Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1319 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to school readiness program; amending 2
16	16	s. 1002.81, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3
17	17	"economically disadvantaged"; amending s. 1002.84, 4
18	18	F.S.; requiring early learning coalitions to adopt a 5
19	19	payment rate schedule rather than a payment schedule; 6
20	20	providing requirements for the payment rate schedule; 7
21	21	requiring early learning coalitions to reimburse 8
22	22	contracted school readiness program providers the 9
23	23	minimum payment rate; providing that minimum payment 10
24	24	rate reimbursements shall be charged as direct 11
25	25	services; amending s. 1002.85, F.S.; revising the 12
26	26	required contents of early learning coalition plans; 13
27	27	amending s. 1002.895, F.S.; conforming provisions to 14
28	28	changes made by the act; directing the Division of 15
29	29	Early Learning within the Department of Education to 16
30	30	amend its Child Care and Development Fund Plan to 17
31	31	identify certain personnel as essential workers for a 18
32	32	specified purpose; requiring the division to annually 19
33	33	collect certain data and include such data in a 20
34	34	specified annual report; providing for the future 21
35	35	repeal of such directive; providing an effective date. 22
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51	51	Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 1002.81, Florida 26
52	52	Statutes, is amended to read: 27
53	53	1002.81 Definitions. —Consistent with the requirements of 28
54	54	45 C.F.R. parts 98 and 99 and as used in this part, the term: 29
55	55	(6) "Economically disadvantaged" means having a family 30
56	56	income that does not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty 31
57	57	level or 70 percent of the state median income, whichever is 32
58	58	greater, and includes being a child of a working migratory 33
59	59	family as defined by 34 C.F.R. s. 200.81(d) or (f) or an 34
60	60	agricultural worker who is employed by more than one 35
61	61	agricultural employer during the course of a year, and whose 36
62	62	income varies according to weather conditions and market 37
63	63	stability. 38
64	64	Section 2. Subsection (17) of section 1002.84, Florida 39
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66	66	1002.84 Early learning coalitions; school readiness powers 41
67	67	and duties.—Each early learning coalition shall: 42
68	68	(17) Adopt a payment rate schedule that encompasses all 43
69	69	programs funded under this part and part V of this chapter. The 44
70	70	payment rate schedule shall identify a minim um payment rate for 45
71	71	each provider type and care level and must take into 46
72	72	consideration the prevailing market rate or an alternative model 47
73	73	that has been approved by the Administration for Children and 48
74	74	Families pursuant to 45 C.F.R. s. 98.45(c) , include the 49
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88	88	approval by the department. Each early learning coalition shall 51
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90	90	readiness program provider, by provider type and care level, 53
91	91	regardless of such provider's private pay rate. All minimum 54
92	92	payment rate reimbursements shall be charged as direct services 55
93	93	under s. 1002.89. Informal child care arrangements shall be 56
94	94	reimbursed at not more than 50 percent of the rate adopted for a 57
95	95	family day care home. 58
96	96	Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 1002.85, Florida 59
97	97	Statutes, is amended to read: 60
98	98	1002.85 Early learning coalition plans. — 61
99	99	(5) The department shall collect and report data on 62
100	100	coalition delivery of early learning programs. Elements shall 63
101	101	include, but are not limited to, measures related to progress 64
102	102	towards reducing the number of children on the waiting list, the 65
103	103	percentage of children served by the program as compared to the 66
104	104	number of administrative staff and overhead, the percentage of 67
105	105	children served compared to total number of children under the 68
106	106	age of 5 years below 150 percent of the federal poverty level or 69
107	107	70 percent of the state median income, whichever is greater , 70
108	108	provider payment processes, fraud intervention, child attendance 71
109	109	and stability, use of child care resource and referral, and 72
110	110	kindergarten readiness outcomes for children in the Voluntary 73
111	111	Prekindergarten Education Program or the school readiness 74
112	112	program upon entry into kindergarten. The department shall 75
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126	126	providers before finalizing the format and data to be used. The 77
127	127	report shall be implemented beginning July 1, 2014, and results 78
128	128	of the report must be included in the annual report under s. 79
129	129	1002.82. 80
130	130	Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 1002.895, Florida 81
131	131	Statutes, is amended to read: 82
132	132	1002.895 Market rate schedule. —The school readiness 83
133	133	program market rate schedule shall be implemented as follows: 84
134	134	(4) The market rate schedule shall be considered by an 85
135	135	early learning coalition in the adoption of a payment rate 86
136	136	schedule. The payment rate schedule must take into consideration 87
137	137	the prevailing market rate and include the projected number of 88
138	138	children to be served by each county and be submitted for 89
139	139	approval by the depar tment. Informal child care arrangements 90
140	140	shall be reimbursed at not more than 50 percent of the rate 91
141	141	adopted for a family day care home. 92
142	142	Section 5. (1) As the lead agency for the Child Care and 93
143	143	Development Block Grant Trust Fund, pursuant to 45 C.F.R. parts 94
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145	145	of Education shall amend its Child Care and Development Fund 96
146	146	Plan to identify child care personnel as essential workers for 97
147	147	the purpose of such personnel's children being determined 98
148	148	eligible for the school readiness program. 99
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162	162	number of child care personnel in the state whose children were 101
163	163	determined eligible for the school readiness program, 102
164	164	disaggregated by county; the total number of such children 103
165	165	served by the school readiness program, disaggregated by age; 104
166	166	the total cost to serve such children; and whether such children 105
167	167	being determined eligible for the school readiness program led 106
168	168	to the retention of such child care personnel. 107
169	169	(b) The information collected pursuant to paragraph (a) 108
170	170	must be included in the department's annual report required 109
171	171	under s. 1002.82(7), Florida Statutes. 110
172	172	(3) This section expires on September 30, 2024, unless 111
173	173	reviewed and saved from repeal through reenact ment by the 112
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175	175	Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 114