Negotiated rule making

The Department of Early Learning (DEL) is engaged in a negotiated rule making process regarding regulations for licensed family home child care. Meetings are held on a regular basis and are open to the public. Future meeting dates are:

Saturday, October 24, 2009. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at at the Puget Sound Educational Service District (ESD) 121, Blackriver Conference Center, 800 Oaksdale Ave. SW, Renton, WAC 98057. Please see this link for directions.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 (if needed). 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at ESD 121 in Renton.

Saturday, December 5, 2009 (if needed). 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at ESD 121 in Renton.

Please e-mail Rules@del.wa.gov or call 360.725.4397 if you would like to receive information or advance meeting materials for Negotiated Rule Making Team meetings.

The negotiated rule making process under RCW 43.215.350 is intended to gather broad input from parents, child care providers, health/safety experts, and interested stakeholders about issues that affect the health, safety, learning, and quality of the licensed home child care environment. In addition, the negotiated rule making process is meant to lead to new DEL rules in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) that are easily understood, and so that child care providers, parents, and DEL licensors have a clear idea of what is expected.

DEL is committed to ensuring that this is a successful, collaborative, and transparent process. See this link to see who is taking part in the Negotiated Rule Making Team. [196k]

Information from past negotiated rule making meetings:


2009 Negotiated Rule Making Meetings
January 31, 2009 (Renton) - Meeting Notes [281k]
March 7, 2009 (Renton) - Meeting Notes [189k]
March 28, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [622k]
April 11, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [189k]
April 11, 2009 – Emergency preparedness slide presentation [111k]
May 2, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [222k]
May 16, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [234k]
June 20, 2009 (Seattle) – Meeting notes [496k]
July 25, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [278k]
August 8, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [220k]
September 19, 2009 (Renton) – Meeting notes [231k]

2008 Negotiated Rule Making Meetings
January 12, 2008 (Seattle) - Meeting Notes [66k]
March 8, 2008 (Spokane) - Meeting Notes [260k]
April 12, 2008 (Yakima) - Meeting Notes [287k]
May 17, 2008 (Seattle) - Meeting Notes [134k]
June 21, 2008 (Ellensburg) - Meeting Notes [66k]
June 21, 2008 (Ellensburg) - Septic and Drinking Water PowerPoint Presentation by Washington State Child Health & Safety Advisory Committee [66k]
June 21, 2008 (Ellensburg) - Additional Health Materials from NRMT Questions to Public Health [425k]
August 9, 2008 (Kent) - Meeting Notes [208k]
September 20, 2008 (Yakima) – Meeting Notes [81k]
October 25, 2008 (Renton and Yakima linked by video conference) – Meeting Notes [405k]

2007 Negotiated Rule Making Meetings
January 6, 2007 (Pasco) - Meeting Notes [92k]
January 6, 2007 (Pasco) - Meeting comments [62k]
January 20, 2007 (Kent) - Meeting Notes [30k]
January 20, 2007 (Kent) - Meeting comments [54k]
April 21, 2007 [28k]
May 19, 2007 (Ellensburg) [94k]
June 16, 2007 (North Bend) [65k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - Meeting notes [74k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - A Teams—Staff qualifications [34k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - C & C Team – Special programs [48k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - C&C Team – Program [27k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - C&C Team – Corrective action [42k]
August 11, 2007 (Ellensburg) - West Side Story – Guiding principles [40k]
September 15, 2007 (Issaquah) - Meeting Notes [62k]
October 27, 2007 (Yakima) - Meeting Notes [76k]
December 8, 2007 (Seattle) - Meeting Notes [64k]

Video recordings of DEL Negotiated Rule Making Team meetings from September 20, 2008 to the present, except June 20, 2009, are available free to the public. To order, e-mail Rules@del.wa.gov or write to the NRMT Coordinator, Department of Early Learning, PO Box 40970, Olympia, WA 98054-0970. Please note the meeting date(s) you wish to order, provide your postal address, and allow at least three weeks for delivery. These recordings are in DVD format only, and cannot be e-mailed.