West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-028 - West Virginia's Universal Access to a Quality Early Education System (Policy 2525) › Section 126-28-4 - County Collaborative Early Childhood Team

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
4.1. Each county must establish a county
				collaborative early childhood team which includes a core team with, at a
				minimum, representation from the county school system preschool program, the
				county school system preschool special needs program, a licensed community
				child care program in that county not operated by the county school system, and
				the Head Start program in that county. A representative from the local
				department of health and human resources and/or child care resource and
				referral agency shall be included in the core team when there is no licensed
				community child care representative. The licensed child care programs in the
				county will elect a representative to serve on the county collaborative early
				childhood core team.
4.2. The
				county collaborative early childhood core team shall annually assess the
				composition of the full county collaborative early childhood team, which should
				include a parent/guardian of a preschool child, representative(s) from the West
				Virginia Birth to Three System Regional Administrative Unit, local department
				of health and human resources, child care resource and referral agency, school
				health representative, classroom teachers, Family Resource Networks, Parent
				Education Resource Center, Starting Points, faith-based early childhood program
				providers, and/or other community organizations and persons interested in,
				knowledgeable of, or who provide support or education to young children and
				their families. Due to the nature of child care, every licensed child care
				program in the county must be extended an invitation to participate on the
				collaborative team. The county must keep on file a list of invitees.
4.3. Each county early childhood
				collaborative team shall meet regularly throughout the year to ensure that the
				following outcomes are met:
4.3.a. Joint
				decisions are made about the location of WV Pre-K classrooms including
				Preschool Special Education classes;
4.3.b. Joint decisions are made about
				responsibilities for sharing resources and information for each classroom,
				including but not limited to staffing, facilities, food service, and
				transportation;
4.3.c. Joint
				decisions are made concerning program availability, including hours of
				instruction per day, days of operation, and a WV Pre-K school calendar, which
				must be approved by the county board of education annually.
4.3.d. Joint decisions are made to maintain a
				county-wide universal enrollment process and attendance guidelines;
4.3.e. Services for children with identified
				special needs are provided in a least restrictive environment according to the
				requirements of that child's Individualized Education Program (IEP);
4.3.f. Joint decisions are made concerning
				adoption and implementation of a WV Pre-K Approved Curricular Framework and, if
				applicable, selection and use of supplemental materials/curricula
				enhancement;
4.3.g. Joint decisions
				are made to design and implement a continuous quality improvement process that
				includes annual plans for data collection to assist in developing school
				readiness goals;
4.3.h. Joint
				decisions are made to design and implement school readiness goals and
				transition plans;
4.3.i. Joint
				decisions are made to establish and maintain a dispute resolution process to
				ensure a mechanism for resolving disputes in order to support WV Pre-K program
				outcomes.