Standard Statewide Provider Contract for the VPK Program

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Florida’s Office of Early Learning

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6M-8.301Standard Statewide Provider Contract for the VPK Program

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 44 No. 164, August 22, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

6M-8.301 Standard Statewide Provider Contract for the VPK Program.

(1) No change.

(2)(a) No change.

(b) Beginning with the 2018-2019 VPK Program Year, all providers that register to offer the VPK program must submit all forms adopted by this rule on the Statewide Information System (known as the Provider Portal) and found at https://providerservices.floridaearlylearning.com. Public school districts, public universities, county governments (67 Florida counties) and public hospitals may print completed documents from the Provider Portal for the purpose of having original signatures if required by the local school board or governing body; however, no changes may be made to Form OEL-VPK 20.

(3) No change.

(4) The “State of Florida Statewide Voluntary Prekindergarten Provider Contract Private Provider Attachment (Form OEL-VPK 20PP),” dated October 2018, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. This attachment becomes part of the contract for all private providers that execute the contract adopted in subsection (3). The incorporated form is available from the Office of Early Learning, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32399 or at: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref- http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07579.

(5) through (7) No change.

(8) For the purpose of this subsection “individual associated with a provider” means an individual or family member of an individual who, regardless of compensation, holds a management position, oversees the operations of a provider, or is an officer, shareholder, beneficial owner or member of the board of directors of a provider. A provider shall not be eligible to contract to offer the VPK program if any of the following circumstances apply:

(a) through (e) No change.

(f) An individual associated with the provider was, or is, associated with another provider that is currently ineligible to participate in the program pursuant to Sections 1002.67(4), 1002.55(5)(b) or 1002.75 (3)(c), F.S.

(g) through (h) No change.

(9) through (11) No change.

Rulemaking Authority: 1001.213, 1002.75(1), (3)(c), 1002.79 FS

 

The following changes were made to Form OEL-VPK 20. State of Florida Statewide Voluntary Prekindergarten Provider Contract

III. Provider Responsibilites and Scope of Work

10. Adherence to Requirements.

a. PROVIDER agrees to deliver the VPK program in accordane with all of the requirements which are set forth in applicable statutes, rules, and this Contract.

b. PROVIDER agrees to participate in a VPK orientation prior to the execution of the VPK contract if offered by the coalition.

13. Required Parent Information. The following sentence is added to the end of the paragraph: The providers attendance policy shall address school year and summer programs separately, if applicable.

Exhibit 1: Provider Location List

At the bottom of the page:

If COALITION determines a location to be ineligible to offer the VPK Program, COALITION will mark which program type, school year (DY) or summer (S) is ineligible and date titled “Official Use Only” under the location and send a revised copy to PROVIDER.

Exhibit 2: Due Process Procedures

3. Implementation of Review.

a. Assignment of Review Hearing Committee.

Within three (3) business days of reciept of a request for review hearing, the The Coalition must assign a Review Hearing Committee to complete the review. The Review Hearing Committee must  be composed of at least three but no more than five members of the Coaltion Board. The Chair of the ELC shall appoint the Review Hearing Committee and shall name the chair of the committee. At least one of the members must be a mandatory member as set forth in section 1002.83(4) and at least one other member shall be one of the provider representative members. If all attempts have been made by the Coalition to schedule among the selected Review Hearing Committee members potential dates for the hearing and neither provider representative from the Coalition Board is available, then the requirement for a provider representative will be waived for this hearing and the minutes of the Review Hearing Committee will document that the Coalition made every attempt to have a provider representative member included but was unable to do so for this hearing. If no provider representative is available to participate, a waiver is possible if documented in the deliberations of the review hearing.