RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6M-4.610: Statewide Provider Contract for the School Readiness Program

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 38 No. 27, July 6, 2012 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The full text of the proposed rule, as revised, is:

6M-4.610 Statewide Provider Contract for the School Readiness Program.

(1) The Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract (Form OEL-SR 20, dated September August 2012) is hereby incorporated by reference, and may be obtained from Florida’s Office of Early Learning at the following address: 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, (866)357-3239, TTY/Florida Relay 711, and at the Internet website: http://www.floridaearlylearning.com.

(2) An early learning coalition may not pay a School Readiness (SR) provider after January 31, 2013, which registers to offer the SR program on or after October 1, 2012, except under the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract executed adopted herein with the coalition. A coalition must be a party to a Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract.

(3) The Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract may be in effect for a term of up to three (3) years, at the discretion of the coalition, after which point the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract must be executed again. A school district may sign a single Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract on behalf of all public schools in the district offering the SR program. The authorized representative owner or manager of multiple private child care providers sites may sign a single Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract on behalf of all of his or her private providers sites within an early learning coalition service area in which it operates.

(4) To request participation in the SR program, a provider must complete and execute a copy of the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract and submit all required documentation as indicated in the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract to the early learning coalition under which the provider will operate. Upon determination that a provider is eligible to participate in the SR program, an early learning coalition shall complete and execute the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract which has been executed by the provider.

(5) An early learning coalition which determines a provider is eligible to offer the SR program shall forward a copy of the fully executed Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract to the SR provider to inform the provider of its eligibility to offer the SR program. A coalition shall keep the original fully executed Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract in the coalition’s records on the SR provider.

(6) Neither a coalition nor an SR provider may omit, supplement, or amend the terms and conditions of the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract. Neither a coalition nor an SR provider may include any attachments, addenda, or exhibits to the Statewide School Readiness Provider Contract except Exhibit 1 (Provider Location List) and Exhibit 2 (Required Documentation) which are incorporated as part of Form OEL-SR 20.

Rulemaking Authority 411.01(4)(e) FS. Law Implemented 411.01(4)(d)9. FS. History–New________.