ities and infants and toddlers with 
disabilities); and 
‘‘(II) for providers that meet the 
standards described in paragraph 
(2)(W)(ii); 
‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State pre-
pared a detailed report containing the child 
care costs estimated with the State cost es-
timation model pursuant to clause (i), and 
made the estimated costs widely available 
(not later than 30 days after the comple-
tion of the estimation) through periodic 
means, including posting the estimated 
costs on the Internet; 
‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 
payment rates for child care services, for 
which assistance is provided in accordance 
with this subchapter— 
‘‘(I) in accordance with the most 
recent estimates from the most recent 
cost estimation model used pursuant 
to clause (i), so that providers at each 
tier of the tiered and transparent sys-
tem for measuring program quality 
receive payment that is not less than 
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the cost of meeting the requirements 
of such tier; and 
‘‘(II) that maintain an effective 
and diverse workforce by ensuring 
wages for staff of child care providers 
that— 
‘‘(aa) are comparable to 
wages for elementary educators 
with similar credentials and expe-
rience in the State; and 
‘‘(bb) at a minimum, provide 
a living wage for all staff of child 
care providers; and 
‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro-
vide for timely payment for child care serv-
ices provided under this subchapter. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT
PRACTICES.—The State 
plan shall include— 
‘‘(i) a certification that the payment 
practices of child care providers in the 
State that serve children who receive as-
sistance under this subchapter reflect gen-
erally accepted payment practices of child 
care providers in the State that serve chil-
dren who do not receive assistance under 
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this subchapter, including the practice of 
paying the providers the payment rate de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) based on 
the number of children enrolled and not 
the number of children in daily attendance, 
so as to provide stability of funding and 
encourage more child care providers to 
serve children who receive assistance under 
this subchapter; and 
‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 
implement enrollment and eligibility poli-
cies that support the fixed costs of pro-
viding child care services by delinking pro-
vider payment rates from an eligible child’s 
occasional absences due to holidays or un-
foreseen circumstances such as illness. 
‘‘(D) ENTITIES
AND
INDIVIDUALS
CON-
SULTED.—The entities and individuals referred 
to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advi-
sory Council on Early Childhood Education and 
Care designated or established in section 
642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)), administrators of 
local child care programs and Head Start pro-
grams, organizations representing child care di-
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rectors, teachers, and other staff, local child 
care resource and referral agencies, organiza-
tions representing parents of children with dis-
abilities and parents of infants and toddlers 
with disabilities, the State interagency coordi-
nating council established under section 641 of 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1441), the State advisory panel es-
tablished under section 612(a)(21) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1412(a)(21)), and other appropriate en-
tities. 
‘‘(5) SLIDING SCALE FOR COPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C), the State plan 
shall provide an assurance that the State will 
require— 
‘‘(i) a family receiving assistance 
under this subchapter to pay the copay-
ment referred to in paragraph (2)(X); or 
‘‘(ii) another entity to pay the copay-
ment on behalf of the family, voluntarily or 
in accordance with Federal law. 
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‘‘(B) SLIDING
SCALE.—Such copayment 
shall be based on a sliding scale that provides 
that, for a family with a family income— 
‘‘(i) of not more than 75 percent of 
State median income, the family shall not 
pay a copayment, toward the cost of the 
child care involved for all eligible children 
in the family; 
‘‘(ii) of more than 75 percent but not 
more than 100 percent of State median in-
come, the copayment shall be more than 0 
but not more than 2 percent of that family 
income, toward such cost for all such chil-
dren; 
‘‘(iii) of more than 100 percent but 
not more than 125 percent of State me-
dian income, the copayment shall be more 
than 2 but not more than 4 percent of that 
family income, toward such cost for all 
such children; and 
‘‘(iv) of more than 125 percent but 
not more than 150 percent of State me-
dian income, the copayment shall be more 
than 4 but not more than 7 percent of that 
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