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FL Stat § 1002.67 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part V - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (Ss. 1002.51-1002.79)|1002.67 - Performance standards and curricula.

1002.67 Performance standards and curricula.—(1)(a) The department shall develop and adopt performance standards for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. The performance standards must address the age-appropriate progress of students in the development of:1. The capabilities, capacities, and skills required under s. 1(b), Art. IX of the State Constitution;2. Emergent literacy skills, including oral communication, knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological awareness, and vocabulary and comprehension development; and3. Mathematical thinking and early math skills.(b) At least every 3 years, the department shall review and, if necessary, revise the performance standards established under this section and align the standards to the standards established by the state board for student performance on the statewide assessments administered pursuant to s. 1008.22.(2)(a) Each private prekindergarten provider and public school may select or design the curriculum that the provider or school uses to implement the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, except as otherwise required for a provider or school that is placed on probation under s. 1002.68.(b) Each private prekindergarten provider’s and public school’s curriculum must be developmentally appropriate and must:1. Be designed to prepare a student for early literacy and provide for instruction in early math skills;2. Enhance the age-appropriate progress of students in attaining the performance standards adopted by the department under subsection (1); and3. Support student learning gains through differentiated instruction that shall be measured by the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program under s. 1008.2125.(c) The department shall adopt procedures for the review and approval of curricula for use by private prekindergarten providers and public schools that are placed on probation under s. 1002.68. The department shall administer the review and approval process and maintain a list of the curricula approved under this paragraph. Each approved curriculum must meet the requirements of paragraph (b).History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-484; s. 28, ch. 2010-210; s. 453, ch. 2011-142; s. 11, ch. 2011-175; s. 7, ch. 2012-133; s. 10, ch. 2013-252; s. 6, ch. 2021-9; s. 40, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.72 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part V - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (Ss. 1002.51-1002.79)|1002.72 - Records of children in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.

1002.72 Records of children in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.—(1)(a) The records of a child enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program held by an early learning coalition, the department, or a Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program provider are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this section, such records include assessment data, health data, records of teacher observations, and personal identifying information of an enrolled child and his or her parent.(b) This exemption applies to the records of a child enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program held by an early learning coalition, the department, or a Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program provider before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.(2) A parent has the right to inspect and review the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program record of his or her child and to obtain a copy of such record.(3)(a) Confidential and exempt Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program records may be released to:1. The United States Secretary of Education, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Comptroller General of the United States for the purpose of federal audits or investigations.2. Individuals or organizations conducting studies for institutions to develop, validate, or administer assessments or improve instruction.3. Accrediting organizations in order to carry out their accrediting functions.4. Appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the child or other individuals.5. The Auditor General in connection with his or her official functions.6. A court of competent jurisdiction in compliance with an order of that court pursuant to a lawfully issued subpoena.7. Parties to an interagency agreement among early learning coalitions, local governmental agencies, Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program providers, or state agencies for the purpose of implementing the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.(b) Agencies, organizations, or individuals receiving such confidential and exempt records in order to carry out their official functions must protect the records in a manner that will not permit the personal identification of an enrolled child or his or her parent by persons other than those authorized to receive the records.History.—s. 1, ch. 2005-88; s. 178, ch. 2008-4; s. 1, ch. 2010-44; s. 456, ch. 2011-142; s. 13, ch. 2013-252; s. 44, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.79 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part V - Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (Ss. 1002.51-1002.79)|1002.79 - Rulemaking authority.

1002.79 Rulemaking authority.—The State Board of Education shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this part conferring duties upon the department.History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-484; s. 458, ch. 2011-142; s. 79, ch. 2012-96; s. 16, ch. 2013-252; s. 47, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.86 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.86 - School readiness program; education component.

1002.86 School readiness program; education component.—The education component of the school readiness program should be developmentally appropriate and based on research, involve the parent as the child’s first teacher, serve as a preventive measure for children at risk of future school failure, and enhance the educational readiness of eligible children. The school readiness program should be of assistance to parents in preparing their at-risk children for educational success, including, as appropriate, health screening and referral.History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252.
FL Stat § 1002.895 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.895 - Market rate schedule.

