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
5101:2-17-04
Effective:
7/7/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
4/18/2024 and
07/07/2029
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 5104.29
Rule
Amplifies: 5104.29
Prior
Effective Dates: 10/01/2013, 07/20/2014, 05/24/2015, 06/26/2016, 12/31/2016,
01/06/2019, 05/13/2019, 03/29/2020
