Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 11 - KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY › Chapter 16 - Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program › Section 11 KAR 16:001 - Definitions for 11 KAR Chapter 16

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				164.518,
				164.740
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				164.518(3) requires the
				authority to promulgate administrative regulations for administration of the
				Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program. This administrative regulation
				establishes definitions applicable to 11 KAR Chapter 16.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Academic term" means the fall, spring,
			 or summer semester or its equivalence under a trimester or quarter system at a
			 postsecondary education institution.
(2) "Authority" is defined in
			 KRS
			 164.740(1).
(3) "Award year" means a period that begins
			 July 1 of one (1) calendar year and ends June 30 of the next succeeding
			 calendar year.
(4) "Capstone
			 semester" means the culmination semester in an Interdisciplinary Early
			 Childhood Education (IECE)/Early Childhood Program which:
(a) Requires additional hours of direct work
			 with children; and
(b) May be
			 listed as student teaching or a practicum.
(5) "Early childhood facility" means:
(a) A licensed Type I or a Type II child-care
			 center defined in 922 KAR 2:110, Sections 1(14) and (15) that is located in
			 Kentucky;
(b) A certified family
			 child care home pursuant to
			 KRS
			 199.8982 and 922 KAR 2:100 that is located in
			 Kentucky;
(c) An organization
			 approved by the Office of Inspector General of the Cabinet for Health and
			 Family Services to offer training in early childhood development; or
(d) A developmentally appropriate preschool
			 program defined in
			 KRS
			 157.3175(2).
(6) "ECAC" means Early Childhood Advisory
			 Council.
(7) "ECAC-approved early
			 childhood development credential" means the Child Development Associate's
			 credential or a postsecondary, undergraduate degree, certificate or diploma
			 that is:
(a) An associate degree in early
			 childhood education or baccalaureate degree in interdisciplinary early
			 childhood education, or a related program that is approved by the Early
			 Childhood Advisory Council; or
(b)
			 The Kentucky Early Childhood Development Director's Certificate.
(8) "Eligible institution" is
			 defined in
			 KRS
			 164.740(4).
(9) "Participating early childhood facility"
			 means an early childhood facility that agrees to provide monetary incentives
			 pursuant to
			 11
			 KAR 16:060 to early childhood development scholarship
			 recipients employed by the facility.
(10) "Participating educational institution"
			 means an eligible institution located in Kentucky that:
(a) Actively participates in the federal Pell
			 Grant Program;
(b) Offers a
			 scholarship program curriculum;
(c)
			 Has a contract in force with the authority relating to the administration of
			 the Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program and other programs
			 administered by the authority; and
(d)
1. Is
			 publicly operated; or
2.
a. Is licensed by the Commonwealth of
			 Kentucky;
b. Has operated for at
			 least ten (10) years;
c. Offers a
			 program of study not comprised solely of sectarian instruction; and d. Admits
			 as regular students only:
(i) High school
			 graduates;
(ii) Recipients of a
			 general equivalency diploma; or
(iii) Students transferring from another
			 accredited degree granting institution.
(11) "Preschool
			 associate teacher" means a classified employee who:
(a) Is employed by a local school district in
			 a paraprofessional role to organize, manage, and provide direct instruction to
			 children below primary school age under the supervision of a qualified
			 professional; and
(b) Meets the
			 requirements of
			 704 KAR
			 3:420.
(12) "Professional development counselor"
			 means an individual with the responsibilities to recruit candidates, process
			 the applications, and follow as indicated the procedures established in 11 KAR
			 Chapter 16.
(13) "Professional
			 development funds" means state or federal training funds available through the
			 Head Start Program, a public preschool program, or the Kentucky Early
			 Intervention System (First Steps Program).
(14) "Scholarship" means an Early Childhood
			 Development Scholarship.
(15)
			 "Scholarship program curriculum" means an academic course or series of courses
			 that does not lead to a certificate, diploma, or degree in theology, divinity,
			 or religious education offered by a participating educational institution
			 needed to obtain an ECDA-approved early childhood development
			 credential.
(16) "Teaching
			 assistant" means an instructional aide in a public school preschool program as
			 set forth in
			 704
			 KAR 3:410.