Louisiana Administrative Code

Automated Child Care Time and Attendance -an electronic system that provides accurate and timely capturing, tracking, and reporting of time and attendance data. Back Scans -attendance scans by head of household or household designee utilizing the LDOE Automated Child Care Time an…

A. The following entities and individuals are categorically ineligible for certification as CCAP providers: 1. type I and type II early learning center; or 2. child care providers providing care outside of the state of Louisiana. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § CLXV-317 Promulg…

A. The Louisiana Child Care Assistance Program is established pursuant to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG) and administered by the Louisiana Department of Education (department) under the authority of state and federal laws. Notes La. Admin. Code tit…

A. When the LDE determines a provider is not in compliance with an administrative requirement, the LDE may send written notice by mail or email informing the provider of the administrative noncompliance and requiring that the provider come into compliance. B. If the provider does…

A. To be certified as a CCAP household, households that are not categorically eligible for participation in CCAP must meet the following requirements: 1. include at least one child who is eligible for CCAP as provided in § 503 A; 2. meet all criteria provided in § 507 A; 3. have …

A. To be certified as a CCAP provider, in addition to the requirements in § 305 of this Part, a public school or BESE-approved nonpublic school day care center must meet the following requirements: 1. Brumfield v Dodd Approval . a BESE-approved nonpublic school day care center mu…

A. A redetermination of eligibility for child care services shall be made prior to the expiration of certification period, but no sooner than 12 months following the initial determination or most recent redetermination. B. Graduated Phase-Out. At the time of redetermination, hous…

A. A Ready Start Network lead agency is either a state agency, a local public school system, or a non-profit having an educational or social services mission, including but not limited to a nonprofit corporation of a philanthropic or policy nature, a Louisiana public postsecondar…

A. Coordinated observation is the local process by which each community network ensures that every classroom, including virtual classrooms, in a publicly-funded site in the community network receives two CLASS ® observations each school year. B. CLASS ® Observation Requirements 1…

A. Annually by September 1, the department will release the timeline by which the lead agency will develop, in collaboration with representatives of providers of child care, Head Start, and prekindergarten services, and submit a funding request for the following fiscal year to th…

A. All type III early learning centers shall meet the performance and academic standards of the early childhood care and education network regarding kindergarten readiness as provided in this bulletin. B. Type III early learning centers meeting the performance and academic standa…

A. Registered and CCAP-certified family child care homes may apply for academic approval from the LDE. B. Family child care homes meeting the performance and academic standards of the early childhood care and education network regarding kindergarten readiness as provided in this …

A. A community network lead agency is either a state agency, a local public school system, or a non-profit 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 …

A. The early childhood care and education accountability system (accountability system) is the uniform accountability system created pursuant to R.S. 17:407.23(B)(3) and used to evaluate the performance of publicly-funded early childhood care and education sites and community net…

A. The performance profiles for publicly-funded sites and for community networks shall include: 1. a performance rating as provided in § 509 for publicly-funded sites and as provided in § 511 community networks; and 2. informational metrics as provided in § 513 B. Each publicly-f…

A. Children who are ready for kindergarten are expected to demonstrate: 1. cognitive abilities, which include knowledge and skills in: a. early literacy, such as phonological awareness, print concepts, alphabetic understanding, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and emergent wr…

A. A rubric will be used to identify award recipients, and the following criteria will be considered when recommending award recipients for approval to BESE: 1. Ready Start network status; 2. child care assistance program waitlist for the local entity's community network; 3. chil…

A. To facilitate the creation of the early childhood care and education network, BESE shall: 1. establish a definition of kindergarten readiness aligned with Louisiana content standards for elementary and secondary schools (see § 305 of this Chapter); 2. establish performance tar…

A. Publicly-Funded Early Childhood Care and Education Program (Publicly-Funded Program) 1. Each publicly-funded program shall participate in the: a. membership in the community network for its coverage area; b. early childhood care and education accountability system (accountabil…

A. A participating local entity must submit to the department an independent limited scope audit conducted by a certified public accountant who has been approved by the legislative auditor. Audit procedures will be developed by the department and will be limited in scope to those…

A. Functions. The function of an advisory council is to advise the board, directly or through its committees, in the discharge of its policymaking, supervisory control, and budgetary duties and responsibilities. Specific functions of the advisory council are determined by the est…

A. Any program or individual may submit a written complaint to the department regarding the action or inaction of the lead agency in its community network or Ready Start Network. B. A complaint shall be submitted in writing within 30 calendar days of the action or inaction of the…

