3. The office shall require, for an eligible
provider to enroll in the prekindergarten program, that the eligible
provider agree to the following:
(1)Comply on a continuing basis with the requirements under this
chapter and rules for participation established by the office.
(2)Maintain eligibility under this chapter throughout the
prekindergarten program year.
(3)Report immediately any changes in eligibility status to the
office, including the eligible provider's loss of national or regional
accreditation.
(4)Participate in any training and mandatory meetings required
by the office.
(5)Participate in all onsite visits conducted by the office,
including fiscal auditing activities with regard to the
prekindergarten program and prekindergarten program activity
monitoring.
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3. The office shall require, for an eligible
provider to enroll in the prekindergarten program, that the eligible
provider agree to the following:
(1) Comply on a continuing basis with the requirements under this
chapter and rules for participation established by the office.
(2) Maintain eligibility under this chapter throughout the
prekindergarten program year.
(3) Report immediately any changes in eligibility status to the
office, including the eligible provider's loss of national or regional
accreditation.
(4) Participate in any training and mandatory meetings required
by the office.
(5) Participate in all onsite visits conducted by the office,
including fiscal auditing activities with regard to the
prekindergarten program and prekindergarten program activity
monitoring.
(6) Allow the family of an eligible child, a limited eligibility
child, or a child of a child care employee enrolled in the
prekindergarten program of the eligible provider to visit at any
time the prekindergarten program is in operation.
(7) Maintain accurate online attendance records through the
attendance portal for eligible children, limited eligibility children,
and children of child care employees enrolled in the
prekindergarten program and submit attendance records as
required by the office.
(8) Offer parental engagement and involvement activities in the
prekindergarten program of the eligible provider in alignment
with the family engagement framework adopted by the early
learning advisory committee established by IC 12-17.2-3.8-5.
(9) Complete, within the period established by the office, the
Indiana early childhood family engagement toolkit, including the
family engagement self-assessment, adopted by the early learning
advisory committee.
(10) Share information on the family engagement self-assessment
described in subdivision (9) as required by the office.
(11) Participate in research studies as required by the office.
(12) Enforce minimum attendance requirements of at least
eighty-five percent (85%) of the days that the prekindergarten
program of the eligible provider is offered to an eligible child, a
limited eligibility child, or a child of a child care employee.
(13) Inform the office that an eligible child, a limited eligibility
child, or a child of a child care employee has withdrawn from the
prekindergarten program of the eligible provider not later than
five (5) days after the child is withdrawn.
(14) That retroactive repayment to the state may be required or
future payments may be adjusted as a result of the withdrawal of
an eligible child, a limited eligibility child, or a child of a child
care employee or changes in the law.
(15) Maintain records of participation by the family of an eligible
child, a limited eligibility child, or a child of a child care
employee in family engagement activities and submit records as
required by the office.
(16) Promote the social, emotional, and behavioral health of an
eligible child, a limited eligibility child, or a child of a child care
employee and eliminate or severely limit the use of expulsion,
suspension, and other exclusionary discipline practices.
(17) Use the exclusionary discipline practices described in
subdivision (16) only as a last resort in extraordinary
circumstances when there is a determination of a serious safety
threat that cannot otherwise be reduced or eliminated by the
provision of reasonable modifications.
(18) Inform and receive approval from the office before the
eligible provider expels, suspends, or uses other exclusionary
discipline practices.
(19) Assist a parent or guardian, upon request by the parent or
guardian, in obtaining information from, referral to, or both
information from and referral to, the public school that serves the
attendance area in which the parent or guardian resides for an
educational evaluation and determination of eligibility for special
education services if developmental delays or reasons to suspect
a disability are observed by the parent, guardian, or teacher of an
eligible child, a limited eligibility child, or a child of a child care
employee during the prekindergarten program year.