; and (ii) an assurance that the State will implement enrollment and eligibility policies that support the fixed costs of providing child care services by delinking provider payment rates from an eligible child’s occasional absences due to holidays or unforeseen circumstances such as illness. (D) Entities and individuals consulted The entities and individuals referred to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advisory 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 programs, organizations representing child care directors, teachers, and other staff, local child care resource and referral agencies, organizations representing parents of children with disabilities and parents of infants and toddlers with disabilities, the State interagency coordinating council established under section 641 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1441 ), the State advisory panel established under section 612(a)(21) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(21) ), and other appropriate entities. (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 copayment referred to in paragraph (2)(X); or (ii) another entity to pay the copayment on behalf of the family, voluntarily or in accordance with Federal law. (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