Washington
District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Learning
In short
District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Learning issues 1 permit we publish for Washington, last verified 2026-09-03. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Development Facility License | District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Learning | $225–$1,500 per three-year license, banded by capacity, plus a $75 application fee | 3 years | 2026-09-03 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Child Development Facility License
Licensed by the education superintendent rather than the licensing department, which is the first thing to get right — it moved out of DCRA in 2009. Every applicant pays a $75 application and pre-licensure inspection fee, then a license fee by size: a child development home or expanded home is $225, a centre for 1 to 50 children $600, 51 to 100 $900, 101 to 175 $1,200, and over 175 $1,500. The same amounts apply again at each three-yearly renewal. Extending a late renewal costs $100 for ninety days or $200 for a hundred and eighty. None of it covers inspections by other agencies — the fire safety certification and the lead-based paint clearance are additional and are not OSSE's to charge for. Fees are non-transferable and non-refundable. Worth knowing: OSSE publishes no web page listing these amounts; they are in the regulation itself.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Phone
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Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- 5-A DCMR section 108 — child development facility application and license fees (final rulemaking, effective 2 December 2016)District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
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