110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Playground equipment and surfacing used by an early learning provider must comply with applicable CPSC guidelines, as now and hereafter amended including, but not limited to, installing, arranging, designing, constructing, and maintaining outdoor play equipment and surfacing. (a) Climbing play equipment must not be placed on or above concrete, asphalt, packed soil, lumber, or similar hard surfaces;(b) The ground under swings and play equipment must be covered by a shock absorbing material (grass alone is not an acceptable) such as: (i) Pea gravel at least nine inches deep; (ii) Playground wood chips at least nine inches deep; (iii) Shredded recycled rubber at least six inches deep; or (iv) Any material that has a certificate of compliance, label, or documentation stating it meets ASTM standards F1292.

0146(1) The two slides do not have 6ft of clearance space around them. They face each other with less than 6 ft between them. 0146(1)(a)(b) The pea gravel around the slides is not at least nine inches deep. Risk WAC/RCW

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110-300-0450(2) · An early learning provider must have and follow formal written policies in either paper or electronic format, including: (a) A nondiscrimination statement; (b) A family engagement and partnership communication plan; (c) A parent or guardian’s permission for photography, videotaping, or surveillance of his or her child; (d) Alcohol, tobacco, cannabis use and prohibition of illegal drugs; (e) Curriculum philosophy on how children learn and develop, and how this philosophy is implemented; (f) Child guidance plan, which includes restraint policies and forbidding corporal punishment; (g) Expulsion policy; (h) Early learning program staff-to-child ratios and classroom types offered, if applicable; (i) If the early learning program offers any of the following, they must include a policy for each that applies to their program: (i) Care for children with specific or special needs; (ii) Infant and toddler care, covering: (A) Diapering; (B) Feeding; (C) Toilet training; (D) Child sleep pattern; and (E) Safe sleep requirements; (iii) Dual language learning; (iv) Religious and cultural activities, including how holidays will be celebrated; (v) Transportation and off site field trips; (vi) Water activities; (vii) Overnight care; and (viii) How weapons on the premises are secured; (j) Program days and hours of operation, including closure dates and observed holidays; (k) Enrollment and disenrollment requirements; (l) Fees and payment plans; (m) Sign-in and sign-out requirements; (n) Information required for the child’s record, including: (i) The importance and plan for keeping the information current; (ii) A plan to keep the child’s information confidential; and (iii) Who may legally access the child’s information; (o) A kindergarten transition plan, if applicable; (p) What parents or guardians must supply for their child (for example: Extra clothing or diapers); (q) Permission for a parent or guardian’s access to areas of the early learning program during business hours; (r) Termination of services policy; (s) Emergency preparedness plan; (t) The early learning provider and program staff’s duty to report incidents including reporting suspected child abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, or maltreatment; (u) Policies regarding mixed age groups, if applicable (including when children may be in a mixed age group); (v) Description of where the parent or guardian may find and review the early learning program’s: (i) Health policy; (ii) Staff policies, if applicable; (iii) Consistent care policy; (iv) Menus; (v) Liability insurance (vi) Inspection reports and notices of enforcement actions, if applicable; and (vii) Other relevant program policies.

0450(1) No signed documentation for child WG that his parents have reviewed the handbook and early learning program policies. 0450(2) Policies are incomplete. Risk WAC/RCW

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110-300-0486(2) · An expulsion policy must: (a) Provide examples of behavior that could lead to expulsion from the early learning program; (b) Detail steps the provider takes to avoid expelling a child including, but not limited to, environmental and staffing changes; (c) Detail how the provider communicates to the parent or guardian of a child that steps taken under (b) of this subsection; and (d) Include information that may benefit an expelled child including, but not limited to, community based resources.

0486(2) Expulsion policy missing detailed steps provider will take to avoid expelling a child, and how the provider will communicate with the parents about preventing expulsion and information about community resources. Risk WAC/RCW

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110-300-0500(1) · An early learning provider must have and follow a written health policy reviewed and approved by the department that includes the topics listed in subsection (2) of this section. The health policy must be reviewed and approved by the department when changes are made, and as otherwise necessary.

Health policies are not specific.

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