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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-509 - Performance Rating Calculations for Publicly-Funded Sites

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A. Performance Rating.
1. For the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school
				years, the performance rating for each publicly-funded site shall be based on
				the average of the dimension-level toddler and pre-K observation results from
				the fall and spring observation periods for all toddler and pre-K classrooms
				within the site, excluding the negative climate dimension.
2. For 2020-2021 school year and beyond, the
				performance rating for each publicly-funded site shall be based on the average
				of the dimension-level infant, toddler, and pre-K-3 observation results from
				the fall and spring observation periods for all infant, toddler, and pre-K
				classrooms within the site, excluding the negative climate dimensions.
a. Exception due to the COVID-19 pandemic
				with regard to observation completion and other associated challenges. For the
				2020-2021 school year only, the performance rating for each site which received
				at least one observation during 2020-2021 shall be based on the higher of the
				published 2019-2020 performance rating and the 2020-2021 performance rating
				calculated for the site.
i. The LDE shall
				share performance summaries based on 2020-2021 observations for informational
				purposes only.
ii. Sites not
				receiving any observations during the 2020-2021 school year shall not receive a
				performance rating.
3. BESE may include a weight for improvement
				beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
4. Sites that have classrooms which receive a
				score of 3.5 or above for the negative climate dimension and sites that have
				infant classrooms that receive a "low" on the lack of adult negativity
				indicator will receive a notice in writing at the end of the observation period
				in which the score was received. If a site receives a notice for two
				consecutive observation periods, an indicator of high negative climate, low
				lack of adult negativity or an indicator for both may be reported on the
				performance profile. Lack of adult negativity is an indicator used in infant
CLASS
® and is comparable to the
				pre-K-3 and toddler negative climate dimension. Like all indicators for
CLASS
®, the measure is expressed as
				"high," "medium," or "low" rather than as a numerical score.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-511 - Performance Rating Calculations for Community Networks

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A. Community networks shall receive two
				performance ratings which shall be calculated as follows.
1.
CLASS®
observation results shall be
				one of the community network performance ratings.
2. An equitable access score for
				four-year-olds shall be one of the community network performance
				ratings.
3. BESE may include a
				weight for improvement on equitable access beginning with the 2017-2018 school
				year.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-512 - Performance Rating Calculations for Community Networks

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A. Unsatisfactory Publicly-Funded Sites
1. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year,
				publicly-funded sites rated as "unsatisfactory," as defined in LAC 28:XCI.509,
				for two school years in any consecutive three school year period, shall lose
				their public funding and have their academic approval terminated.
2. The state superintendent may grant
				exception to Subsection A of this Section if the publicly-funded site serves a
				special population, or if taking the required action in Subsection A of this
				Section would create an extraordinary burden for families or place children at
				risk of harm.
3. The department
				shall conduct an annual needs analysis for families in regions that may be
				impacted by publicly-funded sites losing their public funding to support access
				to early childhood programs.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-513 - Informational Metrics of Best Practices

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A. Informational metrics are measures of a
				publicly-funded site and a community network's use of the following early
				childhood care and education best practices. The performance profile shall
				report the publicly-funded site and community network's use of the best
				practices identified as an investment in quality measures, which shall include,
				but is not limited to:
1. Child-to-teacher
				ratios. Publicly-funded sites maintain child-to-teacher ratios based on the age
				of children and that are at or better than the minimum standards required in
				accordance with LAC 28:CLXI.137 or LAC 28:CLXV.139, as applicable.
a. To achieve gold-level ratios,
				publicly-funded sites shall at minimum meet the following child-to-teacher
				ratios.
i. Family Child Care Provider. If any
				children in care are 24 months old or younger, the maximum child-to-teacher
				ratio shall be 4:1.
ii. Early
				Learning Center or School-based Organization. The maximum child-to-teacher
				ratio shall be as shown below.
Age
Ratio
Birth to 1 year
4:1
1 year to 2 years
4:1
2 years to 3 years
6:1
3 years to 4 years
8:1
4 years to 5 years
10:1
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-515 - Reporting for the Accountability System

