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Rule Development Workshop Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

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Rule Materials

Rule materials are available on OEL’s website at: http://www.floridaearlylearning.c

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House Bill 1091

• 1002.82(n), F.S. – Adopt a program

assessment for school readiness providers that measures the quality of teacher-child interactions, including emotional and behavioral support, engaged support for learning, classroom organization, and instructional support for children ages birth to 5.

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House Bill 1091

• Quality measures, including a minimum

threshold for contracting purposes and program improvement through an improvement plan

• Requirements for program participation,

frequency and exemptions

Program Assessment

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House Bill 1091

Differential Payment

• Level of differential based on quality measures

(program assessment)

• Differential may not exceed a total of 15% for each

care level and unit of care.

• No more that 5% of this 15% may be provided for

providers implementing Child Assessments

• Providers below the minimum threshold for

contracting but are considered essential for meeting capacity needs are not eligible for the differential payment

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

• This rule will cover

– Definitions – Requirement to have a program assessment

• Waiver for capacity needs

– Exemptions – Frequency of program assessment – Quality Improvement Plan

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

Requirements for School Readiness Program Participation

• All School Readiness Providers who serve

children ages birth to 5 years.

• Minimum program assessment score is required

for participation. (Future Rule Development)

• Coalition may waive minimum score if provider is

determined essential to local child care capacity needs and has an active quality improvement plan

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

Exemptions

• Providers serving a small number of school readiness

children may be exempt

– Different requirement for facilities versus family child care homes – What should the number and/or percent be to exempt a provider?

• Exemptions will be automatically applied and provider

can request an assessment if they would like to be eligible for a differential payment

• If an exempt provider requests an assessment, the

minimum threshold for contracting will apply

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

Frequency of Program Assessments

• At least annually, with exceptions
• More frequent due to teacher turnover or change in
• wnership

– What is an acceptable percentage for teacher turnover? – Suggest having a different percentage for facilities versus family child care homes – Will an assessment be needed if there is a change in ownership but little or no teacher turnover? – How long after a change should an assessment be performed?

• Reporting for changes in teachers

– How often? Quarterly?

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

Quality Improvement Plan

• Scores within a certain range will result in

provider being placed on a Quality Improvement Plan for up to 12 months

• Providers cannot be on a Quality

Improvement Plan more than two years in a five year period

• Providers can be on a Quality Improvement

Plan for 3 years if they are deemed essential to meeting capacity needs (capacity needs assessed annually)

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Rule 6M-4.740 F.A.C.

Comments after the workshop can be sent to

• el.rules@oel.myflorida.com

We will take comments until Friday, June 1, at 5:00 p.m.

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Next Steps

Additional workshops in this series will be held at the following dates and times below or until business is concluded, whichever is earlier: May 22, 2018, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 23, 2018, from 1 to 2:00 p.m. May 29, 2018, from 7 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. May 31, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Moving Forward

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Moving Forward

• A draft rule will be developed based on

feedback from the workshops

• A second series of workshops will be held

in June via webinar and in person.

• The in-person workshops will be held in
• Tampa
• Tallahassee
• Palm Beach

Conclusion

• f Workshop

Please send rule comments to

• el.rules@oel.myflorida.com

By close of business, June 1, 2018.