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(22)(a) The department must provide to the education research and 1 data center, housed at the office of financial management, data on 2 all state-funded early childhood programs. These programs include the 3 early support for infants and toddlers, early childhood education and 4 assistance program (ECEAP), and the working connections and seasonal 5 subsidized childcare programs including license-exempt facilities or 6 family, friend, and neighbor care. The data provided by the 7 department to the education research data center must include 8 information on children who participate in these programs, including 9 their name and date of birth, and dates the child received services 10 at a particular facility. 11 (b) ECEAP early learning professionals must enter any new 12 qualifications into the department's professional development 13 registry starting in the 2015-16 school year, and every school year 14 thereafter. By October 2017, and every October thereafter, the 15 department must provide updated ECEAP early learning professional 16 data to the education research data center. 17 (c) The department must request federally funded head start 18 programs to voluntarily provide data to the department and the 19 education research data center that is equivalent to what is being 20 provided for state-funded programs. 21 (d) The education research and data center must provide an 22 updated report on early childhood program participation and K-12 23 outcomes to the house of representatives appropriations committee and 24 the senate ways and means committee using available data every March 25 for the previous school year. 26 (e) The department, in consultation with the department of social 27 and health services, must withhold payment for services to early 28 childhood programs that do not report on the name, date of birth, and 29 the dates a child received services at a particular facility. 30 (23) $260,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 31 year 2024 and $260,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to continue 33 implementation of an infant and early childhood mental health 34 consultation initiative to support tribal child care and early 35 learning programs. Funding may be used to provide culturally 36 congruent infant and early childhood mental health supports for 37 tribal child care, the tribal early childhood education and 38 assistance program, and tribal head start providers. The department 39 p. 388 ESSB 5187.SL