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A. Lead agencies shall report to the
				department, in the manner specified by the department, the following:
1. classroom counts:
a. by October 1, the number of classrooms
				serving infant, toddler and PreK children in each publicly-funded site on
				October 1;
b. by February 1, the
				number of classrooms serving infant, toddler, and PreK children in each
				publicly-funded site on February 1; and
c. by February 1, the number of classrooms in
				the February 1 count that have been added or removed since the October 1
				count;
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-517 - Data Verification

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A. The
				department shall provide all non-survey data contributing to the performance
				profile for publicly-funded sites and community networks to each lead agency
				prior to publishing the performance rating.
B. In 2015-2016, the department shall provide
				lead agencies 30 calendar days for final review, correction, and verification
				of data for the performance profiles. For all subsequent years, the department
				shall provide lead agencies 10 calendar days for final review, correction, and
				verification of data for performance profiles.
1. The lead agency shall create and implement
				a community network data certification procedure that requires review of all
				performance profile data for each site during the data certification
				period.
2. The department may
				request the certification procedure from each lead agency.
3. Data corrections shall not be grounds for
				an appeal or waiver request as all data corrections shall be made prior to the
				release of profiles regardless of the source of any errors.
4. Data corrections for
CLASS
® scores may only be submitted
				for the following reasons:
a.
CLASS®
observations results have
				been reported incorrectly; or
b.
CLASS®
observation results were not
				reported.
5. The
				department shall review all data corrections and grant approval of those
				corrections that are proven valid.
6. The department may request additional
				documentation to support the validity of the changes.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-519 - Waivers of Accountability System Requirements

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A. The state superintendent of education
				(state superintendent) shall have the authority to grant waivers to
				publicly-funded sites and community networks for specific requirements of the
				accountability system included in this Chapter.
1. Community Networks
a. Prior to October 1, any lead agency
				requesting a waiver on behalf of the community network from a requirement of
				the accountability system shall submit a request in writing to the
				department.
b. After October 1 and
				prior to the start of the data verification period established in §517, any
				lead agency with extenuating circumstances arising after October 1 may request
				a waiver by submitting a written request to the department that shall clearly
				state the extenuating circumstances on which the request is based.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-521 - Performance Profile Appeals Procedure

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A. BESE shall have the authority to grant an
				appeal of a publicly-funded site or community networks performance
				profile.
B. The appeal procedure
				shall be used when needed to address unforeseen and aberrant factors impacting
				publicly-funded sites and community networks or when needed to address issues
				that arise when the literal application of the accountability system
				regulations does not consider certain unforeseen and unusual circumstances.
				Failure to complete observations or use of third-party scores are not
				sufficient reasons for requesting an appeal. Data corrections shall not be
				grounds for an appeal or waiver request as all data corrections shall be made
				prior to the release of profiles regardless of the source of any
				errors.
C. A publicly-funded site
				or community network may request an appeal of its performance profile by
				submitting a written request for an appeal to the department within 15 calendar
				days of the departments release of the publicly-funded site or community
				networks performance profile.
D.
				All appeal requests shall clearly state the specific reasons for requesting the
				appeal and the reasons why the appeal should be granted and shall include any
				necessary supporting documentation.
E. The lead agency shall submit a written
				request for appeal on behalf of a community network that wishes to appeal its
				performance profile.
F. The
				department shall review all timely submitted appeal requests and make a
				recommendation to BESE during the first regularly scheduled BESE meeting
				following receipt of the appeal request, or during the second regularly
				scheduled BESE meeting if the appeal request is received within 10 working days
				of the first regularly scheduled BESE meeting. Within this interval, the
				department shall notify the publicly-funded site or community network of its
				recommendation and allow the site or community network to respond in writing.
				The departments recommendation and the site or community networks response
				shall be submitted to BESE for final disposition.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:407.21 et
				  seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System › Section CLXVII-523 - Disaster Consideration for Programs and Community Networks

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A. A severe impact
				site meets either of the following conditions associated with disasters:
1. the site was closed, due to the disaster,
				for 18 or more consecutive school days during a given school year; or
2. the site gained or lost 25 percent or more
				of its population due to the disaster.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-701 - Age Cohorts

