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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to funding for the school readiness 2
program; amending s. 1002.89, F.S.; deleting a 3
requirement that specified funds be used to increase 4
the number of children served; conforming provisions 5
and cross-references to changes made by the act; 6
creating s. 1002.90, F.S.; requiring the principals of 7
the Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference to 8
annually develop official cost -of-care information; 9
providing requirements for conference principals; 10
requiring the Division of Early Learning to provide 11
conference principals with specified data; requiring 12
the conference to annually provide the official cost -13
of-care information to the Legislature by a sp ecified 14
date; amending ss. 1002.81 and 1002.82, F.S.; 15
conforming cross-references to changes made by the 16
act; providing an effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Subsections (4) through (6) of section 1002.89, 21
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (3) through (5), 22
respectively, and present subsections (1), (3), and (5) of that 23
section are amended to read: 24
1002.89 School readiness program; funding. — 25
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(1) Funding for the school readiness pro gram shall be 26
allocated among the early learning coalitions in accordance with 27
this section and the General Appropriations Act and s. 1002.90. 28
(3) All cost savings and all revenues received through a 29
mandatory sliding fee scale shall be used to increase the number 30
of children served. 31
(4)(5) Costs shall be kept to the minimum necessary for 32
the efficient and effective administration of the school 33
readiness program with the highest priority of expenditure being 34
direct services for eligible children. Howeve r, no more than 5 35
percent of the funds described in subsection (4) may be used for 36
administrative costs and no more than 22 percent of the funds 37
described in subsection (4) may be used in any fiscal year for 38
any combination of administrative costs, quality activities, and 39
nondirect services as follows: 40
(a) Administrative costs as described in 45 C.F.R. s. 41
98.54, which shall include monitoring providers using the 42
standard methodology adopted under s. 1002.82 to improve 43
compliance with state and federal reg ulations and law pursuant 44
to the requirements of the statewide provider contract adopted 45
under s. 1002.82(2)(m). 46
(b) Activities to improve the quality of child care as 47
described in 45 C.F.R. s. 98.53, which shall be limited to the 48
following: 49
1. Developing, establishing, expanding, operating, and 50
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coordinating resource and referral programs specifically related 51
to the provision of comprehensive consumer education to parents 52
and the public to promote informed child care choices specified 53
in 45 C.F.R. s. 98.33. 54
2. Awarding grants and providing financial support to 55
school readiness program providers and their staff to assist 56
them in meeting applicable state requirements for the program 57
assessment required under s. 1002.82(2)(n), child care 58
performance standards, implementing developmentally appropriate 59
curricula and related classroom resources that support 60
curricula, providing literacy supports, and providing continued 61
professional development and training. Any grants awarded 62
pursuant to this subparagraph sh all comply with ss. 215.971 and 63
287.058. 64
3. Providing training, technical assistance, and financial 65
support to school readiness program providers, staff, and 66
parents on standards, child screenings, child assessments, child 67
development research and best p ractices, developmentally 68
appropriate curricula, character development, teacher -child 69
interactions, age-appropriate discipline practices, health and 70
safety, nutrition, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the 71
recognition of communicable diseases, and child abuse detection, 72
prevention, and reporting. 73
4. Providing, from among the funds provided for the 74
activities described in subparagraphs 1. -3., adequate funding 75
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for infants and toddlers as necessary to meet federal 76
requirements related to expenditures for quality activities for 77
infant and toddler care. 78
5. Improving the monitoring of compliance with, and 79
enforcement of, applicable state and local requirements as 80
described in and limited by 45 C.F.R. s. 98.40. 81
6. Responding to Warm -Line requests by providers and 82
parents, including providing developmental and health screenings 83
to school readiness program children. 84
(c) Nondirect services as described in applicable Office 85
of Management and Budget instructions are those services not 86
defined as administrative, direct, or quality services that are 87
required to administer the school readiness program. Such 88
services include, but are not limited to: 89
1. Assisting families to complete the required application 90
and eligibility documentation. 91
2. Determining child and family eligibility. 92
3. Recruiting eligible child care providers. 93
4. Processing and tracking attendance records. 94
5. Developing and maintaining a statewide child care 95
information system. 96
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As used in this paragraph, the term "nondirect services" does 98
not include payments to school readiness program providers for 99
direct services provided to children who are eligible under s. 100
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1002.87, administrative costs as described in paragraph (a), or 101
quality activities as described in paragraph (b). 102
Section 2. Section 1002.90, Florida Statutes, is created 103
to read: 104
1002.90 School readiness cost -of-care information.—105
Annually, the principals of the Early Learning Programs 106
Estimating Conference established in s. 216.136 shall develop 107
official cost-of-care information based on actual school 108
readiness direct services program expenditures and information 109
provided pursuant to s. 1002.92(4). Conference principals shall 110
agree on the cost of child care by level and care type, the 111
eligible population data, and the met hods of computation. The 112
Division of Early Learning shall provide the conference 113
principals with all requested and necessary data to develop such 114
information. The data may include a matrix by early learning 115
coalition of any full -time equivalent changes mad e by the 116
division as part of its administration of the school readiness 117
program. The Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference shall 118
provide the official cost -of-care information to the Legislature 119
at least 90 days before the scheduled annual legislati ve 120
session. 121
Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 1002.81, Florida 122
Statutes, is amended to read: 123
1002.81 Definitions. —Consistent with the requirements of 124
45 C.F.R. parts 98 and 99 and as used in this part, the term: 125
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(4) "Direct enhancement services" means services for 126
families and children that are in addition to payments for the 127
placement of children in the school readiness program. Direct 128
enhancement services for families and children may include 129
supports for providers, parent training and involvem ent 130
activities, and strategies to meet the needs of unique 131
populations and local eligibility priorities. Direct enhancement 132
services offered by an early learning coalition shall be 133
consistent with the activities prescribed in s. 1002.89(4)(b) s. 134
1002.89(5)(b). 135
Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 136
1002.82, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 137
1002.82 Department of Education; powers and duties. — 138
(7) By January 1 of each year, the department shall 139
annually publish on its website a rep ort of its activities 140
conducted under this section. The report must include a summary 141
of the coalitions' annual reports, a statewide summary, and the 142
following: 143
(a) An analysis of early learning activities throughout 144
the state, including the school readi ness program and the 145
Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. 146
1. The total and average number of children served in the 147
school readiness program, enumerated by age, eligibility 148
priority category, and coalition, and the total number of 149
children served in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 150
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Program. 151
2. A summary of expenditures by coalition, by fund source, 152
including a breakdown by coalition of the percentage of 153
expenditures for administrative activities, quality activities, 154
nondirect services, an d direct services for children. 155
3. A description of the department's and each coalition's 156
expenditures by fund source for the quality and enhancement 157
activities described in s. 1002.89(4)(b) s. 1002.89(5)(b). 158
4. A summary of annual findings and collect ions related to 159
provider fraud and parent fraud. 160
5. Data regarding the coalitions' delivery of early 161
learning programs. 162
6. The total number of children disenrolled statewide and 163
the reason for disenrollment. 164
7. The total number of providers by provid er type. 165
8. The number of school readiness program providers who 166
have completed the program assessment required under paragraph 167
(2)(n); the number of providers who have not met the minimum 168
program assessment composite score for contracting established 169
under paragraph (2)(n); and the number of providers that have an 170
active improvement plan based on the results of the program 171
assessment under paragraph (2)(n). 172
9. The total number of provider contracts revoked and the 173
reasons for revocation. 174
Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 175