Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), upon resuming environmental rating scale (ERS) assessments, to not require a licensed child care facility to undergo an ERS assessment if conducting the assessment would cause loss of a star rating due to the facility's loss in the educators who enabled the facility to meet the star-rating requirements, and its inability to replace those educators within a reasonable time period with individuals having similar levels of education. Expires six months after the date the Governor signs an executive order rescinding Executive Order No. 116.

Directs the Division to implement the following when resuming ERS assessments: (1) through June 30, 2027, lowering the 75% threshold to 50% for the percentage of lead teachers in the program required to meet the "rated licensed education requirements" criteria to earn quality rating improvement system (QRIS) "education points" towards a licensed facility's star rating (expires June 30, 2027) and (2) recognizing early childhood educators currently enrolled in accredited early childhood education programs working toward an associate degree or a bachelor's or master's degree in early childhood education by awarding one QRIS "education point" for every two staff members enrolled at the time of the assessment to the licensed care facility's cumulative final "education points" earned after all staff members in the program are assessed.