1002.895 Market rate schedule.—The school readiness program market rate schedule shall be implemented as follows:(1) The department shall establish procedures for the adoption of a market rate schedule until an alternative model that has been approved by the Administration for Children and Families pursuant to 45 C.F.R. s. 98.45(c) is available for adoption. The schedule must include, at a minimum, county-by-county rates:(a) The market rate, including the minimum and the maximum rates for child care providers that hold a Gold Seal Quality Care designation under s. 1002.945 and adhere to its accrediting association’s teacher-to-child ratios and group size requirements.(b) The market rate for child care providers that do not hold a Gold Seal Quality Care designation.(2) The market rate schedule, at a minimum, must:(a) Differentiate rates by type, including, but not limited to, a child care provider that holds a Gold Seal Quality Care designation under s. 1002.945 and adheres to its accrediting association’s teacher-to-child ratios and group size requirements, a child care facility licensed under s. 402.305, a public or nonpublic school exempt from licensure under s. 402.3025, a faith-based child care facility exempt from licensure under s. 402.316 that does not hold a Gold Seal Quality Care designation, a large family child care home licensed under s. 402.3131, or a family day care home licensed or registered under s. 402.313.(b) Differentiate rates by the type of child care services provided for children with special needs or risk categories, infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and school-age children.(c) Differentiate rates between full-time and part-time child care services.(d) Consider discounted rates for child care services for multiple children in a single family.(3) The market rate schedule must be based exclusively on the prices charged for child care services.(4) The market rate schedule shall be considered by an early learning coalition in the adoption of a payment schedule. The payment schedule must take into consideration the prevailing market rate and include the projected number of children to be served by each county and be submitted for approval by the department. Informal child care arrangements shall be reimbursed at not more than 50 percent of the rate adopted for a family day care home.(5) The department may contract with one or more qualified entities to administer this section and provide support and technical assistance for child care providers.(6) The department may adopt rules for establishing procedures for the collection of child care providers’ market rate, the calculation of the prevailing market rate by program care level and provider type in a predetermined geographic market, and the publication of the market rate schedule.History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252; s. 55, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.93 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.93 - School readiness program transportation services.

1002.93 School readiness program transportation services.—(1) The department may authorize an early learning coalition to establish school readiness program transportation services for children at risk of abuse or neglect who are participating in the school readiness program, pursuant to chapter 427. The early learning coalitions may contract for the provision of transportation services as required by this section.(2) The transportation servicers may only provide transportation to each child participating in the school readiness program to the extent that such transportation is necessary to provide child care opportunities that otherwise would not be available to a child whose home is more than a reasonable walking distance from the nearest child care facility or family day care home.History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252; s. 58, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.95 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.95 - Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program.

1002.95 Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program.—(1) The department may contract for the administration of the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Scholarship Program, which provides educational scholarships to caregivers and administrators of early childhood programs, family day care homes, and large family child care homes. The goal of the program is to increase the education and training for caregivers, increase the compensation for child caregivers who complete the program requirements, and reduce the rate of participant turnover in the field of early childhood education.(2) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section.History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252; s. 60, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.96 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.96 - Early Head Start collaboration grants.

1002.96 Early Head Start collaboration grants.—(1) Contingent upon specific appropriation, the department shall establish a program to award collaboration grants to assist local agencies in securing Early Head Start programs through Early Head Start program federal grants. The collaboration grants shall provide the required matching funds for public and private nonprofit agencies that have been approved for Early Head Start program federal grants.(2) Public and private nonprofit agencies providing Early Head Start programs applying for collaborative grants must:(a) Meet the requirements in the Head Start program performance standards and other applicable rules and regulations.(b) Collaborate with other service providers at the local level.(c) Provide a comprehensive array of health, nutritional, and other services to the program’s pregnant women and very young children, and their families.(3) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the award of collaboration grants to competing agencies and the administration of the collaboration grants program under this section.History.—s. 17, ch. 2013-252; s. 61, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1002.97 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.97 - Records of children in the school readiness program.

1002.97 Records of children in the school readiness program.—(1) The individual records of children enrolled in the school readiness program provided under this part, held by an early learning coalition or the department, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this section, records include assessment data, health data, records of teacher observations, and personal identifying information.(2) A parent has the right to inspect and review the individual school readiness program record of his or her child and to obtain a copy of the record.(3) School readiness program records may be released to:(a) The United States Secretary of Education, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Comptroller General of the United States for the purpose of federal audits and investigations.(b) Individuals or organizations conducting studies for institutions to develop, validate, or administer assessments or improve instruction.(c) Accrediting organizations in order to carry out their accrediting functions.(d) Appropriate parties in connection with an emergency if the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the child enrollee or other individuals.(e) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability and the Auditor General in connection with their official functions.(f) A court of competent jurisdiction in compliance with an order of that court in accordance with a lawfully issued subpoena.(g) Parties to an interagency agreement among early learning coalitions, local governmental agencies, providers of the school readiness program, state agencies, and the department for the purpose of implementing the school readiness program.Agencies, organizations, or individuals that receive school readiness program records in order to carry out their official functions must protect the data in a manner that does not permit the personal identification of a child enrolled in a school readiness program and his or her parent by persons other than those authorized to receive the records.History.—s. 3, ch. 2000-299; s. 9, ch. 2004-484; s. 1, ch. 2005-131; s. 314, ch. 2011-142; s. 18, ch. 2013-252; s. 62, ch. 2021-10.Note.—Former s. 411.011.
FL Stat § 1002.995 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1002 - Student and Parental Rights and Educational Choices|Part VI - School Readiness Program (Ss. 1002.81-1002.995)|1002.995 - Early learning professional development standards and career pathways.

