Full Text of HB1822 102nd General Assembly
HB1822ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. William Davis Filed: 4/15/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1822
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1822, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Early | 6 | | Childhood Program Recruitment and Eligibility Screening Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 8 | | "Blended classroom" means a classroom that is operated | 9 | | under a program that gives the provider the option to operate | 10 | | classrooms that are shared by a Head Start program and an early | 11 | | childhood program in which children enrolled in the program | 12 | | are financially supported through several funding sources and | 13 | | agencies. Classrooms may be partially blended in which one or | 14 | | more classrooms are blended at one or more program locations | 15 | | but not all classrooms are blended, or classrooms may be fully | 16 | | blended in which every classroom is offered by a Head Start |
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| 1 | | program and receives 90% of its funding from State or federal
| 2 | | sources. However, other sources such as Title I and private | 3 | | tuition may also be used to support the enrollment of | 4 | | children. | 5 | | "Classroom", with respect to a Head Start program, means a | 6 | | group of children who are supervised and taught by 2 paid staff | 7 | | members, both of whom are teachers or one of whom is a teacher | 8 | | and one of whom is a teacher's aide, and, if possible, a | 9 | | volunteer. | 10 | | "Collaborative Program" means the program created under | 11 | | this Act. | 12 | | "Communication" means an information exchange between a | 13 | | Preschool for All or Preschool for All Expansion program or | 14 | | Prevention Initiative program provider and a Head Start or | 15 | | Early Head Start provider that ensures that the parents or | 16 | | guardians of all eligible participants in a program are made | 17 | | aware of and are informed about the program options and their | 18 | | right to participate in the program of their choice. | 19 | | "Early childhood program universal application" or | 20 | | "universal application" means an application form for services | 21 | | that is required to be utilized by Preschool for All or | 22 | | Preschool for All Expansion programs or Prevention Initiative | 23 | | programs and Head Start or Early Head Start programs in this | 24 | | State that provide services to children from birth to 5 years | 25 | | of age. | 26 | | "Head Start or Early Head Start program" means a program |
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| 1 | | that provides services to children and their families who live | 2 | | in extreme poverty, as set by guidelines established by the | 3 | | federal government that are tied to the poverty guidelines
| 4 | | updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. | 5 | | Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of
| 6 | | 42 U.S.C. 9902(2), or to children who are homeless or in foster | 7 | | care; provides the skills those children need to be successful | 8 | | in school and life; promotes the school readiness of those | 9 | | children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional | 10 | | development in a learning environment that supports children's | 11 | | growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and | 12 | | emotional functioning, the creative arts, and physical skills; | 13 | | provides approaches to learning to low-income children and | 14 | | their families; and provides health, educational, nutritional, | 15 | | social, and other services that are determined based on a | 16 | | family needs assessment. | 17 | | "Head Start or Early Head Start program eligibility" means | 18 | | that families who live in extreme poverty, as determined by | 19 | | the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal | 20 | | Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 21 | | under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2), families who are | 22 | | homeless, children in foster care, and children from families | 23 | | who receive public assistance from this State's Temporary | 24 | | Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or from | 25 | | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are eligible regardless of | 26 | | income. |
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| 1 | | "Participating program" means a Head Start or Early Head | 2 | | Start program, Preschool for All or Preschool for All | 3 | | Expansion program, or Prevention Initiative program located | 4 | | (i) in any of the following zip codes for Collaborative | 5 | | Program One: 62001, 62002, 62010, 62232, 62018, 62021, 62024, | 6 | | 62025, 62034, 62040, 62046, 62048, 62249, 62058, 62060, 62061, | 7 | | 62062, 62067, 62074, 62084, 62281, 62087, 62294, 62090, 62095, | 8 | | or 62097; or (ii) in any of the following zip codes for | 9 | | Collaborative Program Two: 60406, 60419, 60422, 60426, 60428, | 10 | | 60429, 60430, 60445, 60452, 60469, 60477, or 60827. | 11 | | "Scientifically valid research" includes applied research, | 12 | | basic research, and field-initiated research in which the | 13 | | rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly developed in