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A. Children
				shall be placed in a single age cohort for counting purposes in a school year.
				Each child shall be placed in the appropriate age cohort at the beginning of
				the school year and shall remain in that age cohort for the entire school year.
B. A childs age cohort shall be
				determined by the childs age on September 30 of the school year.
C. Children shall be placed in age cohorts
				for a school year as follows:
1.
				four-year-olds are children who have reached or will reach their fourth
				birthday on or before September 30;
2. three-year-olds are children who have
				reached or will reach their third birthday on or before September 30;
3. two-year-olds are children who have
				reached or will reach their second birthday on or before September
				30;
4. one-year-olds are children
				who have reached or will reach their first birthday on or before September 30;
				and
5. children ages birth to one
				year are children who have not reached and will not reach their first birthday
				by or before September 30.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-703 - Coordinated Enrollment Process

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A.
				Coordinated enrollment is the process developed and implemented by a community
				network to coordinate enrollment for infant, toddler, and PreK children in the
				community network whose families want to enroll them in a publicly-funded
				program in the community network.
B. The coordinated enrollment process
				consists of:
1. a coordinated information
				campaign through which the community network informs families about the
				availability of publicly-funded programs serving children ages birth to five
				years;
2. a coordinated eligibility
				determination through which the community network coordinates enrollment,
				eligibility criteria, and waiting lists to ensure that families are referred to
				other available publicly-funded early childhood programs should they be
				ineligible for or unable to access their primary choice;
3. a coordinated application process through
				which the community network conducts a unified application process so families
				can easily indicate their enrollment choices for publicly-funded programs;
				and
4. a matching based on family
				preference through which the community network enrolls at-risk children, using
				available public funds and based upon stated family preferences.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-705 - Implementation Timeline (Repealed)

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AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:407.21 et seq., and
				  R.S.
				  17:407.91 et
				  seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-707 - Demonstrated Progress toward Implementation

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A. No later than August 31, 2015, each
				community network shall submit a self-assessment of its progress toward full
				implementation of each component of the coordinated enrollment process as
				defined in
				§703. B
B. The department may require community
				networks to complete an enrollment self-assessment each year. This
				self-assessment shall include, but is not limited to, the outcomes of the prior
				years coordinated enrollment process, specifically how family choice resulted
				in these outcomes.
C. The lead
				agency of any community network not making progress on coordinated enrollment,
				or not achieving the full coordinated enrollment process according to the
				timeline in §705, may be subject to BESE intervention, as specified in
				§711
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:407.21 et
				  seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-709 - Community Network Request for Funding for Publicly-Funded Programs

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A. Annually by
				September 1, the department will release the timeline by which the lead agency
				will develop, in collaboration with representatives of providers of child care,
				Head Start, and prekindergarten services, and submit a funding request for the
				following fiscal year to the department on behalf of the community network and
				based on the coordinated enrollment results, to include the following:
1. the number of applications received for
				each age of at-risk children;
2.
				the number of seats requested at each publicly-funded site;
3. the number of seats recommended by the
				lead agency to receive funding with a prioritization by site and age of
				children served by funding source;
4. the criteria and process used to develop
				the community network request;
5.
				the recommended plan to maximize all funding sources to increase service to
				at-risk children;
6. the number of
				seats being requested in a mixed delivery setting; and
7. the number of eligible children served in
				the network by specific program type.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-711 - Local Enrollment Coordinator

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A. If the lead agency is not satisfactorily
				coordinating the duties and responsibilities of the community network
				pertaining to the community networks coordinated enrollment process, the
				department shall send written notification to the lead agency and all programs
				within the community network. The written notification shall identify the
				unsatisfactory performance issues and specify any corrective actions that may
				be required of the lead agency.
B.
				Within 30 calendar days of receiving such notice, the lead agency shall submit
				written certification to the department that corrective actions have been taken
				or are in the process of being taken and submit a timely implementation
				schedule for the departments approval.
C. If the lead agency does not respond in a
				timely or satisfactory manner or adhere to the implementation schedule approved
				by the department, the department may recommend that BESE terminate the lead
				agencys duties and responsibilities pertaining to coordinated enrollment and
				authorize a local enrollment coordinator for the community network.
D. A local enrollment coordinator is an
				entity authorized by BESE to assume responsibility for the services a lead
				agency is required to provide in coordinating the community networks
				coordinated enrollment process, as set forth in
				§309. B.1.b and
				§703-709
1. A local enrollment coordinator
				may be a state agency, including the department, a public school system, a
				nonprofit or for-profit corporation having an educational or social services
				mission, including but not limited to a nonprofit corporation of a
				philanthropic or policy nature, a Louisiana postsecondary education
				institution, or a nonprofit corporation established by the governing authority
				of a parish or municipality.
2. A
				local enrollment coordinator shall be authorized for a term no greater than
				five years.
3. A local enrollment
				coordinator authorized by BESE shall enter into a local enrollment coordinator
				agreement with the department.
4.
				If a local enrollment coordinator is authorized, the lead agencys allocation
				shall be reduced by, or the lead agency shall repay, an amount equal to that
				portion of the coordinated enrollment duties and responsibilities that remain
				outstanding.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 7 - Coordinated Enrollment › Section CLXVII-713 - Request for Departmental Review

