Developing, implementing, or enhancing a tiered quality rating system for child care providers and services, which may—
(A)#
support and assess the quality of child care providers in the State;
(B)#
build on State licensing standards and other State regulatory standards for such providers;
(C)#
be designed to improve the quality of different types of child care providers and services;
(D)#
describe the safety of child care facilities;
(E)#
build the capacity of State early childhood programs and communities to promote parents’ and families’ understanding of the State’s early childhood system and the ratings of the programs in which the child is enrolled;
(F)#
provide, to the maximum extent practicable, financial incentives and other supports designed to expand the full diversity of child care options and help child care providers improve the quality of services; and
(G)#
accommodate a variety of distinctive approaches to early childhood education and care, including but not limited to, those practiced in faith-based settings, community-based settings, child-centered settings, or similar settings that offer a distinctive approach to early childhood development.