| 14 | | accordance with the principles of scientific research. | 15 | | Section 10. Findings. | 16 | | (a) Every young child and family has the right to | 17 | | equitable learning opportunities that help them achieve their | 18 | | full potential as engaged learners and valued members of | 19 | | society regardless of race, ethnicity, and social | 20 | | circumstances. Early childhood programs, including Head Start | 21 | | and Early Head Start programs, provide essential support, | 22 | | structure, and opportunities for young children and blended | 23 | | classroom structures that provide support, encourage learning, | 24 | | and promote a healthy child. | 25 | | (b) Head Start and Early Head Start programs: |
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| 1 | | (1) provide support for the whole child by promoting | 2 | | school readiness and actively ensuring each child is | 3 | | healthy, including nutrition, oral health, and mental | 4 | | health, and is ready to learn; | 5 | | (2) provide comprehensive health, educational, | 6 | | nutritional, social, and other services needed to aid | 7 | | participating children in attaining their full potential
| 8 | | and to prepare children to succeed in school; | 9 | | (3) attract and retain qualified staff who are capable | 10 | | of delivering and implementing a high-quality and | 11 | | comprehensive program, including the ability to carry out | 12 | | a research-based curriculum aligned with State early | 13 | | learning standards; | 14 | | (4) have child-to-teacher ratios, group size, and | 15 | | family service worker caseloads that reflect best | 16 | | practices and are tied to high-quality service delivery; | 17 | | (5) are based on scientifically valid research, | 18 | | including: | 19 | | (A) curricula that are based on scientifically | 20 | | valid research, are developmentally appropriate, and | 21 | | promote the school readiness of children participating | 22 | | in the program involved; and | 23 | | (B) teaching practices that are based, as | 24 | | appropriate, on scientifically valid research, that | 25 | | are developmentally appropriate, and that promote the | 26 | | school readiness of children participating in the |
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| 1 | | programs. | 2 | | (6) maintain strong fiscal controls and cost-effective | 3 | | fiscal management; | 4 | | (7) coordinate and collaborate with other public or | 5 | | private entities providing early childhood education and | 6 | | developmental programs and services for young children in | 7 | | the community; | 8 | | (8) coordinate with public and private entities that | 9 | | are willing to commit resources to assist the programs in | 10 | | meeting their program needs; | 11 | | (9) facilitate the involvement of parents, | 12 | | grandparents, and kinship caregivers, as appropriate, of | 13 | | children participating in the programs and in activities | 14 | | at home and, if practicable, at the location of the | 15 | | programs, which is designed to help such persons become | 16 | | full partners in the education of their children; | 17 | | (10) provide an opportunity for parents to participate | 18 | | in the development and overall conduct of the programs at | 19 | | the local level; | 20 | | (11) provide parenting-skills training; | 21 | | (12) perform a family needs assessment with respect to | 22 | | each participating family that includes consultation with | 23 | | parents, foster parents, grandparents, and kinship | 24 | | caregivers, as applicable, in a manner and language that | 25 | | such persons can understand, to the extent practicable, | 26 | | about the benefits of parental involvement; |
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| 1 | | (13) meet the diverse needs of the population served, | 2 | | including, but not limited to: | 3 | | (A) meeting the needs of limited | 4 | | English-proficient children and their families by | 5 | | implementing procedures to identify such children, | 6 | | implementing plans to provide trained personnel, and | 7 | | implementing plans to provide services to assist these
| 8 | | children in making progress toward the acquisition of | 9 | | the English language, while making meaningful progress | 10 | | in attaining knowledge, skills, abilities, and | 11 | | development; and | 12 | | (B) meeting the needs of children with | 13 | | disabilities by implementing procedures to identify | 14 | | such children and implementing procedures for referral | 15 | | of these children for evaluation to State or local | 16 | | agencies providing services and plans for | 17 | | collaboration with those State or local agencies; | 18 | | (14) reserve a percentage of their funding, as | 19 | | required and set by federal guidelines, for the enrollment | 20 | | of children with disabilities; and | 21 | | (15) meet the needs of homeless children, including | 22 | | their transportation needs, and the needs of children in | 23 | | foster care. | 24 | | (c) Blended classrooms in early childhood programs share | 25 | | all of the following characteristics: | 26 | | (1) Costs are shared in that costs are prorated from |