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A.
				Any publicly-funded program may request that the department review an
				enrollment decision or funding request of its lead agency or local enrollment
				coordinator. All programs shall be given written notice of the opportunity to
				request a departmental review of a lead agency or local enrollment coordinators
				enrollment decision or funding request, as well as the complaint process
				described in LAC 28:XCI.311.A-F, and the appropriate contact information for
				the department.
B. A request for
				departmental review shall be submitted in writing to the department no later
				than 30 calendar days after the day on which community networks must submit
				funding requests to the department or the day in which the community network
				submitted the funding request to the department, whichever is later.
C. All requests for departmental review shall
				clearly state the specific reasons for requesting the review and the action
				being sought, and shall include necessary supporting documentation.
D. The department shall respond to the
				request for review within 30 calendar days after receiving the request or prior
				to BESE considering funding allocations, whichever is sooner.
E. No publicly-funded program or community
				network may request departmental review of the funding allocation approved by
				BESE.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:407.21 et seq., and
				  R.S.
				  17:407.91 et
				  seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund › Section CLXVII-901 - Purpose, Scope, and Effect

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A.
				The purpose of this Chapter is to set forth the rules and regulations necessary
				to implement the provisions of
				R.S.
				17:407.30, which creates the Louisiana early
				childhood education fund (the "fund") for the purpose of funding certain early
				childhood education programs.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6 and
				  17:407.30
				  et seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund › Section CLXVII-903 - Eligibility Requirements

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A. Subject
				to legislative appropriation, monies in the fund will be awarded annually to
				local entities approved by the board.
B. Fund awards are reserved for projects that
				expand the number of early childhood care and education quality seats for
				families eligible for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in type III
				early learning centers with a performance rating of "proficient" or above and
				at least one classroom with children age 15 months or younger.
C. Entities eligible to receive fund awards
				include, but are not limited to, BESE-approved local community networks and
				early learning centers.
D. Each
				applicant seeking an award must establish eligibility criteria for the early
				childhood care and education quality seats financed by local funds that serve
				as the match for the award. At a minimum, eligibility criteria established by
				each applicant must contain the following assurances:
1. that only those children whose family
				income makes them
economically disadvantaged,
as defined in
				Title 28, Part I, Chapter 11 of the
Louisiana Administrative
				Code,
shall be eligible for the early childhood care and education
				quality seats outlined in the applicant's proposal; and
2. that at least 70 percent of any funding
				awarded to the applicant will be used to directly fund additional early
				childhood care and education seats in type III early learning centers with a
				performance rating of "proficient" or above and at least one classroom with
				children age 15 months or younger;
3. remaining awarded funding will be used to:
a. expand seats through improved quality;
				and
b. pay for audit costs required
				per §909 of this
				Chapter.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund › Section CLXVII-905 - Application Process

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A. Local
				entities must submit an application to be considered for the allocation of
				these funds.
1. The application must define
				local needs using current data and define objective criteria through which the
				seats will be awarded.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund › Section CLXVII-907 - Award Process

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A. A rubric
				will be used to identify award recipients, and the following criteria will be
				considered when recommending award recipients for approval to BESE:
1. Ready Start network status;
2. child care assistance program waitlist for
				the local entity's community network;
3. child poverty rates in the local entity's
				community network;
4. child care
				needs in terms of the economic development needs of the parish where the center
				is located; and
5. the extent to
				which the proposal increases the availability of high quality learning center
				seats statewide.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 9 - Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund › Section CLXVII-909 - Audit of Awards

