• Serious

  110-300-0105(2) · Early learning providers and household members in a family home early learning program must complete and pass a department background check, pursuant to chapter 110-06 WAC.

  Some staff with access to children or present in classrooms did not have a completed portable background check. Background checks for these staff are in process but have not yet been cleared. Risk Verified Corrected WAC/RCW

  Open Not marked corrected in the state record

  Open / not marked corrected.

• Short Term

  110-300-0145(11) · Prior to licensing, exiting mechanisms on gates from a licensed outdoor play area to unlicensed space must be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching mechanism (shuts automatically when released from an individual’s control). A gate that is not an emergency exit must be locked or self-closing and self-latching.

  During the onsite visit, emergency exit gates were observed to be unable to be opened without special knowledge. Additionally, not all emergency exit gates could be observed to be self-closing and self-latching due to the gates being secured in a closed position. Risk Verified Corrected WAC/RCW

  Open Not marked corrected in the state record

  Open / not marked corrected.

• Short Term

  110-300-0146(1) · Playground equipment and surfacing used by an early learning provider must comply with applicable CPSC guidelines including, but not limited to, installing, arranging, designing, constructing, and maintaining outdoor play equipment and surfacing.

  Required fall zones and ground cover depths were not consistently maintained across all playground areas.

Disposition: 1 valid issue(s)