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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: July 17, 2024) |
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60. Department of Management Services |
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60BB. Agency for Workforce Innovation |
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60BB-8. Voluntary Prekindergarten Program |
1(1) An early learning coalition may not pay a VPK provider which registers to offer the VPK program 19on or after January 1, 2011, 25except under a provider agreement with the coalition. A coalition must be a party to a provider agreement. A school district may sign a single provider agreement on behalf of all public school VPK providers in the district. 63The owner or manager of multiple private VPK providers may sign a single provider agreement on behalf of all of his or her private VPK providers. A VPK provider may not offer VPK services or instruction until the VPK provider receives notice of its eligibility to offer the VPK program. The coalition shall notify a VPK provider of its eligibility to offer the VPK program by sending a copy of a provider agreement which has been signed by the VPK provider and its early learning coalition.
149(2) A coalition shall keep a fully executed copy of a provider agreement in the coalition’s records on the VPK provider.
170(3) A provider agreement shall contain identical terms and conditions as Form AWI-VPK 20 (Statewide Provider Agreement), dated April 30, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained as described in Rule 20560BB-8.900, 206F.A.C. A provider agreement may not omit, supplement, 214include attachments, addenda or exhibits, 219or amend the terms and conditions of Form AWI-VPK 20, unless:
230(a) The coalition submits the agreement to the Office of Early Learning of the Agency for Workforce Innovation in writing; and
251(b) The Deputy Director for Early Learning approves the agreement 261before a coalition and a VPK provider execute the agreement.
271(4) Early learning coalitions may not execute a provider agreement with a VPK provider before the VPK provider has registered on forms prescribed by the Agency for Workforce Innovation and the coalition has determined the VPK provider’s eligibility to offer VPK services in accordance with Rule 31760BB-8.300, 318F.A.C.
319Rulemaking Authority 3211002.79(2) FS. 323Law Implemented 3251002.55(3)(h), 3261002.61(8)(a), 3271002.63(8)(a), 3281002.75 FS. 330History–New 8-17-06, Amended 5-24-07, 12-21-10.