1002.995 Early learning professional development standards and career pathways.—(1) The department shall:(a) Develop early learning professional development training and course standards to be utilized for school readiness program providers.(b) Identify both formal and informal early learning career pathways with stackable credentials and certifications that allow early childhood teachers to access specialized professional development that:1. Strengthens knowledge and teaching practices.2. Aligns to established professional standards and core competencies.3. Provides a progression of attainable, competency-based stackable credentials and certifications.4. Improves outcomes for children to increase kindergarten readiness and early grade success.(2) To the greatest extent possible, the credentials and certifications established pursuant to this section shall align with the training for K-12 teachers, reading coaches, and school administrators in s. 1001.215(3).(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to administer this section.History.—s. 2, ch. 2019-126; s. 9, ch. 2021-9; s. 63, ch. 2021-10.
FL Stat § 1003.04 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1003 - Public K-12 Education|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 1003.01-1003.06)|1003.04 - Student conduct and parental involvement.

1003.04 Student conduct and parental involvement.—(1) Each public K-12 student must remain in attendance throughout the school year, unless excused by the school for illness or other good cause, and must comply fully with the school’s code of conduct.(2) The parent of each public K-12 student must cooperate with the authority of the student’s district school board, superintendent, principal, teachers, and school bus drivers, according to ss. 1003.31 and 1003.32, to remove the student from the classroom and the school bus and, when appropriate and available, to place the student in an alternative educational setting, if the student is disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or disruptive.(3) It is the goal of the Legislature and each district school board that the parent of each public K-12 student comply with the school’s reasonable and time-acceptable parental involvement requests.History.—s. 114, ch. 2002-387; s. 34, ch. 2003-391.
FL Stat § 1003.05 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1003 - Public K-12 Education|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 1003.01-1003.06)|1003.05 - Assistance to transitioning students from military families.

1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military families.—(1) The Legislature finds that school-aged dependents of military personnel, otherwise known as military students, are faced with numerous transitions during their formative years and that moves during the high school years provide special challenges to learning and future achievement. Recognizing the challenges faced by military students and the importance of military families to our community and economy, the Department of Education shall assist the transition of these students by improving the timely transfer of records, developing systems to ease student transition during the first 2 weeks of enrollment, promoting practices which foster access to extracurricular programs, establishing procedures to lessen the adverse impact of moves from the end of the junior year as well as before and during the senior year, encouraging or continuing partnerships between the military base and the school system, providing services for transitioning students when applying to and finding funding for postsecondary study, and providing other assistance as identified by department, school, and military personnel.(2) The Department of Education shall facilitate the development and implementation of memoranda of agreement between school districts and military installations which address strategies for assisting students who are the children of active duty military personnel in the transition to Florida schools.(3) Dependent children of active duty military personnel who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for special academic programs offered through public schools shall be given first preference for admission to such programs even if the program is being offered through a public school other than the school to which the student would generally be assigned. If such a program is offered through a public school other than the school to which the student would generally be assigned, the parent or guardian of the student must assume responsibility for transporting the student to that school. For purposes of this subsection, special academic programs include magnet schools, advanced studies programs, advanced placement, dual enrollment, Advanced International Certificate of Education, and International Baccalaureate.(4) A student whose parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order shall be considered a resident of the school district for purposes of enrollment when the order is submitted to the school district and shall be provided preferential treatment in the controlled open enrollment process of the school district pursuant to s. 1002.31.History.—s. 1, ch. 2003-44; s. 12, ch. 2004-230; s. 17, ch. 2006-74; s. 8, ch. 2006-190; s. 4, ch. 2019-144; s. 1, ch. 2020-75.
FL Stat § 1003.051 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1003 - Public K-12 Education|Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 1003.01-1003.06)|1003.051 - Purple Star Campuses.

1003.051 Purple Star Campuses.—(1) As used in this section, the term “military student” means a student who is:(a) Enrolled in a school district, charter school, or any school or educational institution participating in an educational choice scholarship program established pursuant to chapter 1002; and(b) A dependent of a current member of the United States military serving on active duty in, or a former member of, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; a reserve component of any branch of the United States military; or the Florida National Guard.(2)(a) The Department of Education shall establish the Purple Star Campus program. At a minimum, the program must require a participating school to:1. Designate a staff member as a military liaison.2. Maintain a web page on the school’s website which includes resources for military students and their families.3. Maintain a student-led transition program that assists military students in transitioning into the school.4. Offer professional development training opportunities for staff members on issues relating to military students.5. Reserve at least 5 percent of controlled open enrollment seats for military students.(b) The department may establish additional criteria to identify schools that demonstrate a commitment to or provide critical transition supports for military-connected families, such as hosting an annual military recognition event, partnering with a school liaison officer from a military installation, supporting projects that connect the school with the military community, and providing outreach for military parents and their children.(3) A school may partner with a school district to procure digital, professional development, or other assistance necessary for the school to meet the criteria specified in subsection (2).(4) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement this section.History.—s. 1, ch. 2021-65.