Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6M - Division of Early Learning › Chapter 6M-9 - DIVISION OF EARLY LEARNING - EARLY LEARNING COALITIONS › Section 6M-9.110 - Requirements and Criteria for Early Learning Coalition Composition

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Ex Officio Member" means a member of the
				coalition by virtue of holding another office. Ex Officio member positions are
				set forth in Sections
				1002.83(4)(a)-(l),
				F.S.
(b) "Business entity" means
				any form of sole proprietorship, partnership, association, cooperative, joint
				venture, corporation or business trust, whether operated for profit or
				not.
(c) "Private sector business
				member" means an individual who does not work for a business entity that the
				government owns or operates. The term also includes:
1. An individual who has dual employment in
				both a business entity and the public sector.
2. An individual who is retired or no longer
				works for a business entity, provided that individual is not currently employed
				in the public sector.
(d)
				"Substantial financial interest" refers to standards established herein for
				appointment of private sector business members. A coalition member, a coalition
				member's relative, or a coalition board member's business entity has a
				substantial financial interest in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
				Program (VPK) or an early learning coalition's School Readiness Program (SR),
				if:
1. The coalition member, the coalition
				board member's relative, or the coalition member's business entity has direct
				or indirect ownership of more than five (5) percent of the total assets or
				capital stock, cumulatively, of one or more of the proscribed sources of income
				listed in paragraph (1)(e); or
2.
				During the prior two (2) years, more than five (5) percent of the gross income
				of the coalition member, coalition member's relative, or coalition member's
				business entity was derived, cumulatively, from one or more of the proscribed
				sources listed in paragraph (1)(e).
(e) "Proscribed sources of income" refers to
				sources of income derived from interests in the design or delivery of the VPK
				program or the SR program, including the following sources:
1. The Department of Education and its
				divisions including the Division of Early Learning, the Department of Children
				and Families, or a contractor or subcontractor of any of these
				agencies;
2. An early learning
				coalition, or a coalition's or former coalition's fiscal agent, service
				provider, contractor, or subcontractor;
3. A school district's or public school's
				preschool program for children from birth until eligibility for admission to
				kindergarten in a public school under Section 1003.21(1)(a)2., F.S., if the
				coalition board member's or coalition board member's relative's income was
				derived from employment in an elected or appointed position in the school
				district or public school which is responsible for:
a. Financial decisions affecting the
				preschool program, including development of the program's budget or
				disbursement of funds for the program;
b. Recommendation or adoption of rules,
				regulations, or policies relating to the operation of any aspect of the
				preschool program;
c. VPK or SR
				program instruction, curriculum development, or service delivery; or
d. Management of the preschool program's
				operations or personnel, or for personnel carrying out the responsibilities
				described in sub-subparagraphs (1)(e)3.a-c.;
4. A public or private provider delivering
				the VPK Program;
5. A public or
				private provider delivering an early learning coalition's SR program;
6. A national child care accrediting
				organization providing accreditation to Florida-based child care providers,
				public schools, or private schools;
7. A Department of Education approved Gold
				Seal child care accrediting organization;
8. An accrediting association that is a
				member of any of the organizations listed in subparagraph (1)(e)6. or
				(1)(e)7.;
9. A vendor of
				educational materials or supplies, books, curricula, or equipment; and,
10. An organization designed to
				represent any of the individuals, organizations, or business entities listed in
				subparagraph (1)(e)1.