Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The following types of child care providers may apply for certification: 1. type III early learning centers; 2. family child care providers; 3. in-home child care providers; 4. school child care centers; and 5. military child care centers. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § CLX…

A. To be certified as a CCAP provider, a type III early learning center must meet the requirements in § 305 and have a valid type III early learning center license issued by the Licensing Division pursuant to R.S. 17:407.31 et seq. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § CLXV-307 Promu…

A. To be certified as a CCAP provider, a child care provider must meet the following requirements: 1. provider agreement. Complete and sign a provider agreement furnished by the department and meet all requirements contained therein; 2. email address. Provide a current email addr…

A. To be certified as a CCAP provider, in addition to the requirements in §305, an in-home care provider must meet the following requirements which include, but are not limited to, the requirements for registration as an in-home provider pursuant to R.S. 17:407.61 et seq. 1. Age.…

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…

Child or Children- individuals who are five years of age or less. Child Care Provider- a taxpayer who owns an eligible child care facility or facilities . Early Childhood Care and Education Network -the network established through R.S. 17:407.23 and Bulletin 140 as the comprehens…

A. Bonus payments will be issued after the end of each calendar quarter to child care facilities that care for children receiving assistance from the Child Care Assistance Program and for children in the state Foster Care Program in accordance with the child care facility's star …

A. A child care provider must be certified by the Department of Education (department) as eligible for participation in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in order to become a CCAP provider and receive CCAP payments. No CCAP payments may be made to a child care provider unt…

A. The unified quality rating system for child care facilities is established and administered by the LDE under the authority of state and federal laws. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § CLXV-1101 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 41 2121 ( 10/1/2…

A. The state maximum daily rates for CCAP care are as follows Child Care Provider Type Regular Care Regular Care for Toddlers Regular Care for Infants Special Needs Care Incentive Special Needs Care Incentive for Toddlers Special Needs Care Incentive for Infants Type III Early Le…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 …

A. This Chapter provides for rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to establish a process for issuing a teaching authorization to anyone seeking employment as an administrator, teacher, or substitute teacher in any school, including a public or…

A. In accordance with Act 634 of the 2018 Regular Legislative Session, a teaching authorization (TA) shall be required for individuals seeking employment as an administrator, teacher, or substitute teacher in any school, including a public or nonpublic school that does not requir…

A. A Louisiana teaching authorization shall be suspended and revoked if the individual holding the teaching authorization has been convicted of any felony offense whatsoever. If the Louisiana teaching authorization of an individual is expired, and the individual has been convicte…

A. A Louisiana teaching authorization shall be suspended and revoked if the individual holding the teaching authorization has been found by the LDE to have participated in cheating, as defined in LAC 28:CXXXI.903. If the Louisiana teaching authorization of an individual has expir…

A. A Louisiana teaching authorization shall be suspended or revoked if an educator presents fraudulent documentation pertaining to his/her teaching authorization to the board or the LDE. If the Louisiana teaching authorization of an individual is expired, and the individual has s…