6A-1.099821: Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule development is to propose procedures for the Department to calculate each Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider’s 2007-08 Kindergarten Readiness Rate. These readiness rates must be based exclusively upon the results of the statewide kindergarten screening for students completing the VPK Education Program during the 2007-08 school year and who are administered the statewide kindergarten screening during the 2008-09 school year. The effect is to implement the requirements of Section 1002.69, Florida Statutes, and continued implementation of the calculation of kindergarten provider readiness rates.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Kindergarten Provider Readiness Rates.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1002.69 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.69 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: August 25, 2008, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., August 26, 2008, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., September 2, 2008, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., September 3, 2008, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., September 4, 2008, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: August 25th: Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth Campus, 4200 Congress Avenue, Room CE 129, Lake Worth, FL. August 26th: Miami Child Development Services Office, 2525 N.W. 62nd Street, 2nd Floor, Miami, FL. September 2nd: The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, The Board Room, 1002 E. Palm Ave., Tampa, FL. September 3rd: United Way Building, Ted Crowell Room, 1940 Traylor Blvd., Orlando, FL. September 4th: Department of Children and Families of Arlington, Auditorium, 5920 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville, FL
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Shan Goff, Executive Director, Office of Early Learning, Florida Department of Education, 325 W. Gaines St., Suite 1524, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, (850)245-0445
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
6A-1.099821 Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate.
(1) through (2) No change.
(3) Accuracy of Data.
(a) No change.
(b) If a private or public provider disputes the accuracy of any figures comprising the cumulative list, of VPK participants or if a change to the total number of hours enrolled in the program affects the calculation of the VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate, as described in subparagraph (4)(a)1. of this rule, the provider may submit corrective information to the Office of Early Learning of the Department of Education within 14 days after publication of the cumulative list on the Department’s website (vpk.fldoe.org). The Department, in collaboration with the Agency for Workforce Innovation and the respective Early Learning Coalition, shall review the corrective information and accept or reject the requested corrective information within 21 28 days after publication of the cumulative list on the Department’s website. Upon completion of the corrective process, the Department shall calculate a preliminary VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate in accordance with the method described in subsection (5) of this rule.
(c) If a private or public school provider disputes the accuracy of the preliminary VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate as published on the Department’s website or if a private provider disputes ownership at the time of the 2007-08 2006-07 VPK program, the provider may submit documentation to the Department for its review and consideration within 14 days after publication of the preliminary rate. The Department shall review and accept or reject any changes to the data within 21 28 days after publication. The VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate will be recalculated in accordance with the method described in subsection (5) of this rule and submitted to the State Board of Education for the purpose of adopting a minimum readiness rate, as required by Section 1002.69(6), F.S.
(6) VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates. VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates shall be binding on new private VPK owners if the change of ownership occurred at a point in time in which seventy (70) percent or more of the VPK school-year or summer program remained.
(a) A change in ownership of a private VPK provider, which occurred at a point in time in which less than seventy (70) percent of the VPK school-year or summer program remained, shall be noted on the Department’s website. For the purpose of this rule, a change of ownership does not include the sale or transfer to family members or persons with a pre-existing ownership interest in the business.
(b) VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates shall be binding on new private VPK owners if the change of ownership occurred at a point in time in which seventy (70) percent or more of the VPK school-year or summer program remained.
Specific Authority 1002.73(2)(d) FS. Law Implemented 1002.69(5), (6) FS. History–New 6-3-07, Amended 1-16-08,________.