Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6M - Division of Early Learning › Chapter 6M-8 - DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING - VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM › Section 6M-8.100 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
As used in this chapter, the term:
(1) "Absence" means each instructional day
				that a child does not attend (is absent from) a VPK program.
(2) "Advance payment" is the process of a
				Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) provider choosing to receive an advance
				payment, prior to providing services, instead of a reimbursement for services
				rendered as described in subsection
				6M-8.205(2),
				F.A.C.
(3) "Attendance" means an
				instructional day, either in whole or in part, that a child is present (or
				attends) a VPK program.
(4)
				"Coalition" means an early learning coalition created under Section
				1002.83, F.S.
(5) "Enrollment" is the final step in the
				process of entering (or enrolling) a child in the VPK program. It means
				officially entering the child's name in the statewide information system as a
				VPK student associated with a VPK provider.
(6) "Instructional day" means a calendar day
				that a VPK provider delivers scheduled instruction for the VPK
				program.
(7) "Instructional hour"
				means 60 minutes of instructional time that comprises planned activities or
				experiences implementing a curriculum that enhances a child's progress in
				attaining the VPK performance standards adopted in Rule
				6M-8.602, F.A.C.
(8) "Parent" has the same meaning as the term
				defined in Section 1000.21, F.S.
(9) "Program year" means the annual period
				beginning in one calendar year on the first day that a school-year program may
				begin instruction under subsection
				6M-8.204(3),
				F.A.C., and ending in the next calendar year on the last day by which a summer
				program must complete instruction under subsection 6M-8.304(3), F.A.C. A
				program year is designated by the corresponding calendar years (e.g.,
				2014-2015, 2015-2016).
(10)
				"Provider on Probation" is a VPK private provider or public school whose
				readiness rate is below the minimum level established by the Office of Early
				Learning and incorporated in Rule
				6M-8.601, F.A.C.
(11) "School-year program" means a
				school-year prekindergarten program consisting of 540 instructional hours
				delivered by a private provider under Section
				1002.55, F.S., or by a public
				school under Section 1002.63, F.S.
(12) "Summer program" means a summer
				prekindergarten program consisting of 300 instructional hours delivered by a
				private provider or public school under Section
				1002.61, F.S.
(13) "VPK class" means a private provider's
				or public school's prekindergarten class that includes a child in the VPK
				program.
(14) "VPK program" means
				the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education program created under Section
				1002.53, F.S., and which is
				organized, designed, and delivered in accordance with Section 1(b) and (c),
				Article IX of the State Constitution.
(15) "VPK provider" means a provider
				delivering the VPK school-year program or summer program. There are two types
				of VPK providers: private prekindergarten providers as defined in Section
				1002.51, F.S. and public
				schools.
(16) "VPK SIS provider"
				means a provider delivering the VPK specialized instructional services (SIS)
				program defined in Section
				1002.66, F.S.
(17) "VPK site" means the permanent physical
				location where a private provider or public school delivers instruction for the
				VPK program.
Rulemaking Authority
					 1001.213(2),
					 1002.79 FS. Law Implemented
					 1002.51,
					 1002.53(2),
					 1002.55(2),
					 1002.61(2)(a),
					 1002.63(2),
					 1002.67(4),
					 1002.71(2)(d),
					 1002.66,
					 1002.75(2)(a)
					 FS.
New 1-19-06, Amended 5-24-07, Formerly 60BB-8.100, Amended
					 3-29-15, 2-15-16.