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Louisiana Administrative Code April 2025 31 facility no longer meets standards for the child care facility’s current star rating award. B. Early learning centers that have achieved a star rating will have their rating revoked if the early learning center license is revoked or not renewed. Family child care homes that have achieved a star rating will have their rating revoked if their registration, CCAP-certification, or academic approval is revoked or not renewed. C. Child care facilities that have achieved a star rating may have their rating revoked, or child care facilities applying may be denied, if it is determined by the LDE that false or misleading statements or documents have been submitted or misrepresented or relevant facts have been concealed or withheld in order to qualify or maintain a star(s) in the unified quality rating system or to obtain the school readiness tax credit (SRTC). D. The provider must reimburse the LDE for all ineligible benefits received. E. There are no administrative appeal rights for providers whose participation is denied or terminated. F. Child care facilities that have a star award revoked by quality start may be prohibited from participating in quality start for 12 months from the date of revocation of star award. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 45 CFR Part 98 and R.S. 17:407.26. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41:2126 (October 2015), amended LR 43:1286 (July 2017), LR 48:1009 (April 2022). §1109. Unified Quality Rating System Tiered Bonus Payments A. Bonus payments will be issued after the end of each calendar quarter to child care facilities that care for children receiving assistance from the Child Care Assistance Program and for children in the state foster care program in accordance with the child care facility’s star rating. The payment is equal to a percentage, as defined below, of all child care subsidy payments received by the child care facility from the LDE for services provided during the service period(s) in that quarter and the child care facility’s star rating(s). 1. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2016-2017 performance profile rating and the following percentages: a. one star0 percent; b. two star6 percent; c. three star11 percent; d. four star16.5 percent; e. five star23 percent. 2. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2017-2018 performance profile rating and the following percentages: a. one star0 percent; b. two star4 percent; c. three star11 percent; d. four star16.5 percent; and e. five star23 percent. 3. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 shall be based on the child care facility’s 2018-2019 performance profile rating and the following percentages: a. one star0 percent; b. two star2 percent; c. three star11 percent; d. four star16.5 percent; and e. five star23 percent. 4. Bonus payments for the period from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, and subsequent years, shall be based on the child care facility’s 2019-2020 performance profile rating, and the performance profiles for subsequent years, and the following percentages: a. one star0 percent; b. two star0 percent; c. three star11 percent; d. four star16.5 percent; and e. five star23 percent. B. The state superintendent of education may, in specific instances, grant a waiver allowing the LDE to continue to use an child care facility’s star rating as of June 30 in calculating bonus payments for up to two quarters beginning on July 1 of the same calendar year, in a year in which the child care facility’s star rating decreases, if the superintendent determines that the economic or adverse impact of the decreased star rating is sufficiently great to reduce access for families participating in the Child Care Assistance Program. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 45 CFR Part 98 and R.S. 17:407.26. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41:2126 (October 2015), amended LR 43:1286 (July 2017), LR 48:1009 (April 2022).