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A. A
				participating local entity must submit to the department an independent limited
				scope audit conducted by a certified public accountant who has been approved by
				the legislative auditor. Audit procedures will be developed by the department
				and will be limited in scope to those records necessary to substantiate that
				the funding received was utilized in accordance with program requirements and
				the approved application.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6 and
				  17:407.30
				  et seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network › Chapter 11 - Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Council › Section CLXVII-1101 - Early Childhood Care and Education Advisory Council

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A. Functions. The function of an advisory
				council is to advise the board, directly or through its committees, in the
				discharge of its policymaking, supervisory control, and budgetary duties and
				responsibilities. Specific functions of the advisory council are determined by
				the establishing law or policy. The advisory council deals exclusively with
				matters referred by the board or the LDE. Matters referred to advisory councils
				require external input regarding funding decisions, policy matters that need to
				be reviewed for local impact, bulletin revisions containing policies or
				supervisory controls, and matters particular to a council for which it was
				created. The LDE staff provides the board with a statewide and nationwide
				perspective on certain issues, while advisory councils respond from a local or
				community perspective.
1. The council shall
				provide input and guidance to the board and the LDE on matters pertaining to
				the development and implementation of rules, regulations, bulletins, policies,
				or standards for publicly-funded early care and education programs, including
				early learning centers, enrollment in early learning centers, the Cecil J.
				Picard LA4 Early Childhood Program, the Child Care and Development Fund Block
				Grant, the Child Care Assistance Program, Early Head Start, and Head
				Start.
2. Prior to board
				consideration of any rule or standard regarding early learning centers,
				enrollment in early learning centers, the Cecil J. Picard LA4 Early Childhood
				Program, the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant, or the Child Care
				Assistance Program, the department shall consult with and provide a draft of
				the proposed rules to the council, and provide an opportunity for the council
				to make recommendations.
3. Prior
				to submission to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, LDE
				shall consult and provide a draft of the state plan for the Child Care and
				Development Fund and budget, and any amendments to the state plan including
				budget revisions, and provide an opportunity for the council to make
				recommendations. Recommendations made by the council shall be submitted to
				BESE.
4. The council shall produce
				required quarterly and annual reports.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 1 - Teaching Authorizations › Section CLXXI-101 - Introduction

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A. This Chapter
				provides for rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative
				Procedure Act to establish a process for issuing a teaching authorization to
				anyone seeking employment as an administrator, teacher, or substitute teacher
				in any school, including a public or nonpublic school that does not require a
				Louisiana teaching certificate for the employment of a teacher.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15),
				  17:7(6),
				  17:10,
				  17:22(6),
				  17:391.1-391.10, and
				  17:411.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 1 - Teaching Authorizations › Section CLXXI-103 - Teaching Authorizations

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A. In
				accordance with Act 634 of the 2018 Regular Legislative Session, a teaching
				authorization (TA) shall be required for individuals seeking employment as an
				administrator, teacher, or substitute teacher in any school, including a public
				or nonpublic school that does not require a Louisiana teaching certificate for
				the employment of a teacher.
B. A
				TA shall be denied to anyone who has:
1.
				submitted fraudulent documentation to the board or the state Department of
				Education;
2. facilitated cheating
				on any state assessment administered to students; and
3. been convicted of or pled nolo contendere
				to a felony offense.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 1 - Teaching Authorizations › Section CLXXI-107 - Suspension and Revocation of Teaching Authorizations Due to Participation in Cheating

