agreement Sec. 7.2. (a) For an eligible child to qualify for a grant under this chapter, the eligible child must reside with a parent or guardian who is: (1) working or attending a job training or an educational program; or (2) actively seeking employment, subject to the approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as provided in 45 CFR 98.21. (b) For a limited eligibility child to qualify for a grant under this chapter, the limited eligibility child must reside with a parent or guardian who: (1) is working or attending a job training or an educational program; (2) is actively seeking employment, subject to the approval by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as provided in 45 CFR 98.21; or (3) receives Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits. (c) Before the office may award a grant to an eligible or limited eligibility child under this chapter, the office shall require that a parent or guardian of the eligible or limited eligibility child agree to the following: (1) The eligible or limited eligibility child will attend the prekindergarten program of an eligible provider selected by the parent or guardian for the full duration of the prekindergarten program year. (2) The parent or guardian will not transfer to another prekindergarten program during the prekindergarten program year. (3) The eligible or limited eligibility child will attend the prekindergarten program at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the days that the prekindergarten program is provided. (4) The parent or guardian will allow the eligible or limited eligibility child to participate in an external evaluation conducted by researchers, including the kindergarten readiness assessment and measuring of developmental and academic progress. (5) The parent or guardian will participate in family engagement and involvement activities offered by the selected prekindergarten program, including meetings with the eligible or limited eligibility child's teacher to discuss the eligible or limited eligibility
child's progress or any other conference concerning the eligible or limited eligibility child that is requested by the eligible provider. (6) The parent or guardian will complete the necessary forms for the eligible child or limited eligibility child to receive a student test number from the department of education. (7) The parent or guardian will send the eligible or limited eligibility child to kindergarten. (8) The parent or guardian will read to the eligible or limited eligibility child each week. (9) Any other condition the office determines is appropriate. (d) Priority may be given to an eligible or limited eligibility child under this section if a parent or guardian of the eligible or limited eligibility child is: (1) involved in activities that improve the parent's or guardian's education; or (2) involved in job training. As added by P.L.184-2017, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.268-2019, SEC.9.
IC 12-17.2-7.2-7.3 Eligible provider agreement Sec. 7.3. 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 families of eligible or limited eligibility children 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 or limited eligibility children 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 or limited eligibility child. (13) Inform the office that an eligible or limited eligibility child has withdrawn from the prekindergarten program of the eligible provider not later than five (5) days after the eligible or limited eligibility 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 or limited eligibility child or changes in the law. (15) Maintain records of participation by a family of an eligible or limited eligibility
child in family engagement activities and submit records as required by the office. (16) Promote an eligible or limited eligibility child's social, emotional, and behavioral health 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 or limited eligibility child during the prekindergarten program year. As added by P.L.184-2017, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.268-2019, SEC.10; P.L.246-2023, SEC.12.