La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXVII-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CLXVII-501 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System (Accountability System)

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 networks in preparing children for kindergarten and to assign a performance profile to each site and community network.

B. Participants

1. Publicly-Funded Early Childhood Care and Education Sites (Publicly-Funded Sites)

a. All publicly-funded sites with at least one classroom on October 1 shall participate and shall be included in the accountability system.

b. All publicly-funded sites with at least one classroom on October 1 and one classroom on February 1 shall participate and shall receive a performance profile for the school year.

c. All classrooms in existence on either October 1 or February 1 in a publicly-funded site shall be included in the accountability system for that school year.

d. Publicly-funded sites that open after October 1 of a school year shall not participate in the accountability system, as provided in this Chapter, until the start of the following school year.

2. Community Networks

a. All community networks shall participate and shall be included in the accountability system and shall receive a performance profile for the school year.

b. If any publicly-funded site discontinues participation in a community network after October 1 by changing funding source, license type, or closing, its performance shall remain part of the community network performance profile for the school year.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXVII-501

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 412585 (12/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:407.21 et seq.