§407.92. Authorization of local early learning enrollment coordinators
A. Prior to authorizing local early learning enrollment coordinators, the state board
shall:
(1)Provide the governing authority of each public school system and each early
learning center, nonpublic school which provides publicly funded early childhood services,
and Head Start grantee located within the geographic boundaries of the public school system
with an assessment of the extent to which these providers of early childhood services
coordinate their efforts to:
(a)Inform families about the availability of publicly funded and Type III licensed
early childhood care and education programs serving students four years of age or younger.
(b)Coordinate enrollment, eligibility criteria, and waiting lists to ensure that
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§407.92. Authorization of local early learning enrollment coordinators
A. Prior to authorizing local early learning enrollment coordinators, the state board
shall:
(1) Provide the governing authority of each public school system and each early
learning center, nonpublic school which provides publicly funded early childhood services,
and Head Start grantee located within the geographic boundaries of the public school system
with an assessment of the extent to which these providers of early childhood services
coordinate their efforts to:
(a) Inform families about the availability of publicly funded and Type III licensed
early childhood care and education programs serving students four years of age or younger.
(b) Coordinate enrollment, eligibility criteria, and waiting lists to ensure that
families are referred to other available publicly funded early childhood programs should they
be ineligible for or unable to access their primary choice.
(c) Collect family preferences regarding enrollment choices for publicly funded and
Type III licensed early childhood care and education programs.
(d) Enroll children who are economically disadvantaged, using available public
funds, based upon stated family preferences.
(2) Provide public school systems, early learning centers, nonpublic schools, Early
Head Start grantees, and Head Start grantees with a designated time period in which the local
early enrollment coordination activities will be developed and implemented.
(3) Publish a list of public school systems within whose geographic boundaries there
is no coordinated effort by the public school system and the early learning centers, nonpublic
schools which provide publicly funded early childhood services, and Head Start grantees to:
(a) Inform families about the availability of publicly funded and Type III licensed
early childhood care and education programs serving students four years of age or younger.
(b) Coordinate enrollment, eligibility criteria, and waiting lists to ensure that families
are referred to other available publicly funded early childhood programs should they be
ineligible for or unable to access their primary choice.
(c) Collect family preferences regarding enrollment choices for publicly funded and
Type III licensed early childhood care and education programs.
(d) Enroll children who are economically disadvantaged, using available public
funds, based upon stated family preferences.
(4) Provide public school systems, early learning centers, nonpublic schools, Early
Head Start grantees, and Head Start grantees with a designated time period in which the local
early enrollment coordination activities will be developed and implemented.
(5) Approve a process to authorize entities as local early learning enrollment
coordinators to begin performing required services in the geographic boundaries of public
school systems identified pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
(6) Not certify any entity as a local early learning enrollment coordinator under this
Section unless it is in compliance with procedures and regulations established by the state
board. The entity shall be a state agency, a public school system, a nonprofit or for-profit
corporation having an educational or social services mission, including but not limited to a
nonprofit corporation of a philanthropic or policy nature, a Louisiana public postsecondary
education institution, or a nonprofit corporation established by the governing authority of a
parish or municipality.
(7) Review each proposed local early learning enrollment coordinator in a timely
manner and determine whether each proposed local early learning enrollment coordinator
complies with the law and rules and whether the proposal is valid, complete, and financially
well-structured.
(8) Approve a process by which the department serves as the local early learning
enrollment coordinator for those coverage areas without an approved entity.
(9) Promulgate rules establishing an appeals process and designating the department
to oversee the process through which families and early learning centers have the opportunity
to appeal decisions made by local early learning enrollment coordinators.
B.(1) The initial authorization of a local early learning enrollment coordinator shall
be for a period up to five years.
(2) After the initial authorization period, the state board may grant renewal of
authorization for additional periods of not less than three years nor more than five years after
thorough review of the local early learning enrollment coordinator activities.