§ 12-17.2-7.2-7.4 — Potential eligible provider or existing eligible provider requirements; expansion plans; agreement; restrictions; repayment for noncompliance; federal grants

Indiana § 12-17.2-7.2-7.4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17.2: DAY CARE REGULATION
• Ch. 7.2: Prekindergarten Program

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4. (a) To qualify as a potential eligible
provider or existing eligible provider, an applicant must:
(1) provide an expansion plan to the office that details the
potential eligible provider's or existing eligible provider's plan to:
(A) increase the capacity of providers of qualified early
education services to serve a greater number of eligible or
limited eligibility children;
(B) increase the number of providers of qualified early
education services; or
(C) increase the capacity as described in clause (A) and
increase the number as described in clause (B);
(2) comply with the agreement with the office concerning the plan
under subdivision (1) and the use of a grant awarded under this
chapter;
(3) agree:
(A) to operate as an eligible provider; or
(B) that the applicant intends to operate as an eligible provider;
(4) agree that the applicant will not use any grant funds awarded
under this section for capital expenditures; and
(5) comply with any other standards and procedures established
under this chapter.
(b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the office may award a grant
to an applicant that meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(c) The office may not use more than a total of twenty percent (20%)
of the money in the fund each state fiscal year:
(1) for grants awarded under this chapter to potential eligible
providers and existing eligible providers for expansion plans; and
(2) to meet any state match amounts required for a federal grant
described in subsection (f).
(d) The office may not award grant funds under this section to an
applicant for any of the following:
(1) The purchase of land or a building.
(2) The construction or expansion of a building.
(e) If a potential eligible provider or existing eligible provider fails
to:
(1) use the grant funds in accordance with the expansion plan
described in subsection (a); or
(2) comply with the agreement entered into with the office under
subsection (a);
the potential eligible provider or existing eligible provider shall repay
to the office the total amount of the grant awarded to the potential
eligible provider or existing eligible provider under this chapter.
(f) The office may use money in the fund that is allocated for
expansion plans under this section for a state fiscal year to meet any
state match amounts required for a federal grant if the purpose of the
federal grant is that the grant money be used for increasing:
(1) the capacity;
(2) the number; or
(3) both the capacity and number;
of providers of early education services for children four (4) years of
age.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.184-2017, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.268-2019, SEC.11; P.L.246-2023, SEC.13.