Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 237A.30. Voluntary child care quality rating system

a. Facility type.

b. Provider staff experience, education, training, and credentials.

c. Facility director education and training.

d. An environmental rating score or other direct assessment environmental methodology.

e. National accreditation.

f. Facility history of compliance with law and rules.

g. Child-to-staff ratio.

h. Curriculum, including the extent to which the curriculum focuses on the stages of child development and on child outcomes.

i. Business practices.

j. Staff retention rates.

k. Evaluation of staff members and program practices.

l. Staff compensation and benefit practices.

m. Provider and staff membership in professional early childhood organizations.

n. Parental involvement with the facility.