60BB-8.201. Child Registration Procedures; Application: Parent-Orientation Session (Transferred)

(1) Application. A parent wishing to enroll his or her child for the VPK Program must;

(a) Complete and sign Form AWI-VPK 01 (Child Application), dated February 14, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference with instructions and may be obtained as described in Rule 60BB-8.900, F.A.C. Alternatively, a parent may register online through the Internet website http://www.vpkflorida.org, electronically submit the registration, and print confirmation of the online registration.

(b) Submit a complete and signed Form AWI-VPK 01, or submit the printed confirmation of an online registration, to the coalition of the county where the VPK site is located for the VPK provider admitting the child in the VPK program, regardless of the county in which the child resides. A parent must also submit the supporting documents showing the child’s age and residential address which are required under Rule 60BB-8.200, F.A.C.

(2) Re-Registration:

(a) A parent must re-register his or her child for the VPK program with the coalition of the county where the VPK provider’s VPK site is located if the parent initially registered the child with the coalition of another county.

(b) Re-registration is the responsibility of a child’s parent. To assist a parent with re-registration, a coalition may enter into one or more agreements with another coalition to provide for the transfer of a child application and supporting documents between the coalitions.

(3) A coalition shall designate one or more locations throughout the coalition’s geographic region where a parent may submit a child application and supporting documents. A parent may obtain contact information for a coalition from the Office of Early Learning of the Agency for Workforce Innovation at [phone], TTY/Florida Relay 711, and at the Internet website: http://www.vpkflorida.org.

(4) Parent-Orientation Session or Video Exhibition.

(a) A coalition shall conduct a face-to-face parent-orientation session or exhibit a parent-orientation video for a parent or group of parents registering their children for the VPK program. During a parent-orientation session or video exhibition, a coalition shall:

1. Give the parent an overview of the VPK program;

2. Describe the parental rights and responsibilities listed in Form AWI-VPK 06 (Voluntary Prekindergarten Parent Handbook), dated August 15, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained as described in Rule 60BB-8.900, F.A.C., and provide the parent with a copy of the handbook;

3. Describe a parent’s choice between a school-year program and summer program and the differences between the programs, including the required number of instructional hours, minimum and maximum class sizes, and instructor credentials;

4. Describe a parent’s choices among VPK providers;

5. Inform the parent about the coalition’s child care resource and referral program, the availability of a customized referral list of VPK providers in the VPK program, and the contact information for the child care resource and referral program;

6. Inform the parent of the uniform resource locator for the coalition’s Internet website, if the coalition posts profiles of VPK providers in the VPK program on the website. A coalition shall also inform a parent that the profiles may be obtained at the Internet website: http://www.myflorida.com/childcare/provider;

7. Inform the parent about the profiles of VPK providers on the VPK web portal of the Child Care Information System administered by the Department of Children and Family Services at the Internet website: www.dcf.state.fl.us/childcare. A coalition shall keep the profiles of VPK providers in the coalition’s geographic region current on the system;

8. Provide the parent with Form AWI-RR 63 (A Family Guide for Selecting Quality Early Learning Programs), dated June 30, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained as described in Rule 60BB-8.900, F.A.C.; and

9. Provide the parent with Form AWI-RR 64 (A Quality Checklist for Evaluating Early Learning Programs), dated June 30, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained as described in Rule 60BB-8.900, F.A.C.

(b) A coalition is not required to conduct a parent-orientation session or exhibit a parent-orientation video for a child’s parent if:

1. The coalition conducts a face-to-face parent-orientation session or determines the child’s eligibility face-to-face with the child’s parent for another early learning program (e.g., school readiness program, program for prekindergarten children with disabilities, Head Start), the coalition maintains the child’s records of the early learning program and verifies that the child’s date of birth in the records of the other early learning program is the same as on the child application and supporting documents that the parent submits;

2. Another coalition transferring the child’s registration already conducted the parent-orientation session or exhibited the parent-orientation video; or

3. The parent is a service member in the United States Armed Forces and is unable to attend a parent-orientation session or video exhibition because of assigned duty outside of Florida, and the parent submits a military order showing that the parent is assigned to duty in Florida when the child attends the VPK program (e.g., permanent change of station) to the coalition.

(c) If a coalition does not conduct a parent-orientation session or exhibit a parent-orientation video for a child’s parent, the coalition shall provide Form AWI-VPK 06, Form AWI-RR 63, and Form AWI-RR64 to the parent by mail or other means.

Specific Authority 1002.79(2) FS. Law Implemented 1002.53(4), (5), 1002.75(2)(a), (b) FS. History–New 1-19-06, Amended 5-24-07.