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| 1 | | each funding source. | 2 | | (2) Separate audit trails are maintained for each | 3 | | funding source. | 4 | | (3) A classroom must meet the operating requirements | 5 | | of all funding sources. If classroom standards are not | 6 | | comparable or the same between 2 or more classrooms, the | 7 | | most stringent standard applies. | 8 | | (4) Children receive all services for which they are | 9 | | eligible. | 10 | | (5) Wrap-around services provide before-school and | 11 | | after-school child care that is coordinated with child | 12 | | care providers and family resource centers. | 13 | | (6) Head Start and Early Head Start programs | 14 | | coordinate with medical, health, mental health, and social | 15 | | service agencies to meet the comprehensive needs of | 16 | | children and families. | 17 | | Section 15. Collaborative Program. | 18 | | (a) The Collaborative Program is created to coordinate the | 19 | | enrollment of children into Preschool for All or Preschool for | 20 | | All Expansion programs or Prevention Initiative programs and | 21 | | Head Start or Early Head Start programs that provide services | 22 | | to children from birth to 5 years of age. The Collaborative | 23 | | Program shall provide improved program coordination to | 24 | | identify and serve children furthest from opportunity in this | 25 | | State by avoiding the duplication of services and the |
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| 1 | | supplanting of federal funds and, instead, leveraging federal | 2 | | resources by maximizing the use of Head Start and Early Head | 3 | | Start federal program funds. The Collaborative Program shall | 4 | | coordinate with and further inform a regional-based community | 5 | | coordinating council. | 6 | | (b) The Collaborative Program shall be implemented and | 7 | | administered jointly by the State Board of Education and the | 8 | | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development, which shall | 9 | | act in cooperation with participating programs. | 10 | | (c) The Collaborative Program shall begin with the | 11 | | 2021-2022 school year and shall operate for a period of 2 | 12 | | school years. | 13 | | Section 20. Early childhood program universal application; | 14 | | enrollment. | 15 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall develop an early | 16 | | childhood program universal application. Participating | 17 | | programs shall use the universal application to determine a | 18 | | family's eligibility for any and all of the community's early | 19 | | childhood programs. One of the eligibility criteria included | 20 | | on the universal application must be based on the family's | 21 | | household income level, as determined by the poverty | 22 | | guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the
| 23 | | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the | 24 | | authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). | 25 | | (b) Parents and guardians shall be directed to the early |
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| 1 | | childhood program universal application on the websites of the | 2 | | participating programs or the universal application shall be | 3 | | made available as a physical document available at the | 4 | | locations of the participating programs. The universal | 5 | | application may also be made available to parents or guardians | 6 | | through door-to-door recruitment efforts. The universal | 7 | | application may be completed by parents or guardians at their | 8 | | home or at the location of the participating program. | 9 | | (c) If an applicant family meets the income eligibility | 10 | | guidelines established by a Head Start or Early Head Start | 11 | | program, the applicant family must be offered the opportunity | 12 | | for communication about enrollment into the Head Start or | 13 | | Early Head Start program and to enroll in the Head Start or | 14 | | Early Head Start program prior to enrolling in any other | 15 | | community program. If the applicant family does not meet the | 16 | | income eligibility guidelines set forth by the Head Start or | 17 | | Early Head Start program, the applicant family must be offered | 18 | | the opportunity for communication with other Preschool for All | 19 | | or Preschool for All Expansion programs or Prevention | 20 | | Initiative programs selected by the applicant family in which | 21 | | the child is eligible for enrollment. | 22 | | (d) Within 48 hours after receiving a universal | 23 | | application, an intake staff member of a participating program | 24 | | shall store the application either electronically or in a | 25 | | physical location at a common access point that is readily | 26 | | accessible to other enrollment or intake staff members of the |
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| 1 | | participating program. | 2 | | (e) Participating programs shall communicate weekly during | 3 | | the primary enrollment period agreed to by the participating | 4 | | programs. After the primary enrollment period, the | 5 | | participating programs shall communicate as necessary. | 6 | | Section 25. Waiting list. Head Start and Early Head Start | 7 | | programs, Preschool for All and Preschool for All Expansion | 8 | | programs, and Prevention Initiative programs shall coordinate | 9 | | with each other to ensure that a child whose household income | 10 | | meets the Head Start or Early Head Start program eligibility | 11 | | requirements or the eligibility requirements for other early | 12 | | childhood programs or for local, State, or federal early
| 13 | | childhood programs remains on a waiting list for an eligible | 14 | | provider for no longer than 45 days. The programs | 15 | | participating in the Collaborative Program may develop a | 16 | | shared waiting list. | 17 | | Section 90. Rules. The State Board of Education, in | 18 | | cooperation with the Governor's Office of Early Childhood | 19 | | Development, may adopt any rules necessary to implement this | 20 | | Act.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 22 | | 2021.".
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