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A. A Louisiana
				teaching authorization shall be suspended and revoked if the individual holding
				the teaching authorization has been found by the LDE to have participated in
				cheating, as defined in LAC 28:CXXXI.903. If the Louisiana teaching
				authorization of an individual has expired, and the individual has been found
				to have participated in cheating, this information shall be reported to the
				National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification
				(NASDTEC) Clearinghouse by the LDE. Such individuals will be notified per the
				process outlined in this Section.
B. When the department has determined that
				any teacher or administrator has been found to have participated in cheating,
				the following process shall take place.
1.
				Departmental staff shall attempt to contact the teacher or administrator with
				notification that the department has information regarding his/her
				participation in cheating and is proceeding under this policy to suspend the
				teaching authorization.
2. The
				teacher or administrator shall have 10 working days from the date of
				notification to provide verification that he/she has not been found to have
				participated in cheating. This opportunity for response is intended as a check
				against mistaken identity or other incorrect information and the requested
				verification may be provided through a telephone conversation or written
				correspondence.
3. If the teacher
				or administrator cannot be reached, suspension of the teaching authorization
				shall proceed, as will all other steps in the process outlined in this
				policy.
4. If the department
				determines that a teacher or administrator was found to have participated in
				cheating, the teaching authorization shall be suspended. The board, the
				educator, and the employing school system shall be notified that the teaching
				authorization has been suspended pending official board action per revocation
				proceedings.
5. The educator or
				administrator shall be notified by any appropriate means that his/her teaching
				authorization has been suspended and that the authorization will be revoked
				unless documentation is provided verifying that he/she was not found to have
				participated in cheating.
6. If the
				department subsequently determines that the teacher or administrator did not
				participate in cheating, such action shall be communicated to the department
				and/or the board through documentation provided by the department. The board
				may receive such information and may order reinstatement of the teaching
				authorization.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 1 - Teaching Authorizations › Section CLXXI-109 - Suspension and Revocation of Teaching Authorizations due to Fraudulent Documentation

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A. A
				Louisiana teaching authorization shall be suspended or revoked if an educator
				presents fraudulent documentation pertaining to his/her teaching authorization
				to the board or the LDE. If the Louisiana teaching authorization of an
				individual is expired, and the individual has submitted fraudulent documents
				pertaining to authorization, this information shall be reported to the National
				Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)
				Clearinghouse by the LDE. Such individuals will be notified per the process
				outlined in this Section.
B. The
				department shall conduct an investigation prior to determining that an educator
				has submitted fraudulent documentation pertaining to his/her teaching
				authorization. Upon confirmation of the information investigated, the
				department shall notify the educator that his/her teaching authorization has
				been suspended pending official board action per revocation
				proceedings.
C. Such records review
				shall be limited to the issue of whether or not the document submitted was
				fraudulent. The educator shall provide the board with any documentation that
				will refute the fraudulent nature of the document.
D. The committee of the board shall make a
				recommendation to the full board, based on documentation received from the
				department and the teacher, whether the teaching authorization should be
				revoked. The decision of the board shall be transmitted to the local school
				board and to the affected educator.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15),
				  17:7(6),
				  17:10,
				  17:22(6),
				  17:391.1-391.10, and
				  17:411.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 1 - Teaching Authorizations › Section CLXXI-111 - Reinstatement of Teaching Authorizations

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A. Reinstatement will never be considered for
				an educator who has been convicted of a felony for the following crimes.
1.R.S.
				14:30,
				14:30.1,
				14:31,
				14:32.6,
				14:32.7,
				14:32.8,
				14:41,
				14:42,
				14:42.1,
				14:43,
				14:43.1,
				14:43.1.1,
				14:43.2,
				14:43.3,
				14:43.414:43.5, 14:44, 14:44.1, 14:45, 14:46.2, 14:46.3, 14:46.4, 14:78,
				14:78.1, 14:80, 14:80.1, 14:81, 14:81.1, 14:81.2, 14:81.3, 14:81.4, 14:82,
				14:82.1, 14:84, 14:86, 14:89, 14:89.1, 14:92, 14:93, 14:93.3, 14:93.5, 14:106,
				14.283, and 14:286.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 3 - Kindergarten › Section CLXXI-301 - Counting and Cardinality

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A. Count to
				100 by ones and by tens.
B. Count
				forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of
				having to begin at 1).
C. Write
				numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20
				(with 0 representing a count of no objects).
D. Understand the relationship between
				numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
1. When counting objects in standard order,
				say the number names as they relate to each object in the group, demonstrating
				one-to-one correspondence.
2.
				Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted.
				The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order
				in which they were counted.
3.
				Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one
				larger.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 3 - Kindergarten › Section CLXXI-303 - Operations and Algebraic Thinking

