Voluntary Prekindergarten Program  

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    DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES
    Agency for Workforce Innovation

    RULE NO: RULE TITLE
    60BB-8: Voluntary Prekindergarten Program

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

    The Department of Management Services, Agency for Workforce Innovation, Office of Early Learning announces an additional hearing regarding the above rule, as noticed in Vol. 32, No. 38, September 22, 2006 Florida Administrative Weekly.

    DATE AND TIME: Friday, January 12, 2007, 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m.

    PLACE: The Agency for Workforce Innovation, Room B-049, Caldwell Building, 107 East Madison Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399

    GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Proposed Amendments to the following Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (“VPK”) Rules: 60BB-8.100 Definitions, 60BB-8.200 Documenting Child Eligibility for the VPK Program, 60BB-8.201 Child Registration Procedures; Application; Parent-Orientation Session, 60BB-8.202 Child Eligibility Determination and Enrollment Procedures, 60BB-8.204 Uniform Attendance Policy for Funding the VPK Program, 60BB-8.300 Provider and Class Registration, Procedures; Application; Eligibility Determination, 60BB-8.301 Statewide Provider Agreement for the VPK Program, and 60BB-8.400 VPK Class Sizes; Blended Classes; Multi-Class Groups.

    Also the following Proposed VPK Rules: 60BB-8.2015 VPK Child Registration Pilot Project, 60BB-8.305 Documenting and Certifying Child Attendance in the VPK Program, 60BB-8.451 VPK Class Schedules, 60BB-8.900 VPK Forms, and 60BB-8.901 Qualified Contractors.

    A copy of the Proposed Rules was published in the September 22, 2006, issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly (Vol. 32, No. 38) and is available online at: http://faw.dos.state.fl.us/ fawframes.html

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ms. Veronica Moss at (850)245-7150. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).