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Preschool $16.28 $24.42 $17.00 $25.50 $17.50 $26.25 $18.50 $27.75 School Age $15.00 $22.50 $15.75 $23.63 $16.44 $24.66 $17.50 $26.25 Table 4 Half-Day Rate Ceilings for Child Care Home (Not Registered) Age Group Basic Special Needs Infant and Toddler $16.63 $24.95 Preschool $15.00 $22.50 School Age $15.00 $22.50 The following definitions apply in the use of the rate tables: (1) “Licensed center” shall mean those providers as defined in 170.4(3)“a.” “Child development home A/B” or “child development home C” shall mean those providers as defined in 170.4(3)“b.” “Child care home (not registered)” shall mean those providers as defined in 441—Chapter 120. (2) Under age group, “infant and toddler” shall mean age two weeks to three years; “preschool” shall mean three years to school age; “school age” shall mean a child in attendance in full-day or half-day classes. (3) “No Quality Rating” shall mean a provider who does not have a current quality rating. (4) A provider who is rated under the quality rating system shall be paid according to the corresponding quality rating payment level in the tables above only during the period the rating is valid as defined in 441—Chapter 118. If the provider’s quality rating expires, the provider shall be paid according to the “No Quality Rating” payment level. Programs whose quality rating has expired shall not receive backdated payments once a new rating is awarded. (5) For a provider rated “Quality Rating 1” through “Quality Rating 4,” if the rating period expires before a new quality level is approved, the provider will be paid according to the “No Quality Rating” payment level until the new quality level is approved. (6) For a provider rated “Quality Rating 5,” if a renewal application is received before the current rating period expires, the provider will continue to be paid according to the “Quality Rating 5” payment level until a decision is made on the provider’s application. (7) “Quality Rating 1 or 2” shall mean a provider who has achieved a rating of Level 1 or Level 2 under the quality rating system. (8) “Quality Rating 3 or 4” shall mean a provider who has achieved a rating of Level 3 or Level 4 under the quality rating system. (9) “Quality Rating 5” shall mean a provider who has achieved a rating of Level 5 under the quality rating system. b. Payment for days of absence. Payment may be made to a child care provider defined in subrule 170.4(3) for an individual child not in attendance at a child care facility not to exceed four days per calendar month providing that the child is regularly scheduled on those days and the provider also charges a private individual for days of absence. c. Payment for multiple children in a family. When a provider reduces the charges for the second and any subsequent children in a family with multiple children whose care is unsubsidized, the rate of payment made by the department for a family with multiple children shall be similarly reduced. d. Payment for in-home care. Payment may be made for in-home care when there are three or more children in a family who require child care services. The rate of payment for in-home care shall be the minimum wage amount. e. Limitations on payment. Payment shall not be made for therapeutic services that are provided in the care setting and include, but are not limited to, services such as speech, hearing, physical and other therapies, individual or group counseling, therapeutic recreation, and crisis intervention. f. Review of the calculation of the rate of payment. Maximum rate ceilings are not appealable. A provider who is in disagreement with the calculation of the half-day rate as set forth in 170.4(7)“a” may request a review. The procedure for review is as follows: (1) Within 15 calendar days of notification of the rate in question, the provider shall send a written request for review to the service area manager. The request shall identify the specific rate in question and Human Services[441] IAC 6/10/26 Ch 170, p.15