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A.
				Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images,
				drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations,
				expressions, or equations.
B. Solve
				addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10 (e.g.,
				by using objects or drawings to represent the problem).
C. Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10
				into pairs in more than one way (e.g., by using objects or drawings), and
				record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5=2 + 3 and 5=4 +
				1).
D. For any number from 1 to 9,
				find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number (e.g., by using
				objects or drawings), and record the answer with a drawing or
				equation.
E. Fluently add and
				subtract within 5.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4, and
				  R.S.
				  17:154.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 3 - Kindergarten › Section CLXXI-305 - Number and Operations in Base Ten

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A. Gain understanding of place value.
1. Understand that the numbers 11-19 are
				composed of 10 ones and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 ones.
2. Compose and decompose numbers 11 to 19
				using place value (e.g., by using objects or drawings).
3. Record each composition or decomposition
				using a drawing or equation (e.g., 18 is 1 ten and 8 ones, 18=1 ten + 8 ones,
				18=10 + 8).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 3 - Kindergarten › Section CLXXI-307 - Measurement and Data

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A. Describe
				measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several
				measurable attributes of a single object
B. Directly compare two objects with a
				measurable attribute in common to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the
				attribute, and describe the difference.
Example: Directly compare the heights of two children and
				  describe one child as taller/shorter
.
C. Classify objects into given categories
				based on their attributes; count the number of objects in each category; sort
				categories by quantity.
D.
				Recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name and value (e.g., This
				is a nickel and it is worth 5 cents.)
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4, and
				  R.S.
				  17:154.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 3 - Kindergarten › Section CLXXI-309 - Geometry

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A. Describe objects
				in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions
				of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind,
				and next to.
B. Correctly name
				shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
C. Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying
				in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").
D. Analyze and compare two- and
				three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal
				language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of
				sides and vertices/"corners"), and other attributes (e.g., having sides of
				equal length).
E. Model shapes in
				the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and
				drawing shapes.
F. Compose simple
				shapes to form larger shapes.
Example: "Can you join these two triangles with full sides
				  touching to make a rectangle?"
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4, and
				  R.S.
				  17:154.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 5 - Grade 1 › Section CLXXI-501 - Operations and Algebraic Thinking

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A.
				Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving
				situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and
				comparing, with unknowns in all positions (e.g., by using objects, drawings,
				and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the
				problem).
B. Solve word problems
				that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal
				to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the
				unknown number to represent the problem.
C. Apply properties of operations to add and
				subtract.
Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also
				  known (commutative property of addition). To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two
				  numbers can be added to make a 10, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12 (associative
				  property of addition).
D.
				Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem.
Example: Subtract 10 - 8 by finding the number that makes 10
				  when added to 8.
E. Relate
				counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add
				2).
F. Add and subtract within 20,
				demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use mental
				strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 =
				14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1
				= 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing
				that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or
				known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12
				+ 1 = 13).
G. Understand the
				meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and
				subtraction are true or false.
Example, which of the following equations are true and which
				  are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 - 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2.
H. Determine the unknown whole number in an
				addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers.
Example: Determine the unknown number that makes the equation
				  true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = [] - 3, 6 + 6 = [])
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4, and
				  R.S.
				  17:154.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 5 - Grade 1 › Section CLXXI-503 - Number and Operations in Base Ten

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A. Count to 120, starting at any number less
				than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of
				objects with a written numeral.
B.
				Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens
				and ones. Understand the following as special cases.
1. Ten can be thought of as a bundle of 10
				ones, called a "ten."
2. The
				numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a 10 and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9
				ones.
3. The numbers 10, 20, 30,
				40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 tens (and 0
				ones).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CLXXI - Bulletin 745-Louisiana Teaching Authorizations of School Personnel › Chapter 5 - Grade 1 › Section CLXXI-505 - Measurement and Data

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A. Order three
				objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a
				third object.
B. Express the length
				of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a
				shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length
				measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it
				with no gaps or overlaps. (Limit to contexts where the object being measured is
				spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.)
C. Tell and write time in hours and
				half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
D. Organize, represent, and interpret data
				with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of
				data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one
				category than in another.
E.
				Determine the value of a collection of coins up to $0.50 (pennies, nickels,
				dimes, and quarters in isolation; not to include a combination of different
				coins).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4, and
				  R.S.
				  17:154.