A. Performance Rating. 1. For the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, the performance rating for each publicly-funded site shall be based on the average of the dimension-level toddler and pre-K observation results from the fall and spring observation periods for all toddler and…

A. If the lead agency is not satisfactorily coordinating the duties and responsibilities of the community network pertaining to the community networks coordinated enrollment process, the department shall send written notification to the lead agency and all programs within the com…

A. The early childhood care and education network is established as the comprehensive and integrated network through which the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) manages and oversees publicly-funded early childhood care and education programs in Louisiana to promo…

A. Subject to legislative appropriation, monies in the fund will be awarded annually to local entities approved by the board. B. Fund awards are reserved for projects that expand the number of early childhood care and education quality seats for families eligible for the Child Ca…

A. Local entities must submit an application to be considered for the allocation of these funds. 1. The application must define local needs using current data and define objective criteria through which the seats will be awarded. B. Local entities seeking funding for qualifying p…

A. A severe impact site meets either of the following conditions associated with disasters: 1. the site was closed, due to the disaster, for 18 or more consecutive school days during a given school year; or 2. the site gained or lost 25 percent or more of its population due to th…

A. Children shall be placed in a single age cohort for counting purposes in a school year. Each child shall be placed in the appropriate age cohort at the beginning of the school year and shall remain in that age cohort for the entire school year. B. A childs age cohort shall be …

A. The department shall provide all non-survey data contributing to the performance profile for publicly-funded sites and community networks to each lead agency prior to publishing the performance rating. B. In 2015-2016, the department shall provide lead agencies 30 calendar day…

A. The state superintendent of education (state superintendent) shall have the authority to grant waivers to publicly-funded sites and community networks for specific requirements of the accountability system included in this Chapter. 1. Community Networks a. Prior to October 1, …

A. The purpose of this bulletin is to establish the duties and responsibilities of the early childhood care and education network, local community networks, community network lead agencies, and publicly-funded early childhood care and education programs; establish performance and…

A. BESE shall have the authority to grant an appeal of a publicly-funded site or community networks performance profile. B. The appeal procedure shall be used when needed to address unforeseen and aberrant factors impacting publicly-funded sites and community networks or when nee…

A. Coordinated enrollment is the process developed and implemented by a community network to coordinate enrollment for infant, toddler, and PreK children in the community network whose families want to enroll them in a publicly-funded program in the community network. B. The coor…

A. Community networks shall receive two performance ratings which shall be calculated as follows. 1. CLASS ® observation results shall be one of the community network performance ratings. 2. An equitable access score for four-year-olds shall be one of the community network perfor…

A. Unsatisfactory Publicly-Funded Sites 1. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, publicly-funded sites rated as "unsatisfactory," as defined in LAC 28:XCI.509, for two school years in any consecutive three school year period, shall lose their public funding and have their aca…

A. Any publicly-funded program may request that the department review an enrollment decision or funding request of its lead agency or local enrollment coordinator. All programs shall be given written notice of the opportunity to request a departmental review of a lead agency or l…

A. Informational metrics are measures of a publicly-funded site and a community network's use of the following early childhood care and education best practices. The performance profile shall report the publicly-funded site and community network's use of the best practices identi…

A. The purpose of this Chapter is to set forth the rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of R.S. 17:407.30 , which creates the Louisiana early childhood education fund (the "fund") for the purpose of funding certain early childhood education programs. Notes …

8(g) Program- the Student Enhancement Block Grant Program administered by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education that provides funding through the Louisiana education quality start fund that may be used to serve at-risk PreK children. Assessment - see early childhood car…

A. Lead agencies shall report to the department, in the manner specified by the department, the following: 1. classroom counts: a. by October 1, the number of classrooms serving infant, toddler and PreK children in each publicly-funded site on October 1; b. by February 1, the num…

A. No later than August 31, 2015, each community network shall submit a self-assessment of its progress toward full implementation of each component of the coordinated enrollment process as defined in § 703 . B B. The department may require community networks to complete an enrol…

A. Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction ( n x a )/( n x b ) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate eq…

A. Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units, including: ft, in; km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. (Conversions are limited to one-step…

A. Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. Example: Create a story context for (2/3) / (3/4) and use a visual fraction model t…

A. Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas, and other quantities measured in like or different units. Example: If a person walks 1/2 mile in each 1/4 hour, compute the unit rate as the complex fraction (1/2)/(1/4) miles per hour,…

A. Count to 100 by ones and by tens. B. Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). C. Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects). D…